Re: Official 2016 Detroit Tigers Thread

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MLB Power Rankings: Tigers surging, Cubs back on top after deadline dust settles- - Not enough people are paying attention to the red-hot Tigers

So ... have you been paying attention to the Tigers?

No, Tigers fans, I'm not talking to you. I know you see them. I'm just wondering how many others do, because they should be paying better attention. Many have written off the rest of the AL Central (yes, I said it was a done deal at the All-Star break and I'm accountable) and much ado was made about other AL teams like those Indians, the Rangers and more due to trade deadline activity.

The Tigers didn't really do much in the way of trades.

They've just been doing the job with their on-field performance.

After an 11-5 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday night, the Tigers are now 58-48 and within three games of the Indians in the Central. They trail the Red Sox by only a half-game for the second Wild Card, but the AL is so bunched up that the Tigers are only 3 1/2 games from having the best record. How ridiculous does that sound?

Right now, no team is baseball is hotter. The Tigers have won seven straight, and this is coming off sweeps of fellow playoff-contending Red Sox and Astros.

The good news doesn't stop there, either. Jordan Zimmermann (9-4, 3.95) is set to come off the disabled list and rejoin the rotation on Thursday. The Tigers have won 10 of his 15 starts this season.

Big-time power threat J.D. Martinez has been out since June 16 and he's now set to return within the next few days as well. They already get on base and have great power and Martinez only makes them that much better.

The bullpen had actually been very good in the second half before coughing up some runs Tuesday night and Matt Boyd has a 2.21 ERA in his last four starts. Team him with Zimmermann, Justin Verlander (1.69 ERA in July, by the way) and Rookie of the Year front-runner Michael Fulmer and the rotation looks pretty sound.

The Indians are still very strong and have to be considered the favorite in the division, but they have actually gone 11-14 since their 14-game winning streak. By no means is this over, despite what some idiots like Matt Snyder may have said a few weeks ago.
Of course, there's the head-to-head matter. The Tigers are 1-11 against the Indians this season. If they hang around in this race, they will have seven more chances. There's a three-game series in Cleveland from Sept. 16-18 and then a four-gamer in Detroit during the final week (Sept. 26-29, so, sadly, not the final series) of the season.

Might those games be for the division lead? If things continue along this path, that'll be the case. It's certainly looking up in Detroit, even if many are busy paying attention to other AL powerhouses.

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Tigers PR ‏@DetroitTigersPR 2h2 hours ago
Congratulations to @JustinVerlander on being named the American League Pitcher of the Month & Tigers Pitcher of the Month for July.

[Floyd Robertson]

Best DP ever

[Floyd Robertson]

Three DPs in four innings unless I missed one

[Motown Spartan]

Lots of double penetration tonight folks.

[Floyd Robertson]

Big inning brewing

[The Pantry]

Abreau botched that big time

[aualum06]

Abreau botched that big time

Wtf Victor

[The Pantry]

What a wasted inning

[Floyd Robertson]

#CutAviles

[Guest]

What a play by Iglesias!!! oh my.

[aualum06]

Hi JD

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OMG...JD pinch hits....1st pitch from Sale~ WAaay out LCF!!!!

[Floyd Robertson]

JD's BACK BABY

[aualum06]

:-)

[The_Dude]

JD!!!

[Floyd Robertson]

I will probably never understand the Romine thing in the 9th when all Castellanos ever does is make plays.

[Floyd Robertson]

Twins up over Cleveland 9-5 in the 6th.

[DWags]

Jesus, come on

[Guest]

Whew!!!!

[The Pantry]

Hold your breath win but I'll take it

[Floyd Robertson]

Nice try, Sox. Rod tried to get you back in it.

[Tim Wakefield]

Let's fucking go!!!!

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Martinez moved by ovation, rises to occasion

Wojo: Tigers' big bats drum up pennant drama

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Chris McCosky ‏@cmccosky 16m16 minutes ago
Maybin is day to day with mild left thumb sprain. X-rays were negative

[Floyd Robertson]

Chris McCosky ‏@cmccosky  16m16 minutes ago
Maybin is day to day with mild left thumb sprain. X-rays were negative

I haven't seen any news about Victor's toe, have you?

[Floyd Robertson]

Well, there we go.

Tigers PR ‏@DetroitTigersPR 35s36 seconds ago
Victor Martinez has been scratched from today's lineup for an extra day of rest.

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Chris McCosky ‏@cmccosky  16m16 minutes ago
Maybin is day to day with mild left thumb sprain. X-rays were negative

I haven't seen any news about Victor's toe, have you?

Nope....hopefully it's ok. It would suck to get JD and Zimm back and lose VMart and Maybin.

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New lineup:

[Rocinante]

Is cast really a cleanup caliber guy?

[aualum06]

Zimmerman doesn't look good at all

[The_Dude]

Zimmy a fucking disaster.

Not sure why the Tigs rushed him up. He was awful in the minors before they called him up.

[aualum06]

Probably should go get him Brad

[Floyd Robertson]

Zim zim salabim, watch your winning streak disappear.

[aualum06]

Why is this thread only four pages

[Tim Wakefield]

Damnit. Regroup for this weekend series. JV v. Thor will be sweet

[Floyd Robertson]

Why is this thread only four pages

There's this weird thing that happens with forumotion that threads get truncated when they reach a certain number of pages, I think, and split into separate threads.  Bad design.

[Floyd Robertson]

Didn't see any of it today, but I'm guessing this was a major  issue.

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