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21 hours ago, 1984Echoes said:

I think that's all he needs on this team to "break out".

I can overlook a lack of power in one guy if he's a high-OBP guy and does other things...

If he can prove a high-OBP in MLB that might be just enough.

And yes, the flexibility and a need to be better than adequate in the field with that flexibility is also needed as a part of that package...

So... we'll see. Maybe he'll have a lot of "grit" and be a "glue guy"?

I think there's a lot of value for a high OBP player if they have good baserunning skills (ie, not necessarily just speed) and good defensive versatility.  That's a very good asset to a MLB bench.  I don't know if Vilade is that player, but I guess we may find out. 

11 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

They are two games above .500 and have a positive run differential. All despite multiple players not playing to their potential.

You'd think we were talking about the 2019 team with the way people talk about them.

This start has been enjoyable.  There's flaws, sure.  But, come on, let's stop and soak in a winning record this late in the season for once.

Has Cleveland conceded defeat yet, or do they want to play this one out still?

53 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Win the series today, and they're only 3 games out of the division lead.

6 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Cle had 8 LH hitters in the line-up. If there was ever a night when an Opener would have been in order. Give Holton the 1st pass through the line-up  - or the 1st two innings - whichever comes 1st, then go to Kenta. Might have been a different outcome for Maeda....or not. 🤷‍♂️

Bad start.

I'm still confident that we will see the historical May-September Maeda going forward.  And I'll also add in that he's got a good postseason resume.

5 hours ago, Deleterious said:

Murray throws multiple items on the court while the game is being played and only gets a $100K fine.

$100K more than Beverly has been punished.

33 minutes ago, 1984Echoes said:

Baseball Reference has his career OBP versus lefties at .319 (prior to today) so, overall, slightly better...

But a career .793 OPS vs LHP heading into tonight.

No Canha, no Carpenter.  11 runs on the board.  Go figure.

2 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Andy Ibáñez! Two homers!

Should’of hit him 3rd.

15 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

This is not JIm Leyland's Tigers. He's a non-smoker and vegetarian.  

He also kept his distance from Deuce.

8 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

One thing I feel like has been lost in this rather sad thread is the reclamation of Joey Wentz. Here is his savant page. Obvious SSS but I would not be surprised to see him get some more leverage innings. 

It seems like Holton and Wentz have switched stats.

1 hour ago, kdog said:

Bless You Boys on Meadows/Vilade

Good summary on the Meadows demotion.

Well, it seems the Tigers do have troubles with lefties.  But, it seems they also have troubles with righties, too.

I suppose a lefty hitter down and righty hitter up creates a bit more lefty/righty balance on the roster in terms of numbers of hitters.

5 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

With the old regime, a guy who was ~26 might get the 'last chance' call because it was time to put up or move on. Vilade is still maybe year short of being there but in any case I don't have much sense yet on Harris' thinking about cutting bait on older AAA players.

Baddoo's line seems worthy enough of a call up in this instance, he's already on the 40, and I believe this is his last option year.  We've seen him play, we know the general strengths and weaknesses.  I guess what I don't understand is, if he isn't worthy of this call up in this situation, why has he remained in the organization?  Maybe its more about the defensive versatility (ie, the infield if Vierling is needed in CF) than I think it should be, I don't know.

Deactivate the game result notifications?

8 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Who goes?    The Ferguson kid?   

I think they had a spot to use, so they don't have to kick anyone off.

Additionally, they could always move Gipson-Long from the 15 day IL to the 60 day IL.

I surprised they didn't call Baddoo back up.  Already on the 40.  Offensive line isn't as good as Vilade, but definitely isn't packing the BABIP filler punch either.

This might be moot once Urshela is back anyway.

Vilade plays all over the field as well.  So that's kind of dandy.

Edit:  Does this put McKinstry on notice?

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Well, somedays 70 feels like 45, and others like 105!

Is all of this related to humidity or wind or something?

1 minute ago, mtutiger said:

The relative lack of hard hit rate differentiates this year from last year, IMO. 

Which is ironic given he hit the ball hard last season, but BABIP was unkind.

Is it possible Torkelson is just a slow starter?  There's not much resume to work with, the above are his splits for last season.  But this happens to some ballplayers, such as Maeda.

8 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

All the City Connect uniforms from every team suck and are unnecessary.  yeah, I'm old.  

Both sentences can be mutually exclusive from one another and true.

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Here’s what Eminem thinks of the cap. 

 

He's not wrong.

38 minutes ago, oblong said:

6 o clock start times?  WTF?

 

No, just on MT.  1 o clock game on W.

18 minutes ago, theroundsquare said:

appropriate that the tigers will look like they got run over after the sweep this weekend 

The tire treads up the torso are eerily similar.

Welp, there goes this season.

Those things are made for radio games.

Glad you got those losing game threads out of your system.  On to a winning one today.  Carpe diem, peoples.