Detroit Tigers Ongoing 2016 Thread

[broncosmitty]

Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander engaged to Kate Upton

What an idiot.

 

[burfboy]

Detroit Tigers
RH Justin Verlander (2-2, 5.46 ERA)
Lifetime vs. Indians: 18-19, 4.38 ERA

Cleveland Indians
RH Josh Tomlin (3-0, 3.18 ERA)
Lifetime vs. Tigers: 4-5, 5.51 ERA

Nick Castellanos, after his home run and four RBIs in Sunday's 6-5 series-sweeping win over the Minnesota Twins, has now hit safely in five straight games and leads the American League with a .361 average.

* Catcher James McCann is expected to return to the Tigers tonight after a six-game rehab stint with Triple-A Toledo, where he was 2-for-22 and caught a handful of games. He suffered a right ankle sprain on April 12.

* The weather forecast in Cleveland calls for mostly sunny skies and temperatures in the low 50s. There is no chance of rain.

 

[burfboy]

Detroit Tigers
1. Ian Kinsler, 2B
2. J.D. Martinez, RF
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
4. Victor Martinez, DH
5. Justin Upton, LF
6. Nick Castellanos, 3B
7. James McCann, C
8. Anthony Gose, CF
9. Jose Iglesias, SS

Cleveland Indians
1. Carlos Santana, DH
2. Jason Kipnis, 2B
3. Francisco Lindor, SS
4. Michael Brantley, LF
5. Mike Napoli, 1B
6. Yan Gomes, C
7. Marlon Byrd, RF
8. Jose Ramirez, 3B
9. Tyler Naquin, CF

 

[Iffster]

Justin Verlander - another poor start.

 

[BUD]

Does Cleveland have our number this season

 

[Iffster]

Iffy's Three BUMS of the Game:*

1. Verlander (Happy Engagement)
2. McCann (Bat Rust)
3. LOB-itis *12 hits and a walk=3runs)

Brought to you by: Iffy Toy Co and the NEW Verlander and Kate Bobblehead. (Except it is NOT their heads that bobble....well not JV's large head.)

 

[BUD]

KC is losing .. 2 more innings

 

[Howie115]

Justin Verlander - another poor start.

Yeah, I was cutting him some slack because it's early and he only had one really bad start in his first five. Now it's 2 out of 6. If that trend continues, the Tigers are doomed. They need a consistent JV to have any chance at staying in the ALC race.

 

[Howie115]

I also heard on the radio broadcast last night (driving home from Metro Airport) that Tiger starters have lasted 5 innings or less in 13 of 25 games this season -- more than half. The bullpen has done a surprisingly nice job this year, but if the overwork continues, it's gonna crash and burn by mid-June.

 

[Iffster]

Tiger's pitching (starters mainly) is not going to cut it. They currently sit second to last in WHIP, BAagainst, and last in OBPagainst. Verlander, Sanchez, Greene with ERAs over 6.00 and Pelfrey at 5.68 with a WHIP of 2.05. It is amazing that this team is 9-11 in games Zimmermann didn't start. They could easily be worse.

 

[Iffster]

The Tiger's offense remains in the top 3-4 in many categories (R, OBP, OPS, BA) - so I figure they should hang around .500 if that continues. But eventually Zimmermann and the bullpen will slip downward and unless a couple of starting pitchers pick it up, look for Detroit to slide to the bottom with the Twins.

 

[Howie115]

But eventually Zimmermann and the bullpen will slip downward and unless a couple of starting pitchers pick it up, look for Detroit to slide to the bottom with the Twins.

There is no way the bullpen keeps putting up zeroes if they consistently have to fill 4-5 innings per game.

 

[burfboy]

GRAND RAPIDS - Just over a year ago, Kirk Gibson was doing a live TV interview when he heard the producer say in his ear piece, "Gibby, smile. You look like you've seen a ghost."

Turns it, he was right.

"I was seeing a ghost," he said. "I couldn't smile. I was stricken."

Now, a year since Gibson was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the Detroit Tigers legend and current part-time TV analyst said he has grown comfortable with his decision to make his battle public - even to the extent of giving it a nickname

"Parky," as the 58-year-old calls his disease, "kicks you in the butt."

"I had a choice to make," he said. "Do I get reclusive or do I bring it up front? And I chose to be vocal about it."

Gibson, who was the keynote speaker at the West Michigan Sports Commission luncheon and announced the "re-purposing" of his foundation to finding a cure for the disease, said being a part-time Tigers analyst on Fox Sports Detroit is part of being in the public.

"I want people to see what's going to happen to me," he said. "People remember me for many of the good things I did on the football field or baseball field and championship games and pressure situations. But I have a new normal now. So it's different and that's why I've chosen to be public about it."

Gibson is scheduled to do 60 games on FSD this season, an encouraging sign his battle is going well. He admitted not every day is a good one, however.

"You don't have to be so polished, I guess is a way to say it, to still be a good teacher," he said. "I can still point out what's going on. I still love the game."

He added:

"When I do my opens (on air), and Parky gets me ... You like the dentist? You like to hear the drill on your teeth? You probably like it as much as I do. But you identify it and then you develop techniques to get through those tough times."

Shortly after the on-air interview in April 2015, when Gibson realized there was something wrong, he visited and received treatment and therapy at hospitals in Grand Rapids, including Spectrum Health, where he underwent therapy, along with Van Andel Institute and Michigan State College of Human Medicine.

"I've probably had this five to seven years," he said. "Since I've been on medication. I feel way better now than I did the previous five years."

Gibson, who hit memorable World Series home runs for the Tigers in 1984 and the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988, used the baseball metaphor in his battle with Parkinson's.

"There's a new World Series we're trying to win and it has to do in the area of Parkinson's disease."

 

[Iffster]

WHAT? ME, WORRY?





38-26-37 and 7 years/$180M (2013-19).

 

[burfboy]

Detroit Tigers
1. Ian Kinsler, 2B
2. J.D. Martinez, RF
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
4. Victor Martinez, DH
5. Justin Upton, LF
6. Nick Castellanos, 3B
7. James McCann, C
8. Anthony Gose, CF
9. Jose Iglesias, SS

Cleveland Indians
1. Carlos Santana, DH
2. Jason Kipnis, 2B
3. Francisco Lindor, SS
4. Michael Brantley, LF
5. Mike Napoli, 1B
6. Yan Gomes, C
7. Lonnie Chisenhall, RF
8. Juan Uribe, 3B
9. Tyler Naquin, CF

 

[burfboy]

Nick C is on fire....

 

[burfboy]

As soon as the third baseman throw the ball to second you gotta run from third.... What the fuck is with Upton and the third base coach.?

 

[Iffster]

Three good inning, then Sanchez starts to crumble. Going to need 7 runs today.

 

[Iffster]

sigh

Iffy's Three Bums of the Game:*

1. Tiger's Offense (Goose eggs)
2. JD Martinez (slumping in 2 hole)
3. Brad Ausmus (just for the heck of it)

Brought to you by: The Cuyahoga River Bottled Water Co. "Feel the Burn"

 

[BUD]

We lost again The only good thing that happened today was KC getting blown out