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no pressure, skaggs
RyÅnWKrol
Skaggs ran into a jam in the 3rd inning after shutting the Rangers down in the first 2 innings today. But 50 pitches was his limit any way. His stride is long again — the Diamondbacks tried to shorten his stride and that’s what caused the drop in velocity. He was hitting 92-95 today with command until that 3rd inning jam. He looked really good for this early in ST. I think he’ll do just fine. And if he’s a little slow out of the gate, the Angels actually have 6 consecutive Thursdays off to start the season, and 7 of their first 8. In fact, they only have one Monday off before the All-Star Break. So with all those Thursdays off, the Angels can skip a spot in the back end of their rotation if they want to through the month of May. Not a bad position to be in to ease Skaggs and Santiago into a full season of starts, if need be.
Charlie Burns
Skaggs will bounce back and probably be a good if not great pitcher this year, just yeesh, that is a bunch of pressure to put on such a young pitcher who has had some struggles (mostly thanks to Arizona’s mishandling of him at times) in the majors so far.
LazerTown
Cameron taking my thoughts 🙂 1.5-2 war players cheaper than $6M per war.
tigsfan
Just when you thought you got rid of him, Donald Kelly comes back into the Tigers roster -_-
Tigers72
Donny Kelly Baby! I heard other internal candidates are esiquial Carrera, I butchered his first name but the guy who broke up Fisters no no 2 years ago and Trever Crowe who came from the Astros, he is a swith hitter and Carrera is a lefty and both bring a lot of speed to the table.
bobbleheadguru
If Tigers want to look for someone on the outside… who would be a fit?
Would love MLBTR to post on that topic.
Alex Childress
If i’m Dombrowski…im calling the Yankees on Ichiro. If he platoons with Davis and is average, jsut having him in the clubhouse will be worth it. Might teach some Tigers how to be a little more patient.
tune-in for baseball
Don’t panic, best thing for Detroit to do now is…nothing. To make a trade from a position of weakness, will often force you to give up more than you get.DD says they will fill the left-handed batter spot from within,which means Kelly or Lombardozzi on the 40 man roster.Lombardozzi hit .254 against right handers and Kelly .220 in 2013. Kelly is the better fielder and Detroit really wanted Lombardozzi as an infield roll player. They also have lefty hitter Ezequiel Carrera and switch hitting Trevor Crowe in camp. Crow hit .218 and Ezequiel Carrera played in 15 games in 2013 so there is little help there on offense. Their best prospects,Daniel Fields and Tyler Collins played AA in 2013 and are too green for the Majors.In the next 3 weeks,all the teams will firm up their 25 man rosters,so more than likely there will be an opportunity to pick up a lefty bat that is better than the internal options they have now. Many teams who have player that is out of options and won’t make the team will be eager to trade rather than release. DD can make a trade or gamble that he can get the player when released. Or like Alex said, someone like the Yankees may want to play Let’s make a deal.