Wonderful. The Tigers get hammered by the Angels, 9-3 and watch both Ivan Rodriguez and Dmitri Young leave the game with injuries. Pudge got hit on the toe by a foul-tip, while D.Y. hurt a knee running to firstbase. With Troy Percival and Magglio Ordonez already on the shelf, Carlos Guillen still needing an occasional day off to rest his ailing knee, the last thing the Tigers need is to lose Pudge and Dmitri for anything more than twenty-four hours.
It's the middle of May and I'm starting to get the feeling this edition of the Tigers isn't really much better than last year's model. I do think Jeremy Bonderman is better this year, but Nate Robertson looks worse than in '04. Guillen is about the same as last season, but Pudge is worse. Neither Percival or Magglio have been active long enough to matter. That's makes the Tigers about even to last year's club and that's exactly what they appear to be.
I hate to mention this, because I really like the guy, but I've seen enough of Carlos Pena. It's time for Alan Trammell to sit him. If Young is healthy, let him play first all the time. Yes, it will hurt some defensively, but Pena just doesn't produce enough to leave him in the lineup daily. I wish I was wrong, but my hopes for Pena are all but gone.
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