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Dingler in a slump? Take it out on Bibee's head!

I think it mean To Be Discussed @MoTownSports. 😆

Something I never saw before. Seattle manager came out to talk to his pitcher and went back to the dugout. Before the next pitch, he tried to come back out and make a pitching change. The umpire made him go back to the dugout and didnt allow him to change pitchers. Announcer said "how's that for a vote of confidence?" Lmao

Its not just missing Skubal. Also, Carpenter, Javy, Torres and Meadows. Thats 4cstarters some games. And much if the platooning Hinch needs.

OK...we have TBD as our SP. Jake? 😆

I dont know. He's red hot right now but home runs aren't coming. Did he change that huge, long uppercut swing? Is that what sent the ball flying 450 feet? Cutting down on the strikeouts is huge. And yes, if the other guys were producing (or healthy), he would have better numbers. And to be honest, I really like the new and improved Riley. Home runs or not...

Good read. A bit negative but finding positives right now is kinda hard.

Is the batting average and cutting down on strikeouts by Greene acceptable if it takes away some of his HR total? The guy is red hot and I hope it continues but what about the tradeoff? Less power for less strikeouts? (NOT complaining)

Harris doesnt trade. At least, he hasn't made any significant trades. He traded Flaherty a couple years ago. And acquired Vierling and McKinstry a couple of years ago. But making bigger trades? Hasn't happened yet.

So I guess the question in now; Would you storm the capital for $1,000,000?

Cleveland has 3 hits.

At least this game is competitive. Watchable

Keith...long ball!!

Keith for Tork?

Perez and Tork already got their hit for this week. And in the same inning!

Also Short leading off the next inning.

Trades? I dont know who was available. But Harris rarely makes trades. Free agents? Here's a list, take your pick; https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-free-agents-2025-2026

If Hinch has a lead late, he uses his better arms. Its when hes behind he brings in his AAA arms

Nope. Nobody knew McGonigle was going to make the team. Or even start out so good. They ignored the offense.

Tork and Perez both get a hit in the same inning? Huh!

So ignore the hitting problem because pitchers may get injured. Try to win low scoring games. In that case, we also had the problem with our defense.

Zach doesnt have the range to play SS. Maybe to fill on when there's an emergency, but that's about it. As for those guys playing for a better team? They would have to do better than what they do here or they wouldn't be playing. The Tigers are beyond patient with Tork, it's really making me wonder why? His draft status? He has/had potential but it's getting real old waiting for quality results. And McKinstry is just a glorified utility guy, good to have, when needed. Pressed into full time duty, his weaknesses are more exposed.

Yeah, I won't argue that. But we still had offensive issues to address that never were. Having enough depth to cover all of our injuries was/is impossible but seriously, the only thing we really did was retain Torres. A RH hitting corner outfielder woulda been nice. Or even a RH hitting DH type who could fill in at 1st base occasionally. I dont know who all was available but there had to be some help out there.

Again, it's not the fact that they use advanced stats to help them make decisions. Its the incorrect use of them thats the problem. It was really, really obvious last season that our offense needed serious help. We had an off-season to sign or trade for needed help. We didn't sign or trade for anyone. That's a failure...whether they used some secret formula or whatever. Luckily, there's still plenty of season left. We need to get Javy and Carp back. Short and Perez are worse than black holes. They're hopeless.

Ugh...first off, they signed Valdez BEFORE they had pitching injuries. Olson was still being counted on, so was an effective Flaherty. As well as Melton. So current injuries, while predictable, arent the reason they signed Valdez. But hitting WAS a known problem and that problem was ignored. You cant say McGonigle was their answer to our hitting because nobody knew he was even going to be on the team. Its like....one strawman argument after another.