8/18/25 6:40PM Astros @ Tigers

[alex]

13 hours ago, ICroupier said:

Sweeney is not a major leaguer and should not be on the roster of a contending team.

He clearly has some ability. The Tigers would not have brought him up last year and back and forth this year if they felt he does not - and he did contribute to the team during the stretch plus. 

This year, like many players during their sophomore season, the league adjusted and he has to back. Not saying he will be a 'star' but he does have ability, was a first round pick and he can have his moments. The team has won games with him at short and right now Trey playing short and Javy in CF might be their best D.

As Chasfh mentioned earlier Rainer is most likely the SS of the future, but for now having a decent+ SS, LH bat, good speed and someone who fits with the team is not all bad. 

Edited 21 hours ago by alex

[Klondike]

39 minutes ago, ICroupier said:

That was Sweeney's 2nd game with 2 or more hits in his last 55 games. 55!!

You don't sound like a true Detroit fan. One game is all it takes. 

[chasfh]

1 hour ago, ICroupier said:

That was Sweeney's 2nd game with 2 or more hits in his last 55 games. 55!!

Come on, just enjoy it! 😂

[CMRivdogs]

It's time to again post my favorite Danny Murtaugh quote 

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"Why certainly I'd like to have a fellow who hits a home run every time at bat, who strikes out every opposing batter when he's pitching and who is always thinking about two innings ahead. The only trouble is to get him to put down his cup of beer, come down out of the stands, and do those things,"

 

[Sports_Freak]

48 minutes ago, Klondike said:

You don't sound like a true Detroit fan. One game is all it takes. 

The most negative poster on this message board. He successfully made it to my ignore list, usually only used for political misfits. Is this poster a troll? Who knows??...

 

[HugoD]

2 hours ago, ICroupier said:

That was Sweeney's 2nd game with 2 or more hits in his last 55 games. 55!!

Ok

[Tiger337]

2 hours ago, alex said:

He clearly has some ability. The Tigers would not have brought him up last year and back and forth this year if they felt he does not - and he did contribute to the team during the stretch plus. 

This year, like many players during their sophomore season, the league adjusted and he has to back. Not saying he will be a 'star' but he does have ability, was a first round pick and he can have his moments. The team has won games with him at short and right now Trey playing short and Javy in CF might be their best D.

As Chasfh mentioned earlier Rainer is most likely the SS of the future, but for now having a decent+ SS, LH bat, good speed and someone who fits with the team is not all bad. 

Sweeney has not hit this year and is a below average defensive shortstop.  I do think he has some ability, but he has not been good this year.  I guess they can see if he works things out since they have a big lead, but I hope they have a better arrangement for the playoffs (meaning Baez at SS and healthy outfielders).  .  

[gehringer_2]

15 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Sweeney has not hit this year and is a below average defensive shortstop.  I do think he has some ability, but he has not been good this year.  I guess they can see if he works things out since they have a big lead, but I hope they have a better arrangement for the playoffs (meaning Baez at SS and healthy outfielders).  .  

I'd like to see a metric on Sweeney that measured the overall time from the ball hitting his glove to the ball getting to the 1st baseman. He must be saving a lot of time somewhere - like getting his throws off really quickly, otherwise there is no way he'd be playing SS with his average throwing velocity. Guys do not beat out a lot of ground balls against him so he is compensating somewhere. Sort of reminds me of the mystery of how Peralta never seemed to be able to move very far yet never had bad range ratings.

Edited 19 hours ago by gehringer_2

[Klondike]

16 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Sweeney has not hit this year and is a below average defensive shortstop.  I do think he has some ability, but he has not been good this year.  I guess they can see if he works things out since they have a big lead, but I hope they have a better arrangement for the playoffs (meaning Baez at SS and healthy outfielders).  .  

A lot still think he has good power potential. Like 20+ a year. How many infielders start off light hitters here go on to become slugger elsewhere. 

[lordstanley]

 

Sweeney was rated the Dodgers’ #22 prospect by Baseball America or #28 by MLB Pipeline at the time he was acquired with Liranzo. Given that, playing 130 MLB games like he already has for the Tigers is more than I would have expected for his entire career. 

Edited 18 hours ago by lordstanley

[gehringer_2]

18 minutes ago, lordstanley said:

 

Sweeney was rated the Dodgers’ #22 prospect by Baseball America or #28 by MLB Pipeline at the time he was acquired with Liranzo. Given that, playing 130 MLB games like he already has for the Tigers is more than I would have expected for his entire career. 

IIRC, at some point it was reported that Sweeney had the highest or nearly highest bat speed on the team. That's probably not a good thing in his case. There is a trade-off between bat speed and control and I think you can be too far on either side. Baddoo is another guy with a wicked fast bat but he can't hit enough of anything either. 

But he's got a decent profile for a bench guy - occasional power a pitcher has to respect, doesn't make a lot of mistakes, runs well, is LH. He is 25 now so coming into his peak batting years. He doesn't have to get a lot better to be able to eke out a 3 or 4 year career as a backup SS.

I'm sure the Tigers wish they had a better #2 SS, but right now they don't.

Edited 18 hours ago by gehringer_2

[ICroupier]

2 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

The most negative poster on this message board. He successfully made it to my ignore list, usually only used for political misfits. Is this poster a troll? Who knows??...

 

You raked Riley endlessly, but I suppose that's legitimate criticism?

Yet, I factually point out that Sweeney has 2 multi-hit games in his last 55 games and suggest that someone barely hitting .200 doesn't belong on a contending team's major league roster, and I'm somehow a "troll"? 

Sure thing champ.