Reports: Bobby Seay shut down, Zach Miner has elbow strain
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 12:58 PM EDT
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The news coming out on left-handed reliever Bobby Seay today sounds like quite a set back.
First the Detroit News' Tom Gage reported on Twitter Seay was set to have an MRI, then MLB.com's Jason Beck added to the story.
Seay was shut down after further pain in his shoulder during a bullpen session. He will have an MRI in the next few days and have several specialists check it out. Manager Jim Leyland confirmed Seay will start the season on the DL.
Beck:
Seay was originally diagnosed with bursitis in his upper left arm and tendinitis in the shoulder. He had started throwing last week and began throwing off a mound earlier in the week. His latest attempt, though, stopped before it started.
"Throwing in the bullpen today, I couldn't get my arm in a throwing position," Seay said.
If the Tigers are set on taking three lefties north, Brad Thomas and Daniel Schlereth are the possible beneficiaries. Neither has earned the job all that well. Thomas has had some nice results, but five walks in seven innings is a concern, and a manager who complains about pitchers not attacking the strike zone may not want to take him. Schlereth has just plain struggled in games.
I still like Robbie Weinhardt to give an extra right-handed boost, but the Tigers might want him to close in Triple-A Toledo first, so we'll see.
Update:
Just to couple the injury news together, here's more on Zach Miner, from MLive's Steve Kornacki. Zach Miner is reported to have muscle and ligament strain around his elbow. Apparently it's been bothering him for awhile but he didn't bother mentioning it to anyone. Would someone in the Tigers organization please start slapping these guys upside the head? I'm sick of writing about players hurting themselves by not reporting how they feel to the people who know how to deal with it.
“I will be back as quick as possible,” Miner said. “I hope that’s opening day. But if not, I won’t be very far behind.”
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With as much talent as the Tigers have in the bullpen
including a bevy of young guns in the pipeline, there aren’t any obvious candidates for those two late inning set up jobs. Phil Coke and Robbie Weinhardt look like the best picks to me as of now. Zumaya and Perry would be management’s favorites, but Perry isn’t ready for it, and Zoomer is reeking- healthy and all.
My up to the minute forecast:
- Seay and Miner go on the DL
- Ni, Thomas, and Coke are the lefties in the pen
- We’ll have a $ 10- 12.5 million mop up man taking over for Miner in long relief
- Perry, Zumaya, and Weinhardt round out the bullpen.
- Which two get the set up jobs is anyone’s guess. JL likes to go with veterans. I wouldn’t
Zumaya and Miner have options left. I hope they’re not afraid to use them.
Both players would have to clear “revocable waivers” which is almost never a problem. Clubs don’t prevent even their enemies from sending a player down to the minors.
BRING BACK CASEY FIEN!
Following their DL time, each player could be on a rehab assignment, giving DD even more time to postpone his decision on which of the over paid starters to release.
I don’t like sending failed starters to the bullpen. Robertson killed us there last year. BTW- so did Zumaya. In fact, sending those two to the DL was the best thing that happened to the Tiger pen all season long.
a bit confused by all that
what’s your list of the 7 pitchers in the pen, in summation?
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 3:06 PM EDT up reply actions
My list
Valverde
Perry
Zumaya
Coke
Ni
Thomas
Rotation loser. If I have to guess now, I’d say Bonderman. Yikes! I just put Willis in the rotation!
Ni gets it on merit.
Perry on potential.
Zumaya’s inherited it
they’re driving me mental
Valverde’s the closer
DD’s high on Coke
Thomas is a hoser
and the rotation loser’s a joke
I’d find room for Robbie Weinhardt.
Enrique Gonzalez, Eddie Bonine, Dan Schlereth, Phil Dumatrait, Cody Satterwhite, and Josh Rainwater are still in camp also. As long as they’re getting innings, you can’t rule them out.
Start the Chant!
Robbie! Robbie! ROBBIE!! ROBBIE!!! ROBBIE!!!!
Maybe that’ll work…
by DetroitTigersGeek on Mar 20, 2010 3:29 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
I'm with ya
There is no reason why Weinhardt should not start the season in Detroit
by JAYRC on Mar 20, 2010 4:11 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Some People Still believe in small sample size.....
….BUT NOT ME!!!!!
by BennieBladesFan on Mar 20, 2010 7:14 PM EDT up reply actions
Awfully interesting timing for Miner
I mean, he’s been pretty bad in ST and now he’s got an injury. I wonder if it’s one of those nagging ones that lasts for months?
by SweetLouDoubleU on Mar 20, 2010 3:40 PM EDT reply actions
It's one of those ones that let's DD use a "rehab assignment" to buy him some time
and send him down without sending him down
Having three effective lefties will be nice when we face Cleveland and Minnesota.
The Indians will have Cabrera, Sizemore, Choo, Hafner, and Branyan. The Twins will have Span, Hudson, Mauer, Morneau, Kubel, and Thome. I know Cabrera and Hudson are switch-hitters, but they don’t hit as well from the right side.
Right now, my bullpen would be Valverde, Perry, Zumaya, Weinhardt, Ni, Thomas, and Coke.
Here is what I think will happen to start out
(1) Valverde—Closer
(2) Perry—8th inning
(3) Zumaya—7th inning
(4) Coke— Used a lot in all types of situations
(5) Ni—Situational lefty
either (i) or (ii)
(i) Robertson and Weinhardt
(ii) Bonderman and Thomas
I think Willis makes the rotation.
Here's what I think
No matter what we’ll all be wrong about the bullpen and the 25th positional player because the Tigers will end up making some sort of trade we were not anticipating.
I hope so
Preferably for a 3B prospect or a SS.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 5:28 PM EDT up reply actions
That may be
But I don’t think the trade would affect the bullpen.
by Cecil_Fielder on Mar 20, 2010 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions
It could
Insofar as a pitcher like Seay or Miner might be gone.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Sounds like Miner
thinks he’s made the team. Does he merit that much confidence, or is the ’pen not really up to major league standards?
Baseball Geek
by StorminNormanCash on Mar 20, 2010 6:19 PM EDT reply actions
I don't think it was ever in doubt if he was healthy
whether it should have been, totally different and valid question.
by Kurt Mensching on Mar 20, 2010 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I really think....
….thomas replaces seay and Weinhardt replaces Seay….I know wake is huge into small sample size but im interested to know his opinion on Weinhardt?
by BennieBladesFan on Mar 20, 2010 7:17 PM EDT reply actions
Weinhardt
Good fastball- low to mid 90’s with movement- not the purest of power arms, but close. Has a slider and changeup- the slider seems to have a late break and a lot of potential, while the change is merely okay. Walk rate of 4.60 per 9 in AA last year seems a little high- and I’d definitely say his command could use some work, but he’s a good arm that could probably step into the bullpen and do good things. I hardly think there’s any rush, but it’s prospects like him that make me hate the Valverde signing and feel good about the bullpen of the future in Detroit.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 20, 2010 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
We can give the young guys a chance, but theoretically they should start at the bottom of the bullpen hierarchy and work their way up the ladder. Right now, we have Valverde at the top, but the rest of the pen is in complete chaos.
.
Wait 3 months
It should look awesome.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 22, 2010 2:45 AM EDT up reply actions
Maybe I'm an A-Hole
But neither of these injuries lessens my optimism for the 2010 season.
I’ve been beating the drum to trade Seay since the Granderson trade, but I guess DD wasn’t listening. So he’s not headed north with the club, but the Tigers don’t have a C+/C prospect to show for it. I’m fine with this.
As for Minor… he has been more frustrating to watch that ANYONE else on the staff… including Willis (IMO). I’m so tired of watching him nibble around the corners and walk batters when his sinker is capable of inducing ground balls all day. I admit taking personal pleasure when I see JL leap off the top step and march to the mound after Minor would walk someone. THROW STRIKES ALREADY!
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No Worries, Seay and Miner were not EFFECTIVE!!
Perry needs to concentrate on getting outs and not losing counts to hitters. Perry’s concentration level is not helping his ERA this spring. Bonderman will never be the Bonderman of old, he looks like Kip Wells! Willis is a bad game away from not pitching in the Majors again. Dontrelle is in Donnie Moore mode, until proven different. The offence looks grreat 1-6, but 7-9 is a natural disaster waiting to happen late in games. The rotation is the same at the top Wow Porcello and Verlander are a tough one two punch, but Bonderman Willis and new the new guy from Arizona that I refuse to name because I am so pissed off at the GM for letting Edwin Jackson go after he found his greatness!!! Well you get the point, the bottom of the Tigers roatation sucks. Middle relief waws going to be a problem and Valverde is a Rodney clone, believe me I live in Houston and shook my head sideways one too many times at Minutemaid err Enron field!!
Wow
I thought I was a negative nancy.
President, Vice President and Secretary of the Casey Crosby Fanclub.
by David Tokarz on Mar 22, 2010 2:46 AM EDT up reply actions
Is Miner out from Whiplash?
Last time I saw him pitch Joe Mauer killed a weak slider into orbit!
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