Realtor - Independence Realty HUD Listing Agent for West Michigan SKYWARN Spotter - National Weather Service. Michigan State Alum. Big DET and MSU sports fan
@PrideOfDetroit@Ryan_POD He already did win me over. His staff is the most competent, collection of experience and talent we've ever seen here by a factor of 10. There's no "old HS buddy coming out of retirement" or "son of a friend" thing. His charisma is off the charts. He's a leader.
@cfthepodcast@ellisdrew@NickThornton25 I don't know what to tell ya. Pretty much the entire planet judges an MLB mgr by success on the field. Wins/Losses/Playoff Wins/World Series. Hinch has all of that. If your stance is "nah, none of that matters. Hinch sucks cuz he platoons too much" you're gonna get laughed at🤣
@cfthepodcast@ellisdrew@NickThornton25 Hinch isn't doing anything different than what he's always done. The guy has won a lot of games. At some point, your bullpen needs to perform. They've had leads in 75% of their games. Did he just get lucky he was leading and then applied his skill to lose?
@cfthepodcast@ellisdrew@NickThornton25 Leyland did this platooning thing too. And then Leyland would fall in love with some guy and let him just go no matter who was in there like Ryan Raburn and drive every fan completely bonkers. Managers manage. Its what they do. No one cares when its working.
@PrideOfDetroit Show me a man who has lived through failure and I'll show you one that has wisdom you should pay attention to. Having wise people around who can share their advice is a very good thing
@AtoZ_Payton At the rate their DB's get injured, any competition for the "starter" is likely moot since all of them will end up playing significant minutes this year
@Tonysmarkettips This is how it works. You announce the internal investigation is happening and that shuts down the noise and you control the narrative. Worked for the University of Michigan. Standard protocol.
@DetroitOnLion I wonder how synthetic surfaces compare to real grass surfaces on this list. I realize every team plays on both with home/away but I wonder if there is any correlation.
@DoeJumars I mean he's not all-star stuff, but he's fine. He's not the problem right now. His Wrc+ the last FOUR years has been 106, 91, 118, 104. He's basically an avg 1B offensively. Below Avg defensively but that doesn't matter a ton there. Tigers have far bigger issues.
@DraftVogel or maybe Crissy needs some money since she got scarlet lettered here and decided to just burn the bridges? I'd hardly say getting a little bag is equivalent to destroying marriages to advance your career, but what do I know?
@DoeJumars Tork has a 131 Wrc+ vs. LHP and a 95 vs. RHP. Keith has a 94 Wrc+ vs. RHP vs. -4 (!!!) against LHP. Basically at this point, you're better off with Tork as an everyday. If you HAVE to play Keith, he is only functional as a platoon.
@DoeJumars Haven't given up on Tork yet. As time goes on, I expect to see Keith there. Honestly, knowing Hinch, he'll likely end up platooning both there so he can have his LH 1B and RH 1B
@Tonysmarkettips You're attacking the media mafia here. Sometimes snitches get stitches. The closer you get to outing the powerful the more heat you're gonna face. It will start with some deflection but the more attacks you get will tell you how close you're getting. It's actually feedback