r/baseball • u/DET_Baseball Paws • 2d ago

Image [Petzold] Tigers manager A.J. Hinch pulled Chris Paddack after 62 pitches in five innings of one-run ball. Here's Paddack on Hinch's decision:

Post image
1.1k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

94 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/hopemade Minnesota Twins 2d ago

He trashed the Twins after getting traded by us and now is all "culture" on the Tigers. And no doubt the Twins are a mess and the Tigers have a good thing going. But most of this comes down to wins and losses. It's easy to buy in when the win column is much higher than the loss column. Go back to 2023 with essentially the same clubhouses and the feelings on each team would almost exactly opposite.

8

u/Kolahnut1 Detroit Tigers 2d ago

Former Tigers players have been saying good things about them for awhile now, even when the team was scuttling 2 years ago. Lorenzen was a big fan of how the pitching development helped him reinvent himself and Urshela was happy with the team, so much that he put in a good word about the Tigers to Gleyber.