tiger2022

Montero in. No doubt the Royals will get the tying run up to bat here.

Did you not finish reading my post? I said I trust Morton the most as the #2. I seek forgiveness. He has been mediocre.

Magic number is 18.

I would like the league to get rid of interleague play. The owners thought it would be some boon for the league, but no one really cares. Does anyone really get excited about the series with Pittsburgh or Cincinnati? I'd actually like more games with teams in the division. But neither of those will happen.

Wacha is no pushover. He's a strong candidate for the Hall of Very Good. Should be a low scoring game. Hopefully, it isn't decided by the bullpen. But I expect Skubal to go 7 IP, with 3 hits, 0 walks, 0 ER, and 11 Ks.

In the last 5 starts (including last night): Skubal 3.06 era, 1.022 whip Paddack 6.38 era, 1.375 whip Morton 4.64 era, 1.218 whip Mize 5.86 era, 1.265 whip Flaherty 6.43 era, 1.429 whip I trust Morton as the #2 guy the most. He's a bulldog. Paddack shouldn't even be in a mlb rotation. Mize has inferior stuff. Flaherty is hit or miss. I think it has to be Skubal, Morton, Flaherty and bullpen day in the playoffs.

27.1 IP, 4.64 ERA, 1.218 WHIP in his last 5 starts. That isn't going to cut it against the Yankees in the playoffs, but I'd still roll the dice with him over Paddack or Mize.

With 26 games left and a 9.5 lead, it's looking like the Tigers will make the playoffs. They have a chance to set up their rotation. Obviously, Skubal but after that, it is looking rough. Morton, Flaherty, Mize, and Paddack have all been horrible in the last month. There is no way I would feel comfortable starting Paddack. His entire career, other than his rookie year, has been that guy with an era around 5. I feel Mize is going to get lit up with his below average stuff. Flaherty is a question mark, but when he is off, it's really bad. I think i might consider Morton as the 2nd starter.

They got through Paddock, now to see if they can get through Rollercoaster ride #2.

They need to win 1 of the 3 games in this series. If they can pull that off they still have 7.5 game lead and that should be more than enough at this point. Paddack and Flaherty do not inspire confidence. And when Skubal pitches, he goes up against Wacha, who is a tough nut to crack.

If it happened today, Marichal might get a lifetime ban and rightfully so.

A non-Tiger, but he had the greatest season ever. Johnnie LeMaster, 1985. He slashed .128/.180/.160 for the season over 45 games and played for 3 mlb teams that season. Pittsburgh 57-104, Cleveland 60-102, and San Francisco 62-100. Played for 3 teams that lost 100 games that season.

There is a 0% chance Skubal resigns with Detroit.

So you're saying he was like Babe Ruth?

Right now the A's have a really nice lineup and the Tigers have some pretty awful pitching. Tough to win that scenario.

Usually once you get it going it's okay. The ads are just at the beginning.

Reminds me of the Simpson episode with Darryl Strawberry. Then he pinch hits for him in the 9th because the pitcher was left handed.

Players win games. Managers lose them..

I was refering to people who want to realign the divisions...by putting both New York teams in the same division along with Boston and Philly just because they are close to each other. And had you quoted the very next sentence, that would have been clear. And what I wrote, had absolutely nothing to do with Indianapolis.

I use Sportsurge.to or Streameast to stream the games. Sometimes it's slow or stops, and you have to put up with and close out annoying betrivers pop ups ads before you actually get the game to stream, but it doesn't cost anything.

Because he is smarter than everyone else...just ask him and he'll tell you. No clue why he brought him out to start the 6th. Hinch is playing 3D Star Trek chess while everyone else is playing CandyLand.

A team that is 24 games over .500 with a pitcher who is 7-13. Flaherty has almost 25% (24.1%) of his teams losses. It's time to ship him to the bullpen or maybe as a 1 or 2 inning opener for someone.

Smartest man in the room with the quick hook on Flaherty. I think he should have kept him in there to give up more hits and runs.

Whew. Thankfully he didn't homer on a ground ball to second base.

Last year for the Dodgers, Flaherty allowed 18 ER in 22 innings in the postseason. 33 hits/bb in those 22 IP. He was awful.