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Palmoripken Hangout Grand Counsel

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I'm dumb in that way. Facts should never get in the way of observable stuff, whether the observable stuff happened or not.

On a side note, somehow when I cut & pasted, all the bolds disappeared, but I just put them back in.

Time to start thinking about a Detroit Top Ten List.

Oh? Please do a top ten list. But yeah I'm with you. The Tigers pitchers may have more star power than ours and three Cy Young award winners among em but our bunch have been pitching better this year. I'm ready for them and I really do feel we can beat them and advance to the ALCS.

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larrytt Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Here's a serious question: do you even put Wei-Yin Chen on the ALDS roster?

He's been a very good pitcher all season, but the Tigers eat lefties alive. The O's are maybe the only team in baseball with a deep enough rotation to consider holding Chen back until the next round.

I've been wondering about this as well. It might be better to go with Gausman against Detroit. But I'll go with whatever Buck decides.

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larrytt Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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Oh? Please do a top ten list. But yeah I'm with you. The Tigers pitchers may have more star power than ours and three Cy Young award winners among em but our bunch have been pitching better this year. I'm ready for them and I really do feel we can beat them and advance to the ALCS.

Yeah, all those Cy Young awards should make them pitch better. Who's the better pitcher, the better pitcher or the guy who used to be a better pitcher? Who's the better hitter, the great Derek Jeter or Steve Pearce?

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Palmoripken Hangout Grand Counsel

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Yeah, all those Cy Young awards should make them pitch better. Who's the better pitcher, the better pitcher or the guy who used to be a better pitcher? Who's the better hitter, the great Derek Jeter or Steve Pearce?

Steve Pearce is always probably a better hitter than Willie Mays right now too. But you're right. I'm seeing too much focus on what the Tigers rotation guys were and what they actually are. I am not saying they will be a cakewalk but I do have faith in Tillman, Chen, Norris, Gonzo, and whomever to be able to shut them down. I do wish we had Manny and CD though. But that's life.

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waroriole Hangout Grand Counsel

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Here's a serious question: do you even put Wei-Yin Chen on the ALDS roster?

He's been a very good pitcher all season, but the Tigers eat lefties alive. The O's are maybe the only team in baseball with a deep enough rotation to consider holding Chen back until the next round.

I hope you think serious means not-serious.

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Camden_yardbird Hangout Grand Counsel

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I hope you think serious means not-serious.

That is a legit metagame question. Unfortunately baseball doesn't try and metagame it lives mostly I. The real world where you reward you 16 game winner with a post season start.

That said, I would not pitch Chen after a loss. If you win game 1 start him game 2. If you lose, start Norris.

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Tigers have a .791 OPS against LHP this season, best in baseball. They have a .747 OPS against RHP, still very good and 4th best in MLB. But clealy they are built to kill left handed pitching. Aside from VMart (switch hitter), all of their best hitters are right handed--Kinsler, Hunter, Rajai, MCab, Castellanos, JD Martinez.

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PeteU Major Leaguer Cup of Coffee

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This is trial by fire, fellas.

If there's anyone who thinks that any of the 10 teams who make it to the postseason are just going to waltz on through to a World Series title lickety-split, he or she has to seriously get his or her head examined. It's just not going to happen.

Be glad of where we are today. Be very glad.

I haven't bothered to check any Tigers message boards recently, but my good money is on them nervously sizing up the Orioles as we speak, just as we are nervously sizing them up.

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Tigers have a .791 OPS against LHP this season, best in baseball. They have a .747 OPS against RHP, still very good and 4th best in MLB. But clealy they are built to kill left handed pitching. Aside from VMart (switch hitter), all of their best hitters are right handed--Kinsler, Hunter, Rajai, MCab, Castellanos, JD Martinez.

Orioles have better pitching.

According to Fangraphs.

Orioles allow 3.47 Earned runs per game.

Tigers allow 3.95 Earned runs per game

Orioles have better defense.

.052 errors per game and 3rd in MLB.

Tigers are 17th and .062 errors per game.

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Tigers have a .791 OPS against LHP this season, best in baseball. They have a .747 OPS against RHP, still very good and 4th best in MLB. But clealy they are built to kill left handed pitching. Aside from VMart (switch hitter), all of their best hitters are right handed--Kinsler, Hunter, Rajai, MCab, Castellanos, JD Martinez.

Tigers also have .780+ OPS against power pitchers and finesse pitchers. They have a .730 OPS against Average P/F pitchers. They are going to hit, we will have to hit too.

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