aquilino lopez

Zach Miner paid the price for a 4 walk effort on Tuesday night with an assignment to Toledo. Aquilino Lopez who was being stretched out as a starter has been recalled to provide a strike thrower in the pen.
Both moves are warranted, but my first thought when hearing of this was Denny Bautista. [...]

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So that’s one decision. Fernando Rodney is back with the team and Aquilino Lopez was sent to Toledo. But the demotion is with a plan. They are going to try and stretch Lopez out into a starters role. This comes as a little bit of a surprise to me, because I [...]

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The Tigers optioned the struggling Dontrelle Willis to Lakeland. This is something that had to happen after what happened on Monday night. Willis had the right to refuse an assignment to the minors. I give him credit for swallowing some pride and doing what ultimately is best for himself and the team.
I’d [...]

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The Tigers announced a ton of roster moves today:

Clete Thomas and Ramon Santiago hit the 15 day DL
Mike Hollimon and Brent Clevlen were brought up to take their places.
Aquilino Lopez was placed on the bereavement list and Denny Bautista was reinstated from the DL.

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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