Detroit Tigers Ongoing 2016 Thread

[burfboy]

Detroit Tigers get good news on Jordan Zimmermann injury

MRI test on Zimmermann’s right lat came back clean, according to a person with knowledge of the situation, and Zimmermann is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Sunday.
The team is not sure whether Zimmermann will avoid another stint on the 15-day disabled list.
He was shelled in his return Thursday against the Chicago White Sox, allowing six runs on six hits and two walks over 1 2/3 innings. He had been on the DL with a right neck strain since July 4 and hadn’t pitched in the majors since June 30.
“His lat was a little bit tight, not really related to what the issue was when he was on the DL,” manager Brad Ausmus said after the game. “He just couldn’t seem to get loose. There was no pain, he was just having trouble getting extended and locating the ball. So we went with him as long as we could. But ultimately, we chose to take him out.”
It seems unlikely that the Tigers would use Zimmermann with the same kind of stuff he showed Thursday: a fastball in the low-90-m.p.h. range. If he is unable to make his next start, left-hander Daniel Norris would be on schedule to start against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.

 

[burfboy]

Agree if that's the case, it just happens way to often with V-Mart, he's constantly needing days off for being nicked up......He's a DH that can't run with or without that toe, he should be able to bat though.

I read where Ausmus said Victor was not hurt yesterday but was sick.... Believe it or not who knows

 

[themuzzer]

I read where Ausmus said Victor was not hurt yesterday but was sick.... Believe it or not who knows

Don't buy it......Managers play these games all the time.....Victor is a china doll......I love him when he plays, but little boo boos get tiresome.

I went to work with pneumonia last year, a bruise shouldn't stop a major league player from playing.

 

[Iffster]

I read where Ausmus said Victor was not hurt yesterday but was sick.... Believe it or not who knows

I believe I wrote a post about wanting to see a roster with fewer "unhungry" ballplayers and more players working hard to get that big money contract. It also applies to a roster with fewer fragile older players who break down easier. Whatever....this is the roster Mr. Illitch, Mr. Dombrowski, and Mr. Avila have crafted. It is an older lineup up with highly (over?) paid veterans who are getting up there in age, and will get those nagging injuries more often. And, unfortunately, with the contracts they have handed out, it will continue in that vain for a few more years to come.
Throw in the trend for players needing more days off - for rest - and bench players will become more important to the Tigers. Something I think they ignored this season.

 

[Iffster]

I read where Ausmus said Victor was not hurt yesterday but was sick.... Believe it or not who knows

Burf...do you know how old muzzer is? I swear he sounds like those old (60+) guys I worked with, when I was a young man at FordMoCo. All the time...old timey stories about what they USE to do. Crap. I have the right to sound old and grumpy.....I'd like to see muzz's Senior Card!


There was a post on another thread where muzz was bitching about something and that Hammerdown(sp?) administrator called muzz a "dickhead". I guess muzz has an M.O. here. LOL

 

[Iffster]

Don't buy it......Managers play these games all the time.....Victor is a china doll......I love him when he plays, but little boo boos get tiresome.

I went to work with pneumonia last year, a bruise shouldn't stop a major league player from playing.

Muzz are you 66 years old, too? When you were a kid, did all you have to eat was dirt? And you were glad to have it? And how many miles of snow did you trudge threw to get to that school that had no heat?

 

[burfboy]

I believe I wrote a post about wanting to see a roster with fewer "unhungry" ballplayers and more players working hard to get that big money contract. It also applies to a roster with fewer fragile older players who break down easier. Whatever....this is the roster Mr. Illitch, Mr. Dombrowski, and Mr. Avila have crafted. It is an older lineup up with highly (over?) paid veterans who are getting up there in age, and will get those nagging injuries more often. And, unfortunately, with the contracts they have handed out, it will continue in that vain for a few more years to come.
Throw in the trend for players needing more days off - for rest - and bench players will become more important to the Tigers. Something I think they ignored this season.

The old lineup? VMart, Miggy, Kinslar and JV over 30.... all are having good seasons. Victor has missed some games... certainly not the over-the-hill Gang.

 

[Howie115]

The old lineup? VMart, Miggy, Kinslar and JV over 30.... all are having good seasons. Victor has missed some games... certainly not the over-the-hill Gang.

LOL, I hear ya. Daniel Norris (23) has been on the DL three times in less than a year. Jordan Zimmermann is 30. Cameron Maybin is 29, and seems to have a new injury every week.

One thing we saw from Miggy the last two years -- he WILL play while hurt.

 

[burfboy]

DETROIT -- Victor Martinez is back in the Detroit Tigers lineup, but Cameron Maybin is missing a second day in Friday's series opener against the New York Mets.

Martinez sat out Thursday after feeling under the weather. Maybin has been out with a mild thumb sprain. Tyler Collins will start in his place.

Tigers:

1. Ian Kinsler, 2B

2. Tyler Collins, CF

3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B

4. Victor Martinez, DH

5. J.D. Martinez, RF

6. Nick Castellanos, 3B

7. Justin Upton, LF

8. James McCann, C

9. Jose Iglesias, SS

Pitching: RH Justin Verlander (11-6, 3.54 ERA)

Mets

Pitching: RH Noah Syndergaard (9-5, 2.48 ERA)

 

[Iffster]

Oh come on! You guys are so use to having older veterans on the club...32 seems young to you. Do you know there are teams out there with lineups that MIGHT have only one or two guys over 30? I'm not complaining....it is what it is. In fact, my feeling is a lot of Tiger fans distrust younger players. That is why there is little outcry when Detroit swaps some prospects for a veteran player. If they win with older guys...Great. If they don't? Expensive!

 

[burfboy]

TEAMS

Oldest
1. Mariners 30.4
2. Pirates 29.9
T-3. Giants 29.8
T-3. Nationals 29.8
T-5. Royals 29.7
T-5. Blue Jays 29.7
Youngest
1. D-backs 27.0
T-2. Rays 28.0
T-2. Reds 28.0
T-2. Phillies 28.0
5. Cardinals 28.3

Tigers 29.4

 

[themuzzer]

JV playing like he cares.....I like it.......Running down the check swing instead of letting it go foul......Nice.......

 

[themuzzer]

Ugly as hell, but it's a run.........Syndararararard!!!!!!!Get a hair cut!!!!!!!!

 

[burfboy]

I don't buy into the notion that these guys are pampered and arn't given a hundred percent..... these guys want to win

 

[Iffster]

The "regular" starting lineup averages exactly 30.0 years old. Four starting pitchers (2 injured) are 30 or over. They have a 35 year old closer.

Tigers are NOT a young team....and unless they merge with their Class A club, they won't be getting much younger.

 

[themuzzer]

I don't buy into the notion that these guys are pampered and arn't given a hundred percent..... these guys want to win

Ask that same question to a guy like Texiera or A-rod from the Yankees.......No chance of a new contract and playing on a team that isn't going any where.......Those guys don't give a shit, you see it in there play and that's why the Yankees are about to cut them.

 

[Iffster]

I don't buy into the notion that these guys are pampered and arn't given a hundred percent..... these guys want to win

Don't look at me. If a 37 year old guy says he needs a day off...give him a day off. Muzz is the "old man" in this forum. (They ALL want to win....but it is hard to tell if they give 100% all the time. Does anybody give 100% on their job, EVERY DAY?)

 

[burfboy]

Ask that same question to a guy like Texiera or A-rod from the Yankees.......No chance of a new contract and playing on a team that isn't going any where.......Those guys don't give a shit, you see it in there play and that's why the Yankees are about to cut them.

Yea I was talking the Tigers.....do u get Iffys posts....

 

[Iffster]

Looks like the Indian's pitching staff is starting to crumble. 6-0, Yankees in the 3rd

 

[themuzzer]

Yea I was talking the Tigers.....do u get Iffys posts....

No, I put him on ignore a few years ago. When you guys mention my name with his in a post I can only assume he said something......But I don't waste keystrokes on him.