New Detroit Tiger PoBO Scott Harris announced this week that he is willing to consider all options in an attempt to improve the team. His resources would include using the waiver wire, trades and free agent signings. When asked about trading young talent, like pitching, he said he would consider it.
It is presumed that Riley Greene is the only young player who is untouchable. But what about the young starting pitching? Many of whom were acquired from the team’s tanking strategy. Should they be traded in order to bring in multiple MLB-ready players? Or should they remain and become the nucleus of the starting rotation under Chris Fetter and Robin Lund?
What do you think?
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I voted to trade them, if a viable and team improving deal is there. We are a weak, cellar dwelling team currently and all options have to be on the table.
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Yes. I don’t see what there is to lose. If Harris and team are what we hope they are, replacements, perhaps better ones, will be along soon.
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They seem to be an injury prone group. If you can get good talent in return, let someone else try to keep them healthy.
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Yeah, improve the team no matter the cost! Would you turn down getting Ohtani if it meant you would lose Riley Greene? I wouldn’t.
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Oh man Ohtani is my favorite player. He amazes me every time I see him. See ya Greene and as many young arms as they want.
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Other MLB sites view Riley as another bobby higgenson syndrome player. A very average player on a talentless team. It makes him look good to teams fans by comparison. He’s a solid major league player when compared to other tigers 4A outfielders. Trade him if good offer comes along.
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Shame on you, Mike, how can they get anywhere while being realistic??
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For a lot of years Bobby Higginson much more than an average player
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But never even close to being a top-level ML talent. Maybe it will happen but little about Greene other than attitude screams annual AllStar. JMO
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In all fairness, the young man is 21 with 1/2 yr MLB service. His MiLB progression shows no indicators he won’t be a quality player and put some players around him and his numbers will grow. Check some first year stats for all stars Judge, Trout, etc., it takes time.
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I know that to be sustainable competitors we need prospects to develop, but certainly they can occasionally be used as trade assets in deals that improve the big league team’s composition. Otherwise we do it the Avila way– draft and wait several years, sign a couple of free agents and declare mission accomplished. I am thinking that Harris is not going to bind himself to that formula.
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Hughie, AL always overvalued his marbles and was never willing to trade them for what they were worth. He was the exact opposite of one willing to take a calculated risk and was totally unwilling to admit his and his braintrusts mistakes.
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Keep most of young pitching core. Sign young core to team favorable deals like the Braves are doing, and lock them up. Sign hitters as needed. Guys like Brieske/Faedo/Wentz are expandable. Mize/Manning/Skubal are off limits. I would gamble on at least one of those arms right now and sign to 7yr deal for like 70 million.
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Maybe it is just me but everything says that Mize is the expendable bottom of the rotation starter at best while Wentz has actual mid-to-top rotation talent. All depending on the health of them both but…..
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All on board with Joey Wentz. He’s a keeper and doesn’t rely on a screwball as his out pitch.
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I agree with keeping core young players to build a team around. However, with their injury history and the lack of an outstanding complete season from any of them, I am not convinced Mize, Manning, or Skubal are those players. I hope Scott Harris’ talent evaluators will make the right decisions.
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I voted to keep them, sort of. The trade value of these young pitchers is questionable due to their inability to stay on the field. Give the “new” conditioning/training/etc guys a chance because there is pretty decent talent there. This should be a building year, finding out what is really in the system. You blow it up now and we are in for another really bad “transition”, sort of like the current economy. Just saying.
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DG. Same sites also rate mize as you and I do. Bottom of rotation starter at best. None of AA top picks rate out as better than ‘fair to middling ‘ at best. And that’s being ‘kind’.
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The Tigers situation is such that, In time Harris may trade all of them, even Greene should not be untouchable. as he builds the entire organization. As for Mize, Manning and Skubal, they will probably all be moved in the next few seasons for young talent. The best part is that AA will no longer be negotiating the trades.
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Harris is off to a fast start. It seems like he is getting the organization back on track in metric, conditioning and scouting, However, just because those are in place doesn’t mean they can start producing MLB talent. One has to have talent to develop talent. Long term these things will create value. Short term they need to blow it up and sign FAs and trade anyone. I expect them to compete for the playoffs in 2023. I will not wait 2-3 years.
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My real problem is the term “top prospect” (Greene, Tork?) Greene I see as a decent outfielder and career like (dare I say it): Robbie Grossman. Tork perhaps if he decides MLB baseball is more fun than I-94 five days a week. All can be considered but exercise caution.
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