Archive for March, 2008
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Monday, March 31st, 2008ROTATION
Rick Porcello
Duane Below
Jonah Nickerson
Matt O’Brien
Luis Marte
(Guillermo Moscoso - DL)
(Jeff Gerbe - DL)
BULLPEN
Freddy Dolsi
Gabe Benitez
Brendan Wise
Derek Witt
Angel Castro
Ed Clelland
Nick Martin
CATCHING
James Skelton
Jeff Kunkel
INFIELD
Scott Sizemore
Cale Iorg
Shawn Roof
Louis Ott
Santo De Leon
Ryan Streiby
Michael Bertram
OUTFIELD
Brandon Timm
Justin Justice
Jeremy Laster
Brennan Boesch
Update: Added Gerbe (DL) & Bertram to roster, switched O’Brien to rotation and Castro to bullpen.
Rumor Mill
Monday, March 31st, 2008I’ll say one thing about the Tigers’ Organization: they sure know how to keep a secret. Getting roster information is like pulling teeth. I have a couple more avenues I’m pursuing and I HOPE to have an actual roster for the LFT some time this afternoon.
Now, on to a few rumors. I’ve heard from several […]
Thomas & Lopez make opening day roster.
Saturday, March 29th, 2008After last night’s 10-0 win in Houston, Tiger’s manager Jim Leyland told Clete Thomas that he had, in fact, made the team. He didn’t stand a chance coming into Spring Training, but the kid played hard and proved himself to be a productive baseball player. Now he’s a Major League baseball player on a first-class […]
Jeff Frazier
Friday, March 28th, 2008Photo by: Roger DeWitt
There has been a rumor going around the last couple days that former Lakeland Tiger Jeff Frazier, once traded to Seattle for Yorman Bazardo, is back with the organization. That rumor was confirmed today as Jeff was with the AA/AAA team in Winter Haven.
I don’t know where he’ll be playing, either Toledo […]
Cuts/Promotions
Friday, March 28th, 2008Busy day yesterday. I received some information yesterday morning that seemed very preliminary and incomplete, so I chose not to post it. I felt it would have been disingenuous, but other sites that received the same information are posting it, so I figured I’d get our readers caught up. Keep in mind, none of this […]
Casey Fien makes an impression
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Jim Leyland on Casey Fien
Tom Gage / The Detroit NewsFien is a right-hander who pitched at West Michigan last year and whose arm has made a good impression on Leyland this spring.
“That was the guy I was talking about when I said I’d gone over to the minor-league field to watch someone,” Leyland said. “I’d […]