SoCalTiger

This one hurts. A Gift we can not afford to give.

Why is Dan saying bad bounce...it was a ground ball...between his legs

Over thinking the room.

We lost this game many times...

And now the white Flag ???

McStinky..chess piece...

Without Turks boner we would be out of this now scoreless.

langs pitchs are too wild to induce a swing and miss

Tork is just dumb

Lange pitching with a runner on........

Hinch not pitching Foley in the 8th and bunting in the 11th not so good. Bad day for the manager.

I hate bunting

Why didn't Foley close out the 8th with the game in hand ? Four out save and win in the bag. Foly was well rested.

Baez he’s out

I mean Verling is a great centerfielder and if Meadows is out then he will play there. As for replacement it could be Mallory on the roster playing DH rather than Perez or Badoo. It's a weaker outfield defensively but maybe Mallory cn help the hitting ?

Maybe neither ?

I would stick with meadows and maybe platoon him a little bit for awhile but he needs o play most days. We lead the league in defense because of our outfield of Greene-Meadows-Verling left to right and I would have them there 90 % of the games. But that won't happen because Hinch loves moving players around.

We are making far too many out at third base and ending rallies Carpenter today out by a mile with a play right in front of him if that’s our third base coach and he says we’re being aggressive no, that’s just bad base running

Agree. But if they wanna win the division, they have to win these games. Time to put up or shut up.

The bigger picture is can the Tigers current staff develop hitters like they seem to have proven to do with pitchers ? Not to beat a dead horse, which I am doing, but Hinch had Issac Parades under his nose and never saw that he was one of the TOP power hitters in the game, 23rd in the game OPS in 2023 , as he is now for Tampa. Barely played the guy. He would really really help this team. So is Hinch and his "work the count" actually hindering development ? Others on this board have mentioned this that know far more than me. So is it TORK or is it coaching ?

No easy answers for sure. The fans love the Home run. It's not going away. So deaden the ball or increase the field is unlikely. Tie the starting pitcher to the DH, Ala Max/JV and the players association/ Hitters will have a cow. If you want to be a pitcher you have to accept surgery is in your future. Pitcher's are now Gladiators sent out to slaughter ? Extreme ? If the game/MLB is causing/ forcing this then maybe the answer is double service time and/ or double pay during TJ recovery ? Pitchers allowed to reach free agency sooner assuming a shorter career ? Does this make sense ? Is it plausible ? Not sure but if the solution has $$$ tied to it then maybe it will get addressed.

Agree. Surprising his glove is ahead of the bat. He looks like a ball player to me with good instincts.

Keith has been a pleasant surprise and our outfield defense is excellent.

We have a rally. we will win this game

You beat me too it and summed it up better as well !