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By: Rick G

Rick G — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:09:44 +0000

From MLive.com…
“Willis hasn’t been on the disabled list since 2002, when he was playing at Jupiter of the Class A Florida State League.”

Great, first time he’s ever been injured on planet Earth and it has to be in his second start with the Tigers!

By: The Spot Starters » Blog Archive » Stupid Gavin Floyd

The Spot Starters » Blog Archive » Stupid Gavin Floyd — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:33:40 +0000

[...] play). The Tigers will now have to search for another starter to fill in for him, Billfer has an intriguing suggestion. Ryan Raburn is now up in Detroit after a short stay in Toledo. RP Armando Galarraga is also [...]

By: Mith

Mith — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:21:36 +0000

Well, I wouldn’t expect Porcello to come up and stay all year. I agree that he wouldn’t be ready to throw 175 innings.

But an occasional spot start would be interesting.

By: Game 10: Bullpen awes » Mack Avenue Tigers : A Detroit Tigers Blog

Game 10: Bullpen awes » Mack Avenue Tigers : A Detroit Tigers Blog — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:04:43 +0000

[...] is of course losing a starting pitcher when the minors aren’t real deep with starter helper. (Bilfer looked into who can replace Willis, if need [...]

By: Walt at CMU

Walt at CMU — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:57:30 +0000

Assuming that Porcello doesn’t get the call, and that someone from Toledo does, does Porcello end up in Erie as part of the trickle down call ups to replace the AAA pitcher and subsequently the AA pitcher?

Holy grey underwear batman. Could that sentence be any longer?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:48:28 +0000

My vote is for Miner. He’s clearly not a good bullpen arm, but has had success as a starter. I’d like to see him get three or four starts, and if he fails, move him for whatever AA arm you can get. On the upside, if he (or anyone else) succeeds, Willis could spend a month or two on the DL while Chuck tries to figure out how to get him to throw strikes.

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:30:39 +0000

My guess is that if we do see Porcello wearing the big ‘D’, it will be in August or September as a middle relief option under low pressure situations.

By: Eric Cioe

Eric Cioe — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:08:21 +0000

You can’t give the job to Porcello yet. He has to build up his strength to pitch over a whole year. That’s what you do in the MiLB.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:57:09 +0000

I think we need to get a handle on two things:

Who the starter will be to take Willis’ place and I really think more importantly what is the real deal with D-Train. Is it a physical thing, Head thing or mechanics? We gave up a lot to get him and Miggy, but we can not just let him be a throw away. He does have talent and can pitch but what is the deal here?.

Great game last night, couldnt blog…….. Did anyone catch the respect that the Who-Sox announcers gave Maggs. For a couple of real homer (could have added an O) announcers they still love Maggs and Curtis.

Radio only today for us with MLB EI.

Lets go for our 1st two game winning streak today. I love beating the whitesox

Steve