From the monthly archives:

March 2006

Keep an Eye on: the Erie Seawolves

31.03.2006

Over the last few weeks of spring training, I

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Keep an Eye on: Productive At-bats

31.03.2006 2 comments

Over the last few weeks of spring training, I

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Last cut is German

30.03.2006

Danny Knobler reports that Franklyn German is on the waiver list.. German stands a pretty good chance to make it through waivers because any team that picked him up would have to retain him on their 25 man roster (or try to clear him on waivers). Fortunately for the Tigers there probably isn’t much of [...]

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A heaping helping of Zumaya

29.03.2006

There were several Detroit Tiger mentions over the last two days, and many of them included references to Joel Zumaya. The Free Press had a piece on Zumaya’s new curveball/slider. “My curve can be a slider,” he said. “If I throw it from over the top, it’s a curve with a 12-to-6 break. If I [...]

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Tigers acquire Rob Bowen

29.03.2006

And in yet another transaction today, the Tigers claimed Twins catcher Rob Bowen off of waivers. He is out of options, so I don’t anticipate him staying with the team long. The Tigers will most likely try to get him through waivers and have him join Brian Peterson and Max St. Pierre in Toledo.

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Seay or German?

29.03.2006

According to the broadcast of today’s game, Roman Colon has been optioned to Toledo. That leaves Bobby Seay and Franklyn German to compete for the last spot in the bullpen. Related: Tigers Cut Six

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Tigers cut six

29.03.2006 1 comment

The Tigers have trimmed six more players. Optioned to Toledo are Nook Logan, Don Kelly, and Mark Woodyard. Assigned to minor league camp are Hector Mercado, Alexis Gomez, and Mike Hessman. That leaves 29 players “in camp” but two of those are technically Troy Percival and Craig Dingman who are destined for the 60 day [...]

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Tiger Linkfest

27.03.2006 4 comments

Roster Issues I’ve said pretty much all I have to say about the Carlos Pena release in that I don’t like how the roster sets up. Knobler’s blog today didn’t make me feel any better Leyland raved again after the game about Ramon Santiago. Santiago is very likely to make the opening day roster, in [...]

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Carlos Pena Released

26.03.2006 8 comments

The Tigers have unconditionally released Carlos Pena, thus ending his career as a Tiger. By releasing him now, the Tigers only have to pay 45 days of Pena’s $2.8 million salary, thus saving $2.1 million. While the move isn’t surprising, I can’t help but be disappointed. I’m sure every effort was made to trade Pena, [...]

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Leyland settles on a lineup

25.03.2006 1 comment

According to Danny Knobler, Jim Leyland has settled on a lineup. Granderson, cf Polanco, 2b Rodriguez, c Ordonez, rf Young, dh Monroe, lf Guillen, ss Shelton, 1b Inge, 3b Now if your reaction was similar to mine, you’re probably thinking “Guillen and Shelton at 7 and 8 while Pudge is hitting third?!?” Yes, the lineup [...]

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Zumaya reactions

25.03.2006 2 comments

I liked reading this quote from Leyland in today’s Freep “Our 13 position players — and this is a big factor — would look at me like I was nuts if I didn’t take those two guys,” Leyland said. “I think I would lose some credibility. They’d look at me and say, ‘What are these [...]

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Verlander and Zumaya Are In

23.03.2006 10 comments

It appears that the rotation is set. Leyland hasn’t announced the 5th starter, but the common belief is that the job is Justin Verlander’s. Verlander was the favorite going into spring training, and after a couple shaky outings, has pitched very effectively. Today he only pitched two innings due to the rain, but in those [...]

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