Injured Tigers coming along
posted in 2008 season, injuries |There’s been some disabled list news to update recently.
First, Dontrelle Willis pitched in Toledo last night, allowing 5 runs in 5-2/3 innings. He walked two and a third intentionally.
“It looked like it was pretty good through about 70 pitches tonight,” Mud Hens’ manager Larry Parrish said. “I thought he threw the ball well. He just ran out of gas a little at the end.” (Quoted in Toledo Blade)
Here’s the MILB.com box score and play-by-play recap. Willis gave up back-to-back homers in the second inning after forcing three groundouts in the first. He then got the next five batters out, on two strikeouts, two flyout and a groundout before a walk and another groundout. He walked another n the fourth inning and gave up a single in the fifth. He also collected another strikeout and a pickoff. Then the sixth inning did in fact unravel on him as Parrish said.
So it seems to me, there were some good signs there for Willis. I definitely think there were positives in the outing if you look a bit closer. He’ll see at least another AAA start though.
Rodney, Zumaya getting closer
Scott McNeish of MLB.com reports Joel Zumaya and Fernando Rodney will start throwing to batters this week in Lakeland. There’s no date for when they might return, if–knock on wood, cross fingers, don’t walk under a ladder–they are able to continue their progress without any setbacks. The Tigers’ bullpen hasn’t been the big problem this year, as first thought it might be. But it’s important the Tigers have all hands on deck for when (if?) they do start to put the pieces together during the summer. Having the two healthy for a stretch run is a must.
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