Tiger337

They are 13th in baseball in GIDP. Their GIDP per opportunity may be pretty high though.

Trump has never read the constitution and has no idea what the fourth amendment is.

True, but I don't think the rest of that team, was on par with Hinch's teams in Houston.

No, we can't. But many of the same fans blaming Coolbaugh and Avila are assuming that Hinch is blameless. He may very well be blameless. but we don't know that.

I think defense has always been underrated by fans because there is still no really reliable way to measure it.

Very positive start for Manning!

Maybe AJ needs to find his balls!

Leyland's teams had bad bullpens every year. It's hard to win 100 games when your team has any glaring weakness. Anderson won 100 games four times and 98 or more games 7 times with stacked Reds and Tigers teams. In 1989, his team lost 103 games because they had no talent. It's all about the players.

Just some kid from Woostah

Sadly, all his followers think the same thing about him. Probably about a third of the country. Incredible.

I also don't think he is the reason they are bad this year. It's just that so many hitters have underperformed and it's odd that the the GM and batting coach get blamed, but the link between the coaches and the front office is is unquestioned.

I think they didn't get too harsh because they knew other teams were doing the same thing. They wanted to use the Astros as an example because it became public. Also, they didn't want to have to punish the Yankees or Red Sox. I agree with you that how Hinch handled the situation does not reflect well on him as a manager.

My best customs exchange was with a very friendly and attractive customs person. Customs: "What are you doing in Canada?" Me:"I am going to an Expos game" Customs: "Who are they playing?" Me: "Detroit Tigers" Customs: "Who is going to win?" Me:"Tigers" Customs:"Of course you think that. I think you are wrong, but have a good trip" That was in 2002. They used not to worry much about Americans visiting Canada. Getting back into the US was more difficult.

And this year he'll probably prove he can lose 100 games with any roster, a roster where almost every position player failed to meet expectations. He won so many games with Arizona that they fired him mid-season.

According to B-Ref WAR, Meadows is the Tigers 4th best position player this year!

Is he still having trouble with vertigo or is it his achilles? The snippets I have read are vague.

I wasn't saying that was their entire role. Of course they are not fantasy baseball owners. I was just pointing out one of the main differences between managers and GMs. Managers can only manage the players they are given. GMs, along with the rest of their team, provide those players. It's like any other big business. There isn't just one person doing everything. I am sure there is also a lot going on that fans don't know about. I am just a fan though, so my main concern is what players they provide to the team.

Managers are different in that they don't really select the players and are very dependent on the talent given them. GMs do select the players so they have more control over their success, although there can certainly be a lot of luck involved.

Two walks for Victor Reyes tonight. That is something you don't see every day or any day.

Baddoo 9 for 22 in his last 8 games.

At least they didn't wait until next year to have the surgery.

Having Verlander and Scherzer together all these years would have been so much fun. It's hard to be be a bad team with two aces, but even if they were bad some years, it still would have been fun.

I have no idea whether Daniels would be a good fit, but Dombrowski was about the same age as Daniels when he became GM of the Tigers.

yeah, you are right. I forgot about that.

Players always get praised for performing well under the pressure of a pennant race, but I've always thought it would be tougher to get yourself up for games when you play for a lousy team.