[Canofbier]

Originally Posted by alnorth

People are making a big deal about competing against Detroit. And yeah, we ought to be proud of that, we weren't competing against crap pitchers, we beat Verlander. We also stopped the Brave streak. and Boston's streak. We're a legit decent team, no doubt about it.

But, if we're gonna win this division, we shouldn't just scratch and claw and fight to be competitive against Detroit's best and maybe win against their bullpen in extra innings. Those wins count, but we need to crush the so-called "lesser teams" in the division. Today, with this pitching matchup, that means we really ought to win today. And if not today, than in 10 games that look like today, we ought to win most of them.

Agreed 100%. Today's game will be interesting.