2026 Exhibition Spring Games

[gehringer_2]

5 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

The only media coverage is Red Sox radio.

and they were pretty terrible. Their run down on the Blue Jays was about the only thing of any value they offered.

[chasfh]

18 hours ago, Sports_Freak said:

The defense on this US team is amazing. Judge looked like Al Kaline throwing a BB to gun a runner out at 3rd base from RF. And Bobby Witt Jr really flashing some leather.

I was there! Great plays by both sides, including two right field assists and two diving Bobby Witt infield assists.

[chasfh]

5 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

We have another 13 of these spring training games to go… and there’s a couple off days sandwiched in. And there’s three weeks between now and when we play the Padres in San Diego. The winter of our discontent continues until then.

Two weeks and two days. Don’t make it any longer than it has to be. 😉 

[Sports_Freak]

8 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Is it Parker Meadows vs. Kevin McGonigle ?    or McGonigle vs. Perez?   

 

8 hours ago, Motor City Sonics said:

 

IMO, if Parker is sent down, he will be brought back up if he ever starts hitting. That speed and defense is really hard to replace. An effective Parker makes the Tigers a much better team. So maybe the right question is what to do with Javy? A very expensive utility player? I mean, he can give you (way above) average defense at multiple positions.

 

 

 

 

[gehringer_2]

5 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Sweeney has been optioned to Toledo, would they have to recall him to move him to the 60? I guess it may not make any difference roster wise to the Tigers but it could  to his paycheck. 

EDIT: Just saw on Tigers MLB page that Brieske is scheduled to throw a sim game today.

Brieske threw in his sim game today. SGL threw a BP.

Depth is good.

 

Edited 3 hours ago by gehringer_2

[romad1]

2 hours ago, IdahoBert said:

So the Tigers actually win a game 7–2 - against the Red Sox - instead of losing or tying, which is OK but in the big picture pretty meaningless. 

Try to explain to someone time traveling from 400 years ago to our current time or from one of the planes of existence where they do not play baseball, anything about this particular spring training year with the WBC and you are likely to get them shrieking and holding a silver totem of their religion up to bane you away.  

"Away DEVIL! with your baleful talk of diverting star players to play for the princelings of nationstates which do not yet exist! And for what?!  To risk their very wellfulness to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune!" 

Edited 2 hours ago by romad1

[IdahoBert]

2 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

and they were pretty terrible. Their run down on the Blue Jays was about the only thing of any value they offered.

The Red Sox announcers were pretty disinterested in the game, and I don’t really blame them, but still it didn’t feel like they were doing their job which should’ve been more than just chitchating about other stuff.