While the performances of the Tigers starters have been fairly unremarkable this spring, things are better at the back end of games. It looks like there are actual battles taking place, and in the favorable sense.
Brandon Lyon, Fernando Rodney, and Bobby Seay are locks for the pen leaving four spots open. Zach Miner is also a pretty solid bet, enough to pencil in at least. That leaves three spots open.
It’s another one of those rites of the offseason, the Baseball America top 10 list. The list itself is available to anyone, but for additional information (like scouting reports) you need to be a subscriber.
As for the list, here it is:
Continue reading Tigers Top 10 Prospects according to Baseball America
Toledo 1 Rochester 6
This one only went 5 due to rain. Mike Hollimon homered and Jeff Larish and Timo Perez doubled. Chris Lambert allowed 6 runs on 6 hits in 5 innings despite only 1 walk and 7 K’s
Binghamton 11 Erie 0
Danny Worth and Lou Ott both went 2 for 3. Lauren Gagnier didn’t make it out of the 3rd inning before allowing 9 runs.
Binghamton 0 Erie 1
Casper Wells, Deik Scram, and Santo De Leon had the only hits and Jeff Frazier had the only RBI. Danny Christensen pitched 6.1 innings of 3 hit ball. Casey Fien got the last 2 outs.
Wisconsin 5 West Michigan 8
Chris Carlson and Joe Tucker each had 3 hits. Jordan Newton and Justin Henry each had 2 hits. Kyle Peter singled and walked 3 times. Alfredo Figaro surrendered 4 runs on 10 hits in 5 innings. Scott Green got the save with a scoreless inning including a hit and a strikeout.
Sarasota 17 Lakeland 10
On a night when the Flying Tigers score 10, my first player of note is a guy who didn’t get a hit. Ryan Strieby’s six game homer streak was snapped. Mike Bertram did hit 2 homers and drove in 6 runs. Adam Frost also homered and doubled. Most of the pitching was really bad. Cody Satterwhite struck out the side int he 8th and Brandon Timm pitched a scoreless 9th. That’s noteworthy since he isn’t a pitcher.
Oneonta PPD
GCL Braves 4 GCL Tigers 6
Ryan Perry made his debut and he struck out the side in the 8th inning. Luis Palacios led the attack going 4 for 5 with a double and 3 RBI. Luis Angel Sanz pitched out of the pen, but allowed just 1 hit, and no walks while fanning 5 in 4 shut out innings.
The Tigers officially announced the signing of first round draft pick Ryan Perry yesterday. In the conference call there was discussion about what Perry’s next steps are as well as his role.
Earlier reports indicated that Perry would likely be a September call-up. However, David Chadd indicated that wasn’t really a consideration at this point. Of course the Tigers have been known to change their minds in these types of situations – or at least let the performance of the players change their minds. I’d still say it’s up to Perry in large part.
Chadd also speculated that Perry, who is already in Lakeland, would likely be starting out with the Gulf Coast League Tigers as opposed to the A ball Lakeland Flying Tigers. But that decision didn’t sound set in stone either and there would be discussions with Jon Matlack (minor league pitching instructor) and Glenn Ezell (player development).
The audio from the conference call is here if you’re so inclined.
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The Tigers have signed first round pick Ryan Perry to a $1,480,000 signing bonus. There was no slot busting drama this year with Perry signing for about the same amount as the guys immediately above and below him in the draft.
Reportedly the Tigers would like to bring up Perry when the rosters expand on September 1st. In the meantime he’ll head to Lakeland. I’d guess that he pitches out of the bullpen the remainder of this year.
We’ll use this post to track the draft. I’ll be largely unavailable this afternoon/evening, but will try to chime in.
The Tigers went with collegiate right hander Ryan Perry with their first round selection. Perry has a high 90’s fastball, a change up and a slider. He’s 6′ 4″, 200lbs and 21 years old.
He pitched as a reliever, but we’ll see if the Tigers keep him in the pen or if they make a starter out of him.
Baseball America thinks that if he signs quickly he could be in the Tigers pen later this year.
Baseball Prospectus notes the following about Perry:
Perry is a story, let me tell you. Ryan Perry was, simply, not good enough to earn an invitation to the Cape Cod League last summer. However, when a different Arizona reliever needed to drop out of the league, Arizona coach Andy Lopez pushed for the Orleans Cardinals to take Perry instead. They did, and Perry might not have thrown a fastball less than 95 mph all summer.
Catcher target Jason Castro went early. And relievers Josh Fields and Andrew Cashner went in the 2 picks prior to the Tigers.
Analysis: Take it with a grain of salt because I’m not particularly informed. But with Casey Kelly and Shooter Hunt still on the board I would have preferred going a different direction. Perry got rocked as a starter this year and if they spent the pick on a reliever I’m disappointed.
Satterwhite sounds a lot like Perry. He’a a 6’4″ college junior with electric stuff, but who has gotten hit a little more than he should. He pitches in the low to mid 90’s and has a good but inconsistent slider along with an inconsistent delivery.
An even bigger right hander at 6′ 7″ but this seems to be a full potential pick. He hasn’t put together a solid track record at the collegiate level. His fastball is high 80’s to low 90’s with a meh slider and below average change. Oh, and he’s had TJ surgery already. I don’t really get this pick.
Hey, it’s a big tall (6-6) right handed college pitcher. A high 80’s fast ball with deception and a big curve and decent change.
Yes, that is the son of Al Avila. BA says he’s being drafted more for his bat which has good power potential.
Yeah, another collegiate right hander who struggled in the rotation and had some success in the pen.