Graded: Pick No. 18. The unnamed starter turned out to be Tyler Glasnow
The call, committed before first pitch: Dodgers win. Confidence High.
The result: Dodgers 6, Tigers 1. gamePk 824232, Final on the id.
Record: 10-8.
The risk the entry named was the only thing it got wrong about
Saturday morning, when this went on the board, the entry said the whole risk was that Los Angeles hadn't announced anybody for Sunday, and that a bullpen game the day after Blake Snell is exactly the sort of afternoon Detroit steals.
They didn't use a bullpen game. They used Tyler Glasnow.
| Tyler Glasnow, Sunday | 7.0 IP | 2 H | 1 R | 1 BB | 6 K | 85 pitches |
|---|
85 pitches through 7 is a starter who was never in trouble. Kyle Hurt and Seth Halvorsen finished it off without allowing a hit between them.
Detroit got 2 hits, and that is a number worth sitting with
Gleyber Torres had one. Kevin McGonigle had the other, and drove in the only run in the 4th. That was the offense.
2 hits ties Detroit's season low, and it is the 6th time they've done it in 2026. Two of those 6 have come in the last 5 days: the 3-0 loss to Tampa Bay on Aug 26 and this one.
| Detroit, Sunday | |
|---|---|
| Hits | 2 |
| Runs | 1 |
| Walks | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 7 |
| Left on base | 4 |
Only 4 men left on base, which sounds like efficiency and isn't. You cannot strand runners you never put on.
Valdez was fine. It didn't matter
The entry's worry about Framber Valdez was his 1.41 WHIP, 56 walks in 144.2 innings, a pitcher who hands out traffic against a lineup that had scored 663 runs.
He walked 1. He went 6, gave up 3, threw 105 pitches, and took the loss because his team managed 2 hits.
| Framber Valdez, Sunday | 6.0 IP | 6 H | 3 ER | 1 BB | 5 K | 105 pitches |
|---|
The game was 3-1 when he left. It ended 6-1 because Tanner Rainey came in for the 8th, got 1 out, and gave up 2 hits and 2 walks for 3 runs. Kyle Finnegan had to put the fire out and Jacob Waguespack threw a clean 9th.
Where this leaves them
Detroit is 63-73 with 596 runs scored and 531 allowed. Los Angeles left town 82-55 after taking 2 of 3.
The Tigers won the middle game of that series 2-1 and lost the other two by a combined 8-2. That is the season in one weekend: they hang around, they don't score, and one inning gets away.
Minnesota is next, starting tonight at Target Field, and that pick is already on the board.
Not betting advice.
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