9/2/25 6:40PM Mets @ Tigers

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Sports_Freak said:

If we all could see that coming, why couldn't Hinch? We're gonna get swept.

because baseball, you don't pull your starter in the 4th. 

And here I thought after last season and pitching chaos that Hinch and the Tigers were past all the old rules. Seems like every imaginative manager still wants to go all trad as soon as he has a good team. 

Edited Wednesday at 12:47 AM by gehringer_2

[SeattleMike]

2 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

if this weren't our team this staff collapse would be funny.

Sort of a perfect storm. Team coming in on an incredible heater offensively against a pitching staff with more questions than answers right now. 

[SeattleMike]

5 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

because baseball, you don't pull your starter in the 4th. 

And here I thought after last season and pitching chaos that Hinch and the Tigers were past all the old rules. Seems like every imaginative manager still wants to go all trad as soon as he has a good team. 

I'm not sure what options Hinch had. He has one reliable starter and two reliable bullpen arms. How do you navigate something like this? 

[IdahoBert]

12-2. This is a pretty emphatic example of what happens going up against a really really good team and it’s indicative of some of the weaknesses in this club. It is just two games, but it’s indicative.

[GalagaGuy]

The Tigers first reached 20 games over .500 on June 10th.   

[tiger2022]

Chris Paddack seriously has no business pitching in organized baseball.  His rookie year was by far his best.  

[Adullin]

the bullpen is either lights out or light up with no middle ground. 

[gehringer_2]

12 minutes ago, SeattleMike said:

I'm not sure what options Hinch had. He has one reliable starter and two reliable bullpen arms. How do you navigate something like this? 

I think with Morton and whoever is the 5th fill in de jure you just go back to openers for one or two, then short stints (<=4 IP) for everyone but Flaherty, Skubal and Mize. Don't let anyone else go even twice through a line-up if you can help it. If the quality of the pitching is bad, you use variety to try to keep hitters from dialing in. It's a strategy that teams have been too proud to use on any consistent basis for 120 years but it's a real strategy and it can help and it's about the best card the Tigers have left because Hinch has the skill to manage it.

Edited Wednesday at 01:09 AM by gehringer_2

[monkeytargets39]

Rogers might legitimately be our third best pitcher

[kdog]

Jake was the best pitcher tonight lol.

[Tigermojo]

How rude

[Tigermojo]

Curly fries!

[gehringer_2]

the lead is down to single digits!

[Tigermojo]

Where's my eleven run walk off?

[gehringer_2]

The Mets won two innings, the Tigers have won two innings. Shouldn't that make it a draw?

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

35 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Shane Halter

oh, god, what happened?

[monkeytargets39]

Jake Rogers being the winning pitcher would be tremendous

[kdog]

Cleveland already lost...KC is 2 innings away from losing. The Tigers are playing against themselves.

[kdog]

 

[papalawrence]

16 minutes ago, kdog said:

Cleveland already lost...KC is 2 innings away from losing. The Tigers are playing against themselves.

And Houston is down 6-0, and Seattle is down 6-4 in the 8th. Division and first round bye remain solid. 

[kdog]

 

[tiger2022]

Did Hinch know about the death in the family and still send him out to pitch?   

[CMRivdogs]

6 hours ago, tiger2022 said:

Did Hinch know about the death in the family and still send him out to pitch?   

Don't you think  possible he left the initial decision to Paddock? We're talking grown men here

[tiger2022]

I have no clue.  I could see Hinch doing either of them.

[gehringer_2]

7 hours ago, tiger2022 said:

Did Hinch know about the death in the family and still send him out to pitch?   

For some guys going out to pitch would be the best way to cope with grief. Everybody is different.

It's hard to know whether his mental state affected his outcome or not since he's not that good to being with and a result like yesterday would not be unexpected for him under normal circumstances. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edited Wednesday at 02:37 PM by gehringer_2