Tenacious D

Malloy (7) and Pacheco (4) with dingers so far today.

Jonathan Schoop RBI watch:

May 14th: 0 RBI

9 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

Malloy, batting leadoff, was 3 for 4 with a home run.  He's on an 8 for 20 run now with a double and 2 home runs, so maybe he has emerged from that recent funk.  Wouldn't it be great if he could prove, over a full season at Toledo, that he could learn to make those adjustments.  And at the same get better at playing third base.

I want him to stay there all year, under no circumstances do I want to see him as a chess piece in Detroit.  I want him to play 150 games at third base in Detroit in 2024, and for the next 7 years after that, and it won't happen if he gets promoted this year.

If he’s deemed ready, shouldn’t he be called up? He played a brief spell in AAA last year, plus in the AFL.  Regardless of how much time he has in Toledo, he’s going to struggle at times in the majors.  I think that’s inevitable.  If you believe your best coaching talent is in Detroit, he might benefit most from a call-up.

We have to trust the new front office to know what’s in his best interest (and the teams).

10 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

There's a blast from the past lol

He’s a realtor in the area.  I’ve seen his yard signs

2 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

It sounds a bit like faux excitement, not a normal speaking voice or delivery. A common ailment in ex jocks who do a bit of Sports TV commentary. It's a nit pick and is completely curable unlike Jack Morris Disease 

I didn’t notice that.  I liked him better than C-Mo. 

Clearly Turnbull was not on board with the demotion to work things out. Nor will he be able to now with his “injury.”

Lions video was horrible.  Let’s hope it’s the last egg they lay.

4 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Is that batting average in metric or something? 🤣

Ha—I think he hit 3 of his 4 HR in one game, amirite?

The recent performance has been surprising, but it shouldn’t be.  The offense is starting to hit like it should.

Imagine if we can get contributions from Turnbull, Skubal, Meadows and Carpenter?

Is there anything worse than Kyle Schwarber in the Cure Insurance commercials?  Horribly written + stiff athlete spokesperson.  A commercial director’s nightmare, through they are complicit, too.

Singuel!

Impossible to defend Baez’ throws.  Tork has been bailing him out for over a season now.

18 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

Lakeland has had a poor start team-wide, including Graham (bad) and Santana (yikes level bad)

Luke Gold underwhelming, too.

7 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

4 errors by the left side of the infield sheesh!

Tork probably should have had one, too, dropping the foul ball hit over his head.

1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said:

IDK - would have put him in better position to throw home?

It didn't look like Javy was fooled or looked away too soom, the ball just didn't come up to where he thought it would.

Looked like he looked up when they showed the replay.  He was definitely thinking of going home.

I hope he was on board with this decision.

3 minutes ago, kdog said:

Turnbull optioned to Toledo to make room for Faedo.

Wow.  Is this just 40 man shenanigans or do they really think he needs to work on something?

1 hour ago, bsc3165 said:

& 600+ doubles & 1800+ RBI's. Still hoping (not expecting) a couple more Miggy moments this summer 

What could have been if his legs hadn’t failed him.

Troubling to see Graham and Santana struggling so badly at Lakeland.  Hope they snap out of it soon.

11 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Rental pitchers sell better at the deadline than hitters.  I think they can get something decent.  

This.  And there will be more pitching injuries (it’s inevitable).  Contenders will bid against each other.  I would expect at least a J-Hen and young starting pitcher prospect in return.

This is one streaky ass team.

32 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Nootbaar sounds like something you'd pickup at Westborn Market. 

Or a dresser from IKEA

Schoop is still on the team?

JV goes down for the sweep