Edman85 Posted August 5 Posted August 5 12 hours ago, Cruzer1 said: I wonder if RJ Petit is going to be a candidate for the Tigers or not, but he's had an excellent year, and needs to be protected from the rule 5. The 40 man is going to be crowded; I don't know that he gets protected. Quote
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 5 Posted August 5 08/05/25 LHP Andrew Sears assigned to Erie SeaWolves from West Michigan Whitecaps. 08/05/25 OF Jackson Strong assigned to West Michigan Whitecaps from Lakeland Flying Tigers. 08/05/25 RHP Lucas Elissalt assigned to West Michigan Whitecaps from Lakeland Flying Tigers. Sears moved up to AA; he has great numbes in A+ but as a lefty who tops out at 95 I am always wary of those types. 1 Quote
4hzglory Posted August 5 Posted August 5 12 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said: 08/05/25 LHP Andrew Sears assigned to Erie SeaWolves from West Michigan Whitecaps. 08/05/25 OF Jackson Strong assigned to West Michigan Whitecaps from Lakeland Flying Tigers. 08/05/25 RHP Lucas Elissalt assigned to West Michigan Whitecaps from Lakeland Flying Tigers. Sears moved up to AA; he has great numbes in A+ but as a lefty who tops out at 95 I am always wary of those types. Did you mean 95? If so, out of curiosity, why would that be a concern to you? Quote
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 5 Posted August 5 3 minutes ago, 4hzglory said: Did you mean 95? If so, out of curiosity, why would that be a concern to you? So, he's not exactly a soft-tossing lefty. Still, he generally sits in the 91-93 range, and those types tend to get hit harder as they progress to AA and AAA, based on my observation, because they usually have a breaking ball that younger players may struggle with. He does have a nice 10+ K/9 in A+ though so someone to keep an eye on as he is only 22 right now. 1 Quote
KL2 Posted August 5 Posted August 5 22 minutes ago, LongLiveMaroth said: So, he's not exactly a soft-tossing lefty. Still, he generally sits in the 91-93 range, and those types tend to get hit harder as they progress to AA and AAA, based on my observation, because they usually have a breaking ball that younger players may struggle with. He does have a nice 10+ K/9 in A+ though so someone to keep an eye on as he is only 22 right now. There are currently 24 lefties, both starters and relievers, in the majors whose fastball averages at least 95 mph Quote
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 5 Posted August 5 59 minutes ago, KL2 said: There are currently 24 lefties, both starters and relievers, in the majors whose fastball averages at least 95 mph I am not saying you can't be successful without the velocity but what I am saying is unless you have good-great command and control there is a higher likelihood of not having success with the lower velocity. That is all I am getting at is the low minors if you have a good off-speed pitch with lower velocity you can get great numbers but it doesn't always translate as you go further up. Sears isn't a super highly rated prospect but I always pull for guys like that. Quote
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 6 Posted August 6 Toledo PPD Erie L 1-0 Clark 1/4 McGonigle 0/3 BB Anderson 0/4 2K Briceno 1/4 K 2B WM W 6-0 Graham 2/3 RBI BB 2B Peck 2/4 RBI Pacheco 0/3 BB K Lakeland W 3-2 10 Inn. Rucker 0/3 BB SB Gil 3/4 RBI 3B Warwick 1/4 2K DSL De Los Santos 2/2 RBI 2B Cris Rodriguez 0/3 K Miranda 0/3 2K Bazil 0/3 Quote
Tenacious D Posted August 6 Posted August 6 2 hours ago, LongLiveMaroth said: Toledo PPD Erie L 1-0 Clark 1/4 McGonigle 0/3 BB Anderson 0/4 2K Briceno 1/4 K 2B WM W 6-0 Graham 2/3 RBI BB 2B Peck 2/4 RBI Pacheco 0/3 BB K Lakeland W 3-2 10 Inn. Rucker 0/3 BB SB Gil 3/4 RBI 3B Warwick 1/4 2K DSL De Los Santos 2/2 RBI 2B Cris Rodriguez 0/3 K Miranda 0/3 2K Bazil 0/3 LLM bringing the goods, as always. Graham and Peck both intrigue me at WM. Probably no room to move them up to Erie, but looking forward to seeing how they progress. 1 Quote
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 7 Posted August 7 19 hours ago, Tenacious D said: LLM bringing the goods, as always. Graham and Peck both intrigue me at WM. Probably no room to move them up to Erie, but looking forward to seeing how they progress. I think this is Graham's first real healthy season so it's good to see some of the tools he was drafted for show up. I was curious when they got rid of Jim Jarvis is either him, Peck or Pacheco were going to get moved up but it didn't happen. Quote
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 7 Posted August 7 Toledo GM 1 W 13-2 Lee 2/4 3RBI BB 2B Sweeney 3/4 RBI BB Malloy 1/4 2RBI 2B Jung 1/5 2RBI 2B SGL 4.1IP 5H 2ER BB 3K Lange 1IP K Toledo GM 2 W 9-7 Lee 0/4 K Sweeney 3/3 3RBI BB 2 HR Malloy 1/3 Jung 2/4 Cruz 1/4 RBI K 2B Heuer 0.1IP K Erie L 6-3 Clark 0/5 K Liranzo 0/4 2K McGonigle 3/4 3B Anderson 0/3 RBI Briceno 0/4 WM W 8-2 Peck 3/5 RBI K Pacheco 1/3 BB K Strong 1/4 K Howey 4IP BB 5K (Converted reliever they are trying at starter something to keep an eye on) Lakeland W 7-4 MacDonald 1/4 BB 2K 2B Rucker 2/5 2RBI 2K Warwick 2/3 RBI BB K SB Diaz 3.2IP 3ER 3BB 6K Flores 1IP K Mota 2IP 3BB 3K Quote
Tigermojo Posted August 7 Posted August 7 Urquidy threw another inning for Lakeland. 11 pitches, 7 strikes. Quote
LongLiveMaroth Posted August 8 Posted August 8 Toledo W 9-4 Sweeney 0/5 2K Jung 2/5 K 2 2B Cruz 2/4 RBI BB K HR Valencia 4/5 4RBI Cycle Erie W 8-7 Clark 0/4 BB K McGonigle 0/3 2BB Anderson 2/4 RBI BB HR Briceno 1/4 2RBI K HR WM W 3-2 Graham 0/4 Peck 0/4 Strong 1/3 K Elissalt 5.2IP 3H ER 2BB 5K Lakeland L 8-5 Rucker 1/4 RBI Gil 0/4 Urquidy 1IP DSL Cris Rodriguez 0/3RBI BB Bazil 0/2 De Los Santos 1/2 BB SB Quote
papalawrence Posted Sunday at 09:22 AM Posted Sunday at 09:22 AM Knuckleballer Kenny Serwa update: Other than too many bb, he's looked good at AA. Kenny Serwa Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News | MiLB.com https://share.google/ZXodLTSdZStgmcfr2 Quote
casimir Posted Sunday at 05:01 PM Posted Sunday at 05:01 PM On 8/8/2025 at 4:12 PM, SoCalTiger said: Is Hau Yu Lee heading to Detroit this season ? Cody Stavenhagen seemed to assume as much on his Friday pod. Once rosters expand, he alluded to the fact that Lee had as good of a chance as anyone else to grab one of those spots. I don’t know. Maybe he’ll have earned it on the field by then. But that might not be the Tigers’ need at that point. I’m not saying Stavenhagen is wrong. But with the failures of the bullpen and the number of arms brought in, that might mean those spots are taken by relievers to figure out via September audition who makes a playoff roster. 1 Quote
Edman85 Posted Monday at 12:24 AM Posted Monday at 12:24 AM 7 hours ago, casimir said: Cody Stavenhagen seemed to assume as much on his Friday pod. Once rosters expand, he alluded to the fact that Lee had as good of a chance as anyone else to grab one of those spots. I don’t know. Maybe he’ll have earned it on the field by then. But that might not be the Tigers’ need at that point. I’m not saying Stavenhagen is wrong. But with the failures of the bullpen and the number of arms brought in, that might mean those spots are taken by relievers to figure out via September audition who makes a playoff roster. Well of the two spots, one has to be a position player. You are capped at 14 pitchers after the rosters expand. At the time of that podcast, I would have said Sweeney. Now, I would say the spot is Vierling's or Meadows's if they are healthy come September 1. If not, Malloy would seem to be higher on the totem pole. Quote
casimir Posted Monday at 01:00 AM Posted Monday at 01:00 AM 34 minutes ago, Edman85 said: Well of the two spots, one has to be a position player. You are capped at 14 pitchers after the rosters expand. At the time of that podcast, I would have said Sweeney. Now, I would say the spot is Vierling's or Meadows's if they are healthy come September 1. If not, Malloy would seem to be higher on the totem pole. Ah, OK. I knew there was a cap of 13 pitchers when the rosters are at 26. But I never gave it a thought about after roster expansion. Quote
Sports_Freak Posted Monday at 01:24 AM Posted Monday at 01:24 AM 56 minutes ago, Edman85 said: Well of the two spots, one has to be a position player. You are capped at 14 pitchers after the rosters expand. At the time of that podcast, I would have said Sweeney. Now, I would say the spot is Vierling's or Meadows's if they are healthy come September 1. If not, Malloy would seem to be higher on the totem pole. Question about roster expansion; Do teams have to use the roster as of August 31st to set a playoff roster? Or...is it any player on the 40 man roster who can be used for a playoff roster? Quote
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