Columbus 3 Toledo 4Clete Thomas doubled, homered, and walked. Brent Clevlen and Erick Almonte each had a pair of hits. Jeremy Johnson allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 walk in 4.1 innings. Yorman Bazardo allowed 1 run on a walk and and a hit in 2.2 innings.Bowie 8 Erie 4Wilkin Ramirez and Justin … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 5-19-08
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
Rochester 1 Toledo 5Mike Hessman went 3 for 3 with a walk including his 9th homer. Brent Clevlen homered and tripled and is now hitting 284/346/526 – but still striking out in a third of his at-bats. Yorman Bazardo only allowed 1 run on 3 hits in 5 innings, but he did walk 3. Casey … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 5-1-08
Indianapolis 6 Toledo 7 Jeff Larish doubled, tripled, and walked twice. Erick Almonte was 3 for 3 with a homer and two walks. Derek Wathan was a homer short of the cycle. Yorman Bazardo allowed 3 runs in 4 innings on 6 hits with 1 walk and no strike outs. Casey Fossum allowed 3 runs … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-26-08
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
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
It’s done. After 6 weeks of simmering, the Tigers now know who will be heading North. Clete Thomas gets the last position player spot. Yorman Bazardo and Aquilino Lopez round out the bullpen. The additions of Thomas and Lopez require both to be added to the 40 man roster which now stands at 37. It … Continue reading Tigers set 2008 Opening Day Roster
With spring training winding down, things are getting ironed out throughout the organization. For some players their dreams may be coming true, while others receive a sobering wake-up call. Minor issues My blogging brethren has done the heavy lifting on this, but there are a number of cuts and roster machinations taking place. (As an … Continue reading Junkballing: Cuts like a knife
PREGAME: Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate. And if you’re not one who partakes, warm Sunday wishes to you. The Tigers will be taking on the Indians today from Joker Marchant Stadium and the game is on FSN Detroit. The Tigers will send out Yorman Bazardo as they try and assess his place … Continue reading Easter Sunday Game Thread: Indians & Tigers
While the players had a day off today, I’m sure that the front office was continuing to work the phones. News of another injury in Dodgertown may be a catalyst for a Brandon Inge trade while more Marcus Thames rumors swirl. I saw it first on Spot Starters that the Dodgers back up plan for … Continue reading Fanning the Inge/Thames trade fires
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
Todd Jones pitches a 1-2-3 inning against the BravesCredit Roger DeWitt That would be spots available in the seven man bullpen. Jim Leyland ended some of the speculation today by announcing that Todd Jones, Bobby Seay, Tim Byrdak, Jason Grilli, and Zach Miner were locks. The ambiguity now surrounds Fernando Rodney and his health. A … Continue reading And then there was one, or maybe two