Scott Harris post season presser today recap

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So, listened to just short of an hour, still ongoing. Will try and remember most of it.

Offseason coming up- Personnel

The guys that excelled at AA will be expected to be in Detroit at some point in 26. They will be in Major league camp (my guess is at least McG Anderson and Clark, maybe more)

He has all the confidence that Illitch will and has always given him the resources to win and sign players (when asked directly about Skub)

Will not just “ run it back”, personnel and approach-wise.

Asked Carp biggest difference between his Sep and Oct- “ I got more pitches to hit” was the answer.

Disappointments-

Said they pitched great in the playoffs. Hitting lost their approach in Sept and playoffs. Hitting is hard, pitching is way ahead, lab wise and playoff pitching is a step up that this failure will inform future success with.

Coaches and players will be focused on getting A swing off as much as possible, but going to B swing more when game scenario, batter feel or opponent nastiness calls for it. Hinch piped in and said “They are trying to hit it, so when people say “ you gotta hit that”, well, No Shit..”” lol.

Morton and Paddack and that they had to be used more due to injury. Didn’t expect either to be on playoff roster. Would have liked more out of one or two more relievers.

Lots of Injuries this year, will look at training/coaching.

Happy with- Dingler’s everything, Gleyber being the approach change catalyst, gushed over Melton, Skub. Mentioned R. Montero and Finnegan as adds as wins.

Trade deadline 2025- we were in on a lot of guys the medianhad us tied to and very close to one. Relieved it didnt happen as the cost was a top prospect and a guy on our roster who ended up outperforming the FA ( My guess is Suarez for Zack and Liranzo)

SP FA was weak, didn’t want to invest. Rp was deep and got Finnegan late and was 2nd best addition in MLB pen wise. Feels like he didn’t pass up any deal that was close that would have made a big impact, bat wise, beyond the above.

Player chatter-

Keith- very impressed with flexibility position wise. Looks better at 3b than 2b now. Said he has the ability/frame to add significant muscle still based on where he plays. Gonna try and have a primary spot for him.

Melton- Super hyped. Will be SP in 26.

Greene- Can seek more contact without sacrificing power and will get him to that.

Skub- Won’t comment on any contract stuff with anyone or non team FAs, just super happy he is ours right now.

Parker- Hinch jumped in too, but basically lost year due to “weirdest Injury I’ve ever seen”-Hinch

I hope after the 1 hour 4 minute mark there was more player chatter, specifically on Javy, Flaherty Gleyber and Perez.

Overall plan- Approach refocus, add from minors will affect who they target in FA. Team full of guys just entering their prime, long bright future. Coach up infield defense harder.

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Posted this in the Tigers need to spend money thread.

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Yes!!!

YES!!!

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Skubal first. although if I were him and the hitting wasn’t addressed I’d probably look elsewhere.

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https://x.com/bythewaybro/status/1977758659175223324

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Encouraged to hear they are looking at Melton as a starter.

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That was always the case long term.

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Running transcription of presser via @frm710

Harris and Hinch End of season Press conference

Things that need to improve:

Our approach at the plate deteriorated down the stretch, wee need to figure out the why that happened?

Contact, Swing and miss in our ab’s need to make consistent contact. Months we made more contact we were one of the best in the game, June was the best in baseball. Have to find a way to do that more consistently, there are ways to do that immediately.

Health and consistency on the mound, steady stream of injuries that impacted us more on the mound then at the plate. Stretched our depth in the system. The injuries and setbacks were major contributor to this. Have to figure out how to stop that. Expectations have changed, 7 month season not 6 season.

We have to get better at getting players up to the big leagues. We have make sure the environment that Keith and Meadows jumped into was better than Greene and Torks environment. Then make sure the environment is better for Dingler than it was for Keith/Meadows. Make sure that the next wave has a better environment.

Above from Harris.I’m sure we will hear a lot of no shit replies.

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Harris is like ingrown hair. You think you got it, and comes back just fall for the bs. I dont trust a throwing turd

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Question on reshaping the lineup for swing and miss and contact issues. Where does that start?

Scott: I noticed we got more pitchable the end of the season, more pull happy and it got exposed. We audibled off the approach late in the season and the interaction between approach and contact hurt us.

These guys will be better off for it long term, they will learn, they are young they will improved. They are more battled tested, they have seen the highend pitching and what it takes, where it needs to improve. The path changed late in the year work we can do in the offseason to fix path issues.

Last part is some of the additions to the roster with the skils and attributes we have been focusing on through the draft and development will show . Lots of the players will be ready in 2026, the additions from minors, some won’t.

AJ: Pitching laboratories are so advanced over the reaction part of the game ie hitting. I have a lot of thoughts on this, not an excuse but a real perspective on it. He asked Carpenter the difference between his AB’s in season and postseason and it’s a simple answer all about choosing the right pitch, the approach the plan. It’s a 162 game season and its draining, playing the game and into the playoffs you get exposed later in the season. Look at the jays last night, high powered offense and a SP on short rest, a really good SP staff, but they scored 1run.

One of the reasons he had a hard time after game five at the podium is because it is so hard to get to a game five in the ALDS. He has a great appreciation for everything we did, but not satisfied. I know we can do more, higher bars are achievable bar is reset for this team and organization is at. We can do more, work tirelessly to get there.

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Scott asked how do you not view this as a missed opportunity vs Paddock and Morton, been 41yrs.

Answer: The goal wasn’t for those two to play a big role in the postseason. Our goal was to line up our existing staff to pitch in the postseason. The offensive performance down the stretch is a fair qustion down the stretch. The question I reflect on is adding a bat at the deadline. He thinks its important to remember where we were Aug 31st as an offense. In order to add that bat we would have to have removed a detroit player off the roster.

I think the bigger and better and more important question is what happened to our offense the last 7weeks of the season. That is where we need to make changes fix and obsess over. the question is fair and I get it but I think the more fundamental question is what happend to our offense. Is that predictive of the future?

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