tiger2022

On 7/15/2023 at 9:32 PM, Tenacious D said:

Look around—other can’t-miss guys have struggled, too.  Joey Bart, CJ Abrams, Jerred Kellenic, Alex Kirilloff, JJ Bleday, Nick Madrigal—none has lived up to their hype (yet). Heck, Austin Martin, who was heavily debated as a potential alternative to drafting Tork, has yet to make the majors.

 

I don't follow college baseball, but never really got the Nick Madrigal love.  He's 5-6, no power, really can only play 2b (even though he is playing 3rd but that seems like a total waste).  

No way is Juan Soto being traded.  They gave up so many prospects to get him, they would never get back anything comparable to what they gave up.  I could see Al Avila making a trade getting rid of someone like Soto for 4 third rate middling prospects, but not San Diego.

10 hours ago, AZTigersfan said:

Another good win! Impressive stuff particularly from Carpenter.

It's too bad that Carepenter, the teams' best hitter, is not allowed to bat against guys that throw left handed.  But, you know...smart manager...

20 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

There is no rule against your daughters (who also have zero home runs) playing in the majors

Casey Candaele's mom wasn't allowed to play in the little league mother-son game because she hit the ball too hard and they were afraid she would hurt one of the kids.

20 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

It's going to be 8 four team divisions and there will be 8 wild cards.  Always remember that "Americans love brackets"

I am in favor of 8 five team divisions where the regular season is expanded to 200 games, and the top 4 teams in each division make the playoffs and are seeded 1 through 4 and then play each other in a best of 9 series.

It reminds me on how the NHL was when I was a kid: 21 teams and 16 playoff teams.  

4 hours ago, Dave Christian said:

Hopefully this works out for you and the Tigers!

I have been really down on Torkelson since his MLB debut but I think he is going to turn it on for the rest of the season.  Has a hit in 11 out of last 12 games.

I dropped Bryce Harper and picked up Spencer Torkelson on my Fantasy baseball team.

Passing Manny Ramirez in runs.  This guy is one of the most underrated players in the history of MLB.  It is amazing that guys who did Roids like Oritz, Bagwell, IRodriguez, Piazza, etc. made the Hall of Fame and someone like Ramirez doesn't even get considered.  Personally, I don't have any issues with guys who used steroids getting into the HOF, because 80% of the players in the league were probably juicing.  

I always had Cabrera ranked slightly behind Ramirez as a comparison when he was in his prime.  

I used to think managers didn't really have that big of a part in deciding the outcome of the game, but I now know a bad manager can lose a bunch of games by horrendous lineup construction.

I think the GM will always be hamstrung by the penny pinching ways of Ilitch.  

Because it is inexcusable to have a guy hit from the same side of the batter's box as the pitcher throws.  Why would you want someone who might be on the team for the next few years to get some at bats in that situation?

Gotta have the platoon because Hinch is the smartest guy in the room.

Aldred sounds like the name of a James Bond villain.

I highly doubt a team with such a lack of talent has to fix games in order to lose.  They are perfectly capable of losing without any shenanigans.

In fact, the team has a lot more wins that I thought.  I was thinking they would be down where Kansas City would be.

"Rickey ain't playing in some independent league.  Why would Rickey want to do that?" -Rickey Henderson.

Mentioning Pud Galvin, made me think of the single season GOAT, Old Hoss Radbourn.  His 1884 season.  60-12, era+ 205, 678.2 IP.  You know when you gave the ball to Old Hoss, you were going to get his bulldog mentality. 

In a perfect world, the award for the top pitcher should be named the Old Hoss Radbourn award.  

Traditional triple crown categories for Ohtani

10th in wins, although 4 wins from first

2nd in SOs, 12 behind

8th in ERA, 0.52 behind

4th in AVG, .006 behind

1st in HR, 6 ahead

1st in RBI, 1 ahead

If he stays healthy this will be the greatest season of all time for a baseball player.

Castro and Clemens would be the two best offensive players on this pathetic squad.

1 hour ago, Adullin said:

To be fair the patriots were on that level before Brady 

The Pats went to the SB in 96, four years before Brady showed up.  

What is the rate for a .240, 12 home run a year first baseman?  I doubt if he will demand big bucks in arbitration unless he improves a lot.

52 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

20 home run...75 RBI and a .240 BA? Good enough? I say no. How long do we give him? 2 more years? Remember Harris didn't draft him. There's not going to be any loyalty from the front office.

What other options do the Tigers have?  There isn't anyone in the minors that appears to be MLB quality they can put at first.  Ilitch isn't going to pay for any FAs unless they are the bargain bin type of guys.  He'll be 24 in August, so he is still relatively young.  And it's not like Ilitch is trying to win anyway.

He'll retire 2nd all time in GIDP.  No one will ever catch him or Pujols.

Can't Cabrera just strike out?  Why does he have to hit weak grounders constantly?

At first I thought it was just Miguel's home runs every year.  2023 would have been an easy year to edit.

It can't be any worse than the WCF patch the Lions have had on their jerseys for the past 10 years or however long it has been since he passed away.

Josh Jung is crushing it for the Rangers right now.  Too bad the Tigers organization can't find guys like that in the draft.