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2025 Tigers Spring Training

tomdalton22 said:
he was even in terms of runs saved above average, so that is a C
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I suppose all of us could list a stat to be make things better or worse. Look at Tork, 89 OPS+ but he had a positive WAR. Anyone think Tork had a positive offensive season?
 
Mitchrapp said:
I suppose all of us could list a stat to be make things better or worse. Look at Tork, 89 OPS+ but he had a positive WAR. Anyone think Tork had a positive offensive season?
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OPS+ compares his OPS to league average. WAR is comparing him to a replacement level player. Basically, the replacement level player is going to be less than the average MLB player. So OPS+ says that Tork is inferior to the average MLB player, his WAR indicates that he is better than a replacement level player.
 
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MLB doctor explains when Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows could return from nerve issue

A nerve issue has forced the Detroit Tigers and center fielder Parker Meadows into wait-and-see mode about an injury.
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MLB doctor explains when Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows could return from nerve issue.
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"It sounds like it's probably his musculocutaneous nerve," said Schulz, who has worked for the Angels since November 2016 and the Ducks since September 2014. "That's the nerve that innervates the biceps and then also provides the sensory for the proximal forearm."
 
Mitch, find me ONE metric that shows him below average last year in the field. You know, just because you say someone out loud, doesn't make it true, right?
 
tomdalton22 said:
OPS+ compares his OPS to league average. WAR is comparing him to a replacement level player. Basically, the replacement level player is going to be less than the average MLB player. So OPS+ says that Tork is inferior to the average MLB player, his WAR indicates that he is better than a replacement level player.
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Gotcha. Thanks.
 
So I freaked out . All I saw was headline on the internet that said
‘Skubal breaks ankle’

I freaked out because I thought it was another tiger injury.

Turns out it was just a nasty curveball.

 
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biggunsbob said:
So I freaked our all I saw was headline on the internet that said
‘Skubal breaks ankle’

I freaked out because I thought it was another tiger injury.

Turns out it was just a nasty curveball.

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Those titles are just dumb. And they knew what they did.. A whole fan base of Detroit freaked out.
 
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WILL HE OR WON’T HE?

by Holly Horning It’s an interesting spring training for the Tigers. Now that they have stronger players – and the pipeline producing – there are a number of competitive bat…
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kalinecountry said:
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WILL HE OR WON’T HE?

by Holly Horning It’s an interesting spring training for the Tigers. Now that they have stronger players – and the pipeline producing – there are a number of competitive bat…
totallytigers.wordpress.com totallytigers.wordpress.com
WILL HE OR WON’T HE?
Totally Tigers
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every time I read an article like this, it makes me wonder WTF Harris was thinking by signing Torres. Already a weak infield and he adds a free agent who is the worst defensive 2B in MLB.
 
tomdalton22 said:
OPS+ compares his OPS to league average. WAR is comparing him to a replacement level player. Basically, the replacement level player is going to be less than the average MLB player. So OPS+ says that Tork is inferior to the average MLB player, his WAR indicates that he is better than a replacement level player.
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I like the Fangraphs metric of wRC+ (weighted runs created). Similar index, to OPS+, where 100 is league average. Torkelson's 2024 wRC+ was 92, or 8% below league average.

Fangraphs has his 2024 WAR at 0.1. 2025 protections are not much better (107 wRC+ and 0.4 WAR).

As a first-round pick, five years ago, with his contract in pre-arbritration, and who was bumped from the defense, I consider him a bust-liability.
 
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