Congratulations to Larry Parrish and the Toledo Mud Hens and their 2005 International League Championship. Toledo completed the sweep of the Indianapolis Indians at Victory Field last night. (Photo Credit: Phil Tesar/Toledo Mud Hens) Marcus Thames, Jason Karmuth, Jason Grilli, and Mark Woodyard have already been recalled (with Bobby Higginson moving to the 60 day … Continue reading How ’bout them Hens
Today I present Part II of my three part season preview. Last week I took a look at what the rotation should accomplish this year. Part II will focus on the bullpen (with the offense coming later this week). No area of the team has undergone more change since last season, and no area needed … Continue reading Previewing the Pen
Today Alan Trammell reversed an earlier decision and announced Jeremy Bonderman would be the Opening Day starter. Jason Johnson had been named starter, but he has struggled with his control all spring. Meanwhile, Bonderman did his best to make Trammell change his mind by being quite dominant. Johnson will slide down to the third spot … Continue reading Bondermania…coming April 4th to Comerica Park
Detroit Tigers: 42-33, 1st Place (3.5 ahead of Cleveland). Well, that did not go well (including those ground ball things we were looking at). What is it with the Angels anyway? Jason Beck looks at the disaster that was Game 75 in a bit appropriately titled “Breaking Down the Tigers’ Breakdown.” The most distressing thing … Continue reading Game 2013.76: Angels at Tigers
Detroit Tigers, 19-21, 4 games behind Cleveland, and tied with Pittsburgh. So much for the theory that the Verlander performance would provide a big spark: the Pittsburgh McCutcheons evened the series with a 4-3 win, and added insult to injury by taunting them with Jason “Gas Can” Grilli. It was all too much for Grilli, … Continue reading Game 2012.41: Pirates at Tigers
PREGAME: The Blue Jays come to town. Shaun Marcum is on the mound for Toronto. He struggled in his first 3 starts off the DL allowing 17 runs in 14.2 innings and 5 homers in those 3 games. But in his last start he got well holding Oakland to 1 run in 7 innings with … Continue reading Game 118: Blue Jays at Tigers
Denny Bautista is odd man out of the bullpen with the return of Joel Zumaya. I’d offer up my feelings, but instead I’ll point you to Detroit Tigers Thoughts who already has it covered. UPDATE: It appears that the Tigers tried to move Bautista prior to DFA’ing him. Regardless I think it’s a bad move. … Continue reading Denny gets Bautista’d
“WTF GRILLI” t-shirt Great moments in T-shirt history (tags: jason-grilli) Beck’s Blog: How the ’95 Reds recovered Nice research by Jason Beck that should show the season isn’t actually over yet. Gary Sheffield encourages skidding Miguel Cabrera during 1-on-1 talk | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press Sheffield showing some veteran leadership. (tags: miguel-cabrera gary-sheffield)