00:00We got open lines right now.
00:01Look, if you want to keep talking, Lions, we invite those calls.
00:06In the meantime, okay, this Tiger team,
00:11they got good pitching yesterday as they shut out Minnesota.
00:14They now have 23 home runs in nine games in June.
00:20Their OPS numbers across the top of the order
00:24are starting to look very respectable.
00:29It's a team that has gotten some guys back
00:32and quite frankly have caught fire.
00:37Almost to the point here, Scott,
00:40where I'm not sure they can be ignored in this city.
00:45And what I mean by that is we are looking today
00:48for people who have gone from all in to all out
00:57to all in again.
01:00Ride the roller coaster.
01:02It is Tigers baseball.
01:03You think about where you were with this team.
01:06At any point, did you say,
01:09that's it, I'm done, season's over?
01:15Oh, there are those people out there.
01:17We know that you're out there.
01:18Are they willing to come back yet?
01:20Have you come back?
01:22And let me, this is a safe space.
01:24We're not here to shame you.
01:25No, no, there's no judging.
01:27No, I mean, because seriously,
01:28I think that people won't want to call up and say,
01:30yeah, I was wrong.
01:32But have you gone from all in to all out to all in again?
01:36And if it's not you,
01:38is it a friend of yours?
01:40Is it your dad?
01:41Is it your uncle?
01:42Is it your brother?
01:43Is it your mom?
01:44Your sister?
01:46Anybody that was just at one point said,
01:49that's it, they're done.
01:50Season's over.
01:53Because I don't think it was,
01:54we talked about this in the midst of a losing streak
01:56as it just might not be in the cards
01:58for this team this year.
01:59But this isn't like being lines free.
02:01The team where people say that and say forever,
02:04which I think is kind of an interesting place to go.
02:08But giving up on a season is not,
02:10there's nothing wrong with that.
02:11They were giving people nothing.
02:14The Tigers organization for an entire month plus
02:18gave you almost nothing encouraging.
02:22That was as bleak a stretch as I can remember in a long time.
02:29And now,
02:31I mean,
02:32they just crushed the twins yesterday.
02:36And won that series.
02:38So they won three series in a row.
02:40They swept one of the best teams in baseball.
02:43And now they got a series with Cleveland,
02:45first place Cleveland,
02:46that feels a little bit like it's kind of must-see TV all of a sudden.
02:50It feels like a pretty big series.
02:52Yeah.
02:52I mean,
02:52because if you,
02:54you're taking on the team that you're chasing in the division.
02:56And if you win two out of three,
02:59it's another series one,
03:01chalk it up.
03:01Here we go.
03:02And you make up a game of ground in the standings.
03:05That's great.
03:05If you lose two out of three,
03:08momentum feels like it's deflating.
03:10And then,
03:11okay,
03:11we've actually lost ground on this team in the division.
03:14And now we're further under 500.
03:18I mean,
03:19it's Flaherty,
03:20Scooble,
03:21and probably Mize on Sunday.
03:24That hasn't been determined yet.
03:25I think it's a big start for Jack Flaherty.
03:28It's a big start for Jack Flaherty because he sees who's ahead.
03:32Hey,
03:33Derek's back.
03:33Hey,
03:34Casey Mize is back.
03:35Hey,
03:37Justin Verlander is likely back next week.
03:40A lot of pitchers on the staff right now are going,
03:42what does that mean for me?
03:43And it's not just the starters,
03:45it's bullpen arms because they're the ones that are likely going to be
03:47released when these players get activated.
03:49But for Jack Flaherty,
03:51he's got to pitch well because he hasn't pitched well this season.
03:55His ERA is over five and he's been so Jekyll and Hyde this year.
04:00He's got a number of starts where he hasn't made it to the fifth inning,
04:04which is disappointing.
04:06When he's on,
04:07he's great.
04:08And he's a good strikeout pitcher.
04:10I wonder if he's just going to be better suited to slide into the bullpen
04:13anyway.
04:14But it's a big start for him.
04:16Cater Montero had a big start for him yesterday,
04:18right?
04:18But Cater Montero delivered in a nine out of his 13 starts.
04:22Cater Montero has given up three earned runs or less in nine to the 13.
04:29The other four games have only been,
04:30he's given up four earned runs.
04:32So he hasn't had a blow up game,
04:34like giving a five,
04:35six,
04:35seven runs in a,
04:36in a game.
04:37He hasn't had that.
04:38Cater Montero has been very consistent and very good.
04:41And I think for right now gets a,
04:43he gets deserves to stay in the rotation.
04:46What we'll see if they go to six men or not,
04:48but getting back to the whole thing,
04:49this is,
04:51and does feel like a pretty big weekend for the Tigers.
04:5412 days ago,
04:55they got swept by the wipes White Sox 16 games under 500 looked dreadful,
05:01heartbreaking losses too.
05:03Then they sweep Tampa,
05:05take two or three from Seattle,
05:07take two or three from the twins.
05:09Have you gone from all out to all in?
05:13You're giving up and you're back,
05:15baby.
05:15Two,
05:16four,
05:16eight,
05:16five,
05:17three,
05:17nine,
05:1797,
05:1797 open lines.
05:19Let's get back to your calls.
05:20Eli's in Detroit.
05:21Hello,
05:21Eli.
05:24Hey,
05:24what's going on?
05:25I'm not on it.
05:28I want to talk about Derek Moore.
05:30Mm-hmm.
05:30The age that,
05:33I feel like it's kind of high.
05:36Eli,
05:36do you got a speaker or something or a headset?
05:39Kind of sounds like you're underwater.
05:41Yeah.
05:41Can you hear me better?
05:42A little bit.
05:42Yeah.
05:43Go ahead.
05:43Yeah.
05:44What do you want to say about Derek Moore?
05:45Yeah.
05:47I feel like that.
05:50All right,
05:51Eli,
05:51it's not working.
05:52Let's go to Bill in Canton.
05:53You're next on 97.
05:54One.
05:54Hello,
05:54Bill.
05:56Hey guys,
05:57how you doing?
05:57I won't,
05:57I won't ask you how you doing.
05:58I know you're fine.
06:00What's good.
06:02My thing with the Tigers is at the beginning of the season,
06:04I had to,
06:04I downloaded the MLB app,
06:07subscribed to all that,
06:08started watching them after six,
06:09seven weeks in.
06:10It's like,
06:11okay,
06:11what's wrong with this team?
06:12I was all in.
06:13And then I start winning that losing streak.
06:15Okay.
06:15This team is not any good.
06:17They're injury prone.
06:17I bailed on them and I canceled my subscription.
06:20Now I'm not ready to open up the subscription again,
06:23but I'm watching them closely because they're playing better and they're
06:26getting guys back.
06:28And like you guys talked about earlier,
06:29why in the world would they sign this guy that Minnesota just cut unless it's
06:33for defensive purposes only?
06:35Cause this guy's horrible at the plate.
06:36So we have no idea.
06:38But I don't know.
06:39I don't mind.
06:40I don't mind signing a defensive only player.
06:42I can't believe we're struggling to find who do they let go from their
06:45roster,
06:46from their active roster when they're 11 games under,
06:49but it's,
06:50it is,
06:51uh,
06:52it feels like a tough,
06:53a defense only guy for,
06:55for who,
06:56but maybe it's,
06:57maybe it's just for this weekend.
06:59Maybe this is just one of those things like this weekend,
07:01so important for them that they don't want to run into a situation where
07:05they are deficient at center field.
07:07Yep.
07:07and that they want to have that guy and then it'll be,
07:10you know,
07:10wave as soon as they activate Casey Mize or,
07:13or Justin Verlander or something like that.
07:15Um,
07:16it,
07:16it,
07:16I don't understand the move just yet.
07:18I'd love to hear what AJ Hinch has to say about it.
07:20And I imagine he'll address the media before,
07:23uh,
07:23their game tonight and let people know what was going on here.
07:26But this team looks a lot different now since Torres and Carpenter came
07:32back.
07:32Like the lineup all of a sudden looks formidable again,
07:35more than half the lineup now is quite formidable,
07:38which is a huge uplift for this team.
07:41Yeah.
07:42For people missed it.
07:42They claim James Outman off waivers.
07:45Somebody from the active roster has to go.
07:47This is a no hit all fields outfielder.
07:50It feels like he's righty or he's a lefty.
07:53I don't know.
07:54It just did.
07:54It's an odd move.
07:56Carson Anderson,
07:5797 one.
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