04/25/2026 7:15p EDT Detroit Tigers at Cincinnati Reds

[SeattleMike]

7 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:

Not only is Flaherty making 25 million this season, no matter how bad he is, he gets to suck up another 20 million next year simply by refusing to quit.  Sure must be nice. 

He's not under contract for next year, is he?

[monkeytargets39]

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Aaron Harang was inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame tonight.  He was 75-80 with a 4.28 ERA, a 103 ERA+, zero postseason appearances, and one fourth-place Cy Young vote in eight seasons with the team.

No further comment. 

Big day for RedTeamGo!

[Tigermojo]

Does the game start right after batting practice? 

[Tiger337]

4 minutes ago, SeattleMike said:

He's not under contract for next year, is he?

no,  last year was the year he got 25 million.  This is the year he is sucking up another 20 million...so far.  

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

😮‍💨

[monkeytargets39]

Edited 1 hour ago by monkeytargets39

[kdog]

Flaherty has to eat this and give them a few more innings. They need to save their bullpen for tomorrow. Guessing he's out of the rotation in the next turn...they have an off day and can do an opener.

[NorthWoods]

Maybe we need to trade for pitching, not Trout.

[Tigermojo]

We'll get to see Jake's knuckleball tonight. 

[GalagaGuy]

My bad, I forget what year it was.  Hooray, the bad man can't hurt us after this year! 🥳

[Tigermojo]

That was a terrible challenge Vierling.

[chasfh]

16 minutes ago, kdog said:

Flaherty has to eat this and give them a few more innings. They need to save their bullpen for tomorrow. Guessing he's out of the rotation in the next turn...they have an off day and can do an opener.

Bet he’s not. 

[gehringer_2]

so jack was giving up too many walks but not so much hard contact, now he's still at 1BB/IP and 3 long balls in 2 IP. So for his next start we get what?: walks, HRs and maybe wild pitches too? 🤷‍♂️

[IdahoBert]

I ducked out thinking “it might get better…” But it hasn’t. Man, this is disappointing stuff.

[gehringer_2]

8 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Bet he’s not. 

Not a lot of options are there? if they don't come back today they will have lost 4 of Jack's 6 starts.

[gehringer_2]

yeah - he misses too much, but he still has a beautiful classic swing.

And he swung at the 1st pitch - which I've always though he should do more of.

Edited 1 hour ago by gehringer_2

[monkeytargets39]

TORK BOMB

[Tigermojo]

The baseball gods are angry.

[lordstanley]

The Tigers can still come back. A 4-run deficit is nothing. 

 

[GalagaGuy]

The shooting at the Correspondents Dinner caused my to miss Tork's dinger.  🫠

[IdahoBert]

20 minutes ago, GalagaGuy said:

The shooting at the Correspondents Dinner caused my to miss Tork's dinger.  🫠

I was blessedly unaware of this until just now…

[GalagaGuy]

Just now, IdahoBert said:

I was blessedly unaware of this until just now…

Yeah, I kind of wish I would have missed it as it has totally taken my attention away from sports, especially the NHL.  

[chasfh]

45 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Not a lot of options are there? if they don't come back today they will have lost 4 of Jack's 6 starts.

That’s true, but also, and I know this is an unpopular opinion, but this is only his first abjectly awful start. He’s been below average within an acceptable range when bad, and fairly decent when good. This one start will not cost him his slot in the rotation.

[gehringer_2]

3 minutes ago, chasfh said:

That’s true, but also, and I know this is an unpopular opinion, but this is only his first abjectly awful start. He’s been below average within an acceptable range when bad, and fairly decent when good. This one start will not cost him his slot in the rotation.

The big issue is BB. nobody stays in the majors long at a rate of 22 BB in 25 IP. He either gets that under control quickly or the Tigers have a very expensive water boy on the staff - or of course more likely on some excuse to the DL.

[chasfh]

3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

The big issue is BB. nobody stays in the majors long at a rate of 22 BB in 25 IP. He either gets that under control quickly or the Tigers have a very expensive water boy on the staff - or of course more likely on some excuse to the DL.

Yes, but even with his walks, which are the most of any starter this year, I seriously doubt it’s going to be enough to cost him his rotation slot already. I think he would need at least one more bad start like this to lose it.

Edited 19 minutes ago by chasfh