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Grandy’s a stud, is Matt Joyce?

by billfer on August 22, 2008 · 7 comments

in 2008 Season, Players

If you’re new here and like what you see, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Need more info on what subscribing entails? Here’s a primer. Thanks for visiting!Baseball Prospectus just released what they call “The Ultimate Fantasy Draft.” Essentially they throw contract status out the window and rank the [...]

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Tigers housing rally kitten

by billfer on July 8, 2008 · 14 comments

in 2008 Season

Maybe Matt Joyce found a good luck charm in the Tigers batting cage in the form of a kitten.

Tigers outfielder Matt Joyce, hearing the tiny black cat whimper, climbed up on a stool and, with batting gloves on to protect his hands, pulled the animal down, before carrying it up the stairs into the [...]

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Contagious oblique spasms land Ordonez on DL

by billfer on June 29, 2008 · 32 comments

in 2008 Season, Injuries

Magglio Ordonez hits the disabled list with oblique issues. He joins Gary Sheffield and Brandon Inge to become the 3rd Tiger forced out of action by oblique issues. Whether this is a random clustering of bad luck, or an issue with the training regimen remains to be seen. Given that the Javair [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 5-31-08

by billfer on May 31, 2008 · 1 comment

in 2008 Season, Minors

Toledo 3 Indianapolis 4Matt Joyce homered and drove in 2. Brent Clevlen doubled, singled, and walked twice and is now sporting a 320/405/572 line. Chris Lambert allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, a walk, and 5 K’s in 6 innings.
Altoona 3 Erie 8Max St. Pierre homered twice. Justin Justice, Ryan Roberson, Wil [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 5-30-08

by billfer on May 31, 2008 · 0 comments

in 2008 Season, Minors

Toledo 2 Indianapolis 3Brent Clevlen homered, singled, and walked and has pushed his average to .313. Mike Hollimon was 1 for 4. Matt Joyce went 0 for 4 with 3 K’s. Yorman Bazardo allowed 2 runs on 6 hits in 5 innings, walking none and fanning 3. Denny Bautista allowed an unearned [...]

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Joyce down, Clete up

by billfer on May 29, 2008 · 20 comments

in 2008 Season, Roster Management

The Tigers have optioned Matt Joyce back to Toledo and have called up Clete Thomas.
I suppose this is because they have the left handed option with Jeff Larish on the roster now to provide some power. And as Jason Beck noted, they want Joyce to play everyday and with Thames getting left [...]

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Tigers Minor League Wrap 4-8-2008

by billfer on April 9, 2008 · 3 comments

in 2008 Season, Minors

Charlotte 9 Toledo 7
Ryan Raburn homered and knocked in 3 while Mike Hessman doubled and tripled. Brent Clevlen went 3 for 4 and continues a promising start to his season. Matt Joyce hit his second homer of the year to go along with a walk. Virgil Vasquez was knocked around for 7 [...]

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Baseball America’s 2008 Tigers Prospect List

by billfer on January 18, 2008 · 11 comments

in 2008 Season, Minors

There isn’t an official top prospect list, but BA’s is kind of the standard. Today they announced the Tigers 2008 top 10

Rick Porcello, rhp
Cale Iorg, ss
Scott Sizemore, 2b
Michael Hollimon, 2b/ss
Yorman Bazardo, rhp
Jeff Larish, 1b
Matt Joyce, of
Danny Worth, ss
Francisco Cruceta, rhp
Brandon Hamilton, rhp

Rick Porcello is the clear cut stud, but after that things get cloudy. [...]

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