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Detroit Tigers, Volume 10: The Tommy Bridges edition
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Hammer
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Maybe. Or it might be 83 at game time. It's a complete crapshoot. Knowing my luck, it's probably going to be 45 and raining sideways.
Congrats! Bring a parka!
Maybe. Or it might be 83 at game time. It's a complete crapshoot. Knowing my luck, it's probably going to be 45 and raining sideways.
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Toronto or the home opener?
No chance of an Opening Day rain out this year unless the roof breaks again.
Toronto or the home opener?
No chance of an Opening Day rain out this year unless the roof breaks again.
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Speaking of Opening Days, Spring Training games started yetserday. For whatever reason, the annual game with Florida Southern was replaced with Southeastern, an NAIA school also in Florida. Looks like it was a close game, 3-2, until the bottom of the 8th when Detroit put up 10.
Across the league there don't appear to be as many college vs MLB games this season.
Speaking of Opening Days, Spring Training games started yetserday. For whatever reason, the annual game with Florida Southern was replaced with Southeastern, an NAIA school also in Florida. Looks like it was a close game, 3-2, until the bottom of the 8th when Detroit put up 10.
Across the league there don't appear to be as many college vs MLB games this season.
Hammer
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Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 10: The Tommy Bridges edition
Josh Harrison is going to be our everyday 2B, it looks like.
The defense is fairly well set to start the season. Candelario, Mercer, Harrison and Miggy in the infield. Stewart, Jones and Castellanos in the outfield, and Greiner behind the plate. Not a bunch of upside from what I see, and not much depth yet behind them. A few placeholders in there. I think we'll start to see the kids next year (Castro, Lugo, Cameron, etc).
Josh Harrison is going to be our everyday 2B, it looks like.
The defense is fairly well set to start the season. Candelario, Mercer, Harrison and Miggy in the infield. Stewart, Jones and Castellanos in the outfield, and Greiner behind the plate. Not a bunch of upside from what I see, and not much depth yet behind them. A few placeholders in there. I think we'll start to see the kids next year (Castro, Lugo, Cameron, etc).
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Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 10: The Tommy Bridges edition
Fulmer's 2019 season has been Tommy John'd.
Fulmer's 2019 season has been Tommy John'd.
Hammer
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This is exactly why I don't think we're going to see much improvement, if any, in the standings this year. Nothing has really been upgraded, and this rotation was already paper-thin before today. We're not going to see much of an influx of personnel until next year.
This is exactly why I don't think we're going to see much improvement, if any, in the standings this year. Nothing has really been upgraded, and this rotation was already paper-thin before today. We're not going to see much of an influx of personnel until next year.
Hammer
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Gordon Beckham has made the roster over Ronny Rodriguez. Fine. I'm not going to get sweaty over the 25th man on the roster for a team that is probably looking at 95 or so losses.
Jacoby Jones and Drew VerHagen both likely headed to the DL. Not as big a deal on VerHagen. I'm not going to concern myself too much on the 4th or 5th best reliever in the pen. Jacoby Jones, on the other hand, is a bigger concern. He dinged his shoulder the other day. We're already thin enough in the outfield, and Jones was a question mark in the first place. They've already said that Daz Cameron is going to Toledo to start the season, rightfully so. But who is going to play CF now. That's kinda important in this ballpark. The Mikie Mahook Show doesn't exactly dazzle me.
Gordon Beckham has made the roster over Ronny Rodriguez. Fine. I'm not going to get sweaty over the 25th man on the roster for a team that is probably looking at 95 or so losses.
Jacoby Jones and Drew VerHagen both likely headed to the DL. Not as big a deal on VerHagen. I'm not going to concern myself too much on the 4th or 5th best reliever in the pen. Jacoby Jones, on the other hand, is a bigger concern. He dinged his shoulder the other day. We're already thin enough in the outfield, and Jones was a question mark in the first place. They've already said that Daz Cameron is going to Toledo to start the season, rightfully so. But who is going to play CF now. That's kinda important in this ballpark. The Mikie Mahook Show doesn't exactly dazzle me.
Hammer
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Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 10: The Tommy Bridges edition
So. The Opening Day roster is out. 3 position players on the bench not including a DH, and 8 relievers. Oh, with an injured centerfielder and an unproven rookie catcher. This pitching staff frightens me. Spencer Turnbull starts the season as the #3 starter. That should tell you all you need to know. Our rotation consists of Zimmerman, Boyd, Turnbull, and......oh dear.
On the other hand, this is probably the last year we're going to have a bunch of fill-ins on the roster. The kids should probably start to arrive next year or even late this summer. Daz Cameron is my guess to be the first position player. One of the shortstops probably gets here next spring, and hopefully Kody Clemens can pan out at 2B, but he's a little farther away right now. The Beau Burrows-Kyle Funkhouser contingent probably starts to show itself next year as well. We're squarely in the middle of the rebuild. It's just a matter of time before (if?) the kids start to arrive.
A healthy Miggy would help immensely, but at 36 in a couple weeks, I'm not exactly holding my breath. I take some consolation in fact that the Royals are not going to be good, the White Sox are rebuilding, and Cleveland has question marks as well. I'll defer to others on the Twins. I simply have not followed what they're doing at all. Are we going to contend? Hell no. But there are some games to be had in the division this year.
68-94, good for last place, but we're probably less than 20 games out by the time it's all said and done.
So. The Opening Day roster is out. 3 position players on the bench not including a DH, and 8 relievers. Oh, with an injured centerfielder and an unproven rookie catcher. This pitching staff frightens me. Spencer Turnbull starts the season as the #3 starter. That should tell you all you need to know. Our rotation consists of Zimmerman, Boyd, Turnbull, and......oh dear.
On the other hand, this is probably the last year we're going to have a bunch of fill-ins on the roster. The kids should probably start to arrive next year or even late this summer. Daz Cameron is my guess to be the first position player. One of the shortstops probably gets here next spring, and hopefully Kody Clemens can pan out at 2B, but he's a little farther away right now. The Beau Burrows-Kyle Funkhouser contingent probably starts to show itself next year as well. We're squarely in the middle of the rebuild. It's just a matter of time before (if?) the kids start to arrive.
A healthy Miggy would help immensely, but at 36 in a couple weeks, I'm not exactly holding my breath. I take some consolation in fact that the Royals are not going to be good, the White Sox are rebuilding, and Cleveland has question marks as well. I'll defer to others on the Twins. I simply have not followed what they're doing at all. Are we going to contend? Hell no. But there are some games to be had in the division this year.
68-94, good for last place, but we're probably less than 20 games out by the time it's all said and done.
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Going to be a long year with this broadcast crew.
Going to be a long year with this broadcast crew.
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And they pulled him already. I get it's Opening Day, but that type of pace could take you into the 11th.
And they pulled him already. I get it's Opening Day, but that type of pace could take you into the 11th.
Hammer
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Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 10: The Tommy Bridges edition
I don't know if I'd let him get much past 90 on Opening Day, but I certainly would have sent him out there for the 8th. If we were into the season for a bit, I would have left him out there until further notice.
I got the feeling that Sugar Shane is going to squander this thing in the 9th.
I don't know if I'd let him get much past 90 on Opening Day, but I certainly would have sent him out there for the 8th. If we were into the season for a bit, I would have left him out there until further notice.
I got the feeling that Sugar Shane is going to squander this thing in the 9th.
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Break out the homer light.
Break out the homer light.
Hammer
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Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 10: The Tommy Bridges edition
2-0, top 10
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STEWART!!!!
STEWART!!!!
2-0, top 10
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2-0 final in 10.
2:55 game.
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2-0 final in 10.
2:55 game.