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The Valenti Show

Hearing From The People On The Tigers' Continued Struggles

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Rico take your calls on their Tigers concerns.

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0:00.0

Yeah, with Riley Green in the on-deck circle, because some form of Dartmouth degree had him hitting fifth.

0:07.2

I'm living in the upside-down world.

0:08.9

This, this tiger season is quickly turning into a complete nightmare.

0:12.6

People want to talk.

0:13.9

I'm surprised, pleasantly.

0:16.1

Let me just get to the people.

0:17.5

And I tried not to yell, but I am pissed. There's no way you have him

0:22.7

hitting fifth ever. Michael, I don't know what these people are going to say, but I think a lot of

0:27.7

people feel the way that you do in watching this team where now you're starting to see it from

0:33.3

the managerial point where it's, it's desperation. It's, it's huh wait why are we doing this again

0:40.1

yeah but unfortunately this is beyond this isn't desperation this is insanity i mean we we're

0:46.0

probably what three more games away from calling up joe boo i'm there now i don't care

0:51.1

i think shabath had it right.

0:59.3

It's the wrong drop.

1:07.2

Bottom line is, you might be better off streaming that. I don't know. I quit. Hang out with Edwin Diaz at this point. I don't know what to do. We go to Ian 971. Ian, what's going on, buddy? Hey, good afternoon, gentlemen. After a while. And two things real quick. I've been a Tigers fan since their early 80s. I actually care about the Tigers Mike Valeni. But here's the problem. Two years ago, the Tigers didn't really address the issue of batting and or pitching.

1:30.7

They relied too much on Terik Scoobel, and they relied too much on one batter in the lineup.

1:35.8

When you go on the playoffs or where you go into a big series, that lineup up and down,

1:40.6

you don't fear anybody. And there's guys bat, and now you're like,, who is this guy? I watched for the first time this year, a Tigers game. I had an opportunity to watch Tiger's game. I'm like, who are like half these guys on the roster as it is? And it just blows my mind that, you know, every year we're sitting here looking going, how come they're not doing anything for agency?

2:01.5

How come they're not doing out veterans left and right

2:03.6

and doing these things like other teams do?

2:06.1

I think the issue and the problem is this, guys,

2:09.1

you have ownership that's willing to not spend

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