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[kalinecountry]

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/team_audit.php?team=det
Tigers stats from Baseball Prospectus

 

[kalinecountry]

First win this year by a team (twins) whose SP lasted 2 IP or less and yielded 6+ runs. There were 2 such games last year and 18 over the past 5 years.
Season-high in runs for the Twins, who?re still last in AL scoring.
Detroit erred for the cycle in the early innings ? miscues from 1B, 2B, SS and 3B ? contributing to 4 unearned runs.
Rick Porcello (6 R, 2 ER in 4 IP) continues to suffer from Mike Pelfrey syndrome: Can?t put ?em away. He didn?t walk anyone, but still threw 100 pitches to 20 batters. His 5.4 SO/9 so far is a career high, but that?s still in the bottom quartile of AL qualifiers. Some things are going well ? he?s walked just 9 in 45 IP, and his GB/FB ratio is among the top 10. But a pitcher with a very low K rate needs to do everything else well, and Porcello still allows too many HRs.
Since a 9-3 start, the Tigers are 9-16 and haven?t won 2 in a row.
from highheatstats

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/05/detroit_tigers_option_danny_wo.html
Detroit Tigers option Danny Worth to Triple-A Toledo, will recall reliever Brayan Villarreal.
from Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/05/detroit_tigers_jim_leyland_to_1.html
Detroit Tigers' Jim Leyland to Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello: 'It has to get better'.
from Mlive

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201205...notes-quotes?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Notes, quotes from Wednesday's loss.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201205...rice-returns?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers radio analyst Jim Price on his return: 'I feel great'.
Price back in radio booth after skipping Western road trip.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201205...troy-charity?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Four Tigers players to be guest waiters in Troy tonight.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.freep.com/article/201205...ging-walking?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Detroit Tigers
Tigers' Miguel Cabrera swinging more, walking less.
Batting average hurt, though Cabrera is keeping his RBI production up.
from the freep

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...rts0104/Tigers-offense-arrives-pitching-dives
Tigers offense arrives as pitching dives.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...t-relieve-injured-Jose-Valverde-Tigers-closer
Joaquin Benoit to relieve injured Jose Valverde as Tigers closer.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...-chipper-Tigers-lack-bite-baseball-funny-game
Baseball Insider: Orioles are chipper, Tigers lack bite -- this baseball is a funny game.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/...9/sports0104/Not-much-consistent-about-Tigers
Not much is consistent about Tigers.
from the detnews

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.foxsportsdetroit.com/05/...anding_tigers.html?blockID=730494&feedID=3701
Post game webvideos with Mario and Rod, and Jim Leyland, Prince Fielder and Rick Porcello reflect on Wednesday's disappointing loss to Minnesota.
from DetroitFox

 

[kalinecountry]

http://detroit.sbnation.com/detroit...roit-tigers-prince-fielder-iron-man-matt-kemp
Tigers' Prince Fielder Is Now MLB's Iron Man With 217 Straight Games Played.
from DetroitSBNation

 

[kalinecountry]

http://motorcitybengals.com/2012/05/16/tigers-and-the-2012-draft/
Tigers and the 2012 draft.
from mcbtb

 

[kalinecountry]

http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2012/05/16/leyland-gets-a-failing-grade-so-far-in-2012/
Leyland gets a failing grade so far in 2012.
from Detroit Athletic

good read.

 

[kalinecountry]

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-baseball-power-of-the-oval-office/
The (baseball) power of the Oval Office.
from the Hardball Times

 

[cmlfactor]

KC, question for you...what's the latest on Alburquerque? Still looking at a post All-Star return or is he progressing faster?

 

[kalinecountry]

Sorry guys,
As has been the case seemingly from the start of the year with the fire, apartment repair, and almost daily for the past month since she took life threatening seriously ill, I've been going to visit/check on my old mom. Today, she is finally out of the hospital to a nursing home for rehab/physical therapy. Big step in the right direction.

 

[kalinecountry]

KC, question for you...what's the latest on Alburquerque? Still looking at a post All-Star return or is he progressing faster?

iirc, he was getting close to lobbing or close to rehab. I don't think we can expect AlAl before the all-star break. But getting him back healthy will really shore up the back end with Coke, Dotel, Benoit, and Valverde for 7/8/9 innings.