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We're going to talk a little bit about how the Tigers can scratch out some wins
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Game 1 Friday at 7-10 is going to feature Lucas Giolito, who's going to face off against Matt Manning
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Now Giolito is 10-9 with a 5-18 ERA, a 1.49 whip. He strikes out about 10 batters per 9 innings and walks about 3.4 per 9
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He has an 8.3% barrel rate and a 40% hard hit rate
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but I want to specifically dig into his times through the order. First and third times through the order are when you get to Lucas Giolito
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The first time through the order, he gives up. Hitters are hitting about 300 against him with a 384 weighted on base average
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In the third time through the order, he has a 315 average against
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and a 383 weighted on base average. And that third time through the order, he has an 851 ERA
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So what's the key there? Get to him early and turn over the lineup as many times as possible
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Matt Manning is 2-2. He's got a .373 ERA with a .122 whip, a .375 FIP
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He striking out about 7 per 9 innings and walking 2 per 9 In September he gone 10 and a third innings with a ERA four walks to 7Ks and a average against
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He's got to walk less hitters. That's going to be a theme for these first couple of guys
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Got to walk less hitters. Got to create more outs. Stop putting people on the base pass
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Saturday, game two at 610, Johnny Cueto is going to be facing off
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against Eduardo Rodriguez. as Cueto is 7-8 with a .309 ERA and a .395 FIP
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A .120 whip, and he strikes out 6 per 9 innings and walks 2 per 9 innings
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In his last start against Detroit, he went 8 innings, 0 runs, 0 walks, 5 strikeouts
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You have to jump on him through the first time through the lineup because he gets much better the second time through the lineup
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and only slightly worse the third time through the lineup. Eduardo Rodriguez making another start since he's come back
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He's 3-5 with a .450 ERA, .449 FIP, and .139 WIP, 7 strikeouts per 9 innings, and 3.5 walks per 9 innings
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And his walks are the biggest issue. He's got to be around the plate more
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and he has got to stop getting people on base for free
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We've got to stop doing that. It going to be a long series if Matt Manning and Eduardo Rodriguez have 3 4 5 walks in their outings It going to be brutal Game 3 on Sunday at 12 It an early start
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Michael Kopik is going to be facing off against Drew Hutchinson. Kopik is 5-9 with a .377 ERA, a .450 FIP
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So he's been pitching actually a little bit worse than what his ERA would indicate
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.120 whip, but he's tough on lefties. .214 average with 62 Ks
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Andy Stephon Wrighties, a 190 average with 43 Ks. He has 27 Ks and 12 walks and 31 innings pitched from August and September
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Against Drew Hutchinson, who's 2-8 with a 424 ERA and a 463 fit
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All we ask of Drew Hutchinson every time, not even getting into the advanced stats
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is please just eat innings, get outs, and keep the score competitive. That's all they have to do. That's all he has to do
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That's your pitching matchup, so let's break this down. You have to put the ball in play against a team that is not very good at fielding
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They're actually second to last in Major League Baseball in the fielding statistics
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It's tough to do against a really good pitching staff and bullpen, though, which they have
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Top 10 in starting staff, and I think top 12 in bullpen
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And their offense is dangerous. You have to find a way to limit the damage They going to put the ball in play You have to find a way to minimize the damage that occurs when the ball is in play
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And we're going to talk. I'm going to predict the rest of the schedule
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But what I think is going to happen is the Tigers play the White Sox two more times
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In one of those series, they will win one of the series that they play with the White Sox
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And they won't be swept in the other one. But we're going to get to that in the thoughts
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Here's the deal. If this is a series you want to win, it would be a great way to kind of fix the feeling from the Astros series to win a series against the Chicago White Sox
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If you want to do that, you have to limit the damage by their offense. Have to
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And you've got to get to their pitching early. You've got to get those guys into the second, third time around the lineup
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Because if you go into the game with a lead or a deficit late, their bullpen is nails
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They're good. So it'll be interesting. Three games this weekend, and it's going to be fun, hopefully
