mtutiger

Correct, you basically risk him declaring free agency, which he'd have a good case to do.

Barnhart will, in all likelihood, regress to his averages going forward... which would make him the best player at the position on the roster, as expected coming into the season. But tho it's a small sample size, the situation that AJ finds himself in with this three catcher situation makes me wonder how necessary that trade was in the grand scheme of things. I don't really mind what they gave up in the trade (ie. Quintana), but for a guy that was talked up a lot in the offseason and someone for whom extension rumors have swirled, Barnhart has been underwhelming (so far) As the situation sets right now, the likelihood is that the Tigers will have to hope Garneau can sneak through waivers soon.... in terms of the depth at the position, at least until Dingler is more established and Rogers shows signs of coming back, he would be tough to lose.

In terms of off-day conversation, prompted by discussion on the Turning the Corner Pod on this subject, but as much as Dustin Garneau has proven himself worthy of being on a major league roster, carrying three catchers really puts this team in a bind depth-wise, particularly in terms of infield depth. The roster already is hamstrung a bit by having to carry Miggy as an everyday DH with the ability to play 1B, it just adds another hinderance there. And while it's early and he was acquired more for his defense than offense, I'm left questioning whether Barnhart was as necessary an addition as was made out to be going into the offseason. I do believe he's better behind the plate than the other two though in terms of defense and game calling ability though. IDK

Why don't we wait for Mize and Manning to be ruled out by the team for the rest of the year before ruling them out the rest of the year? With Manning in particular, it's not even clear he's missing his next start let alone whether he's going to the IL. Just not gonna worry about things until I have some actual announcements from authorities on this.

Yeah, exactly. The succession of injuries that has happened early on in this season is clearly having an effect on the psyche of the fanbase. Just prefer to not jump to conclusions until given reason to.

The concerns with Mize are legitimate, but it's not even clear that Manning will even end up on the IL at this point. Injuries suck, but they are part of this game. Every single team has them. The Tigers are not unique. And not every injury that comes along will be catastrophic. At this point, I'm more concerned about the offense than I am the pitching holding up, even with concerns about Mize/Manning.

Alluded to this in another thread talking about the Kershaw perfect game ordeal. Much as The Beatles and Pink Floyd were the exception and not the rule, for every Nolan Ryan, there were many who flamed out.

Mercifully, today appears to be a rainout

Another impressive outing for Dylan Smith....

Buck Farmer toeing the slab against the vaunted Dodgers tonight....

They really did waste a lot of good pitching under not the greatest of circumstances today. It's a shame really

Nice swing by Grossman... I'm less concerned about him now anyway

So, anybody on the offense want to step up? 2 runs a game ain't gonna cut it every night

Hanger City, Baby

Twitter MDs out in full force.

They would have to go Wentz right? Unless they want to DFA someone else? Or do they just carve out room for someone like Barnes to stick around?

Just keep throwing that breaking ball down and in....

Better start stretching out Wily Peralta. Criminy

The catchers are the MVPs so far lol. Where's Jimmy P when you need him?

Not sure which one is worse at SS lol

Really hope this means Kreidler, but I'm sure they won't want to put him on the 40 and will go with Short instead

Lol, the comments... Detroit fans may be the most fatalistic in sports

Another day without Baez. Almost feels like they are playing with house money if they pull out today's game. Assuming he comes back tmrw

Long hard fall for Bryan Garcia.