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Detroit Tigers Minor League Notes

Catcher Ramon Cabrera has been promoted from Double-A Erie to Triple-A Toledo. No corresponding move has been announced from Toledo yet.

Double-A Erie has also announced that Tigers shortstop prospect Eugenio Suarez has been promoted from Single-A Lakeland to Erie.
 
Bruce Rondon, RHP, Detroit Tigers (Triple-A Toledo)
Ranked third in the Tigers? Top 10 rankings heading into the year, Rondon received an early call to Detroit as the Tigers bullpen struggled throughout April. In three big league appearances, Rondon lasted just 2 1/3 innings while allowing five hits, two walks and striking out only one batter. Back in the minor leagues, Rondon has returned to his dominating ways, blowing 80-grade heat past Triple-A hitters. In nine minor-league outings this year, Rondon has a 0.00 ERA and more than a strikeout per inning. There is no doubt he can dominate minor-league hitters. There is also no doubt that Rondon?s secondary pitches and control need improvement for sustained success. Rondon failed in Detroit, the first time he has failed on the baseball field since he was an 18-year old in the complex leagues. For any player, failure is an important part of the developmental process and for extremely gifted players it can be difficult to find minor-league scenarios where failure is possible. Rondon?s next failure will not come in Triple-A and as a result his development has little hope of continuing until he gets back to Detroit where major-league hitters will force him to take the next step along his developmental arc. These situations are rare, but some players reach a point where big-league innings and big-league failure are the only things that can help them reach their potential. ?Mark Anderson for Baseball Prospectus
 
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