Remember the good old days when we used to gripe about the getaway day lineups, with multiple starters on the bench? Doesn’t matter so much as the moment, does it? I’d just as soon see Machado as Kinsler or Hicks as Cabrera
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Justin Verlander vs Chad Bettis
Nick had a great day yesterday, which included his league-leading 10th triple. How is it that one of the worst baserunners in the league leads it in triples? That’s baseball, I guess.
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Michael Fulmer vs German Marquez
Jordan Zimmermann has had a week at the ol’ drawing board. Let’s see how sketchy he looks today.
And he gets to bat too! woohoo
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Jordan Zimmermann vs Antonio Senzatela
Best wishes to Victor Martinez, who is back on the 10-day DL again with an irregular heartbeat.
Nick’s wrist is good enough to bat but not play 3rd (insert your own joke here), so we get to try him out at DH.
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Matthew Boyd vs Lucas Giolito
Nick Castellanos is out until he comes up with a better nickname (Nick?). Also, he has a sore wrist from the Yankee scuffle.
We were wondering why in the world Brad would bring in Jimenez in a crucial spot. Apparently this is going to be a thing. Jason Beck tweets “Joe Jimenez will spend this stretch run pitching in tight situations, learning on the job, according to Brad Ausmus.” OK then.
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: George vs Carlos Rodon
Well, the final score is finally in from last night’s game: Miguel Cabrera 7 games, Gary Sanchez 4 games, Alex Wilson 4 games, Austin Romine 2 games, Brad Ausmus 1 game. That seems kind of steep for Miguel, considering he whiffed on his punches, but he could use the time off anyway.
Nobody’s saying’ nuthin’ about that dugout to-do involving Victor, Casty, and Verlander. But the consensus is that the guys weren’t really thrilled that Victor seemed kind of chummy with Sanchez after the whole thing settled down, considering Sanchez sucker-punched both Miggy and Castellanos. Just for fun here’s a bunch of people saying a bunch of stuff about the brawls.
Today is must-watch JV. We’ll see if he’s still a little amped up from all the excitement yesterday. You might want to watch with special sunglasses though—they are going to be wearing some hideously bright orange uniforms with nicknames on the back.
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Justin Verlander vs Miguel Gonzalez
Zimmermann said after the game that he is “going to go back to the drawing board.” I would think he should have a pretty spiffy board by now.
Thankfully, we get treated to a Fulmer start this afternoon. Let’s hope Mikie and the boys can scratch out a run or two for him.
Chad Bell was apparently still on the team, since he has been sent back to Toledo. Zac Reininger has been called up to the bigs for the first time. Bryan Holaday is a fan of Reininger, and says he has a 98 fastball and three good offspeed pitches. Hopefully we don’t see him today (I hope we get 8 out of Fulmer), but he at least sounds worth taking a look at.
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Michael Fulmer vs Jaime Garcia
Mikie-Man gets a rare day off with The Lettuce being served up in center.
Rumor has it that Nick has been taking pre-game outfield practice.
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Jordan Zimmermann vs Luis Severino
That was a classic Verlander start to stop the losing streak. Apparently, according to Chris McCosky, Verlander decided before the game to add a new pitch to his mix, a cut-slider, and was throwing two different sliders, which had the Dodgers confused. Good stuff.
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Matthew Boyd vs Masahiro Tanaka
Justin Verlander and the Sunday Scrubs try to keep the Tigers from being swept for the second consecutive series.
Yesterday Michael Fulmer became just the 2nd Tiger in 10 years to lose a game where he pitched at least 7 innings with no earned runs. It was a different kind of historic day for the Dodgers who won their record 13th consecutive interleague game.
In other news Justin Upton says he hasn’t decided if he is doing to opt out of his contract or not.
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Justin Verlander vs Kenta Maeda
Curtis Granderson will lead the game off for the Dodgers, which should be a familiar sight for a lot of the Tiger fans at the game.
We may see an old face back in Detroit tonight: the Dodgers have acquired Curtis Granderson from the Mets.
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Michael Fulmer vs Hyun-Jin Ryu
Well, the Tigers were just swept by the Rangers, so they couldn’t do any worse against the Dogers, right?
Sauchie is on the DL with longballitis—um, i mean hamstring soreness—and the Tigers bring up the other forgotten man, Jacoby Jones (what, no Adduci?).
Today’s Lineup:
Pitching: Jordan Zimmermann vs Rich Hill
Rich Hill is a Wolverine alum, so there should be plenty of friends and family and all that there to watch.
