Tigeraholic1 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Comerica Park - Detroit, MI Game Time Forecast: 71 Sunny Listen: 97.1 The Ticket Watch: Bally Sports Detroit Starters Game 1: RHP Kyle Gibson RHP Jack Flaherty Starters Game 2: LHP Steven Matz TBD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Not sure how aware people here are of how much the national press has noticed Riley Greene, but here is yet another story I am seeing. he keeps this up and he will get MVP votes this year. https://theathletic.com/5445695/2024/04/30/mlb-hitters-hot-starts-barrel-rate-improvement/ Riley Greene, Detroit Tigers We’re focusing on batted ball quality here, but this is truly a breakout in all regards for the 23-year-old outfielder in Detroit. Consider that, so far this season, he has: • Reduced his whiff rate by a larger margin than all but 16 players in the bigs • Reduced his strikeout rate by 2.4 percentage points • Reduced his chase rate by a larger margin than all but 18 players in the bigs • Increased his walk rate three-fold (the biggest improvement in the bigs) • Reduced his ground-ball rate • Increased his fly-ball rate by a larger margin than all but five players in the bigs • Improved his range defensively Often across-the-board improvement like this is due to a player settling into his approach, and that seems like the case here. “It’s been a lot of nibbling to get me to chase,” he recently told the Detroit Free Press. “The more that I don’t chase, the more they’ll come back in the zone and hopefully try to challenge me.” Players generally see more pitches, chase less and lift the ball better as they age, but this is a more aggressive version of that natural improvement. This is a player coming into his own. He may not be stealing bags like he did last season, but Greene seems likely to be able to hit .250-plus with 25 homers this year, with the type of defense and base running that could make him an All-Star. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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casimir Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Kyle Gibson's OPS against is .840 in Detroit as opposed to his career line of .748. If that does anything for you on a nice warm day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Carson returns, no break for Dingler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said: Carson returns, no break for Dingler. Game hasn't started yet. Wasn't he in the starting lineup the other day before he was scratched? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdog Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I'm not sure they have a catcher to call up. Dingler has a .640 OPS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 10 minutes ago, kdog said: I'm not sure they have a catcher to call up. Dingler has a .640 OPS. He's on the roster, it'd be for a day (or two). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I wish the Cardinals still had those blue road uniforms. I loved those as a kid. A lot of teams went with the light blue. Wonder what the City Connect uniforms will look like for the Tigers. I have seen the hat. To me any Tiger home uni without the Olde English D is a fraud. I get Los Tigres and Detroit Stars unforms,. but that's it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Craig on the TV? Click...off go the speakers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdog Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 live fastball against his former team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I'm starting to like Jack. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddwert Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said: I'm starting to like Jack. 😄 Morris, Bauer or sprat? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Could have had a Fister today, but alas, only seven in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I’ll take that strike three call on Nootbaar, but man, is Hunter Wendelstedt ever bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1776 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 The offense is painful to non existent. If Flaherty’s start is wasted… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1776 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Riley!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Flexing straight away center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sports_Freak Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Did Craig say he was talking to greene in the batting cage yet? Craig is a Rod Allen wannabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigermojo Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Jack Flaherty's mom is going to have to come to every game now. His velocity is up, strike outs left and right, shutting them down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Twelve strikeouts, five innings, 65 pitches. Holy Mary, Mother of God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 So I look at Jack Flaherty sitting in the dugout and it’s the first time I’ve seen him without a cap on, and I see his hair, and I’m wondering, is he black? And sure enough, according to Wikipedia, he is biracial and identifies as black. Something I would never have guessed just seeing pictures of him in a ballcap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1776 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Flaherty identifies as black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1776 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Flaherty at 78 pitches through six innings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasfh Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Thirteen strikeouts, six innings, 78 pitches. He’s definitely coming out for one more, and Grid willing, hopefully two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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