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Yeah, that's true with the Street trade and now the Tigers seeming even more desperate.
The question is will Ausmus pull the plug on Nathan? Nathans body of work this season has shown that he is not the same pitcher he has been in the past. The way he has pitched combined with his age makes it difficult to think he will get it back anytime soon. This has been going on since spring training. Right now how could they have any confidence to bring Nathan in to close a playoff game?
Tigers are streaky for sure, one week no one can touch them, next week meh. Still the best team in the central, and Nathan has lots of security when you listen to the Tigers management talk about him. I still think Joe can be the closer
Seems more and more like there will be no deal for either Benoit or Soria. How many days does it take to close a deal? My sense is both teams are asking too much.
Yeah he fixed a hitch in his swing I guess, but he's pretty streaky anyway. As a Tiger he's mostly been awesome or really bad, not much in-between.
Did you see the stat line last night? The whole Tiger OF is batting over 350 for the month of July. Davis, JD, Hunter and Ajax. On another note Kinsler made of the of the best plays I have seen all year from a second baseman.
The only time I get games are MLB regional coverage, ESPN or the weekly Fox game. I've seen them around 15-20 times this year, not bad for being out of area.
Memories of about 20 years ago when they waved the white flag when only back a couple of games ...some seller's remorse. The logic is they're not that far out of the wild card slot (5.5, but with four other teams between them and Seattle), and they hope to get Garcia back at some point. Still: Wishful thinking. FWIW, I noticed the other day they're filling only 50% of the ballpark this year.
update: only #2 now behind Anibal Sanchez. :(Leroy Hoard said:
with 2 of those 3 being lefthanders maybe it's ******* time.
Well, Andy Dirks is back to throwing from 120 feet and hitting balls off a tee, e.g., baseball related activities. Cheer up, sunshine.
When the playoffs arrive, do you think they'll switch Smyly back to middle relief? If the starters can go 7 innings in a number of the playoff games and Smyly could bridge or finish a couple more, they should be quite fine, I would think.
I would like to see Joba remain a Tiger, and I heard an interview where he said this has been his most enjoyable season in the bigs. Sad to see 20 million pissed away on Nathan.
He had a rough ride in New York. They were always on his case about his weight, and he was a malcontent who was unhappy he wasn't a starter. Now he's a jolly fat man. The Tigers as a group are pretty loose and he fits right in. Hope they resign him but these guys have such a narrow peak earning window....
