Sports_Freak

A lot of fans put a higher value on prospects than teams looking at them do. Most prospects never make the show but there's always that possibility that they might. And be big stars. I remember last season, Baltimore refused to trade any of their young players for pitching. And that did them in at playoff time. The Tigers could trade several of their prospects for players to help them now. But I doubt Harris will, he's a firm believer in building a contender thru the draft and development. But, we'll see. Hopefully he surprises me.

See last year? Yeah, look at the Twins last year. The Tigers making the playoffs in 2024 wouldn't have happened if the Twins hadn't of fallen off a cliff. As for acquiring a rental player at the deadline? The Dodgers gave up 2 prospects for 2 months of Flaherty. I'm not sure how highly rated they were but it was still 2 decent prospects. The Tigers needs have been obvious all season, bullpen arms. I'm not arguing that point at all. But our recent offensive struggles have me wondering if we also need a couple of bats? No use getting bullpen arms if we can't score even 2 runs a game against mediocre pitching.

Yes, they've needed a better bullpen all season. But the recent losses? They haven't even been in games. Not scoring any runs makes the bullpen needs meaningless. It was an obvious need earlier in the season but our recent offensive struggles is the reason we're losing. Not even giving our weak bullpen a chance to blow leads. 😆

I'm starting to question the need for bullpen arms. Averaging one run a game won't win many games. When was the last time this Tiger team had an inning with multiple hits and runs in an inning? No rallies, just waiting for a player to hit a home run.

2 grand slams will get us within a run.

Tork proving some stats are meaningless.

Hinch;

Some managers don't like intentional walks.

Well, that was a fun 5 innings. But...it's over. Go ahead and rain...

Walk leads to a run. Huh....

babip helping Reese, so far.

Maybe the worst part of the storm headed this way will stay north of Detroit? It looks like Comerica will still be getting wet...

Why would the Tigers want him? Limited upside.

I saw a stat on X (Twitter) yesterday that showed a recent stat on our hitters slumps. Keith was the only one not in a total slump. It reminded me of the start to 2024 when the entire team was in a prolonged slump. When we score 6 runs or more, going 0 for 5 doesn't stand out. When we don't score, those struggles are magnified. Should we panic? No....the team has to work it's way out of the slump. Just...Hurry up!! 😆😆

Maybe he'll learn to shorten up his swing with 2 strikes? He is really good and he is still really young. Hopefully these struggles will make him better.

It just seems like his cold streaks go on forever and then he gets hot for 2 or 3 weeks. Not even looking at stats, which can be very misleading, but just watching him day in and day out. He's one of the players I mentioned the other day when I complained about Hinch using the same lineup every day. When a guy like Greene goes cold, move him down in the lineup until he comes out of it. But, it's only real bad when most of the rest of the team is slumping. It just stands out more. And nobody is really hot enough to stick in the 3 or 4 spot.

Click. Save the electricity for the AC.

On pace for over 200 strikeouts this season. Mind numbing bad, no matter what other stats show. It's really not what you want for your #3 hole hitter. But sometimes, when he hits the ball, it goes a long way. I just wish he could shorten his swing with 2 strikes and hit a few more singles.

No more of this please;

At least Toronto lost.

Greene has struck 6 times in his last 9 at bats. 2 other times? He hit into double plays.

45 year old Rich Hill is pitching for KC. A lefty with a pulse? Sign him up. 😅

Look at Mickey Lolich in the '68 World Series. 3 complete games? Will there even be a pitcher with 3 complete games all season?

Yeah but back in those days, nobody kept track of pitch counts. But people still knew it was too many pitches. Remember Edwin Jackson throwing a no hitter for, I think, Arizona? He threw 150 pitches or something and then was hurt.