Comments on: Knapp talks Tigers pitching

By: Coach Jim

Coach Jim — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:11:04 +0000

The best part of Brandon Lyon is that he throws strikes. He walks few batters, so even if opponents wind up batting .280 off him, he is still effective. Sort of a Jonesy-when-he’s-good kind of thing.

I would pass on Williamson. These kind of in-the-lineup-out-of-the-lineup guys are more distruptive than helpful. I would rather see a fringe player stick a full season.

By: Mr X

Mr X — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:20:29 +0000

MLB Network’s Hotstove reports that Lyon is close to signing with the Tigers!!

By: Mr X

Mr X — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:48:06 +0000

It sounds like Lyon will be signing soon with either the Tigers or the Twins. Hopefully it’s us.

Scott Williamson sounds interesting too.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/articl.....Id=rss_det

By: the fume

the fume — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:42:51 +0000

Interesting. If you take a close look at the images of Verlander in the link below, you can see in ’07 Verlander seemed to have much more horizontal momentum than he did in ’08, where I thought he was more vertical (and his momentum was kind of dampened because of this). You can kind of tell this from the difference in follow-thrus. So doing something that lowers the arm slot should get him more horizontal, and hopefully gets him closer to the way he’s thrown his whole life. It seems to fell right to him.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/m.....it-part-2/

By: Dave BW

Dave BW — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:17:43 +0000

So far I like what I’m hearing

By: Mark in Chicago

Mark in Chicago — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:10:45 +0000

Knapp raved about the “stuff” from the Tigers pitchers, so hopefully he can help these guys harness it into results.

What is the over/under on innings pitched for Dontrelle this year? 150?