08/07/2022 6:10 EDT Tampa Bay Rays at Detroit Tigers

[Tigerbomb13]

[romad1]

the topper will be when Paredes goes yard and Austin Meadows is lobotomized on the same day for nerves  

[RatkoVarda]

 

[1984Echoes]

All our Cindereller Fellers in the BP turning into Pumpkins...

[Tigermojo]

Mercy rule please 

[romad1]

Fetter might be the reason for all the injuries 

[Tigermojo]

Tampa will probably have a position player pitch the ninth 

[BBFCFM]

 

[Dtrain72]

1 minute ago, Tigermojo said:

Tampa will probably have a position player pitch the ninth 

Who will strike out the side...

[Tigermojo]

This is what happens when you give mediocre guys the closer role. It's not a save situation so I'll just go ahead and walk everyone.

[Tigerbomb13]

Kerry Carpenter is going to make it from Toledo by the end of the game and his two grand slams for the walk off. Book it.

Edited August 7, 2022 by Tigerbomb13

[kdog]

At this point, the results don’t matter. Manning had the best outing of his career. The offense sucks and Soto imploded in a non save situation. But they have to use him because the bullpen is overtaxed. 
Good bullpens are a waste on a horrific team. Avila thinks he can get more value for them at a later point in time.

[RatkoVarda]

Baltimore is 5 games over .500; this team is garbage

[mtutiger]

Just now, kdog said:

At this point, the results don’t matter. Manning had the best outing of his career. The offense sucks and Soto imploded in a non save situation. But they have to use him because the bullpen is overtaxed. 
Good bullpens are a waste on a horrific team. Avila thinks he can get more value for them at a later point in time.

As much as the result sucks, this is definitely the silver lining to take away from this one. 

[romad1]

 

[mtutiger]

2 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

Baltimore is 5 games over .500; this team is garbage

We all still have to see it to believe it, but I really don't know how Al survives beyond this year. It seems really unsustainable to me.

Edited August 7, 2022 by mtutiger

[Dtrain72]

1 minute ago, mtutiger said:

As much as the result sucks, this is definitely the silver lining to take away from this one. 

I would also feel better to hear that Hinch threw a chair at Soto in the locker room after the game

[Tigerbomb13]

3 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

We all still have to see it to believe it, but I really don't know how Al survives beyond this year. It seems really unsustainable to me.

I agree. I know we all talk about how awful Pizza Jr. is, but even Matt Millen didn’t last forever. The uproar will be deafening if he’s still the GM by Halloween. 

[romad1]

Hey, hey.  Ho, ho.

Al Avila is mediocre at his job and is destroying a proud franchise!

[Dtrain72]

Soto making the allstar team just shows that nobody has really watched the Tigers this year...both him and Fulmer have been no where near as good as ppl seem think.  The eye test/results dont lie.

[kdog]

Al is not surviving. The question is if they go outside the org to find a replacement.

[mtutiger]

4 minutes ago, Dtrain72 said:

Soto making the allstar team just shows that nobody has really watched the Tigers this year...both him and Fulmer have been no where near as good as ppl seem think.  The eye test/results dont lie.

Chafin should have been the selection. Lange's BB/9 is a little high, but tbh, he probably should have been in front of Soto as well.

Edited August 7, 2022 by mtutiger

[Tigerbomb13]

1 minute ago, mtutiger said:

Chafin should have been the selection. Lange's BB/9 is a little high, but tbh, he probably should have been in front of Soto as well.

Even Jimenez. Even though he had a rough game a couple nights ago, I was shocked at how good his numbers are (I hadn’t been laying close attention). 

Exhibit #754367 on why the save stat is dumb and antiquated. 

[Sports_Freak]

I remember Leyland saying once that if you keep marching pitchers out there, eventually one will have an off-day and give up multiple runs. He was/is correct.

[Sports_Freak]

36 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

This is what happens when you give mediocre guys the closer role. It's not a save situation so I'll just go ahead and walk everyone.

But...but....he throws really, really hard. He doesn't pitch, he throws. Really hard.