00:00Tarek Skubal, motivated teams, coming at Detroit,
00:05which, as you heard with the very latest from MLB Insiders,
00:09could lead to a big score.
00:11Could.
00:13And with a player on an expiring contract, a rental,
00:17I think a good player, no question,
00:20maybe one of the best that's been offered up at the deadline in years,
00:24but even though he's a rental,
00:27the term exorbitant has been used regarding the cost
00:31and what might be coming back to Detroit.
00:34248-539-9797, and yeah, Luis Pena would be the Tigers' highest prospect
00:42if he comes back in a trade with the Brewers, as you heard Jim Bowden say.
00:47And now that Max Clark's been called up,
00:50he's a top 20 prospect in the game.
00:53248-539-9797.
00:54Let's get back to your open line calls.
00:57We go to Bill in Madison Heights here on 97.1.
00:59Hello, Bill.
01:00Hi, Doug. How are you?
01:01What's up?
01:03Yeah, you know, I'm sort of looking over the 100 prospects,
01:08and I think I'd like to get more than one prospect back.
01:14I mean, I don't know.
01:17If you're asking me if I would trade Maydew for Skubal straight up,
01:22I might do it, but that might be the only scenario.
01:26I mean, ideally, I'd like to get two prospects back for him.
01:31I think...
01:33Okay, so just real quick, you're talking about Jesus Made,
01:36who is the top-ranked prospect in Major League Baseball from the Brewers.
01:39Well, I just brought up a scenario.
01:41Would you do a one-for-one if they would agree to do that?
01:44Most people say he's untouchable,
01:46but maybe he wouldn't be in a one-for-one package
01:48because that doesn't cut into what they're using at the Major League level at all.
01:52But you're saying,
01:53and I just want to bring people up to speed on what you were referencing,
01:55you're saying you'd rather get multiple prospects back.
01:59Yeah, I think we have to get at least two high-end prospects,
02:03and everybody's talking about the Dodgers,
02:06and I think Mike Sirota and Eduardo Quintero,
02:12those are their second and...
02:14Those are the 11th and the 19th prospects in the game.
02:19Now, I don't know if the Dodgers would do that,
02:21but the thing I think we have to concentrate on is right-handed bats
02:25because with Clark coming up,
02:27you know, McGonagall, Riley Green,
02:30we've got left-handed bats.
02:32I just think they got...
02:34And, you know, Quintero is a very, very fast guy, too.
02:39And I think if we could get the Dodgers to do that,
02:45if, it's a big if, that would be my trade.
02:48That would be my trade.
02:50So, you know, the Quintero outfielder,
02:55he's actually playing up at Midland, I believe.
02:58They've also got Mike Sirota,
03:00who is kind of been a favorite of this show,
03:03their number two-ranked prospect.
03:05You know, the Dodgers have so many top 100 guys.
03:09It's, like, to their credit,
03:11I don't want to give them credit
03:12because that organization has a TV deal
03:16and a sweetheart deal with the league
03:18that actually I find mightily irritating.
03:21But they've drafted very well.
03:26They've traded, like, they got Zaire Hope.
03:28And Zaire Hope is an outfielder at AA,
03:31who's the number 25 prospect in the game.
03:33Zaire Hope is a player they acquired in a trade
03:37in a sell-off move with the Cubs
03:39and is now potentially a 25-25 guy
03:43at the major league level.
03:45And, you know, I feel like we've pooh-poohed him
03:47a little bit, but he's a left-handed bat.
03:49And you said you want a right-handed bat.
03:50And I'm also in love with James Tibbs,
03:52who's at AAA in Oklahoma City
03:54and is absolutely mashing the baseball
03:57and is probably ready to come up
03:59with almost any other organization,
04:00but he's not going to take playing time away
04:02from Freddie Freeman in L.A.
04:03And Tibbs is also a left-handed bat.
04:06So the guys I like the most from the Dodgers,
04:08maybe that's not true of Sirota.
04:10Sirota bat's right-handed.
04:11But a lot of them are lefties.
04:13But your point is well taken, Bill.
04:16It's a chance to give this organization
04:18what they don't have.
04:20If Tibbs as a left-handed hitting first baseman
04:25could be a replacement for Torkelson.
04:29Well, that's something I didn't even consider.
04:32I didn't dive that deep into it.
04:34Oh, Bill, I'm diving deep into all this.
04:36I love it.
04:39This is to me, yeah, it's like the MLB version
04:43of the NFL draft, and this doesn't come around
04:45very often, that you have the most coveted player
04:48in the game.
04:50And Scott Harris, it's up to him to do this
04:54and do this right.
04:56I don't want Anthony Davis in a first-round pick back here.
05:00I don't want this to be a return that everybody goes,
05:03wait, what?
05:04That's all I got?
05:09Like when Dallas got.
05:12I always laugh, this is from an unnamed texter,
05:14I always laugh when I hear the Tigers are looking
05:16for position players or prospects
05:20because what they have at the major league level
05:22does not fit what they're looking for at all.
05:24And they seem to be unwilling to change the players
05:27at the major league level.
05:29That's from an unnamed texter.
05:31Unwilling?
05:32What about it makes them unwilling to change the players
05:35they have at the major league level?
05:38Because if they have guys in the minors
05:41that are ready to be called up,
05:43a.k.a. McGonigal, he got called up,
05:45and now Max Clark has been called up.
05:49Typically, teams season players in the minor league level
05:53until they've kind of checked every box.
05:55Can you hit the curveball?
05:57Do you have a good enough eye?
05:59Are you taking walks?
06:01In Clark's case, remember what a butcher he was
06:03in the field down at spring training?
06:06Is he playing better in the field?
06:09Otherwise, it's not like you can swap out
06:11your bad players for other teams' good players.
06:14So I don't know what this means.
06:16They seem unwilling to change the players
06:18at the major league level.
06:20I think they'd love to change out some of their players
06:22in the major league level.
06:23There's just not better options until there are.
06:26And what I mean by that,
06:27until the guys in the minors have shown enough.
06:31I mean, if they do move Klaver,
06:34then maybe Max Anderson gets the call up next.
06:38Because he might be the best in the organization
06:40to play second base outside of Howie Lee,
06:43who moves around a little bit,
06:44but that could be the next move.
06:48And Anderson, like Max Anderson's a great example of,
06:51we'll let you know when a guy's ready.
06:53Not us, but the Tigers organization themselves
06:56by calling him up.
06:57Earlier in the year, he was crushing the baseball,
06:59hitting it real well, but he wasn't walking at all.
07:01He went through like a month with one walk.
07:04The last check, he had 13 walks in July.
07:06He's starting to show a better eye at the plate,
07:10more plate discipline,
07:12swinging at better pitches.
07:14And that's why, you know, Max Anderson,
07:17when people, why not, why not?
07:18Well, that was the answer when we checked in on it.
07:21Now he's, he's maybe checked that box to an extent
07:25where he could be the next.
07:28From an unnamed texter,
07:29while we get rid of Scooble,
07:30take bids for Riley Green and please send Torque away
07:33for whatever value he has.
07:36So I ask you,
07:38and I get it.
07:39Hey, okay.
07:40You're frustrated with Torque
07:41and apparently Riley Green.
07:45If, if you're not going for a full scale rebuild,
07:48what do you think you're getting for Torque
07:49and Riley Green?
07:51Specifically Torque.
07:53If, you know,
07:54and then who's going to play those positions next year?
07:58I don't feel like they have an abundance of outfielders here
08:03ready to go.
08:05If Clark turns out to be worth it,
08:09then you've got,
08:11this might not mean,
08:12but he did enough to be named an all-star,
08:14Riley Green.
08:15And if Max Clark is worth it and the outfield,
08:18and you know,
08:19that's,
08:20it's a pretty good start.
08:21Torque.
08:22Okay.
08:22Got it.
08:23You have frustrations with Torque,
08:24but are you trying to win next year?
08:26Cause like,
08:27it doesn't feel like for Sanio or Lorenzo are close,
08:30close enough that they,
08:31we're sure they're going to make the team.
08:33Now,
08:34if you get James Tibbs or Luke Adams back to minor leaguers,
08:38I've talked about for the Brewers or the Dodgers,
08:40those guys could be ready to go as Torque's replacement.
08:45Here's an interesting accusation.
08:46I wish this person would elaborate.
08:49An unnamed texter writes in no guarantee.
08:51Harris pulls the trigger.
08:53He is afraid of being judged.
08:58Okay.
08:59I've not heard that from anywhere,
09:03but what makes you draw that conclusion?
09:07I want to know why you said it.
09:10Where do you,
09:11where do you read or what do you know that leads you to believe that Scott
09:15Harris is quote,
09:16afraid of being judged.
09:19I don't think anybody would want to be a GM if they were afraid of being
09:25judged,
09:25but is there,
09:26is there a quote you've got from him that leads you to believe that I'm,
09:29I'm curious as to what led to that accusation from this unnamed texter.
09:35Maybe there is an explanation,
09:36but that's a pretty big accusation to make against a general manager.
09:41I want to know why you believe that next text.
09:44Unnamed texter.
09:45I'm actually excited for this opportunity.
09:47Our starting pitching is the strength of our team.
09:49Plenty to go around.
09:51Melton has a better ERA and war than Scooble and is younger.
09:54We can get a ransom for Scooble green dingler.
09:57We can get a ransom for Scooble.
09:59Sorry,
10:00period.
10:01That's my bad.
10:01We can get a ransom for Scooble green dingler,
10:04McGonagall torque,
10:05Clark Anderson,
10:06plus whatever prospects and bullpen arms we acquire.
10:092028 is already looking awesome to me.
10:12It's already a better team than we have now.
10:15LOL.
10:17Well,
10:17if you do this right,
10:18you can be competitive again in 2027.
10:21I'm not,
10:21I'm not conceding that just yet.
10:24Well,
10:25your phone calls and feedback coming up.
10:26The very latest on Tarek Scooble,
10:28that's Clark called up.
10:29Was it the right move?
10:30We'll get to that today at 1102 here on Carson Anderson on 97 one.
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