Are the Tigers Really Coming?

[JD-TWINS]

3 hours ago, harmony55 said:

Looking through the narrow lense of departed free agents, the Detroit Tigers need to replace the combined 3.1 fWAR posted , last year by Eduardo Rodriguez, Miguel Cabrera, Matthew Boyd and Jose Cisnero.

Through the same narrow lense, the Twins need to replace the combined 12.0 fWAR posted last year by Sonny Gray, Michael Taylor, Kenta Maeda, Donovan Solano, Emilio Pagan, Joey Gallo, Tyler Mahle and Dallas Keuchel.

The Tigers, who won 78 games in 2023, have added Maeda, Jack Flaherty and Andrew Chafin to their 40-man roster while the Twins, who won 87 games last year, have added Josh Staumont, Bubba Thompson and Ryan Jensen.

Those narrow lenses don't tell the full story but the Twins will rely on touted products of the farm system to fill the gaps left by the departed free agents.

I think they got Shelby Miller as well as a FA……they also lost/traded Lorenzen at the break so he’s probably a 1.0 - 1.5WAR or better at end of July……….hopefully, they are done and we make a move or two?

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20 hours ago, sweetmusicviola16 said:

This team has it's own question marks. It starts with Buxton, Correa and Kiriloff. And carries over to the starting rotation and anybody not named Lopez. I can't with any kind of honesty not call Paddock and Varland question marks. Ryan to a fair degree as well. At this point I'm feeling more secure on Ober and can almost take the question mark off of him.

That is a fair critique IMHO. The Twins have far too many question marks to be considered a powerhouse like the Braves, Phillies, Dodgers and Astros. If those question marks pan out negative somebody else has a very good chance to win the AL Central. That said, Detroit has plenty of question marks themselves. Give me the Twins current roster over any AL Central team 100 times out of 100.