Detroit Tigers Ongoing 2017 Thread

[broncosmitty]

Tyler Collins > Alex Presley

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Just turning the game on and.... yep, Zimmermann is still garbage.

Al Avila is garbaage.

 

[Howie115]

Congrats, Tiger hitters! You managed to break a 104-year team record for strikeouts in a 4-game series with 49. The old record was 47 set in 1913.

 

[Zwalt]

Congrats, Tiger hitters! You managed to break a 104-year team record for strikeouts in a 4-game series with 49. The old record was 47 set in 1913.

Who says they are losers, that is impressive! And Pelfry being one of the pitchers to contribute, even more amazing.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Ausmus needs to fucking kill himself!!

 

[broncosmitty]

Tough crowd.

 

[Howie115]

Soria was awful for the Royals. But he still doesn't take the title of most washed-up former closer on an MLB roster.

 

[burfboy]

Probable starting pitchers: RHP Justin Verlander (4-3, 4.87 ERA) vs. LHP Eric Skoglund (major-league debut).

Tigers lineup:

2B Dixon Machado

3B Nick Castellanos

1B Miguel Cabrera

DH Victor Martinez

RF J.D. Martinez

LF Justin Upton

C John Hicks

CF JaCoby Jones

 

[Zwalt]

Probable starting pitchers: RHP Justin Verlander (4-3, 4.87 ERA) vs. LHP Eric Skoglund (major-league debut).

Tigers lineup:

2B Dixon Machado

3B Nick Castellanos

1B Miguel Cabrera

DH Victor Martinez

RF J.D. Martinez

LF Justin Upton

C John Hicks

CF JaCoby Jones

Raise your hand if when you saw or heard the bolded part, you fully expected our offense to suck donkey balls....as in no patience at the plate, lots of Ks, few hits, few if any runs and the rookie lasts into the 6th or 7th.

**looks around**



I'm guessing that is close to 100%

 

[Howie115]

Raise your hand if when you saw or heard the bolded part, you fully expected our offense to suck donkey balls....as in no patience at the plate, lots of Ks, few hits, few if any runs and the rookie lasts into the 6th or 7th.

**looks around**



I'm guessing that is close to 100%

The Tigers have been shut out three times on this road trip. Two were against unheralded rookies (Tyler Danish and Eric Skoglund). Not exactly Cy Young candidates. In the other shutout, Houston basically threw a bullpen game at us.

PATHETIC isn't a strong enough word.

 

[burfboy]

TIGERS LINEUP

1. Andrew Romine, 2B

2. Alex Avila, C

3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B

4. Victor Martinez, DH

5. J.D. Martinez, RF

6. Justin Upton, LF

7. Nick Castellanos, 3B

8. Alex Presley, CF

9. Jose Iglesias, SS

Matthew Boyd, SP

 

[themuzzer]

The two places our starters are injured (2B Kinsler, C McCann) Romine and Avila lead off batting.....Why stop there? Throw the bench at the top of the order......Why not bat Miggy and JD 8th and 9th......Shake it up Ausmus.

 

[broncosmitty]

The two places our starters are injured (2B Kinsler, C McCann) Romine and Avila lead off batting.....Why stop there? Throw the bench at the top of the order......Why not bat Miggy and JD 8th and 9th......Shake it up Ausmus.

You hate homers out of the two hole muzz?

 

[Howie115]

So... watching Matt Boyd struggle again last night, and just not feeling like this guy is ever going to amount to much at the Major League level. He doesn't have the stuff of Fulmer or Norris, so he has to rely too much on location, which is still not good.

He's really only pitched a little more than a full season (41 starts, 210 innings) at the MLB level, so I guess there's still some hope. But the career numbers are thus far underwhelming:

9-16 record
5.66 ERA
1.50 WHIP
10.4 H/9
3.1 BB/9
6.9 K/9

Given the Tigers' lack of pitching depth in the minors, I assume Boyd will stay in the rotation as long as he doesn't completely blow up. So we shall see where he is at the end of the year. My gut and the eyeball test tells me he'll struggle just to get the ERA under 5.00 this year (it's currently 5.69).

 

[Zwalt]

So... watching Matt Boyd struggle again last night, and just not feeling like this guy is ever going to amount to much at the Major League level. He doesn't have the stuff of Fulmer or Norris, so he has to rely too much on location, which is still not good.

He's really only pitched a little more than a full season (41 starts, 210 innings) at the MLB level, so I guess there's still some hope. But the career numbers are thus far underwhelming:

9-16 record
5.66 ERA
1.50 WHIP
10.4 H/9
3.1 BB/9
6.9 K/9

Given the Tigers' lack of pitching depth in the minors, I assume Boyd will stay in the rotation as long as he doesn't completely blow up. So we shall see where he is at the end of the year. My gut and the eyeball test tells me he'll struggle just to get the ERA under 5.00 this year (it's currently 5.69).

He's a lefty with a heartbeat so he's going to get more than his fair share of chances. I'm not as worried yet, if he ends up being a #5 starter or a solid bullpen arm, that still isn't bad considering we got Norris as well for Price. And I really like Norris, despite some control problems.

 

[broncosmitty]

He's a lefty with a heartbeat so he's going to get more than his fair share of chances. I'm not as worried yet, if he ends up being a #5 starter or a solid bullpen arm, that still isn't bad considering we got Norris as well for Price. And I really like Norris, despite some control problems.

Never have really looked at Boyd as a longterm starter.


But he's better than what he's done lately.

 

[Zwalt]

Tigers didn't lose tonight! woot!

 

[burfboy]

Tigers lineup

1. Dixon Machado, 2B
2. Nicholas Castellanos, 3B
3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
4. Victor Martinez, DH
5. J.D. Martinez, RF
6. Justin Upton, LF
7. John Hicks, C
8. Mikie Mahtook, CF
9. Jose Iglesias, SS

Bench: C Alex Avila, IF/OF Andrew Romine, OF JaCoby Jones, OF Alex Presley.

Starting pitcher: RHP Michael Fulmer

 

[broncosmitty]

When Ausmus gets canned, putting Nick and all his Ks in the two hole is all the reason you need.

There's no defending it. He should be in Toledo before he hits that high.

 

[Howie115]

Well, tonight, Nick is doing what you should do in front of Cabrera: take your walks. It's paid off both times.