4/19/25 1:10PM Royals @ Tigers

[chasfh]

1 minute ago, TigerNation said:

Skubal on the mound tomorrow going for a four game sweep. Nice spot to be.

Just as he's really settling in after a shaky first two starts, too.

[holygoat]

5 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

This Natalie woman needs to be replaced. Not sexism, she just doesn't know baseball. Bring Keats back...

She's really bad.

[SoCalTiger]

1 hour ago, monkeytargets39 said:

When do we collectively change from McStinky to McKingstry?

Not until he starts to truly stink. Not jinxing him so until further notice McStinky reigns supreme !

[romad1]

35 minutes ago, holygoat said:

She's really bad.

Their record with her up there has been pretty good. You jinx that at your peril.

[IdahoBert]

We have one of the best pitchers in baseball going up against KC on Sunday, but four-game sweeps don’t happen that often and the Impersonal God of Mathematical Probability might have something to say about tomorrow’s outcome. But I hope not.
 

[IdahoBert]

1 hour ago, StrangeBird said:

I think it’s Greg Gania, the Erie play by play guy.

Yeah, I looked it up. He’s actually pretty good. I thought it was Dan and Dan was just talking fast and then Bobby called him Greg and I had to do a double take.

[lordstanley]

3 of the 5 worst records in MLB this season are for teams in the AL Central. 

[chasfh]

37 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Not until he starts to truly stink. Not jinxing him so until further notice McStinky reigns supreme !

He's good now, so why not enjoy it while we can?

[IdahoBert]

3 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

3 of the 5 worst records in MLB this season are for teams in the AL Central. 

Our meat and potatoes to fatten up on. 

[IdahoBert]

Is there a chance AJ might not field the “A Team” tomorrow because they will be playing their 10th game in 10 days with three against San Diego starting Monday? 

Maybe hoping the pitching will stymie KC and the Tigers can scratch out a couple runs to win?

But with only 13 position players there’s not a whole heck of a lot of shuffling he can do.

 

[Motor City Sonics]

2 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

This Natalie woman needs to be replaced. Not sexism, she just doesn't know baseball. Bring Keats back...

I'll do it.   Let me do it.     I knew who played fuzz guitar on the Carpenters "Goodbye To Love" without looking it up.  I can handle baseball. 

 

 

Tony Peluso.   

[Jim Cowan]

17 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Is there a chance AJ might not field the “A Team” tomorrow because they will be playing their 10th game in 10 days with three against San Diego starting Monday? 

Maybe hoping the pitching will stymie KC and the Tigers can scratch out a couple runs to win?

But with only 13 position players there’s not a whole heck of a lot of shuffling he can do.

 

Ramon Santiago plays short on Sundays.

[Tiger337]

Hinch does so much shuffling on a daily basis that I don't think there is any need for a "Sunday line-up"

[chasfh]

30 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Is there a chance AJ might not field the “A Team” tomorrow because they will be playing their 10th game in 10 days with three against San Diego starting Monday? 

Maybe hoping the pitching will stymie KC and the Tigers can scratch out a couple runs to win?

But with only 13 position players there’s not a whole heck of a lot of shuffling he can do.

 

Michael Wacha is pitching so that means no Ibanez or Malloy.

Gleyber sat today so he will probably play tomorrow. Colt will probably shift back to DH. That means Kreidler would sit.

I think we play Dingler since Nido played Friday, although AJ might have Nido catch the ace. This one is a 50-50 proposition.

And it’s not often you get a chance for a four-game sweep against a division rival, so I would think it’s pedal to the metal time.

I think it’s the “A Team” tomorrow.

Edited April 19 by chasfh

[Tiger337]

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I think we play Dingler since Nido played Friday.

Michael Wacha is pitching so that means no Ibanez or Malloy.

Gleyber sat today so he will probably play tomorrow. Colt will probably shift back to DH. That means Kreidler would sit.

And it’s not often you get a chance fora  four-game sweep against a division rival, so I would think it’s pedal to the metal time.

I think it’s the “A Team” tomorrow.

Do they even have an A team?  It will be the line-up which puts them in the best position to win like most days.  

[IdahoBert]

14 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Michael Wacha is pitching so that means no Ibanez or Malloy.

Gleyber sat today so he will probably play tomorrow. Colt will probably shift back to DH. That means Kreidler would sit.

I think we play Dingler since Nido played Friday, although AJ might have Nido catch the ace. This one is a 50-50 proposition.

And it’s not often you get a chance for a four-game sweep against a division rival, so I would think it’s pedal to the metal time.

I think it’s the “A Team” tomorrow.

 

10 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Do they even have an A team?  It will be the line-up which puts them in the best position to win like most days.  

Thank you both @chasfh and @Tiger337  These are kind of insights I was looking for. Ten days in a row +3 more, that’s a lot of days to get sore, to get worn out, to sprain an ankle to pull an oblique. I can see how it would seem like a grind. The good thing is that all of this is happening within a 10 game homestand with one off day sandwiched in between it all and that might tilt thing in the Tigers direction.

 

 

[gehringer_2]

27 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Colt will probably shift back to DH. That means Kreidler would sit.

I don't think Dan mentioned it but Hinch put Ibanez in at  2nd to close out the game. Colt had tossed a potential DP ball over Sweeney's head in the 8th. Colt owes him though because Sweeney did such a great job of faking out the runnner he didn't go to third. No base given up, no error charged.

[IdahoBert]

A four game sweep in April could make a big difference at the end of September. I like the idea of pedal to the metal.

[gehringer_2]

5 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

This Natalie woman needs to be replaced. Not sexism, she just doesn't know baseball. Bring Keats back...

I believe Keats decided to retire or he'd still be there.

[casimir]

19 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Horn?  Manning and Chafin can’t be happy about that.

Thought I heard on a pod that Chafin is only up to around 90 MPH on his fastball.  Plus he's not on the 40 already.

At this point, what utility is there to having Manning on the 40 if he's not going to be called up?

I suppose the true answer might also be that Horn has more pitches available should the Tigers need to just get through a game.

[casimir]

17 hours ago, Adullin said:

Winner

Seems the kitty cat is missing a paw.

[casimir]

14 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

Hinch does so much shuffling on a daily basis that I don't think there is any need for a "Sunday line-up"

Yes, this is the answer.  If the game gets out of hand to either side, it might be an earlier exit for Greene or maybe even Torkelson, Carpenter, or Torres.  Everybody else is a platoonable player.

[casimir]

14 hours ago, chasfh said:

Michael Wacha is pitching so that means no Ibanez or Malloy.

Gleyber sat today so he will probably play tomorrow. Colt will probably shift back to DH. That means Kreidler would sit.

I think we play Dingler since Nido played Friday, although AJ might have Nido catch the ace. This one is a 50-50 proposition.

And it’s not often you get a chance for a four-game sweep against a division rival, so I would think it’s pedal to the metal time.

I think it’s the “A Team” tomorrow.

I was thinking about catching for the Padres series while watching this game.  Day game (Royals finale), then night, night, day vs the Padres.  So how will that play out?  Nido gets at least one of those vs San Diego. 

Dinger would get normal rest going into today's game (vs Kansas City) followed by a little extended rest going into Monday night's game.  Could rest him Tuesday to play Wednesday with Thursday as an off day.  Without looking at pitching matchups, that's probably how I would handle it.

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, casimir said:

I was thinking about catching for the Padres series while watching this game.  Day game (Royals finale), then night, night, day vs the Padres.  So how will that play out?  Nido gets at least one of those vs San Diego. 

Good point. So that might mean Nido today, Dingler Monday and Tuesday, Nido for the finale.

[Klondike]

Good pitching and Tork. That's all you need 🤔