A.L. Central Discussion 2016

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Where's my new avi @SlinkyRedfoot

Here you go, dude guy.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

And damn it, @SlinkyRedfoot don't hang me out to dry now while I wait for my avi.

Sorry, man.

Wear it proudly.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Well, this is awkward.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Well, this is awkward.

Lookin' good, brah!

 

[Howie115]

6 of their victories are against the Twins, who are quickly proving themselves to be no more than a punching bag for the rest of the AL.

So to answer your question, no. I don't think Latos and Quintana are going to keep this up.

Kinda my opinion on the Chisox ... I like Sale and Rodon a lot, but I don't see Latos or Quintana being any better than mediocre over the course of a full season.

 

[Howie115]

Meanwhile, in Detroit....

 

[Mondo Jay]

Kinda my opinion on the Chisox ... I like Sale and Rodon a lot, but I don't see Latos or Quintana being any better than mediocre over the course of a full season.

I personally wouldn't lump Quintana and Latos together. Quintana has showed signs of this breakout in the past.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Yeah, I agree with @Mondo Jay, Quintana has always pitched better than his win total or era have indicated, imo. It's the position players I am more skeptical of when it comes to the Sox.

 

[Iffster]

Meanwhile, in Detroit....

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Oh, Detroit will bounce back....to a point. Too much talent in that lineup to lay down for long. The pitching will hold them back from competing for the top spot, but Kinsler, Cabrera, VMart, and (hopefully) JD Martinez will all hit. Tiger fans are running around pulling their hair out currently....but those are the ones who actually thought adding Pelfrey, Lowe, and K-Rod was good enough to get to the WS.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Here you go, dude guy.

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about damn time. musta been 1 helluva vacation, i mean work week, you were on

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Meanwhile, in Detroit....

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only 30 games into the current season. i'll impatiently wait until the 80 game mark and see where the team is at. this season is ever so reminiscent of how 2015 began.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Oh, Detroit will bounce back

did you move to mehico and join the homer club ?

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

about damn time. musta been 1 helluva vacation, i mean work week, you were on

It was.

Trade show Tues-Fri that had me in the booth basically from 8:30 to 5:00. Then client dinners. Then blackjack tables. Rinse and repeat.

Flew the red eye home Friday night, landed in CLE at 6am Saturday morning, took kids to two soccer practices, a baseball practice and Mom's Day Shopping.

I've hardly been on tHoop until this morning.

 

[Howie115]

Oh, Detroit will bounce back....to a point. Too much talent in that lineup to lay down for long. The pitching will hold them back from competing for the top spot, but Kinsler, Cabrera, VMart, and (hopefully) JD Martinez will all hit. Tiger fans are running around pulling their hair out currently....but those are the ones who actually thought adding Pelfrey, Lowe, and K-Rod was good enough to get to the WS.

Well, the 1987 Tigers were 11-19 in their first 30 games and won the AL East. But that team had better starting pitching.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

It was.

Trade show Tues-Fri that had me in the booth basically from 8:30 to 5:00. Then client dinners. Then blackjack tables. Rinse and repeat.

Flew the red eye home Friday night, landed in CLE at 6am Saturday morning, took kids to two soccer practices, a baseball practice and Mom's Day Shopping.

I've hardly been on tHoop until this morning.

good to know that we didn't need to start up a collection for bail money. not that any one of us would have done that.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

Well, the 1987 Tigers were 11-19 in their first 30 games and won the AL East. But that team had better starting pitching.

ouch. that season brings back memories of Doyle Alexander and John Smoltz.

 

[Howie115]

ouch. that season brings back memories of Doyle Alexander and John Smoltz.

Yes, a painful trade. Had the Tigers won the W.S. that year, I'd say the trade was still worth it. Alexander went 9-0 as a Tiger and the team won the AL East on the last weekend of the season, so they are likely in 2nd without him. But alas, the lack of a W.S. ring that year made it a bad trade.

That said, I don't know how much Smoltz would have helped those sad-sack Tiger teams of the 1990s. Maybe he gets some of those teams from 68 wins to 75, but that's about it.

 

[Gulf of Brazil]

I don't know how much Smoltz would have helped those sad-sack Tiger teams of the 1990s.

there's no telling whether he would've ever become the same pitcher he was for Atl had he stayed with Det, imo.

 

[BigRedMoe]

Damnit!.... I bet on Nyquil instead of Nyquist.

 

[Howie115]

Damnit!.... I bet on Nyquil instead of Nyquist.