Tigeraholic1 Posted May 22 Posted May 22 Comerica Park - Detroit, MI Listen: 97.1 The Ticket Watch: FanDuel Sports DET/MLBN Game Time Forecast: 53 Cloudy Starters: RHP Tanner Bibee RHP Jack Flaherty Quote
oblong Posted May 22 Posted May 22 This weather is going to suck this weekend. We're going tomorrow and we might a hat and need gloves! Screw that. Quote
Jim Cowan Posted May 22 Posted May 22 Tanner Bibee has 35 strikeouts in 51 innings. And, he has given up 11 home runs. Why, that's even more than Jack Flaherty! He is going to get pummeled. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted May 22 Posted May 22 1 hour ago, Jim Cowan said: Tanner Bibee has 35 strikeouts in 51 innings. And, he has given up 11 home runs. Why, that's even more than Jack Flaherty! He is going to get pummeled. Nice. Hopefully he’s not “due“ to redress this imbalance. And all this stuff about things being “due“ or “not due“ mean nothing because you just have to play the game. if there’s anything this Tigers team does, it’s block out everything and focus only on the game at hand. Quote
IdahoBert Posted May 22 Posted May 22 When this team returns to “full force,” and it’s hard to tell when or if injuries will hurl it below that threshold once again, some tough decisions will be made. Who gets edged out, or moved to where in the field? I guess it’s a nice problem to have but it’s a problem nonetheless. How many centerfielders and infielders (excluding 1st) does this team have room for? Quote
SoCalTiger Posted May 22 Posted May 22 19 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: When this team returns to “full force,” and it’s hard to tell when or if injuries will hurl it below that threshold once again, some tough decisions will be made. Who gets edged out, or moved to where in the field? I guess it’s a nice problem to have but it’s a problem nonetheless. How many centerfielders and infielders (excluding 1st) does this team have room for? Badoo and Malloy out for Verling and Meadows I guess Quote
Sports_Freak Posted May 22 Posted May 22 39 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said: Badoo and Malloy out for Verling and Meadows I guess That was/is my guess too. With W. Perez to stay in Toledo. Hinch loves moving guys around and Vierling really adds to his moves. Javy to 3rd base and at SS with tough lefties on the mound. Quote
alex Posted May 22 Posted May 22 48 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: When this team returns to “full force,” and it’s hard to tell when or if injuries will hurl it below that threshold once again, some tough decisions will be made. Who gets edged out, or moved to where in the field? I guess it’s a nice problem to have but it’s a problem nonetheless. How many centerfielders and infielders (excluding 1st) does this team have room for? Realistically, no team is really ever full force this day and age. Gone are the days of 3 SP's pitching 200 innings on a team and 7-8 position players starting 150+ games per year. Just simply the facts that take many of us who have followed the game for awhile (myself included) - a bit of time to come to this realization. It is good to have a lot of depth. Organizations are now much more aware of this. What baseball could do, to help alleviate some of the injuries? IMHO, is to have a few less games, maybe 28 man rosters, scheduled by-weekend ends a couple times each year for every team (not no baseball played, just different teams getting a weekend off, like what football does) and maybe a couple other things. Yes, it is about money from the viewpoint of some, but people want to see the star players 'play'. Maximum efforts, especially with Ps, requires optimum recovery time. Athletes are only as good and consistent as the allotted recovery time will allow. Actual rest and nutrition are also factors. The trainers are much more versed on these things now - but the actual time off is still 'not' there IMHO. How could the players of yesteryear do it? I suspect one reason was that their bodies were not in the same peak physical condition as many of the players of today are. A well peaked physical player (strength, speed, nutrition, etc.) that plays 5 days in a row is simply putting more demand on the body than a player of 25, 40+ years ago - that was not in the same physical condition. I am 'not' saying the players did not play hard years ago and many were great players. I am saying today the players are more and are more precise with their conditioning and peaking their skills by means of greater knowledge of physiology and use of certain technologies. Their body fat is also lower. They are simply 'overall' expending more energy with the games and conditioning than the players of before ever did. IMHO, that is 'part' of it. 1 Quote
IdahoBert Posted May 22 Posted May 22 27 minutes ago, alex said: Realistically, no team is really ever full force this day and age. Good post, by “full force” what I meant was having back the guys who haven’t even played yet this year, who came down with injuries in spring training. I’m not expecting to have 9 guys who play 150+ games a year. Quote
lordstanley Posted May 22 Posted May 22 Are the teams even "gritty" this year? To me, that indicates a team that grinds out close wins, outperforming their talent. Not sure that's the case given the strong starting rotation, the tons of runs they're scoring, and the number of games they've won decisively. I'm not saying they're going to win 107 games, but I think 95 is a solid target right now. Quote
IdahoBert Posted May 22 Posted May 22 A nine pitch First for Jack with 2K is a good way to begin. Quote
RandyMarsh Posted May 22 Posted May 22 I know it's a cold night and that could help explain it but still can't say I like seeing Flaherty's fastball sit at 90 and 91MPH. Doesn't seem like a good sign. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted May 22 Posted May 22 1 hour ago, lordstanley said: Are the teams even "gritty" this year? To me, that indicates a team that grinds out close wins, outperforming their talent. Not sure that's the case given the strong starting rotation, the tons of runs they're scoring, and the number of games they've won decisively. I'm not saying they're going to win 107 games, but I think 95 is a solid target right now. That means a 62-50 record in the last 112 games. Very possible. Maybe better if they stay healthy? Quote
lordstanley Posted May 22 Posted May 22 5 minutes ago, IdahoBert said: A pic of Sanford watching the Tigers when Beau Brieske is pitching. 2 Quote
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