We choose to believe they will not.
Happy Thursday, friends. We’re coming off a less-than-stellar loss for the Tigers against the A’s yesterday, and we’ll be seeing an afternoon game today, but in the meantime, let’s catch up on what’s going around in baseball.
Riley Greene continues to be excellent.
Professional analysts think the Tigers might decline in the second half of the season. We choose to ignore those professionals.
The Tigers’ broadcast crew is delightful, but in broader MLB news, something not delightful is how fans have been behaving towards players during games.
We’ll get into all that and more below.
Detroit Tigers News:
Riley Greene has 21 RBI in June and 45 RBI since May 1.
Over both of those spans he ranks 2nd in the American League in RBI, behind only Seattle’s Cal Raleigh (25, 51).#RepDetroit pic.twitter.com/vpFhebbLsn
— Tigers PR (@DetroitTigersPR) June 25, 2025
- This might be the best booth crew we’ve ever had.
Come for Jason Benetti learning about Love Island, stay for Daniella Bruce working it into a home run call, and savor Andy Dirks fist-bumping himself. pic.twitter.com/u58UYPAgDn
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) June 25, 2025
The offense has been fantastic, but you’ve got several players, from Gleyber Torres to Spencer Torkelson to (especially) Javier Báez, hitting at a level that recent history certainly would argue is unlikely to sustain itself the rest of the year. And that’s not mentioning all the young players who look like real candidates to hit the August wall (Colt Keith, Wenceel Pérez, even Torkelson). It’s nice that everyone in the rotation is in their 20s, but that is asking for trouble in the second half as well, and it’s worth noting that this Tigers version of Jack Flaherty is not exactly looking like last year’s version. Add in an unproven bullpen, and we can see this team taking a few steps back in the second half. The good news: They’ve worked up large enough of a margin in the first half that it likely won’t even matter.
AL Central News:
- The White Sox made a lovely gesture related to a story we get into below.
We stand with you, Ketel Marte pic.twitter.com/0fFUbegw4A
— MLB (@MLB) June 25, 2025
- Luis Robert Jr.’s early exit from a White Sox game had some fans speculating he had been traded . (He hadn’t.)
MLB News:
- Hey, just a general reminder that baseball players are human beings.
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said a fan in Chicago yelled something at Ketel Marte about his mother, who died in a car accident in 2017. Marte was visibly emotional and upset. The fan was ejected from the stadium. pic.twitter.com/HghYhR1uRh
— Francys Romero (@francysromeroFR) June 25, 2025
As an update, that “fan” has been banned indefinitely.
- Jacob Misiorowski squared off against Paul Skenes , and the Brewers’ hottest new pitcher proved he’s going to be a force to be reckoned with.
- Paul Skenes was all class when asked about the duel afterwards.
- Ronald Acuna Jr. announced he’ll be participating in the Home Run Derby at his home park.
- Old friend Dave Dombrowski shares how the Phillies will approach the trade deadline. ($)