Category Archives: Minors

2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4.13.2010

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Indianapolis 0 Toledo 6
Ruddy Lugo walked 4 and allowed 3 hits in 5 innings, but nobody crossed the plate. Casey Fien allowed just 2 hits in 3 innings and Robbie Weinhardt fanned 1 in his inning. Offensively Wil Rhymes led the way with a 4 for 5 night. Brennan Boesch, who homered yesterday, got the other 3 legs of the cycle and Brent Dlugach picked up 3 hits as well.

Erie 0 Binghamton 2
Cale Iorg had 1 of the 3 Erie hits. Jon Kibler walked four and scattered 7 hits over 6 innings while fanning 3.

Lakeland 3 Brevard County 2
Luke Putkonen continued the theme of Tigers starters walking 4 batters today and he only lasted 4.2 innings. Tyler Stohr fanned 2 in 2 innings. Rawley Bishop and Kody Kaiser each had 2 hits.

Fort Wayne 2 West Michigan 3
Jordan Lennerton, Michael Rockett, Alexis Espinoza, and Luis Salas all had 2 hit days. Trevor Feeney had 7 punch outs and no walks in 7 innings.

2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4.12.2010

Indianapolis 3 Toledo 6
Brennan Boesch homered. Brent Dlugach and Wil Rhymes each had 2 hits. Alfredo Figaro went 5 innings and allowed 3 runs on 6 hits, 2 walks, and 4 strikeouts.

Erie 4 Binghamton 7
Andy Oliver made his debut and struggled from the outset. He walked 4 and allowed 2 homers in 3.2 innings. Deik Scram homered and walked.

Lakeland 2 Brevard County 0
Kody Kaiser went 2 for 4 with a triple. Christopher White added a triple as well. Charlie Furbush fanned 7 and walked 1 in 5.2 innings.

Fort Wayne 5 West Michigan 4
Hernan Perez went 2 for 4. Ramon Lebron started and struck out 5 in 3 innings. He also allowed 1 run on 1 hit and 4 walks.

Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4.11.2010

Louisville 2 Toledo 1
Aroldis Chapman held the Hens down to 1 unearned run while fanning 9. Brenna Boesch and Danny Worth each had 2 hits. Jeff Larish fanned 4 times. Enrique Gonzalez went 4.1 innings and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits, 1 walk, and 3 K’s. Jay Sborz fanned the side in the final frame.

Erie 1 Trenton 5
Adny Dirks doubled and walked. Thad Weber went 5 innings and fanned 3 and walked 1 allowing 2 runs on 4 hits.

Tampa 3 Lakeland 0
Christopher white had a hit. Ben Guez had the other 2. Lakeland has managed just 6 runs in their 4 games and are OPS’ing just .358. Adam Wilk allowed 2 runs in 4 innings on 4 hits, a walk, and 4 K’s. Matt Hoffman was perfect for 2 innings with 2 strike outs.

Fort Wayne 3 West Michigan 4
Avisail Garcia had 2 hits and a stolen base. Hernan Perez went 3 for 3. Giovany Soto struck out 10 and walked 1 in 5 innings of 2 hit, 1 run ball.

2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap – 4.10.2010

Louisville 7 Toledo 1
Ryan Strieby doubled twice and added a single. Armando Galarraga allowed just 1 run on 3 hits, no walks and 6 K’s. Casey Fien gave up 3 runs in 2 innings of relief despite fanning 4 and Robbie WEinahrdt was touched for 3 runs on 4 hits in an inning of work.

Erie 1 Trenton 4
The Seawolves managed only 3 hits. Jeff Kunkel had the lone extra base hit, a triple. Duane Below fanned 7 in 4 innings but allowed 3 runs on 4 hits.

Lakeland 0 Tampa 2
Christopher White got the lone Lakeland hit as they were shut out. Bryan Villarreal was good, with 8 K’s in 4 innings and no walks.

West Michigan 4 Lake County 6
Jacob Turner made his debut and he fanned 7 and walked none in 5 innings of 2 hit, shut out baseball. Wade Gaynor doubled, homered, and drove in 3. Eric Roof and Mike Gosse each had 3 hit days.

2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4.9.2010

Louisville 4 Toledo 7
Clete Thomas, Brent Dlugach, Brennan Boesch, and Robinson Diaz all had 2 hit games. Phil Dumatrait walked 5 in 4 innings. Scot Drucker came on in relief and fanned 3 but also left the bases loaded for Josh Rainwater who fanned 3 batters of his own. Jay Sborz got the save.

Erie 1 Trenton 3
Lauren Gagnier pitched 5 innings of shutout ball with no walks allowed and 5 K’s.

Tampa 0 Lakeland 6
Mark Sorensen had the exact same line as Gagnier. Anthony Shawler, Ramon Garcia, and Lester Oliveros closed the game out. Brent Wyatt had 3 hits including a double. Christopher White and Gustavo Nunez each had 2 hits. Andy Bouchie homered.

West Michigan 1 Lake County 7
Jamie Johnson went 2 for 4. Mike Gosse went 1 for 2 with 2 walks. Jade Todd allowed 3 runs on 4 hits and a walk in 3.1 innings.

2010 Season, Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 4.8.2010

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Louisville 5 Toledo 3
Jeff Larish singled and homered. Ryan Strieby added a homer as well and Brent Dlugach had 3 hits. Casper Wells left the game for pinch runner Jeff Frazier. Ruddy Lugo allowed 5 runs on 7 hits (2 homers) in 4.2 innings. Daniel Schlereth pitched 2.1 scoreless innigns and Robbie Weinhardt added a perfect frame with 2 K’s.

Erie 0 Trenton 4
Jon Kibler fanned 5 and walked none allowing just 2 runs (1 earned) in 5 innings. Luis Marte was knocked around for 2 more runs while only recording 1 out. Andy Dirks and Wilkin Ramirez each singled for the only Seawolves hits.

Lakeland 0 Tampa 4
Ben Guez and Alden Carrithers had the only Lakeland hits. Luke Putkonen allowed 3 runs in 3.2 innings. Matt Hoffman followed with 3 perfect innings.

West Michigan 3 Lake County 4 (10 innings)
Trevor Feeney pitched 6 shut out innings allowing 3 hits and a walk while fanning 3. Jamie Johnson had 2 hits and 2 walks. Michael Rockett homered.

2010 Season, Minors

Minor League Rosters Announced

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The Tigers organization made the official announcements of their minor league rosters today. The rosters below were compiled from posts at TigsTown (and Mark Anderson – @TigsTownMark), Motown Sports, and Nick Underhill’s site.

A couple of things worth calling out:

  • Audy Ciriaco and Cody Satterwhite are both starting their seasons on the DL. In Satterwhite’s case it is a torn labrum.  While I don’t know the severity this is often a career-altering type of injury.
  • 2009 second round pick Andy Oliver will receive the aggressive assignment to AA meaning he has a chance to see time with the big league club in 2010.
  • Another 2009 pitcher, Adam Wilk will be pushed to Lakeland after successful stints at the lower rungs in his debut year.
  • The Toledo team is pretty stacked and the infield and outfield should provide some exciting nights at Fifth-Third field. That crowded outfield forced Ramirez to Erie even though he spent last season at AAA. Jason Beck notes that he will get the bulk of his reps in centerfield so the move may me as much about defense as offense.
  • Take 75 North and TigsTown both covered some of the cuts/retirements that are a little surprising including Brett Jensen and Jordan Newton.

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Free Agents, Minors, Trade Rumors, Trades, Winter Meetings

Winter Meetings Day 4

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The last day of a very active winter meetings for Tigers fans is upon us. A look at what took place yesterday and what may take place today follows.

This should be old hat by now, but here are all the ways to keep up with the Winter Meetings at DTW.

Free Agents, Managing & Strategy, Minors

The week that was

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Things have been very quiet here at DTW lately. While it wasn’t my intention for things to go dark here, when it’s a one person gig sometimes life gets in the way. Fortunately life will be out of the way this coming week so my winter meetings coverage should be pretty robust and very timely. In the mean time I’ll use this post as a way of catching up on everything that got neglected.

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2009 Season, Minors, Roster Management

Minor notes: Protection, Bourquin, and the AFL

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Some minor league news and notes:

40 man roster

We’ve talked here already about the Tigers need to trim the 40 man roster and the need to protect players ahead of the rule 5 draft coming up in December. The 40 man will be set initially tomorrow (things could of course change between now and the actual rule 5 draft due to trades/free agent signings).

With that in mind Tigers 40 man roster candidate Scot Drucker really wants to be on a big league roster next year and is offering to pay the the $50,000 rule 5 draft fee for any team that takes him:

@utbaseball30 Deadline for the 40 man rosters tonight, remember to any team that may want me if Im not protected, Ill cover the 50k in the Rule V draft

Not sure if Drucker would look to recoup the $25K if he were returned to the Tigers.

Ronnie Bourquin

The Tigers 2nd round pick from 2006 is eligible for the rule 5 draft. But his status as a prospect was already in doubt as things haven’t gone the way either he or the Tigers would have liked. He finally started to hit in A ball this year before being pushed to Erie where he struggled. Now he’s been suspended 50 games for testing positive for amphetamines.

AFL Championship Game

The Peoria Javelinas will be playing in the AFL Championship game this Saturday. See AFL strike out leader Robbie Weinhardt and other Tigers on the MLB Network and MLB.tv. The game is at 2:45 ET. By that point OSU should be rolling over Michigan so if you need a diversion, see a couple guys who could be helping the Tigers next year finish up their fall season.

2009 Season, Minors

The Tigers AFL Update

Things continue to go well for the Tigers’ Arizona contingent – excepting Scott Sizemore’s injury of course. Robbie Weinhardt’s rough 3 outing start is a thing of the past. Casper Wells continues to hit.  Andy Oliver, Thad Weber, and Scot Drucker are all seeing some success as the Peoria Javelinas lead the league.

Robbie Weinhardt

Weinhardt gave up 7 runs in his first 3 appearances, and none since. In his last 5 outings he’s thrown 10 scoreless innings. He’s allowed just 1 walk and 5 hits with 17 strike outs over that span. His 25 K’s lead the league. Those are remarkable numbers in an offense dominated league.

Casper Wells

Wells is leading the AFL in slugging at .750 and he’s 4th in on base percentage. He did have to leave yesterday’s game when trying to beat out a play at first. The Daily Fungo’s Mike McClary was in attendance and tweeted that Wells was able to limp off under his own power.

The Rest

In Oliver’s last 7 innings (4 games) he’s only allowed 1 unearned run, 3 walks, and 6 hits while fanning 8…Thad Weber has walked only 1 batter in 9 innings while fanning 10…Drucker has been up and down vacillating between good and bad outings. Today was a good one with 3 scoreless frames…Cale Iorg had a 2 game break out that saw him hit a homer and a double. But in 45 at-bats he has a .512 OPS and 16 strike outs.