A quick update and what’s been going on in the Tiger’s Minor League System. (with help from the prospect report) Toledo-Carlos Pena is hitting .389 in his rehab stint-Matt Anderson continues to get hit. Opponents are hitting .308 against him. At least his 21/3 K/BB ratio is impressive, even if his .74 K/IP ratio isn’t. … Continue reading Farming
Sorry about my brief hiatus. Between some personal obligations, and the fact I just haven’t had a lot to say about the team, I decided to take a little break. Since I last wrote the Tigers lost 4 in a row, and did it in a variety of ways. Ramon Santiago seemed to have caught … Continue reading Catching Up
The Tigers went after hard throwers early in the draft as 4 or their first 5 selections, and 6 of the first ten were pitchers. I understand the motivation for drafting the best available player (and this is more true in baseball than the other sports), but the Tiger organization currently has no position player … Continue reading Tigers pick up lots of pitching…
I didn’t see much of the Tig’s this weekend, and while capping the road trip with a 9-2 win was nice, combining for one run between Friday and Saturday was a disappointment. Especially considering the roll they were on coming off the Baltimore series. Observations from the box scores and game recaps:-Now that Jim Thome … Continue reading Weekend Recap
Baseball America – Prospect Hot Sheet Noochie Varner (Erie) and Joel Zumaya (West Michigan) are “Other Hot Prospects to Watch”
Do you ever feel like the Tigers are never going to lose again? Me neither. In off the field news – Zumaya is going to have exploratory surgery, reports the Freep. This just confirms the inevitable. The Tigers bring their 1 game win streak and 1-0 record with SS manning 2B to Comerica tonight to … Continue reading Game 2011.31: Yankees at Tigers
As a team the Tigers were average. They had above average hitting (parenthesis are ML ranks): 751 Runs (11th) .268 Avg (5th) .335 OBP (8th) .415 Slg (11th) Which was balanced out by their below average pitching: 4.30 ERA (25th) 79 QS (23rd) 1.37 WHIP (20th) .262 BAA (21st) April After starting the season 5-1, … Continue reading 2010: Year in Review
A look back at the year that was here at Detroit Tigers Weblog: January Debunking the theory that long grass helped Trammell’s defense Curtis Granderson stops by for an interview Talking Tigers prospects with Jonathan Mayo Nate Robertson gets 3 year deal Miguel Cabrera becomes very rich Jose Canseco is scum ball, Ordonez gets implicated … Continue reading Detroit Tigers Weblog 2008 Year in Review
Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog: What’s wrong with Miguel Cabrera? It’s not the approach, it’s the line drive rate Who’s Hacking, Who’s Not – Beyond the Box Score Who chases outside the strike zone the most. Pudge is 20th on the list, but that is 19 spots better than last year. Baseball commissioner Selig … Continue reading links for 2008-06-04
Toledo 5 Richmond 8 Andres Torres went 3 for 4. Jack Hannahan had 2 hits. Chris Shelton doubled and walked twice. Ron Chiavacci allowed 4 runs on 9 hits in 5 innings. Eulogio De La Cruz pitched 2 scoreless innings but allowed 3 baserunners. Erie 4 Bowie 3 Clete Thomas went 3 for 5 to … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 7/20/07
PREGAME: If the rain holds off it’ll be Chad Durbin and Adam Loewen. Durbin is coming off an outstanding effort against the White Sox on the road. Loewen, has been battling control issues with 5-7-5 walks in his last 3 games. Carlos Guillen gets his first night off and Neifi Perez will play shortstop with … Continue reading Game 26: Orioles at Tigers
After a couple of weeks of, I’m charged up and ready to go. Thanks for sticking around. Lynn Henning’s article yesterday has a number of quotes from Ivan Rodriguez. Essentially Rodriguez told a number of reporters that he is frustrated by the losing. I view this as a good thing. Nobody should be satisfied with … Continue reading Touch ’em all