Carlos Guillen to the DL; Will Rhymes back up

by allikazoo on Aug 14, 2011 9:35 AM EDT in Detroit Tigers News

According to the Front Office twitter, Carlos Guillen has a sore wrist and is going back to the DL. So who had wrist and third week of August on the injury pool?

On Twitter, Matthew Mowery of The Oakland Press drives home just how fragile Guillen has been over the past four seasons.

Carlos Guillen played 284 of a possible 605 games during his current four-year, $48 M contract w/ #Tigers. Missed 1st 93 games this season.

Will Rhymes is being called up. He was sent down to Toledo in May after hitting just .221 in 19 games. His line at Toledo this year is .303/.373/.398/.771 (with three home runs!), similar to what it was when he got his first call up last year.

Guillen is barely over the Mendoza line, and hitting 4-38 with one RBI in his last ten games, so it's not surprising there's something wrong.

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Poor glass Carlos.

On the other hand, I’m glad to see Will Rhymes back up. Just because. #irrational #dontcare

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by Baroque on Aug 14, 2011 9:43 AM EDT reply actions

Carlos is done forever, good riddance, see ya.

I assume Raburn will get most of the time at 2nd…?

by rcpratt on Aug 14, 2011 9:44 AM EDT reply actions

Why the hatred for Guillen?

Not his fault he was always hurt. Dude played hard and well for us.

by johnmoz on Aug 14, 2011 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions

I don't hate him?

But he’s been payed $760k per hit this year. I’m sick of paying him for nothing.

by rcpratt on Aug 14, 2011 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Welcome back Rhymes!

Leyland must be happy to have another defensive replacement player for late in games.

That rug really tied the room together.

by Motown514 on Aug 14, 2011 9:48 AM EDT reply actions

Although Carlos didn't hit much, I still liked him on the roster.

You can never discount his presence.

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by BSells12 on Aug 14, 2011 9:52 AM EDT reply actions

I WON!!!

Oh wait, wrist? I had cyst in the 3rd week of August. Dang.

And yes, I as well am happy for Rhymes.

Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Drink, and Fight!

by Brand New Hero on Aug 14, 2011 9:54 AM EDT reply actions

Jackson 8, Dirks 7, Ordonez 9, Cabrera 3, Martinez dh, Peralta 6, Raburn 5, Avila 2, Santiago 4

by rcpratt on Aug 14, 2011 10:16 AM EDT reply actions

Send Santiago with Carlos.

by Tim 34 on Aug 14, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Shocker...

No longer the Founder, President and CEO of the Ryan Raburn Fan Club

by tigers22 on Aug 14, 2011 10:49 AM EDT reply actions

Womp womp

Poor Carlos

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by Rob Rogacki on Aug 14, 2011 10:57 AM EDT reply actions

Hope he gets well soon

Had to figure something was affecting his swing with how sharp he was at the plate immediately off the DL. This may just be a getting back into the game pain. Here’s hoping, because I know everyone seems to love will rhymes, but he’s just not that good. Maybewe’lll get lucky and he’ll have another fluke second half and honestly, with the awful production we’ve had at second base, his glove will be a breath of fresh air and if he hits .250 with an OBP of .300-.350, that will be better production than we’ve gotten all year.

God ain't got no use for a 180 lb bag of sugar.

by Siggzilla on Aug 14, 2011 11:15 AM EDT reply actions

so who did win the injury pool?

I looked at an early version of it and I note elbow wasn’t an option. But there was a write-in column

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by Kurt Mensching on Aug 14, 2011 11:23 AM EDT reply actions

Good thing it's Guillen's wrist then

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by Rob Rogacki on Aug 14, 2011 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions

With him, could be both

hasnt had a full scan MRI yet so he may have a fractured spine too

God ain't got no use for a 180 lb bag of sugar.

by Siggzilla on Aug 14, 2011 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions

Based on my limited medical knowledge (most of it from House)

I think Carlos has lupus.

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by Rob Rogacki on Aug 14, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

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by BigAl on Aug 14, 2011 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

lineup

Jackson
rhymes
boesch
Cabrera
Martinez
peralta
Ordonez
Avila
betemit

by Rothben22 on Aug 14, 2011 11:32 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

Not today

Jackson
Dirks
Ordonez
Cabrera
Martinez
Peralta
Raburn
Avila
Santiago

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by Rob Rogacki on Aug 14, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions

I think Raburn gets the Abs at 2nd not Ryhmes

by BennieBladesFan on Aug 14, 2011 11:44 AM EDT up reply actions

I can't believe I'm saying this.

But I think I’d actually prefer that Rhymes start at 2nd and Raburn play RF.

Not that I think it will actually happen.

by rcpratt on Aug 14, 2011 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions

This

Is what I would prefer also

by rif23 on Aug 14, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions

One good thing about Leyland's Lineups...

…When he sticks to his guns, we have the best 6-7-8 hitters in the world.

by Thorpac on Aug 14, 2011 11:39 AM EDT reply actions

playoff rosters

I don’t quite know how this works… but a 15 day DL stint, plus a couple rehab games will push this into September which then makes Rhymes eligible for the playoff rosters, right?

Or maybe they’ll send Will back down in order free Brandon Inge!

by marq96 on Aug 14, 2011 11:39 AM EDT reply actions

Well Raburn will Def Get The ABs

Well at least I hope so. I like Will but hes a career minor leaguer.

by BennieBladesFan on Aug 14, 2011 11:43 AM EDT reply actions

Raburn doesn't belong in the infield

I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!

by Tigerdog1 on Aug 14, 2011 12:08 PM EDT reply actions

no

he doesn’t and its hard to justify him playing the OF either (or too) whichever is grammatically correct.

Your 2k11 Detroit Tigers "AL Central Division Contenders" So get over it.

by Detroitchik on Aug 14, 2011 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions

hes actually got a decent UZR in leftfield

to the point where its almost above avereage. Add in his canon for an arm and hes actually a more than decent left fielder…He just makes AWFUL mistakes….Like throwing the ball over the fence with your glove, running on the warning track

God ain't got no use for a 180 lb bag of sugar.

by Siggzilla on Aug 14, 2011 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Will was a real spark plug when he was called up in 2010

If he can get on base often enough and play average defense, he can spark the offense again this season. I’m glad to see him back up. Raburn needs to be in the lineup, but not in the infield.

I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!

by Tigerdog1 on Aug 14, 2011 12:09 PM EDT reply actions

Honestly

I’m surprised Carlos lasted as long as he did. Oh well.

Your 2k11 Detroit Tigers "AL Central Division Contenders" So get over it.

by Detroitchik on Aug 14, 2011 12:25 PM EDT reply actions

I'm surprised he even made it back

by Keith-Allen on Aug 14, 2011 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions

I had him lasting the season in the pool

with none of the above as his injury. I figured that nobody else had that square, and nobody had him lasting the season, so WTH. I don’t recall if a wrist was on the list at all???

This DL stint will pretty much take us right up to the 9/1 date when players can be recalled.

I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!

by Tigerdog1 on Aug 14, 2011 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree

I predicted that he would get hurt around 40 ABs this year, but he did last 80 AB.

Lock Jacob Turner up until 2012

by cabby4mvp on Aug 14, 2011 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Good bye Carlos and Maggs

They were both good players at one time but there time has come.Send htem to Toledo with Inge.Its time to move on without them.

by swish330 on Aug 14, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions

And look who's playing second base today....

Is it Raburn? NO

Is it Will? NO

Why, it’s Santiago!

I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!

by Tigerdog1 on Aug 14, 2011 12:33 PM EDT reply actions

who should be given that position

anyway. just sayin.

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by Detroitchik on Aug 14, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions

No pretty choices, but I'd give Will a shot most days

with Santiago on occasion. Worth can play the position as well.

I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!

by Tigerdog1 on Aug 14, 2011 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree give Will a shot

Put him at second and bat him second he can’t hit any worse then Carlos.We need some young energy for the strech run.

by swish330 on Aug 14, 2011 1:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Not to beatch about a first place team, but

the Tiger lineup is really boring. Like to see some energy and excitement. on the bases. You look around the league and you see 2B men that don’t have good OPS or SLG numbers, relatively speaking, but they can run and field pretty well for the most part.

I don't care what the Chinese say, 2011 is the Year of the Tiger!

by Tigerdog1 on Aug 14, 2011 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Funny thing is that Polanco is hurt again too

He’ missed nearly the entire month of July due to his back injury, but now he’s out with a sports hernia that will eventually require surgery. So even if we kept Polanco, we might still have this hole at 2B to fill.

by Keith-Allen on Aug 14, 2011 12:43 PM EDT reply actions

Send Carlos back to the Bacta Tank...

…but it’s not working properly. Poo.

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by DetroitTigersGeek on Aug 14, 2011 12:55 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Star Wars'd

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by Trout Jefferson on Aug 14, 2011 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions

Definitely not arguing that guillen isn’t fragile, but this DL trip smells like an NBA injured list addition. Guillen had to be taken out of the lineup because he hasn’t hit at all since his return. And, he’s not a bench player – so he was either to be waived or placed on DL with an “injury”.

Ideally for tigers, they make the playoffs and can convince Guillen to take the 24th roster spot (don Kelly will forever hold the 25th). Because guillen can help as a bench player as long as he’s not destructive presence.

by TigerFaninDC on Aug 14, 2011 1:01 PM EDT via mobile reply actions