gehringer_2

I do think they are doing the bench players exactly backward. They are opting for guys that 'hit' at least insofar as any bench player is a hitter. But an empty BA like Harold's is just not going to help you as much as guys that can't defend are going to hurt you, and we are seeing the proof. Give me Zach Short any day - or yes - even a Kreidler who is overmatched by big league pitchers sometimes.

a 3 game series may be 2%, but 18 games is 11% already.

Barnhart has been the biggest disappointment to me. I can accept Schoop slumping, that Baddoo has sophomore jitters, that Haase's '21 was pixie dust, even maybe that Candelario isn't the player we think he is, but Barnhart has a pretty decent track record - yet so far has been pretty inept in all phases of the game. Just make a damn play at least once.

well, I'm going home and hit the road bike while it's still nice out. If they come back it will be on the DVR.

and Willi get's doubled off. Just too appropriate.

They could be calling guys and giving them a shot. There is no reason at all not to give Clemens, who is playing well, a shot. They just won't do it. Cameron gains nothing playing at Toledo, he probably catches the ball Haase missed and the ball Willi missed.

They are all playing wound up taut. Not really saying much about Hinch's supposed magic in the clubhouse.

At least the Wings supposedly improved team took 2/3 of a season to collapse.

and why is Skubal still out there? Beat up the one guy who was at least trying to keep you in the game? Hinch is losing it.

Even if technically true, Barnhart would have hit him even if he were 3 feet further foul.

The Twins have figured it out: Hit it to Castro.

I don't why the Tigers have suddenly come down with this virus that has them believing you don't need to play major league fielders in major league games. That's a sac fly, one run.

Really hard to decide if that throw was even worse than Haase's.

maybe that's why they are keeping Garneau. The other two can't play their position.

are two singles worth 3 misplays in the field? Asking for a friend named Harold

I just looked up and there is a 1 next the DET in the box score. What does it mean? Not sure I remember seeing numbers in that spot before.....

well at least Skubal will not have to beat himself up if the Tigers get shut out anyway

This kind of bad luck is actually pretty funny - but sadly loses are loses and you can't get them back.

Unfreaking believable. Can team be any more snake bitten than the Tigers are now? And of course, the other fact is that no matter where you put Harold, the ball is going to find him.

No wonder Jack is in the Hall of Fame. He could pick which IF his pitchers would be hit to.

...aaaand right on cue, the Tiger D rears its ugly head....

this is where your pitcher can't help but start thinking, "I'm gonna have to be perfect here, aren't I?" Prolly doesn't help.

It's not like the Twins aren't trying to be good hosts in this series. You can't complain they aren't giving the Tigers every chance to get a win.

TTBDNS

Are three great starts in a row from the Kid too much to ask? Not really fair to him, but it is what it is - we need him to come through.