TIGERS 08 SEASON THREAD

[ggazoo69]

Originally Posted by TaShawn

When Willis gets back from the DL, we are going to have a really difficult decision to make with Gallaraga. He has the minor league option, so we may need to use it so that we don't have to waive anybody. That would be a shame, cause he's been our best pitcher so far.

I think it's a pretty easy decision actually. Continue to pitch Gallaraga until the league figures him out. Insert Gallaraga at the 4, put Willis at the 5 and send Robertson to either Toledo or the bully. He and Miner can sit down there and tell jokes to one another until we either get a 10-run lead or are down by 10 runs.

And it doesn't matter to me that Nate has a fairly big contract. He stinks. Now that I've written this, he'll pitch great against NY tonight.

'Course, the problem with sending Nate to the bully is that we already have Seay and Rapada down there and we would have to send someone else back to Toledo. So, with that in mind, trade Nate for a young catcher. 'Course, the problem with that is who wants to pay Nate $7 million per? I wouldn't give him $7 to wash my car.

[TheeTFD]

We started winning before Granny got back.
Just knowing he was coming was enough.
I hear JVs lost 5mph on is stuff. 98 down to 93
I'm ready for these guys to go 20 and 5 thru June :smile:

[LA Dre]

Originally Posted by ggazoo69

I think it's a pretty easy decision actually. Continue to pitch Gallaraga until the league figures him out. Insert Gallaraga at the 4, put Willis at the 5 and send Robertson to either Toledo or the bully. He and Miner can sit down there and tell jokes to one another until we either get a 10-run lead or are down by 10 runs.

And it doesn't matter to me that Nate has a fairly big contract. He stinks. Now that I've written this, he'll pitch great against NY tonight.

'Course, the problem with sending Nate to the bully is that we already have Seay and Rapada down there and we would have to send someone else back to Toledo. So, with that in mind, trade Nate for a young catcher. 'Course, the problem with that is who wants to pay Nate $7 million per? I wouldn't give him $7 to wash my car.

I don't recall Nate ever being productive even during the W/S year of 2006. He is the lefty you throw out there just to see if you can score enough runs to beat the oppoosing teams' pitcher, but then the Tiger bats go quiet. I agree send him to the bullpen

[mikhail1973]

I would wait with Nate to see if he can regain his frorm from a couple of years ago. He was decent enough to win, especially with these bats.

[TaShawn]

The problem is that we will have too many men on the roster.

With the addition of Willis and Porcelo, we need to get rid of 2 players. Trading Grilli for minor leaguers solves 1 spot. Now we need to open up another spot relatively quickly. Sending Robertson to the bullpen doesn't help.

This is why the Tigers are considering sending Galarraga to the minors until we can work out a real solution (like trading another player for minor leaguers). Galarraga still has minor league options, like Clete Thomas did.

If there were no rules, I would think that both of those guys would be on the roster for good at this point, given their performances.

[mikhail1973]

Originally Posted by TaShawn

The problem is that we will have too many men on the roster.

With the addition of Willis and Porcelo, we need to get rid of 2 players. Trading Grilli for minor leaguers solves 1 spot. Now we need to open up another spot relatively quickly. Sending Robertson to the bullpen doesn't help.

This is why the Tigers are considering sending Galarraga to the minors until we can work out a real solution (like trading another player for minor leaguers). Galarraga still has minor league options, like Clete Thomas did.

If there were no rules, I would think that both of those guys would be on the roster for good at this point, given their performances.

When is Porcello coming up to the majors? It may not happen this year. So it would be simple when Willis is back up to send Galarraga down.

[TaShawn]

Jason Grilli traded to make room for Francisco Cruceta | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Sorry, I meant Cruceta. I'm getting my vowel pitching prospects confused.

Here is why we have to add him:

The Tigers placed Cruceta on Major League Baseball's restricted list when the regular season started, meaning they now have two weeks to decide whether to add him to the 25-man roster, trade him or see if he can pass through waivers and stay in the Minors.

I guess he had some Visa problems for a while.


Just a quick observation too. We have 1 win less than the first place White Sox! If we play to our potential for a 20 game stretch, we can put some real seperation on the division.

[LA Dre]

Originally Posted by mikhail1973

When is Porcello coming up to the majors? It may not happen this year. So it would be simple when Willis is back up to send Galarraga down.

I just don't like the idea of sending the best pitcher at the moment down to the minors when Willis comes back, especially if 2 of your other starters are still struggling. It would be like sending Amir back to the D league last year and continuing to play Nazr. u no-whatamean-


I agree you pitch him until he fails a couple of times and the others show that they have regained their form and are earning their paycheck......heck it's early but we could be looking at the rookie of the year!!

[TaShawn]

Originally Posted by LA Dre

I agree you pitch him until he fails a couple of times and the others show that they have regained their form and are earning their paycheck......heck it's early but we could be looking at the rookie of the year!!

I agree with you that he should keep on truckin.

But you would have to make a trade or waive a player. Who would that be?

[LA Dre]

Originally Posted by TaShawn

I agree with you that he should keep on truckin.

But you would have to make a trade or waive a player. Who would that be?

Let me analyze the roster and get back with you. As I say to my boss, how much time do I have or what's my time frame?