Detroit Tigers, Volume 3 - The Alan Trammell version

[Hammer]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 3 - The Alan Trammell version

Okay, sometime this weekend we've got to see what happens when Cabrera gets a hold of Chapman's heater.

[Hammer]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 3 - The Alan Trammell version

Did Matt Young move in with Ryan Raburn before he got called up to Detroit?

[Hammer]

Re: Detroit Tigers, Volume 3 - The Alan Trammell version

So...How does this one turn into a loss?

[Hammer]

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Uh-oh....Looks like this is it.

[Hammer]

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A safety squeeze to end it. That's new.

[bronconick]

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Peralta on paternity leave. Some Perez dude from Lakeland being called up because he's on the 40-man and they don't want to waive anyone.

[Hammer]

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Hernan Perez. A 21-year old prospect in high-A ball, but a prospect nonetheless.

More in a minute.

EDIT: Okay. Hernan Perez has played mostly 2B this season after being a shortstop for the most part in the minors. Doesn't appear to have much of a bat, as he hasn't hit .270 in a season yet. Not much OBP, either, and he's a bit of a windmill.

See for yourself. Meet Hernan Perez

In Lynn Henning's weekly slurping of our farm system, Toby Harrah (minor league roving hitting instructor) said this:

Hernan Perez, second base, Lakeland: "I would look at him as maybe a year and-a-half to two years from playing every day in the big leagues. He can do a little bit of everything and would be playing shortstop if it weren't for (Dixon) Machado. Has a little problem with balls on the outside of the plate."

I would expect to see Santiago and Worth deal with the middle infield the remainder of the weekend.

[bronconick]

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So he'll be pinch hitting with two outs and the go ahead run in scoring position?

[Hammer]

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Probably. Or Leyland will bring him out of the bullpen as the 4th pitcher to appear in the 8th inning of a 9-4 game.

[Hammer]

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Oh. Remember Cale Iorg? He's 26 and after being in Toledo last year (and hitting .208), he's back in high-A Lakeland.

[Hammer]

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And now, live from Cincinnati, Jimmy and the Smokes:

jim_leyland_says_if_it_wasnt_for_baseball_he_might _have_pursued_a_singing_career

Uhhh...sure...OK...

Now just how good can that voice sound after all those cartons of Pall Malls over the years?

[Hammer]

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Jackson activated also. One more move to come.

[bronconick]

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Jackson activated also. One more move to come.

Ortega optioned to Toledo.

[bronconick]

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2-2 after 5.

Verlander at 112 pitches. The Reds have fouled off 32.

Arroyo? 57. Man, McClendon's one hell of a hitting coach and instills a lot of patience into this lineup.

[Hammer]

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I was listening as I was driving home from Ann Arbor. Of all those 32 foul balls Verlander gave up, 24 of them were with 2 strikes, according to Jim Price. That's crazy.

Why does it feel like we're down 5-2?