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Concern focuses on Zumaya's sore wrist

Thursday, October 12, 2006
By Danny Knobler

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Sean Casey guaranteed Wednesday night that he'll play again this postseason.

"Oh yeah,'' the Detroit Tigers first baseman said. "Definitely. 100 percent. I will play at some point.''

If only Joel Zumaya could be so definite. In the aftermath of the Tigers' 8-5 Game 2 win over Oakland, Zumaya's sore right wrist seemed at least as big a concern for the Tigers as Casey's sore left calf.

Zumaya was unavailable to pitch Wednesday, because he's developed the same wrist problem that sidelined him for a week in early September. Zumaya saw a doctor Wednesday and will get further attention today, but the Tigers aren't sure how soon he'll be able to pitch.

"Yeah, it's a little worrying,'' Zumaya said. "I'm a big factor, and I want to be a big factor.''

But how soon?

"I want to get it quieted down,'' trainer Kevin Rand said, refusing to give a timetable.

Fuck me.

That is ... not good news, quite simply.

yeah, i heard the A's manager talk about Zumaya being hurt during the post game interviews. this sucks.

This injury really sucks if 1. it lasts the rest of the year or 2. Rodney can't partly fill Zooms shoes.

Rodney looks like he's back to the way he pitched at the begining of the year. Remember that? Before Jones came back? He was excellent for us.

But ya feel for Zoom a little. He wants to get in there real bad.

We are going so well right now, JL can call up some unheard of pitcher and he'll strike people out at crucial times.

Go Tigers!

Hopefully this time off helps Zoom get back to 100%.

Here's an interesting quote from Sean Casey;

"This week off is going to be huge for me," Casey said. "There's no doubt I can play in Game 1."

What roster adjustments will Leyland make?

Will he add Shelton as insurance for Casey?

Who would be dropped? Neifi? Santiago?

Please, dear God, make it Neifi.

They may decide to keep another pitcher and not put Neifi or Shelton on the roster.

They can drop Grilli for all I care. Dude hasn't the slightest idea what a strike is.

From MLive:

Answering the Shelton/Perez question once and for all
DETROIT -- It's been misreported elsewhere, so here's the answer for all of you who want the Tigers to drop Neifi Perez from the World Series roster and replace him with Chris Shelton.

It can't happen. No way, no how, not unless Neifi Perez is injured (which he's not).

Here's why: The Tigers had 13 position players on the roster as of Aug. 31, the cutoff for postseason eligibility. Shelton was not one of them. Neither was Ramon Santiago. They also had two position players on the major-league DL (Placido Polanco and Tony Giarratano) at that time.

Thus, the Tigers had 15 eligible position players. One of those 15 was Dmitri Young, who was later released. That leaves you with 14:

Rodriguez, Wilson, Casey, Polanco, Guillen, Inge, Perez, Infante, Monroe, Granderson, Ordonez, Thames, Gomez, Giarratano.

They can replace Giarratano, because he's hurt, and they did so by putting Ramon Santiago on the roster. Theoretically, they could have Shelton take Santiago's spot in the World Series, but they don't plan to do so. The only other way to put Shelton on the roster would be to have him replace an injured player. He could replace Casey, but that's hugely unlikely unless Casey suffers a major setback. He can not replace Perez, unless Perez is hurt (which he's not).

F' a Neifi......why am I always breaking the bad Neifi news

Who is Giarratano?


And it would be easy to get Neifi hurt. Just put him in a room with one Tiger fan. Problem solved.

Giarrantano was the minor leaguer the Tigers brought up to the majors while he was injured and immediately put on the DL so they could, in effect, get a free trade of any player they wanted onto their playoff roster. He was brought up for that purpose only.

Thank you, Fool. I must have been oblivious that day - when did that happen?

Aug 29th according to this link

http://www.rotoworld.com/Content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=394

F' a Neifi......why am I always breaking the bad Neifi news


Must be your www.Iluvneifi.com RSS feed.

Miller on the WS roster?

Miller back in town, could be added to WS roster
DETROIT -- Rookie left-hander Andrew Miller, the Tigers' first-round draft pick this year, was back at Comerica Park Wednesday, and there's some chance he could be on the World Series roster.

``It is an option, depending on who we play,'' manager Jim Leyland said.

The New York Mets have been particularly bad against left-handers. Their .254 batting average against lefties was second-worst in baseball, ahead of only the Chicago Cubs. So far in the postseason, the Mets have hit .209 against lefties.

Miller had trouble throwing strikes when he was with the Tigers in September, but he has been in the instructional league working with minor-league pitching coordinator Jon Matlack.

No other real news today. Casey is progressing, but still not definite for Game 1. Zumaya is fine. The Tigers let him go home to San Diego to see his family, but he was back in time for today's workout.

The Tigers were able to go on the field today, and Leyland promised an intensive, spring training like workout.
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