Rick Porcello takes on Freddy Garcia as the Tigers gave themselves two shots at winning their first 3 game road series since, umm, the first series of the year.
Category Archives: 2010 Season
Tigers Minor League Wrap 6.9.2010
Toledo 0 Lehigh Valley 3
Max Leon had 2 hits, and that was about it for the offense. Scott Sizemore made his first error since arriving in Toledo. Alfredo Figaro fanned 4 and walked 2 in 6.2 innings of 1 run ball. Daniel Schlereth battled his control and walked 3, allowing 2 runs in .2 innings.
Portalnd 4 Erie 3
Andrew Oliver went 5 innings and allowed 3 runs on 9 hits with 2 walks and 5 K’s. Andy Bouchie went 2 for 4. In roster news, Wilkin Ramirez left Erie for Toledo and swapped places with Deik Scram.
Fort Myers 1 Lakeland 9
Kody Kaiser went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. Francisco Martinez went 3 for 4 including his first homer. Daniel Fields singled and doubled. Brayan Villarreal pitched 7 innings and allowed 1 unearned run on 3 hits and 3 walks with 5 K’s.
West Michigan 2 Cedar Rapids 6
Only 5 hits for the Whitecaps on this night. But Jordan Lennerton did draw 3 walks. Jade Todd was lifted with 2 outs in the 3rd inning after allowing 6 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks.
Game 2010.057: Tigers at White Sox
Armando Galarraga gets the start. That’s pretty much all the story line you need.
Tigers draft Castellanos, Ruffin
The Tigers selected high school third baseman Nick Castellanos with the 44th pick in the draft. A few moments later they selected Chance Ruffin, a reliever from Texas.
Castellanos is a trademark Tigers/Chadd/Ilitch pick. A top talent who slides in the draft to where the Tigers are only too happy to snap him up.
Nick Castellanos – MLB.com Scouting Report
Chance Ruffin fits in the Tigers mold of polished college relief pitchers. He breaks the mold in terms of his size and stuff. His fastball is low 90’s and he only stands 6-1.
Chance Ruffin – MLB.com Scouting Report
David Chadd commented on the selections via conference call late Monday night:
- On Castellanos he said that the toolset and package was “impossible to pass up at 44”
- Chadd saw Ruffin twice and he dominated both times and agreed with the comparisons to Huston Street
- Chadd said that Castellanos has plus hittability and he thinks that plus power will develop. His toolset is “polished.” He will move to third base for the Tigers.
- Ruffin could start at a higher level due to advanced pitchability
- Castellanos’ family has ties to Detroit
- Chadd once again talked about the support that he has from Mike Ilitch and Dave Dombrowski to draft the best player available. Chadd woudn’t say where he had Castellanos ranked on his board but said the answer would shock. (Incidentally Baseball America has Castellanos ranked #14).
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Tigers Minor League Wrap 6.6.2010
Toledo – rained out
Erie – suspended
Fort Myers 2 Lakeland 0
When Alden Carrithers and Kody Kaiser combine to go hitless, you know something is amiss. Josh Workman managed 2 hits. Daniel Fields singled and walked. Luke Putkonen didn’t miss many bats with just 1 strikeout, but held Fort Myers to 5 hits and 2 runs in 7 innings.
Peoria 8 West Michigan 5
Ramon Lebron pitched the 3 innings of pre-suspended baseball and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks in 3 innings. Jacob Turner pitched the last 6 innings after play was resumed and allowed 4 runs on 8 hits, a walk, and 3 strikeouts. Jordan Lennerton went 4 for 5. Avisail Garcia and Hernan Perez each had 2 hits. Ronnie Bourquin (I didn’t even notice he was back) walked twice.
Peoria 2 West Michigan 3
Luis Salas doubled twice. Alexis Espinoza hit a walk off homer. Jared Wesson pitched the first inning and had control issues with 5 walks allowed. Zach Samuels pitched 5 scoreless innings of relief.
Adam Everett DFA’d
After today’s game the Tigers designated the contract of Adam Everett for assignment. Danny Worth has been recalled and will be in a time share with Ramon Santiago most likely at shortstop.
Everett’s value of course came as a defensive specialist and his bat was always going to be considered “weak” at best. However offensively futility was taken to another level this season with an OPS south of .500. Only 11.1% of his balls in play were line drives and he continued to pop out meekly to the right side. He’s also striking out more and walking less than at any point in his career.
Everett’s 600ish OPS’s over his career were pretty much the minimum that could be justified and that was only because he was a defensive wizard. To take 25% off an otherwise meager production is just too much to warrant a spot in the lineup.
Worth definitely appears to have the defensive chops to man the position based on scouting reports and our chance to see if him during his brief stint at second base. His minor league hitting numbers aren’t especially encouraging but he should be able to outperform Everett.
It would seem that Gerald Laird would be the next player sweating his position, though there isn’t another internal option. He’s likely to see less playing time, but barring an acquisition from outside the organization he will stick on the 25 man roster.
Game 2010.056: Tigers at Royals
It’s Bondo and Banny in the rubber game of the series.
Tigers Minor League Wrap 6.5.2010
Toledo 4 Rochester 8
Billy Buckner was rocked for 8 runs on 14 hits in just 4.1 innings. Scott Sizemore went 4 for 5. Casper Wells had a triple and 2 singles.
Erie 2 Bowie 4
Wilkin Ramirez doubled, tripled, and walked. Cesar Nicolas went 2 for 3 with a walk. Jon Kibler allowed 3 runs on 4 hits. 2 walks, and 4 K’s.
Fort Myers 3 Lakeland 8
Kody Kaiser went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. Francisco Martinez also had 3 hits. Alden Carrithers, Ben Guez, and Gustavo Nunez each had 2 hits. All that offense was more than enough for Charlie Furbush who only recorded 8 K’s in 6.2 innings.
West Michigan – suspended
Game 2010.055: Tigers at Royals
It’s another night of breathtaking drama in Kansas City. Will Justin Verlander pitch like an ace? Will Luke Hochevar spin a 3rd gem against Detroit this season? Who will be the target of Rod Allen’s “I see you xxx”
All that and more tonight at 8:10.
Tigers Minor League Wrap 6.4.2010
Toledo 5 Rochester 3
Ryan Ketchner pitched 6 shut out innings. Brendan Wise was knocked around for 3 runs on 3 hits and a walk while only recording 1 out. Daniel Schlereth pitched well fanning 2 in 1.2 innings. Ryan Strieby went 4 for 5. Jeff Larish, Danny Worth, and Jeff Kunkel all had 2 hits.
Erie 6 Bowie 3
Andy Dirks was a triple short of the cycle on a 4 for 5 night. Audy Ciriaco went 3 for 5 with a double. Andy Bouchie doubled and homered. Thad Weber struck out 5 and despite allowing 3 homers, only allowed 3 runs in 7 innings. Zach Simons finished the game with 2 scoreless innings.
Bradenton 0 Lakeland 3
Alden Carrithers had 2 hits, as did Daniel Fields and Julio Rodriguez. Kody Kaiser tripled and walked. Adam Wilk went 6 innings and allowed only 2 hits and no walks while K’ing 5. Cory Hamilton and Lester Oliveros finished off the shut out.
Peoria 4 West Michigan 9
Michael Rockett was a double short of the cycle. Chris Sedon homered and added 2 singles. Avisail Garcia singled twice and doubled. Giovany Soto only lasted 4.2 innings as he scattered 7 hits and 3 walks and allowed 2 runs. Victor Larez did the heavy lifting in relief going 3.1 innings and striking out 3.
Roster Moves
There were a bevy of roster moves the last few days as things got shuffled around. Toledo welcomed in Billy Buckner and they activated Jeff Larish from the disabled list. That marked the end of Ben Guez’s stay in Toledo and he returned to Lakeland. Lakeland made room for Guez by sending Chao Ting Tang to the GCL Tigers.
Jeff Kunkel went from Erie to Toledo because Max St. Pierre hit the DL. Angel Flores was the other part of the cascade moving from Lakeland to Erie. And Luis Sanz was called up from EST to Lakeland.
Game 2010.054: Tiger at Royals
The Tigers head into Kauffman Stadium to take on the Kansas City Royals. Max Scherzer is on the bump for Detroit and Bruce Chen takes the ball for the Royals.
Scherzer is of course coming off his strike-out-a-palooza against the A’s. His other best start of the year came against KC back in the first week of the season.
Bruce Chen is a career left hander. He’s made 11 appearances this year, but it is just his second start. He’s walked 10 batters in 13.1 innings but has a 2.70 ERA. Go figure.
Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals – June 4, 2010 – MLB.com Preview
Game 2010.053: Indians at Tigers
David Huff and Rick Porcello in the rubber game of the series. Does anybody feel better yet?