OT: Predictions For The Detroit Tigers' Season

Submitted by LSAClassOf2000 on

From a reply in the thread below from XtraMelanin:

LSA, if i could create a thread, i would create one that was basically, OT - Predictions about the Tigers

This Year we have a lot of folks on this list that are astute baseball fans and i have seen that the tigers made a few moves in the off season and so far their record looks pretty good in spring training. it's a slow night on the board, so maybe many of the tiger fans would weigh in.

anyway, thus my request.

I would change the author on the post to allow him to edit this, but that has been problematic as well since even doing that doesn't allow the actual OP to edit the post right now. 

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San Diego Mick

March 20th, 2016 at 8:06 PM ^

but no seriously, I think the Tigers can win 90-95 games this year and have a chance to win it all as long as the starters pitch up to their abilities and the BP is truly improved.

I think offensively we're gonna be a real problem for pitchers if we stay healthy.

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goblue224

March 20th, 2016 at 8:11 PM ^

Unfortuantely this season is going to once again rest on the shoulders of the bullpen. It seems like we'll put one of the better hitting lineups in baseball out there on a daily basis, combined with a pretty good starting rotation. The question will be, as in recent years, can the bullpen hold the lead and/or give us quality innings if the starter does struggle.

I think we'll challenge for the AL Central, but its just tough to really predict baseball. Shit just look at a team like the Astros last year...

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Sac Fly

March 20th, 2016 at 8:44 PM ^

Because the parts of the game that the manager makes the biggest impact in Ausmus sucks at.

He can not manage his pitchers; he leaves his starters in to long, can't use his bullpen properly and doesn't understand simple pitching matchups. Come on, they let their top pitching prospect throw 54 pitches in one inning. He's lost managing his arms.

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Stringer Bell

March 20th, 2016 at 8:49 PM ^

What bullpen did he have though?  He had 1, maybe 2 reliable bullpen arms last year.  No manager could make that look good.  People forget we won the division 2 years ago despite a down season from Miggy, a career worst season from Verlander, a career worst season from our $20 million closer and no other bullpen help.  Last year we had literally no pitching and got no contributions from an injured V-Mart.  People shouldn't be surprised that the team struggled.

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Formerly Yoda

March 20th, 2016 at 8:30 PM ^

all i know is we have some legitimate superstars we get to watch play 162 games in 180 days. that's more than we can say for most detroit sports teams, and it should be a fun team. dark time ahead 2018 and beyond; let's soak it up while we can.

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MGoBender

March 20th, 2016 at 9:55 PM ^

Nice, original take.  You probably don't even know what Avila did in the off-season as far as the bullpen is concerned. (Go ahead, look it up).  It's not the Yankee's bullpen, but it's improved and will probably be in the middle of the pack in the MLB (bottom third in the AL. AL is stacked with closers and good set-up guys.

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Prince Lover

March 20th, 2016 at 9:30 PM ^

I had satellite radio for a spell. And they only play home team announcers. So after listening to most of the team's radio guys, I really think Dan is the best, I know I have some bias, but he really is great. And I love how Jim gets mad at the team when they're not playing well, he doesn't hold anything back. FWIW, I also really liked Oakland's radio guys. The worst are KC's and the White Sox's guys. The fact that they are both in Detroit 's division also might be a bias, but I think I'll stand by what I said.

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