07/04/2023 6:40 pm EDT Oakland Athletics vs Detroit Tigers

[Motor City Sonics]

Man he sucks. 

[Dtrain72]

Bases loaded for your sub .600 OPS cleanup hitter who stirkes out alot....aaaaand, booom! He struck out

[gehringer_2]

Good 3-2 Tork, good 2 strike pitch to Baez. Still, you have to hit a good pitch once in a while.

[Dtrain72]

Just now, Motor City Sonics said:

Man he sucks. 

But Keith would be worse🤷‍♂️

[Tigermojo]

.582 OPS entering Schoop territory....

[Motor City Sonics]

I really hope Harvey's agent convinces him he get get $30 million somewhere else.   I can't handle another four years of this stiff. 

[Hart]

It's ridiculous that Carpenter has 12 at bats against left handed pitchers this season.  He's clearly one of our tougher outs.  At least give him a chance to develop against left handed pitchers.  

[Dtrain72]

3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Good 3-2 Tork, good 2 strike pitch to Baez. Still, you have to hit a good pitch once in a while.

On an actual good MLB team, Tork and Baez would be hitting in the bottom third of the lineup...well tbf, on a good MLB team, they may not be hitting everyday at all...

Edited July 5, 2023 by Dtrain72

[Motor City Sonics]

I thought Olson was out of the game for some reason.

[Dtrain72]

1 minute ago, Hart said:

It's ridiculous that Carpenter has 12 at bats against left handed pitchers this season.  He's clearly one of our tougher outs.  At least give him a chance to develop against left handed pitchers.  

But you dont get paid the big bucks to not figure that out, so you're wrong mister!!!

[gehringer_2]

Just now, Motor City Sonics said:

I thought Olson was out of the game for some reason.

I think this tells us he's still in the starting rotation.

[Motor City Sonics]

Seth Brown's numbers are so bad how is he not a Tiger? 

[Tigermojo]

Might need to flip a coin at some point with this double ineptitude offensively.

[Dtrain72]

Seriously, someone change my mind on why a Keith or Meadows shouldnt be brought up for a chance to mmmaaaayyyybe inject some juice into this ass offense.  The division is here for the taking...any/all options to get there need to be exhausted.

[gehringer_2]

man - I was muttering to myself - "don't give in here" and Olson gets the breaking ball in for a K.

[holygoat]

That last pitch was nasty.

[Motor City Sonics]

Jakey Rakey............please. 

[Dtrain72]

AJ not having Mckinstry and Carpenter in this game from the get go, is what the kids call "dumb".

[Dtrain72]

Ooof, Miggy against a 100mph arm these days is a big yikes.

[Sports_Freak]

102 MPH? Are you kidding me?

[gehringer_2]

that didn't look like a guy with a 9+ ERA.

[Tigermojo]

Marisnick has to pinch run for Miggy next inning.

[Hart]

Are the Tigers possibly holding Keith back to manipulate his service time?  Not even sure how that works anymore.  

[Jim Cowan]

12 minutes ago, Hart said:

It's ridiculous that Carpenter has 12 at bats against left handed pitchers this season.  He's clearly one of our tougher outs.  At least give him a chance to develop against left handed pitchers.  

Carpenter, McKinstry and Rogers need to have their roles expanded instead of sharing with Ibanez, Schoop and Haase.  Platooning makes no sense at all if it means automatically giving playing time to players who consistently fail.

[Motor City Sonics]

 Hey, I've got a great idea.   How about just putting your best guys in the lineup instead of this constant matchup crap?   Trying to play Chess when the game is Bingo.