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April 2009

Game 2009.014: Tigers at Angels

22.04.2009 176 comments

PREGAME: Tonight it will be lefty Joe Saunders taking on Justin Verlander. Verlander is coming off a remarkable start in Seattle where he was pretty much untouchable except for an awful 5th inning. Still, his velocity, command, and breaking ball were encouraging. Saunders has only fanned 7 batters in 20.2 innings with 6 walks and [...]

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Thames injury deemed major

22.04.2009 4 comments

From the “What’s a guy gotta do to keep a starting job” department, Marcus Thames has been sidelined with a fairly “major” injury. That rib problem that landed him on the DL yesterday is a grade three intercostal muscle and cartilage strain with bleeding involve. For the first time in his career, it looked like [...]

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Tigers Minor Leauge and Rehab Wrap – 4/21/09

21.04.2009 4 comments

Indianapolis 13 Toledo 10 Joel Zumaya is probably one outing away from rejoining the team. He pitched a scoreless inning fanning 2. Scott Drucker was shelled for 7 runs allowing 9 baserunners in 4.1 innings. Fu Te Ni didn’t fare better with 4 runs on 5 hits and a walk in 2.2 innings. Mike Hessman [...]

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About that Cabrera “rumor”

21.04.2009 16 comments

I’m stunned by how much attention this has gotten, but there has been speculation on ESPN that the Tigers will have to look to trade Miguel Cabrera. It started with speculation mentioned by someone on ESPN (I’ve heard it attributed to Gammons/Olney/Kurkjian but I don’t know who actually said it) that if the Tigers are out of contention economic forces would make it necessary to trade Cabrera. Boston was the destination that had been mentioned. Somehow this speculation turned into a rumor. Well, now Dombrowski has come out and said what most in Detroit had been thinking, that the rumors are absurd.

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Game 2009.113: Tigers at Angels

21.04.2009 127 comments

PREGAME:  There’s a lot going on tonight for Detroit sports fans. You’ve got the Red Wings against Columbus. The Detroit Pistons against the Cavs. Dontrelle Willis is starting for Lakeland. Joel Zumaya is pitching for Toledo. And oh yeah, the Tigers play after all of them in Orange County. Prior to the season this series [...]

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Tigers good at catching the ball

20.04.2009 21 comments

In 2008 Detroit’s pitching was awful, but it had some help in allowing runs to score. After being a stellar defensive team in 2006 and a pretty good one in 2007, the ‘08 Tigers were awful. The team ranked 26th in UZR (-39 runs) and 24th in defensive efficiency. An emphasis on run prevention was the theme this offseason. And it seems to be working in the early going.

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 4/19/09

19.04.2009

Toledo 5 Columbus 7 Bretn Clevlen had 2 hits. Don Kelly walked twice and homered. Chris Lambert allowed 5 runs on 9 hits with 2 K’s in 4.1 innings. Clay Rapada fanned 2 in 1.1 innings of 1 hit work. Erie 4 Altoona 6 Jeff Fraizer went 3 for 4 with a double. Cale Iorg [...]

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Game 2009.012: Tigers at Mariners

19.04.2009 105 comments

PREGAME: It’s a rubber match! Okay, maybe the exclamation point wasn’t necessary. The Mariners haven’t lost a series this year but the Tigers have a chance to take them down. Today will be Rick Porcello’s second career start. I’d guess his pitch limit would be in the 95-100 pitch range and we’ll see if he [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 4/18/09

19.04.2009

Toledo 3 Columbus 1 Danny Worth went 4 for 4 with a walk out of the lead off spot. Brent Clevlen singled and doubled. Ruddy Lugo went 5 innings and allowed 3 walks and 4 hits with a single K but only 1 run crossed. We covered Zumaya’s outing already. Casey Fien allowed one hit [...]

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Game 2009.011: Tigers at Mariners

18.04.2009 67 comments

PREGAME: I’m still shaking my head about last night’s game. So…it’s a simplistic preview today. Erik Bedard is striking out lots of people. He has 15 K’s already. The Tigers hadn’t really been striking out a great deal…until last night. The Tigers had also been slugging quite well but had no extra base hits among [...]

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Zumaya pitches 2 innings, walks none

18.04.2009 2 comments

Joel Zumaya made 2 rehab appearances for Lakeland, and had a tough time with the strike zone (2.1 innings, 5 walks). However, today he went 2 innings and allowed 2 hits but no walks with 1 strikeout. He had a decent ratio with 17 of his 26 pitches resulting in strikes. Toledo vs. Columbus – [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 4/17/09

17.04.2009

Columbus 3 Toledo 5 Ryan Raburn went 3 for 3 with a homer and a walk. Brent Clevlen doubled and singled. Lucas French fanned 8 and walked none in 6 innings of 3 hit shut out ball. Scott Williamson gave up all the runs. Freddy Dolsi got the save pitching 1.1 innings with a K. [...]

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