5/17/24 9:40PM Tigers @ Diamondbacks

[Motor City Sonics]

Yeah, 13-0.      They're cheating.    

[chasfh]

Javy with five ribs to stake us to a 13-0 lead. These are the anti-Tigers right now.

[Tigermojo]

Jake isn't cheating.

[mtutiger]

Bob Brenly now speculating that you'd think they got the playbook lol

[Sports_Freak]

These are the runs for the month. We'll be getting shutout for the next several games...

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

I didn't hear any garbage cans being hit.  How do you think they're doing it?    Chris Sale's favorite guy in the binoculars moved to Arizona?  

they aren't facing a lot of velo, and they haven't been smart enough to even pitch Javy outside, so there's that.

[mtutiger]

The main thing that scares me about tonight is that there hasn't been a ton of home run power.... it reminds me a little bit of the Miggy 3000 game in that regard from a couple of years ago. (although they have at least had more extra base hits tonight)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET202204231.shtml

Edited May 18, 2024 by mtutiger

[gehringer_2]

2nd long sit down. But Skubal still in the game....

[SeattleMike]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

they aren't facing a lot of velo, and they haven't been smart enough to even pitch Javy outside, so there's that.

Nelson was hitting 96-97 pretty consistently 

[Sports_Freak]

8 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

But ant only 56 pitches he might have had a legit shot at a perfecto. 

Oh, I was rooting for him to mow them down. But once he gave up a hit? Maybe 75 pitches?

[SeattleMike]

1 minute ago, mtutiger said:

The main thing that scares me about tonight is that there hasn't been a ton of home run power.... it reminds me a little bit of the Miggy 3000 game in that regard from a couple of years ago.

That game was a bunch of singles. At least this one includes a good bit of  gap power. 

[mtutiger]

Skubal's efficiency along with the run scoring may make this one of the easiest games AJ has ever managed.

[chasfh]

3 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

The main thing that scares me about tonight is that there hasn't been a ton of home run power.... it reminds me a little bit of the Miggy 3000 game in that regard from a couple of years ago. (although they have at least had more extra base hits tonight)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET202204231.shtml

There are exactly two guys out of the 14 playing that game who are on tonight’s roster.

[1984Echoes]

Anyone know why Greene got pulled for McKinstry?

[lordstanley]

Keith and Baez have combined for 7 hits and combined 7 RBIs tonight. Both now within reach of the magical .500 OPS level.

[mtutiger]

Just now, chasfh said:

There are exactly two guys out of the 14 playing that game who are on tonight’s roster.

It's a much different team now, but it's more the reminder that even the bad offenses can experience a dead cat bounce from time to time. 

There's still some upside here though.... Tork and Keith turning things around would make a huge difference on this teams trajectory. 

[mtutiger]

1 minute ago, 1984Echoes said:

Anyone know why Greene got pulled for McKinstry?

He's coming off of injury and AJ isn't going to expose him in a noncompetitive game. That's my guess

[chasfh]

2 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Anyone know why Greene got pulled for McKinstry?

Probably because we’re up 13-0.

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Anyone know why Greene got pulled for McKinstry?

they will always be looking for excuses to get Riley off his feet.

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

It's a much different team now, but it's more the reminder that even the bad offenses can experience a dead cat bounce from time to time. 

There's still some upside here though.... Tork and Keith turning things around would make a huge difference on this teams trajectory. 

Even if they're both not ice cold at the same time. Any offense is an improvement. 

[IdahoBert]

Pinch me I’m dreaming!

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

The main thing that scares me about tonight is that there hasn't been a ton of home run power.... it reminds me a little bit of the Miggy 3000 game in that regard from a couple of years ago. (although they have at least had more extra base hits tonight)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET202204231.shtml

Tigers have 7 fly balls over 100 mph. Any of them might be HRs somewhere else. Kirk's been talking about this park being bad for HRs with the roof closed.

[Tigermojo]

How long do we have to wait before demanding the hitting coaches be fired?

[gehringer_2]

8 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

It's a much different team now, but it's more the reminder that even the bad offenses can experience a dead cat bounce from time to time. 

There's still some upside here though.... Tork and Keith turning things around would make a huge difference on this teams trajectory. 

what I look for is whether there they are actually doing something different, and they are not letting too many called strikes go by. Now quite possibly tomorrow the DBs will decide not to throw so many 1st pitch strikes and the chess match restarts from a different board.

[mtutiger]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Tigers have 7 fly balls over 100 mph. Any of them might be HRs somewhere else. Kirk's been talking about this park being bad for HRs with the roof closed.

Yeah, it's more boxscore than anything... as awful as they've been offensively production wise this year, they are better than that 2022 version.