12th
April
2008
Bunt singles: April 12
posted in 2008 season, bunt singles |- Carlos Guillen’s strained hamstring kept him out of the lineup today, Jason Beck reports.
- Dontrelle Willis was scheduled to have an MRI this morning but appeared in good spirits in the dugout, as shown on FSN Detroit.
- The Tigers rate last on the Baseball Prospectus hit list. Seeing as they started so poorly and it uses objective numbers for ranking, that sounds about right. No place but up to go!
- Former Tigers prospect Burke Badenhop debuted for the Marlins, striking out one in an inning of work. Badenhop went to Florida in the deal that brought Willis and Cabrera. (hat-tip Fangraphs)
- Florida is turning into Motown South. Mike Rabelo homered yesterday, Andrew Miller is pitching today, 1998 Tiger Luis Gonzalez is there, as is 2003 Tiger Cody Ross. Eventually Cameron Maybin will make it up, too.
- Some stats, from ESPN.com unless otherwise noted.
- The Tigers are third in the A.L. in walks.
- And they’re at 100% in stolen bases at 8-for-8.
- They’re also worst in the MLB with 18 double plays grounded into.
- It may seem like the Tigers are grounding in an abnormally high number of at-bats, but they’re actually right in the middle of the A.L. (Hardball Times stats)
- The Tigers have a 5.20 ERA, second worst in the A.L. only ahead of the White Sox. The Marlins are the only N.L. team worse.
- Brandon Inge is the team leader with nine RBIs. That’s by far the most. 7 are runners driven in. The 3-4-5 hitters of Sheffield, Ordonez and Cabrera have driven in four baserunners.
- If you read Tom Gage’s story about Joel Zumaya’s recovery and wondered what internet photos he was referring to at the end of the story, these are your answer.
