RandyMarsh

Assuming Skubal is done for the day this is now his 6th start out of the past 11 where he has gone 7+ and given up 3 HITS or less.

I like how Progressive Field is set up behind the plate, you get those expensive seats raised out of the view of the CF camera, wish there was a way to do that at Comerica. Not to mention the view from those seats are probably better being raised up off the playing field as well.

Wasn't a particularly good one but it was off a change up none the less. Good to see from him.

Old friend Zack Short just gave Houston the lead over LA with a 2 run double. Houston's been unstoppable as of late, we're gonna have a hard time holding them off for one of the byes.

We also don't know how good they will be drafting players. It certainly looks promising but no player under the current regime has done anything in the pros yet. Outside of Torres and Mckinstry our whole lineup is Avila guys as is Skubal, Olson and Mize. While those guys almost assuredly wouldn't be as good as they are without the improvements Harris as made internally the fact remains they weren't his players.

If this is Kahnle's numbers correcting themselves I guess I'd rather have it all happen at once then have it over the course of several games, in that scenario it could cost us multiple games instead of just this one.

Before last year we went about a decade where are only All Stars were the token team reps so getting 4 potential starters all of whom are worthy is certainly nice to see. Definitely makes me more interested to watch the game for a change.

I wonder at the start of the year what the odds would've been on Javy being the starting OF in the All Star Game?

We'll get good Holton today since we scored 7 runs for him.

From what I heard about Liranzo while his overall numbers don't look terrible he has shown a lack of ability to hit off speed stuff which is concerning and probably a big reason for his drop. Agree about Rainer as well. With his exit velos at that age and ability to look like he can handle short that alone probably would've warranted a big jump.

Yeah not saying to ignore them completely but those two division leaders are who I'm watching more closely at this point, if/ when a Central team gets back to within 7 or 8 games then they'll regain my main focus.

It's getting to the point where we're gonna have to start scoreboard watching by looking at the AL East leaders and Astros scores for the 1st round bye. The Central teams are quickly becoming irrelevant at this moment.

https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/updated-top-100-prospects-list-for-july-2025?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage McGonigle up to 7th and Clark at 12th. There's 3 current guys ahead of Kevin who are in the majors 2 of which should be exhausting their prospect status shortly so soon he'll be in the top 5. There's 3 like that for Clark so he'll be in the top 10 shortly as well.

"What's this Tork and Carpet Bomb that we hear the Tigers possess?"

Now that were back on the road of course it's supposed to be perfect here all week.

Epic!

He better not be taking my boy Johnny Kane's spot.

Well we're now net 1 on Michigan alum on the roster. What's Livers up to?

I was about to say Woodson's big plays in that game as well. Even though I'm older now thus have been a fan longer that 97 Championship meant so much more to me than this past one

ESPN says that Sunday Nights game was up 11% vs. the normal ratings and up 66% vs. a "comparable game"(i take it as non Yankee/red sox/Dodgers who probably boost the overall average).

Jackson Strong is a guy I've been keeping an eye on the last couple weeks. His k rate is still high but it has dropped quite a bit since the season has gone on so atleast he is showing improvement.

Of course there is cause the Tigers are in town. If you're in a drought and need some rain just schedule the Tigers to play there and the Rain God's will open up the skies for you.

It means very little at all to me what the minor league teams do with their branding or jerseys but I will say that I don't care for the logo and font on the front of the jerseys. It just looks really cheap to me and something you'd see at a knockoff Halloween store or something.

Yeah from a personnel standpoint I think they may have actually regressed this off-season. I think the real hope is that Ausar takes a leap forward along with Ivey playing like he was the last month before injury and improvements from somebody like Holland. Also maybe Cade takes another step forward and enters the true elite tier of players. If none of those things happen it's hard to see them finishing at or better where they did last year.

I cant believe Capela is still "only" 31, he's one of those guys that feels like he has been around forever and should be alot older than that by now.