Detroit Tigers Ongoing 2016 Thread

[Marlins2003]

Evening folks!

 

[BUD]

Three series left.....Tigers need to WIN them all. A 7-3 record over their final 10 should give them a real good shot at WC. HOWEVER....taking 3 out of 4 from Cleveland is not a given, so a sweep of KC and a split with the Tribe would work too.

Looks like Eastern pulled one out of their asses

 

[burfboy]

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS

Detroit Tigers
LHP Daniel Norris (3-2, 3.63 ERA)

Kansas City Royals

RHP Yordano Ventura (11-11, 4.35 ERA)

 

[burfboy]

Detroit Tigers

1. Ian Kinsler, 2B

2. Cameron Maybin, CF

3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B

4. Victor Martinez, DH

5. J.D. Martinez, RF

6. Justin Upton, LF

7. James McCann, C

8. Andrew Romine, 3B

9. Jose Iglesias, SS

Pitching: LHP Daniel Norris (3-2, 3.63 ERA)

Bench: OF Steven Moya, SS Dixon Machado, OF Tyler Collins, IF Erick Aybar, IF/OF JaCoby Jones, 3B Casey McGehee, C Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C John Hicks.

 

[Howie115]

How can u compare to the Cy Young year? He is not the same pitcher now. Wow he is in the Cy Young talk and not bad for a guy at lot of people had said he was trash a few years ago.....

Not sure what you are reading into my post. No, he's not the same pitcher as he was in 2011. And I'm giving JV praise for having a great season despite the boatload of HR allowed. All I'm saying is if he'd given up 5 or 6 fewer bombs, his ERA is likely under 3.00 and he becomes the front-runner for this year's Cy Young Award. As it is, he's probably #4 or #5 in the discussion.

A little better run support would have helped, too. The Tigers have scored 1 run or less in 8 of JV's starts. He really should have about 18 wins by now.

 

[burfboy]

It is what it is and he has had a great season...

 

[themuzzer]

Little breathing room but not much.

 

[burfboy]

Nasty shit....

 

[Howie115]

Dayum, that sucked.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

One of the worst losses of the year. Team effort due to runners LOB and K-Rod

 

[Howie115]

One of the worst losses of the year. Team effort due to runners LOB and K-Rod

The LOBs were painful. But at this time of year, your closer cannot be giving up 5 runs in the ninth.

 

[BUD]

Hopefully Boyd will pitch with all he's got today.. Need the W

 

[burfboy]

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS

Detroit Tigers
LHP Matt Boyd (6-4, 4.16 ERA)

Kansas City Royals

RHP Edinson Volquez (10-11, 5.25 ERA)

Tigers lefty Matt Boyd is coming off what may be the best start of his young career. He gave up just one run and three hits in eight innings to beat the Twins.

--Edinson Volquez is 2-0 with a 4.05 ERA against the Tigers in three starts this season.

--Today wraps up the season series with the Royals. The Tigers have a 7-11 record against them so far in 2016.

--After today's game, the Tigers wrap up the regular season with a series against Cleveland at Comerica followed by a road trip to Atlanta.

 

[dengel6]

Frankie really sucked yesterday, especially since this was a must game. Oh well, with Zim out ...........

 

[Wazmankg]

I'm so glad my wife talked name into spending the day at the park so I didn't have to witness that. I did catch Hosmer's bomb on the radio between stops, but at least I didn't have 3 hours of my life invested in what looked to be a certain win. I think I'll play golf today.

 

[Voltaire26]

Hopefully Boyd will pitch with all he's got today.. Need the W

Regardless of what happens to the Tigers this year, next year is looking bright. We should have a great rotation and our relief pitching should be better. Let's see if we can get some of these youngsters some playoff experience.

 

[burfboy]

DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias was given the day off Sunday as he grieves the loss of his friend and fellow Cuban, Jose Fernandez.

Detroit Tigers

1. Ian Kinsler, 2B

2. Cameron Maybin, CF

3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B

4. Victor Martinez, DH

5. J.D. Martinez, RF

6. Justin Upton, LF

7. Erick Aybar, 3B

8. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C

9. Andrew Romine, SS

Pitching: LHP Matt Boyd (6-4, 4.16 ERA)

Bench: OF Steven Moya, SS Dixon Machado, OF Tyler Collins, IF/OF JaCoby Jones, SS Jose Iglesias, 3B Casey McGehee, C James McCann, C John Hicks.

 

[BUD]

Regardless of what happens to the Tigers this year, next year is looking bright. We should have a great rotation and our relief pitching should be better. Let's see if we can get some of these youngsters some playoff experience.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Way to blow this series boys!!

 

[Howie115]

Hopefully Boyd will pitch with all he's got today.. Need the W

I guess all he had was five batters' worth.