From the monthly archives:

April 2009

links for 2009-04-30

30.04.2009 4 comments

Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog: Inge Showing Patience Lee takes a look at some of the numbers behind the numbers for Inge's Awesome April in the D How long will Jim Leyland stick with these rookie pitchers? | detnews.com | The Detroit News I love it when Lynn Henning gets rolling: "Perry is a [...]

Read the full article →

Off day statistical nuggetry

30.04.2009 8 comments

Some things to chew on while the Tigers lick their wounds after dropping a series to the Yankees… Curtis Granderson hit his 7th homer of the year Wednesday night. It was also his 8th extra base hit of the year. Tigers pitchers throw the fastest average fastball in the league at a robust 92.8. That’s [...]

Read the full article →

Tigers Minor Leauge Wrap 4/29/09

30.04.2009

Bowie 6 Erie 1 Alex Avila went 2 for 4. Scott Sizemore homered. Jeff Frazier walked twice. Jay Sborz walked 4 and allowed 4 runs (2 earned) in 3.1 innings. Alfredo Figaro was supposed to start this game but was shelved with back stiffness. Tampa 0 Lakeland 5 Audy Ciriaco and Kyle Peter were both [...]

Read the full article →

Game 2009.021: Yankees at Tigers

29.04.2009 41 comments

PREGAME: It’s kids day at Comerica Park with Joba Chamberlain taking on Rick Porcello. Porcello has been solid in his first 3 starts, but he has been susceptible to the homer with 5 dingers allowed in his 18 innings. Chamberlain is making his 4th starter and he brings in a 3.94 ERA. But Chamberlain hasn’t [...]

Read the full article →

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4/28/09

29.04.2009

Columbus 5 Toledo 3 Bowie 4 Toledo 5 (11 innings) Tampa 3 Lakeland 1 Lansing 5 West Michigan 2

Read the full article →

Game 2009.020: Yankees at Tigers

28.04.2009 117 comments

PREGAME: It looks to be a chilly and blustery night at Comerica Park. The Tigers are looking to extend their winning streak to 4 games and will send out Edwin Jackson to battle Philip Hughes. Hughes was just added to the Yankees roster to replace Chien Ming Wang. Hughes has dominated AAA for 3 starts [...]

Read the full article →

Tigers swap lefty bat for lefty arm

28.04.2009 4 comments

The Tigers optioned Jeff Larish down to Toledo to make room for lefty reliever Clay Rapada. My read is that this has little to do with Larish and more to do with Bobby Seay pitching every day and a bunch of games against lefty heavy teams coming up. Seay has pitched 3 days in a [...]

Read the full article →

The First Inning – 2009 edition

28.04.2009 14 comments

Long time readers of this site remember a feature called the Inning Report. Reader Sam Hoff would break down the season into 18 game segments or “innings.” Why 18 game? Because there are 9 18 game segments in a season. When the Tigers completed the Royals series that also completed the first inning. Sam is [...]

Read the full article →

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4/27/09

27.04.2009 2 comments

Columbus 6 Toledo 9 Clete Thomas doubled twice and homered. Don Kelly had 3 hits. Eddie Bonine started and allowed 2 runs on 5 hits in 3 innings. Ron Chiavacci fanned 6 in 5 innings of 2 run ball. Bowie 9 Erie 7 Alex Avila doubled and tripled. Jeff Frazier went 3 for 5. Jonah [...]

Read the full article →

Game 2009.019: Yankees at Tigers

27.04.2009 130 comments

PREGAME: The Tigers finally return home after spending a good chunk of the season batting first. The Tigers played a MLB leading 13 games on the road to date (the Dodgers have played 13 roadies also). It will also be the first night game at Comerica Park this season. Tonight they get to face the New York Yankees, a grumpy group of guys who were just swept in Fenway Park.

Read the full article →

Tigers Minor Leauge & Dontrelle Wrap: 4/26/09

27.04.2009 5 comments

Louisville 10 Toledo 3 Clete Thomas went 2 for 4 with a walk. Dusty Ryan homered and walked. Scott Drucker allwoed 7 runs on 10 hits including 3 homers in 4 innings. Fu Te Ni walked 2, but also struck out 2 in 2 innings. Clay Rapada allowed 2 runs on 3 hits with 2 [...]

Read the full article →

What’s up with Verlander in the stretch?

26.04.2009 19 comments

Justin Verlander has gotten off to a rough start in 2009. People are starting to question his “ace-hood” and with an ERA of 9.00 after 4 starts it is probably justified. What makes his start so perplexing is that his “stuff” appears to be back. His fastball velocity is over 95mph and he’s fanning 10.7 batters per 9 innings. The numbers that really need a deeper examination though are those when runners are on base. Verlander is stranding only 39.6% of runners (a normal rate is 65-75%) and hitters post a 457 OBP with men on and only 296 with the bases empty. What’s up with that?

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Switch to our mobile site