5/22/24 2:10PM Tigers @ Royals

[Tigeraholic1]

Kauffman Stadium - Kansas City, MO

Game Time Forecast: 70 Sunny

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Starters:

LHP Tarik Skubal

LHP Cole Ragans

[casimir]

Today's win will make it a 3-3 road trip.

[theroundsquare]

Mickey Tettleton Appreciation Society 

 

Foot Loops dinner at 6

[bobrob2004]

The Tigers have now matched last year's record through the same number of games, 23-25.  

[kdog]

 

[kdog]

 

[Tigermojo]

Skubal is pitching so they will score 27 runs for him.

[oblong]

Where does Bobby Witt Jr rank on the "It's fun to just watch this guy play" spectrum?  Trout.  Ohtani.  De La Cruz.

 

[Tigermojo]

Skubal had to trim some loose skin from his middle finger before the game. Could be tender and affecting his command.

[kdog]

he also must feel immense pressure to be almost perfect with his supporting cast.

[Tigerbomb13]

Skubal definitely isn’t right with his blister or whatever. 

[Sports_Freak]

2-0 feels much worse with this Tigers offense. Is Dan Petry finding excuses for Skubal's lack of command?

[kdog]

7 strikeouts in 10 hitters..what a terrible product.

Edited May 22, 2024 by kdog

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, kdog said:

6 strikeouts by the first 8 hitters...what a terrible product.

Good approach. Make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches. Maybe we can get to their BP in the 7th or 8th inning.

[kdog]

2 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Good approach. Make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches. Maybe we can get to their BP in the 7th or 8th inning.

should be down by only 5 runs by that point.

[gehringer_2]

1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

Good approach. Make the pitcher throw a lot of pitches. Maybe we can get to their BP in the 7th or 8th inning.

And that is exactly one of the things that has obsoleted the idea of forcing guys to throw more pitches to get  teams to their bullpens - bullpens are pretty damn good today, and deep enough that no-one has to go twice through the order. Maybe if you are lucky in three games you tire out a BP for your opposition's next series - great victory there.

[Shinzaki]

So...the Royals have passed us by

[Sports_Freak]

Bad hop....just listen too all the excuses these Tiger employees make when the Tigers can't make a routine play. Excuse after excuse. It gets tiresome.

[RatkoVarda]

5 minutes ago, Shinzaki said:

So...the Royals have passed us by

yep. people made fun of them for (gasp) trying to get better last winter. imagine how completely crazy it is that front offices have to defend their choices to try to improve their teams. 

[gehringer_2]

there again is what is wrong with the tiger approach. tork took two fastballs for called strike looking for something better, but then ends up topping a change-up because he has to protect with two strikes. Especially with all the umps in the league calling pitches outside for strikes, it's just too suicidal to just hope for mistakes. 

Edited May 22, 2024 by gehringer_2

[kdog]

2 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

yep. people made fun of them for (gasp) trying to get better last winter. imagine how completely crazy it is that front offices have to defend their choices to try to improve their teams. 

We signed Urshela.

[Tigermojo]

WTF

[Sports_Freak]

60+ pitches in 3 innings. Skubal doesn't have his best stuff today. 

[Tigerbomb13]

Are the Royals this good? These teams don’t even look like they are in the same league. 

[theroundsquare]

The Tigers play suggests that after the whippings the past couple nights, they are ready to GTFO of KC