Sunday, September 23, 2007
I had the opportunity to watch Jair Jurrjens pitch a bullpen session today which, besides being fun, was rather impressive. I was surprised when Jurrjens got the call to make a start straight from Double-A Erie though at the same time excited to see what he could achieve at this level. I’d followed Jair for […]
Congrats to the Detroit Tigers’ Triple-A affiliate, the Toledo Mud Hens, for clinching the Western Division of the International League for the 3rd year in a row.
Virgil Vasquez pitched the team to a win against the Indianapolis Indians. Vasquez has continued to be strong for Toledo after being optioned back to Toledo and pitching […]
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The Detroit Tigers signed a few notable draft picks today and didn’t have a problem opening up their pocket books while doing it. Starting off the day it was announced that first round draft pick Rick Porcello was signed to a huge $7.3M four-year major league contract, “the biggest ever guaranteed to a high school […]
The Free Press is reporting that Jair Jurrjens will get the start Wednesday against the Indians. Jurrjens has spent the year with the Tigers Double-A affiliate the Erie Seawolves and lately been pretty dominant and has not pitched at the Triple-A level. For Erie Jair has posted a 7-5 record and 3.20 ERA. His last […]
It has been about a month since the 2007 MLB Draft and a little over a month until the deadline for signing a drafted player (August 15th). MLB made a big deal out of the Draft process this year going so far as to televise it. However the post draft has been the same as […]
With the struggles of the Detroit bullpen being a topic of much discussion around town, Roman Colon is silently working to get back on to the big league club. Tonight he made his fourth rehab start with the ‘Hens facing the Buffalo Bisons pitching 2 innings allowing only a single hit and striking out two.
Colon […]
The Toledo Mudhens will face Roger Clemens in Scranton on Monday night when they face the Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees. The game time will be 5PM and will probably be on ESPN 2 as with his last two rehab starts though you can also catch this with MiLB Gameday Audio, which is free of charge.
The Tigers […]
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MiLB.com’s Around the Minors has a nice little spot up on Erie SeaWolves second baseman Michael Hollimon. You can view this by going directly to MiLB.com or there is a direct link here (Windows Media).
Michael Hollimon was the Tigers 16th round draft pick out of Oral Roberts University in 2005. He spent 2006 with the […]
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Top Detroit prospect Andrew Miller made his first start for the Tigers Class AA team the Erie Seawolves. The Seawolves lost the match up despite Millers strong performance going 8 innings giving up 6 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 7 and walking none.
Miller started the year at the Tigers high Class […]
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