04/19/2023 1:10 pm EDT Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

[casimir]

  

Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

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[RandyMarsh]

A win today puts us in 2nd place and only 2 games back of 1st! 

[Tigeraholic1]

[mtutiger]

Baddoo hitting 5th again lol

[RandyMarsh]

Whoa Vierling getting the CF start, is that the first one of the season there for him? If he can handle himself there that will be a pleasant surprise.

[ben9753]

This lineup is really 💩This team needs some real ballplayers. 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said:

Whoa Vierling getting the CF start, is that the first one of the season there for him? If he can handle himself there that will be a pleasant surprise.

I believe he has the athleticism to handle any outfield position, so I don't think CF would be any more difficult than a corner for him.  His fielding ability, in general, seems to be the question.  I have not been watching on a regular basis and am just going off reputation.    

[LongLiveMaroth]

3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I believe he has the athleticism to handle any outfield position, so I don't think CF would be any more difficult than a corner for him.  His fielding ability, in general, seems to be the question.  I have not been watching on a regular basis and am just going off reputation.    

While one play is not indicative of anything he does currently have the best catch of the year according to statcast. 

 

[gehringer_2]

8 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

While one play is not indicative of anything he does currently have the best catch of the year according to statcast. 

 

That's cool, but taking nothing away from the play being as good as it was, I don't know how one would rate that better than Kiermiers catch against Vierling. I would consider most things with a leap as tougher catches than a dive. A lot more to worry about and alot easier to get the timing wrong. Maybe not as much ground covered but that's not the only thing that lowers catch probability.

Edited April 19, 2023 by gehringer_2

[mtutiger]

18 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

That's cool, but taking nothing away from the play being as good as it was, I don't know how one would rate that better than Kiermiers catch against Vierling. I would consider most things with a leap as tougher catches than a dive. A lot more to worry about and alot easier to get the timing wrong. Maybe not as much ground covered but that's not the only thing that lowers catch probability.

Sinking line drive, 95 MPH off the bat, xBA of 0.930. All at a very crucial part of the game where f'ing it up would have resulted in at least two additional runs.

It's pretty impressive to me.... as much as we complain about his jumps and his reads on balls, he nailed it with this one, otherwise I don't think he makes the catch.

Edited April 19, 2023 by mtutiger

[Motor City Sonics]

Remember,  first bench-clearing incident happens today....................not saying punches will be thrown, but someone is going to get pissy and guys will exit the dugouts and there will be an on-field gathering.  

[Jim Cowan]

Tigers out on 7 pitches in the first.

 

[Tigeraholic1]

Dan can't stop himself from saying Cleveland Indians! 😀

[mtutiger]

This hasn't been Jose Ramirez' series, my goodness

[Tigermojo]

19 shutout innings in a row.

[Tigermojo]

Tork double 108 mph

[Tigermojo]

Trevor Thompson is not a small guy but sitting between two Lions he looks tiny.

[Tigermojo]

Is there a stat for first basemen saving bad throws?

[gehringer_2]

It's time AJ. The fastball is flying arm side. Tired pitcher.

[RatkoVarda]

of course

[mtutiger]

25 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

This hasn't been Jose Ramirez' series, my goodness

So much for that lol

[gehringer_2]

that really wasn't necessary. Not sure what more kind of signal Hinch was looking for there.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

d'oh

[SoCalTiger]

3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

It's time AJ. The fastball is flying arm side. Tired pitcher.

You called that. Too bad Hinch didn't see it. And of course now he takes him out. Shades of Brad Ausmus. 

[SoCalTiger]

I don't understand. Once Turnbull gave up the homer why not let him just keep going ? If 82 pitches are too many then why leave him in ?