Tigers @ Astros Game #24 : May 6th 2022

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/tigers-injuries-and-roster-moves
Injuries & Moves: Meadows scratched with illness Friday.
Tigers official site

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/beau-brieske-sees-positives-despite-loss-to-astros
Brieske owns up to loss, but sees positives.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...815#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=662815
Boxscore.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/5/7/23060971/tigers-astros-game-recap-beau-brieske-willi-castro
Astros 3, Tigers 2: Another day, another futile performance from the offense.
Sorry this recap is late, but I fell asleep in the sixth...
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ced-just-two-hits-3-2-loss-astros/9674788002/
Frustration mounts as Tigers' offense musters only two hits in 3-2 loss to Astros.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...troit-tigers-score-houston-astros/9682787002/
Detroit Tigers threaten early, but fall quietly again, 3-2, to Houston Astros.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/05/astros-back-to-back-home-runs-send-tigers-to-another-loss.html
Astros? back-to-back home runs send Tigers to another loss.
Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2022/05/06/saturday-survey-26/
SATURDAY SURVEY.
Totally Tigers

As the Houston Astros manager, A. J. Hinch used a variety of relievers with games on the line, refusing to name a closer. He kept the same practice last year in his first year as the Tigers? manager.

But at the start of this season, he named Gregory Soto as the official ?closer.?

But now, Soto has recently blown 2 appearances that have cost the Tigers games.

Is this simply a case of a rough patch? Or is this simply not a good match?

Should the Tigers continue to have an official closer or should they return to matching a reliever to the situation at hand?

Who should the Tigers use in a high-leverage situation?

1. An official closer.

2. Match the best reliever to the situation.

VOTE

 

[tomdalton22]

I mean we have drafted pretty high since 2015 or 16. Where are all the Tigers draft hitting prospects? Do we even have that many outside 3 or 4 players ? Maybe five. We have to do better at picking players. I keep hearing how good the tigers farm system is. Where are these players ?

they are in the farm system. That is why people are saying that the farm system is better now. It's not like basketball and football where players get drafted and play right away.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers farm system
Toledo (12-14)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=2e077b7b


Clemens, Ryan L, Valente, and Zach short ar the best hitters.
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Erie (14-11)

Has five guys between .270 and .300 . Dingler has 3 homers and 7 doubles.
Dane Meyers .296 is sadly 26 years old. Parker Meadows appears over matched right now .


https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=0bdb2618
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West Michigan known as a pitchers park. (8-17)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=a27287ee

7 players batting .263 to .333
Jake Holton has stats at Erie and am. Keith Colt is batting .316 and is only 20.
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Lakeland. (11-13)
5 batters hitting between .260 and .333

 

[SpartyNash]

Almost thankful I don?t have Bally Sports Detroit because this team is absolutely unwatchable from the sounds of it. Just saw that there are 6 teams with 30+ homers and the Tigers have a whopping 11 as a team. You can?t even make that up.

 

[tomdalton22]

Tigers farm system
Toledo (12-14)
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=2e077b7b


Clemens, Ryan L, Valente, and Zach short ar the best hitters.
==============

Erie (14-11)

Has five guys between .270 and .300 . Dingler has 3 homers and 7 doubles.
Dane Meyers .296 is sadly 26 years old. Parker Meadows appears over matched right now .


https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=0bdb2618
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West Michigan known as a pitchers park. (8-17)

https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=a27287ee

7 players batting .263 to .333
Jake Holton has stats at Erie and am. Keith Colt is batting .316 and is only 20.
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Lakeland. (11-13)
5 batters hitting between .260 and .333

I have come around and now regard OPS as the best indicator of value for a hitter. Pretty much the same guys that you have on your list.

OPS over .800

Toledo

Lavarnway
Short
Clemens
Robson
Kreidler

Seawolves

Myers
Dingler
Lipcius

Whitecaps

Perez
Holton
Keith
Navigato
Meadows (only hitting .230 but slugging .525)

 

[tomdalton22]

Almost thankful I don?t have Bally Sports Detroit because this team is absolutely unwatchable from the sounds of it. Just saw that there are 6 teams with 30+ homers and the Tigers have a whopping 11 as a team. You can?t even make that up.

the offense is terrible. It has to get better because it can't get worse.

Schoop and Baddoo are the biggest culprits.

On the pitching front...their "big signing" has also been bad through his first 5 starts. 5.33 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP

 

[tigermud]

Who the fuck is the hitting coach and why am I not hearing him being blasted. People shit all over Lloyd and I down remember the offense ever being this pathetic.

Because the expectations are super low and the number of people watched has waned quite a bit

 

[tigermud]

This team sure does lose a lot

 

[tomdalton22]

Because the expectations are super low and the number of people watched has waned quite a bit

I think it's because most people are in love with AJ and his staff...they don't want to bash them like they did previous managers.

 

[kalinecountry]

The Tigers very briefly held the lead tonight, which hasn't happened very often lately.

The Tigers are 2-9 in their last 11 games.

They've had the lead for just 7 1/2 innings during that 99-inning span.