kdog

https://www.audacy.com/971theticket/sports/detroit-tigers/tigers-a-j-hinch-not-considering-changing-hitting-coaches

Sheesh they had to use Lange in a noncompetitive game. And now he has nothing. This is an outright disaster.

At some point, Avila's tenure becomes untenable. I'll allow some forgiveness for injuries. But his player dev system has produced nothing substantial in the field. And it looks like they'll need at least a few more years to cycle out the older vets who haven't produced this year. You'll need a nimble exec who can make some interesting baseball trades and find value to get more talent. Avila has had ample time to do anything aside from paint by numbers. I don't think he's capable of fixing his own mess. The owner shows no credibility if he allows Al to level set the org after he's the one who put us here. He was given a clean slate and they have made very little progress.

Moncada with a .420 OPS coming into today cranks one.

Who is responsible for the major league product in year 5 of a rebuild? I'd hate to be the guy who was in charge of this organization.

The Mud Hens play 6 games in Worcester, MA...then the Tigers are in Boston starting next week. Would guess you see Greene, Candy, etc at that point.

The problem with watching this offensive disaster: -The veterans they have on hand to guide the young players look disinterested or unable to change their approach. -Tork has not shown yet that he give us some hope for the future. Vets doing nothing and the young players doing nothing does not give the fanbase any reason to hope that things will turn around in the next few years.

3 sliders for schoop...easy k.

Not sure what you get out playing Grossman at this point. I guess the other options are just as bad. But he has no power at all and doesn't even walk.

They will attempt to blame everything on injuries. The pitching was decimated...the lineup really wasn't.

Heyman: erod dealing with personal marital issue

The pandemic killed player development on a huge scale. That was right when we were supposed to be seeing the fruits of our tanking. It's great.

Chris Ilitch making big deals off the field:

Jacob Barnes dfa, Derek Hill optioned to Toledo. Hutchison and Alexander called up. Hutch will start tomorrow.

White Sox have some power...that plays everywhere.

The pitching is decent but not this good....crappy defense a little regression and this gets uglier.

Benny Hill music.

The Tigers have 5 innings to score a few runs...With the kind of resilience they've shown this year I'm sure a comeback is happening.

MLB has a bereavement and paternity leave...and I would bet you get paid for both.

Even in my wildest dreams, I couldn't have imagined that Willi and Harold Castro would be setting the tone in year 5 of our rebuild.

Additionally, at the moment of truth(getting a hitter's pitch), they are not capable of barreling the ball. Harold Castro has the highest barrel rate at 7.8%. That comes in at 44 in mlb. Candelario is at 6.7% which is not terrible. The rest are at 5.2% or less....which puts you at about 150th in mlb or worse.