05/27/2026 6:40p EDT Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers

[gehringer_2]

Spencer "No I'm not hitting for a cycle" Torkelson

[monkeytargets39]

By the way.  Where is Daniela?  Did she get DFAd and dealt to the blue jays too?

[gehringer_2]

If Suter were a Tiger that play would be a 3 month trip to the DL

Edited yesterday at 12:58 AM by gehringer_2

[gehringer_2]

and now the fun begins

Edited yesterday at 12:58 AM by gehringer_2

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

not enough hurt pitchers, so Jansen's trying to get (back) in on it.

[monkeytargets39]

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

get him tf out of there.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

2 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

he's finished...

[gehringer_2]

win one game lose two pitchers. Is that a good trade?

Just can't believe Mize throws 4 innings and goes down again.

Edited yesterday at 01:05 AM by gehringer_2

[monkeytargets39]

[NorthWoods]

13 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

By the way.  Where is Daniela?  Did she get DFAd and dealt to the blue jays too?

Vacation

[monkeytargets39]

Well, at least Hinch brought in Hanifee instead of Vanasco.  Finally a move I agree with.

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

yay, walks

[Crazy Cat Gentleman]

woop woop, I guess.

[chasfh]

Man, even when we win, we lose.

Now I’m gonna have to update my table.

[Tigermojo]

[Tigermojo]

We should just shut out the other team every time. 

[gehringer_2]

I saw that play start and figured no way Hanifee gets to 1st..😱

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[Sports_Freak]

Our win for the week. Cool...

[tiger2022]

41 minutes ago, Nate7474 said:

This is frustrating for me. He was decent against lefties as a rookie. There is no reason to not try and develop him. 

I don't understand why Hinch pigeon holed him as a platoon player at 23 years of age.  

That's when the front office needed to step in and tell Hinch to play him.

Hinch is an easy guy to dislike and this is another reason to dislike him.

[Sports_Freak]

4 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

I don't understand why Hinch pigeon holed him as a platoon player at 23 years of age.  

That's when the front office needed to step in and tell Hinch to play him.

Hinch is an easy guy to dislike and this is another reason to dislike him.

Wait until McGonigle goes 0-8 against lefties, Hinch will start platooning him? Gotta play the guy with the .167 batting average. 

[Tigeraholic1]

 

[tiger2022]

6 minutes ago, Sports_Freak said:

Wait until McGonigle goes 0-8 against lefties, Hinch will start platooning him? Gotta play the guy with the .167 batting average. 

I pointed out that Barry Bonds hit .218 amd .225 against lefties in his first 2 seasons and would have been a platoon player in Hinch's eyes.

[Tiger337]

This Hinch platoons everyone argument is getting really ridiculous.  Sure, I'd like to see Keith get a shot at playing every day too, but apparently the Tigers have seen something that makes them think he shouldn't be facing LHP.  They have access to all kinds of technology that we don't have.  Maybe they are wrong in this case, but...the Bonds and McGonogle comparisons are stupid.  Those guys are/were complete players and they would be wanted in the line-up regardless of any platoon disadvantage.  Keith is not Bonds or McGonigle.  He doesn't have a position, he's not fast, he has shown little power.  He's got a 93 OPS+ against the RHP!  Maybe, he needs to learn how to hit RHP consistently before they put him in there vs LHP.

[gehringer_2]

20 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

I pointed out that Barry Bonds hit .218 amd .225 against lefties in his first 2 seasons and would have been a platoon player in Hinch's eyes.

and there is more to it. An MLB batter makes choices with their set up and approach that can change their susceptibility to the slider away (the big driver of platoon splits). Tell a LHH that LHP is off the table for him and he's going to maximize his approach to hit RHP, at that point he will be less prepared  against any LHP he has to face. That's the self-fulfilling part. Now it's possible  teams have decided that that by having their LLHs optimize to hit RHP combined with RH platoon players further combined with the 3 hitter rule for relievers, they just don't care about having everyday players; they are prepared to just keep switching all the time.  But then you get into a talent constrained situation like the Tigers are in and it's easy to believe that if he had a chance to work at it, a player like Keith would be better hitter against LHP than the pinch hitters the team actually has available to take the other half of his platoon ABs. That's where the potential loss is.

Edited yesterday at 02:03 AM by gehringer_2