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Cardinals won a Tigers style game earlier...Tigers returned the favor and won with Cardinals sloppy softball.

Do they need a fresh bullpen guy for tomorrow? Seems like they are a bit overextended right now.

Two Tigers legends.

Holton lol...pitching disaster class.

get some real separation here.

Wenceel is seeing the ball well.

In the Tigers context, 2 runs is a big inning lol.

5 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

I am frustrated but I think we have made THIS bed and just have to sleep in it. I just don't see any real help thats ready yet in Toledo. Jung needs reps at third and thats about it with Kreidler and Leornd hurt. Maybe Ibanez can help now that he is back and perhaps platoon Keith and Meadows for a spell and DH Tork to focus on hitting. Have to stay patient. 

Until they solve the macro hitting issues, they have to win on the margins(pitching/defense). The offense is not going to consistently help.

A 1-0 win gets us nowhere aside from the 'standings.' They have to make some hard choices about this lineup. If we are rolling with the development plan then this is going to happen.

live fastball against his former team.

I'm not sure they have a catcher to call up. Dingler has a .640 OPS.

Maeda moved to Wednesday. Flaherty and Manning(27th man probably) tomorrow.

postponed; straight doubleheader tomorrow at 3:40 eastern.

Simple decision.

Tork still out today; but now McKinstry at SS.

Trying to develop half your roster in the majors is joyless at times. The hitting thing seems to be institutional at this point. The defensive lapses are unacceptable.

If Kelly has to go on the IL, the already bad catching situation gets much worse. Maybe rogers couldn’t repeat 2023, but I was expecting more. You are already carrying 3-4 empty lineup spots.

5 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Tork is only good for hitting the ball. Very limited base running speed, below average defense and not much else going for him. If he's not going be consistent at the plate, he's pretty useless. Sometimes early draft picks just don't work out. I hate to see it and say it but when is enough, enough?

Enough is enough time is at least a year away imo.

I wish we had an organization that really cared about winning more games this year. But they don’t have many offensive levers to pull. If these guys can’t hit, you are essentially shuffling deck chairs.

1 minute ago, theroundsquare said:

keston hiura at 1b in to-lay-do.  and on fire

Tork was a 1-1 pick who could turn it around at anytime. Hiura is a 4-A player who will hit 3 home runs in the first week and then crater into what he is. How do you think Scott Harris, the captain of lower expectations and development, is going to handle it?

1 minute ago, motownblues said:

I vote for torkelson.

He is not in the top 5 hitters at risk.

2 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Correct. Although he's going to need to improve his defense over what we've seen so far, because if his ceiling is lower offensively, he's a lot more expendable if he cannot play the field.

That’s what this season is about now. Seeing if the rookies can develop in the majors….determine how replaceable tork is if he hits like a jag.

meanwhile, the pitching will be fine aside from a few blips like the 9th inning.