Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
The Detroit Tigers today announced that left-handed pitcher Bobby Seay has a strain of the minor pectoral muscle near his throwing shoulder and won't pitch this weekend in Chicago.
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
More photos » by Gary Malerba - AP Is Bobby Seay going to be out for a while? Or did the Detroit Tigers call up lefty reliever Clay Rapada, just in case? Browse more photos » Maybe this is a precautionary measure, maybe not. But the Detroit Tigers added left-handed reliever Clay Rapada to their active roster today, less than 24 hours after Bobby Seay came out of last night's game experiencing...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
More photos » by Duane Burleson - AP Armando Galarraga wasn't listed among the Tigers' September call-ups yesterday, but he'll rejoin the team on Saturday, when his required 10-day minor league assignment is completed. Browse more photos » Today is the day major league teams can expand their rosters, and the Detroit Tigers announced six players they're calling up from Triple-A Toledo. But...
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
Toledo 0 Louisville 4 Don Kelly, Jeff Frazier, and Brent Dlugach had the only hits. Brooks Brown allowed 2 runs in 6 innings on 7 hits, 3 walks, and 2 K’s. Clay Rapada allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in his 2 innings. Erie 5 Connecticut 6 Ryan Strieby had 3 doubles. Danny Worth singled and tripled. Andy [...]
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Mack Avenue Tigers has more on Detroit's newest reliever, Fu-Te Ni , including a video clip " mixtape " that gives you a look at his sidearm-type delivery. It looks similar to Clay Rapada 's to me, but if Ni has better control than Rapada, that obviously works in his favor. I'm very curious to see how he'll perform against the likes of Jack Cust and Jason Giambi , and Justin Morneau and Joe...
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
Durham 2 Toledo 4 Clete Thomas went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles. I ask you this, Clete Thomas or Josh Anderson? Brent Clevlen also went 3 for 4. And Dane Sardhina homered. Yep. Scot Drucker allowed 1 run on 3 hits and 3 walks in 5.1 innings. Clay Rapada fanned 3 in 1.1 innings but [...]
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/24/2009
Durham 10 Toledo 11 (13 inn) Jeff Larish went 5 for 6 with 2 doubles and a walk. Clete Thomas had a 4 for 5 night with 2 walks. Eddie Bonine started and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits in 4 innings. Clay Rapada game up a run on a walk and 3 hits in .2 [...]
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
[ Editor's Note : I thought we'd move this over from the FanPosts for the sake of discussion, since demondeaconsbaseball has been following the process so closely for Minor League Ball . We'll have more analysis of the Tigers' draft - I know a couple of people who feel quite differently on Detroit's second-round pick, for instance - from around the blogosphere later on. ] 2009 Detroit Tigers Draft:...
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/07/2009
Toledo 1 Norfolk 0 Brent Dlugach’s homered proved to be all the offense. Ryan Roberson did pick up 3 hits. Scott Drucker fanned 4 and walked 1 with 3 hits in 6 innings. Clay Rapada pitched the final 2 innings for the save. Erie 6 Bowie 10 Scott Sizemore singled, doubled, and walked. Brennan Boesch and Shawn [...]
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Toledo 5 Durham 2 Marcus Thames is wrapping up his rehab assignment in fine fashion with a homer and a single. Brent Clevlen doubled and tripled. Dusty Ryan and Wil Rhymes both homered as well. Ruddy Lugo allowed 2 runs on 7 hits and 2 walk with 4 K’s in 6 innings. Clay Rapada got the [...]
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
Norfolk 6 Toledo 8 Don Kelly and Brent Clevlen each had 3 hits. Marcus Thames went 1 for 5 with 2 K’s. Chris Lambert went 4 innings allowing 2 runs on 7 hits. Clay Rapada struck out 3 in 3 innings with 1 hit allowed. Freddy Dolis gave up 4 runs in 1+ innings. The Toledo [...]
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Lehigh Valley 5 Toledo 3 Mike Hessman hit 3 doubles. Don Kelly was 2 for 2 with 2 walks. Jeff Frazier also had 2 hits. Ruddy Lugo allowed 6 hits and walked 4 in 5.1 innings. Fu Te Ni allowed a solo homer and 2 other hits in 2.2 innings. Clay Rapada struck out one in [...]
Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog (Free subscription) | 05/05/2009
Carlos Guillen has been placed on the 15 day disabled list with a sore shoulder and Jeff Larish and Clete Thomas have been recalled from Toledo. Clay Rapada was optioned to Toledo. Jim Leyland also has a crazy new line-up tonight:Josh Anderson LFPlacido Polanco 2BClete Thomas RFMiguel Cabrera 1BCurtis Granderson CFMagglio Ordonez RFBrandon Inge 3BGerald Laird CRamon Santiago SSI don't know if
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 05/05/2009
As I mentioned earlier, the Tigers made some shuffling in their 25-man roster today to address some key problems -- notable outfield defense being horrible, and Carlos Guillen being sore. So the moves today: Carlos Guillen to the 15-day DL Clay Rapada optioned back to Triple-A Toledo Left-handed infielder Jeff Larish recalled from Toledo Left-handed outfielder Clete Thomas called up from Toledo. The...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/05/2009
UPDATED AT 6:10 P.M. The Tigers made two roster moves today, placing leftfielder Carlos Guillen on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation and optioning left-hander Clay Rapada to Triple-A Toledo.
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