Denny Bautista is odd man out of the bullpen with the return of Joel Zumaya. I’d offer up my feelings, but instead I’ll point you to Detroit Tigers Thoughts who already has it covered. UPDATE: It appears that the Tigers tried to move Bautista prior to DFA’ing him. Regardless I think it’s a bad move. … Continue reading Denny gets Bautista’d
I didn’t get a chance to touch on this last night because I had left for the game when the news hit. The Tigers traded Denny Bautista for Pittsburgh minor leaguer Kyle Pearson. With Bautista DFA’d the Tigers had 10 days to find a home for him. In exchange they get AA right hander Pearson. … Continue reading Tigers trade Bautista
Zach Miner paid the price for a 4 walk effort on Tuesday night with an assignment to Toledo. Aquilino Lopez who was being stretched out as a starter has been recalled to provide a strike thrower in the pen. Both moves are warranted, but my first thought when hearing of this was Denny Bautista. The … Continue reading Miner leaguer
PREGAME: Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there. I had a nice brunch with my Dad this morning and I received a Tigers golf shirt from Mrs. Billfer and the kids. Let’s cap it off with a a lazy day watching the Tigers win. It’s more southpaw pitching today with Nate Robertson taking … Continue reading Game 69: Dodgers at Tigers
The Tigers announced a ton of roster moves today: Clete Thomas and Ramon Santiago hit the 15 day DL Mike Hollimon and Brent Clevlen were brought up to take their places. Aquilino Lopez was placed on the bereavement list and Denny Bautista was reinstated from the DL.
Toledo 7 Louisville 2A lot going on with the Hens today. Brent Clevlen homered twice and picked up an IBB. Fernando Rodney made a rehab appearance and pitched 2 innings allowing a hit and two walks and fanning 1. Denny Bautista also pitched a perfect inning, and that’s pitching on back to back days. I’d … Continue reading Tigers Minor League & Rehab Wrap – 6-3-08
Toledo 2 Indianapolis 3Brent Clevlen homered, singled, and walked and has pushed his average to .313. Mike Hollimon was 1 for 4. Matt Joyce went 0 for 4 with 3 K’s. Yorman Bazardo allowed 2 runs on 6 hits in 5 innings, walking none and fanning 3. Denny Bautista allowed an unearned run on 1 … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 5-30-08
Louisville 1 Toledo 2Mike Hessman tripled(for the 3rd time this season?) and walked. Casey Fossum fanned 11 (really?) while pitching 2 hit balls for 7 innings. Denny Bautista on his rehab assignment struck out 1 in 1 inning of work. Erie 5 Akron 1Dusty Ryan hit his 7th homer. Deik Scram had 3 hits and … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 5-24-08
The following was compiled by DTW reader and commenter Sam Hoff. He breaks down the season into 18 game innings and reports how the team does. The 2nd Inning is over. Each 18 games represent 1 inning of a baseball season. The Tigers record for the first 2 innings in 2008: Starters: Bullpen: W-L RS … Continue reading The Second Inning – 2008
The curse of Jason Grilli? A couple days after the Tigers had to clear a spot in the bullpen to make room for Francisco Cruceta the Tigers place Denny Bautista on the DL with the ambiguous shoulder tendinitis. He’s expected to be able to throw again in a week. Just ask Fernando Rodney about those … Continue reading Freddy Dolsi? Really?
PREGAME: From the Tigers perspective this game could be deemed the quest for .500. After the 0-7 and 2-10 start the Tigers and their fans would like nothing more to effectively hit RESET on the season. And it can all come true with a drubbing of Livan Hernandez and another surprising start from Armando Galarraga. … Continue reading Game 30: Tigers at Twins
PREGAME: It will be two pitchers going tonight with a combined ERA of 15.51. That combined is added of course and not the average of Kenny Rogers’s and Phillip Hughes’s lines. Hughes has nearly as man walks as strike outs (10 versus 11) but that bests Kenny’s 15:9 ratio. The Tigers trot out their full … Continue reading Game 27: Tigers at Yankees