2025-2026 Tigers Off Season Thread

[tiger2022]

I guess that's a valid point but if a guy has pop ( like Carpenter) and potential  i'd rather give him a shot than some guy who is a complete borderline player 

[tiger2022]

In his first two seasons, Bonds hit .221 and .228 against LH pitchers.  Sounds like a perfect platoon player.  

I would prefer to just stick your best player out there 

[Tiger337]

38 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

In his first two seasons, Bonds hit .221 and .228 against LH pitchers.  Sounds like a perfect platoon player.  

I would prefer to just stick your best player out there 

Even early in his career, Bonds's splits were nowhere close to being as extreme as Carpenter.  

[Tenacious D]

He is Kerry Bonds, after all 

[gehringer_2]

1 minute ago, Tiger337 said:

Even early in his career, Bonds's splits were nowhere close to being as extreme as Carpenter.  

I'm more concerned with Keith. His first season his split was actually negative with 88 PA against LHP, last season he had less than 50AB against lefties and did nothing - 400 OPS and a whopping 382 split. So was '24 a SSS mirage - despite that he looked quite comfortable hitting lefties that year, or '25 just a SSS transient and he should be fine against LHP if/when he plays everyday? 

[Tiger337]

Another thing about platoons is that managing platoons is more than just LHB versus RHP.  Every manager does that.  It's about knowing when to let your LHB face a LHP, so you can keep his bat (or glove) in the game for later.  That sort of thking. That's the sort of maneuver I trust Hinch to do better than most managers.