casimir Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros Watch: Astros - ATT SportsNet-SW, Tigers - Bally Sports Detroit Listen: Astros - KBME 790 AM/94.5 FM HD-2, TUDN 93.3 / KLAT 1010, Tigers - 97.1 The Ticket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 After Wentz's good outing and with Lorenzen almost ready, Manning may be pitching for his job. We'll see if he rises to the occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StatikIEV Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 (edited) If I could make a humble suggestion, leave the timing of pulling our starter pitcher (and the choice of who replaces him) to anyone other than Hinch/Fetter....they are a clean 0 for the season now. (Mostly kidding...but it has been bad) We have 3 starters with WHIPs of .9 to 1.1, and ERAs around 5 thanks to whoever replaces them at the wrong time (the other starter was a TJ recovery/1st game back guy... that was allowed to go out for the 3rd after allowing 7 baserunning the first 2 innings and being at 50 pitches...leading to a 7 spot in the 3rd). Our 4 starters got the 'benefit' of the relievers going 5 for 5 on their inherited runners scored...and then adding on another almost half dozen on top. I think Hinch and Fetters are a pretty good tandem, but if coaches got WAR states, they would probably be last on the team right now. Sidenote: After a couple years of watching the decisions, it is also a little tiring how Hinch always manages our pitching and lineup in the game(s) ahead of a Houston series such that the best version of us plays in these games...we have 1 win in a game before a Houston series to date and always seem to be in a mess after. I mean is TJ Turnbull really our #2 guy/home-opener choice? Or is he just the guy plunked there so that Boyd-Manning-ERod can be the Houston threesome for the series before the home opener? ...or perhaps I'm just seeing things (but mostly I saw Schoop, Kreidler, Cabrera all together on the bench to start a game for the first time this year) Edited April 4, 2023 by StatikIEV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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casimir Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 The Schoop at 3B experience tonight, eh? I had a hunch we might see Haase in LF vs the LHP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongbit Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Would love to see Manning dazzle tonight. He had some very strong outings last year and just needs to be consistent with it. I’m not quite as confident in the Tigers bats getting to Framber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalTiger Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 Schoops range at 2B exposed w/o the shift. Good decision. 2nd best to DFA ( motivation to mash ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddha Posted April 4, 2023 Share Posted April 4, 2023 9 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: After Wentz's good outing and with Lorenzen almost ready, Manning may be pitching for his job. We'll see if he rises to the occasion. if manning loses his job to a 31 year old journeyman starter, there are real problems with this franchise. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, buddha said: if manning loses his job to a 31 year old journeyman starter, there are real problems with this franchise. Too wordy. Should be more like: 6 minutes ago, buddha said: there are real problems with this franchise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, buddha said: if manning loses his job to a 31 year old journeyman starter, there are real problems with this franchise. Yep, it's Lorenzen that should be in the pen. I mean, he hasn't broken 100 IP in years. I just have this really strong feeling that Manning is going to end up with a long term injury. Does Lorenzen play OF at all this season? Does he ever pinch-hit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 2 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said: Yep, it's Lorenzen that should be in the pen. I mean, he hasn't broken 100 IP in years. I just have this really strong feeling that Manning is going to end up with a long term injury. Does Lorenzen play OF at all this season? Does he ever pinch-hit? He's had 2 plate appearances over the 2020-2022 time frame. He's got 96 innings as a MLB OF. I'm going to guess that slots him behind MeadowsA, Greene, Baddoo, Vierling, Cabrera (ha!) as far as MLB OF experience goes. He's been primarily a RP since 2016, so, yeah, he's not been a 100 IP pitcher. He had 18 starts and 97 2/3 innings last year, so about 5.5 IP/start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 The return of the Jose Abreu beard scrunchie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Tork hit that double so hard, it bounced off the wall and almost rolled back to the infield allowing Baez to score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Tigermojo said: Tork hit that double so hard, it bounced off the wall and almost rolled back to the infield allowing Baez to score. The ricochet was pretty cool. Like to see the exit velocity like that. And the heads up running to get to 3B on the throw to home. So good. Edited April 5, 2023 by casimir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Alvarez has one of the more intimidating profiles in the batter's box that I can remember, definitely gives me David Ortiz like vibes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Manning throwing 91-92 with breaking balls that haven't been within a foot of the zone. Yeah this isn't going to be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 How does Abreu get an IF hit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 The walk comes back to hurt him. The hits were not hard hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said: How does Abreu get an IF hit? Schoop playing third. Kreidler was really good at third last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Schoop is useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdog Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 Just now, Tigermojo said: Schoop playing third. Kreidler was really good at third last year. Another one I don't get it. If Schoop and Kreidler are both in the game what is gained putting Schoop at 2B? I can believe they may think Kreidler is already a better 2B than Schoop, but I have a hard time believing they think that what they gain at 2b isn't less than what they lose at 3b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 that's two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyMarsh Posted April 5, 2023 Share Posted April 5, 2023 That was probably the first decent breaking ball Manning has thrown today but unfortunately for him the hitter just got a piece of it and it ended up being placed beautifully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casimir Posted April 5, 2023 Author Share Posted April 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said: Schoop is useless. The throw was bad. He did field the ball by the bag and his momentum wasn't necessarily in his favor. But his strength is supposed to be his arm. The throw looked tentative, but better to have bounced in front of Torkelson rather than be airmailed over him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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