gehringer_2

guys leaves on his feet after a swing, +105 oblique.

WTF is Santana's look here?

The thing is, we don't know whether the way Lang lost it was related to his injury status, so I don't want to be too pessimistic.

Tigers have won 100 games 5 times in franchise history: 1915: 100 - Cobb and Crawford 1934:101 - Mickey Cochrane and the G row of the HOF, Greenberg, Gehringer, Goslin 1961:101 - Norm cash wins the batting title - probably with corked bats, and they still lose the pennant to the Yankees 1968:103 - First in the hearts of all current Tiger old-timers. The team that looked Bob Gibson in the eye and said "We got this." 1984:104 - A great team that should have won more but for a terrible FO. That's it. So we are due, amirite?

In addition to Skubal, both Reese and Jobe have negative platoon OPS against splits - they have been handling LHH. The good part about a staff that throws the change-up.

Cleveland does not have a RHB with an OPS+ >101.

Lange could be pitching again in a month - but who knows what he'll be doing. Could be great, could be he can't find the K zone again.

Even with the BP game today the Tigers have 6 BP arms available and a starter that has gone at least 5 in 7 of 9 starts. AJ and this staff are pretty much re-writing the book on how to design and manage a pitching staff.

at one point, either last season, maybe the year before, on the radio stream they were playing with over-running the commercials and then time compressing during the PBP. If that were to catch on good luck ever syncing anything.

Tork with some good form for a righthanded 1b.

6.43 ERA -- /..gulp../

6 more outs. We can do this.

Let's hope Torkelson can't find another way to be out on the bases here... EDIT: I'm hoping against hope there is no contact play out here....

Holton's FB is down about 1 mph and his change is up about 1 mph. So that's some loss of deltaV that doesn't help.

ESCAPE!

D.o.n.o.t..l.e.t..d.o.w.n

Yeah - AJ keeping everyone but Hurter's outings short so he doesn't burn anyone for tomorrow, but that's also always more chances for a misfire.

TTBDNS

Maybe no good time available. The guys in booth said AJ did not want to start with one against CLE so we got it today.

really surprised AJ let Malloy hit there. I guess because of the prior walk he was hoping for another. Even though Torrez is a RHB it would have been a good spot IMO.

Hanifee peripherals seem to look better than his results....

Nate Burleson is a good sports name. Alec Burleson just doesn't have a good ring to it.

bah! There was no-one at 1st to get Dingler, he could have walked back - Tork could have stayed put.

IOW, standard ops.

there is one of those hand's leading check swing call that might be different under the proposed system