Much was made this past week about Leyland’s comments on a Tigers prospect Kyle Sleeth. Leyland was impressed with what he saw on that day. Sleeth use to show up in the Tigers top prospect lists but those days are over. While he is still very talented I believe these comments made many go to far in their expectations from Kyle. Mainly the below article:

• Add Sleeth to Tigers’ long list of good arms - Detroit Free Press

Thankfully Jason Beck put a bit more sanity around what is way more likely to happen at this point for Sleeth in his blog:

Sleeth is a good example about the value of stockpiling pitching prospects. Leyland talked Saturday about how you can never have enough pitching, both because it gives you insurance for injuries or to replace veteran starters when their price rises too high, and because it gives you pieces to trade to fill other needs. I’ve always looked at it as playing the odds. As many pitching prospects as a team can have, only some of them are going to pan out in the big leagues. Some will get injured, some won’t be able to make the jump at some point, and some just won’t fit in even if they get to the Majors.

You should not expect to see Kyle Sleeth as a regular in the Tiger bullpen any time soon, though he very well might fill a role if injuries plague the team or of backups are needed.