Rochester 9, Toledo 5 11 innings Kevin Hooper had two hits and two walks to pace the Mud Hen attack. Ryan Raburn doulbed in 3 runs, but also struck out 4 times. Zach Miner allowed 5 runs on 5 hits with 5 strike out sin 5 2/3 innings. Mark Woodyard gave up 4 runs in … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap – May 27th →
Toledo 7, Richmond 2 Ryan Ludwick homered and had 5 RBI’s. Don Kelly added a triple and single, and Ryan Raburn reached base 3 times. Zach Miner had another solid start going 5 1/3 innings and allowing 7 hits while fanning 4. Chris Spurling came in and pitched 3 2/3 innings on allowing two hits. … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap – May 15th →
Toledo 7, Richmond 4 Another strong outing was turned in by Zach Miner. Miner allowed 3 runs in 7 innings raising his ERA to 1.85. He fanned 3 and walked none. Matt Mantei pitched a scoreless inning, but walked two. Chris Spurling gave up a run on two hits in the ninth. Jack Hannahan hit … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap – May 4th →
Toledo 3, Indianapolis 0 Zach Miner, last week’s International League Pitcher of the Week, is trying to win the award back-to-back. He shutout the Indians for 8 innings and only 2 hits. He struck out 8 and lowered his ERA to 1.33. With Roman Colon still laid up, it is nice to see the organization … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap – April 27th →
Toledo 3, Columbus 2 Josh Phelps had two hits, including his first home run. Jack Hannahan added two more hits, and David Espinosa reached base twice via the walk. Espinosa’s OBP now stands at .421. Zach Miner pitched 6 shutout innings. He only allowed one hit, but 5 walks (and 6 K’s). Chris Spurling saw … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap – April 22nd →
Toledo 8, Durham 1 Tike Redman continued to hit as he picked up two doubles, as did Ryan Ludwick. Josh Phelphs chipped in 3 hits as well. All told, the offense accounted for 15 hits which is pretty impressive considering the game was called after 5 innings due to rain. Zach Miner went the distance … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap – April 17th →
Toledo 9, Scranton 5 Brian Peterson went 2 for 4 with a double, as did newcomer Tike Redman. Zach Miner started for the Mud Hens and allowed 4 runs in 4 innings. Altoona 4, Erie 2 Humberto Sanchez wasn’t quite as sharp as his last start, and wasn’t helped by his own defense. He allowed … Continue reading Tiger Minor League Wrap – April 12th →
Toledo 3, Charlotte 1 Zach Miner struggled a little bit with his control, walking 3 in 4 innings. However, he also K’d 4 Charlotte Knights and allowed a single unearned run. Mark Woodyard picked up the save striking out 3. Ryan Ludwick homered knocking in two. Harrisburg 11, Erie 7 Humberto Sanchez had an excellent … Continue reading Tiger Minor League Wrap-April 7th →
This page includes the entire Detroit Tigers 40 man roster. The links are to the stat pages at the various sites. If you click the player’s name, it will bring back the search results for every time this site mentions the player. And if for some reason you really like a player, and you really … Continue reading Roster →
As the Tigers enter shopping season it is worth taking a look at their current roster status. Detroit currently has 35 players protected on their major league roster. For those who haven’t taken the time to plow through the collective bargaining agreement, players can fall into one of three categories. The first category is players … Continue reading Roster Speculation →
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 … Continue reading The roundup →
First thanks to those of you who are still coming by despite the lack of content. Work and a vacation to Indianapolis kept me from seeing much of the Tigers, much less writing about them. During my trip, I did have the opportunity to take in the Tigers doubleheader against the Indianapolis Indians at Victory … Continue reading A Detroiter in Indianapolis →