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You JUST noticed that? Didn't his previous starts kind of give that away?

The only thing Hinch knows about hitting is that he couldn't do it at the Major League level. I can't wait to see Jung in a Tigers uniform, preferably under a different manager.

I think Hinch needs to pull the old garbage cans out of the closet to help spark the offense. That is the only thing I can think of that made him even an average manager.

I don't know. Initially, I thought it was a poor choice to spend the #1 pick on a guy who can only play 1B since they kind of grow on trees. And unless he is a top 5 offensive player there, it just seems like it was a bad pick. But I guess that doesn't really matter now. However, because he was the #1 pick, the Tigers have to give him extra time for him to develop. I thought he should have spent another year in AAA.

If Avila was the GM, he would be willing to trade anyone on the 40 man roster for a weak hitting middle infielder who will never play a game in the majors.

...and a 1st baseman, shortstop, 2 outfielders, a catcher....

Are you serious? Scherzer missed the first few months of this season and ...he's been on the injured list four times since 2019. just left the game about 15 minutes ago with an injury. https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/mlb/mets/2022/09/04/max-scherzer-injury-mets-nationals/65471098007/ but I thought anybody with basic intelligence and the ability to access the internet could look up his injury history...guess I overestimated some people.

Most of these guys wouldn't be on the major league roster of any other team. While most of these guys are gritty and easy ones to pull for, that doesn't necessarily translate into quality major leaguers. Give me the primadonna stud ballplayer over the guys that grind and grind just to make it to the majors. If you are relying on those guys as your nucleus, you are probably in the situation the Tigers are in right now. If your top prospects turn out like Mize and Torkelson has so far, you might as well chalk up 90 to 100 losses right now.

It's amazing. You really have to step up and salute the guy; quitters are amazing. He should have a statue erected in front of every regular person's house. Can you imagine telling your boss that you are taking the rest of the year off because you don't feel like working? Because if the majority of us tried pulling that, we would be fired the next day. Sorry, but everyone else has personal issues they need to deal with and still go to work (if you work), because if many people didn't, they wouldn't be able to feed their family. Sorry if I don't shed a tear over an entitled athlete's tribulations. Who doesn't love entitled people complaining about their entitled lives. The guy isn't a hero for quitting.

I agree. I think 200 will be the new great benchmark for pitchers to hit.

It's interesting to see if Verlander can get to 300 wins. He sits at 242 and is pitching as well as he ever has. He will be 40 at the beginning of next season. I know one of his goals is to get to 300 wins, but 58 wins at his age will be difficult. It would seem he would need to pitch another 4 seasons at the bare minimum to reach 300. If he does make it, I am 99.9% sure he will be the last pitcher to ever get to that mark. Greinke has 223 and is washed up. Scherzer has 199 but is 38 and often injured. Kershaw has 192 and is still an effective pitcher, but he has battled countless injuries the last few years. He's only 34 and is exactly 50 wins behind Verlander. He would need to average 13.5 wins if he pitched until he was 42. After Kershaw, Gerrit Cole has 127 wins but will be 32 in a few weeks. Even if he averaged 20 wins per season until he was 40, he still wouldn't get to 300. With the way pitchers are being used and the injuries that seem to be happening to everyone, Verlander and Kershaw would seem to be the last 2 guys to have a shot at 300.

So they only needed 10 players to be exactly opposite of what they were and they would have been successful? That is a lot of misses.

It seems like the Tigers face Cy Young candidates every game.

Might already be the team's best offensive player.

It is his legacy, and he could have put a stop to it at any time. I get it that it wouldn't have been a popular thing to do with his players but he was in charge and the blame ultimately falls on him. And when he gets fired in the near future after failing to do much with the Tigers, he might be viewed as just that guy who only won because his team cheated. Fair or not. I am curious how people view Sparky Anderson around here. I know there is some sentiment that anyone could have won with the Big Red Machine, even though winning the WS is really, really tough. In Detroit, do people think he is an underachiever who could only take his stacked team to the playoffs 2x? I was pretty young in the 80s, so I don't have much of an opinion.