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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Former Lakeland Tiger and Detroit Tiger Jordan Tata has been added to Lakeland’s roster. He’s been in Extended Spring Training, rehabbing a broken hand. It is not yet known when he will pitch.
Francisco Cruceta
Thursday, April 10th, 2008The Detroit Tigers had hoped Francisco Cruceta would be an important stopper in their bullpen this year. Unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to receive a visa from the Dominican Republic. Yesterday, he finally received his Visa. He is finally free to join the organization. He is scheduled to report to Lakeland in the next day […]
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 […]
Tata hates doors
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008This isn’t extremely relevant to the Detroit Tigers or the Lakeland Flying Tigers, but I thought I needed to discuss it anyhow. RHP Jordan Tata, slated for Toledo’s rotation with a slim chance at seeing some time in Detroit this summer, was not having a particularly good spring.
And it just got worse.
After Friday’s meltdown on […]