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Peter Welch

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Apr 7, 2026, 10:55:23 AM (5 days ago) Apr 7
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Riley Greene isn't getting many hits (5 singles and 3 doubles in 38 AB) and still hasn't hit a homer in the first 10 games, but his walk rate is at 11.6%, which is the highest of his career, and his K rate is only 16% (it was 31% last year).

The bad news is that Greene is hitting the ball with much less velocity and on the ground too much.  His average exit velocity is 84.5 (his career EV is 90.4) and his groundball rate is at 52% (46% for his career).

It's as if Greene is trying to make changes to strike out less and draw more walks, but it's costing him power.   Let's hope he finds a happy balance soon.  If Greene isn't going to hit for power it will kill us.

I'd prefer the 2024 version of Greene, but I'd rather have the 2025 version of Greene, who hits 35+ homers and strikes out 200+ times, than this current version.  

And, yes, Greene is on my fantasy team and is killing me.  😒

Peter

Peter Welch

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Apr 8, 2026, 11:08:32 AM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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I watched Greene's at-bats last night.  Had bad luck in his first AB when he scorched a 104-mph shot 381 feet to CF that Buxton ran down.  It was a really nice swing from Riley.  He struck out 3 straight times after that before drawing a walk in the 9th with 2 outs.

In the 3rd inning he took a called 3rd strike on a 3-2 pitch on a splitter that just caught the lower inside of the plate.  Great pitch from Taj Bradley. 

In the 6th, he struck out swinging on a 1-2 pitch splitter low and away.  That was a poor at-bat.

In the 8th, Greene struck out swinging on a 3-2 count on a sweeper off the outside of the plate by lefty Taylor Rogers.  Good, patient at-bat but he got fooled on the 3-2 sweeper from the lefty.  Tough pitch for a lefty hitter.

In the 9th, Greene walked on a 3-2 pitch in a great at-bat.  He laid off a high-and-away cutter from righty Justin Topa on the 3-2 pitch to draw the walk to put 2 runners on base for Dingler, who unfortunately grounded out to end the game.

Greene was 0-4 but in 4 of his 5 plate appearances he had good at-bats and is showing signs of trying to be more patient. 
Greene's stats are terrible right now, but I think his change in approach should start to show dividends at some point.   We hope anyway!

Peter 

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Paul Meloche

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Apr 8, 2026, 11:49:22 AM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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Good context, Peter - thanks for the report.

I'm encouraged that Keith and to some extent Dingler seem to be showing improvement even on some of their batted ball outs. McGonigle has been regularly putting together good ABs even though they don't always result in getting on base. Greene and Tork have each shown some positive signs and have a track record, and also Carpenter. None may ever put up MVP caliber seasons but they're useful starters that could still get better. Meadows has even been about as good as we could hope.

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Peter Welch

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Apr 8, 2026, 8:26:49 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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In his first AB tonight Greene scorched a liner 100-mph to CF but Buxton caught it.  Another bad break for Riley.

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Peter Welch

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Apr 8, 2026, 8:54:41 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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Greene struck out swinging on a 2-2 change-up in his 2nd AB.   He had fouled off 4 straight pitches before that. 

Twins lead 7-0 in the bottom of the 5th.  The Tigers are making Bailey Ober look like Bert Blyleven.

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Michael Borshuk

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Apr 8, 2026, 9:15:14 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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Greene not challenging a high pitch that would have been ball 4 to load the bases and then popping out on the next pitch is the Riley that makes me grumble. 

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Peter Welch

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Apr 8, 2026, 9:15:27 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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In his 3rd AB tonight Greene worked a 3-0 count and took a fastball that was called a strike but it was above the zone and should have been ball 4.  He didn't challenge it.  On the 3-1 pitch he popped out to left-centerfield and wasn't even deep enough to score the runner from 3rd.  If Greene had challenged the 3-0 pitch he would have walked to load the bases for Dingler with 1 out in the 6th.  

Dingler singled home a run and the Tigers now trail 7-2 with 2 men on and 2 out in the 6th.  Ober is coming out of the game.

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Peter Welch

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Apr 8, 2026, 9:17:32 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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It's almost as if Greene didn't think a walk would do anything there and didn't want to challenge the call, and wanted a chance to swing at a 3-1 pitch.  He got a hittable pitch but golfed it for a short flyball.  Terrible hitting.

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Michael Borshuk

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Apr 8, 2026, 9:19:05 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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I had the same feeling, Peter. Like he wanted a chance to hack for a three-run shot. Awful. 

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Peter Welch

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Apr 8, 2026, 9:26:49 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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Tigers loaded the bases with 2 outs after Greene popped out but McKinstry flied out to LF on a 3-2 pitch to leave them stranded (I shouldn't have said written things about McKinstry).  He hit it fairly well but not well enough.  Sigh.

Greene is either an airhead for not challenging that call, or just selfishly wanted to try to hit a 3-run homer.   If Hinch motioned to Greene not to challenge the call then Hinch is blind.  Having bases-loaded and 1 out would have increased our chances of scoring more than 2 runs that inning.  

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Roger King

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Apr 8, 2026, 9:58:05 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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Tigers are trying to battle back as they just scored 4 runs in the 7th.  Meadows took a called third strike to end the inning though with a runner in scoring position.

8-6 Twins at the stretch. 


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Peter Welch

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Apr 8, 2026, 9:58:17 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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In his 4th AB tonight in the 7th, Greene worked a 2-1 count and then hit a 105-mph groundball on a down-and-in slider to Keaschall at 2B but it got by him on the short-hop.  Tough play.  Keaschall could have made it, but they gave Greene the RBI single.  Tigers scored 4 runs in the 7th and trail 8-6.  Dingler was left stranded at 2B after Meadows struck out to end the inning.  At least things are getting interesting now.

Peter
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Peter Welch

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Apr 8, 2026, 10:37:28 PM (4 days ago) Apr 8
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So in the 9th, Greene decides to take a walk.  He worked a 3-1 count then got hosed on the 3-1 pitch which should have been called a ball, but it wasn't, and the Tigers had burned up their challenges so he couldn't challenge.  Greene took the 3-2 pitch and drew a walk with one out.
Dingler just got hit by a pitch so the Tigers have 2 men on and 1 out against the lefty Funderburk.  Meadows is up. 

Peter
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Peter Welch

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Apr 9, 2026, 2:44:29 PM (3 days ago) Apr 9
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Riley Greene struck out on 3 straight pitches in his first AB today.  Keith and Torres were on 1st and 2nd with nobody out, but Greene took a change-up on the outside edge for called strike 3.  It was originally called a ball, but the Twins' catcher challenged and the call was overruled for strike 3.  Greene swung and missed at the first pitch, which was a 95-mph fastball right over the plate.  He took a 94-mph fastball for strike 2 and took the next pitch for strike 3.

Carp and Tork then left both runners stranded in the 1st as Carp struck out swinging and Tork hit a 103-mph lineout to LF.  Sigh.

In his 2nd at-bat in the 3rd inning, Greene got ahead of the count 2-0 and then smacked a 105-mph double to CF on a 94-mph fastball in the middle inside of the plate.  Good swing there.

Of course, Greene was left stranded as Carp and Tork both flied out.  Tork hit it 100-mph right to Buxton in CF.

Tigers are getting some good swings against Twins' starter Mick Abel but with nothing to show for it. 

Twins now lead 1-0 on a Josh Bell solo homer against Flaherty in the 4th.  Sigh.

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Roger King

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Apr 9, 2026, 3:17:27 PM (3 days ago) Apr 9
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I have just been following the game here and there on Gameday but of course the day Flaherty finally turns in a good performance, the Tigers can’t score.   Still 1-0 Twins in the bottom of the 6th. 

Early in the season, but to potentially get swept in Minnesota over four games is awful. The team just can’t get any momentum going. Frustrating.




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Cal Lord

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Apr 9, 2026, 3:28:12 PM (3 days ago) Apr 9
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The brain trust didn’t feel we needed offense in the off season. They felt we needed to upgrade the bullpen. We may not need a bullpen at this rate. LOL. 

Peter Welch

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Apr 9, 2026, 3:47:16 PM (3 days ago) Apr 9
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Greene struck out on 3 straight pitches in his 3rd at-bat in the 5th vs. starter Mick Abel.  He fouled off a change up below the zone on the 1st pitch, then swung and missed at a change-up below the zone on the 2nd pitch, and took a change-up at the top of the zone for strike 3.  So twice today Greene has been called out on strikes on 3 straight pitches.

In his 4th AB, Greene flied out 300 feet to LF on a 1-2 inside fastball from righty reliever Garrett Acton to end the top of the 7th.  Riley got a hittable 94-mph fastball right over the plate on the first pitch but fouled it off.  Sigh.

Tigers tied it up 1-1 in the top of the 7th on a Torres sac fly.

Holton replaced Flaherty with 2 outs in the 6th and is still pitching in the 7th.  Twins are threatening.

Peter
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Paul Meloche

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Apr 9, 2026, 3:58:00 PM (3 days ago) Apr 9
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Typical 2024-25 Flaherty start from what I saw. Good stuff though he had some wildness. Wish he could go deeper into the game but overall a good start.

Peter Welch

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Apr 10, 2026, 12:02:56 AM (3 days ago) Apr 10
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Greene was 1-4 on the day.  He hit the ball well in 2 at-bats and was terrible in 2 at-bats.
Greene is hitting .200/.298/.280 on the season. I saw that Greene's xOBA should be 100 points higher based on batted ball data, so he 's had some bad luck.
The good news is his walk rate is 13% and his K rate is 21%.  

Peter
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Peter Welch

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Apr 10, 2026, 8:11:20 PM (2 days ago) Apr 10
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I don't know if I can watch any more Riley Greene at-bats.  He just struck out on 3 straight pitches from Paddack below the zone (a curveball and 2 change-ups) below the zone to end the 5th.  Worthy of Javy Baez at his worst.  Maybe Riley is still shaken up about what happened to his friend Parker Meadows yesterday.  I'll make that excuse for him.

Tigers up 2-0.  Nice start from Montero tonight against an offense that has been putting up some runs.  I wonder if he'll go out for the 6th...

Peter

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Roger King

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Apr 10, 2026, 9:16:47 PM (2 days ago) Apr 10
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Yet, Riley has reached base safely in every single Tigers game this season. Given his numbers, seems like he’s doing it exactly once a game though :-)



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Peter Welch

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Apr 10, 2026, 11:29:43 PM (2 days ago) Apr 10
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Funny that.  In a weird way that's an improvement from Greene in that he's not going 0-4 with 4 Ks.  He's managing a few more walks and getting the occasional single.  His power stroke is still pretty much missing, though.

In his 4th AB tonight he worked a 3-1 count and hit a 105-mph groundball single to CF on an 88-mph hanging slider.  Solid contact on that one but it was a pitch he could have driven deep if he could elevate it.

Greene's previous AB was truly ugly with 3 straight swing and misses on balls below the zone.

In his first AB he worked a 3-2 count before hitting a chopper to 1B on an inside cutter on the 8th pitch.  He fouled off a couple of hittable pitches in the zone in that at-bat.

In his 2nd AB he flied out to leftfield on a 1-1 count on a sweeper lower in the zone.

Greene's stats are terrible but it does look he's trying really hard to change his approach and strike out less and work the count more.  The problem is that he's hitting more groundballs and not elevating the ball yet.  I'm hoping we'll start to see better results from Greene soon.

Peter

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Peter Welch

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Apr 11, 2026, 1:53:50 PM (23 hours ago) Apr 11
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Greene extends his on-base streak to the first 15 games with a 2-out RBI single in the 1st.  Greene lined a hanging change-up to RF on a 2-1 count for the solid single. Tigers lead 2-0 in the top of the 3rd.

Mize's splitter seems to be good so far. Warner weather helps.

Peter

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Jeffrey Withey

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Apr 11, 2026, 2:09:05 PM (23 hours ago) Apr 11
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Riley followed that with a no-doubter 3 run homer to right in the 3rd. 5-0 Tigers. 

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Peter Welch

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Apr 11, 2026, 3:26:29 PM (22 hours ago) Apr 11
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10-pitch at-bat!  On the 10th pitch he got a 94-mph high fastball in the zone and crushed it.  Great AB from Riley.  Fingers-crossed his new approach is starting to pay dividends.

Tigers lead 5-1in the bottom of the 8th.
Greene just walked in another excellent patient AB.

Peter

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Paul Meloche

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Apr 11, 2026, 5:25:02 PM (20 hours ago) Apr 11
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I haven’t seen the homer yet but I’m impressed it was on a “high fastball” - seems like he’s had some trouble catching up to fastballs at times this first couple weeks and we know his golf swing makes him vulnerable to high hard stuff. 

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10-pitch at-bat!  On the 10th pitch he got a 94-mph high fastball in the zone and crushed it.  Great AB from Riley.  Fingers-crossedhis new approach is starting to pay dividends.

Peter Welch

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Apr 11, 2026, 6:31:51 PM (19 hours ago) Apr 11
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Yes, I think Greene's "sweet spot" has usually been lower in the zone, and he was vulnerable to higher pitches with his big uppercut.

From watching Greene's at-bats closely in the last few games it really seems he's trying to level his swing slightly.  It's still an uppercut, but doesn't seem as extreme.  He's been hitting the ball harder lately and topping the ball for grounders less often.

What Greene did well today was foul off pitches before he got something to hit, and he's definitely laying off breaking pitches out of the zone more than last year.  His 10-pitch at-bat against Junk (great name!) was an excellent piece of hitting.  He fell down 1-2 in the count but fouled off 2 pitches and got the count to 2-2, then he fouled off 3 straight pitches (a slider and 2 change-ups) before Junk threw him a high fastball that Riley clobbered.   Last year he likely would have struck out eventually on one of those offspeed pitches or the high fastball in that at-bat.

Greene's vulnerability right now seems to be change-ups and sweepers, but he managed to foul off a few change-ups and sweepers today.

Go Riley!

Peter

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Peter Welch

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