Robbie Weinhardt called up to Tigers as Galarraga optioned to Toledo
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 6, 2010 11:55 PM EDT
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Robbie Weinhardt, welcome to the big leagues.
Armando Galarraga, it's nothing personal. But your services won't be needed until after the All-Star Break so it makes perfect sense.
Galarraga gave up three runs on 10 hits and three walks while flirting with disaster on Tuesday night. Eventually disaster found him and he allowed a two-run home run. After the game, the Tigers announced his option to Triple-A Toledo.
The right-handed reliever Weinhardt (stats) will be have his contract purchased from Toledo and join a bullpen that was taxed by an extra-innings game Tuesday after being used for most of the game Monday.
It's not every day a guy who came within one bad umpire decision of a perfect game gets optioned, but he had already spend time in the minors this year so it didn't cost the Tigers anything to make the move.
Tigers GM/President/CEO Dave Dombrowski explained the decision:
"With the all-star break now, we don't need a fifth starter to fall into the rotation until the 20th of July. So what he's going to do is ... pitch one game for Toledo on Thursday the 15th. He will pitch for us again on the 20th.
"It will allow us to bring an extra reliever here with us in the meantime."
He also said they are undecided who will pitch in the day-night double header on July 17, it could be someone from the bullpen or it could be a callup.
Galarraga was less pleased. MLive's Steve Kornacki reports:
“I don’t want to talk to you guys,” Galarraga said before briskly walking out of the clubhouse.
I've been excited to see what Weinhardt could do ever since last fall. He struck out an AFL league-high 29 in 18 innings and had a WHIP of 1.31.
Weinhard has been solid in Triple-A this season, though not as great as in the AFL. He also suffered an injury that had him on the DL for awhile. He hasn't struck out as many batters as in the past, at 18 in 27 1/3 innings, but he's also walked just four. So that's a good ratio. In addition, he forces groundball outs more than twice as often as he gives up the fly ball. Total up the results, his WHIP is 0.95 and ERA 1.98.
There's a good chance he'll be making his MLB debut in the finale against the Orioles.
Oh, and he's a Twitterer, too, so be sure to congratulate @robbiew19!
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insert cranky comment about how I love that they called him up RIGHT AFTER i left town
but so excited to see robbie in the big leagues finally. bout time!
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Good luck, Robbie!
Should’ve been called up long before Schlereth, lefty or not!
The kid has been excellent in the minors. Good move.
i'm sure that was mostly just related to robbie's coming back from injury
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 7, 2010 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions
I'd hope so, but there were four or five relievers pitching better than Schlereth.
So, I’m sure the fact that he’s a lefty and Ni was the guy sent down played into it.
Sborz, Weinhardt, Simons, and Wise were all pitching better than Schlereth with his 1.60 WHIP
Eventually disaster found him and he allowed a three-run home run.
I’m pretty sure it was a two run home run.
But yeah, good to see Robbie get called up – he certainly deserves it as much as anyone.
whoops yo're right
I was channeling Earl Weaver
by Kurt Mensching on Jul 7, 2010 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions
WEINHARDT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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to add to that
Those who don’t know much about him will quickly become a big fan of him.
Really nice guy too
I agree with Perfecto.
I understand, but still think it’s a sh**** thing to do to Armando. Just because you can, doesn’t make it right.
Dunno why Armando's so upset.
He wasn’t going to start again until then anyways. The team is desperate for more bullpen depth. Suck it up.
Yay! Weinhardt!
I think sending Armando away instead of Oliver is a pretty horrible decision. Armando is a better pitcher right now, and Oliver has more to learn in the minors yet.
With the off day
Galarraga would be going on regular rest on Sunday.
Galarraga was terrible against the Twins, Oliver is far better as a lefty.
That’s why Oliver and Galarraga switched in the first place. They don’t want Armando to pitch against the Twins, and I sure don’t blame them.
I'm not supporting the
teams decision to have called up Oliver, and keep him here for the foreseeable future. Yet, to call Gallaraga the better pitcher at this point is laughable. Gallaraga sports a K:BB ratio that is almost in Willis territory. Meanwhile he is generating the lowest swinging strike rate of his career. Sure he had the perfecto, but I think that clouds the vision of many people as to his performance. Excluding the perfecto he has been a very poor pitcher, and he has sported an ERA of almost 6 in the 6 starts he has made since that start. Those numbers are very close to his FIP and xFIP over the past season and a half, so they should be expected from here on out. Andrew Oliver on the other hand has mainly been plagued by bad luck in very limited major league time. He is at least due a few more starts to prove his worth. While many advanced stats are not available for Minor League players, in AA he produced a K:BB ratio of 2.80. His Major League stats continue that trend, albeit in very limited time.
ERA is 4.45. FIP is 4.74. tERA is 4.28.
The K rate is godawful. Armando is not a great pitcher. Kind of okay, kind of not. At this point, so is Oliver. Having watched Oliver, I don’t think he has the stuff the succeed at the major league level right now. He has two pitches. Monday is what happens if one of the two is not spot-on. I totally see your point, but at this moment in time, Galarraga is a lot more likely to be “on” and be able to go deep into a game. With the bullpen already having thrown so many innings, I’d rather have the guy that, of the two, is a good bet to eat more innings. Even if he is, in fact, slightly worse in those innings. I also still feel like all future starts Oliver makes for the Tigers this year are retarding his development.
Again, it's the pragmatic move
there are 4 starts before the ASB. Galarraga will make none of those starts, so he goes. I don’t think there’s anyone capable/ready/available to make Oliver’s start vs. Minny.
by ChrisDTX on Jul 7, 2010 10:53 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I feel like AG has gotten an undeserved reputation for being an innings eater.
He’s averaging under 6 innings per start this year, and that includes his perfect game. The idea that he is more likely to go deep in a game than Oliver doesn’t really seem to be based on anything substantial.
Considering they’re both in the rotation for the foreseeable future, this seems like much ado about nothing.
They're both in the rotation
until Porcello removes his head from his rear-end.
by ChrisDTX on Jul 7, 2010 11:30 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
he was still adorable, head up rear-end or not
in high socks and the toledo uniform. he’s getting there, stuff-wise
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Kind of a necessary move, no?
The bullpen is a little fried after the first 2 games in the O’s series, and Scherzer doesn’t exactly have a track record of going deep into games. Need an extra arm out there.
by ChrisDTX on Jul 7, 2010 10:30 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
Not only that
But it allows Armando to get an extra Toledo start in. That’s not a bad thing at all.
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Keep bringing in more pieces to add to our top-5 AL bullpen. They’ve all worked out decently so far
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