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Post by Darwin's Curve on Sept 23, 2024 13:15:55 GMT -5
Assuming by the #1 guy you mean Soto, it would certainly be a surprise to see the Tigers in on him at first thought but if you think about it a little more they already have some good young pieces and money to spend as you illustrate. Odds are low but I wouldn't say 0%. I kind of laugh at the "foregone conclusion" that he signs in NY and there is no other team even entertained by some on here except for the Yankes/Mets. I'd say it's probably 50/50, maybe 60/40 that he stays in NY with one of those teams but I don't think it's any guarantee. Teams will be lining up to offer him a big deal. Another darkhorse I read was the Nats, they've offered him a massive contract before which he turned down but they basically have no money on their books and a strong young talent pool too. The Tigers have a similar problem that the Red Sox have, Greene, Meadows, Carpenter, Keith,Jung, and the kid they got from the Dodgers who is currently playing short for them are all left-handed hitters. I think "no" on Soto. O'Neil, on the other hand, I could see them going after. They're essentially bringing the whole team back next year, and the only bad contract they have is Javier Bias's. And there, they have some internal options. They also just got out of Caberera's awful contract this year - 7 years of below 1 WAR ball for $30M per. I'm not sure they go for Soto, but if they think they need a moderately pricey supplemental piece, there's little reason not to grab that player. |
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Post by chaimtime on Sept 23, 2024 13:26:55 GMT -5
Assuming by the #1 guy you mean Soto, it would certainly be a surprise to see the Tigers in on him at first thought but if you think about it a little more they already have some good young pieces and money to spend as you illustrate. Odds are low but I wouldn't say 0%. I kind of laugh at the "foregone conclusion" that he signs in NY and there is no other team even entertained by some on here except for the Yankes/Mets. I'd say it's probably 50/50, maybe 60/40 that he stays in NY with one of those teams but I don't think it's any guarantee. Teams will be lining up to offer him a big deal. Another darkhorse I read was the Nats, they've offered him a massive contract before which he turned down but they basically have no money on their books and a strong young talent pool too. The Tigers have a similar problem that the Red Sox have, Greene, Meadows, Carpenter, Keith,Jung, and the kid they got from the Dodgers who is currently playing short for them are all left-handed hitters. I think "no" on Soto. O'Neil, on the other hand, I could see them going after. Juan Soto is triple-slashing .277/.414/.554 against lefties this year. This is like saying Ohtani would make a lineup too left handed. It shouldn’t be a consideration whatsoever. |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 23, 2024 15:27:24 GMT -5
Yeah the issue is "they have too many guys who struggle versus LHP," not that they have too many LHH. I don't care of they have 9 lefties if they all can hit left-handed pitching.
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