Bless You Boys Podcast 72: It's all Brayan Villarreal's fault!

BYB Podcast 72 has a running time of 1:10 and features Kurt Mensching, Al Beaton and special guest Ian Casselberry.

Looking for Allison? She took the episode off in order to see a screening of "42." Expect a review on next week's podcast.

Topics:

• Brayan Villarreal on the hot seat.
• The Detroit Tigers bullpen by committee experiment is a work in progress, Jim Leyland still doesn't have a system in place.
  
• Is Phil Coke a LOOGY or not?
• Will Joaquin Benoit end up as the de facto closer?
  
• Drew Smyly and Darin Downs deserve bigger roles.
• Did Ramon Santiago pass the audition?
  
• The velocity of Justin Verlander's fastball down according to baseball hipsters, ignoring the small sample size.
• Torii Hunter makes his presence quickly known. Brennan Boesch and Quintin Berry who?
  
• The Tigers have wasted the potential of the designated hitter for much of the history of the position.
• The payroll piper will have to be paid in the next 2-3 seasons and fans will not like it.
• The Tigers have several core players on the cusp of their next contract (by 2015) who will either get significant raises or massive, long-term deals from another team (Miguel Cabrera, Austin Jackson, Max Scherzer, Doug Fister, Alex Avila, Rick Porcello). It's a depressing thought, but the Tigers will not be able to keep them all.
• If the Tigers decide to trade Miguel Cabrera, after this season is the time to do it. His value will never be higher with two years left on his contract.
  
• The Tigers release "Future All-Star" Cale Iorg.
• Can you honestly say the AL Central is tougher than last season after a mere eight games?
  
• Sad Allison is sad. The Blue Jays claim Casper Wells.
• It's going to be a great season if you're a fan MLB.
  
• Rebel umpires are needed. As in robots.
  
• WXYT's Mike Valenti knows less than nothing about baseball.
  

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