2019 Tiger Prospects

[gmoney 30]

3 minutes ago, RandyMarsh said:

JV, Max, Miguel, Fister, Sanchez, Victor, JD, Fielder, Smokes, Don Kelly and Shannon Hogan.  We came about as close as you could to having it all.  

And Omar Vizquel and Andy Van Slyke.

[kdog 257]

Funkhouser caps off the bad season with a horrible outing: 3IP, 4H, 5ER, 5BB, 3K

[Chili Mac Davis 99]

56 minutes ago, kdog said:

Funkhouser caps off the bad season with a horrible outing: 3IP, 4H, 5ER, 5BB, 3K

I don't think we protect him. Burrows is questionable as well.

[kdog 257]

It's fair to say that the progress  the minor leagues this year was incremental at best. My guess is Avila will send a lot of guys overboard to deflect blame. They need a complete makeover in staff at most levels.

[Edman85 468]

2 hours ago, kdog said:

Funkhouser caps off the bad season with a horrible outing: 3IP, 4H, 5ER, 5BB, 3K

Standing behind somebody who backs up this badly is asking for trouble.

[Gehringer_2 2,464]

for Erie, Hill was HBP and left game with no AB and a walk. Faedo did fine in 3IP, 1H 0R 0BB 4K but the game fell apart for the Wolves after that.

[Casimir 1,247]

11 hours ago, Chili Mac Davis said:

I don't think we protect him. Burrows is questionable as well.

Agree on Funkouser.  If another team wants a 25 year old with a 2+ WHIP over 70 AAA innings, have at it.  Unless the Tigers know for certain that his 8.0 BB/9 was injury related or working through some sort of mechanics that are long term to adapt to, there's no reason to 40 him.

However, I think Burrows is a bit of a tougher call because of age.  There are some pitchers on the 40 now who are strictly filler and can be dumped in lieu of in house prospects or possible rule 5 candidates, but at the same time, the Tigers are going to need arms just to fill out 1,450 major league innings.  There have been 31 pitchers used this season.  31.  That seems an astounding number even if 6 of them pitched single digit innings.

[socaltiger 85]

I am not clear about who we need to protect on the 40 and those we do not but it seems with the major league team being so bad it should be hard to even come up with 40 guys worth protecting ?

[gmoney 30]

26 minutes ago, socaltiger said:

I am not clear about who we need to protect on the 40 and those we do not but it seems with the major league team being so bad it should be hard to even come up with 40 guys worth protecting ?

You would think it wouldn't be that difficult 

[LooseGoose 678]

Wow....knew he was hurt but didn't know it was life threatening.

Detroit Tigers minor leaguer Chace Numata dies from injuries in skateboarding accident

[Motor City Sonics 881]

What a terrible day for the Tiger organization.   

[Gehringer_2 2,464]

6 hours ago, LooseGoose said:

Wow....knew he was hurt but didn't know it was life threatening.

Detroit Tigers minor leaguer Chace Numata dies from injuries in skateboarding accident

apparently they found him unconscious on the street, so we may have lost him before he was even found.

[wolverinefan 85]

4 hours ago, LooseGoose said:

Wow....knew he was hurt but didn't know it was life threatening.

Detroit Tigers minor leaguer Chace Numata dies from injuries in skateboarding accident

Heartbreaking. I'm seeing a lot of comments on social media asking why he was even out skateboarding. I think we all forget sometimes that these guys are humans with lives outside of baseball.

[Motor City Sonics 881]

2 hours ago, wolverinefan said:

Heartbreaking. I'm seeing a lot of comments on social media asking why he was even out skateboarding. I think we all forget sometimes that these guys are humans with lives outside of baseball.

He was from Hawaii, he probably grew up surfing and skating and it was probably second nature to him.  

[gzbach 38]

Anybody know where I can find a list of Rule 5 eligibles?

Also need a list of the Rule V eligibles.......

 

 

And just to prove that life isn't all bad, Ryan Carpenter has been released (to make room for Troy Stokes Jr, picked up on waivers).

 

[Gehringer_2 2,464]

So, Riley Greene did mange to get his feet under himself a bit at WM as the season ended, finishing with a 256 BA in his last 10 games and 10 total bases in his last 3 outings.

[Gehringer_2 2,464]

So with the MilB season over, at AA, Mize, Skubal, Manning, Faedo have all finished the year without falling out of contention as future pieces, and Wentz even looked good in a limited audition. OTOH last offseason's optimism about Funhouse and Burrows is sputtering out., and Turnbull, our MLB Spring flash, clearly also still has a long way to go. At the MLB level, beside Turnbull, Boyd is gonna be Boyd, solid but more often than not unspectacular, Norris finally got through a whole season in one piece, but remains an mechanical work in progress, Zimmermann - OK, he can still gut it out and keep you in a game, when he can stay on the field, which will be a constant question mark, VerHagen still has a way to go to before he can be trusted, Jimenez is not ready for his role, the rest of the staff and BP remains tinder and kindling.

[leflore 39]

Which is why I'm confident next year the Tigers will lose at least 95 games for the 4th consecutive year for the first time in franchise history

[Keepleyland2 743]

1 hour ago, leflore said:

Which is why I'm confident next year the Tigers will lose at least 95 games for the 4th consecutive year for the first time in franchise history

That's just an arbirtary mark. Why not 98 or 90?

[Edman85 468]

5 hours ago, gzbach said:

Anybody know where I can find a list of Rule 5 eligibles?

Also need a list of the Rule V eligibles.......

 

 

And just to prove that life isn't all bad, Ryan Carpenter has been released (to make room for Troy Stokes Jr, picked up on waivers).

 

This doesn't include players who are eligible for free agency (e.g Azocar and A. Castro)

Darwin Alvarado

Jose Appleton

Nolan Blackwood

Beau Burrows

Daz Cameron

Mark Ecker

Gustavo Figueroa

Jason Foley

Kyle Funkhouser

Cam Gibson

Carlos Guzman

Wilkel Hernandez

Derek Hill

Zac Houston

Pedro Hurtado

Xavier Javier

A.J. Ladwig

Luis Laurencio

Josh Lester

Joe Navilhon

Moises Nunez

Isaac Paredes

Danny Pinero

Wladimir Pinto

Brady Policelli

Jake Robson

Elvin Rodriguez

Jesus Rodriguez

Kade Scivicque

Chad Sedio

Logan Shore

Alfredo Silva

Gresuan Silverio

A.J. Simcox

Troy Stokes Jr.

Trent Szkutnik

Christhian Tortosa

Jose Vasquez

Spenser Watkins

Danny Woodrow

[tiger337 2,972]

1 hour ago, Keepleyland2 said:

That's just an arbirtary mark. Why not 98 or 90?

I think it should be 93.  72-90 doesn't look that bad.  69-93 looks terrible,  

[leflore 39]

1 hour ago, Keepleyland2 said:

That's just an arbirtary mark. Why not 98 or 90?

Because they lost 95 the past 2 seasons. Imho it is a statement that if next season goes as most of us think it will it will be the longest stretch they have been this bad in franchise history - which imho highlights that this is the first time they appear to be tanking.

[Tenacious D 252]

The crown jewel of the Tiger’s org—Erie’s staff

 

[cruzer1 176]

I have a theory that Wentz did much better for Erie than Mississippi in the SL (down year for hitters in the EL); this will probably be good for his development due to confidence, and I can see that with his improved BB rate (SSS).

[Casimir 1,247]

6 hours ago, Tenacious D said:

The crown jewel of the Tiger’s org—Erie’s staff

 

Dress shopping, eh?