IdahoBert Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: But those game announcers on ESPN made me long for Jason and Gibby. Yeah, that bad! The Apple TV people seem pretty knowledgeable and I’ve actually seen the Tigers there more often this year than I’ve seen them as the “free game of the day“ on MLB TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 5 minutes ago, tiger2022 said: I would assume that or maybe Malloy. AJ has a huge mancrush on McKinstry. I dont mind him on the roster but he seems to get way too many ABs. Malloy has sort of plateaued at about 700 OPS. Not terrible, not great. But he has only hit one HR in his last 80 PA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4hzglory Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 5 runs allowed in the 3 games. And one isn’t earned from the 10th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IdahoBert Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 14 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: I love this so much, it’s one of the happiest things on the Internet I’ve ever witnessed. And the music is so catchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 9 minutes ago, tiger2022 said: I would assume that or maybe Malloy. AJ has a huge mancrush on McKinstry. I dont mind him on the roster but he seems to get way too many ABs. But with Greene back, we have no need for McKinstry in the OF. And his weak LH bat is redundant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 5 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: The Apple TV people seem pretty knowledgeable and I’ve actually seen the Tigers there more often this year than I’ve seen them as the “free game of the day“ on MLB TV. I saw 1 game on Apple. I think the Tigers got smoked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said: But with Greene back, we have no need for McKinstry in the OF. And his weak LH bat is redundant. No 'need' for Malloy in the OF either for that matter. Sweeney makes the most sense, but that all depends on how much they see Sweeney as actually auditioning to replace Javy vs just getting his feet wet. Edited August 19 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 6 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said: No 'need' for Malloy in the OF either for that matter. Sweeney makes the most sense, but that all depends on how much they see Sweeney as actually auditioning to replace Javy vs just getting his feet wet. Malloy has that RH bat though. Hinch does love McStinky but I say it's time to part ways. The guy is hitting under .200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTiger Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 44 minutes ago, Edman85 said: Glad to see McKinstry die a hero. Best post of the year ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoBert Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 I just can’t get over how nourishing, exciting, surprising, and hopeful these last dozen games have been. And after the trade deadline, these last dozen games have disrupted the narrative I expected to witness. And hey, I guess they could go into a collapse, but my philosophy is what I think the novelist Sherwood Anderson said “eat your ice cream before it melts.” This is really good ice cream. This is really enjoyable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papalawrence Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Game was blacked out on mlbtv, was able to see highlights. Jung looks like he belongs in the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 51 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: I just can’t get over how nourishing, exciting, surprising, and hopeful these last dozen games have been. And after the trade deadline, these last dozen games have disrupted the narrative I expected to witness. And hey, I guess they could go into a collapse, but my philosophy is what I think the novelist Sherwood Anderson said “eat your ice cream before it melts.” This is really good ice cream. This is really enjoyable. But isn't this kind of a repeat of what we see every year? Team gets off to a slow start and then rallies in the last two months - AFTER they are out of it. This year they started better but June was abysmal. I just feel like they set us up with hope in August and September every year and then wind up with 74-78 wins again. Can we start better? Maybe bringing up Jung now is geared towards not having him take his lumps in April/May like Keith and Meadows did. Let it happen now, maybe it helps for a more consistent first half next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tigermojo Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 (edited) Morosi - Hinch on Skubal's workload I don't know how you share posts from X on here so they can be read here. Edited August 19 by Tigermojo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 11 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: But isn't this kind of a repeat of what we see every year? Team gets off to a slow start and then rallies in the last two months - AFTER they are out of it. This year they started better but June was abysmal. I just feel like they set us up with hope in August and September every year and then wind up with 74-78 wins again. Can we start better? Maybe bringing up Jung now is geared towards not having him take his lumps in April/May like Keith and Meadows did. Let it happen now, maybe it helps for a more consistent first half next year. they won 78 last season, they need to get to >90 to be competing for the playoffs. So call it 92 wins and a 14 game improvement. To accomplish half of that this season would require them to get to 85wins - which is conceivable, but not all that likely - they would have to play 600 the rest of the way. OTOH, if they were on track for the playoffs, Flaherty would still be here, so that would add 2-5 wins. The the other view would be that if they do at least win any number greater than last year after losing Olsen, Mize, trading Flaherty and having Lange turn into a pumpkin, then the line-up has gotten stronger and they could be poised to make up a lot of ground in 25. The irony is that while you can point to all the unexpected pitching loses, it's still runs scored where they are lagging by 50+ runs of being in the same class as the playoff teams, while despite the pitching losses, their runs allowed would be competitive in most divisions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 9 minutes ago, Tigermojo said: Morosi - Hinch on Skubal's workload I don't know how you share posts from X on here so they can be read here. click the 3 dots on the tweet and choose 'embed post'. You will get dialog window with a URL in a box at the top that says "What would you like to embed?" then some choices lower on the page. I think the easiest thing is to ignore the stuff at the bottom, just copy the URL in the box under the question in the upper part of the dialog and paste it into your post. Do not choose "paste as plain text" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 4 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: Pet Peeve with Dickerson. He talks about pitch count way more than is needed, especially this early in the game. Once you note it, you don't have to harp on it. He gets to be a broken record. Yeah that's what we do here, who the f does he think he is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Cowan Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 59 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said: Ohhhh that's tough for Malloy, he did so many good things but he hasn't given them a reason to trust him anywhere on the field. Hate to give up the RH bat though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger2022 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Malloy made the most sense. There was no way they were DFAing McKinstry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmitch55 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 12 Random thoughts...... Sweeney ain't gonna make it. Jobe needs to be here. McKinstry is going nowhere. Major 40 man turnover incoming. Why does Foley go to a full count on every batter? Carpenter and Torkelson will be moved this off season Jace Jung is gonna be really good. Malloy needs more Toledo. Andrew Navigato should be here. Gage Workman should be here. Kevin McGonIgle is gonna be really good. If Max Clark gets his power game going, he'll be the best player in baseball when he's here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 10 hours ago, Tigermojo said: We don't need the umps on the Yankees side too. I am interested in the home plate umpire's report card. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 9 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said: Wow, first time they won back to back over the Yankees since 1971 ! What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 8 hours ago, Sports_Freak said: Sweeney isn't going anywhere. He's a Harris pickup, must play to make Harris look good. Malloy is a Harris pickup, so there goes that theory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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