RandyMarsh

Darrell Greene could probably still outrun half the players in the league today.

Damn I'm late to the party on this but just realized that we indeed must have traded our Vikings 2nd for Carlton Davis and not our own. I seem to recall at the time of the trade there were conflicting reports but I was of the understanding that it was our own that we traded but I guess not.

I have no problem trading up with a third to get their man even if they "lost" the trade by the standard charts. The thing we have to keep in mind is that we had a surplus of draft picks the previous couple years including 6 in the first 3 rounds last year, all of whom will be on the team so eventually you have to start consolidating picks. There isn't unlimited roster spots. We're at the point where the roster spots we have available need to be used on high end talent not your standard mid to late round draft pick so if you have to "overpay" to get that high end talent so be it.

Kinda like how of all the players that Al traded away arguably the 3 best players came from Justin Wilson and Daniel Norris in Candy, Paredes and Olson.

The HR power hasnt shown yet but everything else is showing up for Clark after his disastrous start. Up to a 140rc+ on the season.

Whoops wrong thread.

Riley Greene up to a tie for 3rd in baseball reference WAR.

Riley Greene now in top 20 in baseball in OPS while leading all positions in defensive runs saved. If only he can stay healthy looks like we have ourselves a legit star on our hands.

94 win pace!

One thing with Cabrera and Verlander that stand out to me that give them "bonus points" in my eyes is that both were at times considered to be the best in all of baseball at what they do. For Cabrera he was almost unanimously seen as the best hitter in the world and Verlander either 1A or 1B in terms pitching. Granted both of those were only for 2-3 years but I don't think any Tiger since Cobb was viewed that way among their peers and national folks at any given time. For Detroit sports in general guys that have been viewed as the very best of the best have been few and far between so for that reason I tend to put somebody like Cabrera on a higher pedestal than what his career total may say.

Yeah it's weird, you think the game 7 loss would've effected me more but after losing game 5 I think I basically conceded the series in my head cause I didn't see a way we'd take both games in San Antonio. The 163 loss hurt me so bad cause I was able to score would be playoff tickets for the ALDS which would've been the first time I got to go to a Tigers playoff game. Was so looking forward to it so that made the loss especially hard for me.

At the time it was my second most devastating loss in my sports fandom life trailing only 05 NBA Finals game 5.

Was my first favorite player as a 6 year old fan only because my real name is Matt and 6 year old me thought it was so cool we shared a name.

Just a random observation I made and that is that as of now Alex Faedo is on pace to throw 130 innings this year for the Tigers. I just bring that up cause we all get fixated on guys starting vs. relieving but with starters going fewer and fewer innings a start if you're a multi inning reliever like a Faedo you can end up contributing damn close to what your average starter does nowadays.

Box score wise atleast Jaden Hamm had a another solid start for WM throwing 4 shutout innings with 6Ks and no BBs. Is he somebody to keep an eye on? Drafted in 2023 and only 21 years old.

I always been a fan of the matching pants and shirt look regardless of the colors. To me it always looked sleeker and cleaner vs. the mismatched top and bottom look. The only exception is the UM home look of blue jersey and maize pants.

They announced at the live show that they are indeed alternates and will be worn with either black pants or the helmet matching blue pants.

I wouldn't mind that look for one off a year either. If we're just talking looks wise and not bringing up our history with black jerseys I prefer this over the boring all gray look that they've been sporting the past several years.

Currently we're at a team OPS+ of 76, for reference Javy's number as a Tiger is 74 so as a team we basically have been hitting at the same clip as Javy has since he has been here and we all know how terrible that has been.

Can't believe it's finally over! Feels like a lifetime ago we beat the Bulls to go 2-1 and looked like at the very least it was gonna be an entertaining season with Cade, Duren, Ivey and Ausar. Now I have never felt more hopeless about the future of the team in my entire life.

Just got back from vacation, havent watched the Tigers all week then as soon as I turn on the TV Javy hits a HR. Must be a sign I need to go on vacation more often.

Just figure I'd share this since it showed up on my YT feed. I've heard this show is set up at times and some of the items "up for sale" on the show never really were but were just used for content on the show so take it for what it's worth but here's the Tigers being featured on Pawn Stars. They are trying to sell some Miggy memorabilia including the jersey he was wearing for his 502nd HR.(Thank God they weren't trying to sell the 500HR one) I'm not a collector or anything so maybe the prices aren't that out of line but for me I felt the jerseys and bat seemed pretty pricey for not having any significant moment attached to it. Also Miggy is a big deal here but he's not somebody like Griffey or Jeter who are collectible to all baseball fans. One more side note, in the video the guy talks about how Kaline's statue has a spike in the glove so it could possibly "catch" a HR. I never knew that, that would be so cool if it ever actually happens.

First official one but we were shutout for 9 innings in NY but fortunately our pitching staff saved us so we were able to get runs in the 10th, if not for that we'd be looking at 2 shutouts in 8 games along with multiple 1 run efforts. Needless to say the offense has got to be better.