5/4 @ TBD Pirates @ Tigers Game #2

[mtutiger]

Obviously a small sample, but with Candy appearing to be round the corner on his slump, Schoop really sticks out like a sore thumb right now...

Not sure what options they have other than continuing to wait it out

[mtutiger]

Lol, Joe... 

[Dtrain72]

All good, this offense will wake up in Houston, it's warm there, gonna heat up thos bats!!!

[gehringer_2]

I hope Jimenez is now officially the designated "only pitch in out of reach losses" pitcher.

[mtutiger]

Just now, gehringer_2 said:

I hope Jimenez is now officially the designated "only pitch in out of reach losses" pitcher.

I dont get the love affair... he can have the best stuff in the world, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't throw strikes.

[gehringer_2]

Just now, mtutiger said:

I dont get the love affair... he can have the best stuff in the world, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't throw strikes.

I thought it was pretty comical that Jack was just talking about Joe "needing his changeup" when he can't even throw the FB for a strike.

[romad1]

Punch less 

[buddha]

how did faedo look?  the box score and gamecast makes it sound like he got lucky not to give up more runs.

[mtutiger]

10 minutes ago, buddha said:

how did faedo look?  the box score and gamecast makes it sound like he got lucky not to give up more runs.

Worked in and out of trouble, location on slider seemed off, did throw a lot of strike tho.

Reminds me a lot of Beau Brieske's first start, although with more hits allowed.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

Worked in and out of trouble, location on slider seemed off, did throw a lot of strike tho.

Reminds me a lot of Beau Brieske's first start, although with more hits allowed.

I could be wrong but I thought the report in FLA was that his FB was at 95. He didn't hit that today.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, mtutiger said:

I dont get the love affair... 

I think it's because when all the stars align for him, he does have a killer swing and miss FB. But it's like waiting to draw to an inside straight. Lose too many times waiting for it to hit.

Edited May 5, 2022 by gehringer_2

[casimir]

Double digits hits today.  (Never mind that it came in a doubleheader.)

[RandyMarsh]

Adam Everett has a higher career OPS than our team OPS thus far this year. 

[casimir]

2 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

Adam Everett has a higher career OPS than our team OPS thus far this year. 

Adam Everett?  You couldn’t find a pitcher?

[RandyMarsh]

4 minutes ago, casimir said:

Adam Everett?  You couldn’t find a pitcher?

There probably is some pitchers, I was just curious to see how we stacked up to crappy offensive players and poor Adam was one of the first that came to mind and sure enough he indeed did have a higher OPS than us.

I will say though that offensive conditions are obviously much lower this year, particularly in the places we've played  vs. Adam's time cause our OPS+ isn't THAT bad, it's a 91 where I think his was in the mid 60s.

[SoCalTiger]

Lucky we got a split. Woeful offense. 

[Tigermojo]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

how did faedo look?  the box score and gamecast makes it sound like he got lucky not to give up more runs.

I thought he was really good at hitting the edge of the strike zone and that's why the hits were singles instead of extra bases.  He wasn't trying to get fancy and strike people out, he was just hitting his spots.

[mtutiger]

4 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

There probably is some pitchers, I was just curious to see how we stacked up to crappy offensive players and poor Adam was one of the first that came to mind and sure enough he indeed did have a higher OPS than us.

I will say though that offensive conditions are obviously much lower this year, particularly in the places we've played  vs. Adam's time cause our OPS+ isn't THAT bad, it's a 91 where I think his was in the mid 60s.

I'm honestly surprised that for as awful as they've been hitting the long ball, they aren't much further behind the rest of the league in homers 

[mtutiger]

44 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I could be wrong but I thought the report in FLA was that his FB was at 95. He didn't hit that today.

Yeah, he seemed to be more around 92-93. 

[mtutiger]

43 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I think it's because when all the stars align for him, he does have a killer swing and miss FB. But it's like waiting to draw to an inside straight. Lose too many times waiting for it to hit.

And he walks guys too often.

Honestly, outside of Hutchison, he's the guy in the pen I trust the least... he shouldn't feel as inevitable as he does.

[Sports_Freak]

Well, at least we'll miss Verlander in Houston. He pitched, and won again, today.

[Jim Cowan]

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

I think it's because when all the stars align for him, he does have a killer swing and miss FB. But it's like waiting to draw to an inside straight. Lose too many times waiting for it to hit.

Yes, I think his fastball makes a really loud noise when it hits the catcher's mitt and pitching coaches say "I can fix him".

[SoCalTiger]

3 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Well, at least we'll miss Verlander in Houston. He pitched, and won again, today.

Maybe our  rebuild should have included signing Verlander and Scherzer to 8 year contracts. I mean even today who's better ?

[TigerNation]

12 hours ago, casimir said:

Adam Everett?  You couldn’t find a pitcher?

Shohei Ohtani has a higher career OPS than any single player in our lineup has this season.

[bobrob2004]

8 hours ago, SoCalTiger said:

Maybe our  rebuild should have included signing Verlander and Scherzer to 8 year contracts. I mean even today who's better ?

But then we wouldn't have Mize and Manning in our rotation.