I’ll stand corrected on Verlander as far as being let down by the D goes, since inability to see the games is a real blind spot for me. I still don’t like the 2 walks in the Indians “big inning.” 2 walks in the same inning is not something we like to see from any of the pitchers, least of all Verlander.

I’ve been meaning to ask Billfer or any other stat-savvy guys with ready access to the info to put up something on BAbip for and against from all the Tigers games (and only the Tigers games), for each team they’ve faced. It’s easy enough to look up pitcher by pitcher, and I would bet Verlander has been hard done by, but I’m really more interested in seeing it team by team right now.

Yes, to some degree, be we also need to invent a new stat to get a more clearer picture of what’s going on here. It’s called ERAMD, which is ERA minus shoddy defense. In any case, Verlander’s ERAMD last night was 0.00.

I know you didn’t see the game, but our friend Elmers with his artheritic condition and namesake range, couldn’t get to and under a averaged-velocity ball to the left of second base in the fourth inning, that say, almost any other short stop in the league makes a play on. It would have been a great play, for sure. One your best defensive position player (in theory, SS) should make for the pitcher.

But this one play costs Verlander 3 earned runs, which makes his ERAMD 0.00.

Then there’s the ERPDM. That’s the ERMAD plus factoring sound management of pichter. Leyland has habitually tacked a couple of earned runs onto Verlander’s tally in multiple outings.

Gosh, when you look at Verlander’s ERPDM over the course of the season, it’s right around 2.04. That’s not too shabby.

Now it should be clear as glass what his problem really is with him. He doesn’t care one bit about either being a great hitter, or being a winner. He just wants to go through the motions, collect his fat check, and do that with as little effort as possible.

I predict that many of you here on DTW are going to start seeing what I’ve seen in the 1st week of the season: that Miguel Cabrera is a bum. I predict that in the next week many of you are going to start expressing your dislike for him on this team here in this site. You all will be sharing the Hater-aid with me.

… come on y’all. Give the ol’ Miggy the BOOOOOOO he deserves.

I thought the Tigers scored even less than that, on average, in his starts. That is indeed pathetic.

Still, you can only start blaming “run support’ when you have an ERA that starts with a 3. Not a 5. Verlander pitches great a lot of the time. But not nearly enough of the time, regardless of the offense.

This team sucks. Flat out. They’re lifeless and lack heart.

No chemistry. What does it say about a team with a $138 Million payroll to keep calling up guys.

It’s a joke. They have to play something like .700 baseball to get 95 wins. Don’t hold your breath.

Biggest disappointment of the year by far.

When your hitters are forcing a duel on you, you’d better duel. That’s what aces are for.

Mark P, no change in the batting order could possibly fix whatever ails this team at the plate right now.

My guess we have got to get rid of deadwight and straighten up attitudes. That is why half of us respect Leyland because he is “supposed to” handle hard nosed attitudes like Bonds and Bonilla. He is simply not doing this and seems like hes fine with the way things are going. He needs to be mad, and not let the media into the locker room for a couple of games and then start screwing on the bolts that are lost on some of our players: like Miggy, Renteria, Pudge, others…..

Its just so annoying to watch this team anymore. Thank god for WGN so I can get my Cubbies and just wish TBS still had a contract with the Braves so I could watch Chipper make history. Oh well, just gotta keep hoping until the end of the month when we will finally be able to know if we are done or not, so I can move on and do other things in life. Instead of remaining hopeful like a fool.

That sucks that we are about to lose Bonderman. Even though his velocity has been down he has been pitching well lately.