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The Valenti Show

Why Do Tigers Continue to Pitch Maeda?

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Mike and Rico start the show reacting to the Tigers' 9-8 loss last night, wondering how A.J. Hinch continues to trot out Kenta Maeda.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So much to do so much to say Rico how are you are you ready to rock

0:04.4

Let's do it he's in his fashion jack-goldky hat this is gonna be a big day today

0:10.2

So we're all thinking the same thing.

0:13.5

This is one of the rare times, you, Kenny, David, like we are all united on one thing.

0:21.5

And it's last night and it's the idea of when you wonder why like you did

0:28.1

this topic yesterday and I was conflicted about I want the Tigers to win, but I feel spite. The spite is based on the fact that if you're not going to act like a major league organization, I resent you.

0:41.0

Every time you put my aida on the mound,

0:46.0

you're giving a game away.

0:49.0

Now that's not an opinion, it's actual facts

0:52.0

of any pitchers in baseball who have made at least 15 starts.

0:58.4

He is the only guy with an ERA north of six with a 7.26. You have lost 8 straight Myeda starts.

1:11.0

8. You're 8 games out of the wild card. You've lost 11 of his 15 starts.

1:18.8

Now this is the same baseball team that that continues to put Harvey Baez out there with a

1:24.8

negative eight defensive run saved and essentially a just a negative war player.

1:30.2

You put him out there every night, you're putting my eight out every fifth. I mean RICO if I if I run the team here's how this works my

1:38.8

Ada never pitches for me again. Now how you arrive at that is your business. He is a veteran. He can turn down a demotion. You

1:47.1

could come up with a mystery injury like kneecap hurts, I L and then rehabbing his knee has his knee he got hit by a car 60 day

1:57.4

d l you can do whatever you want mizes off the I L next week rico They can't pitch this guy anymore.

2:03.6

No, I guess your best case scenario is you just stick him in the pen if you somehow can't

2:07.9

get him off the active roster. We're just gonna you're gonna ride out there in the

2:11.8

bullpen. You're never gonna play unless we are down 12 to 1 and then you come in and pitch.

2:18.0

The other thing is I look here's my problem. I want to play some audio for you guys and I know that the team was not on

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