Tiger Cubs (notes on the minors)

[casimir]

Some kid named Mays struggled in his debut.

After the homer, Mays went on a 0-for-13 slide, leaving him hitting .038 (1-for-26). At this point, in an often-told story, Willie sat in front of his locker, crying, after taking the collar again. Coaches Freddie Fitzsimmons and Herman Franks sent for Durocher. Mays again said he couldn’t hit big-league pitching. Durocher replied, “As long as I’m the manager of the Giants, you are my center fielder. … You are the best center fielder I’ve ever looked at.”24 Then he told Mays to hitch up his pants more to give himself a more favorable strike zone. Willie then went on a 14-for-33 tear.

[RatkoVarda]

sending him down for 4 weeks, perfectly legit choice, also gives them an extra year of control

[mtutiger]

At least in the short term, I don't think they're gonna do it because, in essence, it's waving the white flag on the season. It's easy as a fan base to see the writing on the wall but, as bad as their start has been, I take AJ at his word when he talks about getting back into this thing.

Now if they spend the next few weeks continuing to suck wind with the bats and fall further behind, I could see it. But I imagine they at least give it the month to figure out if they can get it (and along with it, Tork) turned around.

[Tiger337]

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

But, IIRC he is also the 1st position player in the 1st 20 picks of his draft to have been promoted to the majors, they Tigers might be a little ahead of themselves with him.

Yeah, I am not worried about him.  He was kind of rushed, so it's not surprising that he is struggling.  Plus, he tends to have an adjustment period at each level.  

[Tiger337]

Mike Trout batted .220/.281/.390 in his first season.  

[Hart]

Clemens will be up by the end of the month at the latest.  He is 3-4 tonight with a walk.  

[gehringer_2]

Cabrera leaves another 90 feet at the buffet table....🙄

[casimir]

13 minutes ago, Hart said:

Clemens will be up by the end of the month at the latest.  He is 3-4 tonight with a walk.  

Why wait?

[RatkoVarda]

1 hour ago, Hart said:

Clemens will be up by the end of the month at the latest.  He is 3-4 tonight with a walk.  

and he played 1st for 2nd straight day

[buddha]

[mtutiger]

2 minutes ago, buddha said:

Clearly this means they should DFA him

[Motor City Sonics]

On 5/11/2022 at 4:30 PM, RatkoVarda said:

sending him down for 4 weeks, perfectly legit choice, also gives them an extra year of control

what's it matter?    this is 1989-2005 all over again.   We've got a long way to go.  

[Motor City Sonics]

I still have hope that Greene & Tork can basically be Bernie Williams/Jorge Posada,  but the possibility of Damien Easley/Tony Clark really scares me.  

[RatkoVarda]

33 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Clearly this means they should DFA him

Amputation then DFA then retirement at 25.

[mtutiger]

Vic Reyes now 2-2, sporting a .625 average...

Is he rehabbed enough yet?

Edited May 12, 2022 by mtutiger

[buddha]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

Clearly this means they should DFA him

actually it means he's a lock hall of famer.

[gehringer_2]

Keith 2/4 with another HR today. 964 OPS and <20% K rate. 

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

Vic Reyes now 2-2, sporting a .625 average...

Is he rehabbed enough yet?

and a steal today. Clemens has 22 RBI. Tiger leader has 11.

Edited May 13, 2022 by gehringer_2

[mtutiger]

4 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Keith 2/4 with another HR today. 964 OPS and <20% K rate. 

I'm curious about Chris Meyers... anything there or is he more org depth? Can't really deny the numbers in Lakeland or WMI so far

[RandyMarsh]

Not concerned so much about the results for Mize, he may have just been throwing fastballs trying to get his strength back. 

[Motor City Sonics]

10 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

and a steal today.

Bring him and Clemens up, send Tork down (not as a punishment, but so he can just breathe a bit) and release Schoop.  

Enough already.  Don't care about his turnaround last year, he's a black hole and I'd rather have both Castros on the team than him.  At least Willi is getting on base.   Yep, we'd probably be stuck with Kody Clemens at first.  Oh well  - this is what happens when you construct a shitty roster. 

I don't know how much longer I'd stick with Haase if he keeps throwing the ball everywhere but his intended target and striking out.   Garneau or Lavarnway would probably be more valuable to this team.    

Maybe a trade can be worked out for someone who can hit the damn ball, but I really don't trust Al to make that trade.  

Edited May 13, 2022 by Motor City Sonics

[gehringer_2]

23 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

I don't know how much longer I'd stick with Haase if he keeps throwing the ball everywhere but his intended target

In his last game he made 3 throws to 2nd that I saw. Two were more than 5 ft off the bag. The third was excellent but futile as the pitcher hadn't held the runner at all so he might as well have held the ball. Maybe knowing the out was impossible he relaxed enough to actually make the good throw.

Edited May 13, 2022 by gehringer_2

[microline133]

31 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

I'm curious about Chris Meyers... anything there or is he more org depth? Can't really deny the numbers in Lakeland or WMI so far

Org player.

[mtutiger]

7 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

In his last game he made 3 throws to 2nd that I saw. Two were more than 5 ft off the bag. The third was excellent but futile as the pitcher hadn't held the runner at all so he might as well have held the ball. Maybe knowing the out was impossible he relaxed enough to actually make the good throw.

It's crazy how much his stock has fallen. Game 1 seems like a long time ago.

[Tenacious D]

This is good. Only 20

 

Edited May 13, 2022 by Tenacious D