casimir

Wow, Sweeney and Jung? Just in time for the playoff push, too.

That seems an unfortunate ricochet.

The SO/BB split is particularly interesting.

Might as well, right?

I s'pose that's one way to look at it.

They have been getting good results. They've also benefitted from the schedule makers with off days on July 31, August 5, 12, and 19. For the most part, they've been pitching well since the all star break. But, yes, you kind of expect the wear and tear to arrive at some point. They have the off day on August 19 after the Little League game. Then its at the Cubs for 3, at the Jerk Sox for 4, host the Angels for 3, host the Red Sox for 3, then out to the Padres for 3 and at the Athletics for 3. Basically 3 weeks straight with an odd Tuesday off on the Tuesday after Labor Day as the only rest day. Maneuvering that could be interesting. Mize is probably due back at the end of that? Maeda hasn't been reinstated into the rotation yet. I don't know. That stretch could make for some tough sledding.

What does the fox say?

Not sure genius can be applied to bunting with 2 strikes.

No clue where Baddoo will be next season. But enjoy the moment, young man.

You’re in close proximity. Can you tell Seattle to eat it, please?

“Where have I seen that guy before? What kind of name is Oblong? Should I have told him about the spinach stuck in his upper front teeth?”

An OF/DH combination of Greene, Carpenter, Meadows, Malloy, Vierling (3B as well), Perez (maybe forced down to Toledo) ain’t bad if healthy, is it? I mean, you consider all are entering into their prime or earlier on that bell curve? Add in Keith at 2B. If they can get Torkelson’s game in order or add in a corner IF bat, it lengthens the lineup to where Baez’s isn’t such an impediment. Plus, maybe they can rest Greene a bit more, maybe that game management can keep him off of the injured list.

My goodness, 15 runs, what kind of pointers did you give them?

Skubal would be due to pitch that game if the "rotation" holds.

This past week in particular was interesting. Finished 3-3. Could have easily been 4-2 or 2-4 without wackiness in the last inning in Seattle and a different turn of events without the rundown outs in the series finale in San Francisco. While we can complain about the lineups, the pitching decisions, etc, they were in each and every game, all of which could have easily tipped the other way. Also, the "back to back vacations" was a nice humble brag.

A 3-3 road trip out west with this patchwork of a team? That's probably as good as we can expect.

What’s going on there? Mid season exhibition game?

No SPs and running out of OFs. Other than that, they’re primed and ready to take this game and the series. Carpe diem, baby.

I like your point about plate appearances when they go into the double digit pitch count. I think that’s a reasonable suggestion. I have a hard time understanding the ailments these days considering what should be pretty decent advancements in kinesiology and the like. The pitching arm issues, I get it. Too much torque and force and all of that given the emphasis on shorter max effort throwing rather than pitching with stamina in mind. But some of the position player stuff, I don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong, I probably am, but I don’t know if I recall injuries to Tiger position players like this, be it trips to inactive lists or just day to day issues.

That appears to be the case. Now, I suppose BABIP is increasingly higher as the tension mounts, and maybe that "luck" is something to consider as a reason. Or maybe that's a sign that pitches are a little different from leverage to leverage, I don't know.

Nice area.

Actually he doesn't have a whole lot of split among batter ahead, pitcher ahead, neutral count. But that OBP/SLG when the batter is ahead? Boy, that sure seems like a typo, doesn't it?

A revamped bullpen in the off season would be nice.

Baez has over 4,600 PAs. Vierling over 1,300. McKinstry over 1,100. Everyone else is easily under 500. So the most experienced batter, the guy that has over half of the career PAs of the entire lineup combined, is hitting 9th.