As far as the stat I need to think about it. It needs a good name and/or acronym.

IRS+ER/IP

Inherited Runners Scoring plus Earned Runs divided by Innings Pitched

STOPPER OTB
Stopping the opposing players putting earned runs on the board. Nah, too long and weird. Got any ideas?

Well, what are you waiting for? Put that noggin to use and make a new stat!

I’m horrified by the news that the DTrain is being extended and Bondo is headed to the pen, although I would hope that the latter is a temporary move to build strength.

From the angle, I’d have to assume he was safe. But then again, we don’t have all the facts (angles).

Yes he could stand to improve, everyone on this team could in various areas. My points are to sum up

1) He has arguably been the most effective reliever we have
2) Walks have been over hyped
3) I don’t know how anyone can believe Lyon has outperformed Perry or anyone on the pitching staff this year.

When it comes right down to it, ERA and inherited runners scoring or being stranded combined together would be one of the most important stats IMO for relievers.

Don’t make things more complicated than they already are.

In any event it isn’t my decision anyways. I just think they made the wrong decision, and have shown they are slow to cut away the junk(Lyon/Sheff/Neifi possibly Dtrain etc.) that they pick up.

http://www.freep.com/article/2.....to+bullpen

It seems like you’re concerned that Perry is being sent down for performance reasons, but everything seems to indicate that this is a short term move until the 6-starter situation, that Bonderman’s activation created, is resolved. Perry was the easiest piece to move without making more permanent roster moves.

Having said that, Perry does need to improve on his walks. I know you mentioned that “as far as walks are concerned as long as they don’t come around to score, [you] couldn’t care less” but his LOB% is 74.4, that’s just 1% better than Lyon’s (maybe not a fair comparison, but Papelbon’s is over 90%). Factor in the walk he’ll likely issue per inning, and that limits the team’s ability to put him into the game with men already on base (not that Lyon is any better).

I always thought if he hit to all fields he could hit above .300.

Its a matter of if he wanted to. If Cobb were here to teach him with his athletic ability and power I’m sure he could do better than what he has done so far this year.

In either case I agree that along with Jackson and Verlander and Cabby he has been a team MVP. He is leading the majors in ESPN’s web gems by a bit. Kind of nice to see the first year they are keeping a tally he is winning.

Longoria has still outproduced him offensively. I still think he should be on the All-Star team. He’ll for sure have to get on through Maddon though.

Longoria Arod, Rolen, Lowell and Young as you mentioned are ahead of him I believe.

It’d be nice if he could get to 170 runs produced. He is on pace for 179.

Just for reference last year Cabrera had 175 runs produced (Runs+RBI-HR).

Do you think Ordonez has outproduced Inge this year too? LOL

Even for you that would be hard to believe.

And yea if it makes you feel better/ or is easier for you to sleep at night I like Ryan Perry – so far this year he has been our best reliever in my opinion.

I also like Inge, Verlander, Jackson, Miggy and anyone else who is helping the team win… go figure

Oh and again, please read what you write. Ryan Perry has been sent packing to AAA.

But you’re wrong, most organizations that know which way is up don’t send down a guy that has done what he has.

And I must be a fool if I don’t see that I’m being critiqued (poorly I might add) by someone who’s avatar is of a man without a face. Kind of ironic. Then again coming from a LL (Lyon Lover) like yourself, I’m not surprised.

As far as walks are concerned as long as they don’t come around to score, I couldn’t care less. I’d rather a guy give up several walks and be able to get out of it nearly all of the time, vs a guy who gets punished by getting pounded by doubles and hrs (and walks) on a regular basis.

This whole thing is funny to me actually, in a cute way. Sort of like a 7 year old arguing with a teacher about facts.

Student – “But, I don’t see the sun at night, it must be gone”
Teacher – “I can assure you it is still there”
Student – “I don’t believe you”
Teacher – “But, it is still there”
Student – “Nah nah na nah na, you’re wrong”
Teacher – “OK I can tell this is getting nowhere and this kid doesn’t apparently understand the facts… so I’m done, let him believe what he wants, even if its wrong”

However… just because there are tumbleweeds rolling across the anti-Inge camp doesn’t mean there isn’t significant infrastructure awaiting residence. Remember, the Tigers actively shopped Inge and couldn’t find any takers — I’m assuming even while conceding a portion of his salary. If Inge’s approach at the plate the past couple years were half as good as it has been this year — I’m literally saying HALF as good — there wouldn’t have been an anti-Inge camp to begin with. Last year he was just horrible in every category (except defense — and even so, he coughed up his share of errors). I’m thrilled with the prospect that Inge may have vastly under-achieved last year, even though his 2008 line is closer to career numbers than what we saw in 2006 and his career numbers are also a far cry from what we are seeing now. That can mean (optimistically) that a) Inge is simply a late bloomer and coming into his offensive prime now, or (more realistically) that b) he is vastly over-achieving through the first third of 2009 to the same degree that he vastly under-achieved last year. Whatever the case, I expect Inge to regress back down to the mean between last year’s performance and his torrid start this year. Which is fine by me.

I was critical of Inge last year — and rightly so. I give credit where credit is due — and Inge is due significant credit for whatever adjustments he made during the off-season. There are two or three players on this current Tigers team who are single-handedly responsible for the Tigers being in 1st place on June 10 instead of last place. Inge is one of them.