What Is The Bigger Need For the Tigers?

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Mike asks whether the Tigers' biggest need is a righty bat or a bullpen arm.

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0:00.0	All right, let's turn our attention to the Tigers.
0:03.5	And much in the way, none of us glitter our chandelier after they win four in a row.
0:09.5	I'm not going to freak out they lose four in a row.
0:12.5	You know, Rico, you and I talk pre-show.
0:14.9	They probably had one foot out the door for vacation.
0:18.0	They got dusted.
0:19.1	Yeah.
0:19.7	But the point is this. We've had so much talk about the deadline, 17 days away.
0:26.9	Nothing I say today matters.
0:29.8	It's all about 17 days from now.
0:32.3	They have an 11.5 game lead in the division.
0:35.5	Oh, but they didn't play good baseball.
0:37.5	When, okay? They played a wonderful first half. Mm-hmm. game lead in the division. Oh, but they didn't play good baseball. Wham? Okay?
0:39.2	They played a wonderful first half.
0:42.0	The needs are the needs.
0:44.8	So here's the question.
0:46.7	I want to take starting pitching out of the equation
0:50.6	for the sake of this exercise.
0:53.1	I want to make an assumption that between
0:55.9	Scoobel, Olson, Mize, Flaherty, and potentially, Estelle Getty, they'll have three arms
1:06.2	for the play.
1:06.7	That Stell's back.
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