07/17/2023 8:10pm EDT Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals

[Tigermojo]

Javy mentality they're not throwing me strikes so I have to hit the ball out of the zone.

TAKE THE WALK!!!

[gehringer_2]

That's a Willie Wilson double.

[kdog]

Poor Eric Haase...poor us we don't have another viable catcher in the org.

[Adullin]

5 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Javy mentality they're not throwing me strikes so I have to hit the ball out of the zone.

TAKE THE WALK!!!

I was so confused by that. 

[AZTigersfan]

Come on Haase, do something good please!!

Sheesh Haase 

[gehringer_2]

Hinch has gone really passive. Why isn't Baddoo running there? You've got the backup catcher in, he's catching on one leg and you have good speed on 3rd. Odds are Fermin isn't even going to make the throw. Make KC make a play why not!

Edited July 18, 2023 by gehringer_2

[casimir]

Just now, gehringer_2 said:

Hinch has gone really passive. Why isn't Baddoo running there? You've got the backup catcher in, he's catching on one leg and you have good speed on 3rd. Odds are Fermin isn't even going to make the throw. Make KC make a play why not!

Yes.  And who knows, it might snap Lyles out of his groove, too.

[casimir]

8 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

That's a Willie Wilson double.

Did Kansas City have the best looking artificial turf in MLB?

[casimir]

The smoke has cleared, humidity is gone, clear skies, fireflies are out in droves, there’s been an owl hooting somewhere around here for the past hour.  Not a bad night to sit out and listen to a ballgame.  Heck, the bird dogs commercials even sound….. less annoying.

[AZTigersfan]

Nice bounce back inning Manning! Now let’s score some runs. Plural!

[romad1]

19 innings?

[AZTigersfan]

Wow that was a pathetic effort by the top of the order. Yuck!

[SeattleMike]

2 minutes ago, AZTigersfan said:

Wow that was a pathetic effort by the top of the order. Yuck!

Few hard hit balls even. This offense….

[Jim Cowan]

Another decent outing for Manning.

[SeattleMike]

Just now, Jim Cowan said:

Another decent outing for Manning.

Better defense and it’s probably another 6 scoreless innings for him. The added velocity this year has been welcome. 

[Adullin]

1 w 11 losses 6 inning shutout 

[Sports_Freak]

Baez and Miggy on the bench. Prolly half our payroll...🤣🤣

[Adullin]

Didn't swing f you blue 

[AZTigersfan]

So Maton goes down to triple A for 11 games, does just ok, then they bring him back up and expect something different? It just doesn’t make sense. 

[SoCalTiger]

This is unacceptable. 

[kdog]

2 minutes ago, AZTigersfan said:

So Maton goes down to triple A for 11 games, does just ok, then they bring him back up and expect something different? It just doesn’t make sense. 

They want to see if he has any major league value; They don't think any of the kids are ready; And they clearly don't care about wins or losses.

It does make sense that they are looking at the long term. Its why Harris should trade every guy he can get value for. This is going to take some time.

[casimir]

3 minutes ago, AZTigersfan said:

So Maton goes down to triple A for 11 games, does just ok, then they bring him back up and expect something different? It just doesn’t make sense. 

In fairness, he did pretty well.  .290/.417/.526 ain't just ok.

[casimir]

1 minute ago, SoCalTiger said:

This is unacceptable. 

Bench Baez and the defense gets cruddy.

[Tigermojo]

Sloppy, low energy, poor at bats. This is not a team that will be buying at the deadline.

[gehringer_2]

17 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

Another decent outing for Manning.

Yup - just out of whack a little one inning. There are simply no words to describe the ineptitude of these hitters. Greene and Torkelson off their feed even a little and it's shut out time.