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Which star outfielder did you want them to buy at the outfielder store? You don't think the Tigers don't know that a great hitter would improve their team? They probably looked at the players available and determined that improving their pitching would be easier to do given their budget. Again, how can you say that they didn't need pitching given all the injuries they have had? They were in pretty good shape before all the injuries hit both the offense and pitching.

Is there a 1st baseman who is worse that Tork? One who plays every day? The Tigers have been very patient with him. I doubt many teams would be so patient. His value, right now, is worth nothing. I doubt we could give him away, find a team to take on whatever his salary is? Doubtful.

It's on Langdon. If Gores is interfering then it's part of Landon's job to set him straight. I say this as a business owner who is not involved in day to day operations, and I'm a little dumb. So me and Gores have some things in common.

Also a major fail for Cornyn, who tried the ball-slurping move of naming an Interstate Highway in Texas for Trump.

Indians pitchers call special meeting: #Tigers lineup today vs. Cleveland Guardians: Matt Vierling (CF) Kevin McGonigle (3B) Jahmai Jones (DH) Dillon Dingler (C) Riley Greene (LF) Spencer Torkelson (1B) Wenceel Pérez (RF) Hao-Yu Lee (2B) Zack Short (SS) Keider Montero (RHP)

I dont know, I'm not a baseball executive studying analytics. People in charge of the team are responsible for success or failures of the team. The last couple of years were pretty successful but that is NO reason to try to improve. And again....hitting and scoring runs were a problem heading into the off-season. That problem wasn't addressed.

Out of reactions, but Like.

this of course is the crux, it's not what you know, it's how you use it, and whether in the end you are better on the field. The Tigers' analytics dept may be every bit as good as Cleveland's, and Hinch may be a more analytically well versed manager than whoever has sat in that chair in Cleveland, but for some reason they keep having as much or more success rotating in effective players over time. Or TL,DR version - just because you use analytics is no guarantee you are going to make the most optimal choices. I think in the main the failure in this org is still its lack of success finding players in Latin America. Something like 30-40 of all MLB talent originates outside the US and the Tigers seem to still be missing the boat there completely.That means the development end is playing with one hand tied behind its back.

Batting 8th is a lot better than 9th, psycholoogically.

My point is not that Carpenter could not make a difference in his eight games in May, it's that one of the reasons the Tigers' offense is down overall is that Carpenter is not delivering the same kind of everyday performance in May as he did in April, and that goes for a lot of other guys. If Carpenter were healthy and delivering in May what he delivered in April, the Tigers' May wRC+ would be better than 74.

You dont seem to understand. Its not the use of stats that bothers me. Its the misuse of them. What possible analytic looked at the Detroit offense from last season and said we didnt need more and better hitters to consistency score more runs? Whoever looked at this team and decided we needed pitching was....wrong. spending millions of dollars on Valdez? We would have been better off signing a corner outfielder and a DH type. But yeah, losing that argument only means we have a team thats soon to be 10 games out of 1st place. Maybe when Javy, Carp and Torres get back, we'll make a run? Or...maybe not?

I'm guessing there is some hitch that shows up in his swing, it somehow gets corrected for a few games, then he slips back into that or another hitch, and who knows whether he is accepting coaching on any of it? I would think if there's anyone who believes he can work out his hitches on his own and that all he has to do is trust his talent and bet on himself, it would be an erstwhile overall first pick.

You can never ever have too much pitching! Their strategy was to win with great pitching and an average offense which is a defensible strategy. It was working pretty well until everybody got hurt. How can you say they didn't need pitching when a couple of weeks ago (before Mize came back) they didn't have enough pitchers to get through a series? Which batter did you realistically want them to get? Was it Suarez again? Because he sucks this year too.

I was referring to process rather than results.

Correct. We are dealing with no fewer than 11 injuries to players on our 40-man roster. The Phillies had only one.

you've heard about tom gores before, right?

The off-season. We needed hitting and spent, overspent, on pitching. We. Needed. Hitting. We. Signed. Pitching. Doesn't analytics say a team needs to score runs? Kinda basic baseball, no?

I agree with that.

Not sure what any of that has to do with analytics. Most teams are heavily using analytics now, because they can no longer survive without it. You lost that argument a long time ago and I don't know why it's still a debate. Teams ALWAYS need pitching and there was more pitching available at the deadline than hitting. I don't think analytics told them to sign Morton and Paddack. Those guys were signed because they were cheap and would give them innings. By the way, you were begging them to sign Suarez and he sucked after the deadline. Your gut failed you.

They need a field manager because that's who you blame when a team goes south. NOT that I want Hinch fired but managers in general. They're hired to be fired, eventually. The buck stops with the skipper. You can't, fire 25 guys (26), as the old expression goes. A managers main job is the lineup card and pitching changes. Not scoring any runs and keep sending Short out there? Some people might say that's negligence and a firable offense. 😚😚

I think Hinch is a good tactical manager. I am too much of an introvert to understand why professional athletes need a manager to get them fired up, but I am open to the possibility that the Tigers don't respond well when things are not going well. Then again, things were going just as bad in 2024 and they performed miraculously.

maybe, but at the end of the day OBP trumps walk rate. If guy gets his OBP by hitting 320 I don't care if his walk rate is zero. Of course not suggesting Anderson can hit 320 in the majors but I would argue that a low walk rate is not as much of a single issue disqualifier that too high a K rate becomes.

1. The tweet you posted is apparently not accurate. 2. it is literally unbelievable that Rod Wood made any decision about scheduling an international game unilaterally. 3. Rod Wood was involved in hiring Spielman, Holmes, and Campbell and in wholly changing the culture of a previously pathetic franchise.

Short term, huh? What did the Tigers have? A 15 game lead last August? Yeah, there were pretty obvious hitting (and scoring runs) problems. So we went out and signed...pitching and ignored the most obvious and bigger needs....because....analytics? I guess we can see who lost that argument....the fans. But it's OK...we'll win the division because....again...analytics say so. Stay the course and keep running out the same guys every day. Un-huh. And BTW? Who said anything about firing Hinch or Harris? We made the playoffs 2 years in a row and even won a couple of series. But making the team better is a goal that many would like to see.

Small sample sizes. You can find plenty of 8 game periods where Carpenter has not hit in his career.