6/16/24 2:10PM Tigers @ Astros

[Tigeraholic1]

Minute Maid Park - Houston, TX

Listen: 97.1 Th Ticket

Watch: Bally Sports Det

Starters: 

RHP: Kenta Maeda

TBD

 

[Tigermojo]

Must win!

[IdahoBert]

Cabbage. Now that’s a name that’ll make you get tough or die, to paraphrase Johnny Cash. 

[Tigerbomb13]

Maeda is still awful

[Tigermojo]

Can't throw a strike and serves up a Maeda meatball.

[Sports_Freak]

9 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Maeda is still awful

But wait until May and June, he has always been a slow starter. And he was affordable for 2 seasons. A bargain. 🥴🥴

[kdog]

Once again, this tweet is our existence:

 

[kdog]

Two shutouts sandwiched around 13 runs is so fitting for this team lol. That's why the offense is improved in the aggregate. They have more explosive games but the baseline is about the same.

[Tigerbomb13]

McKinstry might be the luckiest athlete in professional sports to be on a major league roster. 

[casimir]

27 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

But wait until May and June, he has always been a slow starter. And he was affordable for 2 seasons. A bargain. 🥴🥴

That’s been his history.  A rough April followed by good pitching for the rest of the season.  We’re talking opponents’ OPS of over .800 in April and below .700 the rest of the season over the course of several seasons.  It just ain’t clicking this season for whatever reason.

I thought he was going to leave earlier in this game.  He was stretching his back quite a bit in the 1st.  Then he took that shot off of his leg.  He made the play and then fell down, which is what my dad always told us when we were playing.

[SoCalTiger]

Hinch back to playing McKinstry ad Nauseam because switch hitters are gold. Never going to get a good read on Kinsler because he loves playing his confirmed AAAA guy. 
 

 

[casimir]

Just now, SoCalTiger said:

Hinch back to playing McKinstry ad Nauseam because switch hitters are gold. Never going to get a good read on Kinsler because he loves playing his confirmed AAAA guy. 
 

 

Well, Kinsler is sort’ve retired.  I’m not sure there’s much to read.  😆

[SoCalTiger]

1 minute ago, casimir said:

Well, Kinsler is sort’ve retired.  I’m not sure there’s much to read.  😆

Something is more than McStinky 

[tiger2022]

I'm pulling for a few quick innings so Blanco can get the no hitter.

[kdog]

Maeda gave them 5 mediocre innings...which is about the best outcome.

[IdahoBert]

I do not want to be no hit. I am purposely avoiding this game because when I don’t pay attention to it, they have cloud bursts of runs occurring. Hopefully, that’ll work today.

[casimir]

3 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

I'm pulling for a few quick innings so Blanco can get the no hitter.

With no due respect, eff that.

[Tigermojo]

Tork down to 790 OPS in Toledo.

[casimir]

E5 on the double clutch & throw?  Not the easiest of plays for a 3B, but I’d say it’s one that is usually made.  I think Singleton had a reasonable chance to catch that at 1st for an out.  If the Tigers get a hit, I think this error gets changed to a hit.

[kdog]

12 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Tork down to 790 OPS in Toledo.

I don't think it would matter even if had a 1.000 OPS. They're probably looking for real mechanical fixes. But with the difference between AAA and MLB, it's hard to know if he's fixed until he comes back up.

[tiger2022]

21 minutes ago, casimir said:

With no due respect, eff that.

Why?  Do you care that much about the ****ty product they put on the field?  I would love them to get embarrassed repeatedly so there will be some sort of change...i.e. new manager, better players, etc.

Edited June 16, 2024 by tiger2022

[Sports_Freak]

31 minutes ago, casimir said:

That’s been his history.  A rough April followed by good pitching for the rest of the season.  We’re talking opponents’ OPS of over .800 in April and below .700 the rest of the season over the course of several seasons.  It just ain’t clicking this season for whatever reason.

I thought he was going to leave earlier in this game.  He was stretching his back quite a bit in the 1st.  Then he took that shot off of his leg.  He made the play and then fell down, which is what my dad always told us when we were playing.

Past performance doesn't mean much. Sometimes players fall off a cliff and the team follows them if they're counted on to do what they did in past years.

[casimir]

2 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

Why?  Do you care that much about the ****ty product they put on the field?  I would love them to get embarrassed repeatedly so there will be some sort of change...i.e. new manager, better players, etc.

If you enjoy a terrible disposition about things, so be it.

[kdog]

No hitter over...now it's a just normal shutout. 

[tiger2022]

Just now, casimir said:

If you enjoy a terrible disposition about things, so be it.

What's the point getting excited about a **** product?