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QUOTE(vandy125 @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 10:59 AM) Out for the year according to Rodriguez. Linkage It should be noted that Pudge said that before -any- medical analysis or MRI on the shoulder was performed. He was simply assuming the worst because Placido looked like he was in quite a bit of pain. So TIFWIW. QUOTE(loltrain @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 12:22 PM) and while I will miss his high contact rate offensively he has actually been pretty horrible: You still cannot ignore a batting average of .374 with runners in scoring position. His lack of walks and extra base hits aside....guy has been flat out CLUTCH with men on base this year.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 16, 2006 -> 08:54 AM) Wow. Those are two huge injuries. Please keep us posted! Infante didn't leave the game due to injury. He was replaced by Inge at third for defensive purposes. The Polanco injury is huge though. Obviously he was a defensive stalwort but he was also the #1 steadying influence on the team when he came up to bat. He never struck out, he would almost always put the ball in play (and in the direction that the situation demanded) and he was one of the best hitters with RISP in the entire leauge. The degree of his shoulder separation is not yet known.

QUOTE(Benchwarmerjim @ Aug 7, 2006 -> 08:21 PM) I think the Tigers just hit Liriano well I think you could say that. Liriano's production against Detroit this year: 15.2 innings pitched with a 7.70 ERA

QUOTE(MichiganBorn @ Aug 7, 2006 -> 11:09 AM) To move away from the quipping and arguments I was reading about the Miller contract that the Tigers just signed with their 1st round pick. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/draft/news/262119.html I'm not the best person to judge this because I have only seen Miller throw three pitches (in the CWS this year) but does he have the stuff to join the Tigers in Sept? It's all about his fastball. If he can locate it (he occasionally had some troubles doing that in the CWS) then he will be more than fine in the majors as his slider is already a major league plus pitch. His slider reminds me so much of Randy Johnson's. He also needs to fine tune his changeup (obviously in college a changeup is a uneccessary pitch as it is very difficult to saw guys off who are using metal bats)...but he probably won't need the change until it's time for him to be a full time starter. Coming out of the bullpen though he should be fine with just his two seam (89-93), four seam (94-97) and slider (78-83).

QUOTE(BFirebird @ Aug 4, 2006 -> 11:02 PM) Too bad he is the Tigers number 2 guy. In rotation position only.

Monroe with the Papi hit. The Tigers with the come from behind W. Be afraid...be very afraid.

QUOTE(SoxAce @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 12:51 AM) At least Jeff had decent/respectable AA numbers before being called up. This guy is just flat out going nuts. Clevelen had great stats last year as a 21 year old at Advanced A ball in Lakeland. Like 20 HR's and 100+ RBI with batting average over .300. He had a great spring training with the Tigers this year as well. He has definitely struggled this year in Erie though.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 05:16 PM) DUDE GLOAD SO JUST HIT A CLUTCH HOMER NOT EVEN LIKE 4 DAYS AGO SO HE IS LIKE 10 TIMES BETTERER THAN SHAWWWN CASEY Well in the face of that mountain of rock hard evidence.... I retract everything I said and I'll add that I've heard that the french actually call Gload..."La God".

QUOTE(Jake @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 03:19 PM) They may as well have Ross Gload. You're comparing a guy who's a career .283 BA, .330 OBP, 7 HR, 47 RBI, 21 BB, 51 K (162 game averages...229 career games) to someone who has career averages of .304 BA, .371 OBP, 17 HR, 90 RBI, 59 BB, 68 K (162 game averages...1,140 career games) Exaggerate much?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 31, 2006 -> 12:21 PM) Wierd, senseless move. I don't see what's wierd and senseless about it. They needed a left handed bat (power or no power) they needed a guy who can get hits and/or gets on base at a good clip against right handed pitchers. Casey can do that. He's also pretty consistent against left handed pitching as well. That and Shelton has been hitting .244 since his torrid month of April. A change was neccessary. A Dmitri/Casey platoon at first and DH should be solid.

The Tigers optioned Chris Shelton to Toledo. They then traded AA relief pitcher Brian Rogers to the Pirates for Sean Casey.

QUOTE(Hurons @ Jul 28, 2006 -> 10:14 AM) You all want to harp on the Tigers because of their record vs. winning teams....that’s fine. However, if you are going to do that, I will show you a stat that is much more indicative of their success: Tigers road record 35-16 I don't think anyone was trying to create a stat that was indicative of the Tigers success. Much the opposite in reality. They were identifying weaknesses of Detroit that may provide some optimism that a ChiSox pennant chase is still a strong possibility. Whether you believe it will matter or not, Detroit's schedule toughens up considerably for the next few weeks.

QUOTE(loltrain @ Jul 25, 2006 -> 08:36 PM) 8-7 now, Brandon Inge is the hottest hitter in MLB right now. 20 HR's and 60 RBI from your #9 hitter is pretty damn impressive production.

QUOTE(spawn @ Jul 24, 2006 -> 01:44 PM) I'm thinking we need to worry more about the Sox winning than the Tigers losing. Just my .02. I'm thinking that the reality of the situation isn't going to be affected at all, in either direction regardless of what folks in here worry about.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 04:10 PM) We should have done more against Rogers. Man on 2nd, none out, that hurt. But I will say, Zumaya was just flippin awesome. Just effin awesome. F'n awesome, I tell you. Even his breaking pitches were sick, and he (smartly) pitched well around the guy most likely to hurt him. I honestly can't imagine any lineup in baseball hitting him in those 2 innings. Crazy thing about Zumaya is...when Detroit drafted him (in the 11th round) a few years back, his fastball topped out at 89. The EPITOME of a diamond in the rough.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 20, 2006 -> 03:44 PM) This game is lost. You seem to be forgetting that Jones is more than likely pitching in the 9th for Detroit.

It's looks like we're going to play some ball today.

QUOTE(Hurons @ Jul 19, 2006 -> 09:56 PM) The key to the Tigers season is Humberto Sanchez. Ehh don't trade him...bring him up and throw him in the rotation. I would be shocked if he isn't better than Miner.

QUOTE(WSoxMatt @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 07:10 PM) Robertson is ON tonight That at-bat against Thome WAS pretty impressive. It's early though.

QUOTE(GoSox05 @ Jul 18, 2006 -> 10:53 AM) Until the Tigers can beat us, i have no fear of them. We have done nothing but kick them around and we play them 13 more times. I recalled the first two series being much more competitive than that. Sure a win is a win but one run games, kicking a team around they are not. Fact is, Detroit has to win just one game this series and they will be in excellent shape.

QUOTE(Rowand44 @ Jul 17, 2006 -> 04:32 PM) Verlander has never thrown over 130 innings before. I really think this notion is nothing more than a wishfully thinking urban legend. Look at the early career numbers of Smoltz, Buehrle, Halladay, Mussina, Schilling, Clemens, Johnson, Maddux... They ALL saw their ERA drop during the season when they received their first big jump in innings pitched. None of them experienced a quantifiably negative effect from the increase in innings pitched...and that fact makes it difficult for me to understand why most just assume that Verlander will all of the sudden fall apart if he pitches 200 innings this year. It's not like he has an unrefined 20 year old arm. The guy has an amazingly smooth and developed delivery for a 23 year old. IMHO it's Liriano whose herky-ish, higher effort delivery seems primed for a late season swoon...not the butter that Justin has been dealing.

It's going to be hard to predict the Tigers starters in series too far down the road as they will be resting some of the younger arms on the rotation and will more than likely be going with 6 starters for the last month or so of the season. With the 6th starter either being Mike Maroth should he come back healthy or the flame thrower Humberto Sanchez who plain and simply isn't being challenged down in the minors.

QUOTE(Greg The Bull Luzinski @ Jul 3, 2006 -> 10:35 PM) You guys in Detroit are lucky, you still have a hockey team. At least during the regular season we do.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 07:51 PM) In case you haven't noticed the Astros suck this year. The Sox are 25 over .500. While that's obviously true, I'd still say that Roy Oswalt and his 3.27 ERA (run support excluded) was having a better season than Buehrle. I just think that Garner handled the situation in the manner that I wish MLB would tweak the process in order to ensure happened again in the future. Select players that are having a great year this year, not reward players for last year's playoffs.

QUOTE(LowerCaseRepublican @ Jul 2, 2006 -> 07:44 PM) I'm calling bulls*** on that and we all know any manager would take his players as a reward for what they've done. How many Astros did Garner select?