tiger2022

I don't think the bullpen strategy is sustainable for an entire season. To start, the rotation was Skubal, Flaherty, Maeda, Olson, Mize with Manning in the wings. Next season, I believe the Tigers are bringing in starters, hopefully to go 5 or 6 innings per game.

Nothing more sad and embarrassing than a grown man calling a guy who carved out a successful career in mlb McStinky.

Which has absolutely nothing to do with what I said, but you do you.

I really don't think baseball fans give two bleeps about some pretentious, self-absorbed crappy singer.

Not sure why managers do that to young players...they immediately platoon guys so they never get a chance to hit against, in this case, lefties. It's almost like there is a rule and they have to do it or they just want to show everyone how smart they are. I doubt if Carpenter can hit any worse against lefties than Torkelson hits overall

I'm not surprised Foley hasn't been used since game 1 at Houston. There's zero reason for him to throw a pitch in a high leverage situation. He's a 3 run inning just waiting to happen

The schedule is very helpful to the Tigers. Play a game, a day off, play a game, a day off, play 2 games, a day off, and a final game. I'm assuming the Tigers are going with a one man rotation and then bullpen games. Wed and Thursday will be bullpen games. They have 11 pitchers for those two games so they should be all set and then if they have a game 5, Skubal can pitch on his 5th day.

The last call on Fry was atrocious

Rogers has been superb in the post season

Let's see it then.

Easily a catch How can anyone say it wasn't?

You can't win consistently with this garbage offense. They will need to add some kind of bat in the offseason

If it stays scoreless, eventually, Jason Foley will have to come into the game.

You must not have watched Victor Martinez or Miguel Cabrera at the end of their career.

It's not going to matter if the Tigers can't score off of Boyd. Once the Guardians get into the bullpen, double yikes.

I would hold out for Max Clark, Reese Olson, and Casey Mize for Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, and Gerrit Cole.

I also assume most organizations have some protocol in place where a trade needs to get approvals from the owner/ president, etc. So stupid stuff like what people propose in trade threads don't happen.

Gooden got derailed because of substance abuse. Porcello never was even remotely close to having the pitching skill that Gooden displayed. He stayed in the league because even high and drunk he was still better than nearly every one on the planet.

I was going through a box of old baseball cards and found a Dwight Gooden rookie card. His 1985 season was one of the greatest pitching seasons in history. He's one of those guys who was a what might have been...

Stoopid Tagers.

Scratching out runs in innings 1-9 is going to be tough. They have been winning for sure, but the lineup really doesnt inspire a lot of confidence.

The pitching strategy only works if your bullpen pitchers are effective. The tigers have been quite fortunate that their guys have pitched so well. If the bullpen guys suck, the strategy won't work.

He also sounds like he wasn't smart about it and certainly didn't limit his risk. If you play carefully, conservative, and know the math, you have a great chance to win. I've played against all sorts of players and you alter your style accordingly. People get in trouble because their ego gets in the way and they call off their money with mediocre hands. No shame in folding a middle hand because the goal is to walk away with more money than you had.

I've been playing poker since I have been about 20 and let's just say if you are careful, limit your risks, and smart about it, you can literally pay off your house from the winnings.

Spring training is more for the guys they want to be on the team to get in shape. They know before ST starts who pretty much all but one or two guys are that will make the opening day roster. They might feel the need to start the season with him since they owe him so much money, but it's really a sunk cost so shouldn't matter