00:01That's all the Red Sox needed one run
00:04because the Tigers were shut out chance
00:08to win some money this morning to Grand Slam at 725 Thursdays also mean
00:12dear John in the seven o'clock hour and AJ Hinch will join us this morning
00:16at 802 kind enough to join us on his off day. Let's talk
00:20about these Tigers John. Do we have to right
00:24now double check the sheet? Yeah, we have it. Okay, so the question
00:28is are they falling apart because I'm not sure that they're doing anything
00:32well right now.
00:36I don't want to say that they're falling apart like this is
00:39this is a low point right now and
00:44what is it that saves the season?
00:47I don't know if it's Casey Mize
00:50coming off IL at the right time. We don't have
00:54a return date. We don't have a return date. It's the same thing with Verlander
00:58like and I don't want to hang our hopes
01:01if this was JV of years past sure
01:05his first
01:06outing his only outing
01:08wasn't great
01:10and how long does it take for him to come? Is he going to get a rehab
01:13start down in in Toledo or
01:16are they going to trust a you know what because we need him and he says he's ready
01:21let's just bring him back and
01:23let him start pitching in in in the big leagues like I don't know what it is
01:27that that moves this team forward
01:30right when I say they're not doing anything well their shutout last night
01:33four hits and a shutout. Yes. Yeah, the starting pitching is in shambles. There's no scoob
01:39there's no Mize. There's no Verlander
01:42Frambler suspended
01:43Framber suspended it. So he's going to miss one start at least one start. Yeah, one start. Yes. Yeah
01:50The bullpen's been no bueno and the defense is among the worst in baseball 25th and defensive run saved
01:57So they're not doing anything. Well, and it's reflected in their record. They have a losing record
02:01They're two games below 500. They're still in this division
02:04Which is maybe the only rebuttal to are they falling apart? No, they're not because they're right in the thick
02:09of it, right?
02:10Everyone else in the division is is falling apart and they're
02:13Right now the only team with a positive run differential. How long does that last? Well, if you're going to
02:18lose games the way that they have
02:20Recently, that's not going to last very long because it was a seven run differential. You lost 10 to three
02:26On tuesday and yesterday it was for nothing
02:30Like you're not scoring runs. You're giving them up. It's not a recipe for success
02:35Yeah, we just want to take the temperature of tiger fans knowing that it's still may knowing this division is
02:39still infinitely winnable
02:40But the product right now is bad 248 539 97 97. Are they falling apart? I would say not yet
02:47I mean they're teetering for sure. Where are you on the panic meter? 10 is like cancel the season. Yeah
02:56Because it's may i'm a four
02:58Okay, I'm I I guess I would i'm i'm normally the
03:02Even keel even killed so i'll go even killed
03:06I but more panic than you five I would say five maybe slightly above it. So that's teetering. Yeah, yeah
03:11And i'm not going to sit there and say 10 because it is may
03:15It's a long season, but how big of a hole do they dig?
03:21Until they until reinforcements arrive
03:23I wish I knew when the reinforcements were coming back. That's it is we don't know when's casey my is
03:28going to be back
03:29When's verlander going to be back when is melton going to be available like all of these things could be
03:34positives?
03:34Mm-hmm. Well a great example would be not that I have high hopes given the way they're playing
03:39But off day today and then it's at kansas city this weekend
03:43A team that struggles to score runs kansas city also losing record. Oh, well, they're in the division. So yeah
03:50What if they take two or three this weekend? I don't want to be the guy that like on thursday
03:54show
03:54I'm a night out of ten and then they sweep the royals and they're in first place the very next
03:59week. So
04:01That's why i'm trying to be even keel despite sitting down and watching what I watched last night
04:06Well, okay, so here for context
04:08I think we've done a decent job of this. Okay, not everyone has a losing record
04:13Cleveland guardians are at 500
04:16The tigers right now are one back
04:19But kansas city is only one back of the tigers
04:23Yeah, kansas city 17 and 20
04:25And we are 18 and 20 and now you got a three-game series
04:29Against kansas city. Nobody thought you were going to get swept by the the red sox
04:32I mean i'm sure there were some people out there that thought that they could I didn't think that that
04:36was going to happen
04:36I didn't think they were going to get swept by minnesota when they did in a four-game series at
04:40minnesota
04:40What both those series have in common is a frambler eruption because that was supposed to be the game that
04:45kind of settles you down
04:45If they win with the valdez on the mound
04:48All right, you lose two or three, but you got your stabilizer
04:50Well, that's part of what had me so mad yesterday is you lost the start with valdez. He's not going
04:56to pitch his next start
04:58Those are stabilizers because now like you lay out the rotation. I just said, you know
05:02They got six games are coming up on the road. It's royals and mets
05:06Take a look at who's pitching
05:08It's montero on friday and then I don't know. Yeah, I'll you too. I don't know chaos for the next
05:15two starts
05:17Is it could it be the next three starts?
05:22Well, no, it's I mean because it's larry. You'll pick three of the next five
05:27Correct
05:28Three of the next five are chaos. The only two starters right now are montero and jack
05:33So yeah back-to-back bullpen days. That's not good though for a bullpen. That's already taxed. Yeah, and then
05:38you go
05:38Guess what your reprieve is when jack flarity pitches who look he had the 10 strikeouts last night
05:43But he didn't go six or seven innings the bullpen still has to be used in bulk rolls and you're
05:49hoping that you get the best of
05:52Jack flarity and and was was yesterday the best of jack flarity because you mentioned it
05:56It was it was only one walk one hit by you know hit hit hit batter
06:0010 strikeouts
06:03And he only gave up two earned runs in 96 pitches
06:06All right, so that's that's a good outing. Yes, but no run support
06:13and errors in the field missed opportunities in the field
06:17Right, my point though is like that's we would say that that's good jack
06:20I would take that in his next start. They still had to use one two three four other arms in
06:25the game, right?
06:26So like that's not a big
06:30Reprieve
06:30For a team that's going to be leaning a lot on their bullpen with the starting pitching injuries and suspension,
06:34so
06:35They're teetering. I think is the word I'd want to use today. They're teetering in the sense of seasons not
06:40over
06:40But these are critical junctures. You can't win a division in April and May
06:44But the cliche is you can certainly lose it right and that's so that's why I asked the question at
06:4918 and 20 right now
06:51And I mean it with the fact that they've
06:53What lost three in a row?
06:58How
06:58Deep of a hole do they dig?
07:02Before any of these reinforcements even before Valdez comes back. Yeah, his next start would be
07:10Next week at home probably
07:13Uh, yeah, because it's not going to be the 13th
07:16Um
07:17His next start he'll miss for suspension and then so it would be
07:20Monday the 18th against Cleveland
07:25No, i'm sorry
07:26It would be right before the 16th
07:27Yeah, they'd work him in it'd be that's like a week from now, right?
07:31They got a
07:32They're missing one ace in scoobal and then the guy who's the de facto
07:35Highly paid ace is going to miss a week here too
07:38So look there's going to be some damage done. I keep saying you got to stay afloat, right?
07:43They may be below 500. They may be submerged. They got to hold their breath. They got to avoid drowning
07:49And and it's not like the red sox yesterday lit the world on fire like they did on tuesday
07:55They were they have four hits four hits. They struck out 15 times won the game
07:58Right and and and only two of those runs were earned runs
08:01So even if you take away the errors
08:03And you have two earned runs you still don't win the game because you didn't score any yeah
08:08As they point out at the end of the broadcast last night you won't win any baseball game scoring zero
08:11runs
08:14No matter how many innings you go go go as long as you'd like two four eight five three nine
08:1897 97
08:20Let's get to john in ann arbor john talk tigers. You're on 97 one
08:24Hey good morning guys just heading into work. I think the team's in trouble. I think you know rating them
08:30at five is
08:31And I know it's early may like you've said, but I I put them at a seven
08:36No time frame for reese olson. No time frame for jackson job
08:41You know
08:42And the rest of the pitching staff. This is this is a troubled situation
08:47It is certainly a troubled situation and they're going to need the bats to be on fire if they are
08:55at all have hopes of
08:58Trying to stave off a run of
09:01Six or seven losses
09:04Yeah, I just don't see it
09:07I don't see the bats uh consistently
09:11Coming alive to override the the lack of
09:14You know effective pitching right and there's going to be more asked of those bats right now, right and yeah
09:20You look in the month of may a lot of these guys are cooling off riley green's been on fire,
09:24but mcgonigal is is
09:26I think batting 130 in the month of may, right
09:28And and maybe there's a little bit of confidence because they did already play kansas city was at home
09:34Mm-hmm and they swept them
09:36But they were wins of two to one
09:39two to one
09:41and
09:41Ten to nine
09:43So you're winning three games by three runs and now you're going there and montero. Okay today my or i'm
09:51sorry tomorrow
09:52That might be a chance for them because montero has been consistent. He's been consistent. He's been an innings eater
10:00But the final two games
10:02No idea what's going to happen right few texts will take more calls 248-539-9797 working the pistons to
10:09round out the hour
10:10Two things to look forward to and watch for in game two. It's 97 one
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