tiger2022 Posted October 6 Posted October 6 Might as well pull Skubal. No point in keeping him in there since the Tigers can't score and might as well keep his pitches down if they can somehow get to a game 5 Quote
chasfh Posted October 6 Posted October 6 1 hour ago, Dan Gilmore said: Since I don’t have Cable/FS1 I am at a local bar where there are obnoxious Mariners fans. They clap for a single and boo for a strikeout. Just watch the game-maybe whoop for a score or great play-Seattle is a five hour drive away BTW. I may not last. Is that the one bar you and I met up in when I passed through Eugene? Quote
chasfh Posted October 6 Posted October 6 33 minutes ago, holygoat said: Probably should've. Dumb AJ needs Pizza Boy to send him packing! You misspelled should of. Quote
Tenacious D Posted October 6 Posted October 6 3 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: Scott Harris has done a nice job drafting. He really has by all the early accounts. But he wants to be rigid and stick to his plan and not bring up Kevin McGonigle. You need to do something, anything, to inject life into one of the worst lineups in the majors for the last two months of the season. I don’t think that was the answer. Maybe Lee or Anderson might have added a lift, but would have been hard to get an impact bat at the deadline. Ironically, Naylor looks like the guy that could have helped. Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 6 Posted October 6 A pitcher should be able to allow one or two runs and not expect to lose most of the time. Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 6 Posted October 6 1 minute ago, Biff Mayhem said: Where’s our Bert? I went to Trader Joe’s to get food. Quote
tiger2022 Posted October 6 Posted October 6 1 minute ago, Tenacious D said: I don’t think that was the answer. Maybe Lee or Anderson might have added a lift, but would have been hard to get an impact bat at the deadline. Ironically, Naylor looks like the guy that could have helped. Naylor would have been a huge upgrade over worthless Colt Keith at DH. Hinch doesn't even let him hit. Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted October 6 Posted October 6 1 minute ago, Tenacious D said: I don’t think that was the answer. Maybe Lee or Anderson might have added a lift, but would have been hard to get an impact bat at the deadline. Ironically, Naylor looks like the guy that could have helped. Wouldn't want to give up any prospects though. Ugh, I hate being this type of fan tonight. I hate being negative like this. But watching our at bats is not fun. There is nothing enjoyable about watching these approaches at the plate. 1 Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted October 6 Posted October 6 3 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: I don’t think that was the answer. Maybe Lee or Anderson might have added a lift, but would have been hard to get an impact bat at the deadline. Ironically, Naylor looks like the guy that could have helped. Maybe not. But my question remains, could McGonigle have really been that much worse than this? I know defensively he likely isn't ready at all, but damn. How can you be worse than this? Quote
Tenacious D Posted October 6 Posted October 6 1 minute ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: Wouldn't want to give up any prospects though. Ugh, I hate being this type of fan tonight. I hate being negative like this. But watching our at bats is not fun. There is nothing enjoyable about watching these approaches at the plate. Out guys were hitting most of the season. What’s happened August and September is inexplicable. Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 6 Posted October 6 I listened to the game in the car on mlb.com radio and it’s kind of nice when it’s not on TV and it’s a national game because I got to hear all the local Detroit ads and it’s more comforting. Quote
Tenacious D Posted October 6 Posted October 6 2 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: Maybe not. But my question remains, could McGonigle have really been that much worse than this? I know defensively he likely isn't ready at all, but damn. How can you be worse than this? Would have been bold. I also think one bat would not have made the difference. Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted October 6 Posted October 6 (edited) What does this lineup look like against pitchers with a FIP below 3.5-4 and a WHIP below 1.25? It must be dreadful the last 2-3 months. A lineup that feasts on the weak and struggles badly against anyone above average Edited October 6 by Mr.TaterSalad Quote
Mr.TaterSalad Posted October 6 Posted October 6 3 minutes ago, Tenacious D said: Out guys were hitting most of the season. What’s happened August and September is inexplicable. I agree, it's been recent that they stopped hitting. That doesn't exist Harris for not make some kind of significant addition to this lineup. And given how this lineup collapsed down the stretch, that's all the more reason in my mind to try and inject some life into. Maybe McGonigle comes up and struggles worse than a Prince Fielder World Series appearance and it's all for not. But dang, I just want something to hope for lineup wise. Quote
chasfh Posted October 6 Posted October 6 14 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: Scott Harris should be ashamed of the lineup he's fielded this latter half of the season. I know he made an aggressive offer to Bregman in the offseason, but the was seemingly it. To not add a big right-handed bat either in the offseason or at the trade deadline was terrible. Harris can think all he wants about this team not being ready on his time line. But your timeline and plan has to be adjusted when you have the best ****ing pitcher in the league. You have to build around that and the lineup he built around Skubal is reminiscent of a Randy Smith lineup circa 1999. Do you think we should done whatever it would take, liquidate whatever prospects it would have take, to win the trade deadline, picking up Eugenio and Correa and Mason Miller and Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins and Ryan Helsley and whoever else, putting all the chips on the table to go all in this year, and just let next year be 2026 Scott Harris’s (or his replacement’s) problem? IOW, do you believe a team should always go all in 100% at all times whenever they;’re not rebuilding? It’s OK if you feel that way—a lot of fans feel this way, that you should never let a chance to compete balls out every chance you get, because it may never, ever, ever, ever happen again. Is this you as well? 1 Quote
chasfh Posted October 6 Posted October 6 11 minutes ago, Mr.TaterSalad said: Maybe not. But my question remains, could McGonigle have really been that much worse than this? I know defensively he likely isn't ready at all, but damn. How can you be worse than this? What if McGonigle is not ready to come up? What else could be done? Quote
Tenacious D Posted October 6 Posted October 6 I still contend that the Tigers brass did not think this was a team that could make a deep playoff run. Quote
IdahoBert Posted October 6 Posted October 6 Give a bat to @Biff Mayhem because they’ve never pitched him before. Quote
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