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Baseball content creator. Die hard Tigers fan. Also @deeptocenter on Twitch and YouTube. Email is deeptocenter @gmail .com

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Joined April 2022
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5 months
Justin Verlander will always be my favorite player of all time. His wealth of knowledge about pitching gave for a really nuanced take about the state of pitching injuries in today’s game. If he has any interest at all I hope he goes into coaching.
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Leak of Detroit Tigers City Connect jersey design.
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11 months
17 years ago today, Magglio Ordoñez delivered in an unforgettable fashion. Most Tigers fans can recall exactly where they were and what they were doing when this ball was hit. Truly one of the best moments in Tigers history.
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2 months
Dear Chris Ilitch, Pay Tarik Skubal, or sell the team. Kind Regards, All Tigers Fans.
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11 months
Imagine if these amazing players from different playoff teams were on the same team: - J.D. Martinez - Nick Castellanos - Max Scherzer - Justin Verlander Sheesh 🔥
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11 months
Proposed dome for Comerica Park:
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5 months
Tomorrow, the Number 1 pick from the 2018 MLB Draft will be taking the mound for the Tigers for the first time in 2 years. Casey Mize, it’s showtime.
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11 months
11 years ago today, Justin Verlander put on an absolute clinic in Oakland to send the Detroit Tigers to the ALCS Verlander: 122 pitches thrown 9.0 IP 4 H 0 ER 11 K 1 BB One of the greatest playoff pitching performances of all time.
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11 months
Name a Detroit Tigers player who was completely under appreciated during their tenure. I’ll start: Brandon Inge
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1 year
It’s crazy that Pedro was able to see Mize’s TJ surgery from a mile away. This video is from 2020
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2 years
@Dom_2k Basically just a scam artist feeding into the delusions of incels and insecure men
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4 months
I would give anything to see Justin Verlander suit up for the Tigers one more time before he retires.
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11 months
These are on Miguel Cabrera’s son Christopher’s instagram story today. In the first video you can see Miggy coaching him up on his swing. In the second video, Miggy takes some swings for himself to show Chris how it’s done. Miggy is such an awesome dad.
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11 months
This AI photo of Jim Leyland is elite 🔥
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2 years
@DiscussingFilm Is this before they’re all brutally murdered by Anakin
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11 months
If you’re not excited about the current state of Detroit sports, you haven’t been paying attention. - The Lions are HERE. - The Tigers have an exciting core for the first time in a decade. - The Pistons have a boatload of young talent. - The Wings are right around the corner.
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9 months
Just wait until Taylor Swift leaves Travis Kelce for Sam LaPorta
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5 months
Al Avila ruined my life
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I love this city & the fans - couldn't be more excited to spend my career here! We're going to bring a World Series to Detroit!!!
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8 months
I don’t think any other video gives off 2023-2024 Detroit Lions energy more than this old Warren De La Salle clip
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1 month
Andy Dirks was the perfect color commentator next to Jason Benetti. They have struck gold. This should be the main broadcast team for years.
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10 months
Tigers need to move Johnny Kane into the booth and make him the new play by play because he’s amazing
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AUSAR THOMPSON LOOKS AMAZING HE’S DOING IT ALL!!
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Tarik Skubal is the current AL Cy Young leader, but honestly Reese Olson should be right behind him.
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Tyler Holton since joining the Tigers: - 153.0 Innings Pitched - 2.35 ERA - 127 Strikeouts - 0.863 WHIP Most underrated reliever in all of baseball.
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7 months
I need Dan Campbell or Jared Goff to throw out the first pitch for the Tigers home opener
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2 months
There is not a better left fielder in the American League than Riley Greene. Yordan Alvarez is the only argument and he has only played 24 games in left field compared to 49 games from Riley. Riley Greene deserves to be an All-Star.
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5 months
2-0? Whales free? The league better watch out 👀
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I can report that the whales are currently free! Tigers in for a great season! #freethewhales #keepthewhalesfree
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9 months
BREAKING: While Shohei Ohtani’s flight was to Toronto, it appears to have been a red herring, as he has now departed by car to Detroit. Expectation is that he signs with the Tigers within the next 3-4 hours. Per @jonmorosi
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11 months
This is a ridiculous statline for a guy they were calling a bust 5 months ago.
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19 days
If Skubal wins the triple crown this season, that will now be 3 Tigers players that have won either the pitching or batting triple crown since 2010. That’s actually insane.
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25 days
I miss my 1B man.
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4 months
Happy Birthday to Tigers legend Brandon Inge!
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2 months
Colt Keith’s OPS in July is up to 1.337. He has 5 home runs already this month. He’s playing like one of the best hitters in baseball.
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3 months
A lot of people replying Carlos Guillen to my last tweet so I just wanted to bring back one of his most iconic moments to the timeline
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2 months
You know how when the Tigers drafted Riley Greene you could just tell his swing was gonna play in the bigs? Yeah, this kinda feels the same.
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Slow Motion Bryce Rainer Swing
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1 year
Just a reminder: RILEY GREENE IS ONLY 22 YEARS OLD.
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9 days
Tarik Skubal is leading the league in almost every category and is on pace for a Triple Crown. But sure, give it to a guy who only faces 3 batters a game. Just another example of the MLB screwing over Detroit. What else is new?
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Should Emmanuel Clase be in the AL Cy Young conversation? 👀
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Debuts we’ve seen this year: - Colt Keith - Wenceel Perez - Justyn-Henry Malloy - Dillon Dingler - Brant Hurter - Bryan Sammons - Jace Jung - Keider Montero - Trey Sweeney - Ryan Vilade (kinda) - Ty Madden (tonight) Been a great season for the youth movement.
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1 year
Dear @tigers Can you please ask A.J. Hinch to let Miggy pitch if there is another blowout this season? The entire baseball world would be extremely happy. Thanks, -Everyone
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9 months
Dear Tigers Fans, I know many of you have strong feelings of discontentment for Javier Baez, and I don’t blame you if you do. He frustrates me too. But do we have the capability as a fan base to come together like Philadelphia did for Trea Turner and show Javy a ton of love and
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Can we please stop covering up the whales? Is it not common knowledge at this point that NOBODY wants them covered up?
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no way in hell the lions condone the whales being covered up
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Ryan Raburn is rarely ever remembered fondly by Tigers fans, but I don’t think you guys realize how welcome he would be on the modern day team. In 367 games from 2007-2010, Raburn had 39 home runs and an OPS of .812. He’d have been the team’s best hitter this decade.
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Colt Keith OPS after April: .387 Colt Keith OPS now: .715 Parker Meadows OPS prior to being sent down: .533 Parker Meadows OPS now: .724 Spencer Torkelson OPS prior to being sent down: .596 Spencer Torkelson OPS now: .662 Growth.
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Orioles fans are so clueless. The precedent for this trade is Chris Sale. Yoan Moncada was the No. 2 prospect in baseball and Michael Kopech was the No. 16 prospect in baseball when they were traded for Sale. The Tigers would get Holliday AND one of Basallo and Mayo to START.
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Some Tigers hitter’s OPS in the month of July: Keith - 1.226 Vierling - .782 Ibañez - .821 Greene - 1.061 Kelly - .980 Urshela - .853 Malloy - .801 Rogers - .780 The boys are HOT right now.
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Happy Birthday to Prince Fielder!
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2 months
That Colt Keith contract is starting to look like an absolute STEAL.
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Riley Greene Spencer Torkelson Kerry Carpenter Colt Keith Jace Jung Dillon Dingler Trey Sweeney Parker Meadows Wenceel Perez Justyn-Henry Malloy All Tigers now. Is the future here?
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11 months
Before there was Torkelson and Greene… There was Prince and Miggy.
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5 months
Over the last 7 days, Javier Baez has a: - .273 BA - .742 OPS - 117 WRC+ - Only 4 K’s to 2 BB’s - 2 SB If he can maintain this at all, it will have a huge impact on the Tigers offense
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4 months
Me when my girlfriend is trying to tell me something important but Tarik Skubal is on the mound
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Vierling = great return for Soto. Malloy = great return for Jimenez. Locking Keith up long term was a great move. Holton & Ibañez = amazing waiver claims. Clark and McGonigle look great. Scott Harris’s resume so far is not bad for the lack of money he’s allowed to spend.
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5 months
Do you understand how little sense it makes for a lineup with these numbers to be 10-7?
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112 mph off the bat, 422 feet. Wasn’t projected to have much power as a prospect.
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2 years
@LegionHoops NBA fans are like 75% teenage white boys who like Andrew Tate this is not going to go over well lol
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1 year
Tigers 2025 Lineup: 1. Riley Greene - CF 2. Juan Soto - DH 3. Colt Keith - 3B 4. Spencer Torkelson - 1B 5. Kerry Carpenter - RF 6. Wyatt Langford - LF 7. Jace Jung - 2B 8. Javier Baez - SS 9. Dillon Dingler - C
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The 2018 MLB draft is kind of funny when you think about it. The Tigers had the No. 1 overall pick and they walked away from that draft with the best player from that draft, a college pitcher. Only thing is, they took that player in the 9th round.
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1 year
Bothers me how many people refuse to admit that the Lions just outplayed the Chiefs. So many folks making excuses. IF they had Kelce. IF Toney catches passes. Whatever. Could also say IF they called the obvious false start all game. IF Marvin Jones didn’t fumble. Etc.
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Tigers record at the All-Star break the last 10 years: 2024: 47-50 2023: 39-50 2022: 37-55 2021: 40-51 2020: Covid Year 2019: 28-58 2018: 41-57 2017: 39-48 2016: 46-43 2015: 44-44
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Here’s an example of players being underrated just because they play for the Tigers. Oswaldo Cabrera is a 75 in MLB the Show. Riley Greene is a 73. Here’s their stats side by side, both elite defenders.
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After a dominant 7 innings today, Tarik Skubal leaves with a 1.72 ERA on the season. Is he the best pitcher in baseball right now?
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Colt Keith in April: .163 Batting Average .396 OPS Colt Keith in May: .350 Batting Average .811 OPS
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1 year
Spencer Torkelson has a 1.113 OPS in the month of August with 8 home runs. Kerry Carpenter has a 1.192 OPS in the month of August with 8 home runs. Scary duo.
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From 2008 to 2017, we got to see Miguel Cabrera and Justin Verlander play on the same team. We saw players like Ivan Rodriguez, Magglio Ordoñez, Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez, Ian Kinsler, and many other elite talents take the field for Detroit. We were luckier than we knew.
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This is what Orioles fans don’t seem to understand. This isn’t a “they have to trade him or lose him after the season” thing. He’s around 2 more seasons after this. So if you want him, you have to majorly overpay or you just won’t get him.
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"For the Tigers to truly consider moving [Tarik Skubal], they would have to be completely overwhelmed." @jonmorosi joins #MLBCentral to share the latest on Skubal's trade market.
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It’s one thing if this was for Skubal by himself, but Foley is 28, throws a 100 mph sinker, and is locked up through the 2027 season. Holliday and Kjerstad could end up being really good, but this feels like the Orioles would be robbing us here.
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This is what @Joelsherman1 thinks the Orioles would have to give up to get Tarik Skubal and Jason Foley. What do you think?
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11 months
Use this tweet as a petition to have Mario Impemba and Curtis Granderson be the Tigers broadcast booth in 2024!
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5 months
Alright yeah, cut Kenta Maeda. You can’t be a serious franchise and have him in this rotation when Matt Manning is sitting in the minors.
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Game 28 Takeaways: - Skubal is best pitcher in baseball right now - Canha is better at 1B than Tork… - Rogers been swinging a much better bat lately - Wenceel Perez is so fun - Foley been scaring me - Parker looking better - Detroit fans are the best - Important Series W!!
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The look of a man who will strike you out on 3 pitches after chugging a beer in the dugout
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It’s time to start talking about Kerry Carpenter @fuzzyfromyt
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11 months
I just want to say I will NEVER forgive Lucas Giolito and the Guardians for not throwing Miggy a single strike in his final game.
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Kerry Carpenter, ladies and gentlemen.
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Now that it’s been snowing I can’t stop thinking about this
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Game 1 Takeaways: - Colt Keith is FAST - Skubal is exactly what we expected - Riley Greene’s defense is still elite in the corner - Build a statue for Fetter and Lund - Foley…. WTF? - Lineup against lefties is a little shaky - Javy showed a lot of effort - I’m excited
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@YankeeWRLD Did Bauer forget Rob is literally a lawyer lmao
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Detroit Tigers are 52-54 and 5.5 games back in the Wild Card and are sellers. The Chicago Cubs are 50-56 and are 6 games back in the Wild Card and are buyers. Fun times to be a Tigers fan.
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If you don’t extend Tarik Skubal through at least 2030, then you’re a joke of a franchise.
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Seriously, can you imagine this team if Tork and Keith start to figure it out? Dangerous.
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1 year
Tork could finish with 25+ home runs and close to 100 RBI’s in his second season in the majors. I’m not sure how any of you could think that’s bad.
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I want the Tigers to win, not just for the Tigers fans but for baseball fans everywhere who would love to see the Yankees lose on a national stage like this
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The Tigers still have a chance at keeping Jack Flaherty. According to @BNightengale , the Tigers are holding out on a deal because they plan to extend a Qualifying Offer to Flaherty if not thrilled with any trade offers made on him at the deadline.
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11 months
2012 ALDS Game 2 Oakland Athletics @ Detroit Tigers Bottom of the 9th It all comes down to Don Kelly
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9 months
Would you like if Sheila Ford Hamp bought the Tigers? Do you think that would be an immediate upgrade over Chris Ilitch?
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Severely Hot Take: The current logo is the best the Old English D logo has ever looked
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Which Detroit Tigers logo is your favorite?
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If the Tigers had this same record on August 27th of last season, they would be in 2nd place in the division and only 2.5 games back of the Twins.
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7 months
This just in: Colt Keith and Max Clark will be running duos on Fortnite later today
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With this triple, Clark’s numbers are now up to a .302 batting average with an .806 OPS. You just love to see it 🔥
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And Max Clark brings McGonigle home with a triple to center.
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6 months
Pitching Ninja is about to put the league on notice that the Tigers pitching staff this year is no joke
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Reese Olson's 2Ks in the 1st.
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@BengalYouTube Point A: The Lions taking Penei Sewell was one of their best draft picks in recent history.
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Fantastic first game back at the plate for Spencer Torkelson. He’s endured a lot of hate from this fanbase, and it’s really good to see him take the first steps towards proving them all wrong.
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11 months
If Ohtani goes to the Mets it’s literally just going to be the National League version of the Angels. He needs to go to a REAL team like the Detroit Tigers.
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I wish the Tigers had a guy like Nick Castellanos. Surely if someone like him came through the system, they’d keep him around long term right? Right??
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It took until March 2024 for MLB media to recognize how good Tarik Skubal was in 2023 lmao
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Tarik Skubal's last 8 starts to finish 2023: 48 IP 27 H 8 BB 66 K 1.88 ERA 7+ K in all 8 starts 🔥
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Kerry Carpenter hit this ball to the OPPOSITE FIELD for a home run. Huh??
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In honor of our first Opening Day without Miggy since 2007, here’s one of his best opening day moments ever that came in 2021 against the Guardians. I’m really going to miss Miggy 😔
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Jace Jung is ready and he needs to be called up soon. Last year, we all thought Keith was ready but he didn’t make the team until this season. Well, Jung is a year older than Keith currently is and he came out of college, not high school. He’s ready.
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2 years
@Browns Still giving a sexual predator a job
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It’s time
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11 months
Proposed dome for Comerica Park:
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Everyone except for Tarik Skubal, Reese Olson, and Riley Greene should be available for trade talks. It’s obvious that this isn’t the core that’s going to take us to the promise land
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