2023 Detroit Tigers Regular Season Discussion Thread

[chasfh]

10 minutes ago, oblong said:

https://x.com/cmccosky/status/1693339706728051111?s=46&t=rTECiCzi2O-lytdgFWVzfg
 

this seems fanboy-ish. 

They’re not serious journalists. They’re beat writers who depend on access.

 

 

[1776]

13 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I would guess Ibanez.  

I thought Wentz was that guy? Maybe not.

[Tigermojo]

4 minutes ago, 1776 said:

I thought Wentz was that guy? Maybe not.

He was just extra for the double header day.

[Sports_Freak]

14 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I would guess Ibanez.  

Maton...Cisnero. Release both of these guys...

[HeyAbbott]

My guess would be that Maton will go down.

[RandyMarsh]

3 hours ago, HeyAbbott said:

My guess would be that Maton will go down.

Tigers just announced that Maton indeed was the guy sent down for Meadows. 

[RatkoVarda]

if rosters expand on Sept 1, and they recall Maton, I think they avoid burning his last option. same thing happened earlier this year when he went to Toledo for 2 weeks. So they may end up with an option to use next year. Not sure if that is a good thing or not.

[Edman85]

23 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

if rosters expand on Sept 1, and they recall Maton, I think they avoid burning his last option. same thing happened earlier this year when he went to Toledo for 2 weeks. So they may end up with an option to use next year. Not sure if that is a good thing or not.

Nope. It is 20 days total, and he will eclipse that tomorrow. He will be OOO next year, unless there is some mysterious fourth option that Short and Nevin were able to use this year.

[SoCalTiger]

4 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

Nope. It is 20 days total, and he will eclipse that tomorrow. He will be OOO next year, unless there is some mysterious fourth option that Short and Nevin were able to use this year.

So do you think in Harris's mind he is not in the planning for 2024 and beyond ?

[RatkoVarda]

19 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

So do you think in Harris's mind he is not in the planning for 2024 and beyond ?

just not optionable; if he just put up a 725 OPS vs RHP, he would stay in Det as a solid bench piece.

should survive all Winter; needs to beat out McKinstry and Wenceel Perez next Spring

Edited August 21, 2023 by RatkoVarda

[chasfh]

 

 

[gehringer_2]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

 

 

He's going to be one seriously unhappy camper, but the Tiger's position is perfectly defensible. Pro sports is not an accommodating workplace.

[LongLiveMaroth]

25 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

He's going to be one seriously unhappy camper, but the Tiger's position is perfectly defensible. Pro sports is not an accommodating workplace.

Honestly, if he didn't want to be in Toledo he should have pitched lights out and not given them a choice.

[Biff Mayhem]

If the usual suspects get loud enough, y'all might get your wish and Shep will be shown the door.

 

Tigers broadcaster draws criticism over odd 'nothing sexier' remark | Fox News

[mtutiger]

15 minutes ago, Biff Mayhem said:

If the usual suspects get loud enough, y'all might get your wish and Shep will be shown the door.

 

Tigers broadcaster draws criticism over odd 'nothing sexier' remark | Fox News

Not sure there's enough meat on the bone to have warranted the story by Fox News here....

[SoCalTiger]

Hope they change broadcasters because they are bad not because of that. My gosh get some thicker skin. 

[Toddwert]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

Not sure there's enough meat on the bone to have warranted the story by Fox News here....

I dont like Him and CMo but that was hardly anything to get worked up over must be a slow week

[Tigerbomb13]

I’d fire Shep over that comment, but that’s only because Leinenkugel is a **** beer

[Edman85]

FWIW, found this in the replies of the Awful Announcing tweet.

 

[mtutiger]

18 hours ago, Toddwert said:

I dont like Him and CMo but that was hardly anything to get worked up over must be a slow week

My reply is probably better suited for the Media Meltdowns thread in the Political Forum, but I'll just say it here anyway: this is one of those stories put out by that particular outlet that centers around nutpicking Twitter rando comments and trying to create news out of it. And this isn't the first time they've done it (though, to be fair, they aren't the only one who does it either, although it seems like they do it more than other large outlets)

It's garbage journalism, but they know what they are doing when they are doing it, and it works for their business model.

Edited August 24, 2023 by mtutiger

[chasfh]

Look who has an active LinkedIn page!

If this baseball thing doesn't work out, perhaps he could return to ****'s or Publix as a fallback. Who knows, maybe his Microsoft Office skills could score him a store manager position! Or at the very least assistant manager! 😉

[Tiger337]

"Tutoring people in math classes"  I like it.  

[lordstanley]

2 hours ago, mtutiger said:

My reply is probably better suited for the Media Meltdowns thread in the Political Forum, but I'll just say it here anyway: this is one of those stories put out by that particular outlet that centers around nutpicking Twitter rando comments and trying to create news out of it. And this isn't the first time they've done it (though, to be fair, they aren't the only one who does it either, although it seems like they do it more than other large outlets)

It's garbage journalism, but they know what they are doing when they are doing it, and it works for their business model.

Right. And this random nobody woman was quoted in many stories even though almost all the replies to her post disagree with her. 
 

https://x.com/jensplain/status/1693362985224355842?s=61&t=don8lQTnTq5FKXq14p2GMw

By the way, can we no longer embed X posts so we see more than just the link address, or am I doing something wrong?

Edited August 24, 2023 by lordstanley

[LongLiveMaroth]

9 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Right. And this random nobody woman was quoted in many stories even though almost all the replies to her post disagree with her. 
 

https://x.com/jensplain/status/1693362985224355842?s=61&t=don8lQTnTq5FKXq14p2GMw

By the way, can we no longer embed X posts so we see more than just the link address, or am I doing something wrong?

If you are on mobile then you have to hit return after pasting it in.

 

[lordstanley]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

"Tutoring people in math classes"  I like it.  

Heavy on launch  rates, exit velocity, OPS+ and wOBA. Or Corsi if he is tutoring hockey-playing kids from Windsor.