Tiger Geist

Lots of baseball to process for one day.  It started off with Detroit calling up Alfredo Figaro and optioning Ryan Raburn to Toledo.  I like the demotion of Raburn; he deserves some at-bats to get his swing back.  I am interested to see where he will play in the field for Toledo.  The promotion of Figaro makes little sense if he’s to be used in a bullpen role.  So, if you need some innings out of the ‘pen, you call up a starter?  No pressure there kid.  I’m willing to give Figaro a pass in the nightcap, unable to clean up Phil Coke’s mess before the game got out of hand in the ninth inning, but I question if the expectations were a little high for him to succeed in that position.  If the callup was for a spot start this weekend, it would have made more sense.  Now I’m very confused.

Both Rick Porcello and Jeremy Bonderman were very good today (to be fair, I saw all of the first game and the first half of the second).  Best start of the year for both?  Quite possibly, especially considering the competition.  Let’s just hope they’re both back on track.

Neither game saw a great Tiger offense, but I’m still impressed with Brennan Boesch thus far.  And even though he’s had a poor offensive series, Derek Jeter is awesome.  I saw Jeter play in a high school all-star game at old Tiger Stadium his senior year in high school, and its amazing how far he’s come since then.

Thursdays game has a dream pitching matchup:  Sabathia vs Verlander.  And it has a nightmare weather forecast.