The staff is a bit overrated. Skubal is amazing, but Valdez is slightly overrated. He's solid, but people make him out like he is a top 10 in the league pitcher, he's not and never has been. Mize and Flaherty are crap shoots. They can be good but they can be Paddack-esque too. And Verlander was a pointless signing. I assumed he would suck and then they would just stick him on the IL whether he was injured or not. I assume they saw enough after one start to put that plan into action.
Would have been awesome to see Paadack vs Verlander. Vegas would have had to set the over at about 16.5 for runs scored.
But if he shuts the Tigers down, they should just disband the team.
Good thing he didn't try that on Odor. McRae would have been carted off on a stretcher.
Plus McRae probably would have been hit with the ball straight in the face by the throw to 1st by a modern 2nd baseman.
The last 3 years I have been critical of his roster construction. Harris has been pretty awful with his FA signings. He hasn't signed a mlb bat other than Torres. The offense was awful the last half of last season and he did nothing to change it.
I'm not saying fire him but maybe he could do something to help the team score runs? It's too late to do anything of note this season so his plan once again is just hoping everything works out for the best
It doesn't shake anything up. You would just be turning over the last roster spot which won't make much difference.
The season is tied to Greene, Torkelson, and Carpenter. The Tigers are going to fail or succeed based on how those guys perform. They have no one to replace them with in the minors and if they all continue to suck, they end up in last place.
I mean, is Perez really going to vault the team to the top? Don't get me wrong, he has value but if Torkelson, Greene, Carpenter and the core continues to suck, a 4th outfielder isn't going to make much difference.
Tigers on pace to finish 54-108 after they lose this one tonight along with 94 home runs.
Skubal will be traded by mid-June.
I know it's early, but if they do lose 100 games, who gets fired if anyone?