06/29/2023 2:05pm EDT Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers

[Dtrain72]

Sooo when Lange get's rattled he cant throw strikes...how bout that trade value?

[Dave Christian]

Lange is not even close to the plate.😜😛😡

[gehringer_2]

well, now the tying run is at the plate.

[gehringer_2]

tying run still at the plate but 2 out.

[Dave Christian]

A win is a win!

[gehringer_2]

games ends on a relatively lout out.

[Tigermojo]

Stole two from Texas!

 

[Dtrain72]

If it aint rough, it aint our "all star" closer

[RandyMarsh]

Garcia scolded it but thankfully right to Ibanez and the Tigers hang on. All things considered a solid split against the Rangers. 

[jz68]

Splitting this series is a win in my book.  

[gehringer_2]

Just now, jz68 said:

Splitting this series is a win in my book.  

absolutely. 

Edited June 29, 2023 by gehringer_2

[RatkoVarda]

lost 2 games but it cost us 3 pitchers;

hope Coors can help wake up some more bats

[LongLiveMaroth]

Splitting 4 with Texas on the road when we had 3 pitching injuries was surprising. 

[Shinzaki]

Tork cranked three line drive HR's with exit velo's in the 101-07 range.  He's fun to watch when he's dialed in

[RandyMarsh]

2 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

Tork cranked three line drive HR's with exit velo's in the 101-07 range.  He's fun to watch when he's dialed in

Definitely, it would be nice though for him to avoid the depths he goes to when he is not dialed in. If he could just be merely below average during his down stretches instead of being absolutely dreadful like he seems to be during them his overall numbers will probably end up falling in line with what we hoped we'd get when we drafted him.

For example he had that scorching stretch for a few weeks late last month and early this month but then after that he proceeded to go 3-37 with just 1XBH. Like if his bad stretches could be bad but not THAT bad things could turn out ok. 

[Sports_Freak]

See? I told you to just have patience with Torkelson. He's still a kid...growing pains.

[SeattleMike]

1 hour ago, RandyMarsh said:

Assuming he doesn't completely fall off a cliff or get injured the next 2 weeks Rogers may be our All Star rep this year. 

Among catchers with 150PA he is sixth in RC+.

[TigersForever1256]

3 hours ago, RandyMarsh said:

I miss when Lange was good. And now he walks in a run and the tying run comes to the plate. 

Channeling Todd Jones.

[gehringer_2]

4 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

See? I told you to just have patience with Torkelson. He's still a kid...growing pains.

A much as we complain - rightfully - that Torkleson needs to hit for more consistent OBP, his 28 XBH still lead the team by a large margin (Javy next 18). And he's tied for the lead in BB.

[Tenacious D]

3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

A much as we complain - rightfully - that Torkleson needs to hit for more consistent OBP, his 28 XBH still lead the team by a large margin (Javy next 18). And he's tied for the lead in BB.

Definitely worth repeating 

[casimir]

5 hours ago, RandyMarsh said:

I miss when Lange was good. And now he walks in a run and the tying run comes to the plate. 

At least he didn’t get hurt.

[Sports_Freak]

24 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

A much as we complain - rightfully - that Torkleson needs to hit for more consistent OBP, his 28 XBH still lead the team by a large margin (Javy next 18). And he's tied for the lead in BB.

Consistently is all he needs to work on. Power hitters are famous for slumps, he needs to keep them as short as possible.

[Tigermojo]

Tork was interviewed after the game and he said he followed Miggy's advice to "trust his hands". Sounds like he's a guy who really needs to keep it simple and use his natural ability rather than overthinking things. The coaches should point out if he's falling into bad habits but definitely keep it simple.

[gehringer_2]

44 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

The coaches should point out if he's falling into bad habits but definitely keep it simple.

Absolutely this. When a hitter has natural ability, get the hell out of his way and let him use it.

[lordstanley]

If Torkelson ends up with 20HR 75RBI and a .750 OPS this season, all of which he is either on pace for or seems capable of, I would definitely take that as a good enough step forward to build upon for future years. 

Edited June 30, 2023 by lordstanley