Sports_Freak

Seldom. Going out and back in usually works on my Roku. But the user interface sucks eggs...

Is this a joke? Vierling, Perez or Canha would all be better leading off than Greene. Miguel Cabrera was the Tigers best hitter in several seasons. I never, ever, saw him leading off to get a few extra at bats per week. And he had much better 7, 8 and 9 hitters than the current Tiger team.

But he's a switch hitter so you have to divide his stats by 6.554, multiply by 17 and then add 4.6. That makes him our 2nd best hitter...today. It will vary week to week. 🤣🤣

I would bench Greene because history says he'll just get hurt anyway. Ya gotta play the odds

Stat guys refuse to ever deviate from ever going against the percentages. Even when bad results occur over and over. Don't lead Perez off because he may stop hitting. Why? Because he has no track record of producing. Oh...he produced in the minors? I mean, he's never done it at the ML level.

Well, Hinch should bench Perez because he may stop hitting. And bat Tork cleanup because he thinks he'll start hitting home runs. And lead Greene off so he gets 3 more at bats per week. Results be damned, do whatever feels right. Ugh...

So the Tigers have a few more weeks to decide.

What is a 6/1 mobility clause? He becomes a FA if not promoted?

Lee! Forget what may happen and live with what is happening. He's getting on base...ride that hot streak by putting as many run producing hitters after him in the lineup as you can. If he cools off, so be it. Make more necessary changes. That's all I'm saying, not predicting his career trajectory.

If that's the only way to change the lineup, I agree. No manager should ever be so stubborn to not making the necessary changes to get the most out of a lineup. The problem is, the Tigers will score 6 or 7 runs once a week or so and Hinch thinks he's justified. But he's not, just very stubborn. And then I hear people say it doesn't matter if we win or not, we're just evaluating young players. But it's hard to evaluate players unless you put them in the best position to succeed.

I don't think Ibanez has played 1st this year. Not saying he can't, just I don't think he has. Urshela has...I think. But a correction needs to be made, Tork is good for only one thing, hitting home runs. And that dog don't hunt.

Nobody has ever said that. What we're saying is if a player is on a hot streak, the manager should open his eyes and hit him in front of the better hitter. Score runs. But don't be afraid and say maybe he'll cool off tomorrow...next week or in a few weeks. Adjust your batting order to maximize run production. Somebody should write a book and maybe Hinch will follow it. 😆

What does Tork have to do to get benched? Attack a teammate? Slash Hinch's tires? Seriously...Torkelbust should be sent to Erie...do not pass Toledo...do not collect $200 million. Just....go away. Addition by subtraction.

My point is use him in front of our best hitters while he's hot. It doesn't mean that's the only player who can hit leadoff, if Meadows starts hitting and Perez goes cold, switch them. Make Hinch do some work. Change the lineup as the season progresses.

Lmao...look at the results. He is quite horrible and the one and only reason he's on the team is because of his draft status. Potential? I just don't see it. He's good for 1 thing, hitting home runs. And he's still at....zero.

So you shuffle the lineup when he comes back to earth. In the meantime, use him getting on base to bat in front of Greene. Pretty simple unless you have a stubborn manager who refuses to look at results instead of "what may happen."

He hit .230 with 170 strikeouts while hitting those 31 home runs? Those aren't inspiring stats.

I agree, it's much easier to ignore than some horrible jingle.

In the leadoff spot? If so, that does seem high.

If Mize was doing as poorly as Tork, he would have a 6.9 ERA and walking every other hitter. He's fine, no reason to distract from the main issue...Tork is a major bust...😆

Cool. How do you like it? I get a lot of this every half inning;

I think most of us agree that Greene is pretty good at the game of baseball.

Just when you think you can get out, they drag you back in. 😆

Some people say it takes a year to come back from TJ surgery but several more months to be all the way back. I don't know if Mize had TJ surgery or not but he's doing much better at his job than Tork, who wasn't injured, is at his job.

It feels like 5-1 may as well be 100-1. Time for yardwork...