03/18/2023 1:05 pm EDT Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Cardinals

[casimir]

  

Detroit Tigers vs St. Louis Cardinals

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[Tigeraholic1]

 

 

 

Edited March 18, 2023 by Tigeraholic1

[Tigermojo]

The "Battle for the Last Roster Spot" lineup.

[Tenacious D]

A little surprised that Jonathan Davis is still getting starts.  He seems to still be in the mix.

 

[Toddwert]

22 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

A little surprised that Jonathan Davis is still getting starts.  He seems to still be in the mix.

 

hes one of those 30 year old propects  we need to give playing time I guess

[casimir]

It’s an over 2 1/2 hour bus ride to the other coast.  Johnathan Davis doesn’t have the resume to avoid this road game.

[Toddwert]

7 minutes ago, casimir said:

It’s an over 2 1/2 hour bus ride to the other coast.  Johnathan Davis doesn’t have the resume to avoid this road game.

seems like they could have sent another younger player that could benefit from some playing time

[casimir]

Just now, Toddwert said:

seems like they could have sent another younger player that could benefit from some playing time

They may have that younger guy in Lakeland working on drills.  Or he might actually be on the bus as a bench player.

[Jim Cowan]

Yes Davis has been hanging in there.  He can play defense, run the bases, and bat righthanded.  But he isn't much of a hitter.  It doesn't seem that he has any chance to make the team.

[Tenacious D]

I wonder if Short is being seriously considered for a bench spot?  He’s played well this spring and might be our best defensive SS, especially if they don’t want to keep Kreidler on the bench.  Playing him in LF today makes me think that they are thinking about it.

[casimir]

42 minutes ago, Jim Cowan said:

Yes Davis has been hanging in there.  He can play defense, run the bases, and bat righthanded.  But he isn't much of a hitter.  It doesn't seem that he has any chance to make the team.

I would say he’s probably a better baseball player right now than Miguel Cabrera because he can play defense, he can run bases, and neither is much of a hitter.

[casimir]

Just now, Tenacious D said:

I wonder if Short is being seriously considered for a bench spot?  He’s played well this spring and might be our best defensive SS, especially if they don’t want to keep Kreidler on the bench.  Playing him in LF today makes me think that they are thinking about it.

He’s on the 40, he’s being used in the IF and OF, so I think they’re considering it.

Maybe they should be using Short in CF a bit more to see if he’s a viable RHH CF option if Vierling becomes unavailable.  I’m not sure how much, if at all, he’s been in CF.  Or maybe they’ve seen enough.

[Evil Roy Slade]

At the game, Tigers are looking at best lackluster.

[gehringer_2]

32 minutes ago, casimir said:

He’s on the 40, he’s being used in the IF and OF, so I think they’re considering it.

Maybe they should be using Short in CF a bit more to see if he’s a viable RHH CF option if Vierling becomes unavailable.  I’m not sure how much, if at all, he’s been in CF.  Or maybe they’ve seen enough.

what works against Short is that he was already 26 when he got 180 PA in '21 and didn't do much with them, so it fair to be skeptical a ST performance at 28 is going to carry over all that much. He'll have to do a lot to overcome the assumptions in place about him.

Edited March 18, 2023 by gehringer_2

[gehringer_2]

TORK! bomb to RF on a 94 mph 3-2 *FB*

Edited March 18, 2023 by gehringer_2

[Jim Cowan]

58 minutes ago, casimir said:

I would say he’s probably a better baseball player right now than Miguel Cabrera because he can play defense, he can run bases, and neither is much of a hitter.

I don't think that anyone will disagree.  Unfortunately Cabrera's roster spot isn't up for debate.

[Evil Roy Slade]

Stupid Tigers.Stupid Tigers.

[gehringer_2]

Brieske gives up a run on 2 H and BB but throwing hard - hitting 97 with his FB.

[casimir]

35 minutes ago, Evil Roy Slade said:

At the game, Tigers are looking at best lackluster.

 

6 minutes ago, Evil Roy Slade said:

Stupid Tigers.Stupid Tigers.

Why are you telling us?  Shouldn’t you be yelling at them?

Could you go down to the dugout and ask Hinch why he’s starting Johnathan Davis?

[casimir]

31 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

what works against Short is that he was already 26 when he got 180 PA in '21 and didn't do much with them, so it fair to be skeptical a ST performance at 28 is going to carry over all that much. He'll have to do a lot to overcome the assumptions in place about him.

To be honest, I’m surprised he’s still on the 40.

[Evil Roy Slade]

4 minutes ago, casimir said:

 

Why are you telling us?  Shouldn’t you be yelling at them?

Could you go down to the dugout and ask Hinch why he’s starting Johnathan Davis?

I did, he asked me if I could pitch the last three innings.

[Evil Roy Slade]

And I could probably do better than that. Home run Motter.

[casimir]

5 minutes ago, Evil Roy Slade said:

I did, he asked me if I could pitch the last three innings.

“Sure, Skip.  Right handed or left handed?”

[casimir]

In all honesty, this is a good game to suck.  Get it out of the way.  It’s not on Tiger radio or television.  Boyd gets a clunker out of his system.  Sucks for Evil Roy, but on the other, he’s in Florida in March, so, hey, that ain’t bad.

[gehringer_2]

Torkelson leaves for PR after singling.  2 for 3 today and the non-hit was reaching on an error on a gb at 105 mph. I think he is ready.