05/20/2026 6:40p EDT Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers

[SoCalTiger]

19 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

Also not a good sign that Vest's FB was down 2mph or a bit more from yesterday. Vest is not the guy we need him to be if he isn't dialing up 98mph consistently.

Holten and Vest are not who they used to be and the bullpen is now a big problem. The offense provides low scoring and the bullpen can't keep the razor thin margin from evaporating. Home runs do increase margins but we aren't getting any "Earl Weavers" so we are resorting to small ball but none of our players have the skill set to bunt or hit and run and our base running, once a strength, is killing us wether it's rookie mistake like Lee or a veteran like McStinky. Add in the defense and wow. 

The positives are Anderson looks like he might be a decent starter, Mize was sharp in his return, Melton should return on Sunday and Skubal by the end of June is realistic. If we can get some defenders back and shed the team of Workman, Short, Lee and Perez  just maybe we can right this ship and salvage the season. But catching Cleveland looks very hard at this point being 8 down and the Guardians looking pretty solid. They won't help us by beating themselves. They are very well managed and coached.