Rebuild .. forward to the future!

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/christopher-ilitch-tigers-spring-training
Ilitch: 'We are building this the right way'.
Tigers' chairman and CEO talks developing young core, TV deal.
Tigers official site

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...h-assures-fans-hes-prepared-spend/4903271002/
'That day will come': Tigers' Christopher Ilitch assures fans he's prepared to spend.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...eam-rebuild-timetable-free-agents/4904594002/
Detroit Tigers CEO Christopher Ilitch says he believes in process, will spend when 'time is right'.
Freep

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/02/christopher-ilitch-on-tigers-rebuilding-efforts.html
Christopher Ilitch On Tigers? Rebuilding Efforts.
MLBTR

 

[kalinecountry]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2020/03/01/20-february-thoughts-5/
20 FEBRUARY THOUGHTS.
Totally Tigers

 

[kalinecountry]

https://tigersminorleaguereport.com/2020/03/02/marchant-orders-season-2-episode-4-en-espanol/
Marchant Orders Podcast Season 2, Episode 4; En Espanol? 75 minutes.
TMLR

Jason Woodell joins James and Roger to discuss his thoughts on some Detroit?s top prospects and early Spring Training observations. Collectively the group rants about the Tigers? lack of player development and Roger takes a deep dive into the many misses in the last decade of Detroit?s drafts. (Explicit Language).

 

[kalinecountry]

https://dcs-b.megaphone.fm/LKN7906874074.mp3?key=31e47b0a7f3e96e4099bd18732a5fb1d
Locked on Detroit Tigers March 2. Episode 4. 17 minutes.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2020/03/02/mr-feelgood/
MR. FEELGOOD. (aka FU Chris Ilitch).
Totally Tigers

 

[tomdalton22]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2020/03/02/mr-feelgood/
MR. FEELGOOD. (aka FU Chris Ilitch).
Totally Tigers

we need a thumbs down button for articles we don't like.

 

[kalinecountry]

I think she is right on with everything about young Ilitch and the media.

 

[tomdalton22]

I think she is right on with everything about young Ilitch and the media.

I blame the media...not CI

 

[kalinecountry]

The only Tigers beat writer who doesn't ask fluff questions of Ilich is Anthony Fenech of the Freep.

 

[Tigrrman]

20 FEBRUARY THOUGHTS.
Totally Tigers

Detroit is only middle-of-the-pack regarding population markets ..and thus, should NOT be expected to have and/or maintain a top 5 payroll. Simply unrealistic to expect them to.

Considering all the injuries they had last year ..it was basically a hodge-podge scramble just to field minor-league caliber players on their MLB roster.

Looking ahead this year, considering their new additions as well as considering their projected starting positional players stay relatively healthy this year an play 120+ games each ..I think the Tigers will win 70 to 72 games this season.

Of course ..Pitching (starters and relievers) will also have to stay relatively healthy. Zimmerman will have to win more than 1 game and maintain a sub-5 ERA (ha ha). Furthermore, Matt Boyd, Spencer Turnbull, and Daniel Norris and will have to pitch well enough and win 10+ games each (they are capable!). And Michael Fulmer will have to return and pitch well.

Looking beyond 2020 ..their more highly-rated pitching prospects should begin making appearances on the MLB later this year ..and several may likely begin next year (2021) on the MLB roster.

I can clearly envision 80+ wins next year (2021) ..with 90+ wins by 2023.

 

[Tigrrman]

MR. FEELGOOD. (aka FU Chris Ilitch).
Totally Tigers

IMHO, Jake Rodgers deserved to be called up.
Unfortunately, as we all well know, he fell flat on his face.
But again, at age 24 and considering his minor-league trajectory to that point ..he absolutely deserved the opportunity with the Big Club.

 

[tomdalton22]

Detroit is only middle-of-the-pack regarding population markets ..and thus, should NOT be expected to have and/or maintain a top 5 payroll. Simply unrealistic to expect them to.

Considering all the injuries they had last year ..it was basically a hodge-podge scramble just to field minor-league caliber players on their MLB roster.

Looking ahead this year, considering their new additions as well as considering their projected starting positional players stay relatively healthy this year an play 120+ games each ..I think the Tigers will win 70 to 72 games this season.

Of course ..Pitching (starters and relievers) will also have to stay relatively healthy. Zimmerman will have to win more than 1 game and maintain a sub-5 ERA (ha ha). Furthermore, Matt Boyd, Spencer Turnbull, and Daniel Norris and will have to pitch well enough and win 10+ games each (they are capable!). And Michael Fulmer will have to return and pitch well.

Looking beyond 2020 ..their more highly-rated pitching prospects should begin making appearances on the MLB later this year ..and several may likely begin next year (2021) on the MLB roster.

I can clearly envision 80+ wins next year (2021) ..with 90+ wins by 2023.

I'm actually hoping for them to have the worst record in the league again this year so they can get the #1 overall pick.

 

[Tigrrman]

I'm actually hoping for them to have the worst record in the league again this year so they can get the #1 overall pick.

I understand.

Going to be extremely difficult to have the worst record again when the likes of Baltimore, Kansas City, Seattle, and Pittsburg are still potential 100+ loss teams.

I do have a feeling that there will be a little bit more parity in the MLB this year ..with fewer teams winning 91+ games than last year ..and more teams winning between 81 and 90 games than last year.

 

[kalinecountry]

I'm actually hoping for them to have the worst record in the league again this year so they can get the #1 overall pick.

They can't screw up a #1 draft pick can they? Oh wait, Matt Anderson, Kyle Sleeth, http://www.espn.com/mlb/draft/history/_/team/det

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...istons-rebuilding-jamie-samuelsen/4938351002/
All Detroit sports teams are rebuilding, so who'll get it right?
Freep

2. Tigers
At least we can see what the plan is here. Draft and develop as many pitchers as possible and hope for the best. The top of the Tigers farm system is so pitching-heavy that the Toledo starting rotation might not have enough room to accommodate.

But who are the everyday players to accompany these pitchers in the future. Outfielder Riley Greene has been spectacular this spring and had an outstanding summer last year after the Tigers took him in the first round.
But he?s 19 with a lot of seasoning ahead of him.

Al Avila gets some credit for identifying the pitching talent. But when you?re drafting in the top 10 (or the top one), you?re much more likely to hit than miss on prospects.

We need to see evidence that the Tigers are developing talent from the later rounds and we haven?t seen that yet.

Same deal here with Ilitch. He hasn?t spent on free agents yet, but says that he will when the Tigers are ready to contend.

Ilitch did extend Avila?s contract last summer, which made no sense.

Avila has drafted well in the first round (and Tarik Skubal in the ninth).

The rest of the picture remains blurry and certainly didn?t merit an extension.

 

[tomdalton22]

They can't screw up a #1 draft pick can they? Oh wait, Matt Anderson, Kyle Sleeth, http://www.espn.com/mlb/draft/history/_/team/det

no doubt they can screw it up, but I'd rather they have the option of every single player than another team (or teams) getting to pick in front of them. Who knows, maybe there will be a no brainer at the top in 2021. Right now it looks like it might be that pitcher from Vandy (Rocker)

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2020/3...strikeout-rate-niko-goodrum-jeimer-candelario
JaCoby Jones might be the Tigers? all-time strikeout artist.
Three current Tigers are whiffing at a blistering pace.
BYBTB

Since the Detroit Tigers joined the American League as a charter franchise in 1901, just 179 players in franchise history have logged at least 1,000 plate appearances. Center fielder JaCoby Jones is just 18 trips to the plate shy of that milestone. That?s the good news.

On the not-so-bright side, Jones is on track to have a higher strikeout percentage than any other Tigers player with at least 1,000 career plate appearances with the team ? spanning 119 seasons of Tigers baseball. Through his 982 career plate appearances at the major league level, Jones is striking out 31.9 percent of the time. Former Tigers slugger Rob Deer is the only other player in this category to surpass the 30 percent mark, at 31.5 percent in 1,354 career plate appearances.

Niko Goodrum is not far behind Jones in both categories, with a 28.0 percent strikeout rate in 964 plate appearances, the fourth-highest among players in this category. Third baseman Jeimer Candelario has struck out 24.9 percent of the time in 1,111 plate appearances with the club, which ranks seventh ? soon to be ninth, once Jones and Goodrum play a few more games ? among those in the Tigers millennium club. That?s one-third of the Tigers? projected lineup for the 2020 season, whiffing at a historic pace.

A thousand plate appearances doesn?t seem like much. Just two seasons qualifying for the batting title would do it [Ed.: I?m still blown away that only 179 Tigers players have ever hit this mark]. But the trio of young Tigers are about to become members of the club.

Players have reached the 1,000 plate appearance milestone at about the same pace over the history of the franchise, with 88 of the 179 players reaching the mark since 1961, but the highest strikeout rates have almost all been recorded in the most recent years.

With few exceptions, the players who played during the first sixty years of the Tigers? existence recorded lower strikeout rates than those who have played since. There are a few pitchers who hit often enough to make the list, but very few players who played primarily in the past 60 years have struck out under 10 percent of the time. Placido Polanco stands out among recent Tigers players with a very low strikeout ratio, at just 5.6 percent. Victor Martinez squeaks into the top half of the list at 10.4 percent.

The Tigers led the major leagues with a strikeout rate of 26.4 percent in 2019. That?s more than all 15 National League teams, who still have pitchers batting on a regular basis. Detroit?s lineup was also dead last in the majors with just 582 runs scored. That could improve if they would put the ball in play more often. It?s harder to score runs when your team has so many plate appearances where there is no chance to advance a runner, even while recording an out.

 

[tomdalton22]

Jones has seemed to get a little better each year but still not good. He is lucky the Tigers are so bad. My guess is he has one year, maybe 2 to figure it out or his career is over.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/locked-on-tigers/e/67780184?autoplay=true[/url]
Locked On Detroit Tigers Podcast Episode 6. Will Jordan Zimmermann Survive 2020? 19 minutes.

In this episode Chris talks about Tigers prospects Kody Clemens and Kyle Funkhouser. In segment two, he tells you whether or not Jordan Zimmermann will make it through the 2020 season.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2020/03/04/hear-no-evil-see-no-evil-speak-no-evil/
HEAR NO EVIL, SEE NO EVIL, SPEAK NO EVIL.
Totally Tigers