2023 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Discussion Thread

[oblong]

Since the season starts today I figure we can get this one going as a continuation of the off season thread.

Use this for general talk about the Tigers outside of the game threads.

 

[chasfh]

HAPPY OPENING DAY!

No, I am not kidding you.

[TigersForever1256]

Any projections for today's starting lineup? Maybe it was posted somewhere...IDK.

Here's what I'd run out, anyway.

1. Matt Vierling LF

2. Riley Greene CF

3. Javier Baez SS

4. Austin Meadows RF

5. Miguel Cabrera DH

6. Eric Haase C

7. Spencer Torkelson 1B

8. Jonathan Schoop 2B

9. Nick Maton 3B

[Shinzaki]

I think we win 75 games this year....

[Tigeraholic1]

 

[Edman85]

Uceta DFA

[oblong]

Update on "the wall".  Surely wasn't enough time given the weather in the winter to do this "properly" so it's just a band-aid approach.   I hope they figure a way to make it nicer long term.

 

[Tenacious D]

1 minute ago, oblong said:

Update on "the wall".  Surely wasn't enough time given the weather in the winter to do this "properly" so it's just a band-aid approach.   I hope they figure a way to make it nicer long term.

 

still a couple of days--they'll get it done.

[Tigeraholic1]

So is there just a void between the old and new walls? 

[Tigeraholic1]

1 hour ago, oblong said:

Update on "the wall".  Surely wasn't enough time given the weather in the winter to do this "properly" so it's just a band-aid approach.   I hope they figure a way to make it nicer long term.

 

 

 

[oblong]

39 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

So is there just a void between the old and new walls? 

Looks that way. I guess doing it any other way would be a massive job. The walls and foundation for the seats can’t be moved. You have the concourse at street level to work with. Apparantly you can’t just move the wall on the field and just make another row of seats.  I’m not understanding why they had to move out the first row of seats. You can lower the HR threshold and just keep the grate to the same height as before for safety. 

[RandyMarsh]

Maybe the final product will look better but as is it's looking like it's going to be just as tacky and unnatural as I feared. 

Edited April 1, 2023 by RandyMarsh

[gehringer_2]

15 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Maybe the final product will look better but as is it's looking like it's going to be just as tacky and unnatural as I feared. 

Every park with temporary walls looks tacky.

Edited April 1, 2023 by gehringer_2

[Jim Cowan]

Hey Randy Smith and John McHale Jr., come on out for a curtain call.

[SoCalTiger]

Fill the gap with a planter and put low bushes and / or flowers. 

[Jim Cowan]

Maybe some decorative white stones.

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

Every park with temporary walls looks tacky.

I also hate parks that have a yellow line as home run marker  

[chasfh]

9 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I also hate parks that have a yellow line as home run marker  

I have never understood how a ball that hits off the front of a wall toward the top and bounces back into play can be ruled a home run because of an arbitrarily-placed yellow line.

[Tigeraholic1]

11 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Every park with temporary walls looks tacky.

Have we heard it is temporary? Meaning what is the design past this?

Edited April 1, 2023 by Tigeraholic1

[CMRivdogs]

I'm pretty sure it's temporary. Me move was announced earlier this year and your weather hasn't exactly optimal for construction. 

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Have we heard it is temporary? Meaning what is the design past this?

I use the word 'temporary' to refer more to the architecture not being integral to the structure than a comment on how long in time it will or won't there. I could see them doing something more in RF in front of the stands but the space in CF is dead space whether you leave it as a gap between two walls or fill it in something that will still be basically empty space,  so I don't see them having a whole lot of motivation to change that part.

Edited April 1, 2023 by gehringer_2

[Tigeraholic1]

29 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I use the word 'temporary' to refer more to the architecture not being integral to the structure than a comment on how long in time it will or won't there. I could see them doing something more in RF in front of the stands but the space in CF is dead space whether you leave it as a gap between two walls or fill it in something that will still be basically empty space,  so I don't see them having a whole lot of motivation to change that part.

I definitely can see them adding a row or two of seats in RF. Hard to remember when the bullpens were over there.

[Tenacious D]

 

 

Edited April 1, 2023 by Tenacious D

[alex]

Should the Tigers look at Estevan Florial, DFA, from the NYY?

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/flories01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.mlbtraderumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-04-01_br

They just brought in LHB McKinstry, Paulson and Witherspoon. None have the pedigree of Florial. That is 'not' to say Florial is the better player or they 'should' do this - but he is young (same exact age as RKreidler), has athleticism and tools (speed, power and arm, decent glove as well) and has had success at AAA.

He is out of options, but is not Arb eligible until '26. Would this be a calculated risk' worth taking? or do we have simply better options. He does have a swing and miss tendency but does also have the ability to draw some walks.

The NYY are always in a 'have to win now' mode and maybe initially brought up Florial too early, hence the scenario.

IMHO, this type of player could possibly do well in Comerica Park (reminds me of Granderson early on). I also think Vidal Brujan, back in the minors with Tampa, might be a good fit for the Tigers/park as well (we'll see on McKinstry though... ).

 

[casimir]

23 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Have we heard it is temporary? Meaning what is the design past this?

Everything is temporary in the grand scheme of things, Grasshopper.