Louisville 0 Toledo 6Mike Hessman ended his sabbatical with a 3 for 4 night including homer number 19. Brent Clevlen had 2 hits including ahomer and Timo Perez homered as well. Virgil Vasquez scattered 8 hits over 7 innings and Francis Beltran pitched 2 no hit innings to complete the shut out. Erie 0 Akron4Erie … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 5-23-08
Toledo 3 Durham 9It wasn’t a good night for Virgil Vasquez who allowed 6 runs on 3 homers in just 3 innings. Yorman Bazardo came on in relief and allowed 3 runs on 7 hits in 4.1 innings while fanning 5 and walking none. And in an odd night, Hessman, Larish, and Hollimon didn’t homer. … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Warp 5-16-08
Charlotte 3 Toledo 5 Mike Hessman and Clete Thomas homered. Brent Clevlen had 3 hits pushing his line to 313/376/563. Casey Fossum got the win allowing 1 run in 6 innings on 3 hits. Blaine Neal allowed 2 homers in one inning of relief. Toledo 1 Charlotte 4 Mike Hessman homered and had one of … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 5-10-08
Lehigh Valley 7 Toledo 11Mike Hessman, Jeff Larish, and Timo Perez all homered. Hessman and Larish now have 20 combined homers. For Perez his was part of a 4 for 4 day. Mike hollimon had two hits and a walk. Brent Clevlen was 3 for 5. Virgil Vasquez returned to the rotation and fanned 6 … Continue reading Tigers Minor Leauge Wrap 5-5-08
Columbus 1 Toledo 4 Mike Hollimon was 2 for 4 with a homer in just his second game back. Jeff Larish added his 6th homer and a walk. Chris Lambert pithed 5 shut out innings on 4 walks, 2 K’s, and 3 hits. Blaine Neal is still unblemished with a scoreless 9th. Erie 7 Harrisburg … Continue reading Tigers Minor Leauge Wrap 4-23-08
Louisville 5 Toledo 0 Curtis Granderson doubled and singled, and like the night before in Grand Rapids that was it for the highlights. Virgil Vasquez allowed 5 runs on 9 hits and 3 walks with only 1 K in 5.1 innings. Cassey Fossum went 2.2 innings allowing one hit while fanning 3. Jason Beck was … Continue reading Tigers Minor Leauge Wrap 4-19-08
On the second batter of the Friday night’s game Dontrelle Willis slipped and hyper-extended his knee. It’s unclear at this point whether the knee injury will cause Willis to hit the DL, but given his control problems this year it might not be a bad idea regardless. If the Tigers do need a new starter, … Continue reading Finding a 6th starter
Charlotte 9 Toledo 7 Ryan Raburn homered and knocked in 3 while Mike Hessman doubled and tripled. Brent Clevlen went 3 for 4 and continues a promising start to his season. Matt Joyce hit his second homer of the year to go along with a walk. Virgil Vasquez was knocked around for 7 hits but … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-8-2008
At least everyone else in the organization won their opening days. Some great starting pitching efforts including the debut of Rick Porcello. Durham 2 Toledo 3 Dane Sardinha homered and singled. Mike Hessman had a 2 hit day as well. Jeff Larish struggled in his AAA debut going 0 for 4 with 3 strikeouts. Virgil … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-3-08
After re-reading my 2007 season preview, I had to admit I was a little leery of doing another one this year. It’s all just such a crap shoot. And even after digesting the most dynamic offseason in franchise history and tracking the team’s progress over six weeks of spring training, I’m still not clear on … Continue reading Tigers Season Preview – 2008 Edition
With less than two weeks to Opening Day, the Tigers are freeing up some room in the clubhouse. They trimmed nine more from the Major League camp today leaving 37 players still officially in camp. Gone are Virgil Vasquez and outfielder Brent Clevlen to Triple A Toledo. Additionally, the club assigned righthanded pitchers Freddy Dolsi, … Continue reading Roster and injury news
The Tigers are undefeated, and here we are all of 2 days into spring training. Detroit beat a back-up Toronto Blue Jays roster by a score of 4-1. Curtis Granderson and Magglio Ordonez were the offense with Grandy belting a 2 run homer and Ordonez picking up two hits. The pitchers had little trouble with … Continue reading The dream continues, and other stuff