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Jason Rice

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Jun 15, 2026, 6:44:02 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Chris McCosky from the Detroit News is reporting that Melton has been scratched with lower back tightness. Drew Anderson will be the opener for tonight's bullpen game.

Roger King

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Jun 15, 2026, 6:50:53 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Sigh.  

One thing I don’t get is why Mize isn’t starting this game. He was supposed to start yesterday. Why wouldn’t they just move him to today? I have no doubt it’s another genius 12 D chess move from Hinch, I’d just like to know.


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Chris McCosky from the Detroit News is reporting that Melton has been scratched with lower back tightness. Drew Anderson will be the opener for tonight's bullpen game.

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Paul Meloche

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Jun 15, 2026, 7:57:08 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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When they announced yesterday's postponement and updated the SPs for the Astros series I assumed it was to keep Melton and Valdez on their normal schedule.

But, not sure what that does to Mize and his preparation/conditioning.

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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 8:25:37 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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We can’t have good things.  At least it’s not Melton’s elbow.

Peter

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Chris McCosky from the Detroit News is reporting that Melton has been scratched with lower back tightness. Drew Anderson will be the opener for tonight's bullpen game.

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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:13:23 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Keith and Tork hit-back-to-back homers in the top of the 3rd with 2 outs.  Tigers lead 5-0 in the top of the 3rd.
Dingler showed good hustle and beat out a potential double play ball to keep the inning alive, and then Keith hit a hanging sweeper 411-ft to right-center for the 2-run shot.  Tork then crushed another hanging sweeper 372-feet to left field.

Looks like the Tigers like the Astros' ballpark like they do Tampa Bay's.

Peter


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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:20:25 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Anderson pitched well as the "opener", allowing 0 runs in 2.2 IP so far.  Jacob Wagubeef is now coming in for him with 2 outs in the bottom of the 3rd after Anderson walked Christian Walker.  I'm nervous about this.

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Michael W

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:25:55 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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The commentators said that, after the cancellation, Mize went and threw a bullpen session.  I assume he’ll sit a couple of days and then take a new spot in the rotation.

Michael 

Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:26:40 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Wagubeef allows a 2-run homer to our old buddy Isaac Paredes (still didn't like trading him) and then a solo shot to Jose Altuve (this is who McGonigle reminds me of).
Tigers now lead 5-3 after 3.  This could be a high-scoring game as both teams have terrible bullpens.

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Anderson pitched well as the "opener", allowing 0 runs in 2.2 IP so far.  Jacob Wagubeef is now coming in for him with 2 outs in the bottom of the 3rd after Anderson walked Christian Walker.  I'm nervous about this.

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Sigh.  

One thing I don’t get is why Mize isn’t starting this game. He was supposed to start yesterday. Why wouldn’t they just move him to today? I have no doubt it’s another genius 12 D chess move from Hinch, I’d just like to know.


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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:27:35 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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We sent down Madden and Hanifee but kept Wagu.  ???????

Peter
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Jeffrey Withey

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:28:07 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Meanwhile the latest garbage bag we picked up off the heap gave up back to back homers to let the Astros back into the game. This guy has never had a good season in MLB. WTF are we wasting roster space on him?

Jeff

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Michael W

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:28:51 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Were they hanging sweepers?  Looked to me that the pitches broke a lot, but Keith and Tork timed the trajectory correctly.

Michael 

Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:30:43 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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They were kind of over the plate and didn't have a huge amount of break.  Regardless, nice to see Keith and Tork actually do something with a pitch for a change.

Peter
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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:33:14 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Teng has been struggling lately so naturally I predicted he'd shut us down tonight, but glad to be proven wrong.
Funny thing is that Teng struck out 9 Tigers in 3.1 IP before just being lifted for Okert in the 4th.  A very Flaherty-esque performance from Teng.

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Paul Meloche

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:37:38 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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And Okert struck out the two Tigers he faced in the 4th, so 11 of the 12 Tigers outs have been Ks. 

Adding insult to injury, one of the Ks was Jones hitting for Carpenter. In the 4th inning. Of a game we lead.

Paul M.

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Cal Lord

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:39:27 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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I think Hinch has worn out his welcome and lost his effectiveness. Time for him to go especially if we lose tonight.
Cal

David Panian

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:43:23 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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The game started with a bunch of “three true outcomes” outcomes. The first 11 outs between both teams were strikeouts, and the Tigers’ first run scored on two walks and two HBPs.

And now there have been five homers between the teams. It’s like what you’d get if you plugged lineups full of Rob Deers and Mickey Tettletons into Diamond Mind or Out of the Park Baseball.

David


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Roger King

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Jun 15, 2026, 9:43:30 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Now, maybe they want Madden to start at Toledo but otherwise, what is the point of just picking up these scrap heap guys when they’ve got young arms who need more experience and who are already better?

In the top of the 4th, Hinch PH’s Jones for Carp with two runners on. Jones flails away and strikes out as usual. Now Carpenter is out of the game. This is just infuriating. Hinch just pays no attention to how people actually produce.  

And does Hinch actually think the 4th inning in a 5–3 game is some turning point?


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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 10:07:30 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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It's as if Hinch is trolling us with Jones.

What's really weird is that last season in the playoffs Hinch pretty much stopped using Jones against lefties.  He didn't seem to trust Jones anymore in the playoffs.  Although there was that playoff game vs. Seattle where Hinch pinch-hit Jones for Riley Greene against a lefty reliever.

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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 10:18:21 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Jones batted against a righty in his next at-bat in the 6th and actually hit the ball hard to centerfield for a flyout.  McGonigle was on 2nd and tagged up and advanced to 3rd on the play but Greene flied out to leave McGonigle stranded.  Same old story.
Tigers lead 6-3 in the bottom of the 6th.  Holton is now pitching.

Because Jones hit the ball hard Hinch will probably keep him on the roster the rest of the season.

Peter

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Roger King

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Jun 15, 2026, 10:28:05 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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The funny thing is, many of us were screaming for Hinch to start Jones against a RH in the playoffs last year because so many on the team were hitting poorly and he actually had good numbers across-the-board.

Naturally, he never did that but can’t stop putting him into games now when he’s useless. 


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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 10:32:35 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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True, I wanted Jones to start in the playoffs instead of Perez, who was awful in the playoffs.
And I actually didn't object too much when Hinch pinch-hit Jones for Greene in that game vs. Seattle because Greene was awful against lefties last year in the 2nd half.  Jones got hosed as well by the umpire in that at-bat.  He should have had a walk.

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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 10:39:53 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Keith with another homer in the top of the 7th.  LOL, Tigers are 0-8 with runners in scoring position in this game but lead 8-3 in the bottom of the 7th.  Who needs to hit with RISP when you hit 4 homers in the game.  ;-) 

And Keith just made a nice play at 3B to end the bottom of the 7th.  Colt showing his potential tonight!

Peter
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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 10:47:17 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Feel bad for Hanifee getting sent down all the time because of roster shenanigans when they are wasting time with guys like Wagu.  Hanifee isn't great, but he's better than the likes of Wagu.

Peter
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Paul Meloche

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Jun 15, 2026, 11:06:21 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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And Keith with his third homer of the game to extend the lead to 9-3 in the 9th. LOL!

Keith now with the OPS back over .700. 

Paul M.

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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 11:08:05 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Maybe Keith's wrist is feeling better lately or he's made some adjustment to his swing, or both?

Peter
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Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 11:11:30 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Tigers win 9-3.  The Tigers struck out 18 times tonight!
I'll take 18 strikeouts every game if we score 9 runs every game.  🙂 

Peter
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David Panian

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Jun 15, 2026, 11:12:25 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Since my memory of how things went down in the playoffs last year is fuzzy beyond beating Cleveland and losing to Seattle, I decided to look up how Jones did, partly because the commercial for Tigers tickets that plays a lot during Tigers broadcasts shows Jones getting a hit against Seattle. 

In the wildcard series, Jones had one PH and struck out. 

In the ALDS against Seattle, Jones had three plate appearances. He drew two walks, hit a double, scored two runs and drove in a run. In game one, he PH for Keith against lefty Caleb Ferguson and drew a walk. Perez later PH for Jones against righty Matt Brash and struck out. Perez stayed in the game and struck out a second time. Detroit won, 3-2. 

Jones did not play in the second game, which the Tigers lost 3-2. Perez PH for Keith against lefty Gabe Speier in the sixth with two out and the bases empty and popped out to second. In the eighth, Perez struck out against Brash immediately after Tork tied the game at 2-2 with a double. Maybe if Hinch left Keith in against Speier he would have hit against Brash in the eighth. The odds of scoring a run with the bases empty and two outs are pretty slim. Might as well save your right-handed pinch hitters for later when the M's might be compelled to use their less-effective lefty reliever.

In game three, which Seattle won, 8-4, Detroit scored three of its runs in the ninth off Ferguson. Jones was part of that rally, PHing for Greene and walking then scoring on a two-run double by Tork. 

In game four, Jones PH for Meadows against Speier and doubled to drive in Dingler. He then scored the game-tying run on a single by Baez. 

In game five, Jones did not play in the 15-inning marathon that Seattle won 3-2. Speier faced Carp, Torres and Greene in the sixth. Carp hit a go-ahead, 2-run homer off him, then Torres and Greene grounded out. Seattle then used a parade of right-handers to finish the game.

David


Peter Welch

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Jun 15, 2026, 11:29:49 PM (2 days ago) Jun 15
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Jones only had 4 plate appearances total in post-season last year.  He was 2-4 with a double and 2 walks for a .750 OBA.
He hit well in very limited opportunities.

Hinch mysteriously stopped using Jones as frequently as he did during the regular season.  It was weird.
It was something about Hinch being afraid of using Jones in the outfield that limited his playing time in post-season.

I thought it was ridiculous that Jones never got a single plate appearance in the 15-inning deciding game vs. Seattle.  He was a hot hitter and Hinch sat him on the bench when the Tigers kept missing scoring opportunities in that game.

The strikeout I remember where Jones got hosed by the umpire was in his lone at-bat in the Cleveland series.  
Hinch pinch hit Jones for Riley Greene against lefty reliever Tim Herrin with 1 out in the top of the 7th of game 2 when the game was tied 1-1 and the Tigers had 2 runners on base.  Jones struck out swinging on a 3-2 pitch, but the ump missed ball 4 on the previous pitch.  The Tigers would have had the bases-loaded and 1 out if Jones walked.  Wenceel Perez then struck out swinging on 3 straight pitches to leave the runners stranded and the Tigers went on to lose 6-1 after giving up 5 runs in the 8th when Troy Melton melted down.

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