Comments on: Games 17-18-19: YAY BOO MEH!

By: stephen4106

stephen4106 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:08:02 +0000

Good analysis. Detroit’s play has become annoying and they simply ae not fun to follow because on paper they should be playing so much better.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:57:40 +0000

Kyle –

Guarded optimism indeed. The Tigers should begin to get their fair share of 2-out runs just by hitting normally. Right now, their OPS and their two-out OPS is nearly the same, but I expect in the long run, both should be above .737.

Flying J –

I have been considering just that myself. It is possible they are both an average and a good team. Average with injuries, good without. Whether or not you can expect them to be without injuries due to their ages and playing histories may be the question, and I fear the answer is no. They have been hovering around .500 since going 0-7. They split with CLE and took two from Minny. I mean, there’s still decent signs there. But overall I’d just have to say, you gotta be cautious reading too much into April either way.

Blake– Agreed.

By: Blake

Blake — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:13:05 +0000

Friday aside, they looked awful this weekend. It’s really time to get the ball rolling here. 6-13 is unacceptable. 6-6 over their last 12 isn’t all that great either.

By: Flying J

Flying J — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:39:50 +0000

I fear the sad truth is that the Tigers are really fielding a subpar team. They have nice mashing stats if everyone is healthy (they’re not), they can catch the ball slightly better than average if everyone is healthy (they’re not), and the can patch together enough decent innings if the karma is breaking right (it’s not).

The problem is that they’re not hovering around .500. They’d really have to throw together a nice streak or two just go get even. And for some ungodly reason, the Sox seem to have put together a nice team. A pox on Nick Swisher. If they haven’t pulled back up to .500 by the end of May, the season is probably a loss.

By: Kyle J

Kyle J — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:28:46 +0000

Interesting stats. I’d say it’s a reason for guarded optimism: hitting with runners in scoring position is a pretty random phenomenon. The numbers on both sides of the equation have to revert to the mean at some point.

But it does make for angst-ridden baseball viewing . . .