Detroit Tigers Ongoing 2016 Thread

[broncosmitty]

Nice BH gets to go home.

 

[themuzzer]

Yo Smitty, Been on spring break got to go see a few of my nephews games. He plays for a few teams.......His High School coach was drafted by the Tigers back in the day.....He didn't make it past single A....He played for the Michigan White Caps back in 2003 (Dustin Smith) Nothing special but was playing with Joel Zumaya, Brent Clevlen (sp) Ryan Raburn (BUM) and a few others.

Nephew did good....Pitched 5 innings struck out 7, gave up 1 earned and 1 unearned in a 7-4 win. Picked off two base runners, one at first base base and one at second base.

All the Michigan references are by concidence that he plays down here and has interest or connections in Michigan.

He's still getting letters from schools, UK still interested in him.

 

[Howie115]

That's were he was going...don't know much about the pitcher. ..Jaye

Basically just trying to get something/anything for a guy who was out of minor league options. Holaday could easily be on the big-league club in Arlington. Neither of the Rangers catchers (Chirinos and Gimenez) light it up at the plate.

Myles Jaye has been a starter in the minors, mostly in the White Sox organization. Career minor league ERA of 4.15 and hasn't pitched above AA. A long shot to ever pitch in the majors. Bobby Wilson is basically just depth in case Salty or McCann get hurt.

 

[broncosmitty]

Yo Smitty, Been on spring break got to go see a few of my nephews games. He plays for a few teams.......His High School coach was drafted by the Tigers back in the day.....He didn't make it past single A....He played for the Michigan White Caps back in 2003 (Dustin Smith) Nothing special but was playing with Joel Zumaya, Brent Clevlen (sp) Ryan Raburn (BUM) and a few others.

Nephew did good....Pitched 5 innings struck out 7, gave up 1 earned and 1 unearned in a 7-4 win. Picked off two base runners, one at first base base and one at second base.

All the Michigan references are by concidence that he plays down here and has interest or connections in Michigan.

He's still getting letters from schools, UK still interested in him.

Does his team go down to Florida to play? Nice having a head coach with professional expierience.

Before Brennan Boeschs time?

 

[themuzzer]

He plays on a travel ball team in the summer that travels all through the south east....He had one game broadcast on espn last summer. Forget would league it was in. USSSA maybe.....I think it was before Boeschs' time.....The coach also played at APSU the local college down here in Clarksville.

 

[Howie115]

Well, it appears highly likely that Alex Wilson and Blaine Hardy will both start the 2016 season on the DL. Angel Nesbitt is out 4-6 weeks, and Jeff Farrell got hurt last week and hasn't returned. Bruce Rondon and Michael Fulmer have been assigned to Toledo. Looking at what's left on the 40-man, this is the probable Tiger bullpen:

Francisco Rodriguez
Mark Lowe
Justin Wilson
Drew Verhagen
Kyle Ryan
Buck Farmer
Matt Boyd or Shane Greene (whoever loses the #5 starter battle)

Blecch.

 

[Howie115]

And with the Holaday trade, it's pretty well settled that extra four position players coming north will be Salty, Aviles, Romine and Collins.

 

[Voltaire26]

Well, it appears highly likely that Alex Wilson and Blaine Hardy will both start the 2016 season on the DL. Angel Nesbitt is out 4-6 weeks, and Jeff Farrell got hurt last week and hasn't returned. Bruce Rondon and Michael Fulmer have been assigned to Toledo. Looking at what's left on the 40-man, this is the probable Tiger bullpen:

Francisco Rodriguez
Mark Lowe
Justin Wilson
Drew Verhagen
Kyle Ryan
Buck Farmer
Matt Boyd or Shane Greene (whoever loses the #5 starter battle)

Blecch.

And with the Holaday trade, it's pretty well settled that extra four position players coming north will be Salty, Aviles, Romine and Collins.

As bad as it looks, none of the injuries are long term ... And it sure is nice to talk baseball, instead of listening to morons bitch and bait

 

[Iffster]

As bad as it looks, none of the injuries are long term ... And it sure is nice to talk baseball, instead of listening to morons bitch and bait

Don't worry Voltaire....Vice will return. This stuff is his life. Afterall this site is the scene of his greatest triumph of his life....the "dabums saga"!!!!

 

[burfboy]

STARTING LINEUP
Detroit Tigers
1. Anthony Gose, CF
2. Jose Iglesias, SS
3. Justin Upton, LF
4. Nate Schierholtz, RF
5. Tyler Collins, DH
6. James McCann, C
7. Mike Aviles, 2B
8. Andrew Romine, 1B
9. Jordany Valdespin, 3B

Greene on the hill vs Baltimore

 

[burfboy]

Don't worry Voltaire....Vice will return. This stuff is his life. Afterall this site is the scene of his greatest triumph of his life....the "dabums saga"!!!!

Don't count it....I had a good chat...

 

[Iffster]

Adding Maybin, A. Wilson, and Blaine Hardy back to the lineup (in April?) will help....but I am not sure those three hold the key to success for 2016. As I stated before....the Tigers will go as far as their offense can take them. Hopefully a couple of starters keep their ERA and xFIP low and help the offense get leads that this bullpen can keep.

 

[Iffster]

Don't count it....I had a good chat...

Did they ban his IP?

 

[burfboy]

Did they ban his IP?

Don't know...but he needed no introduction to them...

 

[Iffster]

Don't know...but he needed no introduction to them...

 

[burfboy]

Tigers beat the O's 2-1....Greene 5.2 inn 3 hits 1bb 9k

 

[broncosmitty]

Tigers beat the O's 2-1....Greene 5.2 inn 3 hits 1bb 9k

He looked pretty sharp in the replay. Was good to see.

 

[Howie115]

Greene was very sharp in his last two spring starts ... 10.2 IP, 1 run, 6 hits. The #5 starter job is his, as the Tigers optioned Boyd to AAA yesterday. Not sure who the extra bullpen guy is now. They don't need a #5 starter until April 12, so Greene could pitch out of the pen for the two games in Miami.

 

[Howie115]

As for Boyd, he has pitched pretty well in the spring. His 4.25 spring ERA was inflated by one bad 3-inning start. But it looks like Ausmus has opted to get Boyd more development in AAA, where he can start and throw regular innings.

It appears the final bullpen spot is down to a couple of non-roster invitees: veteran Logan Kensing and Lendy Castillo.

 

[burfboy]

Greene had a good record with the Tigers before he gor hurt. What was his record before he got hurt?