8/27/24 6:40PM Angels @ Tigers

[RatkoVarda]

Fetter working his devil magic with Hurter and Hanifee. Goodness it helps to play bad teams.

[RandyMarsh]

Twins lose, now 6 back in the loss column. 

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Is Anthony Rendon the worst free agent signing of all time? 

Worse than Javy?

[IdahoBert]

The announcers keep talking about the importance of coming to the Tigers and being with guys you played with in the minors. And they don’t have to elaborate on that, but we know what it means. Tram and Lou in Parrish et al. And why not? There’s no reason why it shouldn’t happen once every 40 years.

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, RatkoVarda said:

Fetter working his devil magic with Hurter and Hanifee. Goodness it helps to play bad teams.

Skubal pushed back to the Boston series. I love everything about that.

[Sports_Freak]

1 minute ago, IdahoBert said:

The announcers keep talking about the importance of coming to the Tigers and being with guys you played with in the minors. And they don’t have to elaborate on that, but we know what it means. Tram and Lou in Parrish et al. And why not? There’s no reason why it shouldn’t happen once every 40 years.

Some of these guys are Avila's picks. 

[IdahoBert]

1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

Some of these guys are Avila's picks. 

Fine. 

[RandyMarsh]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Some of these guys are Avila's picks. 

Every guy in the lineup but Vierling and Sweeney was an Avila guy. Of course most didn't start to develop until the new regime though.

[Motor City Sonics]

10 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Worse than Javy?

Yeah.     I mean, at least Javy (until now) actually PLAYS and $24 million a year is a lot easier to swallow than $38 million - and at least Javy doesn't say stuff like "baseball has never been a top priority for me" 

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Yeah.     I mean, at least Javy (until now) actually PLAYS and $24 million a year is a lot easier to swallow than $38 million - and at least Javy doesn't say stuff like "baseball has never been a top priority for me" 

I didn't know Rendon's contract. Some of the money to veterans around the league makes me appreciate the youth movement more. I guess the Tigers have been building it the right way. Patience paying off? I sure hope so.

[Sports_Freak]

I looked up Rendon's contract. Holy cow, yes, that's the worst contract I've seen.

The Angels agreed to terms with Rendon on Wednesday on a seven-year deal worth $245 million with no deferred money, a full no-trade clause and no opt-out. 

[chasfh]

Wow, Shelby Miller just disintegrated. 

[gehringer_2]

Miller doing what Miller does.

[chasfh]

31 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Some of these guys are Avila's picks. 

Most of whom weren’t worth a damn until Harris took over. 

[Adullin]

Don't blow it 

[IdahoBert]

[Tigermojo]

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

WOOP WOOP!

[RatkoVarda]

they are over .500 in late August

team is young; only one position player is over 29 (Ibanez)

they have gotten better as season has progressed

Hinch and Fetter are pretty good

[chasfh]

And that’s five in a row!

[Tigermojo]

Mize and Perez getting healthy. Olson was supposed to pitch his second bullpen session today.

[Sports_Freak]

I was worried the Tigers would be tired after getting in late and the Angels having Monday off. But..these kids are young. And hungry. Winning is fun...

[Sports_Freak]

Just now, Tigermojo said:

Mize and Perez getting healthy. Olson was supposed to pitch his second bullpen session today.

And Jason says we're within 5.5 games of a wild card. Just keep winning games.

[RatkoVarda]

I wonder if Harris would claim Smyly and other pitchers who get waived over the next few days?

Smyly over Wentz is an easy upgrade for nothing more than $.

[Tigermojo]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

And Jason says we're within 5.5 games of a wild card. Just keep winning games.

They do play Boston, Baltimore and KC, so they have some control over their fate.