Jon Morosi

Two years ago at the deadline, they were...

a thousand percent definitely talking with teams.

That was a matter of public record.

Scott Harris said that after the deadline passed that year, they were listening, they were talking.

So if they were talking two years ago when he had two and a half years left on his deal, they're certainly going to at least be talking now.

That is not a big rhetorical leap here for us to say that they'll be listening.

But, Jeff, to your point, the activation level is going to be really high.

And the Tigers, I'll say this, are one of those teams, and they've had a pretty high bar to clear when they, again, they could have traded Skubal a couple years ago, didn't.

They could have traded Eduardo Rodriguez.

a couple years ago, didn't.

So there's a lot of different scenarios that they have been through as an organization.

Scott Harris is, and this is one of my favorite things to do at this time of year, it's a little exercise I like to do at Baseball Reference because they have this tool.

Check out which GMs are comfortable trading with which other teams and GMs.

Because often when push comes to shove and it's deadline day, you make trades with the teams that you trust.

And if the teams that you don't trust are the ones that are coming after you, you might not be able to find that deal.

All the best.

Thank you so much.

Appreciate it, guys.

Doing great, Jeff.

I'm honored to be in the same sentence and thought of in the same way as Chris Bassett.