Tigers @ Yankees: Tigers about to throw back-to-back-to-back Cy Young winners

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Max is on the hill tonight and I am not sure if Price or JV is going tomorrow but I can't wait to see Price in the ol' English D.

Generic MGoBlogger

August 4th, 2014 at 7:20 PM ^

Should be a really fun matchup tonight between Scherzer and McCarthy.  McCarthy has looked unstoppable the last couple months and Max has been stout as well.  I say this now and at the end of the sixth the Yankees will be up 2-0 and we will have had only four hits. 

Overall, I really see this as a pretty critical series.  We've struggled in this second half so far and really would be nice to keep that momentum we had against the Rockies going.  Gotta figure out how to hit these top notch pitchers as well by the time the playoffs roll around or be ready for more pitching battles which I'm not sure we can afford given the state of our bullpen.

Oh... and I can't wait to watch Price.

Rodriguesqe

August 4th, 2014 at 7:32 PM ^

watching the yankee broadcast - they just said max took out an insurance policy incase he gets injured. pays him 144 million if he gets injured. im sure the premium is big (5 mil maybe?), but makes his decision look  realy sauve. only way he loses is if his new contracts < 144,000,000 + insurance policy or he gets injured and he's out the premium.

trivia question: when was the last time a team started three consecutive cy youngs?

umchicago

August 4th, 2014 at 10:37 PM ^

maddux, smoltz and glavine all won the cy young but not in consecutive years.  i'm pretty sure the tigers are the first with 3 different consecutive cy young winners - and they will pitch back-to-back-to-back in new york this series.

rob f

August 4th, 2014 at 8:00 PM ^

about Avila is that, despite having what looks like a nice compact swing, he swings and misses so much.  For every one time I cheer him when he hits it the opposite way or up the middle (and shows what he's perfectly capable of doing consistantly),  I scream at him 10 times for his recurring "bad approach" of trying to pull pitches.  Methinks he guesses too much on opposing pitchers and what they're going to throw him.

WMUgoblue

August 4th, 2014 at 8:04 PM ^

Totally agree, his swing looks so natural it continues to amaze me how much he swings and misses.



He just seems to swing through every fastball nowadays that maybe he just doesn't pick it up well out of the glove?



Although that doesn't make any sense because he's the catcher, his job is to see the ball well out of the glove. Total head scratcher.

rob f

August 4th, 2014 at 8:36 PM ^

at 2nd by Ian to shut down that rally!

The Tigers' defense is so much better this year, really makes a huge difference when balls don't drop for hits.  Without that great glovework in that inning, the score would now be at least 5-0 Yanks with still just 1 out

ThadMattasagoblin

August 4th, 2014 at 9:56 PM ^

Really wish we didn't rest so many players at a time. I'd rather rest Davis today and Castellanos tomorrow instead of both at once. It really hurts the lineup especially since Suarez is now out.

maize-blue

August 5th, 2014 at 10:17 AM ^

God, I hope Suarez is good to go. The possibility of seeing Romine for extended action doesn't inspire confidence. The bottom of the batting order is lacking enough. Sometimes this batting lineup gets shut down by average pitchers.