04/13 SOX @ Tigers 1:10PM ET

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good job by EO today.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hard to argue, except for maybe Manny.

 

Best 10 years stretches:

 

1.055 Pujols ('01-'10 first 10 seasons)

1.032 Manny ('99-'08)

.980 Miggy ('06-'15)

.962 Papi ('03-'12) and .956 over the last 14 years of his career

 

Manny also put up a 1.010 OPS over 15 seasons ('95-'09)

 

I'd take any of the 4 to build a franchise around. They're the definition of 'top shelf' when it comes to hitting a baseball.

[moonslav59]

Good job by EO today.

 

101 pitches in his second start.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Hard to argue, except for maybe Manny & Trout.

 

Best 10 years stretches:

 

1.055 Pujols ('01-'10 first 10 seasons)

1.032 Manny ('99-'08)

1.011 Trout ('12-'21)

.983 ARod ('98-07) and .976 over 13 seasons

.980 Miggy ('06-'15)

.962 Papi ('03-'12) and .956 over the last 14 years of his career

 

Manny also put up a 1.010 OPS over 15 seasons ('95-'09)

 

Brain fart. I kept referring to him as Meggy. Went back and made corrections.

[jacksonianmarch]

ERod gave up. Sox up 2-1, Candelario makes a bad error and ERod just mails it in from there.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

101 pitches in his second start.

 

Maybe all pitchers should have two TJ surgeries.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

ERod gave up. Sox up 2-1, Candelario makes a bad error and ERod just mails it in from there.

 

Not my problem anymore.

[Nick]

Tiger fans really only have Miggy's 3000th hit and 600th double to root for this season. Miggy, a great ballplayer and a pleasure to watch over the years.

 

$32M to watch him hit his milestones is high price. Another $32M next year to watch him do what?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

$32M to watch him hit his milestones is high price. Another $32M next year to watch him do what?

 

This is the sad truth about long term contracts, especially when the Tigers didn't even get a sniff of the WS during Miggy's years.

Not sad for Miggy, of course, although, like all great players, he would have liked a WS ring. Somewhere Ernie Banks and Ted Williams are nodding their heads.

Please, no frozen head jokes.

Edited April 13, 2022 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[Nick]

8 yr, $248M deal. In his 6 years, the team has only finished above .500 once, in 2016 when they finished 2nd. Since then, 3 5th place finishes and 2 3rd place finishes.

 

I wonder how much revenue he generated for the team?

[Bellhorn04]

8 yr, $248M deal. In his 6 years, the team has only finished above .500 once, in 2016 when they finished 2nd. Since then, 3 5th place finishes and 2 3rd place finishes.

 

I wonder how much revenue he generated for the team?

 

Can't answer that, but FWIW the Tigers reported net income of $31 mill for 2021, and have a current market value of $1.4 bill (#18 of 30), per Forbes.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

8 yr, $248M deal. In his 6 years, the team has only finished above .500 once, in 2016 when they finished 2nd. Since then, 3 5th place finishes and 2 3rd place finishes.

 

I wonder how much revenue he generated for the team?

 

I'm pretty sure he alone brought a lot of fans to the park. Most great power hitters do.

[Tedballgame]

That was either terrible baserunning by JDM or terrible coaching by the third base coach for JD not to score on Arroyo's ground out to second. Cost Arroyo an RBI and cost the Sox a run.

[Tedballgame]

This is the sad truth about long term contracts, especially when the Tigers didn't even get a sniff of the WS during Miggy's years.

Not sad for Miggy, of course, although, like all great players, he would have liked a WS ring. Somewhere Ernie Banks and Ted Williams are nodding their heads.

Please, no frozen head jokes.

 

They did get a sniff of the WS in 2013 when they lost to the Red Sox in the ALCS.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

They did get a sniff of the WS in 2013 when they lost to the Red Sox in the ALCS.

 

Yup, my bad. The Middlebrooks' fiasco at 3rd base.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Yup, my bad. The Middlebrooks' fiasco at 3rd base.

 

 

Of course, that year was before Miggy's 6 year extension.

[d-money]

This BP is becoming a huge problem.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

With the rule that a reliever has to face a minimum of 3 batters makes it a dangerous proposition to bring in A. Davis.

Hopefully, he'll prove me wrong as the season progresses.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

This BP is becoming a huge problem.

 

Too early to be a 'huge' problem.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Too early to be a 'huge' problem.

 

 

Although, Davis may qualify.

[moonslav59]

Too early to be a 'huge' problem.

 

They had been the best part of our team until 3 minutes ago.

[moonslav59]

Did JBJ more than double raise his OPS, today?

[moonslav59]

Good to see Bobby Dee with 2 hits and a hard out.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

They had been the best part of our team until 3 minutes ago.

 

Baseball is a game of minutes.

And hours.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Fans of Detroit sports have more reason to get drunk than any other city with multiple pro sports teams.

[moonslav59]

Fans of Detroit sports have more reason to get drunk than any other city with multiple pro sports teams.

 

Houston is right up there, after recent events.

[Tedballgame]

Bullpen is struggling today.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

What may be a little food for concern is I doubt the SOX will face a weaker line-up than this current Tigers' line-up. Edited April 13, 2022 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[Tedballgame]

Get him out of there.

[Tedballgame]

What is Cora waiting for?