Tiger337

Well, he is a pitcher.

He definitely looked safe, but camera angles are tricky and the views I saw all had the glove partly hidden. I think the intention of the replay is to overturn calls which are so obvious that there is zero doubt. This was close to 0 but not 0.

As a former 1B, I am always protective of 1B's including Torkelson, but I agree it doesn't matter for a fan how they get rid of somebody who doesn't contribute.

I don't think the Tigers hitters are playing below their optimum as a group. The following players with 50 or more at bats have played ABOVE their PECOTA projections: Greene McGonigle Dingler Baez AS EXPECTED Carpenter Keith Torres Torkelson BELOW EXPECTATIONS Vierling McKinstry Perez Jones Lee They are just an average offense with some injured players right now. They are not going to carry a team which has been decimated by pitching injuries.

Right, The experience would not have been complete without a correction from Shelton.

yes, I just looked it up and it's grass ****. I can't remember whether I pronounced it as a French person or an ignorant Bostonian.

The Tigers are just 1 1/2 games away from the 3rd wildcard spot!!!

They've been making moves every other day.

Gratiot. I should have known better because I took French in High School.

Last time I went to Detroit, I stayed at a hotel on Gratiot Ave. I got scolded by Shelton for mispronouncing it.

I never heard that expression until I just saw it over and over again in a book recently: "The River" by Peter Heller. Excellent book by the way. I thought it might just be a made up expression for the book, but now I know it's for real!

I didn't say it was a crapshoot. Clark has a much better chance of succeeding than Workman or Jung or Hao Yu Lee. It's silly to even talk about that. However, I don't expect him to contribute much in the near future and there is no guarantee of future stardom, much like Torkelson, Greene and Mize when they were coming up. MLB is hard. I think it's unlikely that he becomes a below replacement bust too. In fact, my expectations are close to the ones you mentioned. The range of possible outcomes is wide though. Don't forget Jobe was universally regarded as one of the top couple of pitching prospects as recently as last year. So, he's not a lot different from Clark in that respect. How do you view Olson and Jobe?

I think Charlie Morton is still available.

No, I regard them similarly to how I regard Max Clark. I am still very hopeful and will be excited to see them when they are back.

Surprisingly, that is true about the pitching, but I was expecting them to improve significantly with Valdez and a full year of Melton. I am not disappointed with the hitting. I was not expecting it to be a strength and it's pretty much what I thought it would be. Their fielding has been a disaster and I think the impact of injuries to Meadows and Baez have been understated.