If you think there are pitchers like Logan Gilbert in AA, well, I just don't know what to say.
If you stick some of Tigers hitters in AA, they would be hitting .350 with a 1.200 OPS. The difference between AA and the majors is a wide gulf.
Vlad Jr is 7 for 10, 3 HR and 8 RBI. 2.236 OPS. In the playoffs. That's pretty much the hit total, home run total and runs scored for the entire playoffs for the Tigers
I think he is just hoping everything works out and he just gets lucky...kind of like the last 2 years. He really has done barely anything to make the mlb team better.
He inherited a group of players that made the playoffs 2 years in a row. And his guys are still in the minors so he has at least 4 or 5 years before he would get fired.
Might as well pull Skubal. No point in keeping him in there since the Tigers can't score and might as well keep his pitches down if they can somehow get to a game 5
The good news for Skubal is there is a great chance he gets traded to a big market team next season and that team probably will have players that can score runs.