05/31/2026 2:10p EDT Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox

[casimir]

[IdahoBert]

Montero tomorrow, so at least it’s not a bullpen day. 

[IdahoBert]

On the plus side, at least I’m not an Arsenal fan. 

[monkeytargets39]

Carpenters back

[chasfh]

Remember this? Here is an updated version.

Team	MLB Players	MLB IL WAR	Min Players	Min IL WAR	Total Players	Total IL WAR
Detroit Tigers	15	21.2	36	6.2	51	27.4
New York Mets	12	23.5	38	1.5	50	25.0
Boston Red Sox	10	19.1	26	1.9	36	20.9
Houston Astros	12	18.0	29	1.4	41	19.4
Toronto Blue Jays	15	19.0	43	-0.1	58	18.9
Baltimore Orioles	10	12.3	42	4.7	52	17.0
Chicago White Sox	13	13.5	33	2.8	46	16.3
Los Angeles Dodgers	15	14.5	44	-0.2	59	14.3
Atlanta Braves	9	12.5	13	1.6	22	14.2
Chicago Cubs	11	12.1	34	1.0	45	13.2
Seattle Mariners	6	12.2	15	0.9	21	13.1
Texas Rangers	8	14.5	28	-1.4	36	13.1
Athletics	7	8.9	13	3.8	20	12.7
Minnesota Twins	6	6.7	32	5.6	38	12.3
Arizona Diamondbacks	12	10.6	25	1.2	37	11.8
San Diego Padres	8	10.2	28	0.8	36	11.0
Kansas City Royals	9	10.4	23	0.3	32	10.7
Cincinnati Reds	8	9.8	29	0.7	37	10.5
Miami Marlins	6	7.0	38	2.9	44	9.9
San Francisco Giants	8	7.5	22	2.2	30	9.6
Milwaukee Brewers	7	8.8	24	0.8	31	9.6
New York Yankees	5	7.3	35	1.7	40	9.0
Colorado Rockies	13	8.2	29	0.5	42	8.7
Tampa Bay Rays	9	6.5	34	0.9	43	7.4
Los Angeles Angels	7	5.9	22	0.6	29	6.5
Washington Nationals	6	3.1	34	1.9	40	5.0
St. Louis Cardinals	5	4.3	22	-1.2	27	3.1
Philadelphia Phillies	1	0.2	35	1.6	36	1.8
Pittsburgh Pirates	2	1.5	27	0.3	29	1.8
Cleveland Guardians	2	1.8	28	-0.4	30	1.4

[chasfh]

Here's an interesting table: each team's performances of their hitters and pitchers against ZIPs projections, available at FanGraphs, pro-rated to 36% of the season having been played so far.

 

[IdahoBert]

Are the Phillies the Pirates and the Guardians just lucky when it comes to injuries, or are they doing something all the other teams should be doing?

[Dan Gilmore]

Good start.

[Dan Gilmore]

Tork, you dork.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, IdahoBert said:

Are the Phillies the Pirates and the Guardians just lucky when it comes to injuries, or are they doing something all the other teams should be doing?

easliest way to stay on the low end of position player injuries is have a young team. If someone has figured a way to manage pitchers at reduced injury rates it's the breakthrough for this century.

[monkeytargets39]

McStinky

[Biff Mayhem]

Just now, monkeytargets39 said:

McStinky

I was just coming here to post the exact same thing. 

[1984Echoes]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Here's an interesting table: each team's performances of their hitters and pitchers against ZIPs projections, available at FanGraphs, pro-rated to 36% of the season having been played so far.

 

To put some individual #'s on this...

NO other team this year has more than 3 players with (position players only that is...) a negative WAR of 0.5 or more.

The Tigers have SEVEN!!!

Workman -0.5, Tork -0.6, Lee -0.6, Vierling -0.7, J Jones -0.8, Perez -0.8, McKinstry -0.9.

And for those stating (I believe saw this posted a few times in some game threads... I forget who was posting that...) that Wenceel is the worst player in baseball this year, wrong. He's not even the worst player on his home team (I'm certain the 3 HR's in the past few games helped with that...) BUT:

Take your pick:

Nick Castellanos, Padres, -1.0

Josh Lowe, Angels, -1.1

Matt Wallner, Twins, -1.4

 

Edited 1 hour ago by 1984Echoes

[RaceDog]

WTF did they take Keider out?

[Shades of Deivi Cruz]

Fire AJ while he’s still in the dugout

[Tigerbomb13]

Montero taken out for some reason after 65 pitches and Drew allows the game tying homer. I hate this team so much. 

[Sports_Freak]

Just now, RaceDog said:

WTF did they take Keider out?

We're not allowed to question Hinch or Harris. They're both much smarter than any of us and they have stats were not aware of. 😑😑

[Sports_Freak]

Even if the Tigers had a shut down bullpen, I wouldn't take Montero out. Is he hurt? Thats the ONLY reason I would remove him. 

[Sports_Freak]

And there you go...swept.

[monkeytargets39]

Why is he still in?

 

Why was he brought in to begin with?

 

cmon AJ.  Act like you want your job.

[gehringer_2]

in case anyone is keeping track, another out made by a Tiger PH.

[gehringer_2]

Tigers have have of the offense they can expect to get back from injury anytime soon, and they are being 34 hit.

Edited 19 minutes ago by gehringer_2

[Tigeraholic1]

[IdahoBert]

They probably took Montero out so as not to overwork him for when they trade him for a bag filled with magic beans. 

[Motor City Sonics]

24 minutes ago, monkeytargets39 said:

Why is he still in?

 

Why was he brought in to begin with?

 

cmon AJ.  Act like you want your job.

He needs to be fired.   Sorry, the players suck, but much of this is on him too.   There you go - Pinch hit Jones.    My god, he just won't let a left handed hitter face a left handed pitcher, will he?    Platooning only works when the guy you are platooning with is actually decent.