Uncertainties, not question marks: 2015 Tigers

SELL
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SELL

only 2.5 out of the wild card!

joba to be dfa'd ;_;

Miguel Cabrera has limped off the field.

@Tom_Gage
Grade 3 calf strain for #Tigers Cabrera; out six weeks - mid-August, in other words

Asked to compare Krauss to Cabrera as a hitter, Ausmus said, "He's not quite as good."

"We won't know until we find out." -- Joe Morgan

end of an era

#VoteYo ‏@tigers 17m17 minutes ago
The #Tigers today have given RHP Joba Chamberlain his unconditional release.

More like end of an ERA!!!

ziinnngggggg

Verlander forgot how to win.

SELL
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― Andy K, Friday, July 3, 2015 8:46 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"There's too much talent in this clubhouse for this team not to play better," Verlander said. "Everybody needs to take a look in the mirror. And that starts with me. I can't call this a step forward for me. It was a disappointment. I've got to pitch better."

missing torii's leadership obvs

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/instagraphs/why-the-tigers-shouldnt-sell-in-one-graph

@beckjason
J.D. Martinez HR traveled 467 feet, according to Statcast.

OVER the roof of the CF camera well.

At this point, I'd prefer to see the Tigers set themselves up for the future (and enrage entitled fans even more). I'd be a little surprised if Ilitch gave in, though.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CKek-ZaXAAAS-cS.png

The ball landed a little higher than that, in the bushes, though.

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/b55dee24512422b6102d0f6456a0cfa08607f101/c=199-0-3306-2336&r=x383&c=540x380/local/-/media/2015/07/13/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/635723890024850371-Tig3.jpg

"RAH-zhee": how Kirk Gibson pronounces Rajai

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CK4pkc3UsAAAu4i.jpg

So are we officially in 'the next Phillies' mode?

not until miggy stops raking

and being more than 15 months removed from scooping up j.d. martinez

4-6 since the break -- all games against other sub-.500 teams.

Hoping your home team loses is a strange feeling.

price for urias straight up imo

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLGgxSwUEAAYtvZ.jpg

Shit -- anyone want Verlander? Sell high.

back in it!

@beckjason
First double-digit strikeout game with no walks for Justin Verlander since Sept. 24, 2010. 5th of his career.

No, mookieproof, no.

Game scores: Verlander 80, Archer 78.

"Rebooting"

*whew*

http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/assets/images/9/6/4/139546964/cuts/Dombrowski480_b88j2y99_alznm6vz.jpg

@beckjason
Norris on relation to 2nd cousin Brad Ausmus: "It’s like my mom’s dad’s daughter’s husband or something like that? Second cousin’s dog?"

@beckjason
Ausmus: "I just want outs, whether we're related or not."

@Lynn_Henning
Toledo muscleman Mike Hessman just hit a monstrous grand slam at Fifth Third Field. It makes him the all-time minor league HR hitter: 433.

Waiting for the lengthy Mitch Albom profile with a subheading for every other paragraph.

dombrowski out

i guess winning four straight division titles doesn't have the cachet it used to

what have u domb for me lately?

Cold business. Apart from a handful of bad contracts and only a couple bad trades, he was great here.

Looking forward to bombing a different team's seasonal threads with dombrowskipout jpgs.

@JeffPassan
Dave Dombrowski is out as Detroit president/GM. Stunning. Players heard the news about 15 minutes ago. Speculation he ends up in Toronto.

I'll always wonder how Dombrowski would have spent the money used to get Prince. Seriously doubt anyone but Ilitch wanted that to happen.

@Tom_Gage
if DD was fired for performance, you'd think Avila would have been dumped, too-as Avila just said on FSD, "I've been involved in everything"

Avila just said that Castellanos "is having a good year." Uh oh.

Odd press conference. Avila was up there alone -- no Ilitch or Ilitch family.

@pgammo
This has been the greatest decade in Tigers history, in wins, attendance, revenues. Thanks for the memories, Dave Dombrowski. Joke

Gammons OTM

@Tom_Gage 25s25 seconds ago
really odd timing on the DD move - before a night game instead of Monday's day off - when Avila said he was told Saturday??? odder than odd

pretty wild that their greatest decade didn't involve any of their four titles

i guess i assume that the now-horrendous long-term deals that are burying the tigers were mostly ilitch's doing, and while of course you trade away prospects to bolster a contender, maybe not quite to this extent of depletion

also wouldn't be surprised if dombrowski was like fuck it, i don't want to do another rebuild

just guessing, i dunno. seems weird on its face, tho. and it's going to be strange with avila jr. going into free agency on a down year

they better bring up hessman next month imo

while of course you trade away prospects to bolster a contender, maybe not quite to this extent of depletion

Did the Jays cross that line this year? Eleven pitchers in a week. Anyway, I know this is the Tigers thread.