kdog

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Right if continues to make that kind of contact in all ballparks, things will turn. In the first 35 games, he was hitting everything on the ground or popping it up.

This is Lynn Henning excuse nonsense.

the pitching is much better than last year...the offense is incrementally better.

Tigers were 19-21 after 40 games last year; 20-20 this year....the 4 game losing streak did not get extended longer...but they have a long way to go.

They started 6-1 with some elite pitching + bad offense...33 games later the record has normalized and not much has changed. This is a process without many outs. While it's frustrating, you have to continue rolling out this offense and hope that a few of these guys can unlock something that will turn fortunes.

This was constructed as an 80 win team. That total goes up if their hitting improves; It goes down if they have major pitching injuries. I think we now have a pretty good read on how this will end up. And the division is much better than we thought; They will not be competitive unless the offense improves.

This is just a gifted hitter with a golf swing...feel bad for our starters:

Manning will be up here for a good 3 weeks....good opportunity.

In the grand scheme, viral illness is better than shoulder.

Maeda has been placed on the DL with a viral illness….that’s for Baddoo. Manning will take his next start.

Toledo radio says that Baddoo is getting called up.

Matt Manning and Jace Jung were scratched in Toledo tonight….could be nothing. Jung is available off the bench. Baddoo has also been scratched.

Bullpen shut down the Gards while they slowly added on tack on runs. That was fun.

Their plan was to develop Meadows and Keith in the majors. Both guys have been horrendous in the majors and they already jettisoned one of them. They thought Tork would be able to stack late 2023 into a good 2024...it hasn't happened but they have to wait to see if he can turn it around. Carpenter is good, Greene is an ascending player, Canha is a 35 year old professional hitter. The rest of the roster is spare parts or guys who are underachieving. I'm not saying Hinch is some brilliant tactician but this is a mediocre team with a good pitching staff and bad offense. They have to develop players and will always be looking long term. They won't rush a guy from the minors to help a team floudering in May 2024 if it will hurt that player a year from now. It's excruciating that we have to deal with this product every year but they have a plan and are sticking to it. I'm not going to give them any credibility until I see more results. But they have been very honest about their process. It remains to be seen if it will amount to anything.

The over under was 80.5 wins. That's basically what they are....the pivot comes if a few of these young hitters had a pulse.

Looking forward to Hinch talking about how the mistakes are unacceptable. This roster is just so limited...they have no levers to pull.

They are 11th in bullpen K rate. Maybe this is some BABIP correction. And they are playing utility guys out of position because they dont' have a real infield.

Every game is life and death....and they were probably overused.

Another life and death low scoring game...where the starter isn't rewarded.