A 2 RBI triple for Carpenter.
3-0 Tigers
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Get the ■■■■ out baseball!!
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GREENE!!!
Bats have been showing signs of life recently…
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Can we get Ted Williams head sewed onto Greenes body?
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OPS Batting Leadoff hitters in the AL
Buxton 1.000
Pena .908 (Houston)
Keith .798
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Houston bullpen already taxed coming into this series is up and throwing…good sign
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Tigers lighting up this Scagnetti guy…looks like Paddack out there
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And they’re without Hader right now
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Come on Dongler!
Wencel has earned his spot on the big club.
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Bad luck for Dingler. He smoked it.
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Agreed.
Worst case he is the 4th OF on the team, but with the way Hinch uses the lineup that isn’t a bad thing. Being a SH plays into Hinch’s lineup tinkering…
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This is the Flaherty that I love.
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Looks like Flaherty should have one more inning in him.
Tigers bullpen came into tonight fresh and Flaherty is helping them more.
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I always liked that Sweeney kid
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Sweeney triple weeney!
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Keith does his job…
# Detroit Tigers’ Dillon Dingler reveals what it’s like catching Tarik Skubal
full article at this link.
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This year, Dillon Dingler has emerged as the Tigers’ primary catcher. The 26-year-old entered Friday hitting .269 with a .740 OPS. He grades out well in blocking, framing and throwing. As Dingler has pushed his way into the lineup and continues to assert himself as a real piece of the Tigers’ future, Skubal is working with both Dingler and Rogers this season.
For a young player, catching for a Cy Young Award winner who only worked with one catcher last season might seem like a daunting challenge. But like with most things, Dingler has handled the transition with ease. Skubal has a 2.15 ERA in his first 20 outings with Dingler behind the plate. Thursday in Minneapolis, Skubal lacked his best stuff or command but still held the Twins to three earned runs over seven innings.
“I think what it says about Dillon is how prepared he is,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “Dillon doesn’t ever go in blind. He’s not someone who approaches any game plan with Tarik or anybody else without an idea of what he’s trying to do. He’s not afraid to audible off of his plan, but there’s a great presence. I wish I could bottle it up and give it to every catcher that we have in our system.”
Hinch’s praise continued.
“Presence matters,” he said. “Body language matters. The tone in which you receive information or you give information is super important. I think he’s earned that. You have to earn that as a young catcher.”
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You’re pretty deep into catching Tarik now. But when you were first starting this spring, how did you go about building trust?
I feel like the trust was already there. It was more so just learning what he likes to do. Of course, that’s going to be more than a couple of outings. It’s built over a season. We’re in a good spot. We’ve figured out what works. Just picking it up as we go, almost. It’s one of those things where you have a game plan going into the game, and he’s so good at adjusting on the fly. We talk to (Chris Fetter) between innings, see what the other team is doing, and we can create an in-game scouting report from that, too. So it’s pretty unique.
You said the trust was already there. Was that through previous experience in spring training or bullpens? Or something else?
Obviously, it wasn’t completely there. You have to have a few outings with a guy before you feel comfortable, especially from his end. I was a guy who just got up. I feel like it’s definitely better now than it’s ever been. We have full trust in each other now. We have constant communication to make sure that if he sees something or he wants something, he can get it, and there’s no hard feelings. You try not to have an ego about anything with anyone in this room because hitters can see different things. Pitchers can see different things than hitters when they’re throwing. I can see different things behind the plate.
So was there ever a moment or a pitch where it was like, “All right, we’re in sync,” or “All right, he definitely fully trusts me”?
I’m sure there’s a handful every game. It’s funny. Maybe it’s his curveball, like his fourth pitch or fifth pitch. So maybe it’s burying a curveball, but we know it’s gonna work. There are certain things that are off the wall or out there where it’s like, “But this would work.”
And we have seen you guys be pretty creative at times.
It would probably be a situation with nobody on. Obviously, we’re gonna stick to our strengths in tight situations. But it’s things like that.
Dillon Dingler defensive metrics
| Stat | Blocks above avg | CS above avg | Framing runs | Defensive run value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | 10 | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| MLB percentile | 95 | 75 | 96 | 97 |
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