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gotigers · 04-08-2015, 11:14 PM

June 1, 2015
Detroit, Michigan
8:00pm

It's been a quite interesting month! We are just arriving on a long flight from LA where we took a hard-fought series against the always tough Angels. Currently we stand at 30-21 and have - after a brief slump into 2nd place - reaffirmed our grasp on the AL Central from the pesky White Sox.

Several interesting situations have developed over the past 30 days, with all of our extension offers...Price, Cespedes, Iglesias, and Soria...being accepted. The Price deal was widely applauded and he has been performing at another Cy Young level. There was a brief scare when he was held out for a couple of starts due to some forearm stiffness, but it turned out to be nothing serious.

Brandon Morrow has come back down to Earth a little bit, but is still battling. Brian Wilson is absolutely lights out while Marmol has been coming around, 4-run inning hiccup at Oakland notwithstanding. Our biggest and most pleasant surprise is Johan Santana. He's been out there having a blast and even pitched a complete game. His stuff is nowhere what it used to be, but he's still out there battling and keeping people off guard.

A new fan favorite has emerged in Andy Ibanez, our recent signing from the international free agent pool. He breezed through the minors and made his way up to the big club. He hit a pinch-hit double in his first major league at-bat and the dugout was cheering wildly. Mike Trout trotted down to second after retrieving the ball and handed it to Andy who was grinning ear to ear. He'll have that ball for the rest of his life, no doubt about it.

Alex Avila is continuing to struggle, although he is second on the team in home runs.
Al Albuquerque is having a monster year closing things out for us.
The big 4 of Cabrera, Kinsler, V-Mart, and Cespedes are performing as expected, although the power levels may be a little low.

Sanchez and Verlander are battling, but Price is running away as the leader of the team and rotation. Defense is performing a bit below expectations, but they are battling.

The Kendrys Morales situation was very costly for us. He wasn't playing, so he was whipping up a one man mutiny and demanded to be traded....so trade we did, to the Mets. In return, we received Michael Cuddyer who is a pleasure to have, just not his contract...even though it puts us in a slightly better situation than Morales'.
Rajai Davis is out for the year, so the onus is now on Anthony Gose to fully take over the reigns as our jack of all trades and base thief.

Toledo is now 30-20 and still in first place.

All-Star voting has begun and the draft is one week from today.

Hopefully June will be the month where we run away with this thing!

04-08-2015, 11:14 PM	#8
gotigers Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 47	June 1, 2015 Detroit, Michigan 8:00pm It's been a quite interesting month! We are just arriving on a long flight from LA where we took a hard-fought series against the always tough Angels. Currently we stand at 30-21 and have - after a brief slump into 2nd place - reaffirmed our grasp on the AL Central from the pesky White Sox. Several interesting situations have developed over the past 30 days, with all of our extension offers...Price, Cespedes, Iglesias, and Soria...being accepted. The Price deal was widely applauded and he has been performing at another Cy Young level. There was a brief scare when he was held out for a couple of starts due to some forearm stiffness, but it turned out to be nothing serious. Brandon Morrow has come back down to Earth a little bit, but is still battling. Brian Wilson is absolutely lights out while Marmol has been coming around, 4-run inning hiccup at Oakland notwithstanding. Our biggest and most pleasant surprise is Johan Santana. He's been out there having a blast and even pitched a complete game. His stuff is nowhere what it used to be, but he's still out there battling and keeping people off guard. A new fan favorite has emerged in Andy Ibanez, our recent signing from the international free agent pool. He breezed through the minors and made his way up to the big club. He hit a pinch-hit double in his first major league at-bat and the dugout was cheering wildly. Mike Trout trotted down to second after retrieving the ball and handed it to Andy who was grinning ear to ear. He'll have that ball for the rest of his life, no doubt about it. Alex Avila is continuing to struggle, although he is second on the team in home runs. Al Albuquerque is having a monster year closing things out for us. The big 4 of Cabrera, Kinsler, V-Mart, and Cespedes are performing as expected, although the power levels may be a little low. Sanchez and Verlander are battling, but Price is running away as the leader of the team and rotation. Defense is performing a bit below expectations, but they are battling. The Kendrys Morales situation was very costly for us. He wasn't playing, so he was whipping up a one man mutiny and demanded to be traded....so trade we did, to the Mets. In return, we received Michael Cuddyer who is a pleasure to have, just not his contract...even though it puts us in a slightly better situation than Morales'. Rajai Davis is out for the year, so the onus is now on Anthony Gose to fully take over the reigns as our jack of all trades and base thief. Toledo is now 30-20 and still in first place. All-Star voting has begun and the draft is one week from today. Hopefully June will be the month where we run away with this thing!