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Besides, it’s a bad world anyway and a plain old good baseball game takes the edge off of it. Case in point, Hayden Panettiere died overnight. She was fantastic in the video game Until Dawn that I played with my son many years ago. And she’s been in tons of stuff I’ve never watched. Savor this season while it lasts no matter what. Baseball is the cure.

Friends of mine sold their house in Boise they bought for $80,000 20 years previously for $850,000 and moved to Pittsburgh to be closer to their daughter. They bought a spacious, fetching modernized brownstone home of some sort for cash in an extremely nice neighborhood in downtown Pittsburgh. They really love it there. She’s a nurse and he’s a baker who rides his motorbike to work every morning at 5:30 AM. He goes to PNC Park when the Padres are in town because he grew up in San Diego. Sounds like a pretty good life.

Large Marge sent me.....

Also, the German-looking font? Purposeful. They know what they’re doing and who they’re dog-whistling to.

Adell would have 3 tonight.

To me when i look at the organization from top down this is the healthiest I have ever seen/remember the whole organization as someone who was born in 1986. Success that looks like it can sustain at the top end with talent at every level in the organization. We've had times where the Tigers looked great but the farm was mostly trash and times when the farm looked good but the Tigers were trash. I'm excited and optimistic with Harris's stated vison that he has a plan for sustaining that organizational depth.

It could have at least sweared loudly and then thrown his helmet against the dugout wall. That would show that he was competitive.

I forgot this game was an afternoon game. I’ll have to hurry home. Although it’s really pleasant at the Botanical Garden I frequent on a daily basis. At least I’ll be able to listen to Dan in the car on the radio.

You got me. I'm voting Trump now. Trump 2028. 😁

Real banana republic type stuff

We might find out what Gleyber’s true age is when he comes to pick up his pension.

Tork and Dingler have gone cold and Riley is out. That's a lot of offense missing compared to just a couple of weeks ago when they were world beaters.

Tigers lead. Skenes is Dunne. Out at home. 3-1.

Asked a guy with like 4 days of MLB service to deliver in that key situation against one of the aciest Aces of the NL whose got the hot girlfriend who transcends sport.

He should pitch to his contract and we all know it. The bullpen needed a break. He had a comfortable 7 run lead. His pitch count was in a good place. And he made uncompetitive pitches. This on top of Keith looking like this was his first game at 1B. And Baez letting one go by. And Lee rushing a throw. The Tigers got the win, and they definitely needed it. But they opened a door for Pittsburgh in this game and, by putting pressure on the backend of the bullpen, opened things up for the rest of the series.

This is not intended as an argument against your point. But, you know how much money, jobs, etc. comes with a bump up or down of the tariffs? The Korean car companies are having a moment right now. That could all come to an end. Vietnam has basically fellated the Trump sons to keep their tariff as low as possible.

Yep. If Det truly wants to make a run at the post season Framber needs to pitch well

I have rarely seen a bullpen that has blown so many games. So, either it's a bad bullpen or it's not being managed properly or it's unlucky. It could be partially luck, but they don't have one reliever who can be trusted in a high leverage spot. And it's not necessarily a mental thing. As a staff, they don't get a lot of strikeouts and are dependent on fielders to make plays, so they leave a lot to chance and these types of pitchers are not well suited to high leverage roles. So, while they may be competent low-leverage pitchers, they may not be competent high leverage relievers. That's my theory.

Well said good man! I've been in a similar place. Working a career with mentally ill homeless keeps life in perspective. I see the Tigers as mostly playing with house money at this point. It's been such a crazy season. No team has ever made the playoffs being 16 games under .500 heading into June. Then the Tigers trade 2 of their best pitchers. Still hopeful they get into the post season, but I'm not all-in fully with my expectations. I'd rather enjoy my Culver's cod sandwich and not dwell on the weekend sweep.

What if they did bring in bullpen help in those 2 trades that we just won’t see for a couple weeks? I’d imagine that’s where Ryan ends up in September. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see Wolf up shortly as his first 2 outings away from the PCL have been considerably improved.

This game, win or lose, should serve as the reminder for why we dealt Skubal and Mize. While this team should be and mostly is very good, they can’t overcome a tragic bullpen.

Agreed-I've heard a few too many times that the GOP is dead, that THIS will be the time Drumpf and company are forced to face consequences. I'll be more than a little surprised if the second one ever happens-my guess is the only thing that will stop Drumpf is when the Grim Reaper comes to call.

i'd do the sabonis deal just to prevent them from giving duren 5 years.

Ankeney actually hit two homers yesterday, kid is speed running high a.

https://www.mlb.com/news/top-100-prospects-updated-in-season-rankings-2026?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage Tigers currently have the #5 system overall. Cameron Flukey comes in at 6th in the organization. All three of the players received in the Skubal trade rank in the top 10 of the Tigers with Hope (#2), Ryan (#4) and Brady Smith (#10). All will move up one spot once Max Clark graduates from rookie status. Also cool to note, Ben Jacobs rates ahead of Kash Mayfield at #7 and #8 respectively. The Tigers 2nd round pick Tyson LeBlanc debuts all the way at 17. We got some depth now finally......

A guy like Max Anderson would have been top 5 in pretty much any list of Tigers top prospects from the 80s-early 2020s. So much more depth in the system.

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/20/archives/fidrych-impressive-in-exhibition-test.html Fidrych Impressive In Exhibition Test CINCINNATI, May 19 (UPI)—Mark Fidrych, tuning up for his first regular‐season start next week, pitched impressively for seven innings tonight in the Detroit Tigers’ 4‐1 exhibition victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Fidrych, who said he was completely recovered from a knee injury that occurred during spring training, pitched the third through the ninth innings and gave up four hits and one run. Working quickly and smoothly as he did last year, Fidrych made only 80 pitches. He struck out three and walked only one. Fidrych said he would start May 27, when the Tigers play the expansion Seattle Mariners in Detroit. https://www.ebay.com/itm/357941089118 Here is a full unused ticket to the May 19, 1977 charity exhibition game between the Detroit Tigers and Cincinnati Reds at Riverfront Stadium, a 4-1 Tiger victory. This game was Mark Fidrych’s return to pitching against big leaguers right before returning to regular MLB action after knee surgery. He did not disappoint, dominating Pete Rose and the Reds for 7 innings and giving up just 1 run. The Tigers declared him ready after the game and he returned to The Show on May 27. He soon hurled 6 shutouts and notched a 6-4 WL with a 2.89 ERA in eleven starts but suffered an undiagnosed rotator cuff injury. His season ended on July 12. He later appeared in only 16 games over the following 3 years and retired. This ticket is a rare and historic item for the Fidrych collector.

That is also only off of 76 plate appearances so that's a pretty small sample size of a guy who is coming off of wrist surgery. I for one was not expecting him to be a .300 hitter in the majors. Heck there are only 9 players in the majors with a .300+ average right now that being said I would say OPS matters way more than average for a 1B. If we get at least a .830 OPS out of him he is a top 10 1B in the league but also he is 21, still lots of time to work on things etc.

His Minor League career whiff rate is 24%. Last year, between A+ and AA it was 19.7%. This year at AA it was 21%. Yes, at AAA this year it's at 38%, in 13 PAs. Does he have Clark and McGonigle's bat/ball skills? Obviously not. But so far, at the same age as those two, he has shown considerably more power. Others on here have expressed some doubts about Briceno. Fair enough. But is whiff percentage really doesn't raise any huge red flags.

Here's an index. https://www.retrosheet.org/InSeasonExhibitionGames1921-2012.htm Some involving the Tigers include: August 27, 1970 Detroit vs. Toledo Mudhens in Toledo May 6, 1971 Detroit vs Toledo Mudhens in Toledo May 13, 1971 Detroit vs Navy Midshipmen in Annapolis June 14, 1973 Detroit vs Toledo Mudhens in Toledo June 7, 1982 Detroit vs Evansville Triplets in Evansville May 28, 1987 Detroit vs Toledo Mudhens in Toledo May 11, 1989 Detroit vs Toledo Mudhens in Toledo June 4, 1990 Detroit vs Toledo Mudhens in Toledo Then several similar games against the Mudhens throughout the 1990s, until the last I see being June 1, 2000 in Toledo. The only in-season exhibition for the Tigers I see since 2000 is the Hall of Fame at Cooperstown in 2005 between the Red Sox and the Tigers. The Tigers and the Cincinnati Reds also played several in-season exhibition games against each other throughout the 1970s and 1980s, with the site alternating between Cincinnati and Detroit.

Jacob's underlying numbers are much better than his actual numbers. His biggest issue right now is walks - from what it sounds he was really squeezed in his last outing - still was scoreless with high k's.

It has felt like a playoff race a little bit for awhile, but if the Tigers can get to above .500 that's going to take it to a higher level. It just feels like a different level when we are finally dealing with winning records. This is more fun now than any time of the season.

"It would be bad for baseball if they make the playoffs, I'm sorry....You don't want a team that sold two of their best players still sneaking in. I think that's bad for baseball. I think that's bad precedent to set." -- AJ Pierzynski If the Tigers make it into the playoffs, someone needs to make t-shirts for the team: 2026 Detroit Tigers We're Bad for Baseball

Honestly, I think they looked at the numbers and projections, predicted the effect of replacing Skubal and Mize with the alternatives of Anderson and Jobe, and decided, you knw what? We can still do this, plus load up for the future. Besides, that other A.J. misconstrued the targeted selling of Skubal and Mize as a white flag. It obviously was not because we kept literally everyone else*. He will soon come to understand what the Tigers really did, if he hasn’t already by now. It will not only become obviously, but has a chance of becoming a model for others should it succeed. Some may say that even if we make the playoffs, we’ve kneecapped our chances of winning in late October by dealing our two aces. I would guess the counter to that would be, this is not the peak team we’re building toward, and anything we do in the playoffs beyond the ALDS this season is gravy. We’re not derailing the goal of building toward that peak for a one-shot 1-in-12 chance of making it all the way this year. * - Well, except Gage Workman. Godspeed.

Starting with a 3-game sweep of the White Sox this weekend would certainly play in that favor... But I'm just wishcasting at the moment...

Scot Harris main goal was "sustainable and consistent success" for the Detroit Baseball Club and as such has a plan which he followed at the trade deadline. It won't be linear but it will be upwards over time. I trust him and think we are in good hands..not perfect or without mistakes..but solid and responsible.

Harsh, man. But OK. You got friends on it. I simply think he could have done something with it if he was prepared to fight off 0-2 pitches down the middle of the zone, something we've seen countless major league players do. But, YMOV. Yours truly, Crotchety Old Chas from Roseville on 97.1

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/lets-put-tarik-skubal-back-on-the-tigers/

A shutout without a strikeout. That's amazing. That is worthy of the Double Dutch Bus

To help set the mood for this weekend.

He’s still putting together good ABs and swings though

In his last 7 games Malgeri has a .818 OPS.

Asking for a friend… Which of our pitchers do we don’t mind losing for a couple weeks to hit one of the Cleveland batters in the face?

I hope they electrocute themselves

Flukey is a little wild in his first appearance, which I am guessing is part nerves and his mechanics are interesting at least from my very amateur viewpoint but the ride on that fastball is easy to dream on.

All I got to say about Dingler's at bat is baseball is hard.