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My struggle is always that I don't know a ton of pre-1990s players and I don't pay that close attention to award winners. My mistake in this one was that I picked a player that only had a .295 batting average.

Pretty unusual one today: ⚾️ Immaculate Grid 125 8/9: Rarity: 181 🟩🟩🟩 ⬜️🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩 Play at: https://immaculategrid.com @immaculategrid x @baseball_ref I would say who I missed but I don't know how to make it a spoiler.

Ok, let's split the difference and use his career OPS+ of 102 and say he is just merely average.

Here are Candelario's wRC+ seasons with the Tigers: 2018 - 93 2019 - 73 2020 - 140 2021 - 120 2022 - 80 In 3 of the 5 years he was below average and 2020 could very well be thrown out because of how messed up that season was. History suggested that he was a below average hitter and that's the reason they let him go.

Is it too early for Ohtani's countdown to 60 home runs?

I'm still kinda worried about Torkelson's defense. Although he's not at the bottom anymore, he's still in the lower half. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31 His overall WAR is 0.1, which is 10th among Tigers hitters, mostly due to his poor defense (although Marisnick is no longer with us). https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&month=0&ind=0&team=6&rost=0&age=0&filter=&player=&startdate=&enddate=&season=2023&season1=2023 I think he'll have to be regulated to the DH sometime in the near future and so far his hitting hasn't justified him to be a fulltime DH. I don't think I've fully written him off yet. He is still young enough to turn it around. Since May 1st, he has hit .238/.320/.431 with 10 HR and a 110 wRC+ in 279 PA. Not great, but it is above average. But that also includes the month of June where he hit .196/.274/.441 with a below average 96 wRC+ (but he did hit 7 of his home runs in that month). Like @Shinzaki mentioned, the most frustrating thing is his inconsistency.

Try saying **** Van Dyke.

Manny Ramirez was busted twice for using roids. He retired before he could get suspended a third time and thus have a lifetime ban (although he was then reinstated, he only played in the minor leagues). Players that have been suspended under the new drug policy since 2006 have next to a 0 percent chance of making it in the Hall of Fame. The guys you mentioned never got suspended like Manny.

If that were true, I think his defense would be better ranked than 20 out of 21. https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=1b&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2023&month=0&season1=2023&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31

He likely gets more chances at getting scoops because of Baez' weak arm, though. It's similar to how a poor outfielder can get a lot of runners thrown out because everyone runs on him.

Wow, that's a lot. I only subscribed when I had a discount code. I never paid more than $20 for a year.

Imagine if Oakland didn't have Brent Rooker and Ryan Noda.

I used to subscribe to Baseball Reference's Play Index. Very useful tool when you want to get a list of players under very specific circumstances.

I turned the game on in the bottom of the 9th. Who are these guys?

What are people's thoughts on using Vest in the first inning instead of the last game? Was it a good managerial strategy that just didn't work out?

Torkelson is also rated as the worst first baseman in baseball by several defensive stats.

Tiger's Tiger Stadium.

Injuries are always going to happen. Tigers problem is that they have no depth. It'll be amazing if they can get to .500 now with their best starting pitcher and best hitter now out.

Here's something that may or may not be meaningful: Matt Boyd splits: Home - 0-4 | 22 2/3 IP | 8.34 ERA | 1.90 WHIP | 17 K | 15 BB Away - 3-0 | 25 2/3 IP | 3.86 ERA | 1.01 WHIP | 27 K | 7 BB

And now they say that Eduardo Rodriguez, Javier Báez, and Akil Baddoo are the best clubhouse guys ever. What a coincidence!

I asked AI to generate an image of the Detroit Tigers celebrating a baseball win.

Collectively the AL West is below .500 and it's all due to the A's. The A's are on pace to lose 133 games, which would crush the AL record set by the Tigers in 2003 of 119 losses.

I looked at the stats today and I was mostly surprised that he has 10 steals already. I'd like to see him get more playing time against LHP to see if he can be an everyday player. Although Schoop is hitting over .300 against LHP and Hinch likes playing matchups.

This is a good analysis, but I was mostly asking about those particular players. Maton and Rogers have above average walk rates and are leading the team in home runs, but both are way below .200 in batting average. Both are below average with Rogers at 73 wRC+ and Maton at 68 wRC+. Would they have better performance if they didn't try to walk so much?

Are the Tigers too patient? Don't get me wrong, walks are great, but Maton, Rogers, and Schoop also have above average walk rates and are not hitting very well.