Beating the Yankees in New York by 10 runs in back to back games does not equal ‘leaking oil.’
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What is happening today sucks but not necessarily a indicator of what will happen.
Look at 2006 tigers. Lost largest division lead ever at the break to Twins that year. But made world series.
Recency bias is real.
I know the Tigers have benefitted from the aggressive baserunning approach by far overall. But maybe exclude Tork from that policy. Because he’s a really slow and shitty base runner.
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The Tigers are good but not elite. They just need to make the playoffs.
They don’t have any 300 hitters while contenders typically have 2 so I’m glad they didn’t trade their top 3 prospects who might fill that void
Take 2 of 3 from Cleveland at home is key right now
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There are only six .300 hitters in baseball. 6 total. And 3 of them are barely over. There is a chance only 3 guys hit .300 this year. Batting averages have plummeted the past decade
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Just stop no need to keep it real.
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I had 3 of them on my fantasy team, including 2 shortstop. It was the one position that I didn’t figure I would ever have to worry about. I started Bichette at SS every night and Turner at utility.
Then this week while I’m enjoying a bye week because I dominated the regular season (I won my division by 50 games) both guys got hurt and put on the IL.
Bad luck
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The Tigers are 12th in BA in all of MLB. That is pretty amazing. I’m still used to the old days.
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Sweeney still sucks though.
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Can we excited about this team heading into the playoffs or next year?
Nope. Unless you rooting for their opponent then yes.
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Excited? Sure. Confident? No. We’re going to make the playoffs, so that’s exciting. I’m not sure the Lions will make it, so hopefully the Tigers last a while.
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Brutal yea. Bo was on fire. Sure hope he’s not out too long
Cleveland has the worst batting average in baseball .225 team average and yet are only 3 games out of a playoff spot. That is hard to believe. They also have no power.
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League batting average by year since 1871
Major League Batting Year-by-Year Averages | Baseball-Reference.com Major League Batting Year-by-Year Averages | Baseball-Reference.com
This is a good way to frame batting average comparisons. When I was a new fan, mid 70s thr league was just coming out if “The Era of the Pitcher”.
In my lifetime, MLB League batting average has fluctuated from a low of .237 (1968 tall mound Bob Gibson 1.12 ERA year) to .271 (JUICE).
A “.300 hitter” in 1968 is different than 1999, and we are generally back in that 1963-73 depressed batting average era again now. Last 8 years MLB has hit. 246. In the 80s it was .258, 90s it was .266.
.250 is the new .270
.280 is the new .300
There’s 21 guys hitting .280 or better that qualify for the batting title at 3.1PA/game x 162= 502 PAs) Historically that’s probably near the # of guys that hit .300 per year in the 90s and .292+ in the 80s
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And there run differential is horrible. Yet, somehow I think they’re licking their chops to get in here and take down the Tigers. Its set up almost perfectly for them. I might place a bet on them to win the division so that if they do at least I get some consolation.
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I’m officially panicking about losing the first round bye that this team desperately needs.
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After going about 10 years without making the playoffs I’m happy with just an appearance for now. If we get lucky and make a deep run then that is just gravy.
Our real championship window opens when we start bringing up the big prospects. Roughly half our starting lineup is going to be replaced.
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I suspect there’s a 3 inch tent pole underneath that sheet, just out of camera view.
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