Comments on: Game 2009.088: Tigers at Yankees

By: RPS

RPS — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:56:00 +0000

Despite all the roller coasterness, Rodney is putting up decent to good numbers this year. Miner is a starter hiding in the pen. Got nothing for Zumaya.

By: billfer

billfer — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 13:01:03 +0000

Zumaya has 3 options remaining

By: billfer

billfer — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:59:42 +0000

That was my read on it too.

By: billfer

billfer — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:58:25 +0000

Doesn’t matter the inning. If you come in with the potential tying run scheduled to appear it is a save situation. You only get the save though if you finish the game.

By: David

David — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:41:25 +0000

I don’t think Zumaya needs Amphetamines.

I mean if you think giving him a boatload of caffeine like substances would help him, by all means.

By: jud

jud — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:11:39 +0000

After the game, Zumaya said he’ll head to Detroit this morning for an MRI test.

in the late night Free Press…This Article
….is the MRI on his arm or his head????

By: Jerry the TIger Fan

Jerry the TIger Fan — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:41:43 +0000

Is there any chance that a team like Toronto could possibly be convinced that Zumaya has great potential and possibly package him up for a bat or in a package for Halladay? Zumaya has talent, of that there is little doubt. The question is will he ever be able to harness it? Perhaps someone who is desperate for a closer would like to take a chance on JZ. He seems like one of the few attractive tradeable commodities that we have that another team might be interested in. No one is going to be interested in Maggs or Guillen. I think there has to be at least one team out there that thinks their pitching coach could turn Zumaya into a star. He’s still young, has a manageable salary, and does have the talent (consistently throwing over 100mph is talent). I have grown weary of his act in Detroit, but I’ll bet that there is a GM out there who’d take a chance on Zumaya. I wonder if Baltimore would have any interest in giving up say………..Luke Scott for JZ. Its a win-win for us. We get a bonafide Tiger killer on our roster, we get a left-handed bat with power, and we no longer have to pull our hair out every time JZ comes strutting in from the bullpen. Sounds good, probably too good to be true. (I am serious about Zumaya having as much trade value as anyone on our roster outside of Verlander, Porcello, and Jackson). Lyon could serve as the eighth inning guy the rest of the way. Its risky, but its hard to imagine Lyon being any worse than Zumaya at this point of the season.

By: Brenden

Brenden — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:23:18 +0000

What a wonderful way to start the second half. Blown Save for Zumaya and 3 Errors…

By: Mike in CT

Mike in CT — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:09:28 +0000

Not sure about another inning from French. Jeter, Damon, etc. … one more time through? It’s not like French was making bats miss or inducing ground balls. Who knows, though. At least we agree Zumaya in the seventh has bad news written all over it.

By: T Smith

T Smith — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:52:36 +0000

Good points. I would have done it like this:

Squeeze one more inning out of French
Use a combination of Ni/Lyon 7th/8th
And hope Rodney doesn’t melt down in the 9th.

But look, a bloop, bad break, and a single or two and, hey, the bullpen blows it in a close fought game. It’s going to happen. You move on. But that’s not what happened here. What happened here in the 7th was a complete meltdown.

By: T Smith

T Smith — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:44:02 +0000

It’s true, Adam, he’s been very good at times. Zumaya is a tremedous talent. But he’s just been too inconsistant this year. It’s a crap shoot everytime he hits the hill. That’s no way to use his arm, imo.

By: Mike in CT

Mike in CT — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:41:24 +0000

One thing I have to offer, I live outside New York and follow the Yankees, in a hatred kind of way. They never do well against pitchers they haven’t seen, so Leyland should have considered another inning from Ni, you’d rather have Teixeira batting righty with the short porch, and all.

Of course, this just means Zumaya melts down in the 8th.

By: jud

jud — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:12:40 +0000

lets see he has lost the lead in 7 games so far this year ..luckily the Tigers came back and won two of those…isn’t that annoying enough for you…It is for the rest of us. Considering he only has to get three guys out

By: T Smith

T Smith — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:38:37 +0000

Agreed, 100%. But knowing the Tigers, they’ll just put him on the 15 day DL instead. Sorry. Wrong message. He should go to Toledo for 15 days — or however long it takes to gain some composure and poise.

By: mcb

mcb — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:35:04 +0000

They need to send him to Toledo to prove a point about not wanting to crap out in the 2nd half like the last 3 years. This is not a good way to start.