The Tigers suffered another rough loss to the Mets on Tuesday night. While they will attempt to avoid the sweep this afternoon, they’re likely already looking forward to tomorrow’s off-day. They are also likely probably excited for the upcoming weekend series against the White Sox, which should hopefully go a little better for them than the start of this week has been.
There’s lots of fun stuff to get into in today’s news bites, including a look at the Tigers’ pitching rotation, how it might fare
in the postseason, and more.
Plus, Shohei Ohtani hits his 100th home run as a Dodger, and Rafael Devers incites a brawl with his home run. Let’s get right into it.
Detroit Tigers News
- David Laurila at FanGraphs suggests Troy Melton might be the Tigers’ second-best starter.
- Ken Rosenthal tries to determine how the Tigers might plan their rotation for the postseason. He said in his article:
Flaherty, at his best, is a perfectly viable Game 2 starter. But his performance this season has fluctuated as wildly as it did for the Los Angeles Dodgers in last year’s playoffs, when he followed his two best starts with poor ones. He warrants only so much trust.
With the emerging Melton, Holton and perhaps Brant Hurter, who is currently on the injured list with back soreness at Triple A, the Tigers will not lack for bulk-inning candidates. Urquidy could be another. And with Tommy Kahnle seemingly coming out of a two-month slump, the rest of the ’pen should be in good shape.
- What’s going on with Javier Baez.
- Bullpen moves that started ahead of Tuesday’s game.
- Dylan Larkin of the Red Wings stopped by the booth last night to talk hockey vs. baseball.
MLB News
- Can a single game or a hot streak help determine the ROY winners?
- Are the Braves going to be able to fix Walker Buehler?
- Rafael Devers admired a home run a little too long in Denver, and it resulted in a bench-clearing brawl.
- Shohei Ohtani hit his 100th home run as a Dodger, and it was his hardest-hit ball ever.
- A look at what’s at stake in September as the playoff race heats up.
- Rays fans had a sweet tribute for Randy Arozarena when he came back to his old stomping ground.
- Mike Trout can’t win, as he was scratched from a game at the last minute due to a skin infection.
- Each AL club’s best and worst September performer. (Spoiler alert, for the Tigers, the best was Tarik Skubal and the worst was Kyle Finnegan)
- Cal Raleigh continues his history-setting season.
- If the postseason started today…
- Some great recent MLB photos.
