Tiger337

You can't guarantee championships.

I hope 2025 is not peak peak Tigers, but if they fail this year and then lose Skubal and Mize, there is a very good chance it will take a couple more years to get back to that level.

That is not a controversial opinon at all. I bet that the majority of people here do not want Harris and Hinch to be fired.

Their probability of succeeding is highly correlated with the success of the economy which is not in his favor at the moment. He can lie about stuff he is doing doing internationally. He can lie about immigration. He can lie about lots of stuff and get away with it, but people know full well whether or not they are employed, making enough money and able to afford the necessities.

xwoba kind of does that, but it has Skubal as the #81 pitcher in baseball so I'm not sure it's the best overall measure. mize is #29 and Anderson is #59. I still don't think there is great single stat for measuring overall pitching.

Skubal sauce

I had the same thought, but if they did get a good glove no hit center fielder, everybody would have complained about the no hit part.

You want production too? Any good CF who can also produce offensively is not going to be blocked. The question is whether there was a good field no hit guy available.

What if you have a rare ingredient which can bake the cake quicker even if it's not perfect. You know that ingredient won't be available in the future, so you have to get it done now.

What if someone is good at baking, but messes up the frosting?

The Tigers did make a trade this year. They acquired Zack Short for cash considerations or a PTBNL. And all you ungrateful bastards did was complain that he wasn't good enough.

40 million is not a lot for a pitcher of his caliber. The problem is the years. Pitchers always get hurt including Skubal three times already.

Yes, that's what I am thinking for Montero. Unfortunately, they don't really have a true fireman. Do they?

I hope they don't move Melton there. He may be their best pitcher at the moment. Skubal, Valdez, Mize, Melton. I think Montero might be really good in the bullpen. Flaherty or Verlander can start. The other can go to the pen. Yeah, I know Verlander have status/contracts, but I hope the Tigers do what's best for winning games.

Melton is starting. Verlander is pitching another rehab game.

I think they gave Petry boring goggles as part of the routine. They like to tease him as the straight man.

It seems to me as if they really liked him at one point since they offered him a long-term deal. My guess is that they are not using him against LHP until he masters RHP. Perhaps, they think he'll need a different approach versus LHP and they don't want to mess him up. I think the bigger problem is his lack of power. He's not a good fielder, so he is not going to be a regular if he isn't a plus hitter including power.

Lackey and Jock Hugger are considered offensive. The politically correct term is Harris Slappy.

Can we get update on his stat line?

It's doable if you're a Padre fan. Tatis and Machado are both having bad years and they have huge long-term expensive contracts.

All because Stone Garrett would not share the peanut butter knife.

He definitely seemed to throw it and the intent seemed to be to interfere. It seems like it should be interference, but I'm not sure what the rule is. Does intent matter if it doesn't hit him?

Based on their current OPS (.804), they would score about 820 runs or roughly 5 runs per game. Their pitching staff with a 3.90 FIP would be expected to give up 630 runs. That's a run differential of 190 runs assuming average defense (maybe not a great assuimption but it's all hypithetical). So, about 100 wins.

"Biggest win of the year". That always sounds stupid especially when it's June and the team is 10 games behind, but it sure felt like a big win. I wasn't expecting a come back today, but once McGonigle came up with a chance to win it against a pitcher who did not have it today, I knew there was a good chance. Nobody else in the line-up would have given me that feeling.

You could argue that Montero firing the ball close to his head was more egregious than anythng Naylor did. I liked Naylor's reaction. I don't know if it would help the Tigers win more, but I would like to see a few Tigers with some personality.