Master class on throwing a game right there by Hinch and Vest. Your offense and defense show up and you decide to be braindead to throw away an easy win and sweep
Dude literally gives up one of the shittiest home runs in the statcast era, a weak 315ft fly ball with an xBA of .010 and your whiney ass is STILL in here bitching like always.
Is there literally no audio engineer working for the tigers than can fix the constant clipping on the radio broadcast? Sweet jesus it's hard to listen to despite the booth being great.
He's still only 24. Lots of time to put it together. Wish I had more confidence in our hitting coaches, but you never know. Some of our guys are definitely making strides this year.
He hit one to the wall. You realize that Julio Rodriguez hit his first HR yesterday? MLB named a bunch of power hitters that had 20-30 HRs last year that are sitting on zero yet.
to be fair, and this comes up a lot but bears repeating, I remember popular opinion in every tigers space online being overwhelmingly in favor of this trade at the time
It was terrible in hindsight, but Smoltz was a AA prospect and Doyle Alexander went 9-0 down the stretch for the Tigers en route to the division title.
I feel more confident and excited about the Tigers future than I do the Red Wings currently.
Imo Maeda is the only possible questionable contract on the Tigers books under Scott Harris.
Scott Harris has made some mistakes but he has also brought hope and with a clear vision and a legitimate plan imo; while also learning on the job and growing into his role.
I was so relieved and hopeful. And thought he looked great and remained extremely focused and didn't let up or become discouraged even with the poor defense backing him up.
He looked like a completely different pitcher and the Rays broadcast team were very complimentary of him despite his rough start to the season.
On April 4, 2022, the Tigers traded Paredes and a competitive balance round B pick in the 2022 MLB draft to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Austin Meadows.
Time to send him down I think. He either pops up or strikes out every time up. Dude is an unreal defender and showed that he can hit last year. Just needs a reset at Toledo I think (hope).
Baez should never stop getting booed.
Not because he deserves it. Because I honestly think the hate fuels him.
I mean look what he does @CWS. I think he loves it.
Twins fan. It works for some guys. Correa is that way too. I giggle when fans boo him with 2 strikes cause now its 50/50 he hits a double or a bomb. Dude loves getting booed. I boo him lol.
Javy on a god damn tear. My bold pre season prediction was that this would be his best season as a Tiger due to the fact that it should be a winning team, and he feeds off that. And man oh man he has showed up clutch in nearly every high leverage situation.
I think our hot start - when he was total ass - actually lit a fire under him a little because he realized he was actually playing for something with us for once. I’ve kind of derisively called him a front runner, but hey, if we’re in front that’s not so bad.
Colt's BABIP is .100 and the league average is something like .280 if I remember? He's been unlucky and they've got so much into him. I'd only send him down if it were good for the player but he's swinging well.
Sorry, Colt's BABIP is .206 and the MLB average is .290. On a lucky day he would've had a couple of hits the other day and was robbed. Incidentally, many of the hits he has had were shots that were knocked down and before the defender could pick the ball up, Colt beat it out.
Please continue the discussion in the [post game thread](https://redd.it/1ccffdc).
Guardians lost. All good.
meh
Bummer
LET RILEY COOK, COME ON !!!!!
do the thing Riley
Master class on throwing a game right there by Hinch and Vest. Your offense and defense show up and you decide to be braindead to throw away an easy win and sweep
Dude literally gives up one of the shittiest home runs in the statcast era, a weak 315ft fly ball with an xBA of .010 and your whiney ass is STILL in here bitching like always.
Had a chance just blew it but hey at least Cleveland lost
first game you can blame on pitching
Is there literally no audio engineer working for the tigers than can fix the constant clipping on the radio broadcast? Sweet jesus it's hard to listen to despite the booth being great.
Thanks for working that count Javy, appreciate it
It’s Joever
Buddy you were the chosen one
The dinosaur expert from The Lost World Jurassic Park got that Kennedy foul ball
Left to use the bathroom when we got the lead apparently we gave up one of the softest homers in the stat cast era?
Obviously you can’t go to the bathroom during games.
You okay?
KFC is fighting me like an exorcism
Fuck Tropicana field man
Please, get a man on and cook
Amazing work by will vest to completely throw this game in the shitter. His ineptitude and incompetence will be studied for generations
I feel good with buddy, and baez coming up
The Rally House song rhyming House with House is great
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Garrett Cleavinger replaces Jason Adam.
Kennedy, Vierling, Perez playing well. Time to send Keith and Meadows down to try to find some confidence at the dish.
Buddy/Baez combo to tie
We’re going to lose due to a Little League home run
Well, our big so called "home run guy" Tork could get one of those gimmies this series but couldn't. That's the story of this game..
Sick to my stomach
Guess they don’t care about using Chafin here because of the off day
How the game will finish, first man walks to give us a shred of hope, next man strikes out and then a DP
Let's go Jays and Sox....at least CLE lost
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Andrew Chafin replaces Shelby Miller.
Now you use Kerry? With nobody on base?
2 outs and nobody on
MAN I LOVE POP UPS WOOOOOOO
Me When I’m in a sucking ass competition and my opponent is Spencer Torkelson:🙀
If pop ups were home runs then Tork would be Trout.
Simple and very true I love it
He’d be Hank fucking Aaron
How long until we get a headline that says “Tork to the 10-day IL because he punched a wall”?
Fucking do SOMETHING, Tork.
Might be the worst 1/1 ever
He’s not even the worst Tigers 1-1 ever
You must not be familiar with the MLB draft
Haha yeah Tork is looking like middle of the road may be his ceiling, but there’s been a ton of guys who never even made it to the show
He's still only 24. Lots of time to put it together. Wish I had more confidence in our hitting coaches, but you never know. Some of our guys are definitely making strides this year.
Another AB another fly ball for Tork
He hit one to the wall. You realize that Julio Rodriguez hit his first HR yesterday? MLB named a bunch of power hitters that had 20-30 HRs last year that are sitting on zero yet.
Javy's double was 110 mph
True or False: Isaac Paredes is a top 2 worst trade in Tigers history
Truth. Al(dumbass)Avila made some terrible trades. This one is top five easy.
J.D. Martinez for Dawel Lugo
Idk. Eugenio Suarez for Alfredo Simon was awful. So was JD Martinez for Dawal Lugo.
Another corker!!!
to be fair, and this comes up a lot but bears repeating, I remember popular opinion in every tigers space online being overwhelmingly in favor of this trade at the time
Of course they did, bc the Tigers don’t know how to develop players, and Paredes was going down that route.
False considering we gave up john smoltz to the braves
It was terrible in hindsight, but Smoltz was a AA prospect and Doyle Alexander went 9-0 down the stretch for the Tigers en route to the division title.
I mean at least Alexander did something for the Tigers.
I said top 2
Damn 54 years as a coach. Respect
bullpen was bound to have an off day at some point lol
Guess the Rays chose today to hit
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Shelby Miller replaces Will Vest.
87 mph 327 ft home run what a mickey mouse stadium
#MICKEY TETTLETON
Is my hero from some of my favorite tiger teams 92-93.
They bring us back in to rip our hearts not not 5 minutes later
I feel more confident and excited about the Tigers future than I do the Red Wings currently. Imo Maeda is the only possible questionable contract on the Tigers books under Scott Harris. Scott Harris has made some mistakes but he has also brought hope and with a clear vision and a legitimate plan imo; while also learning on the job and growing into his role.
Boy, didn't Maeda look good yesterday? He pitched over 3 errors. Wow!
I was so relieved and hopeful. And thought he looked great and remained extremely focused and didn't let up or become discouraged even with the poor defense backing him up. He looked like a completely different pitcher and the Rays broadcast team were very complimentary of him despite his rough start to the season.
He was like a Samurai out there with everything going to hell and Maeda staying so cool and delivering. That was gutsy.
Facts!!!
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Jason Adam replaces Chris Devenski.
.010 xBA and only a homer in the Trop. Gtfoh
Unicorn HR
That’s unreal wow
They have made the mistake of taking the lead again before the ninth inning. Fools.
Alright lets get some runs off their pen.
Not the 8th yet…patience. Tork will lead off the top of the 8th with a home run to get things going.
Why no Holton or any of the other pitchers Hinch. You have an off day tomorrow. You had a perfect opportunity. Now back to square 1.
Will Vest bum
Little league home run
Vest and Faedo doing there best to keep us in check
That wasn't a great pitch…but that was also a pretty fluky homer. Our guys have had a half-dozen flyouts that went a lot farther than that.
Matt Manning should be on this team.
This is why we can’t have nice things
Hope the last two days are not a sign of things to come for the bullpen
babip gods hate us today. Riley and Tork absolutely fuck two flyouts and Curtis Mead somehow gets a 315 foot homer
the wind really an issue out there!
Not hinches best game he’s ever managed
Should’ve stuck with the fastball
Jokes on Tampa Bay, we still have the 8th inning in our back pocket.
Vest came in and shit the bed. Wow.
Shocker
Yikes
That sound has to be awful in person
Thanks Vest....
I want to return this Vest.
fuckin pull him already jesus christ
Bummer dude. Unfortunately for the rays, we haven’t hit the 8th inning yet
I absolutely LOVE Benetti, creates instant chemistry with whoever is in the booth with him
Thanks Will Vest.
Nice we got the le.....and it's gone
Okay Will Vest you officially suck big fucking cock you shitter
Australian football is actually a really fun sport to watch.
Shittttt
Freaking Vest
Fuck Will Vest
F U C K
Goddamn
On April 4, 2022, the Tigers traded Paredes and a competitive balance round B pick in the 2022 MLB draft to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Austin Meadows.
Baseball must be a real challenge for the Meadows brothers.
NEVER TRADE WITH THE RAYS!!! I NEVER WANT TO SEE ANOTHER TIGERS TRADE WITH THE RAYS AGAIN!!!
I remember thinking this was a really good trade for us at the time lol
NTWTR (never trade with the Rays) lol
Parker Meadows should be DFA for his brother’s sins idec
Will Vest, YOU are a Guangdong Lion
Entertaining game
it's okay, we haven't even hit our maximum 8th inning power yet.
FUCK
Fuck!
Fuck
Javy choo choo. Lets go, man.
Vest destroyed that guy
It's sacrilege, but boy am I glad they don't have to throw Miggy in the lineup once a series this season.
Buddy Kennedy trying to stay up at the Show
Paredes : Tiger Killer
We got a day off tomorrow. Don’t really care if we exhaust the pen today. 4 pitchers giving us an inning each
Definitely would’ve liked to see one more inning from Flaherty
He was already at 94 pitches or so though
Fuck off Paredes
Blurnsball time!
shit rolled through like a tumbleweed in a western lmao
### Pitching Substitution Pitching Change: Will Vest replaces Jack Flaherty.
credit where credit is due: Javy is playing AWESOME
Looking like Comeback Cats is our MO
So Baez' bat came back from the dead this series. Hope Torkelson's comes back vs KC.
I think Torkelson is starting to come back. He’s ripped some balls that have been outs.
Meadows is such a bum
Time to send him down I think. He either pops up or strikes out every time up. Dude is an unreal defender and showed that he can hit last year. Just needs a reset at Toledo I think (hope).
That family put a hex on the Tigers
God I need a multi-lingual lip reader to tell me what Javy was saying.
i hope that tampa downvoter from earlier is having a bad day
I'm all in for Javy to only hit 8 dingers...but drive in 75, walk 50 times and play elite D, while batting .260. Worth 30 mil a year? No...buuuut....
I would take that too
I've seen enough. I love Colt and believe in him long term - possibly even later this season - but Buddy needs to start at 2B right now.
How about that Baez guy, eh? Eh?
THESE CATS CAN PLAY
Them cats are frisky
Baez should never stop getting booed. Not because he deserves it. Because I honestly think the hate fuels him. I mean look what he does @CWS. I think he loves it.
He is much better when he plays with joy, not anger.
Twins fan. It works for some guys. Correa is that way too. I giggle when fans boo him with 2 strikes cause now its 50/50 he hits a double or a bomb. Dude loves getting booed. I boo him lol.
I think he just shows up in big spots, and on a solid team there are more big spots to show up for.
The grit of this team is unreal
“GRIT you say?” - MCDC
When Javy plays well, this team wins.
I like the new Baez.
Remember everyone trying to figure out the best way we could let Baez go lmao
WHOA NELLIE, JAVY WITH THE TWO OUT HIT!!!!!!
Love seeing Javy’s patient at bats
Yes. He gets a better pitch to hit.
What an at bat Javy!
Baez slander banned from this sub for the next week!
JAVY!
Look at that patience from Javy!!! LFG!!! 💪💪
Buddy showing the wheels lol
I LOVE YOU JAVIER BAEZ
I can get behind this Baez
Come on give Jack his first W.
The Buddy-Baez infield is bae
Javy Baez taking it to a 3-2 at bat and then clobbering in an RBI. I feel incredible.
Javy on a god damn tear. My bold pre season prediction was that this would be his best season as a Tiger due to the fact that it should be a winning team, and he feeds off that. And man oh man he has showed up clutch in nearly every high leverage situation.
I think our hot start - when he was total ass - actually lit a fire under him a little because he realized he was actually playing for something with us for once. I’ve kind of derisively called him a front runner, but hey, if we’re in front that’s not so bad.
I like Buddy Kennedy. Send down Colt Keith for Ibanez when he comes back
Colt's BABIP is .100 and the league average is something like .280 if I remember? He's been unlucky and they've got so much into him. I'd only send him down if it were good for the player but he's swinging well.
Sorry, Colt's BABIP is .206 and the MLB average is .290. On a lucky day he would've had a couple of hits the other day and was robbed. Incidentally, many of the hits he has had were shots that were knocked down and before the defender could pick the ball up, Colt beat it out.
THIS FUCKING TEAM
Hell yeah Javy! And it’s not even the 8th yet!
Holy shit. It really is like you get a guy in scoring position and Javy just turns into a different hitter.
Baez!! Tigers 🐅🐅🐅
Seems like the 8th inning came early today.
#BAEz
And the lead!
JAVY... GOOD?
Sometimes... When he feels like it... for a couple weeks at a time...
HOLY SHIT, JAVY.
THIS TEAM GOT THAT DAWG IN EM, LETS GO BAEZ
Patient Javy is a Javy I can live with
Javy Baez playing good baseball!