SeattleMike

The only area where the offense has improved slightly is in BB/per game. Instead of being 30th in the league, as they were last year, they are 22nd. Pretty much every other category they are 29th or 30th.

Scoing is up almost a half a run in MLB. OPS up 30 points. So you are correct.

Toronto had a couple of brainfarts on the bases as well. That kind of stuff fires of fans, but in the big picture it only marginally affects overall results. You can't "focus on fundamentals" your way to respectability, not at the MLB level. You need better players with better talent. Some organizations are better than others at spotting it and developing it. Hopefully the Tigers are moving in that direction after cleansing the organization of Avila and his minions.

I don't think I read one post on here complaining about this trade. I was a big Paredes fan throughout his development, and yet I was happy with the trade. It did annoy me that the Tigers never fully committed to giving Paredes a real chance.

On TV is synched up almost perfectly now. Better than past years.

That has been my salvation. Too bad the locals don't have this option.

Of course JD hit very well in the minors.

I wonder if anyone has ever put this Sparky axiom under the microscope? What is the correlation between a team's winning percentage after 40 games and the rest of the season? My guess is there might be a slight correlation but it's likely way overstated, as many things Anderson said were.

It's been like this through most of the Illitch family ownership. Two thirds of the seasons have been below .500, usually well below the mark. The Tigers had the second most wins of any AL franchise prior to 1990. Not many great teams but usually competitive.

Oh now I get it. You are suggesting there may be no players he will want to keep.

Why would you be rooting for this?

Mike cared but after his first season it took him 12 years to post another winning record. Ten winning seasons in 30 seasons under Illitch family ownership. By far the worst ownership group in Tigers history.

Plus he had two nice at bats. Earned a walk in his first AB (with a competent ump) and the HR.

2019 is underrated as one of the most god-awful teams in baseball history.

That will come later.

Santana was 18. And hardly overwhelmed, at least statistically. He was the youngest player in his league. He should be on everyone's top 20 list.

Castenallos?

Austin Meadows return will be a top 5 story is my guess.

No ghost runner in extra innings in postseason?

Dan Dickerson is clearly done with Soto.

Santana and Graham with HRs at Lakeland.

Strange state line for Santana for sure. Overall the guy has held his own as the youngest positional player in that league. A 117 RC+ for the year is pretty solid.

The only guy in the lineup who matters picked up 2 hits.

No sugarcoating how wretchedly bad this year's offense is. But the 2019 offense rivals this year for ineptitude. The 2022 offense is 1.13 runs worse than league average. The 2019 offense was 1.22 runs worse. If you look at the numbers by percentage this year's offense is 26% worse than league average and 2019 was 25% worse so one could argue this year is actually worse. Any way you slice it the Tigers have featured two historically bad offenses in two of the last four years.

Decades of failure to develop much positional talent has clouded the strides made by a number of Tigers positional players this year. May be a coincidence but certainly seems as though the new staff has made an immediate difference. I hope the new GM let's this play out.