Tigers .500 Team?

Looking at the team the tigers could be close to a .500. but there is a downside. knowing all the free agents they are signing for lots of $$$. if the tigers kept doing things over the next couple years maybe the 97 marlins story will repeat in 2007. dombrowski sold off a good team before after signing high priced free agents! dombrowski is a grade A loser GM. thats is why i respect billy beane and the other GMs like beinfest that put a good team on the field with litte money.

1) There's no way this team will be .500. The pitching is terrible. 90-100 losses this season is my guess.

2) The team will not have to "dump" contracts. Every contract we have except one goes off of the books in the 2004 or 2005 offseasons. We actually have flexability there. And this is not a small market team. The reason payroll is low is because the team has been absolutely terrible for ten years so attendance is low. If the team can improve, more fans will come to the park, and more revenue will equal a higher payroll. That's why the front office spent the money they had come off the payroll this offseason - so they don't alienate every single fan theyb have with another historically awful season. Fans will support a winner (the Red Wings and Pistons have great attendance) but I can't blame anyone for not going to watch this crappy product. There's not much to get excited about.

3) There is no way Dombrowski is a "Grade A Loser GM." As others have said already, he was a big part of assembling that World Champion team you guys had in Miami last season.