Now that Mr. Mike Ilitch Sr. is deceased, the Tigers aren't in the "win one before the owner passes" mode. Current circumstances should allow the Tigers to be more selective in how much money is spent on a player and what player to take. Zimmermann leaving the Tigers could very well be a win (team) - win (player).
Friday... Blue Jays Aaron Sanchez (R) @ Tigers Justin Verlander (R) __________________7:10pm et start
1. Jose Bautista (R) RF 2. Russell Martin (R) C 3. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 4. Justin Smoak (S) 1B 5. Kendrys Morales (S) DH 6. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS 7. Steve Pearce (R) LF 8. Kevin Pillar (R) CF 9. Darwin Barney (R) 2B ___________________________ 1. Alex Presley (L) CF 2. Alex Avila (L) C 3. Justin Upton (R) LF 4. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Victor Martinez (S) DH 7. Nicholas Castellanos (R) 3B 8. Andrew Romine (S) 2B 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 47 40 .540 - Minnesota 45 43 .511 2? Kansas City 44 44 .500 3? Detroit 39 49 .443 8? Chi. White Sox 38 50 .432 9?
Blue Jays Liriano @ Tigers Michael Fulmer (R) ___________________6:10pm et start 1. Jose Bautista (R) RF 2. Russell Martin (R) C 3. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 4. Justin Smoak (S) 1B 5. Kendrys Morales (S) DH 6. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS 7. Steve Pearce (R) LF 8. Kevin Pillar (R) CF 9. Ryan Goins (L) 2B ______________________ 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Nicholas Castellanos (R) 3B 3. Justin Upton (R) LF 4. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Victor Martinez (S) DH 7. Mikie Mahtook (R) CF 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS
Tigers held a team meeting today at 3pm. When asked by the media after the meeting what took place, Ausmus told them it was none of their damn business, lol. Only time will tell us what took place. So far I havnt heard of any trades. Details as I get them... if any.
Blue Jays Marco Estrada (R) @ Tigers Anibal Sanchez (R) __________________1:10pm et start 1. Jose Bautista (R) RF 2. Ezequiel Carrera (L) LF 3. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B 4. Justin Smoak (S) 1B 5. Kendrys Morales (S) DH 6. Troy Tulowitzki (R) SS 7. Miguel Montero (L) C 8. Kevin Pillar (R) CF 9. Ryan Goins (L) 2B _________________________ 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Nicholas Castellanos (R) 3B 3. Justin Upton (R) LF 4. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Victor Martinez (S) DH 7. Alex Presley (L) CF 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 47 42 .528 - Minnesota 46 44 .511 1? Kansas City 44 45 .494 3 Detroit 40 49 .449 7 Chi. White Sox 38 51 .427 9
The Tigers take the game from the Blue Jays in 11 innings with a 6-5 final score. Detroit also takes the series.
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 47 42 .528 - Minnesota 46 45 .505 2 Kansas City 45 45 .500 2? Detroit 41 49 .456 6? Chi. White Sox 38 52 .422 9?
Tigers Jordan Zimmermann (R) @ Royals Jason Vargas (L) _____________________8:15pm et start 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Nicholas Castellanos (R) 3B 3. Justin Upton (R) LF 4. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Victor Martinez (S) DH 7. Mikie Mahtook (R) CF 8. Alex Avila (L) C 9. Jose Iglesias (R) SS __________________________ 1. Whit Merrifield (R) 2B 2. Jorge Bonifacio (R) RF 3. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF 4. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B 5. Salvador Perez (R) C 6. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B 7. Alcides Escobar (R) SS 8. Brandon Moss (L) DH 9. Alex Gordon (L) LF
Tigers beat the Royals by a final score of 10-2. The game was well in hand from the start and is a good way to begin a series. Now Detroit needs to keep it up.
AMERICAN LEAGUE CENTRAL TEAM W L PCT. GB Cleveland 48 43 .527 - Minnesota 47 45 .511 1? Kansas City 45 46 .495 3 Detroit 42 49 .462 6 Chi. White Sox 38 52 .422 9?
Tigers Matthew Boyd (L) @ Royals Travis Wood (L) _______________8:15pm et start 1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B 2. Nicholas Castellanos (R) 3B 3. Justin Upton (R) LF 4. Miguel Cabrera (R) 1B 5. J.D. Martinez (R) RF 6. Victor Martinez (S) DH 7. Mikie Mahtook (R) CF 8. James McCann (R) C 9. Dixon Machado (R) SS ____________________________ 1. Whit Merrifield (R) RF 2. Jorge Bonifacio (R) DH 3. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF 4. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B 5. Salvador Perez (R) C 6. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B 7. Alcides Escobar (R) SS 8. Alex Gordon (L) LF 9. Ramon Torres (S) 2B ________________________
Diamondbacks acquire J.D. Martinez from Tigers for three?prospects Update (6:40 PM ET): Nick Piecoro reports that the Tigers will receive prospects Dawel Lugo, Sergio Alcantara, and Jose King from the Diamondbacks. Lugo, 22, was originally signed by the Blue Jays out of the Dominican Republic for a $1.3 million signing bonus. The Jays sent him to the D-Backs in August 2015 for infielder Cliff Pennington. This season, with Double-A Jackson, Lugo hit .282/.325/.428 with seven home runs and 43 RBI in 369 plate appearances. He has mostly played third base this year but has also played some shortstop. Alcantara, 21, was signed by the Diamondbacks in July 2012. He has had stops at various levels of Single-A over the last five years. This season, with High-A Visalia, Alcantara hit .279/.344/.362 with three home runs, 28 RBI, and 11 stolen bases in 378 PA. He has spent the overwhelming majority of his minor league career playing shortstop, but has logged some time at second base. King, 18, was signed by the Diamondbacks in October 2015. This season, in rookie ball, he hit .261/.333/.348. He has spent nearly equal amounts of time playing second base and shortstop. Lugo was the Diamondbacks? No. 4 overall prospect according to MLB Pipeline. Alcantara was No. 15 and King did not make the top-30. * The Diamondbacks will acquire outfielder J.D. Martinez from the Tigers. Jon Morosi had the original report and Jeff Passan confirmed. Martinez, 29, is hitting .305/.388/.630 with 16 home runs and 39 RBI in 232 plate appearances this season. He missed the first five weeks of the season with a Lisfranc sprain in his right foot. Martinez will become a free agent after the season, so this is strictly a rental for the Diamondbacks. The 53-39 Diamondbacks are 10.5 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, but currently lead the Rockies by a half-game for the first of two Wild Card slots. Adding Martinez gives them a big bat to help in the final two and a half months of the season.
This time the Tigers get off on the wrong [del]foot[/del] (paw) and surrender 3 quick runs to the Royals. The very next time Detroit is at bat, they take the lead with 5 runs and never look back as they win 9-3.
AL CENTRAL W L PCT GB Cleveland Indians 48 44 .522 -- Minnesota Twins 47 46 .505 1.5 Kansas City Royals 45 47 .489 3 Detroit Tigers 43 49 .467 5 Chicago White Sox 38 53 .418 9.5