Valenti destroyed Avila on radio today. Loved it. Also, tigers have least amount of runs scored in the MLB and are 60+ runs behind the O’s for second worse in the AL.
Top 40 international prospects ranked by fangraphs. Guess how many are projected to go to Detroit? Vinegar Strokes https://www.fangraphs.com/prospects/the-board/2019-international?sort=-1,1&type=0&pagenum=0
Is it possible Avila will keep Greene Boyd and Castellanos at the deadline to avoid breaking the most losses in a season 2003 Detroit tigers in order to not get fired?
How high can Zimmermann’s ERA get you think? I mean he has to play if healthy because he’s getting paid $20M a year.
People want to protect him like he’s a fucking hall of famer. Guy is a hall of fame cheeseburger eating fatass.
Who protects him? I think everyone knows what Zimmermann is at this point. They're just hoping he at least gives them innings while they're eating all this salary.
Lugo down to Toledo Vinegar Strokes The main JD Martinez trade piece can’t hold onto a roster spot for the worst team in the league. #thanksAl
Can’t believe people pay for this shit. Parker Meadows Endures Growing Pains By Emily Waldon on June 24, 2019 When Grayson High baseball coach Jed Hixson got word he would be coaching Parker Meadows, he already had a good idea of what to expect. Hixson had coached Meadows' older brother Austin at the Loganville, Ga., school until 2013, when he was the ninth pick in the draft. So the coach got to watch a second standout athlete and also observe the differences between the brothers. "Parker has a much better arm, in my opinion," Hixson said, "and is just a better defender overall, as far as going and getting the ball. "There was just something about that stride to me.” Arm strength, plus speed and raw power were just a few reasons why Parker Meadows appealed to the Tigers when they drafted him in the second round in 2018. After signing the 6-foot-5 Meadows, the Tigers' biggest challenge became balancing his development with his youth. "(Midwest League) pitching is so much better than it would be at high school, or even college,” roving instructor Alan Trammell said. "When you're facing better arms on a regular basis, there's an adjustment to be made. Some make it quicker than others. I think that's what Parker and others are finding out.” Meadows hit .290/.377/.473 in his 2018 pro debut, but the transition to low Class A West Michigan this season had not been as seamless. Through 66 games he hit .211/.300/.284 with three home runs, but Trammell isn’t letting that dictate his opinion. "I am not worried at all,” Trammell said. "I mean, this is a 19-year-old kid, one of the younger ones in the league, so there's adjustments to be made, but the talent is there. "It's growing pains that you don't want to see happen, but honestly, you actually do want to see at some point, because that's really when you find out about a player. Trammell envisions Meadows and 2019 first-rounder Riley Greene patrolling two-thirds of the outfield at Comerica Park. "I can see that happening in a few years and look forward to it," he said, "because that's the kind of athlete we're looking for.”
I have no clue who Ariel Jurado is, but he's $6700 on DK vs the Tigers, so why the hell not? #LockButton
Yeah, pretty sure this Jurado fellow is terrible, but nice that Miggy can't score on a double by Stewart
Pitcher A - 2.67 ERA - 3.77 FIP - 11.15 K/9 - 1.73 BB/9 - 114.2 IP - 16.9% HR/FB - 1.65 HR/9 Pitcher B - 3.72 ERA - 3.56 FIP - 11.42 K/9 - 1.77 BB/9 - 101.2 IP - 15.5% HR/FB - 1.50 HR/9 Spoiler Pitcher A is Justin Verlander. Pitcher B is Matt Boyd.
One of them is obviously a better bet moving forward. It's just kind of crazy how identical their seasons are to this point when you take out the fact that one guy has a BABIP against of .175 and the other has a BABIP against of .298.
Kind of. Depends on how much you think a pitcher has control over things like BABIP and pitching with runners on base. Verlander is essentially only giving up runs via the HR. Boyd is giving up similar runs via the HR, but also some other stuff mixed in. The Tigers being awful defensively and the Astros being awesome defensively (both with personnel and their shifting) has to weigh in there somewhere. The question is essentially "Is Boyd this guy moving forward?" If you think he is, that's a legit #2. If not, the HR problems probably aren't going anywhere and he's more of an innings eater and mid-rotation guy. Verlander has been this guy since his final months with the Tigers in 2017 with the Ks, BBs and HRs.
I’m feeling a sweep by the nationals . What about you? I think animal Sanchez and scherzer are going to shut us out.