tomdalton22 said:

well...I guess this loss is a good thing. At this point we probably need to start thinking about being in the bottom 10. If they finish in the bottom 10 their first round pick will be top 10 protected if they sign a FA that has a qualifying offer. At this point...I think that is the best case scenario for this team.

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byco42 said:

Do ties count, like in golf?

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tomdalton22 said:

well...I guess this loss is a good thing. At this point we probably need to start thinking about being in the bottom 10. If they finish in the bottom 10 their first round pick will be top 10 protected if they sign a FA that has a qualifying offer. At this point...I think that is the best case scenario for this team.

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Rebbiv said:

MEH

Financially, they shouldn't be signing any Free Agents that were given a Qualifying Offer. That is how we got in the current mess. So it shouldn't matter where they finish.

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tomdalton22 said:

The way I look at it...they don't have enough quality players in the minor leagues to fill the roster. They are going to sign some free agents. Isn't it better to not lose the 1st round pick if they decide to sign a player that has a qualifying offer? One benefit to going after some of the guys with qualifying offers is there might be less competition due to the loss of draft picks.

I think it is better to have that option vs. not having it.

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Rebbiv said:

They can sign players. Just not ones that require Qualify Offers. Cespedes, Price, Cueto, Parra, Leake, Latos, etc, etc do not require QO.

Additionally, the pending Free Agent who did turn down a qualifying offer ($15.3 Mil a season last year) would be looking to make at least that much on a multiple season contract.

We cannot afford a $15 Mil a year player, regardless if there was a Qualifying Offer or not.

We have avoided spending money on player development over the years because of the Tigers losing money over the years. That is what has gotten them to this point. The solution isn't to spend more money "to fill out the roster". The solution is to suck it up and "retool" and build the infrastructure up.

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tomdalton22 said:

Ideally, yes. But you know that there is a good chance that they do sign a player to a contract that is over 15M. If they do want one of the players that has a QO wouldn't you rather keep a top 10 draft pic vs. losing a pick in the 11-15 range?

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Rebbiv said:

Of course there is a good chance. They are still delusional. But it doesn't make it right.

By my count, the need a starting LF, CF, 3B and C. People will disagree with me on the C, but I don't care. We need at least 2 starters and probably 3-4 guys in the pen. Signing 1 FA worth $15 Mil does what?

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