08/09/2023 6:40 pm EDT Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers

[casimir]

  

Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers

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[casimir]

[Tigermojo]

4 hours ago, casimir said:

Native to Eurasia. Nice area.

[Tigeraholic1]

[Klondike]

isn't it about time Hasse did something. Like, anything positive. Lately, even his handling of pitchers isn't up to snuff, compared to Rogers.

[AZTigersfan]

Tork may need to sit. His ABs are getting worse as this slump continues. That was just awful 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Kepler!

I mean, Carpenter!

[Tigermojo]

Carp cashes in 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

oof-da

[Tigermojo]

Good job acquiring young pitching Avila.

[Tigermojo]

Foley on the bereavement list. Wingenter takes his spot.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Greene ties it up with a 2-out single.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Vierling with another 2-out RBI. 4-3 good guys!

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

ohhhhhh, Tork almost had a 2-bagger there. just foul.

[Dtrain72]

3 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

ohhhhhh, Tork almost had a 2-bagger there. just foul.

But then he proceeds to demonstrate how he's still a bit over matched by good MLB pitching with his second K.

Edited August 9, 2023 by Dtrain72

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

3 minutes ago, Dtrain72 said:

But then he proceeds to demonstrate how he's still a bit over matched by good MLB pitching with his second K.

[Dtrain72]

5 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

Lol, yep, that's exactly me watching him predictably get eaten up after the good foul ball contact.

[gehringer_2]

Tork needs to back off and stop trying to hit every pitch to Toledo.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

maybe this guy ran out onto the field to give Dan and Andy extra time to talk about Miggy's 2013 homer off of Mariano Rivera.

Edited August 9, 2023 by Crazy Cat Gentleman

[Dtrain72]

I think we all knew Harvy was gonna strike out again there....

[AZTigersfan]

7 minutes ago, Dtrain72 said:

Lol, yep, that's exactly me watching him predictably get eaten up after the good foul ball contact.

I don’t think you’re a Debbie downer but to be fair you do seem to focus a lot of your frustration on Tork. The whole team has under performered at the plate outside of Greene and maybe Carp. We have for the last 3 years. Different players, same results.  Underperforming, regression, or under developed.

 Perhaps there’s more to it that players just “suck.” Every broadcast against a good team we hear about something innovative they do to help their hitters. When’s that last time we’ve heard the tigers doing that? Definitely not recently. 

[gehringer_2]

Mickey Redmond looking pretty hale and hearty. I wonder if he'll be traveling with the team more this season.

[Dtrain72]

6 minutes ago, AZTigersfan said:

I don’t think you’re a Debbie downer but to be fair you do seem to focus a lot of your frustration on Tork. The whole team has under performered at the plate outside of Greene and maybe Carp. We have for the last 3 years. Different players, same results.  Underperforming, regression, or under developed.

 Perhaps there’s more to it that players just “suck.” Every broadcast against a good team we hear about something innovative they do to help their hitters. When’s that last time we’ve heard the tigers doing that? Definitely not recently. 

Fair enough, and tbf to Tork, he is statistically progressing this season, but then again, he's a #1OA draft pick, who's cealing appears to be on track to be an average at best MLB player, which is great for this diaper fire offense I reckon.  Further, your point plays into another side of my Debbie-Downer-ness:  my criticism of this team under AJ and how they dont seem to develop offensively under his tenure up to this point, they are bad at the plate.

Edited August 9, 2023 by Dtrain72

[gehringer_2]

9 minutes ago, AZTigersfan said:

 Perhaps there’s more to it that players just “suck.” Every broadcast against a good team we hear about something innovative they do to help their hitters. When’s that last time we’ve heard the tigers doing that? Definitely not recently. 

This is a very mechanistic, analytics focused management team. That is probably a perfect match for supporting pitchers, not sure it's that much real help to hitters. At this level, hitting is as much between the ears as it is the mechanics.

In Tork's case in particular, I think the idea of a few more days off here and there seems an obvious move to which Hinch seems oblivious. Just from his body language you see nights it looks like the game is wearing on him.

Edited August 10, 2023 by gehringer_2

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Torque!