2025 Detroit Tigers General Discussion Thread

[Tenacious D]

1 hour ago, tiger2022 said:

The playoffs will all come down to staying healthy and if the Tigers can find a #2 & 3 option along with some bullpen arms.  

I wouldn't mind the team ligthening Skubal's load a bit after the AS break.  

Can Mize be relied on?  I have never been a fan of his stuff...even when drafted I didn't think he would be anything better than a #3 guy.  But he has been effective so far.  Jury is still out.

What after those two?  Yikes.

 

 

A healthy Olsen and Flaherty getting back to what he’s capable of will help.  If we were deeper in the rotation, I’d like to see Jack as our closer.  He would flourish pitching 1-2 innings and seems like he’s got the right disposition to be a closer.

[oblong]

I normally don't care about this stuff but you can now vote thru Wednesday for the starters for the ASG.  I did my duty today.  

I want to see Javy and Riley start in the OF.

[kdog]

Looks like a former poster was booted off his podcast with the Freep beat writer.

[Edman85]

39 minutes ago, kdog said:

Looks like a former poster was booted off his podcast with the Freep beat writer.

Ooooh... does that mean I can listen now?

[IdahoBert]

48 minutes ago, kdog said:

Looks like a former poster was booted off his podcast with the Freep beat writer.

Who’s that? I’m not a podcast person. 

[gehringer_2]

49 minutes ago, kdog said:

Looks like a former poster was booted off his podcast with the Freep beat writer.

did he show up under the influence? That was my guess for what was happening on the old board.

[Edman85]

9 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

did he show up under the influence? That was my guess for what was happening on the old board.

Made a Woo Suk Go joke on Twitter...

[Edman85]

Had to momentarily unblock these to screenshot...

 

 

[gehringer_2]

always double down, I guess.

[IdahoBert]

I hope Carpenter doesn’t miss much playing time. 

[lordstanley]

7 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

I hope Carpenter doesn’t miss much playing time. 

I wonder if it was from trying to catch Skubal’s only hit. 

[Tenacious D]

50 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

did he show up under the influence? That was my guess for what was happening on the old board.

That pod can go away completely.  Petzold was such a lapdog and his incessant reciting of numbers was obnoxious and comical.

[IdahoBert]

With the Tigers playing only .500 ball for the last 10 games while their closest competitors in the Central have slumped, they now have an 11.5 game lead over Cleveland, a 12.5 game lead over Minnesota, and a 14 game lead over Kansas City.

Only the White Sox, who have likewise played .500 ball, have stayed stable at 24.5 games behind. 

[Tenacious D]

25 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

With the Tigers playing only .500 ball for the last 10 games while their closest competitors in the Central have slumped, they now have an 11.5 game lead over Cleveland, a 12.5 game lead over Minnesota, and a 14 game lead over Kansas City.

Only the White Sox, who have likewise played .500 ball, have stayed stable at 24.5 games behind. 

I never would have thought we’d have this type of lead in our division.

Edited Tuesday at 09:56 AM by Tenacious D

[Tigermojo]

1 hour ago, Tenacious D said:

I never would have thought we’d have this type of lead in our division.

Especially since it was one of the stronger divisions last year even if they got to beat up the Sux.

[Edman85]

1 hour ago, Tenacious D said:

I never would have thought we’d have this type of lead in our division.

I... have receipts.

 

[casimir]

9 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

I hope Carpenter doesn’t miss much playing time. 

On another hand, if he's going to miss time, this would be the time to do so.  The OF has depth.  There's a few extra off days coming up from the all star break.  The large lead in the division.

[romad1]

9 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

I... have receipts.

 

That's awesome but as a lifelong fan of ball you know there is always someone in your rearview.  The Orioles were still hot on our heels in 1984 well into summer even after that start we had. 

[casimir]

1 minute ago, romad1 said:

That's awesome but as a lifelong fan of ball you know there is always someone in your rearview.  The Orioles were still hot on our heels in 1984 well into summer even after that start we had. 

Wrong birds.

[romad1]

10 minutes ago, casimir said:

Wrong birds.

Blue Jays... I still think the Orioles were the early "challengers" even though they dropped off into the ether.  

[papalawrence]

7 hours ago, romad1 said:

Blue Jays... I still think the Orioles were the early "challengers" even though they dropped off into the ether.  

Those blue jay teams were loaded. I always thought Steib had better stuff than Morris

Edited Tuesday at 06:47 PM by papalawrence

[Shinzaki]

17 hours ago, Edman85 said:

Had to momentarily unblock these to screenshot...

 

 

Who does he think he is...Jack Morris?

[tiger2022]

Stieb and Key were both better than Morris, and I don't even think it's close.

Morris won more games and that was when wins were seen as the ultimate pitching stat.  But he's way behind in WAR, ERA, WHIP

Morris might be the worst modern day pitcher to get inducted in the HOF.  

Edited Tuesday at 08:40 PM by tiger2022

[lordstanley]

9 hours ago, romad1 said:

Blue Jays... I still think the Orioles were the early "challengers" even though they dropped off into the ether.  

Orioles were the defending AL champs. Didn’t Morris or Gibby wear a Buck Faltimore t-shirt to spring training?

Update: found this write-up about the ‘84 Orioles 

https://www.vintagedetroit.com/wasnt-always-easy-1984-detroit-tigers/?srsltid=AfmBOop1pPLVXa19G5ZIZ8QObaYLR3PfTgxwc7M4_hKc48EPQsc2Kdm1

And he did. Morris completed his gem and pitched the first no-hitter by a Tiger since 1958. The performance propelled Morris to a fast start, just like his team. By the end of May, the ace was 10-1 with a 1.88 ERA and eight complete games in 12 starts. It looked like he might win 25, or maybe even 30 games.

But not everyone was impressed. In Baltimore, the defending World Champions were still confident. Their catcher was a scrappy veteran named Rick Dempsey. While everyone in baseball was ready to declare the pennant race over, Dempsey wasn’t so sure.

“We’re not ready to crown them,” Dempsey said. “We beat them last year, and we can do it again.”

That didn’t sit well with a few of the Tigers, namely Morris, who made his feelings known to a few reporters as the team prepared for a weekend series in Detroit against Baltimore, the first meeting of the teams in 1984.

Manager Sparky Anderson fanned the flames. With the Orioles 10 1/2 games back of his club, the white-haired sage was feeling cocky.

“They’re done, we got ’em this time,” he told a group of writers in his office under Tiger Stadium. “This ain’t last year.” In 1983, Detroit had won 92 games, but still finished six games behind Baltimore in the AL East.

There was a playoff atmosphere for the first game of the Orioles series. More than 47,000 fans were packed into Tiger Stadium for the Friday night contest that pitted Dan Petry against Scot McGregor, a crafty lefthander. With the trash talking and bad blood between the two teams, everyone was prepared for a battle. But it didn’t work out that way.

In the second frame the Tigers erupted for six runs off McGregor and they eventually built a 13-0 lead by the end of the fifth to cruise to a 14-2 win. The battle had turned into a slaughter. The next day the Orioles beat Morris and they squeaked out a one-run win on Sunday, but notice had been served — the Tigers were the better team. A week later in Baltimore, the Tigers took three of four, including a sweep of a Sunday doubleheader. The O’s were 11 games back and never challenged that summer. A new champion would be crowned.

Edited Tuesday at 09:11 PM by lordstanley

[casimir]

On 6/30/2025 at 9:23 AM, gehringer_2 said:

What strikes me when I watch them on the field and on the bases is the fearlessness. Like Tork's DP. After the ball hit the ground most guys are just taking it to 1st, but he still choose the tougher play with zero hesitation - and it was only the zero hesitation the allowed the execution to be successful. You have a bunch of guys `that play that way - Tork, McKinstry, Greene, Baez, Meadows, and it's infected any that maybe on a different team, wouldn't. And Hinch apparently has them drilled to where it works because they mostly DO execute. And of course Harris - and to his credit Avila, both upped the stress on putting guys on the field who could play the game outside the batter's box over previous FOs.

When Torkelson fielded the ball, I thought he was just for the lead runner.  But his throw was placed perfectly enough and he had the wherewithal to get back to the bag.  It didn’t seem like he had enough on his throw to lead to a double play, but Baez’ return was on the target and with appropriate speed.  That’s as good of a 3-6-3 as you’ll see.

We can’t tell. We can only speculate.  But I would bet Torkelson’s mindset this season is in a much, much better place than last season.  The physical, tangent, numerical offensive results are there.  But the defensive eye test is there, too.  So fun to see that.