gehringer_2 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 McKinstry puts on his sliding glove down by 10 in the 9th with Miguel ahead of him on the bases? Was there ever a more pointless gesture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Well, that sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Somehow, they haven't scored the least amount of runs in the division so far lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddwert Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 12-2 Rays final Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Just now, mtutiger said: Somehow, they haven't scored the least amount of runs in the division so far lol Hey, all they need to do is keep on the trend of scoring 2 more runs each game than the game before they will be a juggernaut by mid-month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 Two games in the Tigers have 3 players with an OPS over........500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 15 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: McKinstry puts on his sliding glove down by 10 in the 9th with Miguel ahead of him on the bases? Was there ever a more pointless gesture? Kid’s a gamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 1 minute ago, casimir said: Kid’s a gamer. He gives 110% on every play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: Haase not having a great day either. With the expected increase in the running game, his defense is ripe for being exposed this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted April 1, 2023 Share Posted April 1, 2023 This is going to be another LONG season and unless there are some meteoric risers I don't think we're going to get any reinforcements down on the farm that could potentially save us except for Parker Meadows of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 2 hours ago, SoCalTiger said: Riley take command Yup. Lack of communication? Did he have a bad read on it? It seems like there were a couple of fly balls between he and Vierling in game one that Greene probably should have fielded but Vierling made the play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, Tiger337 said: He gives 110% on every play. He’s like a tall Will Rhymes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinzaki Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Having Rhymes at 2nd instead of Polanco cost us a pennant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dtrain72 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 16 minutes ago, kdog said: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 It just shows to go ya, Spring Training is meaningless. Turnbull looked good.............Not today though. Austin Meadows looked sort of lost in ST, he's got 4 hits. But Tigers.........you need to show some fight..................Rage RAGE against the dying of the light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 12H and 5 BB in 18 IP. TB pitchers with a WHIP <1.0 so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 32 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said: 12H and 5 BB in 18 IP. TB pitchers with a WHIP <1.0 so far. Pretty horrid showing, but it's two games against a really good pitching staff. Plenty of reason for concern, but the tough part about this time of the year is that there are a lot of reactions when there isn't much of a sample size to work with. I had them at 73 wins in the preseason, and I'm still OK with that prediction (though not OK that is where they are at). I'll need to see more games to move off of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 The sloppy play was not encouraging either. Maybe they can't hit but at least be able to catch and throw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Tigermojo said: The sloppy play was not encouraging either. Maybe they can't hit but at least be able to catch and throw. Well, Carpenter was a known risk in the OF. You assume he's not going to be out there that often unless Miguel stays miraculously healthy. If that happens, that probably means he's hitting well so we won't be able to complain. I only hope the tigers success with shifting in the last couple of years hasn't resulted in them being a little too lenient in judging what they expect in the true unshifted range of their IFs. The balls past Schoop yesterday, at least one past Maton today, granted they were plays an IF would have to be really good to have made, but it's the big leagues, to win you do have to be really good! Making those hard plays gets pitchers on good teams out of a lot innings before the bad things that happened to your pitcher would have happened to theirs. Edited April 2, 2023 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious D Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 There’s always tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 11 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: There’s always tomorrow. yup - at least until Sept 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTiger Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 Carpenter to DH only please Maton to second every day. Cut Johnny. Rogers catch most days. Kriedler at third. Verling in right full time. Haase DH, C, and left field. Meadows in Left most days. McStinky etc all to bench and Miggy plays very sparingly. I don’t buy the super play everyone everywhere strategy. Put our best defense on the field until we find equal defenders who hit better. This shell game needs good players also and the defense suffers trying so hard to get matchups. Tampa does it because their players are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said: I don’t buy the super play everyone everywhere strategy. I know I won't get much agreement on this, but I believe Hinch's obsession with this is basically deflection. It's something to do, a way to give the appearance of management control when in reality there is nothing to control and no real point to all the position churning and theoretical match-up flexibility in terms of actual impact on winning, which is probably net negative in the end for the very reason we say today with 4 fielders all looking at each other while a ball fell because of their unfamiliarity with each other's play and preferences. And I'm not even sure it's anything to hold against him, what else is he gonna do until his team turns into something more than a collections of left overs. Edited April 2, 2023 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger337 Posted April 2, 2023 Share Posted April 2, 2023 3 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: I know I won't get much agreement on this, but I believe Hinch's obsession with this is basically deflection. It's something to do, a way to give the appearance of management control when in reality there is nothing to control and no real point to all the position churning and theoretical match-up flexibility in terms of actual impact on winning, which is probably net negative in the end for the very reason we say today with 4 fielders all looking at each other while a ball fell because of their unfamiliarity with each other's play and preferences. And I'm not even sure it's anything to hold against him, what else is he gonna do until his team turns into something more than a collections of left overs. I don't really know if it's a Hinch thing as more and more teams seem to be doing the same thing. I believe it has to do with half the roster being pitchers. At one time, the typical roster had 15 hitters and 9 pitchers, so there was 2 extra bench spots which allowed for more platooning and mixing and matching without players playing out of position. The solution would be to expand rosters to 28 while keeing pitching staffs at a max of 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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