2014 Detroit Tigers thread

[IrisHockey]

:lol purposely didn't start this thread until a month and a half into the season. Usually Tigers start off like shit in april.... Oh, wait, Tigers have the best record in the league already? :lol Jimothy Leyland..

the season has just begun... Miggy is back to .300, heating up, tbh, and Porcello/JV/Max doing their things.. we don't even have Sanchez back yet, :lol MLB...

[Clipper Nation]

In before they choke in the playoffs again :downspin:

[IrisHockey]

Great game last night with your Tribe, BD... :toast rogues

[IrisHockey]

47 SBs, leading the league. I love this team:lol..

[txstr1986]

Prepare to be swepped!!!

[IrisHockey]

Prepare to be swepped!!!

Maybe then you'll finally get to .500

[Chris]

Robbie Ray got to meet the Rangers today :lol

[IrisHockey]

Doug Fister trade haunting us by the day

[IrisHockey]

:lol brutal 12 days, but looks like we're back on track. JV with his first good start in 4.

[IrisHockey]

:lmao tigers... wow. The Indians will overtake us for top place at this rate

[Clipper Nation]

:lol dat bullpen

[IrisHockey]

:lmao:lmao I just gotta love it... they walk 1.63 ERA. 1.95 FIP. 2.96 xFIP. 10.08 Ks/9 Joaquin Benoit when he was the only reliable bullpen guy last year..

[IrisHockey]

The Indians will overtake us in the standings, I guarantee..

[Blizzardwizard]

Y'all got Jose Abreu'd :lol

[IrisHockey]

:lol Justin Verlander is fucking done..

[IrisHockey]

:lol I love Max.. our ace..

[Pelicans78]

The Royals will overtake us in the standings, I guarantee..

FYP

[Pelicans78]

Yeah we're taking over this division and thread.

[IrisHockey]

Do it. hopefully ownership will get their heads out of their asses

[Pelicans78]

:lol Verlander

:lol False hope in the 9th inning.

[Pelicans78]

Hey Iris, be a pal and change the title of thread to the 2014 Kansas City AL Central Winning Royals thread.

[IrisHockey]

:lol the san francisco 49ers of the mlb

[Clipper Nation]

In before they choke in the playoffs again :downspin:

:lol Not even waiting until the playoffs to choke this year

[IrisHockey]

we are done... this is our last shot since max and v-mart won't be brought back next year thanks to the JV extension :bang

[IrisHockey]

ps: i wish kate upton's father pulled out

[Pelicans78]

:lol Scherzer

This division is ours.

[IrisHockey]

Victor is amazing...

[Pelicans78]

3 game losing streak and about to lose 4.

[IrisHockey]

:lol Ian!!

[lefty]

:lol baseball

[IrisHockey]

:lol oakland
:lol still our bitches
:lol gimmick system
:lol stealing signs
:lol socal
:lol libtards
:lol reddick too busy fucking his sister

[IrisHockey]

:lmao back on track, JV&Max finding their groove, bats are on fire..

[Clipper Nation]

In before they choke in the playoffs again :downspin:

[Fabbs]

:lmao back on track, JV&Max finding their groove, bats are on fire..
sup

[Blizzardwizard]

Y'all got Abreu'd.

[Blizzardwizard]

David Price traded to the Tigers...

[TheMACHINE]

I must really be underrating Smyly.

[MultiTroll]

psssh. Scampa Bay. After holding on to Price as trade bait for 2 years this is the best offer they had the whole time? Please.

Merry Christmas Tigers.

[RobbyH]

LMAO Jays

[Pelicans78]

Yeah Jays fucked up tonight. Thankfully the Royals won to keep pace.

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao Tigers

[Pelicans78]

Both the Tigers and the Royals have had major hot/cold streaks this season.

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao Letting the fucking Twins put 20 runs up on your ass

[Robz4000]

What the fuck is up with the Tigers?

[Pelicans78]

What the fuck is up with the Tigers?

Cabrera isn't doing jack shit, they play no defense, they have only two reliable starters, and their bullpen is horrible.

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Price
:lol "Ace"

[Heath Ledger]

Cabrera isn't doing jack shit, they play no defense, they have only two reliable starters, and their bullpen is horrible.

Cabrera is playing on one leg and is on a tear right now. 5 homers in the last few games. Still batting over 300 on one leg (bum ankle) and still hasn't recovered fully from his off season core surgery.

[Pelicans78]

Cabrera is playing on one leg and is on a tear right now. 5 homers in the last few games. Still batting over 300 on one leg (bum ankle) and still hasn't recovered fully from his off season core surgery.

Yeah he's had a hot week, but wasn't doing much when I posted it two weeks ago.

[JamStone]

Tigers have stunk it up this season. They have extremely underachieved.

Cabrera's health and power production have been an issue this season, but it's been far from the major problem why they have struggled to the point of being out of the playoff picture. Even before this hot week for Miggy, he was still hitting comfortably over .300 most of the season, had been on pace for well over 100 RBI all season, and has led the AL in doubles also for much of the season. The glaring regression has been his HR power. But you look at what Victor Martinez has done in terms of unexpected HR power, he's basically made up for what Miggy usually would provide in that department.

Even with a "down year" for Miggy, he hasn't been the big issue. Since the Royals started taking over the AL Central, a lot of the blame has been on the starting pitching with Verlander's implosion in many of his starts, the loss of Anibal Sanchez to injury, throwing out single A and double A minor league starting pitchers, and then the occasional disaster start from the other three starters of Scherzer, Porcello, and even Price. For the first couple months, Detroit's starting pitching was among the best in the AL. The ESPN night game last night, they said they're currently ranked 9th in the AL in ERA. For a rotation as heralded as they are with 3 CY winners, that's pretty much telling. Now obviously, the bullpen has been horrible and the offense seems extremely inconsistent, scoring 7+ runs one game then getting blanked the next. But that happens with all major league teams from time to time. It starts and ends with Detroit's starting pitching, the perceived strength and foundation on which the team was built.

Miggy hasn't been great as expected, particularly since the last few seasons we've come to expect .330, 35+ HR, 120+ RBI from him like it was written in stone before the season. But he's still on pace for something like .310, 25 HR, and 110 RBI. With how well Victor has hit this year, you would take that from your #3 hitter. But you can't have Verlander with a 4.80 ERA and David Price only pitching through 2 innings before getting pulled and throwing out guys who never pitched past double A starting in September in a division race. That's where the Tigers have fallen. Primary reason #1.

[AlexJones]

Don't forget:

-Brad Ausmus being a colossal failure
-Don Kelly STILL on the fucking roster.. and batted 6th last night.
-Refusing to call up James McCann & still playing Bryan fucking holaday against lefties
-Last year's albatross Doug Fister trade

[AlexJones]

https://vine.co/v/Ozi1K7n6n20

:lmao

[AlexJones]

Brad Ausmus playing andrew romine over eugenio suarez (who has a 100+ point OPS advantage) because Romine is only slightly better defensively. fuck me

[AlexJones]

Victor Martinez should be priority #1 this offseason..

[Heath Ledger]

Back on the the saddle again. Sweep of the Tribe

[AlexJones]

Soria should be the closer. Nathan at best should be a 7th inning relief man right now. That's being generous.

[AlexJones]

:lol wow..

[Heath Ledger]

Tigers are about to crush KC's dreams.

[Pelicans78]

Tigers are about to crush KC's dreams.

If you guys beat Shields tomorrow then the division is yours. Which won't happen.

[Heath Ledger]

The division is ours regardless, KC also has to finish a game that was delayed and they are behind in the score.

[AlexJones]

:lol there's absolutely no way the Tigers don't come away with the division. I'm already looking forward to Baltimore

This team may be inconsistent as fuck but they always win the must-win games.

[Heath Ledger]

If you guys beat Shields tomorrow then the division is yours. Which won't happen.

Nostradamus you are not

[Pelicans78]

Nostradamus you are not

The offense blew too many chances that game. Can't leave that many runners on base and expect to win. But the Tigers pretty much wrapped up the division now. Three games up basically with a week left. Would take a huge collapse to blow it and that won't happen.

[AlexJones]

We blew it in 09 (game 163) but that's a different story tbh..

[Pelicans78]

We blew it in 09 (game 163) but that's a different story tbh..

Only way the Royals have a realistic shot at the division is to somehow when the suspended game against Cleveland which is highly unlikely.

[Pelicans78]

http://www.founditemclothing.com/itgoesto11/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/lobster4a.jpg

[Pelicans78]

Looks like Porcello made his last start of the season.

[AlexJones]

:lmao JamStone Heath Ledger remember the Alfredo Figaro game in 2009? It's about to be replayed tomorrow night.

[JamStone]

Oh the nightmare of the end of the 2009 regular season and game 163... if there is another tiebreaker game, I may not even watch it. And I watch nearly every game.

[Pelicans78]

Even if there is a tiebreaker game, the Royals are gonna have to go with their worst starter this month in Jason Vargas while the Tigers would have Verlander. Plus the game would be in Detroit so the Tigers would be heavy favorites.

[Pelicans78]

Neither team deserves this division.

[AlexJones]

Rajai Davis potentially out

[Clipper Nation]

In before they choke in the playoffs again :downspin:

:lmao Called that shit in May