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And the DP prevents another runner left on base.

The kid gets a hit. Now Cleveland should trade Ramirez. 😆

Yeah, I get it. Even if they somehow win, they would face a Seattle team that really pitches. And then, maybe Toronto. It's a long, long road to the World Series without getting the bye in the wildcard round. Especially as a 6 seed.

Just put up a huge crooked number, please. Score 6 or 7 runs and take away all of this stress. Please...

Bean Ramirez. 😆

He'll sign with Detroit this off season.

Only 1 runner left on base. We're getting better. 😅

So let's never sign or trade for any player and wait until the season is over to see how they did. Is that the logic?

Agreed. The entire Bregman situation should have been handled differently. Make an offer to Boras and tell him in a week, we'll be looking elsewhere and the offer is gone. But Harris let Boras shop our offer around until he got a better offer. Leaving the Tigers out in the cold without a 3rd baseman. I'm not sure who else was available but at least we could have had a chance to find someone.

Ugh...are you saying we shouldn't even have tried to get him because we can see the future and he may not produce better than our utility players at 3rd base? That's just a really bad excuse, his veteran leadership may have prevented one or two losses, the difference between a wildcard series being played IN Cleveland over it being played IN Detroit. Let's not sign or trade for any player ever because they may not produce better that the utility players we already have. SMH

It doesn't matter what he did IN Seattle. We played different teams with a different lineup. He may have hit 20 home runs for all we know. And it's also a total cop out...we didn't get a quality bat 7 weeks ago but he didn't do any good anyway. But...try to improve the team, even if it doesnt work out. The effort was made. Olson went down and we got a bottom feeder teams reject and a 41 year old who was washed up 3 years ago. Good job Harris...

Tigers 4 Cleveland 2

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/suareeu01.shtml

Same as it has been for close to a month now. Not making moves at the deadline helped ruin this season. Keeping the best overall record should have been the goal, not backing into the last playoff spot.

And this game isn't on ESPN? I thought they had exclusive rights. The At Bat app is showing the TV game is on ABC.

It's why winning the division was so important. A few more wins during the season may have even gotten us a bye in this round.

Just don't look at his stats from last post season. They're not pretty.

I would say Flaherty has a very short leash but who else is there? Keider Montero?

I moved my dental cleaning appointment for today until early Monday morning. Another reason to hate Mondays.

I want as earlier of a game as possible. Don't give that tired Cleveland bullpen any rest.

And considering Carpenter's, Greene's and Torkelson's age, they are still relatively young. A couple more years to their prime. If Greene adjusts his swing, will fans be OK with less power? 20 to 25 home runs but less strikeouts?

Any competent hitting coach could see he's swinging from the ankles and he can't shorten his swing when he gets to 2 strikes. Sometimes a player just needs to put the ball in play to put pressure on the defense to make plays. Greenes attitude of just shrugging off 200+ strikeouts rubs many fans the wrong way. Maybe even Hinch has seen enough?

Tuesday; Gaddis 19 pitches. Smith 19 pitches. Wednesday; Gaddis 20 pitches. Smith 31 pitches. I would be a bit surprised if either are used tomorrow.

I agree about Harris. His trades, or lack of trades, is very underwhelming. Very. And signing free agents who are coming off of injuries or on prove it contracts have mostly been a total waste of precious resources. Most Tiger fans would rather see quality over quantity. But that just may be unfair to Harris. We just don't know if he's allowed to spend the big, big dollars it would take to bring in quality players. We just...don't know.

My theory is that Greene and the coaches know he has to rework his swing. But doing it during the season may not be possible. Maybe he'll rework it during the off season? His huge amount of strikeouts may be the only thing stopping him from becoming a huge star.