TigerNation

16 hours ago, romad1 said:

listening to a little bit of Tiger Territory this morning.   First, if you have the same IP/geo as me you get to hear that Biden is responsible for the cost of everything because of lawsuit abuse which I know I've bitched about before...how are they still running that ad?  

Second...they are talking up Riley Greene for MVP but noted he's a bit too low on personality and might want to brand himself a bit more.  That got me thinking.   What is up with this team being on the same trajectory as the Lions and having all sorts of the same grit and none of the players are anywhere near the love or media presence as the Lions.   

Maybe they are still metaphorically in between the Lions second Dan Campbell season (ended with interception of Aaron Rogers last pass as a Packer) and first playoff run in terms of success in the life cycle of this rise of the team. 

Because the NFL draft has more viewers than the world series.

2 hours ago, oblong said:

I love the story, which I think is fake, that it was Ilitch who suggested they get Cabrera.  Like the whole crew is just sitting around and in comes Mike "Hey, I was reading that Florida wants to trade Miguel Cabrera... we should get him."

Mike Ilitch probably didn't know who Cabrera was.

I read that the Marlins approached the Tigers at the winter meetings and asked if they'd be interested. Both sides then went to a hotel room and knocked out the details.

This gotta be one of the luckiest BABIP innings I've seen. 

2 weak ass contact hits and a strikeout leads to 2 and 3rd and one out.

Terrible missed call turns a strikeout into a walk. Awesome.

30 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I was watching St Louis and KC last night and St Louis is really good on defense and pitching. Win today and take the Skubal game in St Louis to come back on a 3-3 trip. Take the Tigers to score a lot of runs today, coming off a loss....

Win today and take the series in St. Louis. They have a fringe top 10 pitching staff, they are far from a juggernaut.

1 minute ago, holygoat said:

And another, not as bad, but in our favor. This ump sucks.

That one was just evening out the missed ball four call the prior pitch.

On 5/15/2025 at 3:09 PM, ben9753 said:

Its mainly the difference between the 2 sports. In baseball you can have the best player in the world, and be terrible (Angels).

In football, if you have the best qb in the game, you are going to have a chance to win the SB every year. Thats not going to change with a salary cap

The biggest difference is equal revenue sharing. There is nothing you can do to overcome the fact that teams generate $300 mill+ more in revenue than others. 

Robot umps please.

Notice Briceno has missed back to back games. Any word on what's wrong there?

6 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Side question-  what was Javy wearing on his thumb during that at bat?  I don’t know that I’ve ever noticed that before on a player

Magglio used to wear those didn't he?

19 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

And Dickerson is speculating that the Mize spot in the rotation this time thru may be a chaos game. Montero would be on short rest. Who else do we have stretched out? Manning? Last I saw, his AAA ERA was quite high.

Montero would not be on short rest, he is on the same schedule as Mize.

2 hours ago, Klondike said:

Skubal has only 1 walk in his last 50 innings!

He has 5 BB in 47.2 IP this year.

Looking at some statcast data the Tigers have a team wOBA of .333 with an xwOBA of .340. Those rank 7th and 8th in MLB respectively.

The next closest team in the Central in wOBA is Cleveland at .312 and in xwOBA is the Twins at .319.

The Tigers are 5th in first swing% but 15th in swing%.

The pitching has wOBA of .283 and an xwOBA of .301 which rank 2nd and 1st in MLB.

The Royals are close behind ranking 3rd in both wOBA and xwOBA with .285 and .305.

Tigers staff is second in baseball with a whiff rate of 27.8%.

Overall, the statcast data is very good and reinforces that this isn't some flukey run. This team is legit. And we still haven't added back Vierling/Meadows.

15 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Skubal last 6 games:

 

37 IP, 24 Hits, 3 ER, 1 BB, 50 K

25 hits and 4 ER.

8 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

So is this two completely separate games or is there just going to be a lull between game one and game two and the spectators stay in place?

Just a 30 minute lull.

51 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I think theres a small chance of Skubal pitching the 2nd game for 2 reasons....Mize will go deep in game one. And...it'll be a Tiger blowout win and we'll only use mopup relievers. With the Tigers not officially naming Montero the game 2 SP, you just never know.

There is literally a 0% chance Skubal pitches. They would have their position players throw 300 pitches before they have Skubal pitch.

They cannot have Mize and Skubal on the same day pitching schedule, one of them would then have to pitch on short rest to reset that.

8 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

My guess is if Mize goes at least 7 innings, we'll have Montero pitch. If Mize lays an egg and the BP is used really heavy, we'll get Skubal. 

0% chance Skubal pitches. They only have Montero for this day, he's pitching.

1 hour ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Is Skubal not the game 2 starter?  Or are we going with Montero?

Montero. If Mize and Skubal both started one of them would have to turn around and pitch on shorter rest to separate their spots in the rotation again.

Riley with his third well hit balls that ends in an out.

9 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

I don’t think so—he’s the better defender at SS than McGonigle.  I think Kevin ends up at 2B.

It has nothing to do with McGonige. He may stick at SS, but he is not a slam dunk SS, and there is a good chance he may end up at 3rd long term as he fills out more.

Greene two well hit balls but nothing to show for it.

10 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

I have no issue if they leave McGonigle at SS for now, but seeing Rainer play, I think it is clear he is SS of the future (and maybe a better prospect than Max soon)

Think there's a good chance Rainer ends up at 3B long term.