SeattleMike

What confounds is that he hit 31 HRs last year as a 23-year old. This season makes no sense. I'll bet he eventually ekes out a decent career but probably won't not in Detroit.

What's incredible is that coming into today the Tigers were 19th in runs scored per game. There are 11 teams worse than the Tigers? What the heck has happened to offense in MLB.

You watched a lot from 2017-2020?

Had a feeling the wheels would come off after the Carpenter injury. Didn’t expect to score only 3 runs in 5 games on this road trip, but not surprising an inconsistent offense takes a bigger dip when one of its two best hitters goes down. Still think they will end up a .500 club, unless they dump Flaherty and/or Skubal and additional injuries hit.

You are disappointed with Greene? A 23-year old posting a 135 OPS+? Tough critic.

Down goes Carpenter down goes whatever meager offense they had. Not a coincidence that last year’s 9 game losing coincided with the absence of both Green and Carpenter.

Keith top 3 Tiger hitter since May 1. He’s fine.

They still had a one run lead after 6. And the bullpen couldn’t hold it. Among league leaders in blown leads after 6 innings. Beginning to realize there is nothing special about Fetter et al. Not in the same league as Cleveland or Seattle for instance in terms of pitching development.

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To this day I never feel comfortable with any lead of fewer than 9 runs.

Who remembers when the Tigers blew a 7-run lead in the 9th against the Angels in late August of 1986. Willie Hernandez gave up a grand slam with 2-outs and the Tigers lost 13-12. They ended up getting swept in a 4-game series, which essentially ended their season. Thankfully for Hernandez no Twitter.

The Tigers recently blew a 7-run lead to the Blue Jays. If they were up 15-0 in the 8th I understand throttling it down. Otherwise pedal to the metal.

In 13 starts he has allowed 3 runs or more only 3 times. And in 6 of those 2 runs or fewer. As a 4th or 5th starter that works.

Interestingly he has the same xwOBA as Canha, at .306. Yet Canha has a xOBA almost 80 points higher. Keith's actual production has been abysmal for sure. But under the hood doesn't it look quite so bad. Still feel good about his career prospects.

Torkelson broke even Monroe, who a few times did criticize Tork's approach at the plate

26th in OBP so not much traffic on the bases. 22th in slugging so not much power. Pray tell have the Tigers actually been a lucky on offense to this point? Scary thought.

Exactly. How many games have the Tigers lost due to defensive miscues at critical moments? I can think of a few.

They score 4 runs on one swing and then do nothing the rest of the game. That has happened too often this season. Then again who thought Gio Urshela would be hitting cleanup on June 11.

He was very good on the radio a week or so ago. Why can’t he bring that same style to TV?

He has played most of his games at 3rd, where he has been above average as a defender.

One game sample size: he does not look like an MLBer in the field.

I was more or less pleased with the first 6-7 weeks of the season. They were in every game and playing a lot of young guys. You could see the makings of a future contender. But now. Tork is in purgatory. Meadows and Lange have been banished there as well. Greene is in an extended slump. Carpenter is out indefinitely. Keith's burst of offensive production has fizzled. Perez, as expected, is fighting it. The bullpen is erratic, to put it kindly. Manning and Mize's growth has stalled. The defense has plummeted in just about every metric. It's hard to be optimistic, certainly about the rest of this season. And now who knows what to expect next year.

Pretty much everyone has an OPS of 1000 this year in AAA.

The Tigers are around 11th in the AL in attendance. They are already staying away.

6 runs in last 3.5 games. Without Carpenter and a slumping Greene I’m afraid there will be a few more stretches like this going forward. Tork flaming out is such a huge setback.