Game #153: Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers, Thursday September 18th, 2025, 1:10 Pm

[tigermud]

Keith is not good at 3rd base.

 

[biggunsbob]

Keith drops a ball. Skubal bails him out.

 

[biggunsbob]

Skubal gets out of a 2 on nobody out Jam.

 

[biggunsbob]

Damn Kwan gets to that ball so fast.

 

[biggunsbob]

Perez gets a 0-2 count bloop hit !

 

[biggunsbob]

I hate the contact play. Damn it. Take some pitches

 

[kalinecountry]

RHP Paul Sewald has been activated off of the 60-day injured list and will be available for this afternoon’s game vs. the Cleveland Guardians.
RHP Jose Urquidy has been designated for assignment. The club expects to option him to Triple-A Toledo tomorrow.
RHP Codi Heuer has been granted his release.

TMLR Recap 9/17/25: One game on the docket - Tigers Minor League Report

Only Toledo today as Erie gets ready for game 2 and both West Michigan and Lakeland celebrate their championships

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TMLR Recap 9/17/25: One game on the docket.
TMLR

Harris' 2025 moves:
Torres 0.3 WAR 212/312/348 (post ASB) 15M
Flaherty 8-14 4.60 25M
Kenta Maeda 10M
John Brebbia 2.5M
Morton 2-2 5.92
Paddack 1-2 7.47
Finnegan 3-0 0.00
R. Montero 1-1. 3.44
Add Cobb at $15 million, and it’s even worse.

Games started by Jack Flaherty in 2025 the Tigers are 9-21. Add Cobb, the rapid aging of Torres post ASB, the lack of signing Bregman, and what you have is a season where the players were very good and the FO was not.

Javy Báez since his 2 HR, 6 RBI game against Boston on 5/13: 287 PA 5 BB
72 K .226/.248/.347 (.595 OPS)

Opponents were hitting .182 w/ a .273 SLG against Will Vest's four-seam before Aug. 1. Since August. 1, they're hitting .387 w/ a .581 SLG.

Updated playoff odds for the Tigers on Fangraphs:
Make the postseason: 98%
Win the division: 95%
Clinch a Bye: 59%
Win the World Series: 7%

List of single minor league seasons since 2006 to have
>= 350 PA>=
14.0% BB%>= .
990 OPS<=
12.0% K%:
Kevin McGonigle, 2025

 

[biggunsbob]

Just embarrassing. Now we need a 2 out hit.

1st and 3rd no outs No ****ing outs .

Dingler
McKinstry
Meadows
ALL FAIL badly.

Just have awful at bats. Especially dingler and McKinstry.
Have the tigers heard of Sac flys ?

 

[tigermud]

3rd time this series we’ve taken a run off the board with over aggressive base running.

 

[biggunsbob]

Keith out of the game . Looks like a back issue.
Sweeney at Ss
McKinstry at 3rd.

 

[tigermud]

Kieth hurt himself apparently, Zach to third auto out Sweeney in at short

 

[nydo77]

McKinstry swings at a changeup a foot above the strike zone for a k. Why would anyone swing at that?

3rd time this series we’ve taken a run off the board with over aggressive base running.

Hate to say it, but my feeling is that Wenceel just doesn’t have a lot of processing power upstairs.

 

[biggunsbob]

3rd time this series we’ve taken a run off the board with over aggressive base running.

I don’t get why you would not be patient? Maybe a wild pitch ? Maybe you get a pitch you can keep off the damn ground.
There are no outs. I do not get it.

 

[biggunsbob]

McKinstry swings at a changeup a foot above the strike zone for a k. Why would anyone swing at that?

Hate to say it, but my feeling is that Wenceel just doesn’t have a lot of processing power upstairs.

But isn't that play on from the dugout. Btw I think you are right and like most of the tigers he is not hitting. Bloop hit was lucky

 

[biggunsbob]

Carpenter is swing at garbage pitches so far. Cleveland is smart
Not throwing him fastballs.

 

[biggunsbob]

That is just not a strike

 

[biggunsbob]

This is so frustrating we can’t square this guy up .For crying out loud he has given up 27 homers This year

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers waste a lead off single with three best hitters coming up.

Im still and at the dingler at bat.
AJ should force them to try and get the ball in the air.
No contact play with infield in.
Idk I'm just super frustrated with our offense.
Im probably wrong. But damn.

 

[biggunsbob]

Skubal is just stupid. My god a 0-2 count homer to
a .163 hitter because you don’t throw it off the plate .
Noel has 2 hits off of change ups.
1-1 now.

0-2 count change up that catches to much of the damn plate.

Why ARE YOU THROWING him A CHANGE Up again?
Our pitch selection is strange when ahead in counts.

Lefty Jones gets a 1-2 count hit. To much plate again.
Way to much plate again when ahead in the count.

 

[biggunsbob]

Perez is lost at the plate.
Sweeney should be in the minors.
Dingler probably tired from last night and his terrible at bat when he came up with 1st and 3rd NO OUTS !