papalawrence Posted July 9 Posted July 9 JV gave an excellent presser today. Took me back as he was reminiscing. Would love to see him get a few decent starts in before it's over Quote
4hzglory Posted July 10 Posted July 10 According to Brandon Day at Bless You Boys, "Will Vest diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right elbow, but may be able to return this year." At least it appears there may be a reason he was performing so poorly. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted July 10 Posted July 10 (edited) 35 minutes ago, 4hzglory said: According to Brandon Day at Bless You Boys, "Will Vest diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right elbow, but may be able to return this year." At least it appears there may be a reason he was performing so poorly. would explain a few things. My only critique is how long it took them to figure it out. Or maybe Will just kept denying there was anything wrong. Anything is possible, but still a little hard to believe he could be pitching with a stress fracture and not have a pretty good clue something wasn't right! Edited July 10 by gehringer_2 Quote
chasfh Posted July 11 Author Posted July 11 4 hours ago, 4hzglory said: According to Brandon Day at Bless You Boys, "Will Vest diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right elbow, but may be able to return this year." At least it appears there may be a reason he was performing so poorly. We've all been around the game long enough to question a pitcher's health when he suddenly out of nowhere starts doing terrible. Thing about Vest, though, he was lights out in the seventh and ninth while being sub-replacement in the eighth. Quote
4hzglory Posted July 14 Posted July 14 And Torres started his rehab yesterday with the FCL club-only one that’s currently playing. 2 Quote
Edman85 Posted July 14 Posted July 14 4 hours ago, Sports_Freak said: Encouraging Encouraging that he threw 3 innings. I wouldn't read much into him dominating comples leaguers, though. At least he threw strikes. 3 Quote
chasfh Posted July 14 Author Posted July 14 1 hour ago, Edman85 said: Encouraging that he threw 3 innings. I wouldn't read much into him dominating comples leaguers, though. At least he threw strikes. Right. Throw strikes in the right place, get your sequences right and in the right places, throw without new pain. Who cares if they hit your meatballs or luck out on your edge pitches. 1 Quote
Sports_Freak Posted July 14 Posted July 14 38 minutes ago, chasfh said: Right. Throw strikes in the right place, get your sequences right and in the right places, throw without new pain. Who cares if they hit your meatballs or luck out on your edge pitches. And building up his endurance. All good signs...encouraging. Quote
monkeytargets39 Posted July 14 Posted July 14 Jahmai Jones, you are a Boston Red Stocking. Watch him turn into RH David Ortiz now 1 1 Quote
chasfh Posted July 14 Author Posted July 14 2 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said: Jahmai Jones, you are a Boston Red Stocking. Watch him turn into RH David Ortiz now Could be worse ... could've been the Twins ... Quote
chasfh Posted July 14 Author Posted July 14 On the one hand, this looks like good news at first blush. On the other hand, we're 25-23 against teams .500 or better and 19-29 against teams under .500, so ... And on the third hand, there's only one team with an easier schedule, and it's those guys. How are you feeling about this? 😁 Quote
papalawrence Posted July 14 Posted July 14 1 hour ago, chasfh said: On the one hand, this looks like good news at first blush. On the other hand, we're 25-23 against teams .500 or better and 19-29 against teams under .500, so ... And on the third hand, there's only one team with an easier schedule, and it's those guys. How are you feeling about this? 😁 You have 3 hands? Quote
chasfh Posted July 15 Author Posted July 15 13 hours ago, papalawrence said: You have 3 hands? You don’t? Quote
Tenacious D Posted July 19 Posted July 19 Jason Thompson sighting at the Troy Sports Card show today. I thought it was Jack Morris at first. Quote
Tigermojo Posted July 19 Posted July 19 This kid is always in pretty good company. 1. Ty Cobb 2. Kevin McGonigle How crazy is that? https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/07/the-opener-red-sox-abreu-orioles-mcgonigle.html Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle recorded two hits in a 7-0 win over the Angels yesterday, the first being a double to lead off the game against Grayson Rodriguez. That was the 100th hit of McGonigle’s career, and he reached that mark in just 95 games. The young infielder is the second player in Tigers history to record 100 hits in less than 100 games (h/t to Chris McCosky of The Detroit News). The other was Hall-of-Famer Ty Cobb. McGonigle is batting .281/.389/.418 with a 132 wRC+ in 422 plate appearances. He ranks in the 85th percentile or better for strikeout rate (14.0%), walk rate (14.2%), and Batting Run Value (15), according to Statcast. Quote
chasfh Posted July 19 Author Posted July 19 6 minutes ago, Tigermojo said: This kid is always in pretty good company. 1. Ty Cobb 2. Kevin McGonigle How crazy is that? https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2026/07/the-opener-red-sox-abreu-orioles-mcgonigle.html Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle recorded two hits in a 7-0 win over the Angels yesterday, the first being a double to lead off the game against Grayson Rodriguez. That was the 100th hit of McGonigle’s career, and he reached that mark in just 95 games. The young infielder is the second player in Tigers history to record 100 hits in less than 100 games (h/t to Chris McCosky of The Detroit News). The other was Hall-of-Famer Ty Cobb. McGonigle is batting .281/.389/.418 with a 132 wRC+ in 422 plate appearances. He ranks in the 85th percentile or better for strikeout rate (14.0%), walk rate (14.2%), and Batting Run Value (15), according to Statcast. I was reviewing his hitting stats just agape, and realized that if he had the same power now he had in West Mich and Erie last year, he’d be the inside favorite for AL MVP this year. He is already going to get some top-5 votes as it is. Quote
papalawrence Posted July 19 Posted July 19 12 hours ago, Tenacious D said: Jason Thompson sighting at the Troy Sports Card show today. I thought it was Jack Morris at first. I wonder how many players have had 30 HR / 100 RBI seasons in both leagues. I was sad to see him get traded. I saw a couple of his Tiger dingers in person Quote
NorthWoods Posted July 19 Posted July 19 1 hour ago, papalawrence said: I wonder how many players have had 30 HR / 100 RBI seasons in both leagues. I was sad to see him get traded. I saw a couple of his Tiger dingers in person Frank Robinson. McGwire. Sheffield. I checked Rusty Staub but nope..... Quote
Tiger337 Posted July 19 Posted July 19 1 hour ago, NorthWoods said: Frank Robinson. McGwire. Sheffield. I checked Rusty Staub but nope..... Cabrera and Prince Fielder. Quote
NorthWoods Posted July 19 Posted July 19 1 hour ago, Tiger337 said: Cabrera and Prince Fielder. Soriano. Thome. Beltran if you allow partials. Quote
Edman85 Posted July 19 Posted July 19 Dave Winfield Matt Williams Robin Ventura Jason Thompson Jim Thome **** Stuart Giancarlo Stanton Juan Soto Alfonso Soriano Gary Sheffield Richie Sexson Frank Robinson Albert Pujols Matt Olson Shohei Ohtani Mark McGwire Fred McGriff J.D. Martinez Carlos Lee Dave Kingman David Justice Vladimir Guerrero Ken Griffey Jr. Shawn Green Prince Fielder Jim Edmonds Adam Dunn Carlos Delgado Miguel Cabrera Bobby Bonds Mookie Betts Adrian Beltre Jason Bay Tony Batista **** Allen Shoutout stathead, and shoutout stathead for presenting it in reverse alphabetical order. Either way, the list is pretty crowded. It wasn't as crowded when Thompson accomplished the feat though. Quote
Tenacious D Posted July 20 Posted July 20 I love how every instance of Richard’s nickname gets the **** treatment. 1 Quote
casimir Posted July 20 Posted July 20 1 minute ago, Tenacious D said: I love how every instance of Richard’s nickname gets the **** treatment. Can we all agree to go with Dicque to avoid the asterisks from now on? Quote
chasfh Posted July 20 Author Posted July 20 Lean into the asterisks to amp up the ridiculousness. Quote
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