kdog

The GM has soft pedaled 'contention' every time he speaks on the record. It shouldn't be that shocking at this point. This is a year for evaluation, not competing.

Looks like Canha is headed to IL with a hip injury. Brutal to lose two functional hitters within 3 days.

One of the most impressive wins of the year. They did not let the early dominance of Pivetta carry over the 2nd time through the lineup.

He's decent...the Tigers without Carpenter are horrific.

The gulf between AAA and the majors has never been larger. I think they want Tork to figure it out up north; Any success he has down in Toledo might be fool's gold. It's similar to guys like JHM and Jung. Their stats in Toledo only tell one part of the story. You can't transpose their performance to the majors. How many guys do we have to see come up before we realize the difference between Toledo and Detroit? The prospects seem like a solution because they haven't failed yet.

They didn't like his start in Arizona...and clearly they didn't feel like he deserved another start right now.

Tork went 0-7 in the two games. He just doesn't do anything aside from the occasional double and infrequent homer. And even if he has a resurgent two months later, how can you count on him for anything next year?

Skenes has a 99 MPH fastball and a 94 MPH splitter...wtf.

all sliders....which is what he can hit in the strikezone.

Kerry Carpenter is unavailable due to lower back discomfort. He's gone to the IL for Akil Baddoo. That is bad news.

Beat writers unified that it will be the Skubal in game 1 and Manning in game 2.

Maybe they give Flaherty game 1 in Boston.

Matt Manning hasn’t pitched since May 19th…since every beat writer tweeted this fact, I’m guessing he gets the second game.

Pitching staff needs a day off...but not having a memorial day game sucks.

If this is a season of evaluation, Mize needs the entire duration(innings limit) to figure it out. Tork has been healthy so we have data for evaluation purposes.

A win for Joey Cora? A 50-50 send.

If Carson Kelly at DH hitting fifth is your counter to a lefty starter, leave it on the spreadsheet.

Setting up all of those carp and Greene pinch hitting chances that almost never come up. This is where Hinch’s adherence to platoon splits(with this current roster) is a little crazy. I agree with him on bullpen usage but not this.

No game thread for todays game yet…it starts at 11:30 on Roku…both Greene and Carpy are out vs the lefty