October 3, 201411 yr Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 36m36 minutes ago Joba Chamberlain postseason ERA: 108.00 Joakim Soria postseason ERA: 45.00 Tigers' bullpen postseason ERA: 24.55
October 4, 201411 yr The Tigers are a supremely talented team. But look what a bad/cold pen can do to a team. It's so underrated.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 11:19 PM) Hawk says it is the most important part of a team may not be too far off. The Tigers won the division despite an awful bullpen. The Royals won the wild card because of an awesome bullpen.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 11:35 PM) The Tigers won the division despite an awful bullpen. The Royals won the wild card because of an awesome bullpen. Definitely a talent gap there though. The royals didnt even hit 100 HR too.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 3, 2014 -> 04:37 PM) Jeff Passan @JeffPassan 36m36 minutes ago Joba Chamberlain postseason ERA: 108.00 Joakim Soria postseason ERA: 45.00 Tigers' bullpen postseason ERA: 24.55 GIFSoup
October 4, 201411 yr I don't know what to think anymore. It is very likely we will see a Orioles/Royals ALCS.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 10:50 AM) Brace yourself for a KC - STL World Series Don Denkinger should throw out the first pitch. I'm enjoying the Royals play. Speed kills, and their bullpen is what you need.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 10:50 AM) Brace yourself for a KC - STL World Series I would root like hell for KC if that happened
October 4, 201411 yr @JeffPassan: Albert Pujols has seven years, $189M left on his deal. Josh Hamilton has three years, $83M. Pujols is in constant pain. Hamilton is a ghost.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 09:44 AM) Littlehurts second favorite team has a little mojo going And of course the two extra inning homers were by their "can't-miss" prospects who still aren't that good.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 04:58 PM) @JeffPassan: Albert Pujols has seven years, $189M left on his deal. Josh Hamilton has three years, $83M. Pujols is in constant pain. Hamilton is a ghost. This is just impossible to believe. How can these teams keep signing these guys year after year? Baseball needs a salary cap so badly. Obviously they'll never get one. Baseball's players union is golden. If baseball owners like bears could hibernate in the winter the sport would have been so much better and people could actually afford to go to games. Owners just have to have these big name players even though about 5 percent are worth it. Oh well, just charge more for hot dogs and Cokes and parking. How in the hell can GMs keep their jobs? Bust after bust after bust with these huge contracts. And this offseason somebody's gonna give Shields 20 million a year for 5-6 years. Ha ha. That GM will regret it the day Shields shows up for spring training. What an awful sport. Too bad I'm hooked on it. Edited October 4, 201411 yr by greg775
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 03:28 PM) This is just impossible to believe. How can these teams keep signing these guys year after year? Baseball needs a salary cap so badly. Obviously they'll never get one. Baseball's players union is golden. If baseball owners like bears could hibernate in the winter the sport would have been so much better and people could actually afford to go to games. Owners just have to have these big name players even though about 5 percent are worth it. Oh well, just charge more for hot dogs and Cokes and parking. How in the hell can GMs keep their jobs? Bust after bust after bust with these huge contracts. And this offseason somebody's gonna give Shields 20 million a year for 5-6 years. Ha ha. That GM will regret it the day Shields shows up for spring training. What an awful sport. Too bad I'm hooked on it. Albert Pujols's team is also in the postseason.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 07:32 PM) Albert Pujols's team is also in the postseason. If baseball was like football, so many of these guys would be released year after year it'd be remarkable. True, football players get to keep the huge bonuses, but once they become average, they are released so teams don't have to pay the ridiculous contracts they sign the players to. I can't wait to see which team makes the huge blunder on Shields.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 03:37 PM) If baseball was like football, so many of these guys would be released year after year it'd be remarkable. True, football players get to keep the huge bonuses, but once they become average, they are released so teams don't have to pay the ridiculous contracts they sign the players to. I can't wait to see which team makes the huge blunder on Shields. You're the one who keeps repeating the mantra that you don't care about Jerry Reinsdorf's pocket book, you just care about the team winning, right? That's exactly the attitude that drives those kind of contracts. People have to win now, they don't care about the owner's pocket book.
October 4, 201411 yr QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 4, 2014 -> 07:53 PM) You're the one who keeps repeating the mantra that you don't care about Jerry Reinsdorf's pocket book, you just care about the team winning, right? That's exactly the attitude that drives those kind of contracts. People have to win now, they don't care about the owner's pocket book. True, but in the NFL you can sign a guy to a 6-year deal knowing you'll cut him after one or two years. In baseball ... what a rip off.
October 5, 201411 yr Good job Cruz, just need the Baltimore pen to hold up and the Tigers are swept from the playoffs.
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