Charlie Kolar

It's spring training. Stuff was there, not the rhythm or command. Way too early to make any judgements. See where he is at in Toledo in July.

No, not for that.

He wanted to go, wanted to be a lead back, he wanted Houston. They accommodated him.

Don't tell Skubal what to do!

He's not concerned about injury, he wants to maintain his routine build up to the season. It's a compromise, but certainly better than no Skubal at all.

If you can't set the edge and crush the pocket you'll only be a situational player in their system, and that's not worth an early pick. That is the priority in their system.

Year after year people want to mock undersized ends to the Lions. That’s not their prototype, they want big, strong, edge setting, pocket crushing ends.

Anzalone, do it all linebackers are rare.

Go away

Fun! Enjoy!

I love absolutely each and every one!

Nah, get in a man’s face the least he’s gonna do is push you away.

They didn’t piss him off and they didn’t “low ball” him. Stop with that ignorant narrative

probably have to trade for one

Depends

Bullshit take. Moussa got in his face and he pushed him away. It was Moussa who was frustrated and lost it.

I was as sick of people claiming the Tigers low balled Skubal as you were about Gleyber, and I took it out on you. I apologize.

All I am saying is that from an historical arbitration viewpoint, an award of a 90% increase is on the very high side and would only be awarded for extraordinary performance. An award of over 3 times previous salary is unprecedented. Skubal is worth way more than 32 million (in the open market)

Precedent wasn’t based simply on Price, and it certainly isn’t based on free market value. It’s primarily based on wage progression, more with superior performance, relatively less with less performance, with the totality of historical arb cases considered.

I‘m happy Skubal got it, Boras did his job, but to use it an opportunity to denigrate the Tigers as cheap is just misguided and uninformed.

Price went from 14 to 19 million. An increase from 10 to 32 million is unprecedented. Arbitration is not about what someone is worth, it’s about ensuring a fair and appropriate wage progression based on historical precedent.

Stop it! They didn't file low! I can't stand it. It was a 90% increase, which by arbitration standards is very high. Arbitration generally is decided by precedent, but Boras went outside the norms with an obscure clause and prevailed, which is great, but the Tiger didn't "low ball".

I've never heard anyone say that. I am sick of the Skubal arbitration goofiness, however.

I‘m so tired of stupid Skubal takes. He was never signing an extension. The Tigers didn’t “low ball” him, if you think so you don’t understand arbitration. It will be almost impossible for the Tigers to outbid the high revenue teams in free agency.

Can't shoot the 3, lousy defender, undersized with an attitude. No thanks.

Why are you focused on the color of someone's skin?

Apples and oranges. The current system is based on teams being able to limit player costs prior to earning free agency. This is an attempt by Boras to reset the bar for all future arb cases. A 90% increase is actually quite high for arbitration.

Valdez is a free agent. Arbitration is not based on what you might be worth in free agency.

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