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 7, Scranton 0 The bats woke up in Toledo. Jack Hannahan and Ryan Ludwick homered while Josh Phelps, Don Kelly, Ryan Raburn, and Max St. Pierre picked up multiple hits. Wil Ledezma had his second strong outing throwing six shut out innings. Ledezma only allowed a walk and 3 hits against 4 strike outs. … Continue reading Tiger Minor League Wrap – April 11th
Scranton 4, Toledo 2 Jack Hannahan was 2 for 2 with a walk. The rest of the Mud Hens offense was non-existent. Today’s lineup featured only two hitters with batting averages North of .200 (Hooper and Hannahan). Altoona 9, Erie 1 Eulogio De La Cruz was pounded once again. He gave up six hits, including … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Recap – April 10th
Charlotte 7, Toledo 1 Colby Lewis had a solid start going 4 innings and only allowing 2 hits against 5 strikeouts. Other than that the game was quite unremarkable from a Mud Hen perspective. Don Kelly who had an impressive spring training at the plate has struggled thus far and is hitting .083. Erie 4, … Continue reading Tiger Minor League Roundup – April 9th
Charlotte 1, Toledo 0 – 10 Innings Not really anything to highlight offensively. Jason Beck notes that Nook Logan has been placed on the DL with a fracture of his pinky. Harrisburg 3, Erie 1 Brent Clevlen got the lone RBI and picked up his first hit of the season, going 1 for 4. Virgil … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Roundup – April 8th
Okay, so maybe they weren’t quite the first cuts. Earlier in the week they sent catcher Chris Robinson to minor league camp, and optioned Kyle Sleeth. But today marked the first big cuts. Firstly, if Matt Mantei does comeback from his injury, he won’t be doing it with the Tigers. Mantei received his unconditional release.
The Tigers signed 8 players today, bringing the total number of players signed to 25. Five of the eight are sporting their first big league contract. The players are: Eulogio De La Cruz Preston Larrison Humberto Sanchez Jordan Tata Mark Woodyard Joel Zumaya Tony Giarratano Brent Clevlen
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
John Sickels has posted his review of his 2005 top 20 Tiger prospects. Comparing last year’s list with what transpired, it is easy to say that the Tigers farm system is definitely looking better. Going into 2005, Justin Verlander, who hadn’t even pitched professionally was Sickels top-rated Tiger prospect. While Verlander had a very promising … Continue reading Sickels Top 20 in Review
The Detroit Tigers have finalized their 40 man roster with the following transactions: Purchased Contracts of:Don KellyJoel ZumayaKyle SleethHumberto SanchezEulogio De La CruzJordan TataBrent ClevlenKody Kirkland Outrighted to Toledo contracts of:Adam PetersonColby Lewis The roster now stands at 40 players. The biggest omission is probably David Espinosa who the Tigers stand a decent chance of … Continue reading Tigers Finalize 40 Man Roster
In the next week or two Baseball America will be coming out with their list of the top 10 Tiger prospects. By the sounds of things, Pat Caputo had a hard time coming up with ten. BA recently published the top 20 prospects in each minor league. For the Tigers, they have teams in the … Continue reading Prospect-less
With the Tigers having an off day yesterday, I thought I’d take the chance to peruse the Tiger farm system. The following are just some brief capsules on various Tiger prospect’s performance. Curtis Granderson Granderson has been solid in his first month at AA Erie. He’s hitting .274/.390/.420 with 13 RBI’s and 2 HR’s. The … Continue reading Tiger Prospect Watch-Position Player Edition