Tigers vs. white sox Game 85 July 10, 2022

[kalinecountry]

2-0 Detroit on B?ez?s 9th homer of the season.

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-.../661410#game_state=live,game_tab=,game=661410

 

[kalinecountry]

Prior to today?s game, the Tigers recalled RHP Drew Carlton from Triple A Toledo. As a corresponding move, RHP Garrett Hill has been optioned to Toledo.

With off days being rare until the All-Star break, makes sense to call up a bullpen arm.

 

[kalinecountry]

2 - 1 Tigers top of the 6th inning with 2 out runner on first.

 

[biggunsbob]

Team just can't hit.

 

[biggunsbob]

Another frustrating tiger loss in 2022.

 

[kalinecountry]

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/robbie-grossman-ends-longest-errorless-streak-in-mlb-history
'A terrible play' ends Grossman's historic streak.
Tigers official site

https://www.mlb.com/gameday/tigers-...410#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=661410
Boxscore.

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2022/7...ison-javier-baez-robbie-grossman-gregory-soto
White Sox 4 - Tigers 2: A late error sinks the Tigers.
Drew Hutchison was good in this one, but the Tigers let it get away late on a crucial Robbie Grossman error.
BYBTB

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...e-late-falling-chicago-white-sox/10023925002/
Tigers stumble late in falling to White Sox in series finale.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...hicago-white-sox-robbie-grossman/10024244002/
Robbie Grossman's error leads to Detroit Tigers' 4-2 loss to Chicago White Sox, series split.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/0...e-sox-after-costly-error-leads-to-2-runs.html
Tigers fall to White Sox after costly error leads to 2 runs.
Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

Well this didn't end well for our Tigers.
Lost in all this was Hutchison had a quality start.

Soto first pitch gives up the lead, and gets rewarded with an invite to the All-Star game.

https://www.mlb.com/tigers/news/gregory-soto-picked-for-second-all-star-game-2022
Soto joins Miggy on All-Star Game roster.
Tigers official site

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...ot-american-league-all-star-team/10025664002/
Tigers closer Gregory Soto earns spot on American League All-Star team.
Detnews

https://www.freep.com/story/sports/...s-gregory-soto-mlb-all-star-game/10024247002/
Detroit Tigers closer Gregory Soto is selected to MLB All-Star Game for second year in a row.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2022/07/tigers-gregory-soto-selected-to-2022-all-star-game.html
Tigers? Gregory Soto selected to 2022 All-Star game.
Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

If you like reading about Tigers players who do well after being traded (Paredes) or released, here is another Ex-Tiger John Schreiber doing great.

John Schreiber Has Changed Since His Detroit Days.

John Schreiber has been a find for the Red Sox. Claimed off waivers by Boston from the Detroit Tigers prior to last season, the 28-year-old sidewinder has come out of the bullpen 30 times this year and allowed just 12 hits and two earned runs over 29 innings. Schreiber has 35 strikeouts to go with three saves and a pair of wins in as many decisions.

He?s not the same pitcher who failed to distinguish himself in Detroit.

?I?d mainly been a four-seam/slider guy,? explained Schreiber, who logged a 6.28 ERA over parts of two seasons with the Tigers. ?In college and for most of my pro-ball career, that?s all I threw. Two years ago I started working on a better changeup, and last year I started throwing my sinker. Paul Abbott is our Triple-A pitching coach, and he helped me work on a two-seam sinker. I?ve gotten really comfortable throwing that.?

Schreiber still features his old mix prominently ? this year he?s thrown 35.3% four-seamers and 35.8% sliders ? but his 22.5% sinker usage has added a whole new twist. The 2016, 15th-round draft pick out of the University of Northwestern Ohio is now far less predictable, and just as importantly, he?s better able to match up with hitters who do damage on high heaters.

Hitters who tend not to do damage on elevated fastballs have their hands full when the native Michigander is on the mound. Improved velocity ? 95.5 mph, versus barely 90 in his Detroit days ? is part of the equation. Deception plays an even bigger role.

?My four-seam is one of my best pitches, and when you think sidearm guy, you?re thinking two-seam guy,? said Schreiber, who was born in Wyandotte and went to high school in Gibraltar. ?I never was that kind of sidearm guy. But coming from the arm angle that it does ? the release point is pretty low ? my four-seamer maybe looks like it has more vertical than the data says it does. The hitters are expecting horizontal, and they?re getting more vertical.?

Thanks to the addition of a two-seamer, hitters no longer know if that vertical will be in an upward or downward direction. Add in the upgraded changeup ? the righty hopes to lessen its velocity going forward ? and the result is a higher-quality hurler than the one who was cut loose by the team he grew up rooting for in southeast Michigan.

?I?ve put in a lot of work these past couple years, adding a couple of pitches,? said Schreiber. ?The four-seam is still big, and my slider is still my go-to, but I have a two-seam and a changeup now. There are more pitches for hitters to think about, as well as different shapes coming at them. Basically, I?ve become a better pitcher than I was with Detroit.?

Fangraphs

 

[tigermud]

Haven?t been very good against the white Sox this year

 

[kalinecountry]

https://totallytigers.wordpress.com/2022/07/10/monday-musings-30/
MONDAY MUSINGS.
Totally Tigers

 

[kalinecountry]

We have an afternoon game at 2:00 with the royals Monday. It is the makeup of April 17, must have been a rainout. Then the regularly scheduled game at 8:00 tonight.