05/15/2026 6:40p EDT Toronto Blue Jays vs Detroit Tigers

[IdahoBert]

1 minute ago, IdahoBert said:

Do something heroic Torkelson

Where’s my three runs? In Torkelson‘s back ****ing pocket, pal!

[Tiger337]

Tork might be batting .180 and can't field, but he's clutch.  That's something you can't teach.  

Edited 11 hours ago by Tiger337

[gehringer_2]

22 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

The running game has blown up in their face way too much this year.

but not that time.

[gehringer_2]

Just now, Tiger337 said:

Tork might be batting .180 and can't field, but he's clutch.  

walk and a hit - Torkelson has to get back to that being his normal night and maybe he'll be OK.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

1 minute ago, Tiger337 said:

Tork might be batting .180 and can't field, but he's clutch.  That's something you can't teach.  

even Deuce could learn something from him.

[monkeytargets39]

Spencer Nucky Torkelson

[monkeytargets39]

Just now, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

even Deuce could learn something from him.

The opposition would NEVER intentionally walk a batter to get the matchup vs Deuce though 

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

Just now, monkeytargets39 said:

The opposition would NEVER intentionally walk a batter to get the matchup vs Deuce though 

true that!

[gehringer_2]

4 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Tork might be batting .180 and can't field, but he's clutch.  That's something you can't teach.  

He had to swing just out of the zone to get that. The other night he took strike three in almost the same place with the game on the line. 

And he went to RF.

Edited 11 hours ago by gehringer_2

[monkeytargets39]

Hopefully this gets the blood pumping a bit and we can get some momentum going with Mize back tomorrow.

[IdahoBert]

[IdahoBert]

And and and and and the Pistons beat the Cavaliers in Cleveland! 

[SoCalTiger]

oh what a night !

[casimir]

11 hours ago, Crazy Cat Gentleman said:

that didn't sound fun. Madden hit on his throwing arm with a 108mph ball?

 

11 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Cmon can anyone on this team catch a break?

Unfortunately Madden have caught one.

[casimir]

11 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

What is it with these networks and the constant in-game interviews?

I used to really hate them, now it’s probably just another part of the game.  The on field interviewer interviews are obviously done in between innings earlier in games where usually not much is going on.

[casimir]

10 hours ago, chasfh said:

And then there’s Riley Greene still ripping the cover off the ball and batting something like .330.

So we talk about what a defensive liability Riley is in left field, and how Tork is basically playing his way out of town this year. We wonder about moving Colt Keith to first, or having Josue Briceño come up and play first—but what about training Riley Greene to play there? He certainly has the bat to overcome a slightly below average glove, if that’s what he could’ve there. He certainly is trending toward the mobility of a first baseman anyway.

Wouldn’t be against it.  Maybe it would save his legs a bit during the season.  The fact that Torkelson’s assignment to bottom third of the lineup in recent games might suggest he’s not long for the organization.

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

interesting thought, but you can probably forget about ever seeing a 3-6-3 DP. 🫤

Might be better on foul balls....

Why no 3-6-3? Tork’s turned some 3-6-3s, and Riley throws 11 ticks faster than Tork does.

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Why no 3-6-3? Tork’s turned some 3-6-3s, and Riley throws 11 ticks faster than Tork does.

I'll be surprised if Riley can find the base with anything he tries to throw hard.

Edited 1 hour ago by gehringer_2

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, monkeytargets39 said:

The fact that they’re walking McKinstry to face Tork is very telling 

Especially since Tork was a 104 sOPS+ against righties versus 94 against lefties coming into the game, so it wasn’t a platoon advantage thing. And Tork had never faced Jeff Hoffman before, so it wasn’t a matchup thing. It must have been a Tork was 4-for-41 with 21 strikeouts in his last 12 games thing.

[chasfh]

11 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I'll be surprised if Riley can find the base with anything he tries to throw hard.

You might be right. He’s not too terribly accurate although I think a lot of where he gets dinged on fielding runs is due both to poor positioning (a lot hits to left field that are normally singles become doubles because he’s loping after the ball to get it), or he gives up on the runner taking the extra base.