05/29/2026 7:40p EDT Tigers at ChiSox

[Tenacious D]

Just go all in for the tank now? Wouldn’t take much effort.

[Motor City Sonics]

The Season of Suck continues

[tiger2022]

1 minute ago, buddha said:

this team sucks.

who is the genius that put this team together?

I don't know why there are Harris slappies to be honest.  Outside of signing Valdez and drafting McGonigle, he has done absolutely nothing to improve the roster since he was hired.

[Tigermojo]

2 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Just go all in for the tank now? Wouldn’t take much effort.

I don’t think the gritty Tigers exist anymore. I don’t think it's a choice to tank or not.

[Sports_Freak]

12 minutes ago, papalawrence said:

I don't recall ever seeing so many hr walk-offs in such a short period of time. Ever

Especially with 2 out. Totally cruel.

[Sports_Freak]

7 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

I don't know why there are Harris slappies to be honest.  Outside of signing Valdez and drafting McGonigle, he has done absolutely nothing to improve the roster since he was hired.

Running outta Avila players...<ducks>

[IdahoBert]

This team is snake bit. If they’d had a 3-1 lead, Finnegan would’ve probably given up two runs in the bottom of the ninth anyway and we would’ve still lost in extra innings. 

[monkeytargets39]

Now AJ will never call for a bunt again.

[Hongbit]

How in the world did this bullpen get so insanely bad so quickly.   

[Tiger337]

13 minutes ago, tiger2022 said:

I don't know why there are Harris slappies to be honest.  Outside of signing Valdez and drafting McGonigle, he has done absolutely nothing to improve the roster since he was hired.

I think he is liked because Avila was bad and because Harris is their first real analytical GM.  I definitely like that they have moved in that direction.  However, I am not sure whether he is a cooker cutter analytic GM or whether he will prove to be one of the good ones.   

[Tigermojo]

Might want to just start trading guys who still have four limbs before the leprosy outbreak in the clubhouse. 

[Tiger337]

1 minute ago, Hongbit said:

How in the world did this bullpen get so insanely bad so quickly.   

Edman has a theory that teams have picked up on some of the bullpen "magic" they have use in the last couple of years.  He may have a point.    

[papalawrence]

I'm beyond frustrated and almost fully apathetic. But the injuries matter. As talented as Atlanta has been, they've missed the playoffs due to injuries. They're healthy now and maybe the best team in baseball. If reasonable healthy this is probably an 84 win team. It is snake bitten. The baseball gods are evening things out because they over performed the last 2 years

Edited 14 hours ago by papalawrence

[gehringer_2]

Just now, Tiger337 said:

Edman has a theory that teams have picked up on some of the bullpen "magic" they have use in the last couple of years.  He may have a point.    

or it's just lack of power pitching, which still has a lot of utility in a BP.

[Tiger337]

1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said:

or it's just lack of power pitching, which still has a lot of utility in a BP.

Not enough difference in velocity between pitchers perhaps?

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Not enough difference in velocity between pitchers perhaps?

well, Brieske throws hard, if he can hold together for any period of time.

[Tiger337]

According to baseruns (the # of runs a team should have scored/allowed based on H, BB, HR, etc), the Tigers should have scored 4.05 runs per game and allowed 4.09. That would be a 28-29 record. Bad sequencing on both sides of the ball.

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/pythagorean-baseruns

[SoCalTiger]

56 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

According to baseruns (the # of runs a team should have scored/allowed based on H, BB, HR, etc), the Tigers should have scored 4.05 runs per game and allowed 4.09. That would be a 28-29 record. Bad sequencing on both sides of the ball.

https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/pythagorean-baseruns

Please do not show this to Scott Harris or he will be broadcasting it as a reason for still not making changes. 

[Tiger337]

35 minutes ago, SoCalTiger said:

Please do not show this to Scott Harris or he will be broadcasting it as a reason for still not making changes. 

I think it suggests they have had poor situational hitting and pitching...which most of us have noticed.  I don't expect any  changes for now.  They are kind of stuck until they get healthy.  

Edited 11 hours ago by Tiger337

[SeattleMike]

4 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

Dan can't believe 4 walk off HRs on 50 games, but look at the pitch profile of the Tiger bullpen. Guys who rely on splits and changes - those are pitches that leave the yard when mistakes are made. Vest  *was* the only guy with a good fastball, and his is generally a two seamer, and this season his velo is down.

And every one with two outs I believe. That is some bad mojo. 

[Motor City Sonics]

I know Harris is going nowhere, but I want them to lose now because I want this fraud of a manager out.    August 2024-June 2025 was mere luck.  

He keeps trotting Perez, Short, Jones and Workman out there. 

But the injuries?  

I don't care.  Carpenter and Baez are not going to save this team whenever they come back.  

The fact is that this manager and GM refuse to make meaningful changes is sickening.   I know people will say the other guys aren't any better, but at this point, isn't it worth taking a look at it?   I mean, they truly can't be any worse. 

Starting Pichers - if you want a win - you better through something close to a no-hitter.   

Perez - the worst player in the majors - will still start games when Carpetner comes back. 

They saw what this offense was in August and September of last year and they did virtually nothing to improve it.

Plus I question this team's heart.   Seems like they quit when Skubal got hurt.     McGonigle and Dingler are the only ones I care about anymore.   I'm sure they'll screw them up at some point. 

Edited 6 hours ago by Motor City Sonics

[chasfh]

However bad it is for us watching the Tigers lose in horrific fashion on TV night after night, it is twice as soul-crushing seeing it happen in person.

[monkeytargets39]

Even if we hadn’t had all of these walkoff homerun losses…..we’d still be like 10 games under .500

[Tenacious D]

Harris only gets fired if it somehow gets publicly embarrassing for Ilitch.  That’s what finally happened to Avila. This ownership has traditionally been loyal to a fault—this extends to the Wings, as well.

[gehringer_2]

16 minutes ago, Tenacious D said:

Harris only gets fired if it somehow gets publicly embarrassing for Ilitch.  That’s what finally happened to Avila. This ownership has traditionally been loyal to a fault—this extends to the Wings, as well.

Ilitch has shown that while he likes to be 'around' his teams, he has no taste for being an activist owner. Avila and Yzerman prove he is willing to have far more patience with his management than many pro sports owners. 

You might think that seeing both of his teams repeatedly collapsing just when they were supposed to be turning the corner might drive him to a drastic move, but I still doubt it.

Maybe more concerning is that all of the 2024 euphoria about McGonigle, Clark, Briceno and Liranzo as the next wave of hitters has turned into "Well, McGonigle is certainly great and who are those other guys?"

Nothing unusual about a high miss rate on prospects, unless you are specifically selling your ability to find and hit on prospects at a higher rate as why you should have the job.

You need to average one or two players a year to keep up. If this year we count Melton and McGonigle, that's fine, but two players is not a development bonanza - it's your average target.