Jeff Blair

Seattle could be really good.

But other... Seattle...

Yankees raise.

Is there any other team in the American League you think can run away from it?

Probably not.

So I'm thinking if you're the Tigers, maybe you're thinking, okay, if we trade him now, yeah, maybe we get an extra prospect.

But are we really, if we hang on to him, and when is the trade deadline?

It's August 3rd, so we're less than two months away from it.

Maybe the Tigers say, you know what, let's just hang on and see where we are at the trade deadline.

Well, the fear, and the fear, though, now if you're the Tigers, is what if the first start goes great, the second start, and now people are going, okay, time out here.

This much I know from covering strikes, when the strike or the lockout ends, the best player in the free agent market gets the most money.

You know?

So I...

With a guy like Scooble, we could probably say Scooble's going to get what he's going to get regardless of whether or not there's a labor stoppage.

It's the guys like the Dalton Varshos I kind of wonder about.

How would a labor stoppage affect them?

I think the elite dudes are still going to get their money.

You would have to.

If you're the Tigers...

don't you think you would know by now whether or not there's a – first of all, you know that Scott Boris' guys always go to free agency.