Even Verlander has been pretty inconsistent (although most pitchers would gladly take his inconsistency). Detroit's only real problem though is the BP imo.
Rajai stops trying to pull everything, and suddenly he starts hitting like he did for those 2 years in Oakland before he came over here. Who would have thought that a coach could possibly provide the most / least WAR on a team? It's the new market inefficiency!
I really hate that rule about the errors. No way should the outfielder be credited with an error on a nearly perfect throw. There either needs to be team errors, or just call it safe with the runners advancing on the throw.
Probably better to keep it transparent. Perhaps we could do something different though like getting the first home run of the day right is worth 2 bonus points, 2nd 1 bonus point, 3rd just the player points, etc.
We always seem to struggle first time against a pitcher we haven't seen before. Let's wait until second time through the order before we complain too much about the bats.
That isn't true at all imo. JPA has the same kind of raw power that EE has when he keeps his swing short, so he's going to hit a lot of them regardless. Better plate discipline would probably increase his home run numbers if anything.
Kawasaki has good at-bats, but he's had terrible results vs lefties. So has Boni, but he's been marginally better than Kawasaki and gains the platoon advantage. It's a defensible (but meh) move.
Let's NOT bring Molina back. He has no bat, and is something like 2nd or 3rd behind JPA in passed balls this year. McCann or Ruiz would be nice though!
Lol @ the NHL draft. The booing is starting to get to Bettman. "I have a trade to announce, do you want to hear it?" (sarcastic voice like he's talking to a 5 year old)