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The Valenti Show

Reacting to ESPN MLB Insider Jeff Passan's Comment on Tigers

The Valenti Show

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4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Rico read some comments from ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan and what he had to say about the Tigers' plans going forward.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So Jeff Passin had something to say about the Tigers and look we talk I told you the pathway to

0:06.2

positivity checkpoint one get to 500 they are they're 30 and 30 unlike some I don't

0:12.2

celebrate that.

0:13.2

That's the barrier to entry to like not just being total ass.

0:17.5

Well now, what do you have to do from now till July 15th

0:22.3

to put yourself in a position where we get to talk about being a buyer at the

0:26.5

deadline. Now Jeff Passin has checked in on every team. If you think Jeff Passin's half an idiot, that's fine, you're a prerogative.

0:35.2

But he checked in with every team and classified them.

0:37.8

And now there are teams that are unloaders.

0:40.9

Just the ass of the ass. Teams like the aes and the white socks I mean just like ass concentrate awful

0:49.0

then there's the

0:59.3

you fill fill up that bingo car today okay then he has these things called hinge teams so the D backsbacks are there, the Red Sox, you stink. And you're there. Let me read

1:06.7

you what he said and I want you guys to tell me whether passing is more accurate than

1:12.4

not, because I was surprised at what he wrote.

1:16.0

Ready?

1:17.0

Yep.

1:18.0

He goes no one would fault the much improved Tigers for holding on to all their players and aiming for a winning season.

1:24.0

Then again the baseball world is binary.

1:27.0

Either you're a playoff team or you aren't and if you aren't,

1:31.0

then a team should do everything it can to maximize its current roster for the future.

1:37.0

He writes, if that's the case, Jack Flaherty will move for the second deadline, and this time he'll bring back a whole lot more because what he's doing this season is giving second half of 19 flashbacks which is why I've said he hasn't been good in five years. That's what I've been referencing.

1:54.0

But he goes deeper than this, ready?

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