Tiger337

Tremendous blast...What's with the shirts though?

Must understand that baseball is not the top priority.

Chapman would be great. He gets on base, hits for power and is a strong defender. The only concern is he may cost too many years for a team in the Tigers position. You'd probably be getting a couple of bad years at the end of his contract which is a risk a team can take for winning now. In the Tigers case, those two years might be when they are most likely to be winning.

Price mostly followed Dickerson's lead which was a good thing. They worked well together.

I agree with pretty much all of this. The only thing is I'd be a little wary of is JD Martinez. He is one of my favorite hitters and I would probably be excited if they signed him, but he is going to be 36 and has had back and hamstring problems this year. I could see him starting to get very injury prone. I would like to see them get a proven slugger at some position though.

He's got this star aura about him. He's either going to be a superstar or a bust. There is no in between. 😀

I mostly brought it up because everyone was saying they Tigers turned the corner after a bad April in 2021. As it turned out, they were really were capable of being that bad again - like all of 2022! As for this year, Lorenzen's injury was a problem, but expecting this staff to remain healthy all year is pretty optimistic. It was also probably a subtle shot at Hinch. 😁 I don't have a problem with him, but he does get deified by some.

I agree they need to add both hitters and pitchers. It will be easier to get pitchers in the free agent market this off-season. They may need to get more creative pursuing batters. I do think they can contend next season and that should be their goal. They can always sell at the deadline if things don't work out.

I can do it too, but it often has glitches. Sometimes, I have to try it a couple of times before it works.

The Tigers have started out slow three years in a row. I don't know if that's enough to be a significant trend, but I also don't know if we can say that they are different team now than the one that started 2-9. Is there some reason for their slow starts or is it a fluke?

Rogers strikes out too much, but is pretty good otherwise. He is not especially young at 28, but should be fine as a starting catcher for the next couple of years. I am curious about what they would have gotten for him if he was traded because he has quite a bit of value.

Only the Twins who are best team in this hapless division!

There was some talk about making the automatic strike zone like the replay reviews where a team can only call for limited pitches to be reviewed. I'd much rather they just go to straight automatic strike zone on every pitch, but I'm sure MLB will **** this up somehow.

Max don't got no time for the min

He doesn't like Reds or Angels fans either.

I have never felt like I was "part of the team", so it wouldn't sting at all even if it wasn't BS.

Pro Athlete BS. He would have said the same thing if he pitched a no hitter with the Tigers.

I was asking about Keith's range since he is slow. From what I gather, he doesn't have a position and they were using him at third because he has a strong arm. Vierling is pretty athletic, so maybe he'll be OK. The only thing about him is that it is kind of unusual to be primarily an outfielder and them move to the infield. Perhaps, his lack of infield play was based on team need rather than ability.

Does Keith have the range to play 2B? Vierling at 3B and Keith at 2B doesn't sounds like great defense.

You can thank me for putting Torkelson on my bench tonight.

Great game for Mike Lorenzon. Should of extended.

When they acquired Cabrera, he was already one of the two or three best hitters in baseball at age 24. So, there was every reason to believe he was on a Hall of Fame career track. I was shocked that they were able to obtain a hitter of his caliber and my only question was whether they would be able to sign him long term.

I remember somebody (it may have been Bill Ferris) thoroughly went through every trade made by Dombrowski and concluded that Dombrowski won the vast majority of them.

Cabrera third on the team in OBP.

Rogers is pretty good too. Buggy whip.