mtutiger

You know this, how exactly? It's easy to sit on the sidelines, with little knowledge about Twitter and its corporate structure, and say "oh yeah, no big, just axe a bunch of people". A little harder in reality, one believes.

Unlike yesterday, the pitching matchup clearly tilts Tigers. But then again, they seem to make most opposing pitchers look like Tom Seaver. So, hard to feel optimistic for this one.

I mean, in order to fire a bunch of people, you need to be able to replace them. A lot of whom probably have a skillset/knowledge that is hard to replace? Do we know that Elon Musk has all those folks lined up to backfill those jobs? Or is this just one of those assumptions that people make when they assume that "oh yeah, he'll just do mass layoffs, no biggie", as if that's how the real world works?

Sounds right, he may get some action soon.

Wonder how much runway Faedo needs before getting a looksie in the big leagues...

AJ does a good job hiding his emotions, but he seemed pretty curt in responses tonight

That's really the first shutout this year???

Alright, now go break up the shutout.

I'm trying to decide whether tonight is more frustrating than last night lol

Haase getting pulled for Harold.... yeesh

They are basically a more talented version of last year's team. The Mazaras and Ramos and Joneses are gone, but the results are still ugly

I mean, this is what Pineda is... he's useful as a lower end starter but can give up some runs. Problem is that that you have no room for any of that with this kind of offense.

Game definitely over now lol

Well, at least Faedo and Meadows are doing well in their debuts. Better than the product the big club is putting out lol

2-0, with the black hole on death due to bat

Goodness, Kepler is hot...

Why losing last night hurts... Pineda is gonna have to pitch perfect for them to have a chance against Ryan. At least with the approach they have at the plate right now

Good Lord Candy

Alex Faedo's first start for Toledo tonight!

As a general rule, throwing more balls than strikes should generally be considered a bad thing. And the thing is that Fulmer would probably admit it...

Again, I think he is a very good pitcher and has done a good job this season. But I watched his outing last night an he gave up a lot of hard contact and lacked the control that one normally expects from him. It doesn't mean he lost them the game, it doesn't mean that he's not a good pitcher, he just didn't have his good stuff last night. Which happens to even the best of pitchers. Looking at the run column and making a judgment on a pitcher's outing doesn't necessarily tell the story. We've all survived Todd Jones, Fernando Rodney, Jose Valverde and (now) Gregory Soto, so we should know this by now.

I would prefer that a pitcher throw strikes while locating their pitches. If they are walking guys and/or grooving fastballs, they aren't doing a good job. Which, on both counts, was what Fulmer did in at times in his outing last night. I'm happy that he walked away unscathed, but just because a pitcher doesn't give up any runs in an outing doesn't mean he had his good stuff.

Doubling down on Haase tonight

He threw more balls than strikes. And he served up a cookie to Buxton that was lucky to not have been hit out. How Soto pitched has absolutely no bearing or relevance on the job that Fulmer did... he wasn't good and he got lucky that he didn't give up any runs. I have a lot of confidence in him, but just because I do doesn't mean I'm gonna pull punches when I see him have a subpar outing. Sorry.