5/16/25 7:07PM Tigers @ Blue Jays

[Tigeraholic1]

Rogers Centre - Toronto, ON

Listen: 97.1 The Ticket

Watch: FanDuel Sports DET/ MLBN

Game Time Forecast: NA

Starters:

RHP Jack Flaherty

RHP Bowden Francis

[IdahoBert]

Jack seems justifiably due for a good game where we score enough to win. 

[romad1]

6 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Jack seems justifiably due for a good game where we score enough to win. 

I would support that.  

[Sports_Freak]

I'm not looking ahead but.....I'm looking ahead. Next up is a 3 game series in St. Louis. They're 9-1 in their last 10.

[IdahoBert]

Rivalry weekend is here! The Tigers and Blue Jays used to be one but OK. I’m sure, however, that the Padres Mariners series though will be a really hard fought one because they are two fiercely competitive rivals with a long standing tradition of knife fights in alleys, and drive-by shootings. It’s quite a résumé.They’re basically the Crips and the Bloods of the West Coast. someone remind me what the betting odds are.

[IdahoBert]

4 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I'm not looking ahead but.....I'm looking ahead. Next up is a 3 game series in St. Louis. They're 9-1 in their last 10.

Now that’s a team we have rivalry with!

[romad1]

Rivalry weekend has the same air of historical blood feud as a croquet game and the same quasi religious import as Secretary's Day. 

[1776]

4 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

Jack seems justifiably due for a good game where we score enough to win. 

Agree. It’s time for him to step up and remind the fan base why ownership brought him back. He’s a top of the rotation guy and tonights a good night to  remind the masses. 

[Sports_Freak]

11 minutes ago, 1776 said:

Agree. It’s time for him to step up and remind the fan base why ownership brought him back. He’s a top of the rotation guy and tonights a good night to  remind the masses. 

There may be a lot of pressure on Jack. I don't know the exact details but there's something like a $10m bonus on next year's contract if he gets something like 15 starts this season. Like I said, I don't remember the article I read a few months ago.

[romad1]

37 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

There may be a lot of pressure on Jack. I don't know the exact details but there's something like a $10m bonus on next year's contract if he gets something like 15 starts this season. Like I said, I don't remember the article I read a few months ago.

each series is different.  The Rangers had us figured out and had 3 good starters.  The Red Sox had great comebacks in games 2-3 but we broke their will.   Tonight will be a different thing and hopefully as good as the last series. 

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

There may be a lot of pressure on Jack. I don't know the exact details but there's something like a $10m bonus on next year's contract if he gets something like 15 starts this season. Like I said, I don't remember the article I read a few months ago.

Here's some of the details I've read;

"His 2026 salary is $10,000,000, which could increase to $20,000,000 if he makes 15 starts in 2025. "

https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-tigers-sign-rhp-jack-flaherty-to-two-year-free-agent-contract

[CaliforniaDreaming]

Must win

[1776]

2 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

There may be a lot of pressure on Jack. I don't know the exact details but there's something like a $10m bonus on next year's contract if he gets something like 15 starts this season. Like I said, I don't remember the article I read a few months 

Correct. 

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/17710/jack-flaherty
 

 

[Sports_Freak]

23 minutes ago, 1776 said:

Correct. 

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/player/_/id/17710/jack-flaherty
 

 

He'll easily get 15 starts if he stays healthy. I'm not sure if he'll stick around for $20m though, especially if he ends up with a good ERA.

[RandyMarsh]

So my FB memory today is of me congratulating Miggy on his 400th HR. This was 10 years ago, if you would've told me then that he would only hit 111 more in his career I never would've believed you. 

[IdahoBert]

4 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

So my FB memory today is of me congratulating Miggy on his 400th HR. This was 10 years ago, if you would've told me then that he would only hit 111 more in his career I never would've believed you. 

Indeed. At the time he seemed inexhaustible and impervious to injury.

[IdahoBert]

It’s nice to know that this game has no chance of being delayed by weather issues. 

[chasfh]

6 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

So my FB memory today is of me congratulating Miggy on his 400th HR. This was 10 years ago, if you would've told me then that he would only hit 111 more in his career I never would've believed you. 

If ever there were a slam-dunk inner-circle first-ballot Hall of Famer who is also a What Could've Been story, it’s Miggy.

[papalawrence]

18 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

So my FB memory today is of me congratulating Miggy on his 400th HR. This was 10 years ago, if you would've told me then that he would only hit 111 more in his career I never would've believed you. 

I remember basically guaranteeing my father he would end with 3500 hits, 600 HR and 2000 RBI. 

[IdahoBert]

By the way, every game this weekend is a free game of the day on MLB TV if their schedule is to be believed. 

[IdahoBert]

I’ll watch this game on the Blue Jays Sportsnet feed just to see what it’s like. For one thing all the announcers are wearing really snappy looking suits instead of polo shirt shirts, and they don’t look like they’ll be yukking it up very much. 

[IdahoBert]

The Bluejay announcers didn’t go into detail but they say that the Tigers pay acute attention to every detail of the game. Understatement. 

[Sports_Freak]

6 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

I’ll watch this game on the Blue Jays Sportsnet feed just to see what it’s like. For one thing all the announcers are wearing really snappy looking suits instead of polo shirt shirts, and they don’t look like they’ll be yukking it up very much. 

Buck Martinez?

[IdahoBert]

1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

Buck Martinez?

Yep. He looks damn good for an old guy  

[holygoat]

Not sure what Colt was looking for that AB.