More Call-Ups For the Tigers?
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 1, 2009 9:35 AM EDT
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PrintToday is the day major league teams can expand their rosters, and the Detroit Tigers announced six players they're calling up from Triple-A Toledo. But could more be on the way?
According to Jason Beck, the Tigers plan on adding more players once the Mud Hens' season ends next week. Foremost among them will be the one name that was conspicuously absent yesterday (yet we didn't mention), pitcher Armando Galarraga.
Apparently, the Tigers are sticking to the 10-day assignment normally required for options to the minors, rather than move pieces around on the 40-man roster to get Galarraga back up here sooner. Perhaps they want him to rest that elbow more. Or maybe Nate Robertson's start on Saturday was impressive enough to temper any urgency.
Galarraga is eligible to be recalled from Toledo on Saturday. In the meantime, he's scheduled to pitch for the Mud Hens on Friday.
So who else could be coming up to bolster the roster? Freddy Dolsi, Clay Rapada, and Zach Simons could each give the Tigers' bullpen a fresh arm to use. Simons (62 strikeouts in 66.1 innings) would be the most appealing of the three, given that we haven't seen him pitch in Detroit yet. Alfredo Figaro might be someone who can help fill in if any starters need a rest, as Tom Gage points out.
On the position side, it's a little trickier, since players like Don Kelly and Scott Sizemore aren't on the 40-man roster. Sizemore seems unlikely to get the call, as he's one of the players the Tigers will send to the Arizona Fall League. It's probably more important for his development to play regularly there, as opposed to sit on the bench in Detroit.
Kelly, however, can play virtually every position on the field and supplies a decent left-handed bat, though not much power. He hit .250/.308/.354 in 19 games with the Tigers through most of June and early July, playing almost exclusively in left field. With the Mud Hens, however, he has a .329/.402/.465 average, which puts him in contention for the International League batting title. But to add him, the Tigers would have to do something like move Jeff Larish to the 60-day DL.
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And you trust Armando?
Seriously, he’s turned in a Nate 2008 bad performance this year.
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by David Tokarz on Sep 1, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd trust a HEALTHY Armando over Nate
I do have a numerical (but not sabermetric) argument to go with that gut feeling, but I’m on mobile right now and it’s too long to post. Remind me to do it later.
(And observe keyword “healthy”)
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 1, 2009 11:32 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I'd trust a healthy nate over Armando
let’s be honest here, neither of them are exactly world changers though.
by Kurt Mensching on Sep 1, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
How about we keep Nate
call up Armando and get rid of Washburn
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
I know you are NOT
cranky today. AND i know why…
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
you had a "case of the Mondays."
aka cranky pants
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
Meh,
I didn’t read his fb status, but I read yours…..
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
Well I'm going to be making bank now
so nothing to be cranky about anymore :-)
Plus tonight should be fun.
Guys, take it someplace else
It’s great that you like to chat, but open a FanPost thread, trade e-mails or instant messages, or do Facebook.
People shouldn’t have to scroll through 10+ comments of a conversation only the two of you know about if they want to read/comment about baseball stuff.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 1, 2009 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I do trust Armando more than Nate...
Everytime Nate pitches I get a bad feeling, even in his “nice” performances. I don’t get the same feeling with Armando. History tells me that Nate has always been mediocre to bad. Armando hasn’t had the same chance as Nate. One season pretty darn good. Another season pretty darn bad. Remember he showed us brilliance at the beginning of the season. I think Armando has been trying to pitch at 100% when his mind and/or body aren’t on par with it. When he pitches I see the same bite on his pitches but less aggression toward the batter. When Nate pitched the other day he just pitched like he always does, this time he was lucky though. History tells us that Nate will more than likely falter. Because of this, I say give Armando a chance to make me think the same as I do about Nate or still be what I think he is.
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If you had to choose between Washburn and Nate, who would you pick?
Welcome to Detroit>>Where the weak are killed and eaten.
I think I mistrust them equally at this point
though I care a lot more about armando since he’s been a tiger for much longer.. but none of that really matters, heh.
Larish
I’m not terribly familiar with the player shuffling on DL. What are the pros/cons of moving Larish to the 60-day DL? If he had season-ending surgery, why wouldn’t we use his 40-man roster for someone that might actually see the field this year? I must be missing something.
You said it
By moving Larish to the 60-day DL, they’d be able to shuffle another player into his spot.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 1, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
That’s how they added Brent Dlugach yesterday, by moving Michael Hollimon to the 60-day DL.
by Ian Casselberry on Sep 1, 2009 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions
Love the sentence about Dolsi, Rapada and Simons
Especially the unspoken, between the lines meta comment, “we’ve seen what those other two guys can do, and we are not impressed.”
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Assuming they slot Galarraga back into the starting rotation...
I like this move. Armando has not had much success against the Indians this year, so you may as well let Nate have a shot at them. Meanwhile, that sets up Armando to start against the Royals, a team that he HAS pitched very well against.
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by SabreRoseTiger on Sep 1, 2009 11:29 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
aside from my obvious favoritism
I do hope donnie gets added as well. I think it would be good to have him around for all the reasons Ian cited.
I don't see that being with the Tigers sets Sizemore back any
The AFL season starts in mid-October. I imagine having a few weeks to pick the minds of Adam Everett, Placido Polanco, Ramon Santiago and the coaching staff could be useful and then he’d get a real-world test in October.
But I find it unlikely they’ll bring him up
Magic Number 29
Tigers Magic number is still 29.
If the Tigers go 16-16 .500 the rest of the way…
Twins need to go 19-12 .613 with only 14 games left in the Hefty bag
Sox have cashed in chips
we just need to win today....
The other stuff will taker care of itself. I don’t buy that williams has given up, I think he’s doing this as the last attempt to ignite his team. Not promising for them but there is a lot of baseball left for all three teams.
by rook34 on Sep 1, 2009 2:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Nate Bump or Hessman
has there been any talk of bringing either of them up?
Check out this link.....could Sizemore be heading to Detroit.....
The Whitecaps are sending their second basemen to Triple A……so where does Sizemore go?
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