ProspectsBaseball America published their list of the top 10 Tigers prospects. Curtis Granderson tops this year list. 1. Curtis Granderson, of 2. Kyle Sleeth, rhp 3. Justin Verlander, rhp 4. Joel Zumaya, rhp 5. Humberto Sanchez, rhp 6. Tony Giarratano, ss 7. Jeff Frazier, of 8. Ryan Raburn, 2b 9. Eric Beattie, rhp 10. Eulogio … Continue reading Prospects and other stuff
There’s a lot to touch on after this weekend, so let’s get right to it… Jayson Stark’s GrumblingsJayson Stark’s recent column had quite a bit on the Tigers. According to Jayson’s sources, the Tigers were the only team offering multiple years to Percival. The Tigers had their reasons for handing Troy Percival a two-year, $12-million … Continue reading Covering the bases
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
The Tigers traded Cody Ross for left handed reliever Steve Coyler. Baseball America had this to say about Coyler Colyer, 25, also made his major league debut in 2003. A second-round pick in 1997 out of a Missouri high school, he signed as a draft-and-follow after spending a year at St. Louis CC-Meramec. He has … Continue reading Tigers Trade Ross
Baseball America released it’s Top 10 Tiger Prospect list today. Non-subscribers can read the overview, and the scouting report on #1 Kyle Sleeth. To read reports for 2-10 you need to subscribe. Here are the top 10 according to Baseball America and Pat Caputo. Expected team in parentheses. 1. Kyle Sleeth (Hi A Lakeland)2. Brent … Continue reading Tigers Top 10 Prospects
Without any Tiger news to report, I figured now would be a good time to look around at what is happening on the farm. AAA ToledoShane Loux is the best prospect story in Toledo. He’s likely to find his way into the Tiger rotation at some point this season. He’s 9-6 with a 3.13 ERA. … Continue reading Tiger Farm Report
The D (for Domination) train rolls into Chicago tonight as the Tigers look win 10 in a row for the first time since 1968. The Tigers now find themselves perched at number 4 in both the ESPN power rankings and the MLB.com fan rankings, and their 9 win streak matches the longest since 1984. 1968 and … Continue reading Game 2011.147: Tigers at White Sox
PREGAME: From one 2 game series to another, the Tigers land in Chicago to take on the White Sox. The two teams played a rain-induced 2 game series already this season with each team winning a game in convincing fashion. Armando Galarraga will be on the mound for Detroit. Galarraga has become very slider-happy and … Continue reading Game 2009.027: Tigers at White Sox
A flurry of link worthy items, plus just being behind in general leads to the mother of all link round-ups: Injuries – left handed pitcher edition Bless You Boys picked up a Buster Olney report that scouts were speculating that Dontrelle Willis may be injured. That could certainly be part of his control problems. Then … Continue reading Junkballing: Almost too much to link to
TIGERS TOP PROSPECT RICK PORCELLO: Where will he play this season? Dombrowski said it could be as high as Lakeland when they break camp. Hernandez issues challenge to bullpen The article also mentions Dontrelle Willis’s delivery and how Hernandez is in the process of studying it. That was one of my questions when they made … Continue reading links for 2008-01-15
The Grandy Report: Grandy complimented for work as TV analyst I actually found myself rooting for Grandy as an analyst (tags: curtis-granderson) Take 75 North | MVN – Most Valuable Network » Blog Archive » Tigers’ Best Catching Prospect: James Skelton Matt’s been on a roll and today he looks at the Tigers top catching … Continue reading links for 2007-10-09