Game #82 : Houston Astros @ Detroit Tigers, Friday June 26th, 6:40 PM

[kalinecountry]

Tigers Confirmed Lineup:
SS K. McGonigle L
C D. Dingler R
RF K. Carpenter L
DH Riley Greene L
1B S. Torkelson R
3B Colt Keith L
2B Z. McKinstry L
LF M. Vierling R
CF James Outman L
Keider Montero R
3-5 3.68 ERA

astros Confirmed Lineup:
SS
Jeremy Pena R
DH Y. Alvarez L
3B I. Paredes R
1B C. Walker R
2B Jose Altuve R
LF J. Loperfido L
C Yainer Diaz R
RF Cam Smith R
CF T. Trammell L
S. Arrighetti R
7-3 3.13 ERA

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers news from my travels today.

Troy Melton in 6 starts this season:
5.2 IP, 1 ER
7 IP, 1 ER
8 IP, 2 ER
5 IP, 4 ER
6 IP, 1 ER
6 IP, 1 ER
His 0.85 WHIP is 2nd in the AL among starters with at least 30 IP!

https://www.espn.com/espn/betting/story/_/id/49181912/source-mlbpa-proposes-ban-prop-bets-individual-players

MLBPA proposes ban on prop bets on individual players.
espn

There are 2 hitters that have: 19+ HR 55+ RBI SLG > .540 Yordan Alvarez - Dillon Dingler

Kevin McGonigle, Dillon Dingler, and Riley Greene are NOT starting in the MLB All-Star game. Let's hope they are added as reserves.

Tigers Trying To Find Their Place: MCM Live. 72 minutes.
MCMTB

Tigers ML Report

Tigers Trying To Find Their Place: MCM Live

x.com

71-91 over the last 162. This is the kind of team Scott Harris has built.

After starting June 7-2 the Tigers have gone 5-7 since. We are likely witnessing the beginning of the end.

The Tigers are 7-28 this season when Kevin McGonigle and Dillon Dingler are held to just 1 combined hit or fewer.

Going back to September of last season the Tigers are 7-9 in Skubal starts. Skubal has a 2.65 ERA over that span.

The Tigers are currently 7.5 games back in the division + 5 games back in the wild card. The decision to buy or sell at the deadline will be based on a lot of factors, including how they’re playing + how healthy they are. But this current deficit feels close to the cutoff point.

Tigers record this season:
4 runs or more.
3 runs or fewer.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HLs0LjHW8AAAHmw?format=jpg&name=medium

Tigers are 30-19 when they hit at least one home run.
They are 4-27 when they do not hit a home run.

Max Clark Talks Hitting

The 21-year-old Detroit Tigers prospect is one of baseball’s most promising young hitters.

blogs.fangraphs.com

Max Clark Talks Hitting.
Fangraphs

Tigers Claim Yilber Diaz Off Waivers From Diamondbacks

The Tigers scooped up Yilber Diaz, formerly one of the D-backs' best pitching prospects, off waivers. Head to MLB Trade Rumors to read more.

www.mlbtraderumors.com

Tigers Claim Yilber Díaz.
MLBTR

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2026/06/detroit-tigers-claim-pitcher-off-waivers-from-arizona.html

Detroit Tigers claim pitcher off waivers from Arizona.
Mlive

Outfielder Wenceel Pérez is being transferred to the 60-day injured list as the corresponding 40-man move.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers are . I heard on the radio . So these may be a tad off.

30-12 when scoring 4+ runs.
4-35 when scoring less then 4.

Hey inheritance Boy ! Are you going to say something or did you land in a coma !

Please Fire all the hitting instructors !

 

[biggunsbob]

Games decided by 2 runs or less.
Tigers are 11-29.

 

[kalinecountry]

Tigers' Jackson Jobe to throw live bullpen in Lakeland: 'Great step'.
Jackson Jobe will clear another important check point Saturday.
The Tigers’ right-hander, who is working his way back from Tommy John surgery, will throw to hitters in Lakeland in his first live bullpen session.
“It’s a great step,” manager AJ Hinch said. “He’s still got some time to go, but that’s encouraging. He’s progressed well since we saw him in Tampa (at the beginning of June).
Detnews

Detroit Tigers injury update: Jackson Jobe to take big rehab step.
A little over a year since elbow surgery, Detroit Tigers right-handed pitcher Jackson Jobe is poised to take another encouraging step in the rehabilitation process.
Jobe, who underwent Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right pitching elbow in June 2025, is set to throw a second live bullpen session on Saturday in Florida, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said on Friday, June 26, ahead of Detroit's second game against the Houston Astros.
Freep

https://www.mlive.com/tigers/2026/06/will-jackson-jobe-pitch-for-tigers-in-2026-tomorrow-is-important-checkpoint.html

Will Jackson Jobe pitch for Tigers in 2026? Tomorrow is important checkpoint.
Mlive

Who takes advantage of "Mistake Pitches" [Breaking Balls left over the heart of the plate when the batter is behind in the count].

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HLwzAo5XsAA08Pi?format=jpg&name=medium

 

[kalinecountry]

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[biggunsbob]

Dickerson said Vierling k on a 77 mph pitch :/

 

[nydo77]

To be fair, almost every team in the MLB is going to have a pretty negative record when they score 3 runs or less; some teams will probably look even worse. The real catch is the number of games that we have scored less than 4 runs.

 

[nydo77]

Interestingly, both the Guardians and the Astros have one more game than the Tigers this season with 3 or less runs. However, the Guardians won 11 of those games, and the Astros won 10.

 

[nydo77]

The Mets have played 5 more games with less than three runs, and they have also only won four, so we aren’t at the bottom. The Twins have played ten less games with 3 or less, runs, and they have only won 3 of them.

 

[biggunsbob]

I'm I seeing 8 runs ! I saw Keith's homer. Wow!
Holy smokes Outman hit a homer !!!

 

[nydo77]

I’m glad the offense finally came alive against Arighetti. Their previous team batting average against him was over .600.

 

[biggunsbob]

Oh no
Dingler fouls a ball off his Knee. That looked like it hurt.

 

[nydo77]

Oh no
Dingler fouls a ball off his Knee. That looked like it hurt.

Perhaps they should let the pedal off the gas a bit, and have Tigers finish the game. I don’t remember the last game that Dingler didn’t play in.

 

[biggunsbob]

Another 0-2 hit. After Dingler muffs a easy foul catch.

 

[biggunsbob]

Shoot inning should be over.

 

[biggunsbob]

Shutout still intact. !!!
Hey AJ & Harris 》
You think Keider is a starter !
Keep him in the rotation and trade skubal for players!

 

[gotime909]

7 shutout innings from Keider. I cant believe this terrible manager keeps trying to put him in the bullpen.

 

[nydo77]

7 shutout innings from Keider. I cant believe this terrible manager keeps trying to put him in the bullpen.

Flaherty would be a better candidate for the bullpen, at least on paper.

 

[biggunsbob]

Tigers win 8-0 Final !

Keider Montero 7 ip 5 hits , 3/1. K/BB
DeJesus 2 ip 0 hits 2/1 K/bb

DeJesus lowered his era to 3.98

Wish we have 3 of these runs yesterday :/