http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/03/off-day-tiger-round-up/ News, views, and analysis on the Detroit Tigers and baseball Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/03/off-day-tiger-round-up/#comment-2043 CT Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:12:04 +0000 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2006/03/off-day-tiger-round-up/#comment-2043 Now that we know Robertson has been slotted into the 3rd spot, why hasn't anybody published the obvious conclusion regarding the 5th spot? Maroth (soft-tosser) will pitch 4th, and Rogers (soft-tosser) will pitch 1st, so obviously the 5th spot will not be filled by another soft-tosser. Of the three remaining viable options for the 5th spot, Grilli is the obvious "soft-tosser" (though not in MM or KR's soft-tossing league, of course). Couple that with the fact that Zumaya has been pitching exclusively 2- or 3-inning stints out of the bullpen for weeks, and I think it's fairly safe to conclude that our 5th starter is going to be Verlander. Now that we know Robertson has been slotted into the 3rd spot, why hasn’t anybody published the obvious conclusion regarding the 5th spot? Maroth (soft-tosser) will pitch 4th, and Rogers (soft-tosser) will pitch 1st, so obviously the 5th spot will not be filled by another soft-tosser. Of the three remaining viable options for the 5th spot, Grilli is the obvious “soft-tosser” (though not in MM or KR’s soft-tossing league, of course). Couple that with the fact that Zumaya has been pitching exclusively 2- or 3-inning stints out of the bullpen for weeks, and I think it’s fairly safe to conclude that our 5th starter is going to be Verlander.

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