04/09/2026 1:40pm EDT Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins

[Sports_Freak]

8th inning Will Vest? Huh...I guess we need to see him keep failing so the stat guys can't say his splits show he's not just good in the 9th inning.

[Tigermojo]

SCORE RUNS DUMMIES! 

[SeattleMike]

1 minute ago, Sports_Freak said:

8th inning Will Vest? Huh...I guess we need to see him keep failing so the stat guys can't say his splits show he's not just good in the 9th inning.

Vest fastball was sitting at 93. What the heck is that? 

[gehringer_2]

26 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

He's going to the concussion IL for sure.

He was holding his Left arm in completely immobile also. 

[Tigermojo]

Four losses to the Twinkies?

 

[NorthWoods]

21 minutes ago, Tigermojo said:

Would be fun but Wenceel is on the roster.

Realistically more likely.

[Tiger337]

8 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

8th inning Will Vest? Huh...I guess we need to see him keep failing so the stat guys can't say his splits show he's not just good in the 9th inning.

Why would a pitcher only be able to pitch the 9th?  That makes no sense.  I could see when he had the closer role, he might let up in a non-save situation.  But he's not the closer now, so what is your explanation?

[Sports_Freak]

6 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Why would a pitcher only be able to pitch the 9th?  That makes no sense.  I could see when he had the closer role, he might let up in a non-save situation.  But he's not the closer now, so what is your explanation?

He needs the game on the actual line? IDK, but i thought we saw this same thing in previous years, I never knew his splits didn't show it. I guess maybe a few multiple run 9th innings made it appear the same as 7th and 8th inning failures of only giving up a single run or two?

[Motor City Sonics]

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[Motor City Sonics]

 

[Motor City Sonics]

The Tigers are probably the worst team in the majors right now.  

[SoCalTiger]

4-9 Yikes. Good thing a homestead and Paddock on the mound for Miami awaits them. 

[IdahoBert]

Well, I don’t have the energy to blame the team. I blame myself for investing so much of my personal happiness in something as ephemeral as a sporting event or team. 

Yes perhaps I’ve been wrong to blindly follow the socially constructed manias about sports to which I was exposed as a child. Maybe I should test these manias analytically, through experimentation and a “scientific method.” Maybe this scientific method could be extended to other fields of learning: the natural sciences, art, architecture, navigation. Perhaps I could lead the way to a new age, an age of rebirth, a Renaissance! Naaaaaahhh!

[Sports_Freak]

So...when does the Lions training camp open? 🫩🫩

[Sports_Freak]

2 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

4-9 Yikes. Good thing a homestead and Paddock on the mound for Miami awaits them. 

Cy Young Paddack tomorrow.  7 Ip 0 runs 1 bb 10 punchouts.

[Tiger337]

46 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

He needs the game on the actual line? IDK, but i thought we saw this same thing in previous years, I never knew his splits didn't show it. I guess maybe a few multiple run 9th innings made it appear the same as 7th and 8th inning failures of only giving up a single run or two?

Or maybe Hinch was only using him in the 9th when he was throwing well or when there was a good match up.  So, maybe he did do slightly better in the 9th, but was it the chicken or the egg?  

[kdog]

Would guess Wenceel gets the call with Parker in the concussion protocol.

[gehringer_2]

There was always the chance that the real Tiger team was the team we saw in the September and the team we saw in the 1st half was the one not playing to its mean level. Keith seems to be the only guy that has started the season hot and he doesn't hit for the kind of power that can help carry a team past other guys' underperformance.

[kdog]

Wenceel not in the Toledo lineup tonight.

[kdog]

14 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

There was always the chance that the real Tiger team was the team we saw in the September and the team we saw in the 1st half was the one not playing to its mean level. Keith seems to be the only guy that has started the season hot and he doesn't hit for the kind of power that can help carry a team past other guys' underperformance.

I can’t believe that this power outage will continue for much longer.

[GalagaGuy]

When it comes to hitting, it feels like the Tigers strategy is to assume those who underachieved last season will be better next season and those who overachieved will continue to do so.  

[gehringer_2]

19 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:

When it comes to hitting, it feels like the Tigers strategy is to assume those who underachieved last season will be better next season and those who overachieved will continue to do so.  

i've said before that at some level there seems to be disconnect between Hinch and whole 'control the zone' concept. Hinch constantly re-iterates that he is always telling his hitters to "get a good pitch to hit". Well what if you don't? A major league pitcher can easily throw you 3 pitches in the zone and none of them are going to be 'good to hit'. So you just give up any AB when you don't get a cookie? How is that controlling the zone? You can win a lot of games waiting for mistakes when you are facing bad pitchers, but what about when you aren't?  If you make it 'defend the K zone until the pitcher makes a mistake' that means you have to have a real defensive two strike approach with a short stroke to keep fouling pitches off. Do we see a lot of Tigers with that? Riley does say he's trying it.

Edited 41 minutes ago by gehringer_2

[IdahoBert]

I wasn’t watching the game when the collision between Parker and Riley occurred. Wow Parker’s in the hospital overnight? 

[monkeytargets39]

I heard this somewhere and I thought it was a pretty good take:

The Tigers hitters come up to bat as though they haven’t been watching the at-bats before them.  

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

I wasn’t watching the game when the collision between Parker and Riley occurred. Wow Parker’s in the hospital overnight? 

well, he was bleeding from the mouth, couldn't move his left arm, and appeared to be concussed - any one of those could rate a night of observation I suppose. He was not in a good way when he finally got up.

Edited 28 minutes ago by gehringer_2