Armando Galarraga hits the DL is optioned to Toledo with elbow inflammation per Jason Beck. Rick Porcello gets moved up to Friday and Nate Robertson will make the start on Saturday. Robertson has been pitching in the rotation for Toledo on his rehab assignment and he’s had some sparkling results as of late especially his … Continue reading Nate Robertson to start Saturday
Nate Robertson was placed on the DL today (retroactive to the 27th) with a mass in his elbow. Fu Te Ni had his contract purchased. A hearty DTW shout out to East Windup Chronicle which had the Ni call up story before everyone else. Tigers to Call Up Ni Fu-te | UPDATE: The mass appears … Continue reading Nate Robertson to DL, Ni called up
Nate Robertson is out of the rotation and headed to the bullpen. I don’t know if being in the pen for the remainder of the year will help a pitcher who is getting shelled like this, but he couldn’t stay in the rotation either. Robertson is fighting through something right now. I don’t know if … Continue reading Nate Robertson booted from rotation
The big question, that got even bigger after last night’s shellacking was “what’s wrong with Nate Robertson?” The question hasn’t been answered yet, but he is being sent to the DL with a tired arm. He’ll miss two turns in the rotation at a minimum and can’t come back until June 22nd. (just about the … Continue reading Nate Robertson to the DL – Andrew Miller’s in
Jeremy Bonderman and Dontrelle Willis have secured the final two spots in the Tigers rotation, and Nate Robertson secured a spot with the Marlins. The Tigers today traded Robertson and $9.6 million of his $10 million contract for Marlins left handed prospect Jay Voss. For my thoughts on the trade, well, just look back a … Continue reading Robertson traded
The Tigers have signed Nate Robertson to a 3 year deal for $21.25 million. The Freep has the break down on the dollars. Robertson will earn $4.25 million this year, $7 million in 2009 and $10 million in 2010. He would earn $11 million in the third year of the deal if he throws a … Continue reading Robertson extended for 3 years
The Tigers avoided arbitration by signing one year deals with Nate Robertson, Fernando Rodney, Omar Infante, and Craig Monroe today. Details and commentary coming later… UPDATE: Jon Paul Morosi reports the values of the contracts as: Craig Monroe: $4,775,000 Nate Robertson: $3,260,000 Omar Infante: $1,300,000 Fernando Rodney: $1,050,000 I’ve updated the payroll info to reflect … Continue reading Tigers Ink Robertson, Rodney, Infante, and Monroe
On April 30th I wrote the following paragraph about Nate Robertson: Second, something is wrong with Nate Robertson. He only hit 90mph a couple times that I can remember last night. I know it was cold so his 87mph velocity in the first couple innings didn’t concern me because he was probably still getting warm. … Continue reading Nate – I’m sorry
While Brandon Inge and Omar Infante are getting lots of credit for being pleasant surprises, and Carlos Guillen and Pudge have received accolades for exceeding expectations, Nate Robertson may be the biggest surprise of all. With the exception of two bad outings against Anaheim, Nate has been a very solid performer-especially for a guy that … Continue reading Nate’s Great, and here’s why…
The battle for the back end of the Tigers starting rotation has been the story of the spring for Detroit fans. The Tigers are counting on two of the Jeremy Bonderman – Nate Robertson – Dontrelle Willis trio to bill out the last 40% of the starters innings. Bonderman has pretty much had the 4th spot assured leaving Robertson and Willis battling for the 5th spot. But with Robertson outpitching Willis by most measures, it appears that Robertson is on the block and Willis has that last spot. A dangerous proposition to say the least.
There was quite a bit of Tigers injury related news today with fresh info from Jeremy Bonderman, Nate Robertson, and Marcus Thames. And on a related roster note, Magglio Ordonez will be back for Friday’s game (the surgery went well) and Wilkin Ramirez can tell his Mud Hens teammates what it was like to drive one deep into big league bushes.
Tigers and Zubaz don’t mix. So the Detroit Tigers are now: SP Verlander SP Scherzer SP Ray SP Porcello SP Smyly RP Nathan RP Alburquerque RP Chamberlain RP Coke RP Miller RP Reed RP Krol C Avila C Holaday 1B-DH Cabrera 2B Kinsler SS Romine SS-P Worth 3B Castellanos IF-OF Kelly RF Hunter CF Jackson … Continue reading 2014: The 3rd Inning (7-11)
