Thing’s didn’t go quite like Justin Verlander had planned yet his outing was far from horrible. Verlander managed to rack up 6 K’s and had a only gave up his first hit in the fourth inning, a single to Billy Butler. He appeared very dominant and it’s hard to take anything negative from his outing.
The […]
There is a new blog that I’ve been following in the past couple of weeks called Saber-Scouting. It’s a mix of stats and traditional scouting information, I’d suggest you give it a read if you have not. Today they posted a discussion on a statistic called PTO% or Pitches Toward Outs stating it to be […]
The Detroit Free Press is reporting that the Tigers have acquired lefty Aaron Fultz who was designated for assignment from the Indians four days ago.
Fultz had an awful spring ending with an 11.88 ERA, 16 hits and 3 walks over 8.1 innings of work. This prompted the Indians to DFA him even though they […]
The Detroit bullpen appears to be the largest vulnerability to this otherwise solid 2008 squad. Questions around Todd Jones ability to hold back batters have risen after a terrible spring with Todd himself expressing doubts. At the same time there was plenty of good seen in Denny Bautista, Bobby Seay and Yorman Bazardo this spring. […]
After last nights game Tiger GM Dave Dombrowski and Manager Jim Leyland made the final cuts to form the 25-man roster. The only roster slots still available going into last night were for the bullpen and a utility outfielder or backup catcher. The pitchers who were vying for the last available slot were few and […]
D-Train is a Wreck
Dontrelle Willis has failed to make a good first impressions this spring ending with an abysmal 8.64 ERA. His ERA isn’t the only stat that is wild for him this spring, he’s been completely unable to throw strikes. His OBP for opposing batters is .477, 2.40 WHIP (Walks Hits per Inning Pitched) […]
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Tiger lefty reliever Tim Byrdak had yet another rough outing in a string of rough outings this spring. With the Tiger bullpen posing the largest hole to the team for this season, Tim is certainly doing nothing to instill confidence, though he seems to still have Jim Leylands confidence.
Reading through the article from the […]
With the broken hand of Granderson forcing him to the 15-day DL to start the season, Jim Leyland has reluctantly turned to Edgar Rentaria to fill the leadoff role. According to this mornings Detroit Free Press, Jim is less than enthusiastic about the change. Their are a number of points and statements made within this […]
Danny Knobler is reporting that Curtis Granderson will be headed to the disabled list with broken middle finger to start the season.
…the Tigers put Granderson on the disabled list with a non-displaced fracture in his right middle finger. Granderson is expected to miss three weeks.
Curtis was hit by a pitch in yesterdays matchup with […]
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