White sox @ Tigers May 5th

[biggunsbob]

On May 5th, 2011 the Tigers were 15-17 and 7 games back.
On May 5th, 2012 the Tigers are 13-12 and 1.5 games back.


A. Jackson cf
B. Boesch rf
M. Cabrera 3b
P. Fielder 1b
D. Young dh
A. Avila c
J. Peralta ss
A. Dirks lf
R. Raburn 2b
P. M. Scherzer

 

[biggunsbob]

I am hope for prince to break out today.. Young at DH and Dirks in left.. Like it much better then the other way around..

 

[Mitchrapp]

The only difference between the two is Dirks doesn't play as deep.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Never thought I'd see Prince with a .398 slugging. Could be worse I support, the way Albert is playing.

 

[jimrice]

Big day for Max.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Prince OPS:

2006: .831
2007: 1.013
2008: .879
2009: 1.014
2010: .871
2011: .981
2012: .756 (so far)

See a pattern?

 

[biggunsbob]

Great no strikes in all of his warm-up pitches... LOL

 

[biggunsbob]

Nice!!!!!

 

[mjsb2]

The only difference between the two is Dirks doesn't play as deep.

And Dirks can cover a lot more ground.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Not sure strikes are what pitchers try to accomplish in warm-up.

 

[Mitchrapp]

And Dirks can cover a lot more ground.

All I know is his defensive WAR blew last season, as bad as DY did.

 

[biggunsbob]

Nice inning Max!!!!!

 

[mjsb2]

All I know is his defensive WAR blew last season, as bad as DY did.

UZR, DRS, and RPM all had him at +7 runs in under 300 innings last year.

He is a significantly better defender than DY, at least 15 runs better over 162 games.

 

[manchild98]

Has anyone ever heard of Miggy having the nickname "Big Mike?"

 

[mjsb2]

Has anyone ever heard of Miggy having the nickname "Big Mike?"

Nobody has ever called him that.

 

[coulomb]

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[johnny2x2x]

Great to see Max start out with 2 stress free innings. 19 total pitches thru 2. I think he's a bit of a head case, but he will turn his year around for us and ultimately have a pretty good season.

 

[manchild98]

Nobody has ever called him that.

The Fox dudes said...as he is referred to by some of his teammates.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Sure is good to see Alex and Jhonny starting to hit again!

 

[Mitchrapp]

UZR, DRS, and RPM all had him at +7 runs in under 300 innings last year.

He is a significantly better defender than DY, at least 15 runs better over 162 games.

I was just talking WAR. WAR seems to get brought up a lot so I did the same. And it was -06 or something like that.