Various items of interest to Tiger fans…
- John Sickels always interesting and informative Minor League Ball has a prospect retrospective on the resurgent Carlos Pena. Given the way things have turned out, it is easy to forget that he was the centerpiece of the Jeff Weaver trade.
Promoted to Double-A Tulsa in 2000, he broke out with an excellent .299/.414/.533 season, 28 homers, 101 walks, 108 strikeouts in 529 at-bats. He improved his walk rate, cut his strikeouts, and was an all-around devastating hitter. I gave him the rare and coveted pure Grade A rating, and rated him as the Number Seven prospect in baseball.
Incidentally, if you ask Mrs. Billfer “Who’s your Tiger?” she will enthusiastically answer “Carlos Pena – he rocks”
- Speaking of the minors, Baseball America lists the rosters for the Arizona Fall League. The Tigers are set to be represented by Preston Larrison, Adam Peterson, Humberto Sanchez, Tony Giarratano, Don Kelly, and Curtis Granderson. However, Danny Knobler reports that Granderson will be headed to the Domican Winter League instead.
- The Toledo Mud Hens clinched a playoff spot tonight with a 10-2 victory over Louisville. Zach Miner pitched six innings and gave up both runs along with 4 walks, 4 hits, and 4 strikeouts. Marcus Thames homered.
- While Miner was effective for Toledo, the other pitcher acquired in the Farnsworth trade, Roman Colon had a very strong outing in relief for Detroit. In 3 1/3 innings he allowed 3 hits and no walks while striking out 5. Considering that he went longer than starter Sean Douglass, it maybe time to give Colon a shot in the rotation.
- Colon was available to pitch tonight because it appears that Jeremy Bonderman will not miss his turn on Monday. Apparently the wrist is doing well. I just hope that he is healthy enough that he doesn’t alter his delivery to compensate for pain in his wrist. I wouldn’t want to see him open himself up to an injury.
- And finally, Alan Trammell who going into Saturday night’s game had never won in Fenway as a manager. Tonight he took one for the team and got himself tossed. I tried looking to see if there is a “manager of record” or if manager wins is even an official stat. I couldn’t find anything, so I don’t know if Trammell or Gibson would get credit for the win. Interestingly enough, Gibby was given the reigns after Trammell was tossed. Wouldn’t that normally go to bench coach Bruce Fields?
It normally would have gone to bruce fields, but i believe he was coaching third base because juan samuel was attending to his ill mother. Gibby was all we had left.
It normally would have gone to bruce fields, but i believe he was coaching third base because juan samuel was attending to his ill mother. Gibby was all we had left.
It normally would have gone to bruce fields, but i believe he was coaching third base because juan samuel was attending to his ill mother. Gibby was all we had left.
It normally would have gone to bruce fields, but i believe he was coaching third base because juan samuel was attending to his ill mother. Gibby was all we had left.
It normally would have gone to bruce fields, but i believe he was coaching third base because juan samuel was attending to his ill mother. Gibby was all we had left.
It normally would have gone to bruce fields, but i believe he was coaching third base because juan samuel was attending to his ill mother. Gibby was all we had left.
It normally would have gone to bruce fields, but i believe he was coaching third base because juan samuel was attending to his ill mother. Gibby was all we had left.
oops… heh, little help deleting some of these bilfer?
iirc, the last time he got tossed, the announcing crew talked about how odd it was that gibby had the lineup cards even though fields was in the dugout and was the bench coach, so i think standard procedure for tram is to hand the reins to gibby if he’s not there.
Ha ha, I love your “Who’s your Tiger” comment. Those commercials suck so bad, but I’ve seen them so much that I’m starting to like them. I even perk up when I see a new one come on. I’m such a loser…