Grapefruit League Gamethread: Phillies at Tigers, 1:05 p.m.
by BigAl on Mar 20, 2010 11:56 AM EDT
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Philadelphia Phillies at Detroit Tigers
When: 1:05 p.m.
Where: Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland
Media: MLB Network
Tigers lineup:
Austin Jackson, cf
Clete Thomas, rf
Carlos Guillen, lf
Miguel Cabrera, 1b
Brandon Inge, 3b
Jeff Larish, dh
Ramon Santiago, 2b
Robinzon Diaz, c
Brent Dlugach, ss
Fiu-Te Ni, p
Pitching: Fu-Te Ni starts, with Brad Thomas, Eddie Bonine, Enrique Gonzalez and Ryan Perry scheduled to pitch in relief.
Not sure what's up with Fu-Te Ni getting the start. Eddie Bonine is still scheduled to pitch, but won't start the game as prviously announced.
Phillies lineup:
Jimmy Rollins, ss
Shane Victorino, cf
Chase Utley, 2b
Ryan Howard, 1b
Ben Francisco, rf
John Mayberry, lf
Cody Ransom, 3b
Carlos Ruiz, c
Roy Halladay, p
Pitching: Roy Halladay starts, followed by Jose Contreras, David Herndon, and Chad Durbin in relief.
The Phillies will not be using a DH today, as they want AL refugee Roy Halladay to get a few AB's.
Last night Kurt informed you of the most well known roster cuts that went down yesterday. Here's the complete list of 10 players who were sent to Tigertown after Friday's game:
RH pitchers Alfredo Figaro and Cody Satterwhite, LH pitcher Andy Oliver, C Mike Rabelo, SS Gustavo Nunez, 3B Kory Casto, IF Audy Ciriaco, 1B/OF Ryan Strieby, OF Brennan Boesch and OF Casper Wells.
Via Jason Beck, the Tigers also announced they have re-signed RH pitcher Casey Fien.
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Hey now
Don’t knock Casey. He’s a Fien relief prospect.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions
you know the rules of puns
only work when you don’t have to mispronounce then! bobby seay can’t be pronounced “say” so you can’t pronounce Fien as “fine” ;)
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Picky, picky.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions
if he pitches like a Fien-d he'll be back in Detroit!
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
But at least he didn’t mispronounce the name… *rolls eyes
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Sizemore not in again
Make you wonder if he’ll be ready for opening day.
He may start on the DL with Dlugach or Kelly at 2b.
If so, good news for the Clete Cult.
Again?
He played against the Braves last night.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Not so friendly to Casper
I was hoping they’d keep him in name only.
Also with Bonine NOT starting...
he’s clearly not a candidate to start—-he’s not being stretched out (been pitching single innings). maybe he’s primed to take over Zach M’s role?
that would be a great role for him
he’s such a great competitor and would do a good job if the tigers were losing 7-1 in the 3rd and was asked to quiet the bats for 3 innings to give the tigers a chance to catch up. most pitchers would have a hard time in such situations.
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions
DD want's Miner's spot
so he can postpone the decision on which $ 10- 12 million pitcher he has to release.
We’ll have an expensive failed starter holding a mop in the pen when the season opens.
I'm guessing that FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...
starting because of the Phillies 1st 4 hitters (2 switch hitters, 2 lefties) so Leyland wants to get him some work against quality hitters and lefties because that’s likely to be his role if Seay can’t go at the beginning of the year.
Good point, although
Ni could have been brought in in the 3rd or 4th inning and face the same line-up (and this would be more realistic for him…coming in the middle of the game)
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Tom Gage reports on Bobby Seay
major setback for Bobby Seay, will have an MRI – pain in today’s bullepen session
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 12:35 PM EDT reply actions
I dont think that it necessarily means a thing for Thomas
Thomas isn’t exactly earning his way onto the team, and there’s no reason you need to take 3 lefties north. I think it means an extra righty can go like Robbie Weinhardt.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think Coke will be used as a situational lefty
And Jim likes to have 2 (especially against the Twins).
But, I’d be very happy is Weinhardt makes the team.
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Who IS stepping up to claim bullpen spots?
Not Zumaya, not Perry, not Thomas so much, not Seay, not Miner…..
Weinhardt is, and how about CASEY FIEN?
Today's game notes have him set to pitch tomorrow
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
great news
I hope they straightened him out a bit
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Zoomer is healthy
but his fastball is still flat as a pancake. The freak show is over. Either he gets some movement on that thing or he’s toast. Include him in a deal for Heath Bell- he’s from Chula Vista- and leave the Twinkies high and dry.
No trade for Bell
He’d cost us too much in terms of prospects.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
sometime this century
gameday audio will load. I’m still in austin but the weather sucks and I feel crappy.
Director of the 2010 Free Casper Wells campaign
No Run Support
I recommend drugs
Nyquil is always good.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
i've been taking dayquil and nyquil
blehhh.
Director of the 2010 Free Casper Wells campaign
No Run Support
Take them both
And let them fight it out.
by frisbeepilot on Mar 20, 2010 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Is anyone else not getting anything from Gameday Audio?
I’ve got the game on my radio, but not online.
yeah WXYT isnt working
phils broadcast is
Director of the 2010 Free Casper Wells campaign
No Run Support
It was working when I first loaded the player
Then I left the room and when I came back there was just silence
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 1:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Doesn't want to go back to Toledo!!!!
So he keeps on hitting!!!!
DH rules
Isn’t it weird that one team is using a DH and another isn’t, in the same game? I thought the teams had to have the same rules.
even if that was the case, there’s no reason they couldn’t call halladay the dh, right? for that matter, i think you can dh for anyone; it doesn’t have to be the pitcher i don’t think.
This is true
Gets him more PA’s too.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 22, 2010 3:18 AM EDT up reply actions
my goodness these phillies announcers are inaccurate
a good reminder never to trust what announcers say about the opposing team
I can understand announcers from Philly getting some of the facts mixed
but the News’ own reporter? really?
I keep meaning to ask this, but I've forgotten until now
Just about all the other teams in spring training wear some sort of alternate or warm-up jersey, but the Tigers are in their normal regular season uniforms. Why is that?
That's a good question.
But I’m glad they stick with the standard uni’s… even the Yankees wear a navy-blue jersey in the spring.
by frisbeepilot on Mar 20, 2010 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Because when you have the best home uniforms in all of baseball, you wear them every chance you get!
by RealityIsOptionable on Mar 20, 2010 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Until someone brings him a shrubbery.
Sorry, I haven’t made a horrible Python joke about his name yet. It’s out of my system now.
by frisbeepilot on Mar 20, 2010 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions
yeah, unfortunately
kinda annoying…so now i’m just watching.
the phillies announcers do a good job
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions
Tigers audio feed
Sounds like someone just kicked a cable out of a jack.
by frisbeepilot on Mar 20, 2010 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions
Dan Dickerson's fine
I’m not a big fan of Jim Price.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Spring numbers are meaningless
Less than 20 games against pitchers that are working on stuff.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Did he break anything?
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Great
I have Nova upsetting Dook in the Eilte Eight. So much for that…
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
I don't understand the excitement so many people have over Nova
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
It's that everyone else in that part of the bracket sucks
And Dook swallows- chokes all the time.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I stand corrected
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I've been pretty good at predicting Duke upsets over the years, but this time I have them going to the Final Four
I have Villanova getting upset by Baylor, though
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
i didn't have too much excitement
i just saw a buttload of weak-looking teams in that bracket and i know nova has talent
I Like Pie
I went 22-for-32 in the first round, helped out by a strong second day
And the only team that I had going to the Sweet Sixteen that lost was Georgetown
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
i know i'm in last place
you don’t have to rub it in!
especially after my bracket last year was so good
I Like Pie
I've never been able to recapture the glory of my first year of doing brackets
I got every first-round matchup right except one.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm as accurate as a coinflip.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Had G-Town in the Elite Eight
If Nova loses I lose a Final Four team…
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
i've only lost a pair of sweet 16 teams
but my accuracy is way off this year too. was in the top 3% of yahoo last season. Que sera sera
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Eddie Bonine is pitching
Still 3-0 Tigers
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
At a conference
Can’t watch.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
unfortunately, all we have is charter cable
stupid telecom monopolies. service stinks, get barely any good channels on basic, and no one locally will answer your calls.
but, the guy who installed for us two and a half years ago was a computer nerd, got along with my housemate, and made it so we get extended channels for free!
I Like Pie
I had that thought last year,
but I think we have better candidates now. He was a starter in Japan, so that’s the only reason I considered it.
by StringTheory on Mar 20, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
his stuff is not good enough for 2nd time around in the batting order
not to mention the third!
he is sneaky the first time around.
he does have stamina though (he was a starter prior to MLB)
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
How about trade Zach Miner?
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions
A live arm
If we can get Zach Simons for Jason Grilli, we can get something for Miner.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions
you're right
we should be able to get a low-end prospect
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
awesome
sorry…i ran away to take a quick shower. girlfriend and her friends are grilling out in a few minutes
I Like Pie
Makes up for yesterday against the Yanks
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 2:28 PM EDT up reply actions
alright folks
i’m off to a barbecue. it’s not snowing anymore in the UP and it’s nice outside again.
GO TIGERS!
I Like Pie
Larish's hiting coach.
Hopefully Larish’s dad was watching the Philly tv broadcast. That was hilarious how they were ripping on the "statute"
by RealityIsOptionable on Mar 20, 2010 2:32 PM EDT reply actions
rightly so
he NEVER catches up to heat over 95mph
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions
and a Thomas is to be challeneged by lefty heart of the order
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions
quite by design, I'd imagine
but Thomas was a closer in the Korean league, and might be considered for one of those set up roles
Victorino starts his HR trot on a long foul ball
he is using Spring Training for all it’s worth
then he throws the bat away
now he is out at 1st
Flyin Hawian fail
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
The announcers just said that the umps have shifted around
I didn’t know they did that, but it makes sense for them
Causing agony in new ways.
Dioner Navarro, injured in collision at plate with Jacque Jones, being taken for x-rays on left leg. He appeared to be in great pain.
Navarro has the distinction of being the only batter in the AL
to hit worse than Everett against RHP’s.
and he was non tendered by the T Rays.
So they non-tendered him and then re-signed him?
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Except without him signing with Boston and Toronto
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 2:59 PM EDT up reply actions
That's too bad
I kinda liked Dioner Navarro. I’m not suggesting the Tigers go get him, though.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Random spring averages
AJax .359
Cletus .394
Guillen .216
Ramirez .227
Kelly .351
Dlugach .407
Larish .357
Everett .074
interesting that Ramirez has not been sent down
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Indeed
He’ll probably be in the next round of cuts.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions
It's a matter of time
very short time, probably. He came into the spring probably higher on the depth chart than the guys that were sent down yesterday, but I’d have him about even with Boesch, and behind Wells and Strieby right now. The holes in his swing and inability to hit the curve are a huge problem. He can have all the tools in the world, but he’s not a major leaguer.
Throw him in that package with Zoomer for Heath Bell!
No way.
He’ll just be starting insurance at Toledo.
by StringTheory on Mar 20, 2010 2:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Frick
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 3:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Crap
That makes me 0-for-1 so far today (and I’m only 2-for-4 in the women’s bracket)
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Just stopped by to say
I love this score… now off to the grocery store, meh
Welcome to Detroit, NO sissies allowed
Pounds plan
was to get the pitcher laughing so hard at how he looks in that helmet that he gets a walk
by RealityIsOptionable on Mar 20, 2010 3:12 PM EDT reply actions
CF
He’s awesome. Or at least the next Thomas.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Kerry Wood
out eight weeks. The Injuns play the Tigs and Minny six games each in that span, and the Black Sox nine games.
Uh oh.
Which AL Central closer is next?
by StringTheory on Mar 20, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions
Zumaya was our closer of the future
If he gets injured does that count?
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Was it you who wanted Bobby Seay to be the closer?
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 5:55 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah
So I guess that counts too.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 5:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Not Inge
Brian Pounds, who apparently looks like Inge.
by SabreRoseTiger on Mar 20, 2010 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
MLB.com Box score says...
Pounds is manning 3rd right now.
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