5/14 4:10 O's @ Tigers

[gehringer_2]

3 hours ago, mtutiger said:

I mean, Manning is coming back next week and they have Brieske/Faedo. Only real net effect is that Faedo or Brieske doesn't go down

They need to stop screwing around and let Peralta stretch out from this outing to take Pineda's spot.

[gehringer_2]

3 hours ago, mtutiger said:

Soto did look more in control today, but he's still scary to me

that's part of his charm.

[Motor City Sonics]

3 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Wanna start Brieske or Faedo against the Central heavy schedule coming up? With the offense struggling? We could be 20+ games out by the end of June.

First - what other choice do they really have?     Second - both have shown, so far, that they deserve another start.  Small sample size. 

Might as well see all the young guys we can.   Season's over.  Just trying to figure out who to go with in the future.   

[mtutiger]

22 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

They need to stop screwing around and let Peralta stretch out from this outing to take Pineda's spot.

That's the other option... although having Peralta in the BP at least gives you a longer option in the event of a disaster (today's game being case in point).

Maybe Rony Garcia fills that role instead?

[Jim Cowan]

Brieske and Faedo, I trust those 2 guys and would happily give them regular starts.

[gehringer_2]

3 hours ago, mtutiger said:

I mean, Manning is coming back next week and they have Brieske/Faedo. Only real net effect is that Faedo or Brieske doesn't go down

We've lost 3 starters  - now  a forth, plus a reliever here and there, and the team ERA is 3.52. But Avila is incompetent.

 

Edited May 15, 2022 by gehringer_2

[buddha]

5 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

We've lost 3 starters  - now  a forth, plus a reliever here and there, and the team ERA is 3.52. But Avila is incompetent.

 

oooh!  ohhh!  now do the offense!

does that make avila a genius?

[gehringer_2]

3 minutes ago, buddha said:

oooh!  ohhh!  now do the offense!

does that make avila a genius?

LOL. In the end, pitching will out. It's still the name of the game in Baseball.

Edited May 15, 2022 by gehringer_2

[mtutiger]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

We've lost 3 starters  - now  a forth, plus a reliever here and there, and the team ERA is 3.52. But Avila is incompetent.

 

Some of it is luck, the xFIP numbers for some of their relievers and starters show it.

But some of the conversations around here about the pitching staff (and how disastrous the situation they find themselves in) seem misplaced given who this team was trotting out last year and given that guys who were off the board (ie. Faedo, Brieske, Wentz) are now options.

They arent trotting out Buck Farmer or Derek Holland or Ian Krol these days... the bullpen, even if the peripherals are less rosy than the ERA shows, is much better than in years past. Cisnero and Funkhouser aren't even here, and tbh, I think I'd take Alex Lange/Will Vest over either one of them at this point.

And even with the starting pitching stretched as it is, it seems likely that they are going to have significantly less scheduled bullpen games because they have more viable options, even with injury.

The offense is a different story, but I watch a lot of baseball, and the Tigers, pitching wise, are far from being in the worst situation compared to the rest of the league.

[Jim Cowan]

12 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

We've lost 3 starters  - now  a forth, plus a reliever here and there, and the team ERA is 3.52. But Avila is incompetent.

 

Hinch is the GM who acquired the pitchers who are doing well.  He took that over right away in November 2020.  Avila is the GM for the rest of the players.

[mtutiger]

6 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

LOL. In the end, pitching will out. It's still the name of the game in Baseball.

Aren't we also talking about an offense that has badly underperformed it's track record as well?

[gehringer_2]

4 hours ago, BBFCFM said:

Miggy was on that, gave it a ride.  Long out.  

good to see him put a barrel on 98 mph. At 39 you can't get your hopes up for anything, but he's off to one of his better starts in a few years.

[casimir]

8 hours ago, Jim Cowan said:

Hinch is the GM who acquired the pitchers who are doing well.  He took that over right away in November 2020.  Avila is the GM for the rest of the players.

Hinch is the GM of all good stuff.  Avila is the GM of all bad stuff.  There it is, didn't even need 2,000 words of tripe to get there.