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They can always move a player to Detroit. ....Just sayin'

I wonder where they will have Wenceel playing. He's been all over the field recently for Erie. Obviously grooming him as a utility guy at this point. Utility guy that can't play SS a little bit limited though.

We talked about him and he goes 0/4 for the first time in recent memory....

Since Jun 1, Akil in a 5 for his last 51 freefall. He does have 7 BB in that stretch but even with that the OBP is only 215. That just doesn't cut it. Whatever he had going in May left the bldg with Elvis.

I think usage patterns matter, how you sequence guys and how you schedule their work. Unless one of them happens to talk about it in some interview I guess we aren't likely to know how Fetter and Hinch split up planning those aspects other than being familiar enough with Hinch's managing in Houston to recognize whether he is doing things differently with Fetter on board. I think it's possible for a manager to have a lot of insidious bad effects - particularly on young hitters, if he pushes them into or makes their playing time contingent on taking approaches that don't work for them. Again I don't know any a fan would ever know - at least not until long after the fact of a player leaving and going public with his grievances, which you can't necessarily believe either. And of course what an activst manager does might also work for a lot of guys. But that is the downside risk I worry about with a guy like Hinch who clearly has a more "interventionsist" kind of mindset around the how and what he want his hitters to be doing than for instance Jim Leyland ever showed.

Mangers don't win games, but they can lose them.

other half of the Faedo move I assume.....

I'd almost like to see the admin tell NK "he's a criminal and a deserter, if you want him, you can have him" and see if they call the bet.

Well Austin goes 6' 3" 225, if we ever see him play.

Check that - as per statcast almost all the hits were given up on his slider. guess he should have thrown the FB more even if they didn't feel it was very good tonight.

Supposedly he was a starter before we got him. >-------checks BR---------> He threw 120 last season - he was at 53 before tonight. So not innings per se - but sure - he could still be having trouble with how to prepare/condition for volume relieving vs starting.

Parker Meadows is 6' 5" Just sayin'

Nice illustration that the ballpark hasn't been the reason the Tigers can't score runs.

10 run mercy rule?

that's the hope, but that's not a particulary reliable strategy - not that any is when it comes to pitching. They brough in Boyd, he went down to injury, they signed ERod and prompty lost him for most of his 1st season. It's still nice to have a pipeline of MiLB guys and ours isn't much to write home about currently.

and Turnbull is probably gone at the end of next season - hard to predict if that will be a big loss or not.

If he were throwing strikes when he wanted to with the breaking stuff he'd have a shot - that's been the difference between the good and bad outings. When guys can just wait for the FB you get --- today.

Pitching is still a large potential problem. If we assume Mize and Turnbull replace ERod and Lorenzen next season, a) will either of them pitch well? b) can the starting staff stay healthy? You have Faedo and Wentz but it's not clear either of them can hold down an MLB starting gig if pitchers start going down next season and beyond those two it's just off a cliff. Flores and Madden have been underwhelming, Jobe is too far away. So you'd think they have to bring in at least one FA starting pitcher - can they find one as good as either of the two leaving? And another decent reliever.

His FB velocity has been on a long slow slide downward since opening day.

Yeah - it never rained in Ann Arbor at all.

Yeah - Tichenor's been bad, really squeezed Manning to start the game and the ring up on Torkelson was ridiculous.

This depends a LOT on your running game. If you have Sewell and a power runner, you should get to where a yard is automatic.

Faedo back tomorrow I believe? I get you need to move both Lorenzen and ERod to maximize roster value, but it is going to be a very tough slog the rest of the way if both do get moved. And here we all thought the Tigers were done playing for lottery picks.

Could we maybe go back on the road?

I don't Englert threw a breaking ball for called strike. Everything was too low and the Padre hitters just waited in the BP fastball.