Tiger Geist

I haven’t quite reached my moment of zen and come to grips with last night’s defeat.  But here’s a thought I had last night:  Isn’t the bullpen costing themselves a lot of money?  Zumaya, Rodney.. they’re all on short term restricted deals.  Farnsworth is a free agent… he might not want to pitch in detroit next year, but doesn’t he have the sense to try to sign another multi-year deal with someone?  He’ll be pitching for Pittsburgh if he’s not careful.

At this point, Bobby Seay can’t pitch multiple innings every day, and the bullpen seems hell bent on having at least one person blow the game.  Maybe it will work at home on some nights, when Detroit can bat in the bottom half of an inning.  But the playoff window is closing fast.

What does Detroit do now?  Do they try to figure out if there is a place on next year’s team for Hessman (upon return from China), Larish, Clevelen, Hollimon?  Maybe try out some of the relievers (Clay Rapada, San Francisco Cruceta) again?  Do they offer up some of the dead weight now (Renteria, Sheffield)?  What about some of the starting pitching from Toledo?  Virgil Vasquez has been inconsistent in Toledo, but is he any worse then Nate Robertson?  Is there any chance a team would need Kenny Rogers for a stretch run?  If so, would we make him avaiable for the right deal?

Its getting to the point where i’m more interested in reading about how Toledo and Erie are doing.  Thats not a good sign during the playoff run.