casimir

I wish we still had signatures.

I'm giving you feedback, I just don't like scantron tests. The smaller the pool of teams in a division, the likelier it is that a losing team wins the division and makes the playoffs. I don't want any part of that, its an embarrassment to competitive team sports that this would be allowed. It was going to happen in 1994 in the AL West before the strike wiped out that season. There have been division winners finish the season with low 80s win totals. If/when they do expand to 32 teams (which shouldn't happen until the stadium issues in Oakland and Tampa get resolved), MLB can go to 4 divisions of 8 teams each. They can realign geographically and do away with the current AL/NL structure now that all teams both leagues finally play under the same rules. If MLB wants to do itself any favors, they need to become more inviting to the fan base. Stop pushing broadcast rights to multiple platforms in such a way that consumers need to acquire several subscriptions to watch their teams, and eliminate the blackout rules that prevent fans from following their favorite teams on MLB.TV. And they have to quicken pace of play and get rid of Angel Hernandez. Now, take this feedback, deliver it to Rob Manfred, and then kick him in his crotch and tell him that it's from casimir at MTF (he'll remember me from when he was trying to recognize me once at a Tiger game years ago). OK, truth be told, I doubt you work in or with MLB, but its fun to think that someone could take the above, print it out, hand deliver it to Manfred, and then kick him in the crotch.

So are 29 other MLB teams and a handful of AAA teams.

This series might be the last chance for a couple of guys to show something before roster changes are made.

Define good.

Are Es a part of pick the stick? Is anyone on the plus side for pick the stick? Have they cancelled pick the stick?

Neither. 4 team divisions suck.

2021 Tigers after 18 games were 7-11. 2022 Tigers after 18 games are 6-12. Fire Ausmus.

We all feel like the catcher in your avatar. Other than that, things are good.

Well, Haase certainly isn't doing himself any favors. The slumps and the roster construction are a bad combination. There aren't many opportunities to play matchups. Maybe Hinch did it just to do it so that he avoided rust? Somewhat along the lines of getting players playing time to avoid rust?

Remove the rearview mirror.

Candelario has played in all 17 games, so combine that with his struggles, he had to sit at some point. I don't understand Garneau on the roster at this point. It's just a wasted spot at this point. They have a shallow bench and little to no maneuverability when it comes to platoons or resting guys.

This post reminds of someone saying "oh my gosh, this food is awful, try it".

I don't know how launch angle might relate to ISO & SLG. I was looking over team stats on bbref, and it seems like the glaring thing for the Tigers so far this season is the power just isn't there (which we've realized). But a lot of other hitting & pitching ratios see the Tigers are hovering around league average (which might be a bit of a surprise), sometimes a bit higher, sometimes a bit lower, but nothing egregious.

Can he hit?

The translation from Canadian to American is tricky.

We watch the Tigers. By comparison, any hitter with multiple hits in the same game is hot.

I think that's overblown. 5 strikes out of 13 pitches is not effectively wild. Otherwise, we'd see that more often out of one inning relievers.

Looking at the replay again, you're right, there was no play to be made. There was nobody within the zip code of where the overthrow landed, so there was no way the Tigers were going to cut down that game winning run once it got past Candelario.

Yes, the Tigers got lucky to escape the bottom of the 8th and I guess it could be said the baseball gods weren't offering the same sort of luck in the bottom of the 9th.

Lima Time earned some frequent flier miles on the Randy Smith Detroit & Houston shuttle. Threw a no hitter for the Mud Hens.

I understand the fascination with Soto blowing the ball by hitters, but when it comes along with poor control......,

Its down on the list of errors on that play, but it isn't helpful if there's a play at the plate on the 2nd runner. Then again, if there was a throw, it would've probably hit a goose in flight or something stupid like that.

I don't mind Fulmer being brought in to face Buxton & Correa in the 8th. I don't know if he was warming up when Baez hit his HR or not. It was still a close enough game before that where Hinch would try to keep things close going into the top of the 9th. A lot of players had a bad game last night. The result of the Haase throw is the most glaring, but as was mentioned above, it wasn't the only miscue. Here's one that wasn't brought up, why was Soto standing at the plate with his hands on his hips? If a throw gets to the plate in time, he's risking interfering with that play. If the runner takes a route on the foul side of the plate, and Soto is standing there observing, now you're putting a judgement call into the hands of the umpire when your team is on the road in the 9th inning in cold weather.

Come on, who doesn't want an over 5 BB/9 in high leverage situations? What could go wrong? And its not just small sample size. Its his resume in the majors and the minors.