05/18/2026 6:40p EDT Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers

[gehringer_2]

22 minutes ago, kdog said:

Rogers is essentially hitting like a pitcher. His offense is completely gone...at some point you can't live with that.

Perez might not be good...McKinstry has always been a fringe/gritty major leaguer. Tork and Keith were relied on and can't consistently deliver floor-level production. That's the killer

It's been thrashed around a bit here already, but to me this this year Colt is going through what Riley went through last season. He made an off-season change in his approach and the result has gone right past the optimum point he needed to hit. He is now a much better contact hitter but he's lost his launch angle and is not able to get the ball in the air. In statcast parlance, more balls 'squared up' but fewer balls 'barreled'. I would guess that like Riley this year, there is a refinement he can make to get him closer to the best of both worlds - which would be a very productive hitter, but the question is whether it is something he will be able to do in season or like Riley last year, are we stuck with 'no-home-run-Keith' until he can fix it next off-season. Or maybe even (gasp!) take an option to work on it in Toledo for a month away from the pressure of the Tiger's losing streak. Of course even if he would, that can't happen until we get Baez and Torres back.

Edited 2 hours ago by gehringer_2

[SoCalTiger]

1 hour ago, kdog said:

Rogers is essentially hitting like a pitcher. His offense is completely gone...at some point you can't live with that.

Perez might not be good...McKinstry has always been a fringe/gritty major leaguer. Tork and Keith were relied on and can't consistently deliver floor-level production. That's the killer

Well those two are the most disappointing and I know Keith has a solid OBP which at least is something positive. I just do not understand how someone can hit a home run for five straight games and provide next to nothing over the other 40 games ? And looking at Keith you see someone who should be knocking down walls and his "hits" are like he's using a plastic bat. Keith is a beautifully wrapped birthday gift with a whoopee cushion inside. At least Hinch is using him as a DH only and batting him leadoff which is optimizing what little he offers.