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Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Today is the deadline to add players to the 40 man roster in order not to expose them to next month's Rule 5 draft. The Tigers announced this morning that they have added five players: pitchers Alfredo Figaro, Zach Simons and Guillermo Moscoso and outfielders Wilkin Ramirez and Casper Wells. The moves give them a total of 38 players on their roster. With the Tigers looking to fill a lot...
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The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Today is the deadline for the Tigers to announce who would and wouldn’t be protected from the Rule 5 draft on the 40 man roster. Below is the roster, and highlighted are the 5 players who the Tigers just added: Alfredo Figaro, Casper Wells, Zach Simons, Guillermo Moscoso, and Wilkin Ramirez. That brings the [...]
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
... team adding five players to the 40-man roster: righthanders Alfredo Figaro, Guillermo Moscoso and Zach Simons; and outfielders Wilkin Ramirez and Casper Wells. This is a very tough question on the comparison between Porcello and Verlander. I'll answer it this way: I envision Porcello having the same type of success in the big leagues as Verlander had in 2006 and 2007. Porcello is...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
... team adding five players to the 40-man roster: righthanders Alfredo Figaro, Guillermo Moscoso and Zach Simons; and outfielders Wilkin Ramirez and Casper Wells. This is a very tough question on the comparison between Porcello and Verlander. I'll answer it this way: I envision Porcello having the same type of success in the big leagues as Verlander had in 2006 and 2007. Porcello is...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... strongest candidates, in no particular order: right-handers Alfredo Figaro, Guillermo Moscoso and Zach Simons; infielder Will Rhymes; and outfielders Wilkin Ramirez and Casper Wells.Simons, Rhymes and Wells are currently playing for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League. Mesa leads its division with a 26-11 record and will play for the AFL championship on Saturday.Ramirez...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Right-hander Guillermo Moscoso and outfielders Wilkin Ramirez and Casper Wells are among the Rule 5-eligible prospects most likely to join the 40-man roster.Infielder Will Rhymes and right-handers Alfredo Figaro and Zach Simons also might be added.