4/12 1:10 Red Sox @ Tigers

[clark1mt]

10 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Joe Jimenez has lost a lot of weight.   Who is going to be our fat reliever now? 

I'm available.

[mtutiger]

11 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Joe Jimenez has lost a lot of weight.   Who is going to be our fat reliever now? 

Andrew Chafin will (hopefully) be back soon enough lol

Edited April 12, 2022 by mtutiger

[Motor City Sonics]

1 minute ago, mtutiger said:

Andrew Chafin will (hopefully) be back soon enough lol

You mean Firefighter Chet Kelly from Emergency! ? 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Baddoo just hustled right past that ball.

[Dtrain72]

Tigers in 2021 mid season form this inning.

[BBFCFM]

brutal

[mtutiger]

Haase really angling for more playing time...

[Tigerbomb13]

You know it’s a sure sign of spring when you find yourself cursing at the Tiger pen. 

[1776]

That was easy.

[Jim Cowan]

No pixie dust for Lange today.

[Dtrain72]

Who doubted this high power offense?!

[mtutiger]

2 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

You know it’s a sure sign of spring when you find yourself cursing at the Tiger pen. 

Yes and no.

Because at some point, you have to score more runs. 3 runs per game isn't a recipe for success, regardless of how the pen pitches.

Edited April 12, 2022 by mtutiger

[BBFCFM]

6 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Haase really angling for more playing time...

No doubt!

 

 

[Dtrain72]

I dont enjoy the offense being about as pleseant as a fart in an elevetor 8 out of 9 innings every game so far this season.

Edited April 12, 2022 by Dtrain72

[1776]

Fire Hinch

[chasfh]

Jesus, did the Tigers have early dinner reservations or something? Six pitches in the seventh, six pitches in the eighth, twelve pitches in the ninth. Twenty-four pitches in three innings, nine up, nine down. That’s what teams who are dead on their feet do.

oh well … come back and win the series tomorrow. 

[mtutiger]

8 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Jesus, did the Tigers have early dinner reservations or something? Six pitches in the seventh, six pitches in the eighth, twelve pitches in the ninth. Twenty-four pitches in three innings, nine up, nine down. That’s what teams who are dead on their feet do.

 

Exactly.... the bullpen is probably gonna take the bulk of the heat for today. And yeah, the job is to hold the lead and they didn't finish the job.

But the quality of the plate appearances late in that game just weren't good enough, especially for a team that purportedly has designs on making noise in the division. The game felt over the moment 6th ended, not in the 8th. 

It's all a small sample size and eventually they will break out of it, but still frustrating nonetheless.

Edited April 12, 2022 by mtutiger

[Tigerbomb13]

23 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Yes and no.

Because at some point, you have to score more runs. 3 runs per game isn't a recipe for success, regardless of how the pen pitches.

No doubt. They are going to have to put together more than one decent inning of offense every game. 

[mtutiger]

Acquiring Austin Meadows looks better and better every day

[RatkoVarda]

Clemens next man up?

[BBFCFM]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

Jesus, did the Tigers have early dinner reservations or something? Six pitches in the seventh, six pitches in the eighth, twelve pitches in the ninth. Twenty-four pitches in three innings, nine up, nine down. That’s what teams who are dead on their feet do.

oh well … come back and win the series tomorrow. 

Yeah, not good!

[casimir]

4 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

Clemens next man up?

I don't know.  If Grossman does end up on the IL, that leaves only 3 true OFs on the big league roster (Meadows, Baddoo, Reyes).  CastroH has spent time out there, but he's also the only bench IF.  Clemens doesn't have much experience outside of 2B.  And a quick check of Clemens' fielding history shows less than 200 IP in the OF.

The other options are Cameron, Short, and CastroW, if they stick to the 40 (or Hill if he's recovered).  It seems like it would be Cameron, but it sounded like the organization was a little exasperated with him before he was sent down.