Tiger337

I use twitter primarily for baseball.  I seriously do not enjoy politics very much and never have.  The Republicans have always thought the Republicans were right about everything and the Democrats have always thought they were right about everything and I rarely saw any useful discussion between the two.  Now I see even less, but I have become forced to follow politics the last ten years because of certain individuals trying to destroy my country for their own benefit,  

16 minutes ago, DTroppens said:

An average of a game a week on regular TV (make them all road games if they want) would be ideal. Or even just 20.

I would be fine with this too, although I fully understand why others would not like it.  I went through a period where I was watching all the Tigers games on TV and I enjoyed it, but I started taking it for granted.  Now, watching a game on TV is nothing special and I prefer listening to the radio most nights now while I do other stuff.  In the old days, I didn't get to watch as many games and being able to watch the Tigers on TV was something special to look forward to.  Now, I assume they'll be on and I get irritated when they aren't on for the one night during the week when I want to watch a full game.  

"trimming" "certain" "healthcare programs" means gutting programs by firing anyone who is easy to let go and is also part of a demographic which MAGA doesn't like.   

4 hours ago, tiger2022 said:

When they add another 8 playoff teams, they'll be playing forever.  

Mr. October....someone will be Mr. Thanksgiving soon.

I am pretty sure they will add four more teams (which is too many) when they expand but I don't see them adding 8.  

On 3/31/2026 at 4:56 PM, chasfh said:

Edman pointed out some of the internal financial calculations that likely went into the Dylan Smith decision in another thread.  

 

The financial stuff that Edman detailed matters in how the transaction was processed (cash deal versus player swap), but I question whether it had much if any impact on the decision to let him go.  I would hope it didn't anyway.  I think they have the most depth on the 40-man roster than they had in my lifetime and they don't have guys that can easily be dropped now.  He's a reliever who may be useful, but probably doesn't have a great deal of upside.

3 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

So, there is no radio either?  

OK, I am there.   

So, there is no radio either?  

So, I can't watch the game tonight?  It seems like I have to log into to the game a different way every night.  Then, many times I find out there is no game.  It's so confusing.  Radio is better except anyway for that guy with the squeaky excitable voice.  

Bobby Scales

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Prepare to die.

no politics.  

5 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I think I qualified my statement well enough.

How much do you think ratings would have improved if they brough him on in 2021-2022?

11 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I will say this about the Benetti hire: I think he has done as much as anyone to rekindle interest in the Tigers among the non-diehard part of the fan base. Most people regard it as a pleasure to tune him in, and I can’t help but conclude that he is a key reason the Tigers more than doubled their TV ratings in 2025 over 2024, as more causal Tiger fans discovered him. From that standpoint, it was a genius hire to bring him on.  

He was a good hire, but their ratings are up because they are winning.  Fans will tune in to see a winning team regardless of the announcer.  A good broadcaster can improve ratings a bit, but I don't believe that Benetti doubled the ratings.  

I like Benetti even with his forced humor.  I like Dirks.  They’re difficult to listen to when they’re together.

3 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

Anyone catch this? I hear the score ended up 1-0. A player who leaps to catch a HR ball and ends up in the stands seems like it should be a HR;

 

Anyone catch this? yeah, Adell did!

Also, if he catches the ball before if clears the wall and then falls into the stands, it's an out.  It's hard to tell on this one without slowing it down.  

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Anderson is the pitcher of record, isnt he?

Technically, if the starter doesn't go five innings, the official scorer can give it to the pitcher they think deserves it the most.   

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Here's a rule question...if this game is considered completed after 7 innings because of rain, would Vest get a save?

The bigger question is who gets the W? 

28 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Did you know Anderson had remade himself as a pitcher in Korea?

He is pitching like a guy who had a a 6+ ERA with three MLB organizations prior to the Tigers and couldn't make the Tigers team in 2025.  

Keider Montero will probably be just as good/bad as Verlander.  I still feel as if Verlander might be able to get on a roll at some point like he did last year and that would be fun, but I am not counting on it.

48 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Agreed. For some reason, AL teams seem to beat up in NL teams. I expect 7 strong innings from Flaherty today.

That used be the case, but the NL has caught up in recent years.    

2023 NL 362 AL 328

2024 NL 369 AL 321

2025 AL 367 NL 353

2026 NL 27 AL 21

2 minutes ago, roarintiger1 said:

Carpenter brings his .091 average to the spot in the order that is reserved for the best hitter on the team.............

Maybe he'll run into one today.

I don't think many MLB managers reserve the #3 spot for the best hitter on the team anymore.  

4 minutes ago, chasfh said:

If this is not true—and since it’s not on Passan’s own feed, it’s almost certainly not—then you need to take whatever “The Detroit Times” is out of your rotation.

 

32,000 followers, but it's a site I've never heard of before and it has a link to a charity...Could be a legit site, but it is suspicious.   

53 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

Not sure that is how the Federal Government is supposed to work...

"supposed to"

I think the only time I want to see a sacrifice bunt is in the ninth inning behind by one or tied with a weak hitter at the plate.  

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

That might be kind of a tricky thing to consider because that kind of suggests that all three players are sucking so, instead of trying to break out of that like a hitter, lean into that and bunt more like a pitcher hitting. I don't think any player who has had success as a slugger would want to lean into that.

If you're suggesting that Hinch should just make them do so, then he would basically have to sell these sluggers on the idea that since they suck right now, at this moment, they should be playing small ball like a pitcher hitting. That might help us win this particular inning this time, but I bet it would also create some friction over what the boss is suggesting about their abilities. I'm guessing that's a big reason sluggers don't turn to bunting and striving for productive outs when they are scuffling.

I am also not sure how useful it would be for Greene to lay down a perfect sacrifice only to have Torkelson retired on a towering flyball that he "just missed".  

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

I think it raises more questions about why it's happening and can anything be done about it, then how many runs does this predict for the Tigers in 2026. Maybe it's more of an inside issue than an outside issue.

I do think if a team ranks better in pct of innings scored than it does in runs scored, then it probably indicates they are relying less on home runs than other teams.  I don't know if that's a bad or good thing though.    

4 minutes ago, chasfh said:

You mean for gambling purposes? Not sure. Asking for a friend? 😉 

The only thing I think might be reasonable to take away is that we have the ability to be a top playoff-contending offense, but are simply not scoring consistently. Is this a development issue? A maturity issue? A luck issue? A lack of specific underlying skills issue? There's the $64 question I don't have any insight to.

My question was whether percentage of innings scoring runs in 2025 was more predictive than runs scored in 2025 of runs scored in 2026.  I loved seeing it broken out that way (potentially for other puposes), but it didn't seem to lead to a different conclusion than just looking at total runs scored.