Eh. Sometimes it rains.
Though i guess it doesn’t rain indoors. A series that Detroit could have easily been swept in, they eek out a 2-1 series loss. Bonine wasn’t sharp, the team didn’t field particularly well… let’s not worry about this one and move on to Seattle.
Thoughts:
- Detroit was playing without ~$44 million in contracts (Cabrera, Inge, Ordonez, Rodriguez). Add Bonine who makes Wal-mart wages, and it wasn’t an ideal lineup today.
- To top that, we have what could be described as a fast and very above average outfield (Granderson, Joyce, Thomas, Raburn). But in the metrodome, our below average infield hurts. Badly.
- Ramon Santiago is rehabbing in Toledo. The lack of offensive production at shortstop, coupled by the decrease in range, makes me worried about Renteria and Detroit as a whole. .270 and five home runs was not what we traded solid prospects for. I wonder if the Tigers need to make a move, or play Santiago more when he returns. In terms of the team, the only real upgrade they could make right now is at shortstop. I think Renteria is playing his last season in Detroit; I wonder if he’s playing his last month as well.
- Honestly… winning a game and losing two (with one loss being close)… when you throw out names like Galarraga, Robertson, and Bonine… can you really be upset?
Seattle is up. They’re not playing well, Detroit has been slightly cooled… go Tigers.