2026 DETROIT TIGERS REGULAR SEASON THREAD

[Tiger337]

32 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Is the Tiger pitching moving up in their rankings now after only giving up 3 runs this weekend? I still say Detroit has a top 5 pitching staff (potential).

I've said that all along.  I wasn't saying they were bad.  I was saying that they were not doing well to start the season and that was the biggest reason they were losing. 

Or maybe the swept because they added Perez.  Not sure.  

 

[Tigermojo]

Human sacrifice of Meadows obviously. 

[Tiger337]

5 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

RIP Scrap Iron

 

I though Garner was a decent manager who didn't have much talent to work with, probably the best manager of that entire sorry Tigers era between Anderson and Leyland.  It was a real sharp move by Smith replacing him with Pujols.  

The other thing I remember about him was that he name was misspelled almost as much as Raburn.  

RIP Phil Gardner

[Sports_Freak]

43 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I've said that all along.  I wasn't saying they were bad.  I was saying that they were not doing well to start the season and that was the biggest reason they were losing. 

Or maybe the swept because they added Perez.  Not sure.  

 

I was just wondering how much they moved up in a weekend. Small sample sizes change very quickly. Their pitching was only 20th best? An early season good weekend prolly makes them better.

Did Perez even get a hit? 😆😆

[CMRivdogs]

41 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I though Garner was a decent manager who didn't have much talent to work with, probably the best manager of that entire sorry Tigers era between Anderson and Leyland.  It was a real sharp move by Smith replacing him with Pujols.  

The other thing I remember about him was that he name was misspelled almost as much as Raburn.  

RIP Phil Gardner

Was the Pujols move Smith's or was that Dombrowski? I seem to remember the Tigers wanted Felipe Alou to be manager, but he didn't want the job. He became Louis Pujols bench coach.  

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

I've said that all along.  I wasn't saying they were bad.  I was saying that they were not doing well to start the season and that was the biggest reason they were losing. 

Or maybe the swept because they added Perez.  Not sure.  

 

they've achieved the best run differential in the division as of today. 

I wonder if this year's Pitching Chaos innovation is going to be Anderson as a virtual split starter for either of Mize or Flaherty to get them out of games early before they self-immolate without burning 4/5 relievers to finish the game. I might like to see this become a thing - If Anderson holds up.

Edited 40 minutes ago by gehringer_2

[Tiger337]

4 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Was the Pujols move Smith's or was that Dombrowski? I seem to remember the Tigers wanted Felipe Alou to be manager, but he didn't want the job. He became Louis Pujols bench coach.  

Yes, I was wrong. It was not Smith.  Smith was fired at around the same time.  I think Pujols may have been an interim move until Dombrowski had more time to make a decision.  

[Tiger337]

37 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

I was just wondering how much they moved up in a weekend. Small sample sizes change very quickly. Their pitching was only 20th best? An early season good weekend prolly makes them better.

 

12th in hitter WAR.  9th in pitcher WAR.