2022 DETROIT TIGERS REGULAR SEASON THREAD

[Jim Cowan]

I think that there will be some very unhappy members of the pitching staff who will most definitely want Hill out there, and will not want to see Willi anywhere on the field.

[Motor City Sonics]

17 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

I think I may have the solution.

 

Ah, but curable   

[Motor City Sonics]

2 runs and it just feels insurmountable ............  

[casimir]

11 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I had high hopes for Mark Lewis when he got off to a great start and still had an OPS of over .800 in mid-June.  He fell apart after that.  

Oh, wow, I forgot he was a player to be named later in the David Wells deal.

[casimir]

5 hours ago, mtutiger said:

I hope this doesn't mean that Rony Garcia gets the start for a Wednesday bullpen game.

 

5 hours ago, Tigeraholic1 said:

Double header tomorrow so who knows.

Maybe he’ll pitch one game and play LF in the other.

[IdahoBert]

[RatkoVarda]

Slugging .301 as a team now.

At some point it cannot be written off to random variance; so either 1) Coolbaugh has done something; 2) Manfred is sending dead balls to Comerica; or 3) we are part of an alien experiment in phycological torture

[gehringer_2]

3 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

Slugging .301 as a team now.

At some point it cannot be written off to random variance; so either 1) Coolbaugh has done something; 2) Manfred is sending dead balls to Comerica; or 3) we are part of an alien experiment in phycological torture

the umps are not competent enough to switch the ball reliably for 2, so obviously 3.

[buddha]

half the board wanted them to deaden the balls.  now they have and predictably everything sucks.

[Tiger337]

9 minutes ago, buddha said:

half the board wanted them to deaden the balls.  now they have and predictably everything sucks.

Dead balls are good for the game.  If there are really dead balls this year and it's not just a weather thing, the Tigers will need to adjust long term.  MLB will surely liven them up though.  

[buddha]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Dead balls are good for the game.  If there are really dead balls this year and it's not just a weather thing, the Tigers will need to adjust long term.  MLB will surely liven them up though.  

hope so.

[Tiger337]

14 minutes ago, buddha said:

hope so.

The home run rate so far is the same it was back in 2010-2014 when the Tigers had good teams!  The ball is not the problem.  The Tigers are the problem.  

 

[buddha]

8 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

The home run rate so far is the same it was back in 2010-2014 when the Tigers had good teams!  The ball is not the problem.  The Tigers are the problem.  

 

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2346769

 

[buddha]

i dont think the ball is a problem.  i think the pitching and defense are ahead of the offense now.

[Tiger337]

10 minutes ago, buddha said:

i dont think the ball is a problem.  i think the pitching and defense are ahead of the offense now.

That is true every Spring, although probably a little more this year with the shortened spring training.  The home run rates and batting averages across baseball will go up soon.  

[bobrob2004]

56 minutes ago, buddha said:

half the board wanted them to deaden the balls.  now they have and predictably everything sucks.

But the Tigers pitching is better now.

[Tiger337]

15 minutes ago, buddha said:

https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/2346769

 

Interesting article, but I still think offense will increase soon.  If it doesn't they'll juice the ball up again.  

[SoCalTiger]

3 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

Slugging .301 as a team now.

At some point it cannot be written off to random variance; so either 1) Coolbaugh has done something; 2) Manfred is sending dead balls to Comerica; or 3) we are part of an alien experiment in phycological torture

#4 Dead bats for Detroit only.

[SoCalTiger]

I wonder if Tampa thinking the ball would be deaden contributed to their decision to trade Meadows and ask for Parades who's main strength is walking. I think the Yankees thought the same thing which is why they passed on all the high priced shortstops snd opted for defense in obtaining  Falefa for short and dumping Sanchez ?

 

[mtutiger]

10 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

I wonder if Tampa thinking the ball would be deaden contributed to their decision to trade Meadows and ask for Parades who's main strength is walking. I think the Yankees thought the same thing which is why they passed on all the high priced shortstops snd opted for defense in obtaining  Falefa for short and dumping Sanchez ?

 

With Tampa, I don't know that it was anything more than Josh Lowe being ready for a callup and Meadows being the odd man out. Paredes is already back down in Durham after a brief callup.

Edited May 10, 2022 by mtutiger

[Useful Idiot]

HOORAY!!   The drought has ended. After 28 innings the Tigers  score two runs on a sacrifice fly and a fielder's choice.

 

I can just feel the swagger!!  😇

Edited May 10, 2022 by Useful Idiot

[Dtrain72]

If AL doesnt at least seriously try to/inquire about getting Montas to add to this lineup, he's either a bumbling toolbag, or Chris won't allow it, which would, in turn, make him a bumbling toolbag who should probably not own a baseball team.

[RatkoVarda]

1 hour ago, Dtrain72 said:

If AL doesnt at least seriously try to/inquire about getting Montas to add to this lineup, he's either a bumbling toolbag, or Chris won't allow it, which would, in turn, make him a bumbling toolbag who should probably not own a baseball team.

looks like you are the newest member of the Al Avila Fanclub

 

[mtutiger]

Does Frankie Montas bat?

[Tigerbomb13]

Schoop finally getting them to drop.