8/17/25 2:10PM Tigers @ Twins

[IdahoBert]

Bailey Horn Was able to do what Paddack couldn’t do. 

[romad1]

Guardians lose...we gain a day in the race.  

[papalawrence]

Just watched Cinncy beat the Brewers and Profar save the game for Atlanta as they beat Cleveland. Toronto losing big, as is Houston. One a dem days

[romad1]

whose parents name their kid after the Hyundai Genesis?

[papalawrence]

After today KC is a half game behind Cleveland. KC is going to end up in 2nd place

[romad1]

When do we start posting our magic number?  When we are under 30 days to play? 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

8 minutes ago, romad1 said:

When do we start posting our magic number?  When we are under 30 days to play? 

I think someone posted it in last night's thread.

[romad1]

https://playoffmagic.com/mlb/league/

Looks like we are at 30 over the Guardians and 29 over the Royals as of this morning.  

[Motor City Sonics]

5-2 on a road trip is nothing to complain about, no matter the opponent. 

[lordstanley]

17 minutes ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

I think someone posted it in last night's thread.

I posted 33 last night but I think I did the math wrong. Cleveland can max out at 102 wins so the Tigers could beat that with 30 more wins. KC can max out at 101 wins so the Tigers could beat that with 29 more wins. So last night the magic number was 31, now it's 30.

[lordstanley]

15 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

5-2 on a road trip is nothing to complain about, no matter the opponent. 

Was listening to the MLB station on Siriux XM this morning and the co-host was extremely dismissive about the Tigers. In a 5-minute segment, basically put all their success this season down to the "easy schedule from the weakest division in baseball, of course you're going to put up a big run differential when you play Minnesota or the White Sox every other night". Said he saw the top 3 teams in the AL as being Toronto, Houston and Seattle, then a gap down to Boston and NY Yankees. Continued that someone has to be 6th for the playoffs so that can be Detroit. Didn't even say the name Skubal until around 30 seconds from the end. Not sure if the co-host recalls that the AL Central had 3 playoff teams last year and the Tigers knocked out the Astros. 

[Sports_Freak]

I just hope Paddock isnt signed thru next season. Or that Harris doesn't sign him.

[4hzglory]

8 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I just hope Paddock isnt signed thru next season. Or that Harris doesn't sign him.

He is a FA after the season.

[Adullin]

Losing happens but they just quit after the big inning. 

[casimir]

2 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Was listening to the MLB station on Siriux XM this morning and the co-host was extremely dismissive about the Tigers. In a 5-minute segment, basically put all their success this season down to the "easy schedule from the weakest division in baseball, of course you're going to put up a big run differential when you play Minnesota or the White Sox every other night". Said he saw the top 3 teams in the AL as being Toronto, Houston and Seattle, then a gap down to Boston and NY Yankees. Continued that someone has to be 6th for the playoffs so that can be Detroit. Didn't even say the name Skubal until around 30 seconds from the end. Not sure if the co-host recalls that the AL Central had 3 playoff teams last year and the Tigers knocked out the Astros. 

I wouldn't worry much about opinions since it is actual Ws & Ls that matter.  If someone wants to discredit the Tigers because of the division, so be it.  The brackets are seeded by Ws & Ls, so an opinion isn't going to knock them down to 6.

Which reminds me, someone around these parts (I know it wasn't you) was complaining about an ESPN poll ranking the Brewers ahead of the Tigers a few weeks ago.  That didn't age very well.

[casimir]

3 hours ago, romad1 said:

When do we start posting our magic number?  When we are under 30 days to play? 

I don't know what the magic number is.  I was looking at records sometime before the Twins' series.  If Detroit plays .500 ball, Cleveland would have to be better than .667.  Not impossible, but I wouldn't put your paycheck on it.

[lordstanley]

41 minutes ago, casimir said:

I don't know what the magic number is.  I was looking at records sometime before the Twins' series.  If Detroit plays .500 ball, Cleveland would have to be better than .667.  Not impossible, but I wouldn't put your paycheck on it.

Now the the math is even more in the Tigers' favour. If the Tigers go 17-19 the rest of the way, they'd finish at 90-72. To match the Tigers at 90 wins (let's give the Guardians the tiebreaker as an assumption), the Guardians would need to finish 27-12 (.692 pace). If the Tigers go 18-18 the rest of the way to finish at 91-71, the Guardians would have to go 28-11 to match (.718 pace).

[papalawrence]

3 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

I just hope Paddock isnt signed thru next season. Or that Harris doesn't sign him.

He's pitched 4 games for Detroit. 2 positive starts, and 2 terrible starts. Both terrible starts were against the Twins. I think he'll be ok as a 5th starter/inning eater. He has the rest if this season to see how it goes. I haven't written him completely off. Not yet. He'll be a cheap one year guy. Harris loves those contracts.

[IdahoBert]

8 hours ago, lordstanley said:

Was listening to the MLB station on Siriux XM this morning and the co-host was extremely dismissive about the Tigers. In a 5-minute segment, basically put all their success this season down to the "easy schedule from the weakest division in baseball, of course you're going to put up a big run differential when you play Minnesota or the White Sox every other night". Said he saw the top 3 teams in the AL as being Toronto, Houston and Seattle, then a gap down to Boston and NY Yankees. Continued that someone has to be 6th for the playoffs so that can be Detroit. Didn't even say the name Skubal until around 30 seconds from the end. Not sure if the co-host recalls that the AL Central had 3 playoff teams last year and the Tigers knocked out the Astros. 

Whoever made that statement didn’t do their homework, they just assumed that the Tigers basically played their own division early in the season, which is simply not true.

They swept the Red Sox when they still had Bregman. They won series from the Padres the Yankees and the Blue Jays, St Louis, the Cubs and the Giants. Lazy banter by a lazy poser who only understands the mystique of big money, big names, big reputations, and aiming their sophistries at the rabble. 

[Sports_Freak]

10 hours ago, papalawrence said:

He's pitched 4 games for Detroit. 2 positive starts, and 2 terrible starts. Both terrible starts were against the Twins. I think he'll be ok as a 5th starter/inning eater. He has the rest if this season to see how it goes. I haven't written him completely off. Not yet. He'll be a cheap one year guy. Harris loves those contracts.

I think we have internal options that can do better than a 5.00 ERA. Yeah, Harris does love other teams discarded pitchers. Inexpensive and no long commitment. I would like to see Melton as a starter, I think he may have more upside.

[chasfh]

15 hours ago, lordstanley said:

I posted 33 last night but I think I did the math wrong. Cleveland can max out at 102 wins so the Tigers could beat that with 30 more wins. KC can max out at 101 wins so the Tigers could beat that with 29 more wins. So last night the magic number was 31, now it's 30.

The easy math is: 163 minus (leading teams wins plus trailing team’s losses).

[romad1]

14 minutes ago, chasfh said:

The easy math is: 163 minus (leading teams wins plus trailing team’s losses).

If we did win 103, i'd be in favor of that.