05/19/2026 6:40p EDT Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers

[gehringer_2]

Tigers sent the following OPS hitters to the plate tonight: 278, 470, 480, 577, 592

[Tiger337]

3 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Tigers sent the following OPS hitters to the plate tonight: 278, 470, 480, 577, 592

OPS of players who could be in line-up if not injured: .750 .716 .678 .641

 

[Tenacious D]

Kind of a win, right?  Got within a run.

[gehringer_2]

23 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

OPS of players who could be in line-up if not injured: .750 .716 .678 .641

 

and nobody yet on rehab....

[Tiger337]

Just now, gehringer_2 said:

and nobody yet on rehab....

I am kind of tuning out at this point - just listening on the radio as I do other stuff.  

[gehringer_2]

21 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

I am kind of tuning out at this point - just listening on the radio as I do other stuff.  

yup, radio and gameday in a window if I'm on a computer. Although watching hitters on gameday and seeing the fine detail of what they are and are not swinging at just makes you more aware how bad tiger hitters have been.

[IdahoBert]

10 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

yup, radio and gameday in a window if I'm on a computer. Although watching hitters on gameday and seeing the fine detail of what they are and are not swinging at just makes you more aware how bad tiger hitters have been.

Watching on gameday the bad calls by umpires become more and more infuriating because there is a solution. I’m not sure how much the complexion of the game would change if balls and strikes were completely taken out of the hands of umpires. If hitting dominated vastly more than we are used to or pitching was favored it would be weird.

[gehringer_2]

11 minutes ago, IdahoBert said:

Watching on gameday the bad calls by umpires become more and more infuriating because there is a solution. I’m not sure how much the complexion of the game would change if balls and strikes were completely taken out of the hands of umpires. If hitting dominated vastly more than we are used to or pitching was favored it would be weird.

I'm coming around more and more to the idea that they have to move the mound back to start fixing what is wrong with the game. Give hitters back a little more chance to see what they are hitting. As Chasfh notes, you would have to deaden the ball as well to prevent scoring from going through the roof, but I'd really like to see skill rewarded a little more in hitting and a little less reliance on having to have guessed right to even get the bat on the ball.