Category Archives: Minors

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/17/09

Erie 11 Portland 5
Deik Scram went 2 for 4 with a homer and a walk. Ryan Strieby doubled twice and walked. Casper Wells had 2 hits, and 3 K’s. Luis Marte fanned 7 and allwed 3 runs in 6 innings. Jay Sborz struck out the side in his inning of work, and allowed 2 hits.

Lakeland 3 Charlotte 7
Michael Bertram homered and walked. Charlie Furbush only last 4 innings as he allowed 4 runs on 7 hits and a walk.

Fort Wayne 12 West Michigan 2
Brandon Douglas went 3 for 4. Maurico Robles was rocked for 6 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks in 3.1 innings. Brayan Villarreal fanned 4 and allowed 1 run in 3.2 innings.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/16/09

Toledo 3 Scranton/WB 7
Brent Clevlen went 3 for 4 with a homer. Brooks Brown (with him pitching tonight he won’t make Dontrelle’s next start for Detroit) allowed 5 runs on 3 walks and 7 hits in 4.1 innings. Freddy Dolsi pitched 3 innings (are they stretching him out for Miner’s role?) and allowed 2 hits and fanned 2.

Erie 0 Portland 5
Erie only managed 3 hits. Casper Wells had one of them. Jonah Nickerson allowed 4 runs in 7 innings on 9 hits, 0 walks, 2 homers, and 3 K’s.

Lakeland 0 Charlotte 1
Chris Carlson and Santo De Leon each had 2 hits. Thad Weber deserved better after giving up just 1 run on 5 hits, no walks, and 6 K’s in 7 innnings.

Fort Wayne 3 West Michigan 7
Gustavo Nunez and Brandon Douglas each had 3 hits. Nunez also had 3 stolen bases pushing his season total to 33. Jordan Lennerton homered. Luke Putkonen lasted 5 innings and surrendered just 1 run on 4 K’s, 3 walks, and 6 hits.

Scott Sizemore

Tigers 2nd base prospect was promoted to Toledo on Sunday. Take 75 North provided some depth and background to the move and shows that it was definitely warranted and Sizemore has positioned himself as the top 2nd base prospect in the system. Beyond that, I read this as a fairly significant promotion as it relates to the big league club. This will give the Tigers 6 weeks to see what Sizemore can do at AAA prior to the trade deadline. Making a decision on 6 weeks of data is shaky, but Sizemore does have a decent track record beyond that. Sizemore’s and Polanco’s performance over the next 6 weeks, and possibly the season, will likely dictate whether or not Polanco is offered a contact for 2010.

Tigers Minore League Wrap 6/13/09

Rochester 2 Toledo 4
Wilkin Ramirez and Clete Thomas both had doubles and singles. Ryan Roberson was 3 for 4 with a homer. Ruddy Lugo fanned 8 in 7 innings with 2 runs allowed on 6 hits and a walk. Fu Te Ni pitched a scoreless inning, as did Casey Fien despite the latter allowing 2 hits and a walk.

New Hampshire 2 Erie 5
Deik Scram and Cale Iorg went 2 for 3 with homers. Jon Kibler allowed 2 runs in 6 innings on 7 hits, 1 walks, and 2 K’s. Zach Simons fanned 5 with just one hit allowed in 3 innings.

Sarasota 1 Lakeland 7
Audy Ciriaco and Adrian Cassanova each had 2 hits including homers. Lauren Gagnier struck out 9 in 7 innings with 1 run allowed on 5 hits and 2 walks.

South Bend 4 West Michigan 6
Brent Wyatt homered and drove in 3. Brandon Hamilton fought his was through 4 innings with 3 walks and 7 hits allowing 4 runs in 4 innings. Jared Gayhart fanned 2 in a scoreless inning.

Some DSL and VSL coverage

Not included in the wrap on a regular basis due to player obscurity and time limitations here are some stats of note from the Dominican and Venezuelan teams.

DSL

Juaner Aguasvivas – 1B, 19 years old – 310/383/548 in 11 games
Emmanuel Del Orbe – RHP, 19 years old – 10/1 K/BB, 0.67 WHIP in 2 games and 9 innings

VSL

Gilbert Gomez – 1B, 19 years old – 237/370/605 line in 15 games.
Luis Sanz – C, 18 years old – 313/422/418 with 12 walks and 5 K’s in 20 games
Yorfrank Lopez – RHP, 18 years old – 17/5 K/BB, 0.92 WHIP in 20.2 innings
Josue Carreno – RHP, 17 years old – 18/3 K/BB, 1.18 WHIP in 18.2 innings

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/12/09

Rochester 1 Toledo 2
Clete Thomas went 1 for 3 with a double. Jeff Larish walked and was hit by a pitch. Dusty Ryan doubled. Chris Lambert pitched 7.2 innings of shutout ball with 5 K’s and 1 walk. Freddy Dolsi allowed a run on 2 hits, but got the save.

New Hampshire 5 Erie 0
Scott Sizemore triple, singled, and walked and was most of the offense. Luke Stanley allowed 5 runs on 5 hits (2 homers) and 2 walks in 5 innings. Cody Satterwhite walked 2 in 2 innings but also had 3 K’s.

Sarasota 1 Lakeland 9
Jordan Newton doubled and homered. Michael Bertram and Jeramy Laster also went deep. Charlie Furbush allowed 1 run in 5 innings on 6 hits, 1 walk, and 2 K’s. Scott Green fanned 2 in his inning of work.

South Bend 1 West Michigan 3
Brent Wyatt tripled and drove in a run. Anthony Shawler pitched 6 shut out innings with just 2 K’s but no walks. Tyler Stohr got his 11th save and now posts a 1.80 ERA.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/10/09

Toledo 9 Norfolk 4
Wilkin Ramirez walked 3 times and homered. Brent Clevlen and Jeff Frazier each had 2 hits. Jeff Larish doubled and walked. Luke French allowed 4 runs on 8 hits in 6.2 innings. Casey Fien fanned 2 in 1.1 innings.

Portland 2 Erie 11
Brennan Boesch homered and drove in 5. Scott Sizemore and Alex Avila had multi-hit games. Alfredo Figaro fanned 8 and walked none pitched 7 innings of 2 run ball.

Lakeland 0 Fort Myers 2
Lakeland had 2 hits so there is no offense to speak of. Matt Hoffman allowed 4 runs on 6 hits, no walks and 3 K’s in 5 innings. Lester Oliveros struck out the side in 1 inning.

Lakeland 4 Fort Myers 5
Michael Bertram walked twice and doubled. Christopher White went 3 for 3. Trevor Feeney allowed 4 runs on 5 hits in 3 innings.

West Michigan 5 Lansing 3
Ben Guez and Avasail Garcia both singled and tripled. Jared Gayhart pitched 4 innings of relief allowing a walk and a hit while fanning 3.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/6/09

Toledo 1 Norfolk 0
Brent Dlugach’s homered proved to be all the offense. Ryan Roberson did pick up 3 hits. Scott Drucker fanned 4 and walked 1 with 3 hits in 6 innings. Clay Rapada pitched the final 2 innings for the save.

Erie 6 Bowie 10
Scott Sizemore singled, doubled, and walked. Brennan Boesch and Shawn Roof each had 2 hits. Ryan Strieby started but left the game in the 2nd inning, I’m not sure what happened. Pat Stanley allowed 8 runs (6 earned) in 5 innings on 11 hits, 3 of which were homers.

St. Lucie 7 Lakeland 5
Justin Henry went 2 for 5. Jeramy Laster added a double. Charlie Furbush was knocked out in the 3rd inning after allowing 6 runs on3 hits and 3 walks.

West Michigan 5 Lansing 4
Ronnie Bourquin doubled twice and singled. Keith Hernandez doubled and singled. Anthony Shawler allowed 2 runs on 4.1 innings and Jared Gayhart allowed 2 in 2.1 innings. The club also announced that Mauricio Robles was going on the disabled list.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/5/09

Toledo 1 Durham 4
Brent Clevlen was 4 for 4 and a homer short of the cycle. Marcus Thames went 0 for 4 with 2 K’s. Brooks Brown allowed 2 runs on 3 walks and 4 hits in 6 innings. Casey Fien allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits in 2 innings with 1 K.

Erie 3 Bowie 0
Andy Dirks had 2 singles and he added a walk. Luis Marte pitched 7 innings of shut out ball on 4 hits, 1 walk and 6 strike outs. Josh Rainwater fanned 4 in 2 innings allowing 1 walk and 1 hit.

St. Lucie 5 Lakeland 3
Jeramy Laster had the only extra base hit, a double. Thad Weber lasted 6 innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits, 2 walks, and 2 strike outs.

Great Lakes 16 West Michigan 4
Brandon Douglas and Ronnie Bourquin each had 3 hits. Luis Salas homered. Luke Putkonen and Luis Sanz combined to allow a lot of runs.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/4/09

Toledo 4 Durham 3
Jeff Frazier went 2 for 4 with a double. Marcus Thames walked twice. Wilkin Ramirez returned to the lineup and fanned 3 times. Luke French fanned 8 and walked 2 allowing 3 unearned runs in 6.2 innings. Freddy Dolsi went 2.1 innings allowing a hit and a walk and no runs.

Altonna 4 Erie 3
Brennan Boesch was a triple short of the cycle and added a walk. Ryan Strieby went 3 for 5. Jonah Nickerson allowed 10 hits in 7 innings but didn’t walk anybody and he fanned 4 allowing 4 runs (2 earned). Zach Simons fanned 3 and allowed just 1 hit in 2 innings.

St. Lucie 4 Lakeland 2
Jordan Newton homered. Michael Bertram and Audy Ciriaco doubled. Andrew Hess lasted 6.2 innings allowing 4 runs on 6 hits, 3 walks, and 5 K’s.

St. Lucie 5 Lakeland 6
Kody Kaiser and Chris Carlson both homered with Carlson added a double. Matt Hoffman allowed 6 hits 2 walks and 2 runs in 5.2 innings with 2 strike outs. Scott Green walked 3 and allowed 2 hits and 3 runs in 1 inning of work.

Great Lakes 3 West Michigan 4 (12 inn)
Bryan Pounds went 3 for 5 with a walk. Brandon Douglas, Gustavo Nunez, and Luis Salas all had 2 hits. Mark Sorenson fanned 5 and walked 2 in 6 innings. Jared Gayhart fanned 3 in 2 perfect innings. Tyler Stohr got the blown save despite fanning 4 and allowing just a hit, a walk, and a run in 3 innings.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/3/09

Toledo 5 Durham 2
Marcus Thames is wrapping up his rehab assignment in fine fashion with a homer and a single. Brent Clevlen doubled and tripled. Dusty Ryan and Wil Rhymes both homered as well. Ruddy Lugo allowed 2 runs on 7 hits and 2 walk with 4 K’s in 6 innings. Clay Rapada got the 3 inning save with only 1 walk allowed to go with 4 K’s. Wilkin Ramirez remains out with a hand injury.

Altoona 10 Erie 8
Brennan Boesch, Jeff Kunkel and Ryan Strieby each homered and singled. Mike Hollimon tripled. Alfredo Figaro had a rough outing allowing 8 runs on 8 hits, 2 walks, and fanning 4 in 5.2 innings.

Lakeland – PPD

Great Lakes 4 West Michigan 6
Gustavo Nunez went 3 for 4 with a triple. Casey Crosby allowed 4 runs on 5 hits and a walk with 4 K’s in 5 innings. Billy Nowlin went on the DL and Keith Hernandez was promoted from EST.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/2/09

Toledo 5 Durham 6 (11 inn)
Marcus Thames singled in 5 at-bats. Mike Hessman doubled and homered. Brent Dlugach singled and homered. Chris Lambert struck out 6, walked none, and allowed just 4 hits in 6 innings. Casey Fien struggled ash he allowed 3 runs on 2 hits and 2 walks.

Altoona 9 Erie 12
Max Leon went 4 for 5, as did Shawn Roof (2 triples). Alex Avila, Joe Tucker, and Ryan Strieby each had 2 hits. Jon Kibler was rocked for 8 runs and 11 hits in 2.2 innings but his offense clearly picked him up. Jay Sborz allowed 1 runs in 3.1 innings and Josh Rainwater (2 IP) and Cody Satterwhite (1 IP, Save #7) finished things off.

Lakeland 1 Palm Beach 2
Michael Bertram went 2 for 4. Lauren Gagnier struck out 10 in 6 innings of work which helped limited the 10 baserunners he allowed to 2 runs. Brett Jacobson fanned 2 in his 2 scoreless innings.

Great Lakes 8 West Michigan 7
Gustavo Nunez went 4 for 5. Jordan Lennerton singled, homered, and walked. Brandon Hamilton lost the strike zone and walked 4 and allowed a hit and all came around to score with Hamilton only recording one out. Anthony Shawler fanned 5 and allowed 1 run on 6 hit in 4 innings of relief.

Tigers Minor League Wrap 6/1/09

Charlotte 13 Toledo 3
The Tigers need a 6th starter next Monday. Eddie Bonine may have been a candidate, but he didn’t last through 2 innings before allowing 9 hits and 7 runs. Marcus Thames went 4 for 5 as the DH tonight. Dusty Ryan went 2 for 3 with a walk and a double.

Altoona 5 Erie 4 (10 inn)
Ryan Strieby hit his 13 homer and also singled. Mike Hollimon also homered, singled, and walked. Alex Avila was 2 for 3 with 2 walks. Pat Stanley allowed 3 runs in 6.1 innings on 5 hits, 1 walk and 5 K’s.

Lakeland 4 Palm Beach 1
Santo De Leon went 2 for 4. Charlie Furbush allowed just 2 hits and 2 walks in 6 innings. Lester Oliveros fanned 4 in 2 innings of work. Robbie Weinhardt got the save pitching a scoreless 9th.