I am incredibly hyperbolic regarding my opinions on the Tigers.

They say not to get too high or too low, but I do.

I don’t have any contempt in my heart for any Detroit Tigers.

These are my boys.

Javier Baez is the exception.

Javy Baez makes me feel like a bad person.

My feelings toward him are irrational.

I have to acknowledge that.

I’ve started to believe my galaxy brain conspiracy that his numbers were made up from 2016-2019.

No one bothers me more than Javier Baez.

I pay attention to the metrics and know he grades out to be an elite shortstop.

I don’t care.

I’m aware of the money Detroit is paying him.

I don’t care.

Pour gasoline on it and light the contract on fire if you have to.

Trade him for a bucket of balls and eat the entire deal.

I don’t want him here.

The organization can’t be successful with him on the roster.

Scott Harris has preached how much he wants to acquire players dominating the strike zone.

Baez goes out of his way to do the opposite.

And it’s the same shit OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER again.

A fastball up by his forehead?

He’s swinging at it.

A slider five fucking feet off the plate?

Some players adjust and struggle, while others don’t attempt to adjust.

I can’t have the latter on my baseball team.

I don’t care.

Get him off the team.

Last year, as annoying as it was, everyone was bad.

There was no leadership.

It was a rudderless ship.

The 2023 Tigers aren’t good, but they have professionals.

At least Miguel Cabrera, at 40 years old, is still grinding out at-bats.

Yeah, he’s a shell of himself but approaches his plate appearances like a professional.

He doesn’t decide before the game which pitches he will swing at.

Would dumping Baez make the current Tigers better?

Ehhhh, I would argue yes, but my contempt blinds me.

It’s not about being better in 2023.

It’s about culture.

He doesn’t fit.

And I’m sure his numbers would increase if Baez got shipped to the Dodgers.

He’d bat 8th in a deep lineup and start hitting for pop.

Again, I don’t care.

He’s not going to do that here.

GMs and owners love to give guys who make a lot of money as long a leash as possible.

I understand why in certain instances, but not this one.

I’d accept it as a bad contract if it were just as simple as underperformance.

He’s not capable of good at-bats.

He just faces stupid pitchers sometimes who don’t know who they’re facing.

A lifetime supply of Big League Chew would suffice.

At least he’s still a name (for some reason).

A year from now, no one would touch him, even if you took on the entire contract.

You have just to accept that this was a failure made by a previous GM.

Eat it and move on for the sake of our sanity.