RandyMarsh

Leadoff Carpet Bomb!!

I question the reliability of defensive metrics this early in the season especially for catchers but FWIW according to savant Dingler is 10th in baseball in fielding run value at +5. That's not 10th among catchers but 10th among ALL fielders.

Sonny Gray feels like he's been a Tigers killer going all the way back to his A's days.

I know most don't care about Rankings but for those that do the Tigers moved up to number 2 in mlb.com power rankings and to the top spot in CBS's rankings. I'm sure you'd have to go back to 2014 at the earliest before you'd find the Tigers in the top spot of any national power rankings.

I know Law said in one of his latest chats that he likes Rainer over Griffin as well.

Hard to believe that Pacheco is still only 22, feels like he has been around forever.

There was a stretch from 84-2014 where you only had 8 franchises with titles the Celtics, Lakers, Pistons, Bulls, Rockets, Spurs, Heat and Mavericks. And all but the Mavericks won multiple titles.

LOLEAFS!!!!

Pretty cool tidbit even if minor league team record isn't always the best indicator of system strength.

In regards to Olson being pulled it is now being reported that he left due to a "finger cramp". Don't know if I ever heard that one before.

I feel like we're definitely going to have to go shopping for a reliever or 2 this deadline.

I'm guessing it was less about pitch count and more about the fact that he didn't want Vladdy seeing Olson for a 3rd time.

Greene starts with 2Ks in a game where Tork homers in his first at bat. Par for the course there cause they never both have a good game.

Famous baseball twitter and youtube account "Pitching Ninja" nicknamed him "The Babyface Assassin" due to that face.

So my FB memory today is of me congratulating Miggy on his 400th HR. This was 10 years ago, if you would've told me then that he would only hit 111 more in his career I never would've believed you.

The biggest difference between teams in terms of income is local TV deals, the Dodgers get nearly 250 million a year for theirs while a team like the Tigers is like a quarter of that. Even if you want to throw out the Dodgers as an anomaly the difference between some teams and others is still 50 to 100 million dollars with some cases even higher. That's 2-4 high priced free agents difference right there. It will never happen but if they were to pool up all the regional deals and split them evenly between teams then things would be alot different.

People talk about the strength of the schedule but sometimes it's not about who you play but when you play them and the Lions have the most "rest days" in the NFL. By rest days it means how much longer it has been since you played vs. your opponent. The Lions have an NFL leading 5 games where they play teams coming off Monday Night Football which is a big advantage. Also only 1 game all season will the Lions be coming off less rest than their opponent and even that is only a 1 day difference. https://www.sharpfootballanalysis.com/betting/teams-hurt-helped-nfl-schedule-rest-disparity-2025/

Physically and the way he stands at the plate I always get Kendrys Morales vibes with Liranzo, if he put up prime Morales numbers while being able to handle catching that would be a pretty damn good outcome for the Tigers.

Kinda on topic but I wonder how many Windsor area fans are Tigers fans vs. Blue Jays fans? I know the Lions are well represented there but that's different since Canada doesn't have an NFL team.

Does he have an opt out after this year or was it only for the first 2? It may have been Erods who was 2 but I swear somebody we signed had that option.

Dude this guy posted this an hour ago, called it right down to the pose with the arms in the air. Unbelievable!

Minny gets back to back international games but of course both are road games giving them 2 less true road games then they otherwise would have.

I read that the odds of that top 4 order were over 1 in 5 million.