2026 DETROIT TIGERS REGULAR SEASON THREAD

[casimir]

1 minute ago, Tenacious D said:

Not unless we get Trey Sweeney back.

Who?

[casimir]

41 minutes ago, chasfh said:

They dug out of a similar hole in August 2024.

Would you count on a repeat performance?  

[gehringer_2]

3 minutes ago, casimir said:

Would you count on a repeat performance?  

But we'd need to have a different cast of bad players having their one good year - it's too much to ask for multiple bad players to have multiple good years, if they could they wouldn't be bad players.

[lordstanley]

2 hours ago, chasfh said:

They dug out of a similar hole in August 2024.

And another team in this very same division came from 15 games back last season. Too bad the '26 Tigers aren't chasing the late '25 Tigers. 

[SoCalTiger]

2 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

Let’s agree this was a pretty flawed team even before the onslaught of injuries.  Those only made things worse.  The team’s record over the last 100 games or so, going back to last season is one of the 3 worst.

Player development at both the major and minor league levels has taken a setback.  Colt Keith is a prime example.  The kid is huge and a good contact hitter, with zero homers through 1/3 of the season. That’s hard to accomplish and probably something mechanical.

Our minors are a mess, too.  A handful of healthy, promising pitchers and many positional players who have regressed (though many have moved up a rung so could be adjustment periods).

Here’s our organizational team records through 5/29: 
 

 

Good summation of the season so far. Focus should be on development going forward even at the major league level and even at the cost of wins. The season is burnt toast..time to scape off the burn, add some butter and jam and make the best of it.