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They've built their entire marketing plan around his last season. He will play 60 games and see it to the end. They aren't trying to win. And there should be plenty of DH at-bats for Carpenter and Meadows.

That run is a result of improved baserunning. No hard contact from either McKinstry or Maton.

Harris and Hinch have a lot of faith in McKinstry. I guess they don't have other options.

A few improvements we have seen with putting more athletes in the field: -baserunning(taking an extra base) -defense in the infield and outfield

wow even in new Comerica...hopefully they finish those fences by Thursday haha.

Missile:

Manning competed tonight. Encouraging outing and he's the only healthy high pitching draft pick right now.

3 straight curveballs...strikeout. Don't ever change Javy.

Manning and Valdez pick off a runner in back to back innings.

Manning's been living on borrowed time...I'd have Alexander ready soon.

Not a great send...but Yordan at that size throwing him out is unreal.

Englert gets 6 stress free outs.

Decent inning from Englert. Anytime you get Yordan out it's a win.

Hinch didn't want Boyd to face the top of the Astros lineup for a 3rd time. Of course, it backfired

That was a 91 mph fastball right in his happy zone. Disgraceful pitch.

Lol...the game was going too well.

And transcendent players....he doesn't have those here.

We have to get on base...but this is nice to see:

Hinch was in the room because Ilitch saddled him with Avila for a year and a half. He had some leverage because the team and org got worse. He also has some significant influence on player development. I'm sure he feels a lot better about things with a seemingly competent executive team. But we'll see.

They had one of the worst mlb offenses in recent memory last year. They brought in some guys on the margins(Vierling, Maton) and have basically run the rest of the lineup back. If you want to blame Hinch for the same guys looking terrible through 3 games, that's ok with me. And you can also blame him for not demanding more immediate upgrades. But this is the roster he was given. It's a substandard offensive roster even if some performance reverts back to career norms.

It is a shame that Ilitch hired Hinch and made him work with Avila for 1.5 seasons. The damage that Avila continued to do buried us deeper in this abyss. I think Hinch and Harris are more or less tied at the hip. Hinch will leave on his own volition if he thinks this is another 5-6 year project. But right now, I think they both agree on the trajectory of the org.

captain obvious on ESPN: I wonder if putting so much existential pressure on Greene and Tork has affected them mentally. If they don't develop into above average major leaguers, we are even more screwed.