Jump to content

Tiger337

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    12,417

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    121

 Content Type 

Posts posted by Tiger337

    2026 DETROIT TIGERS REGULAR SEASON THREAD

    in Detroit Tigers

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, chasfh said:

    If there were born in a different period, they would be different people.

    Exactly.  If you take an average pitcher today and transport him into the 60s, he'll be better than most of the pitchers in the 60s.  Athletes are faster, stronger and better prepared now.  Would we doubt that about any other sport?  

    05/27/2026 6:40p EDT Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers

    in Game Threads

    Posted

    25 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

    and there is more to it. An MLB batter makes choices with their set up and approach that can change their susceptibility to the slider away (the big driver of platoon splits). Tell a LHH that LHP is off the table for him and he's going to maximize his approach to hit RHP, at that point he will be less prepared  against any LHP he has to face. That's the self-fulfilling part. Now it's possible  teams have decided that that by having their LLHs optimize to hit RHP combined with RH platoon players further combined with the 3 hitter rule for relievers, they just don't care about having everyday players; they are prepared to just keep switching all the time.  But then you get into a talent constrained situation like the Tigers are in and it's easy to believe that if he had a chance to work at it, a player like Keith would be better hitter against LHP than the pinch hitters the team actually has available to take the other half of his platoon ABs. That's where the potential loss is.

    If he started batting against LHP, he might have to go through a whole different approach which might screw him up against RHP which is he already not hitting as well as he should.  I have no idea about that.  Just a theory.  

    05/27/2026 6:40p EDT Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers

    in Game Threads

    Posted

    This Hinch platoons everyone argument is getting really ridiculous.  Sure, I'd like to see Keith get a shot at playing every day too, but apparently the Tigers have seen something that makes them think he shouldn't be facing LHP.  They have access to all kinds of technology that we don't have.  Maybe they are wrong in this case, but...the Bonds and McGonogle comparisons are stupid.  Those guys are/were complete players and they would be wanted in the line-up regardless of any platoon disadvantage.  Keith is not Bonds or McGonigle.  He doesn't have a position, he's not fast, he has shown little power.  He's got a 93 OPS+ against the RHP!  Maybe, he needs to learn how to hit RHP consistently before they put him in there vs LHP.

    2026 DETROIT TIGERS REGULAR SEASON THREAD

    in Detroit Tigers

    Posted

    15 minutes ago, chasfh said:

    I think pitchers today transported back in time would put at least 80% of those pitchers in 1968 out of a job in no time flat.

    Of course they would, but if they were brought up in the same period as the 1968 pitchers they would not have had all the advantages that made them who they are today.  They wouldn't have had the same training, technology, heath care, etc that they have today.   

    2026 DETROIT TIGERS REGULAR SEASON THREAD

    in Detroit Tigers

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, chasfh said:

    Two DL stints before the Tigers: DL-15 Left thumb contusion from a headfirst slide into 1B, April 2016; and IL-10 Back spasms for "wear and tear" with the Mets in August 2021. With the Tigers? Four stints across 2022, 2024, and this year.

    Maybe it was that "wear and tear" stint that might have scared off the smarter and/or less desperate GMs.

    I think it was the strikeouts and lack of walks and the fact that a lot of his value was his speed and defense.  That's not a profile that ages well.  His decline was predictable.  

×
×
  • Create New...