Game 49 Detroit Tigers @ Kansas City Royals at Kaufmann Stadium, May 22, 2024, 2:10 p.m. EST

[byco42]

Detroit Tigers (23-25) 4th ALC 8.5 GB Last 10 (4-6) L3
Tarik Skubal L 6-0 1.80 ERA

Confirmed Lineup

1. DH Andy Ibanez R
2. CF Matt Vierling R
3. RF Mark Canha R
4. LF Riley Greene L
5. 3B Gio Urshela R
6. 1B Spencer Dutton Torkelson R
7. 2B Colt Keith L
8. SS Javier Baez R
9. C Jake Rogers R

Kansas City Royals (31-19) 2nd ALC 1.5 GB Last 10 (7-3) W5
Cole Ragans L 3-3 3.70 ERA

Confirmed Lineup

1. 3B Maikel Garcia R
2. SS Bobby Witt R
3. 1B (Yo) Vinnie Pasquantino L
4. DH El Salvador Perez R
5. LF Nelson Velazquez R
6. C Freddy Fermin R
7. RF Darion Blanco R
8. 2B Garrett Hampson R
9. CF Kyle Isbel L

0% 70° Wind 6 mph L-R
LINE DET -122 O/U 7.0 Runs

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Tigers - Royals Player

 

[gotime909]

Why in the ever loving fuck is Vierling batting 2nd vs LH starters? It's not a good platoon split for him to get those at bats over young DEVELOPING players like Carp and Perez. AJ Cheater is looking like a poor manager the more games that go by.

 

[biggunsbob]

That ball was played terrible by Matt in center field. 4 pitch walk before the double doesn’t help either. Now we learn Skubal has finger nail issues before the game.

 

[biggunsbob]

Greene miss read on that ball. Sigh. He stepped in. And ball went over his head.
30 pitch inning . Tigers trail 2-0.

 

[biggunsbob]

I hate Baez batting stance. He just has no shot on any pitch off the plate.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tiger offense is like watching paint dry so far. Maybe the radio will bring some luck.

 

[tigermud]

I hate Baez batting stance. He just has no shot on any pitch off the plate.

I hate the stance of at least 4 guys on this team, Baez, Verling, Rogers, Kelly, and Canha isn't great either. Baez can't cover the outer half of the plate with that stance, which he then makes 100 times worse by swinging at everything off the plate excessively consistently. and the other 4 hold their hands too damn low which makes it challenging to take direct paths to the baseball. It's amazing they are in the big leagues with such piss poor form sub .250 is a result of their piss poor stances

 

[kalinecountry]

This f'n blows that Skubal is going to lose to the royals, the lack of hitting has caught up to when he pitches.

This guy pitching for the royals has a no hitter going wtf??

 

[jas5lf]

This team sucks. Can't even get a friggin' hit thru 5.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers . No freaking hits.

Thanks Harris . Great lineup you have here. Again. Kc was 56-106 last sesson. They are
31-19 So far.
Top four in run scoring and I think I just heard they are at the top in run prevention. All in 1 season.

 

[lonesometiger]

Why in the ever loving fuck is Vierling batting 2nd vs LH starters? It's not a good platoon split for him to get those at bats over young DEVELOPING players like Carp and Perez. AJ Cheater is looking like a poor manager the more games that go by.

who says he a good manager? most managers are as good as the players that they have. Right now the Tigers don't have too many good players.

 

[Mitchrapp]

It takes a series like this to realize the Royals are just a better team.

 

[lonesometiger]

That ball was played terrible by Matt in center field. 4 pitch walk before the double doesn’t help either. Now we learn Skubal has finger nail issues before the game.

why in the world is he pitching then!? this is the sign of a bad manager. Making excuses for after the feck.

 

[kalinecountry]

Torkelson cannot hit the FB
2024 .184 AVE .327 SLG .176 xBA
2023 .265 AVE .514 SLG
2022 .175 AVE .292 SLG

He’s in his third full year. The evidence points to him being bad … career stats: -1.5 WAR, .221 avg, .300 OBP, .690 OPS, with 22 HRs and 71 RBI per 162 games. It reads like a 4-A player.

If you can't score..you can't win..nobody scores fewer runs in the first 6 innings than the Tigers.

Skubal had allowed 9 barrels all 2024. he's allowed 3 today.

Phillies 25-4, guess who their POBO is?

The last 30 days, the Tigers offense ranks 10th by fWAR, rotation is 3rd by fWAR. Guess where the weak link in the chain was? The bullpen has fallen into serious disrepair.

Before Wednesday game,
Colt Keith 17/44 .386 in May.
Colt Keith BA is 6 points higher than Spencer Torkelson.

The Joey Wentz experience will hopefully be over when Shelby Miller is healed..or sooner.

2024 Tigers WAR from baseball reference
position players -1.6 #22
1B -1.4 #27
2B -0.5 #22
SS -1.2 #30
3B -0.3 #23
C -0.2 #23
difficult to be very good with that..your best player and WAR player cannot stop hitting the ball on the ground.

Tigers last 10 years:
Be terrible / fans get upset
Have a decent August/September
Narrative shifts to optimism — “maybe they found something"
Do absolutely nothing or very little in the offseason
Sell hope by way of the next upcoming prospect
Repeat
Never ending cycle.

you are either getting better or getting worse..
DET about to be 6-13 in May, 18-25 since their 5-0 start, one of the worst offenses in baseball, one of the best SP performances in baseball, a bullpen that imploded in May.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Won't be no-hit. Yay.

 

[kalinecountry]

Reese Olson didn't throw his bullpen session today. He will throw his bullpen Thursday at Comerica Park and start over the weekend vs. Blue Jays.
Kenta Maeda threw his bullpen today at Kauffman Stadium. (He is lined up to start Saturday or Sunday, but no info on the plan.)

 

[Mitchrapp]

4-2.

 

[lonesometiger]

kc got their reliefer out befor he gave up 5 runs. A better manager they have!

 

[Mitchrapp]

I wish we had Witt Jr.

 

[Mitchrapp]

6-2.