Richmond 3 Toledo 5 Brent Clevlen was feeling it tonight with 2 dingers and Mike Hessman added his 27th. Timo Perez chipped in 2 hits as well. Virgil Vasquez allowed 2 runs in 7 innings on 6 hits, no walks, and 3 K’s. Aquilino Lopez struck out the side in the 9th for the save. … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 7/12/07→
One of the more impressive aspects of the Tigers leading the AL Central and being a half game off an MLB leading pace is that they have had to battle injuries. However, the Tigers may have actually been lucky in this regard, sort of. Taking a look at the Tigers team stats one will see … Continue reading 5 million down the drain and other adversity→
Toledo 5 Syracuse 2 David Espinosa had quite the game with 4 hits. Ryan Raburn continues to rake and knocked his 15th homer. Jordan Tata started and once again battled control issues with 4 walks in 5 2/3 innings but only 2 runs came in. Aquilino Lopez pitched a scoreless inning for the save. Erie … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap – 6/15/07→
Jeez. Another pitcher on the DL This time it is Zach Miner with elbow tendinitis. According to Danny Knobler the injury isn’t serious, but rather than be short handed in the pen for a few days, the Tigers are using the DL to get another arm up. In fact, this time it’s 2 arms in … Continue reading Zach Miner to the DL→
As the injuries mount in the Tigers bullpen, the best the Tigers can hope for is to get by. Joel Zumaya still has another 8 weeks or so on the shelf, and while Fernando Rodney’s injury isn’t expected to be serious the Tigers won’t have him for a couple weeks. Now Jason Grilli probably won’t … Continue reading Coping→
Charlotte 5 Toledo 6 11 innings Chris Maples was the only Hen with 2 hits, one of them a triple. Chris Shelton singled and walked, while Timo Perez doubled and walked. Ryan Raburn had a hit and 2 walks. Yorman Bazardo allowed 4 runs on 6 hits, 3 walks, and 4 strikeouts in 5 innings … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap – 5/21/07→
Virgil Vasquez – cr. Roger DeWitt PREGAME: It’s the Tigers first appearance on Sunday Night Baseball this year, and the first appearance ever at the big league level for Virgil Vasquez. Vasquez is of course filling in for the blistering Jeremy Bonderman. The numbers speak for themselves, particularly the 5:1 K:BB ratio and Detroit Tiger … Continue reading Game 36: Twins at Tigers→
With Jeremy Bonderman’s finger still causing problems, Virgil Vasquez will take the mound on Sunday Night Baseball. Vasquez has been Mack Avenue Tigers‘ guy to take over Durbin’s spot in the rotation. Vasquez has been quite solid in his last 5 outings accumulating 31 innings and 41 K’s against 6 walks. He’s only allowed 5 … Continue reading Virgil Vasquez to start on Sunday→
The news wasn’t good out of New York this afternoon. Joel Zumaya, who injured his hand warming up Saturday night, has a ruptured tendon in the middle finger on his throwing hand. It will require surgery which Zumaya will have performed by Dr. Charles Monroe on Thursday. Zumaya is expected to miss 12 weeks. Getting … Continue reading Joel Zumaya out 3 months→
Joel Zumaya has been placed on the 15 day disabled list. It appears that he dislocated a finger on his throwing hand while warming up. Aquilino Lopez had a very short sojurn with Toledo and has been recalled. Unlike the Jose Mesa injury, this one is going to sting. Fortunately, Fernando Rodney seems to have … Continue reading Zumaya to the DL→
Not a whole lot of news today, with the exception of Jose Mesa probably being reinstated from the DL and Aquilino Lopez heading back to Toledo. With that in mind I thought I’d post a place to go open mike. Talk about what you want. One possible topic: What rule change would you like major … Continue reading Friday Happy Hour→
PREGAME The Tigers need this win to salvage a .500 homestand, and to keep their record from sliding back to .500 overall. One thing that definitely isn’t a key to the game is grabbing the lead early. Gary Sheffield gets the day off today, so naturally Omar Infante will get the start at designated hitter … Continue reading Game 18: White Sox at Tigers→
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