Detroit Tigers Ongoing 2016 Thread

[Howie115]

Damn Orioles pull one out in the 9th last night. Crap.

 

[burfboy]

Game postponed. ....will play Monday if needed. ..

 

[Voltaire26]

On to Atlanta for a sweep .... hopefully!!!

 

[burfboy]

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers will face three young pitchers in their critical three-game series against the Atlanta Braves this weekend.

Julio Teheran, the 25-year-old staff ace, will pitch for the Braves on Sunday. Two 24-year-olds -- Matt Wisler (7-12, 4.86 ERA) and Aaron Blair (1-7, 8.02) -- will take the mound in the first two games at Turner Field.


The Tigers will counter with Daniel Norris (3-2, 3.59) on Friday night and Jordan Zimmermann (9-6, 4.88) on Saturday. Tigers ace Justin Verlander (16-8, 3.10) will face Teheran (6-10, 3.33) on Sunday.

Norris was originally slated to start on Thursday against the Cleveland Indians. That game was rained out and will be replayed on Monday afternoon in Detroit only if it impacts the postseason race.

There's a good chance that it could. In that case, Michael Fulmer would probably start on Monday. If the Tigers qualified for the wild card game on Tuesday, Matt Boyd, Anibal Sanchez or Buck Farmer would be the most likely options to start.

Even that scenario doesn't take into account the possibility of a tiebreaker game between Monday's makeup day and the start of the playoffs.

The Tigers enter the final weekend 1 1/2 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles for the final wild card spot.

If the Tigers finish 4-0, they would qualify for a tiebreaker game if Toronto or Baltimore loses at least one of their final three games.

Toronto finishes its season at Boston, while the Orioles play at New York. Rainy weather could play havoc with both of those series as well, which would add another complication to the playoff picture.

One bit of good news: It's expected to be sunny, warm and -- most importantly -- dry in Atlanta this weekend. The Braves, who are moving into a new stadium in the northern suburbs next year, are playing the final series at Turner Field.

 

[Iffster]

Will be interesting to see how the Tigers respond with their backs literally up against the wall. A sweep, I would hope, gets them a makeup game with Cleveland. Lose one game of the three....and they need outside help, in the form of Toronto or Baltimore losing 2 out of three in their respective series.

Pretty much - win or go home each game.

 

[burfboy]

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS

Detroit Tigers
LHP Daniel Norris (3-2, 3.59 ERA)

Atlanta Braves

RHP Matt Wisler (7-12, 4.86 ERA)

 

[burfboy]

Detroit Tigers

1. Ian Kinsler, 2B

2. Cameron Maybin, CF

3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B

4. J.D. Martinez, RF

5. Justin Upton, LF

6. Nick Castellanos, 3B

7. James McCann, C

8. Jose Iglesias, SS

9. Daniel Norris, P

(3-2, 3.59 ERA)

Bench: PH Victor Martinez, OF Steven Moya, SS Dixon Machado, IF Erick Aybar, OF Tyler Collins, IF/OF JaCoby Jones, IF/OF Andrew Romine, 3B Casey McGehee, C Jarrod Saltalmacchia, C John Hicks.

Atlanta Braves

Pitching: Matt Wisler (7-12, 4.86)

 

[broncosmitty]

This guy must struggle against righties?

Not the Interleague Lineup I planned on seeing.

 

[BUD]

Go Tigers, Yanks and Red Sox

 

[themuzzer]

MIGGY YARD TO DEEP CENTER!!!!!! THAT'S HOW YOU START A GAME!!!!!

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

MIGGY AND KINSLER WITH THE BOMBS!!!

 

[burfboy]

Miggys numbers are down....he's old....his contract is too much and too long....LOL...

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Miggys numbers are down....he's old....his contract is too much and too long....LOL...

Replace that name with V-Mart and I agree.

 

[burfboy]

Miggy again

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Michael Pineda is a bum.

 

[Iffster]

Well...the Red Sox are trying to help out.

 

[broncosmitty]

It's weird that the Tigers season could hang on a Jordan Zimmerman start.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

It's weird that the Tigers season could hang on a Jordan Zimmerman start.

Very scary. Norris was a beast tonight though.

 

[broncosmitty]

Very scary. Norris was a beast tonight though.

Future Ace of the staff.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Future Ace of the staff.

Hope that is a good thing!