Tenacious D

The only pissed off Tiger right now is Reese Olson

1 minute ago, LongLiveMaroth said:
Not sure what for also to note Wilmer Flores is on the IL as well. 

Probably explains his recent performance at Toledo.  Hope it’s not serious.

Welcome back—I hope this is the last of your work-related distractions so you can prioritize the minor league updates this summer.

Criminal seeing Tram in another team’s uniform.

I don’t think you can cut bait with Javy, unless you’re OK with Navigato coming up to play SS every day. He’s not blocking anyone healthy at this point.  

If you can just ignore how much he’s making, he provides good D.  A completely overpriced Mario Mendoza.  His contract is a sunk cost, so we just have to accept that until we find a suitable replacement.  Hoping Harris will be active at the deadline and move a starting pitcher for a legit AAA shortstop who is major league ready.  

Another 5-0 night for the org

1 hour ago, 1984Echoes said:

Guys... stop complaining. We can either cover for LLM, or sink into the abyss.

What's your choice?

Which requires the least amount of effort?

Hats need a logo or an icon.  Just having a word on it looks like something unlicensed that you’d pick up at a gas station.

6 hours ago, LongLiveMaroth said:

Blake Dickerson (prospect that they traded with SD for 500k Int. money for)  1.2IP 2ER 2BB H 3K.

Just a heads up I won't be doing updates for the majority of the week next week as I will be traveling for work. Should be back on Friday.

Questioning your priorities.

This is the first draft in at least a dozen years that I’m unengaged.  I really have no idea who any of these draftees are.  

We’re at a best a .500 team, so not surprised to see water seeking it’s own level with us.

Poor Reese.  Might win an ERA title without getting a W.

The Org went 5-0 tonight.

Would have preferred to see Vest pitching with a 4-run lead.

MLB average is .239, so we’re not the only team with lousy hitters. However, it will be tough to upgrade multiple positions soon.  Greene is pretty good, Carpenter and Vierling are OK.  Canha is 35 and will be a free agent. Have to hope that Keith’s struggles are rookie-related, but his contract will give him a long leash. Maybe Malloy and Jung can contribute this year or next.  Not sure how we’re going to fix all of our problems any time soon.

6 minutes ago, Dtrain72 said:

I'm envious of the Yankees and their MLB caliber 1-9 hitters

Greedy much?  At least we have two

3 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Going to waste a Skubal start?

Skubal not really fooling anyone today.

11 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Careful what you wish for. An uncalibrated robot ump could actually be worse. At least we can complain about human error now. When the machines take over and make us all slaves, we're screwed. 😆

Funny you mention this.  Just accepted a marketing role with a company named Cyberdyne Systems.  They are doing some interesting stuff.

Workman is still just 24 and was young for a college player in his draft class.  COVID messed up some development time, like it did others.  I think what will be telling is how quickly they move him up to Toledo—no one blocking him with Leonard and Kreidler on the shelf.

I personally would go:

1. Perez

2. Canha

3. Greene

4. Vierling

5. Carpenter 

6-9. Doesn’t matter right now.

Lump the guys that are hitting together.

I’m officially a pirate!  Garrrrr

1 hour ago, casimir said:

We probably do know what Baddoo is.  I only bring him up in the event the Tigers do think Torkelson needs a refresher at Toledo and roster fallout that ensues.  I doubt they send him to Toledo.  I expect he pulls out of this slump at some point.  But who knows where things will be at around Memorial Day.

Heck, the Astros optioned Jose Abreau.  Who predicted that to happen?

Not opposed to demoting Tork, but would rather see Malloy come up.

I think we know what we have in Baddoo.  Saw this movie last season—good AAA player who gets exposed in the bigs.  Nice stopgap option, but I don’t see him as a solution.  We’ll see him at some point when one of our OF goes down.

I get excited when I see Erie scores 11 runs, until I realize that our own version of Crash Davis was responsible for 7 of those runs.

I want to go the record and say that I wish every ex-Tiger to fail upon leaving our organization.  I‘m just petty that way.

14 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Cool story.

Just give her season tickets to shut her up.  Probably just going to use it for some backyard whiffle ball games.

3 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

thanks; did not know that; 25% K rate is a huge improvement, but just 18 games so far. Workman offers so much: speed, defense, some power, versatility - just needs to get his Ks to a managable level

If I recall correctly, he started off well last year after working with Carpenter’s hitting coach during that offseason.  Fell back to his norm in 2023, so hopefully something clicks for him.  He’s not the type of hitter this administration would draft, so he probably has this season to emerge from organizational depth.