05/13/2026 7:10p EDT Detroit Tigers at New York Mets

[casimir]

[CaliforniaDreaming]

Might as well watch the Pistons tonight

[buddha]

i havent been paying attention this year, but why do the tigers suck?  i know about skubal, but why is everyone else bad?

[NorthWoods]

54 minutes ago, buddha said:

i havent been paying attention this year, but why do the tigers suck?  i know about skubal, but why is everyone else bad?

Too many uniforms are muddling their identity.   

[Tiger337]

57 minutes ago, buddha said:

i havent been paying attention this year, but why do the tigers suck?  i know about skubal, but why is everyone else bad?

Melton and Mize are injured.

Valdez is having his usual meltdown games at the wrong time.  

Flaherty can't get the ball over the plate.  I don't know why.  

They didn't win the reliever lottery this year.

Their defense is bad and the the injuries to Baez and Meadows have made it worse.  

 

 

 

 

[Motor City Sonics]

1 hour ago, buddha said:

i havent been paying attention this year, but why do the tigers suck?  i know about skubal, but why is everyone else bad?

Because August 2024 - July 2025 was some sort of strange fever dream and the team has never really been all that good outside of that stretch, which was just enough to get them to the playoffs a couple of times, but not into true contention.  Lucky to be in a weak division.     Sure, the injuries (Meadows, Beaz, Torres, Skubal, Mize, Vest, Carpenter) have been to a level that can be called ridiculous, but even when they had those guys they weren't all that good, except for Skubal and MIze.    I've given up on Torkelson now and I have had enough of Carpenter getting hurt every single year.  Mize gets hurt every year too.  They have a headcase for a second starter that they are vastly overpaying because Harris and Chris I were on some sort of sugar high when they signed him.   Third starter is garbage.   Verlander probably can't pitch when it's under 80 degrees.    Meadows has missed too much time for injuries, but at least it was on a hustle play.     McKinstry turned back into a pumpkin.  The Manager tinkers too much.  Let Colt Keith hit against lefties, for **** sake.  I mean the guys you are platooning for him aren't hitting lefties any better than he does, so let him learn.  He's one of 4 decent hitters on this squad.  You need to play him every single day until he proves he's not.  They have somewhat useless players on this team like Jones and Short.    I mean, honestly, if Zack Short is on your team - then you suck.   Period.    And this team sucks. 

 

And baseball reference, can you please have any other ad but that Eric Byrnes ad.  Over and Over and Over.   Even with the volume down it's annoyng. 

Edited 42 minutes ago by Motor City Sonics

[gehringer_2]

23 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Melton and Mize are injured.

Valdez is having his usual meltdown games at the wrong time.  

Flaherty can't get the ball over the plate.  I don't know why.  

They didn't win the reliever lottery this year.

Their defense is bad and the the injuries to Baez and Meadows have made it worse.  

 

 

 

 

Vest hurt and Janson blowing 3 saves in 12 outings.

What the heck are they going to do with Flaherty? You can't put him in the BP - well maybe they could try, he usually does get through one inning before he breaks down.

Edited 21 minutes ago by gehringer_2

[Motor City Sonics]

And I think I am stealing this from another poster - so whomever you are I give you credit, but if you're keeping Jahmai Jones on this team only because he's out of options, then you've got serious roster problems.   Go ahead and cut him.  There's a very good chance he's clearing waivers - and if he doesn't you've got Ben Malgeri, Max Clark and Corey Julks, who can do what he does and maybe better - and you probably have 2 more after them.  

And come on.  I know they just signed DeJong, but I will take an ice cold Paul DeJong over Zack Short any day of the week.     What the hell happened to Sweeney, is he still hurt or did he get hurt again?     Waste of a roster spot.    How many SS do they have in their top 20 prospects - 5, 6 ?   Yet no real SS options other than McGonigle right now.   

It's such a mess. 

[gehringer_2]

38 minutes ago, Motor City Sonics said:

Because August 2024 - July 2025 ...

Mize's last two injuries boggle the mind. How can an athlete trained for doing a couple of hours at maximum full body exertion hurt himself twice doing basically nothing? 

I keep hearing that training for injury prevention is now a sub-field within athletic training - pushed early on by guys like Tom Brady. I wonder if the Tigers are hip to that or not?

Edited 7 minutes ago by gehringer_2

[gehringer_2]

40 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Melton and Mize are injured.

Valdez is having his usual meltdown games at the wrong time.  

Flaherty can't get the ball over the plate.  I don't know why.  

They didn't win the reliever lottery this year.

Their defense is bad and the the injuries to Baez and Meadows have made it worse.  

 

I have nightmares about the Orioles a couple years ago who everyone thought were the up and coming team and then just crashed back to futility after only one and a half good seasons.