00:02morning show producer tom millican just came in and made a great point regarding brian's call
00:07who was really coming after you gator i mean you're in your shameful approach to talk radio
00:14yeah shameful you're right um that gator is more passionate about his point was gator's way more
00:22critical and passionate about the tiger struggle than he ever is with the lions and he's never
00:26heard him be critical of dan campbell and tom came in and said well when dan campbell has a six
00:31and
00:31ten team that may change the worst since they've turned the corner dan campbell last year when they
00:37took a step back they went nine and eight six and ten is the equivalent of 60 and 100 the
00:42tigers
00:43aren't a pace to be a hundred lost team you know so there's not it's not really apples to apples
00:49comparison as far as lions struggles recently under campbell and this tiger team which is now by the
00:55way officially plummeted to the bottom of major league baseball and i feel like they're one of
01:02these teams that the diagnosis made on the detroit tigers is one where the season is you know it's a
01:13grim diagnosis a grim diagnosis and it's like we're looking at clinical trials to how this team can
01:24overcome this but talking about overcoming it and and getting themselves back into it isn't going to
01:29be the bulk of the conversation here most likely it's probably all going to be scoobal and trade
01:34deadline stuff in fact you put something in your show sheet today this team is likely in selmo before
01:39scoobal makes a rehab start you think they're going to start selling off parts now is that what you meant
01:44by that i just it just feels like that's where they're they're headed um i think because this is like
01:5016 games below 500 they're taking on tampa who's tops in the east that's not getting easier then
01:57they play seattle at home uh then they've got some some games i think six in a row against the
02:02the
02:02division it just this is a recipe for them to get 18 maybe 20 games under below 500 and at
02:09that point
02:09you've got to start thinking about it and unfortunately for them with the scoobal situation
02:15you can't move scoobal until scoobal shows that he's ready to pitch dude and this is there is so
02:21much riding on him being healthy yeah like honestly the way everything has gone wrong you kind of want
02:27to say take your time kind of i mean the trade deadline is august 3rd it can you imagine if
02:35he
02:35comes back and has a setback and they can't even trade him i know that's that's horrific to think
02:41which is why it's like it's a i mean this is your this is your golden ticket right it's a
02:48chance to
02:48make the best of a bad situation it's not whatever move you make is not going to it's not likely
02:53to
02:54be the move that puts you over the top to win the world series next year right that's not going
02:58to
02:58happen but what it is it's it's it's just what you how you put it it's the opportunity to get
03:04the
03:04most out of a horrible situation that scott boris started because it's like a non-starter to even
03:12begin discussions about an extension he doesn't want it he's going to free agency okay all right
03:17so what we got to do the best case scenario was this team was going to be competitive
03:21they could buy at the trade deadline and they can compete for a world series well that's out the
03:26window it's way out the window because it's just near impossible to envision this team turning things
03:33around and going on a 25 and 4 run i don't see it and and i'm not trying to be
03:38flippant about it you
03:39know because we've seen teams have been able to do things like that in the past not this team this
03:43team doesn't have the makeup to do it they don't have enough bats that can hit consistently enough
03:48that to give yourselves six or five or six runs a game i mean we're we're upset about this past
03:54weekend how many runs they scored this weekend you know less than a handful total and how many of them
04:01came on solo on home runs on solo home runs like you you point out there were over 12 runners
04:06in
04:06scoring position they scored five runs i think they they left 18 men on base over the weekend
04:11it's just it was a horrific weekend for this team in a situation where they they couldn't afford to be
04:19and you know they brought they took carrie carpenter out of the game on saturday said no get your ass
04:24over to uh chicago we need you and he gets to play yesterday has a bloop single and then is
04:30taken
04:31out for a pinch hit situation which is okay i get it but at some point i wish that you
04:35would
04:36this is where my frustration is boiling over the aj hinge and it's it's making the mountain out of what
04:41used to be a molehill i used to get mildly upset when carrie carpenter doesn't hit against left-handed
04:47pitching because how do you know if he can hit lefties unless you let him hit against lefties
04:50same thing with colt keith but these guys that it's like no way can't do it and in carrie carpenter's
04:56it's his first game back i'm not killing him about it the problem is their solution in house
05:02is not a real solution continuing to rely on jamai jones who's a journeyman outfielder
05:10to be your specialist against left-handed pitching because he did it a little bit last year i think is
05:18is a mistake and in my solution that is find find another person that to try to do that get
05:24another
05:24right-handed hitter from toledo because jamai jones isn't getting a job done if i go down and
05:30pick up ben malgari a 26 year old right-handed hitting outfielder from toledo who's hitting 300
05:35with a good on base percentage and has the propensity to put the ball out of the ballpark
05:39once in a while more than once in a while why not try him out and if it doesn't work
05:43oh well
05:44you know then i'll go and bring up cory jolks or somebody else but i i'm done with a jamai
05:49jones
05:49experiment just like i was done with zach short experiment cage workman they gave him a chance
05:55it it worked out for a few at bats and then it didn't work out he looks outmatched and like
06:00he
06:00can't catch up to anything he's swinging on top of every curveball and is swinging behind every
06:06fastball i got it okay move on bring somebody else give them a chance but this is where we're at
06:12right
06:12now it's it's just it's so frustrating and yeah they're gonna get glaber torres back this week i don't
06:18know if torres will be in the lineup tonight or they're gonna let him play another couple games
06:21in toledo before he comes back but he's coming back that's a tradable asset when healthy you've
06:27talked about some of the bullpen arms that they have that could be assets well they better start
06:32pitching like they are because the bullpen is horrific this season with this team sorry i don't mean to
06:39no no to take shots it's not a shot at you brian can you call back and rip gator some
06:44more
06:45it's not it's okay it's fine it's fine but yeah this is they have to start thinking about these
06:51things and and you know there's that balance of when do you get the most for the players you're
06:55trying to move do you get it right at the trade deadline or do other teams see value because hey
07:02if i trade for a guy in the middle of june i actually get him for six weeks longer than
07:11i would
07:11if i'm waiting till august 3rd you're talking about the perspective of another team yes yes why
07:15they might call the tigers now or why the tigers maybe might be on the phone and call somebody else
07:19uh feedback coming into the carson anderson inbox uh champ of the spurs for eliminating sga
07:26and chump is dug for talking soccer probably already loaded up on magic spray and tissues
07:32uh next usa usa usa towel well it's magic sponge and can of spray and and and it is
07:39one of the great advances in our in medicine is in soccer when a player gets hurt sga could probably
07:45use it yeah well he's probably they go onto the field and they uh they apply the magic sponge and
07:50they spray the spray and the player suddenly uh recovers i've always been a fan uh next text usa usa
07:57love me some world cup soccer let's start now signed robin ann arbor played in high school in
08:02the 70s before it was cool so ask away if you don't know the game that's rob uh next up
08:08i would
08:08rather hear about doug on his peloton than the tigers right now that's from an unknown texter
08:13uh wish me luck uh doug you're 100 correct thank goodness for the world cup as it gives me something
08:19to cheer for this summer the world cup will get attention on the show maybe not from gator but it
08:24will get attention on the show and if you're gonna blame anybody for me saying two weeks from
08:28now there's a good chance we're gonna be talking more soccer than tigers and we'll get more calls
08:32on soccer than tigers don't blame me blame the tigers 248-539-9797 back to your phone calls matt
08:42is in st clear shores hello matt hey boys happy monday yeah just had an idea i know this is
08:47a throwback
08:48but you should get gator um some cupcakes with team flags on them and every time oh yeah eliminate
08:53the world cup you should eat them let's go i know it's a real big throwback i love it matt
09:00we always talk about aj turning chicken bleep into chicken salad yeah but sometimes it's just that
09:05chicken bleep like he's literally out of options anywhere he goes because the guy that's making or
09:11doing the grocery stores upstairs is afraid to trade a guy that could have made a haul
09:16sir school will shouldn't be on this roster we should have a farm system loaded with guys that
09:21are on the cusp of coming up and that's where we should be and if that was what was the
09:25actual
09:25reality of the situation we would be in a better position when would you have traded him matt when
09:30would you have traded him probably two years ago when we knew we weren't going to sign him
09:36okay i mean so basically we had those discussions with the baltimore and the mets were the two teams
09:41and those two playoff seasons like i i get that you're saying that as a statement of fact and it's
09:49your
09:49opinion but matt they did spin two playoff seasons out of this but the first one was kind of a
09:56mirage
09:56with the miraculous comeback and the second one was a mirage with the fact that we couldn't hit the
10:01baseball and we were screaming it we need bats all of last season and we go into the same offense
10:08or
10:08same we go into this season with the same i'll push back a little bit and i'll say those are
10:15two
10:16playoff series where they seasons where they won series it's carson anderson more your phone calls
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