Jim Cowan

Tigers go 1-2-3 in the 8th...but do not strike out! This is it folks, this is where the big turnaround starts.

Tork with the 10 pitch AB there but according to GameDay the last 3 that he swung at missed by quite a lot.

Will Vest sounds like a name for a lefthander, not a righthander.

Niko, batting lefthanded, strikes out.

And he stubbornly started Willi in left again the next night, which I was going to yell about but then I thought nah, what's the point?

Baddoo is no gold glover for sure but he is at least an outfielder.

It was worse than that, Hill was on the bench.

The Tigers have thrown 89 pitches through 4 innings.

There was a time last year when people were saying that the Renaissance began on the day that Hinch was hired, not just on the field but throughout the organization. Those front office changes, beefing up the analytics...Hinch's fingerprints were all over those. Well the team is arguably worse now, and suddenly Hinch isn't in the front office anymore.

And now it's Odorizzi on the ropes. Back to back walks, 17 pitches, 1 out.

Should have seen that coming. 4-0.

Silver lining!

Hutch at 21 pitches, one out.

And, Hutch replaces him.

Wily has carefully budgeted 44 pitches through 2 innings. That's his MO, he averaged less than 5 IP per start last year.

Niko, batting lefthanded...strikes out.

Odorizzi doesn't light up the gun does he...he just throws strikes that aren't middle-middle.

Hey Schoop just hit a double

I don't think that either one is getting fired but if Avila does, it might be because hiring Hinch the miracle worker was the last straw for Ilitch and he cans both of them. He's still waiting to see any evidence that Hinch gets better results than the next stiff who comes along. He'd make more money with a winning team and these guys are spinning their wheels.

Yeah clean, you know, like not "infested"

I believe that and I also believe that if Avila gets fired Hinch is going with him, like Smith and Garner.

No

Yes I could probably fill out a lineup card for those guys right now without looking. Bench Perez Morgan Concepcion Rose Foster Griffey Geronimo.

Willi in the outfield, and Hill on the bench. Genius.

I hadn't even thought about that, now I am even more frustrated. I just don't understand how this guy's mind works. As for not having much to work with we have been assured by many people here that as soon as Hinch got here he assumed an influential role in acquisition and development...pure fantasy of course and mercifully we don't hear that much lately. Those people now suddenly allow Hinch to play Pilate on talent acquisition, he can wash his hands. The Castros are here but it isn’t his fault.