08/19/2022 7:10 EDT Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians

[Toddwert]

Gonzalez bailed Lange out on that one

[Tigermojo]

Bullpen living dangerously lately.

[gehringer_2]

Lange is really a hot mess at this point.

[Tenacious D]

1 minute ago, Tigermojo said:

Bullpen living dangerously lately.

Yes—gonna be bumpy the rest of the season.

[gehringer_2]

Tork goes to right. Nice

[gehringer_2]

LOL at myself. I kept looking at Naylor and wondering how he lost so much weight in just a couple of weeks. Bo - not Josh!

[lordstanley]

15 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Tork goes to right. Nice

Reaches base all four times today, with a double, a single and two walks. OPS now up to .749. 

Edited August 20, 2023 by lordstanley

[Tigermojo]

Lol Ramirez trying to tag McKinstry at third...

[gehringer_2]

Jake's been BaBIP'd tonight.

[Tigermojo]

1-2-3 inning would be nice.

[gehringer_2]

Got the 1st kwon.

[gehringer_2]

Ramirez seems like he's been around forever - he's only 30.

[Tigermojo]

FFTW!

 

[romad1]

These games are tough for me because normally on a Saturday night my attention is divided for most of the game doing whatever with my friends I only see on weekends.  But the attention is diverted.   Tork continues his progression?

 

[Tigermojo]

Tork was about a foot away from a homerun yesterday and an inch away from one today.

[lordstanley]

6 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

1-2-3 inning would be nice.

Bottom of the 9th was blissfully anti-climactic!

[gehringer_2]

19 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

Reaches base all four times today, with a double, a single and two walks. OPS now up to .749. 

I'm still guessing what kind of hitter Torkelson is going to be in the end. The power part is in place, but whether he's  going to be a 330 OBP/30 hr guy or develop the OBP to go with it to be an all-star is still hard to tell.

[Tiger337]

He needs the OBP.  30 hrs would be nice, but a first baseman with a .330 OBP and below average defense isn't enough.  It would be below average (unless we are talking 40+ homers)

[Sports_Freak]

3 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

My Dad is a 3 tour Vietnam vet that just got out of the hospital from falling down recently. My step mom is 20 years younger for Columbia and try’s really hard to make my Dad happy. This jus happened lol!

 

Worse yet, I Googled it and still thought it was real. 🤫🤫

Edit; it looks like they fo sell it in some markets;

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article277602688.html

Edited August 20, 2023 by Sports_Freak

[Timmitch55]

Tork will hit 50 dingers next year. Book it

Forget OBP

[casimir]

10 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

 

He does a better job hiding his heater than Leyland ever did.

[casimir]

8 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Worse yet, I Googled it and still thought it was real. 🤫🤫

Edit; it looks like they fo sell it in some markets;

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article277602688.html

"The Beer That Saved Ballys' Financial Books" is going to be a best seller.

[HeyAbbott]

18 hours ago, Edman85 said:

I would argue the same has been true this year too.

I definitely agree. As historic as Miggy's career has been, he shouldn't have been playing this year. There are many others as well.

[casimir]

1 hour ago, HeyAbbott said:

I definitely agree. As historic as Miggy's career has been, he shouldn't have been playing this year. There are many others as well.

The problem here is that his stat line this season is one of the best 9 on the team.  Now, granted, there’s more to being an everyday player than offense.  But this is populated by only 5 bats with an OPS+ of over 90.  Heck, Jake Marisnick’s 87 looks like a starter amongst this band of balsa wood bats.