Morning Prowl: D-Train's Night, Thames's Recovery, Zumaya's Pitch F/X, and Maggs's Concerns
Armando Galarraga will maintain his turn in the starting rotation, despite last night's rainout, and he'll pitch tonight. The White Sox will do the same with Mark Buehrle. Zach Miner loses out, as the Tigers will skip his turn on Friday.
Dontrelle Willis pitched 7.2 innings last night for Triple-A Toledo, holding Pawtucket to two runs and five hits, with four strikeouts and four walks. The D-Train threw 118 pitches, 74 of them for strikes. Kurt wonders if he's ready to return to the Tigers.
Though we already knew that Marcus Thames was likely to be out longer than 15 days, he was eligible to be activated on Monday. However, with him just beginning to swing a short bat under water, it doesn't look like he's returning very soon.
At Baseball Prospectus, Ben Lindbergh looks at Joel Zumaya with Pitch F/X to determine if his various injuries have affected his velocity and tendencies since 2006. Should he be throwing his change-up more often? And would adjusting his mechanics help his walk totals?
Blake notes that pitch counts haven't been a problem for Rick Porcello five starts into his major league career.
A year after Miguel Cabrera and Carlos Guillen switched corners on the Tigers' infield, Lynn Henning looks at the results of those changes, and further moves that have been made since then.
Old English D noticed a key sentence from Jim Leyland regarding Magglio Ordonez and his batting slump. I'm wondering if Leyland should've even said that much, though I realize he's sticking up for his player.
Those hoping for a Humberto Sanchez return to the Tigers organization might be disappointed to learn he's re-signed with the Yankees. He agreed to a minor league deal and has been assigned to Double-A Trenton.
Also at BP, Jay Jaffe has some final winning percentage estimates, based on each team's performance to this point. Tigers fans might be happy with this prediction.
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Willis will.....
……gte the start the next time miners spot in the rotation comes up……Miner will now be skipped, im guessing, due to the rain delay……and his next scheduled start will be when Willis will be recalled…..CANT WAIT!!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on May 7, 2009 12:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Man I really hope that Willis comes back
I think he is a good clubhouse guy as well. I really love Miner as a long relief guy. I think he is more than adequate to handle that job. I used to love Nate but I am ready to see him go. We are paying him way to much money to have a 6+ ERA for the past two years.
by qbdoyle1 on May 7, 2009 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nate is done....
……if someone needs a lefty starter and they want him…….just give him away as long as they take the contract.
by BennieBladesFan on May 7, 2009 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let Willis and Miner have one more start
Before we decide anything. Two runs in Triple A could mean 4 runs in the MLB. I want to see no walks before we give him a chance. Willis has let me down far too much for me to give him a second chance THAT easily.
by ZWC11 on May 7, 2009 3:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
no walks????
….give me a break….even the best MLB have walks in a game…..Dont give me that 2 runs equals 4 in the bigs….thats bs…..when your stuff is good its good at any level…..How many times has Willis let you down?…….He only had a couple starts last year and then he got hurt in chicago and tried to pitch through it…..was never healthy……Then the blood disorder which now seems to be in line with the medication……He will be up very very soon…..hes pitched good in every rehab start…..thats all I need to hear to get mr miner back in the pen where he belongs…..GO TIGS!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on May 7, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Stop acting like you can dissect a post.
Because you did it wrong. First of all, I meant in one game. Plenty of MLB can go a game without walking one. 4 in my opinion is just a little too many. Also notice I said much not many when I said he let me down. I never said he let me down multiple times.
8 runs on 3 hits and 5 walks in 1 1/3 innings is letting me down a lot. Not to mention his 21 walks in 11 innings.
Now I’m not trying to badmouth Willis in anyway, I’ll be rooting for him of course, so stop acting like I’m a Yankees fan, I support my Tigers more than anyone. I just think he needs a little bit more time.
by ZWC11 on May 7, 2009 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lord have mercy!
I hope D-Train is OK and ready to go. I so want him to return and be good, but am so afraid he might have a real bad outing and then what.
Maggs has something on his mind, huh? Marriage problems, politics, what? Can’t help but make you wonder.
"It's designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything is new again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops, and leaves you to face the fall alone". A. Bartlett Giamatti
by densogirl on May 7, 2009 6:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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