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It’s always interesting to see how quickly fortunes can shift in all professional sports, but even more so in MLB. As a long time Detroit Tigers fan, who would listen to them when they were on the West Coast with my treasured transistor radio, they were always a great part of my youthful sports loves.
Now that I am an old guy, I understand why teams ride and fade back down. For the Tigers, it shows that the way to become a contender without tons of money like the hated Yankees is by building your farm clubs and letting the young players develop.
With a few key pickups via free agency and smart trades, a team can position themselves for high quality for some time to come.
Even a bad trade like their former GM Al Avila made in bringing Javy Baez over from the Cubs, who had been an expensive busy, is finally becoming a big part of the Tigers resurgence, due to quality management and finally learning about his health issues and getting him playing at 100 percent.
Believe it or not, my first love was football, with a couple of scholarships offered including one for a full ride for the first year. But I much prefer to watch baseball, with skills and hard work seem to offset the luck of being born with size and speed.
And once again I see that I have taken way too much time. So I will just wish all another great week and be done.
“With a few key pickups via free agency and smart trades, a team can position themselves for high quality for some time to come.”
Yes. This also goes back to a discussion I’ve had with Lawrence before and mentioned here: the draft is nice, the draft is okay, but you can go a long way – maybe even to the top – if you pick up promising players low in the draft or even undrafted, and give them time and space to develop.
“And once again I see that I have taken way too much time. ”
Yeah, not so much. I never feel like you take too much time. You’re always welcome here.
It’s always interesting to see how quickly fortunes can shift in all professional sports, but even more so in MLB. As a long time Detroit Tigers fan, who would listen to them when they were on the West Coast with my treasured transistor radio, they were always a great part of my youthful sports loves.
Now that I am an old guy, I understand why teams ride and fade back down. For the Tigers, it shows that the way to become a contender without tons of money like the hated Yankees is by building your farm clubs and letting the young players develop.
With a few key pickups via free agency and smart trades, a team can position themselves for high quality for some time to come.
Even a bad trade like their former GM Al Avila made in bringing Javy Baez over from the Cubs, who had been an expensive busy, is finally becoming a big part of the Tigers resurgence, due to quality management and finally learning about his health issues and getting him playing at 100 percent.
Believe it or not, my first love was football, with a couple of scholarships offered including one for a full ride for the first year. But I much prefer to watch baseball, with skills and hard work seem to offset the luck of being born with size and speed.
And once again I see that I have taken way too much time. So I will just wish all another great week and be done.
“With a few key pickups via free agency and smart trades, a team can position themselves for high quality for some time to come.”
Yes. This also goes back to a discussion I’ve had with Lawrence before and mentioned here: the draft is nice, the draft is okay, but you can go a long way – maybe even to the top – if you pick up promising players low in the draft or even undrafted, and give them time and space to develop.
“And once again I see that I have taken way too much time. ”
Yeah, not so much. I never feel like you take too much time. You’re always welcome here.