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McKinstry cost the team a run again with his sophomoric base running. Good job by Javy.

McKinstry with more little league baserunning blunders. Guy needs to watch a baseball fundamental video by Tom Emanski.

Would you trade him for Drey Jamison?

Can y'all lay off Riley Greene now?

Jordan Westburg was one.

Exactly. They didn't do anything to add to a roster and things just fell into place. If Avila's guys failed, they would have been in 4th place.

Too bad Mize didn't get a few more innings...they might be winning now

I think they already showed they aren't going to spend money on resources. That is a huge turn off to someone who is elite and wants to win. He can go anywhere he wants.

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They did give him an offer but it was said to be non-competetive and a low ball offer

Why would he want to do that? I can think of no reason why he would. They will lowball him anyway. The Front Office did nothing to improve in the off season and did nothing to improve at the deadline. Why would Skubal think the organization would suddenly try to field a better roster that costs more?

It has to be a success because the team didn't even try to improve in the offseason. Other than Torres, there was really nothing added. The team didn't try to improve at the trade deadline either.

I thought they would finish in 3rd or 4th at the beginning of the season.

Another hit that inning. You can't stop this lineup, you can only hope to contain it

I have never been a fan of him. He had no control over the team in Arizona, no one respected him in Houston, and now he is easily the smartest man in the room. He messes with guy's heads for no reason.

I wonder if they will trade Mize in the off season? Hinch hates him and Baez for whatever reason. Lessons on how to be an ineffective leader

Because Hinch is just that much smarter than all the other managers in the history of baseball. Just ask him, he'll tell you so.

Hinch working his magic again. Takes out Mize after 3 innings.

Ron Mexico was the worst nickname. It was for Michael Vick and he got it because he had an std and went to a clinic but didn't want anyone to know who he was so he gave that as his name. The NFL even banned the name for personalized jerseys from their site

Casey Mize is going to have the game of his life. 7 IP, 1 hit, 10 K's, 0 ER. I believe in Casey.

And Friday will basically be a coin flip between Skubal and Kirby

This is the game to win. They are going against a very hittable pitcher. If they can't score off this guy, they deserve to lose.

A team that didn't try to improve in the offseason. They went into the season with Trey Sweeney and Jace Jung as their SS and 3rd baseman. Neither of those guys can hit. They wanted Colt Keith as their 1st baseman to start the season. He would easily be a bottom 3 offensive 1st baseman and possibly the worst defensive one. They got garage sale level players at the trade deadline. And while they might throw money at Skubal, they are not going to spend on other positions at the same time. 0% chance he re-signs with Detroit.

I can see Hinch doing just that.

Skubal isn't coming back. There is no advantage for him to stay on a franchise that just hopes they can win. The trade deadline activity alone should show that the franchise just hopes they don't have to do anything and everything will work out. The Tigers won't make him a realistic offer. The owner has made it clear winning isn't his priority and he doesn't want to spend money on players.