Dillon Dingler Has A Career Day As The Tigers Tag Garrett Crotchet And The Red Sox
That’s a dazzling performance on a rainy Sunday at Fenway Park. I understand that the Tigers may have caught Garrett Crotchet in a relatively vulnerable position, coming off the worst start of his career. As I said, I know the conditions weren’t great, but that didn’t seem to bother Detroit’s pitching.
This is a team that has had well-documented struggles against left-handed pitching, and I didn’t really feel great about this group having to go up against one of the elite left-handers in the sport. They played arguably their best game of the season so far. I said it in the video, but any team that potentially gets the best versions of Tarik Skubal and Framber Valdez in a playoff series is likely to have a very difficult time winning it.
Except for some wonky starts in Minnesota, both Skubal and Valdez have been fantastic, pitching back to back so far this season. Stuff-wise, I think that’s the best that Framber has looked since becoming a Detroit Tiger. He was able to grind his way through seven quality innings against the Royals on a day when he didn’t really have his off-speed stuff working.
He had the swing and miss going today. The curveball was dropping, and the change-up was especially dazzling. That was a weapon we haven’t seen a whole lot of so far this season, but it was on full display today.
Garrett Crochet will be seeing Dillon Dingler in his nightmares tonight. Ding had 3 hits against the Red Sox lefty, including a home run and a double. You talk about a guy who has emerged as one of the elite bats in this lineup, Dillon Dingler is a hungry dog right now.