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he didn't manage 4/4, but he earned his meal money for the day.

Wenceel, Parker, Riley. That should be the Tigers set it and forget it OF.

Miller apparently next up from the pen. They'll need Bert's 6 to have any shot.

So with Dillon Dingler starting to look MLB ready, what will the Tigers do at C? Kelly will be a free agent, but has performed better than Jake - who is cheap and controlled for a couple more seasons. If they don't bring Dingler up this season for a try out, he will still be a big unknown to count on next season - so I wouldn't be real excited about letting Kelly walk and going to '25 with Rogers and Dingler, but I also doubt they will pay Kelly and move Jake.

so who beside AJ Hinch thought Brieske would get out of that after the 2nd walk? (actually I don't believe he thought he'd get out of it either, but he was committed to his R/L plan)

Hmm - Holton was warming up last inning but Brieske is in.

Faedo did his bit.

Likely buyout candidate at some point before that contract is completed.... ....But not yet.

Vierling is a mixed bag for leadoff because he is wildly inconsistent. He's been all over the map month to month -- from May at 925 OPS to June at 563.

again - you can ascribe this to overplaying on theory. You don't want the pitcher to get comfortable facing the same side hitter *repeatedly*. But is two batters really enough for him to get that comfortable vs the value of grouping your best hitters? Maybe the transition back forth is actually harder if you let him get in a bit of groove each time then shift on him In any case, I agree that in this case I think it's the wrong strategy. (now watch Canha go 4/4!)

but check the 1st column. Yankees have loaded the bases more than twice as many times as the Tigers. You can live with more misses when you have that kind of traffic.

IIRC, he's signed through '28?

Wentz looks good early in the season when he is throwing hard, but doesn't sustain his velo and becomes hittable. Pattern has repeated the last two season, though he's recovered some this year without his results getting much better

it looks like a more compact swing. Parker has huge power, he doesn't need to extend (and slow himself down) all that much to hit it out.

what isn't shown it the FB release vs this other pitches. If the change moved the FB release closer to his other pitches, that could be a big deal in itself. Difference in release point is one way batters pick up what is coming so being able to throw all your pitchers from the same "key hole" as Jim would say, makes you more effective across the board.

Subarus are put together like tanks - also in Indiana. Subaru has a complex in Lafayette and used to build for Toyota there but I believe Toyota now builds in it's own Indiana facility., (as well as the plant in Tenn) as Subaru sales grew to absorb their plant's full capacity.

then you can provide a clarifying report based on that discovered context?

how many 'off the gloves'? You can't make it up.

I guess I care less about service time manipulation than whether he handles breaking balls any better this time around, which we are about to find out....

IIRC, when they picked up Kelly they were hoping as distance increased from the wrist injury he might recover some of the bat he showed early in his career.

7th level 3D chess by the Biden campaign?

Funny how often that seems to happen!

It may be Wentz that gets stretched out, but it will Tiger fans that end up feeling like they are on the Rack......

The one thing that is absolutely true is that a bad bullpen will make any manager look like an idiot, and the Tigers BP is trending bad. Regardless of both the love fest and the pitchforks, I'll still hold that despite his skills in many areas which I do appreciate - I still haven't seen any evidence in three years to make me think he's the guy I want running the hitting program.

It’s also yesterday’s news. With every pitcher trying to steal 1st pitch strikes, the reality has changed and you have to adapt. You can’t give away freebies and put yourself in a hole 0-1. It’s always great not to swing at bad pitches, but you have to make that consistent with being aggressive on strikes and somewhere that has broken down with this team. … except for Riley. They could all take a lesson there.