A year with swollen appendages (and other ailments): 2019 Detroit Tigers

Doing great considering 7/9ths of the lineup’s inability to put the ball in play.

Was not expecting some of the unknowns to erupt against Chapman, among other developments.

striking out 18 helps

Miguel Cabrera ended up at first base on his 105.5 mph drive off RF wall, but it earned him his first RBI of the season. Also Tigers' first run in first three innings of a game this year.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) April 4, 2019

Harrison walked.
Harrison stole second.
Castellanos walked.
Cabrera walked, Castellanos to second, Harrison to third.
McCarthy pitching for KC
Goodrum walked, Harrison scored, Cabrera to second, Castellanos to third.
Candelario lined out to second.
Stewart hit sacrifice fly to left, Castellanos scored.
Peterson lined out to third.

2 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors

KEEP IT UP.

MONEYBALL

Boyd has been good to excellent despite a pretty stacked first month schedule. Should be interesting once he starts delving into the bottom feeders of the AL teams' lineups.

first tigers win that shane greene didn't save

casey mize's AA debut: 9 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 7 K, 1 BB

casey mize's last three starts: 24 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 17 K, 2 BB

casey mize in 2019: 35 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 32 K, 2 BB

*Violent Shane Greene chest bump*

May 5, 1958: Dave Gumpert born in South Haven, Michigan. #Tigers pitcher 1982-83 pic.twitter.com/VB9mrdpi7U

— Tigers History (@TigersHistory) May 5, 2019

Question: You got blamed for a lot of what happened here (by fans), fair or not. Can you address that?

Brad Ausmus: "You can keep blaming me. It makes it easier."

— Chris McCosky (@cmccosky) May 7, 2019

Tigers' minus-56 run differential thru 39 games is their worst since 2003 and their 7th-worst ever. Only once in franchise history have they been less than 10 games under .500 with a minus-50 run differential at this point.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) May 14, 2019

Eugenio Suárez
December 11, 2014: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Jonathon Crawford (minors) to the Cincinnati Reds for Alfredo Simon.

yes but has eugenio suarez owned an entirely chrome automobile

A joy to tune into the Tigers and within a few minutes hear Jack Morris mutter about his disappointment in the fan base and crack a sour joke about sports journalists' lack of athleticism.

surely there must be somebody out there who can right this ship by reordering the lineup via Spore or Koan or some comparable software

A rainy afternoon in Detroit did not spoil the dedication ceremony for Willie Horton Drive. pic.twitter.com/fX36IUsE14

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) May 22, 2019

End of the innocence: Sad to watch Nick Castellanos' joy for the game bleed out in Detroit

first-round pick riley greene's pro debut in the gulf coast league today: 4-for-5, 2 HR, 2B, 5 RBI

Less than 365 days after the Tigers took DeCaster in the 18th round of the 2018 draft, DeCaster climbed all the way from rookie ball to Triple-A Toledo, while playing on six different teams, bouncing through a series of cities and endless blur of hotels, putting up impressive numbers at every level.

DeCaster, a 24-year-old sidearm relief pitcher, has appeared in 40 games in the Tigers system, throwing 69 2/3 innings. The righty has a 1.42 ERA with a 0.804 WHIP. He has struck out 81 with just 10 walks and has allowed just three home runs. Teams are hitting just .186 against him.

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/columnists/jeff-seidel/2019/06/24/detroit-tigers-erie-seawolves-ethan-decaster/1543665001/

Trevor Rosenthal’s Tiger debut included a first pitch that hit umpire Laz Diaz in the leg, another pitch that went behind Tyler Naquin, some fastballs that just missed triple digits and a few nasty sliders.https://t.co/sU8xKV39Nc

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) July 16, 2019

Updated. Tigers run differential at -190, O’s at -178. pic.twitter.com/XnQuyWoN77

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) July 20, 2019

no way to predict that jordy mercer would get hurt

The difference between -190 and -189.449.

You play the hand you're dealt.

ron gardenhire's league-leading seven ejections are a sign of how hungry this team is

(sorry, sometimes i can’t help myself)

"You have to keep up the good attitude, and we do that, and at the end of the day you end up looking at the ceiling at 3:00 in the morning every night." -- Ronald Clyde Gardenhire

Tigers have lost 33 of their last 40 games, something the 2003 Tigers did not do. Last MLB team to do so was the 2012 Astros. Only previous time Detroit had done it was 1996.

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) July 21, 2019

Welcome back, Transaction Jackson.

Edwin Jackson's 9 years, 321 days between wins for Tigers is the longest gap between wins in franchise history. Previous record was 6 years, 95 days by Wild Bill Donovan from 1912 to 1918, when he came out of retirement at age 41 after managing the Yankees. (h/t @EliasSports)

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) August 10, 2019

The Tigers position players have posted -1.9 fWAR this year. Do you know how hard that is to do? It's the only negative WAR total of the decade, and the worst mark overall by nearly four wins. And, uh, it's hard to see things getting much better down the stretch.

— Brendan Gawlowski (@GawlowskiB) August 13, 2019

The Houston Astros are poised to be one of the largest favorites in an MLB game ever when they send Justin Verlander to the mound against the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.

The Astros are listed as -500 home favorites at Caesars Sportsbook and as high as -550 at other sportsbooks. If the price holds, Houston will be the heaviest favorite in a game in at least the past 15 seasons, according to sports betting database BetLabsSports.com, and likely longer.

LOL OH YOU THOUGHT? pic.twitter.com/TUDpYghwcA

— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) August 22, 2019

i know it's a lost season and there are ~reasons~ not to bring up any of the kids, but continuing to run edwin jackson out there is pretty embarrassing

17 seasons in the bigs and a bWAR of 9.3

and dropping fast

EIGHT passed balls in 30 games, but

Jose Abreu was staring down at home plate and not expecting a throw to third to buzz by him at all. https://t.co/WbvZrOKLcg

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) September 22, 2019

tigers finish their home slate at 22-59, tying the 1939 st. louis browns for most home losses

swept in 10 of 25 home series

a remarkable -221 run differential at home

I consider myself a pretty decent baseball knower but the only players I could name from this team are Cabrera and BUCK FARMER

Bleak stuff, Jack:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/DET/2019.shtml

-3.3 bWAR out of the hitters is really something

Back-to-back strikeouts from Christin Stewart and Travis Demeritte close the Tigers season with a 5-3 loss. They also set a MLB record with 1595 strikeouts in a season, one more than last year's White Sox.

In any case, it's over. We all made it. Tigers finish season at 47-114. pic.twitter.com/x8TOS7GMX3

— Jason Beck (@beckjason) September 29, 2019