Hearing From The People On Which Of Skubal/Tigers Deserves More Blame
The Valenti Show
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🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Just joining in, we're wrapping a little bit about how Jose Ramirez, given the hometown discount, |
| 0:06.6 | how Cleveland at least trying to sign their best player, how it worked out. |
| 0:11.4 | And it was about loyalty. |
| 0:13.1 | He likes it there. |
| 0:13.8 | His wife likes it there. |
| 0:14.8 | And he's loyal to the organization who was loyal to him. |
| 0:17.3 | Novel concept. |
| 0:18.7 | Oh, what a world. |
| 0:19.8 | Look, I don't hate anybody's hustle. and I am well aware Scoobool could probably make more elsewhere. The point I'm trying to make is you don't get to pass the buck anymore. You don't get to keep saying, well, it's above my pay grade. Well, you have to, I leave the business things to my aid. No, no, no, no. Your agent works for you. |
| 0:39.1 | Exactly. |
| 0:39.5 | And we saw in real time a Hall of Famer. You're not a Hall of Famer. Don't get it twisted. Terry School's had two marvelous years. He is not a Hall of Famer. Not yet. J. Ram is going to the Hall of Fame. if a Hall of Famer in his prime can take a well below average deal, |
| 0:58.1 | well below market deal, he wanted to make it happen, the team wanted to make it happen. My point |
| 1:04.1 | in this is I've never seen a situation where seemingly neither side wants to make it happen. |
| 1:11.1 | And yet the players here. When neither side wants to make it happen. And yet the players here. |
| 1:13.4 | When neither side wants something, |
| 1:15.3 | generally it means player loaded into cannon gone. |
| 1:18.7 | Well, it is, you know, when you think about it, |
| 1:20.6 | it is Scherzer because he played one more year here and then left. |
| 1:24.0 | And he had the same age. |
| 1:25.1 | But the Tigers made a real offer. |
| 1:27.7 | Correct. |
| 1:28.3 | They offered him 165. |
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