Troy Melton making his MLB debut for the Tigers Wednesday. In Toledo, he's pitched 36 innings and has 56 strikeouts. 14 strikeouts per 9 innings. That's kind of a lot.
You see this a lot with Skubal. Hitters don't wanna get to 2 strikes so they swing early. And make outs anyway. It's why Skenes is at only 79 pitches in the 6th inning.
The secret to beating Pittsburgh when Skenes pitches is to make him throw a lot of pitches and then beat up on the Pirates bullpen. Pittsburgh may be 22 games under .500 but they're actually 2 games over .500 at home. A kinda strange stat...
I remember the old days when players who struck out so often batted lower in the lineup. Hinch will hit Greene 3rd no matter how bad he's slumping. Sometimes he hits the ball...
Watching the Cubs and Red Sox. I want the Cubs to lose cause they have 59 wins, same as us. I wanna be the 1st team to 60 wins. I'm hoping we can score at least 1 run tonight.
I was wondering why they changed starters. The new SP, Latz, has only gone 3 innings in his most recent starts. He'll throw 7 shutout innings against us. ππ
Riley swings from his heels. A very long swing. Sometimes he hits the ball and it goes a long ways. But he'll end up striking out around 200 times this year, IF he stays healthy.
Home plate umpire gives a Texas hitter a 3-0 count to hit a home run. The Tigers need to beat the umpires, it's pretty obvious. Gambling money makes every bad call questionable. I sure used to like baseball, it's turned into Big Time Wrestling.