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

[Tenacious D]

21 minutes ago, kdog said:

We need the Twins and Cleveland Gardenhires to take off here. The 'division race' is screwing with people's brains.

The Tigers are not prioritizing winning individual games with the roster choices they are making. We should track young players and basically ignore the rest. They aren't punishing any of the hitters for poor performance.

This. We’ve been deluded into thinking this team is a contender based on the ****ty division we’re in.  We’re not.  It’s not in our best interest to force matters by bringing players up prematurely.  For me, it’s just getting more AB’s and innings for players who could be part of our long term future (Tork, Carpenter, Greene, Rogers, Vierling, Manning, Skubal, Olsen, Lange, Foley and Vest).

[KL2]

3 hours ago, Dtrain72 said:

 

One difference between Tork and Keith is that Tork's numbers werent all that great in the minors, especially compared to Keith's current small sampe size.

Colts Minor stats: OPS of .907 in 792 Plate Appearance

Torks: OPS of .889 in 685 Plate appearances. 

 

So pretty comparable and tork's sample is smaller than 'keith's current small sampe size"

[kdog]

One thing that the Tigers ML report guys mentioned is Tork's poor contact rate in the minors. Colt Keith seems to make contact so that might be a plus in his favor.

Jace Jung seems to be have the same issues with making consistent contact....this should be tracked.

Edited July 5, 2023 by kdog

[SoCalTiger]

Nobody is moving up from the minors to play on a sub .500 team when they still struggle defensively. Period. 

[casimir]

On 7/4/2023 at 3:08 PM, Tenacious D said:

I think we get swept cause it’s 2023.

Oh geez.....