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What do we now abt Bonderman?
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Tigers' Bonderman will use different pitching style
Detroit -- The Tigers will see a different Jeremy Bonderman when he pitches in the second game of a doubleheader against the White Sox tonight. His 95-mph fastball has yet to return, but Bonderman hopes to make up for it with smarter pitching.
Bonderman will start for the first time since undergoing surgery last June to remove a blood clot and rib to allow better circulation in his right shoulder. He's hopeful his velocity will return, but if it doesn't, he plans to find another way to be successful. He's worked on a slider and change-up because he hasn't cracked 90 mph in minor league rehabilitation starts in Toledo.
"It'll be a little different style of pitching for me," Bonderman said. "I am just going to have to go out there and move the ball around more, not rely so much on blowing the ball by guys. I am going to have to see how it goes throughout the game. I am going to have to just pitch, keep the ball down and move it around."
Tigers manager Jim Leyland won't commit to putting Bonderman in the rotation for good until he sees how he performs in the majors. But Leyland expects Bonderman to at least give the team a chance to win.
The right-hander feels the same way.
"If I didn't think I was ready, I wouldn't be going out there," said Bonderman, 26.
If Bonderman pitches well, the Tigers will be forced to remove Dontrelle Willis (1-3, 6.84 ERA) or Armando Galarraga (3-6, 5.31) from the rotation. Both have struggled lately, but Galarraga is probably better suited to eat up more innings as a fifth starter than Willis, who has averaged five innings in his five starts. Meanwhile, Galarraga has pitched into the sixth in eight of 11 starts.
Bittersweet decision
Leyland started Miguel Cabrera (sore hamstring) at first base Sunday against the Angels, but second-guessed himself. He pulled Cabrera after three plate appearances (he walked twice), replacing him for pinch runner Clete Thomas . The move paid off when Thomas hit a grand slam in the eighth to put the Tigers up in a game they won, 9-6.
Leyland still wondered if he should've played Cabrera.
"I did not like what I was seeing," Leyland said. "It is hard to play guys when they cannot go full speed. He said he was ready to go and he wants to play so bad."
Leyland said he doesn't know if Cabrera will play today against the White Sox.
"I don't know. That is taking a chance," he said. "Hindsight, I probably should have not let him play (Sunday). He said he felt good, but I should've waited another day. If he can't go to a normal tempo, I'm not sure what I will do or what I have to do."
Detroit -- The Tigers will see a different Jeremy Bonderman when he pitches in the second game of a doubleheader against the White Sox tonight. His 95-mph fastball has yet to return, but Bonderman hopes to make up for it with smarter pitching.
Bonderman will start for the first time since undergoing surgery last June to remove a blood clot and rib to allow better circulation in his right shoulder. He's hopeful his velocity will return, but if it doesn't, he plans to find another way to be successful. He's worked on a slider and change-up because he hasn't cracked 90 mph in minor league rehabilitation starts in Toledo.
"It'll be a little different style of pitching for me," Bonderman said. "I am just going to have to go out there and move the ball around more, not rely so much on blowing the ball by guys. I am going to have to see how it goes throughout the game. I am going to have to just pitch, keep the ball down and move it around."
Tigers manager Jim Leyland won't commit to putting Bonderman in the rotation for good until he sees how he performs in the majors. But Leyland expects Bonderman to at least give the team a chance to win.
The right-hander feels the same way.
"If I didn't think I was ready, I wouldn't be going out there," said Bonderman, 26.
If Bonderman pitches well, the Tigers will be forced to remove Dontrelle Willis (1-3, 6.84 ERA) or Armando Galarraga (3-6, 5.31) from the rotation. Both have struggled lately, but Galarraga is probably better suited to eat up more innings as a fifth starter than Willis, who has averaged five innings in his five starts. Meanwhile, Galarraga has pitched into the sixth in eight of 11 starts.
Bittersweet decision
Leyland started Miguel Cabrera (sore hamstring) at first base Sunday against the Angels, but second-guessed himself. He pulled Cabrera after three plate appearances (he walked twice), replacing him for pinch runner Clete Thomas . The move paid off when Thomas hit a grand slam in the eighth to put the Tigers up in a game they won, 9-6.
Leyland still wondered if he should've played Cabrera.
"I did not like what I was seeing," Leyland said. "It is hard to play guys when they cannot go full speed. He said he was ready to go and he wants to play so bad."
Leyland said he doesn't know if Cabrera will play today against the White Sox.
"I don't know. That is taking a chance," he said. "Hindsight, I probably should have not let him play (Sunday). He said he felt good, but I should've waited another day. If he can't go to a normal tempo, I'm not sure what I will do or what I have to do."
Here is the lineup for tonight's Tigers game against the White Sox in Chicago. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05.
LF Josh Anderson
2B Placido Polanco
RF Clete Thomas
DH Miguel Cabrera
CF Curtis Granderson
3B Brandon Inge
1B Ryan Raburn
C Gerald Laird
SS Ramon Santiago
P Jeremy Bonderman
LF Josh Anderson
2B Placido Polanco
RF Clete Thomas
DH Miguel Cabrera
CF Curtis Granderson
3B Brandon Inge
1B Ryan Raburn
C Gerald Laird
SS Ramon Santiago
P Jeremy Bonderman
Ozzie Guillen furious with lack of execution in White Sox's 5-4 loss to Detroit
After watching the White Sox squander several opportunities and display a disregard for executing fundamentals, manager Ozzie Guillen didn't mince words following a 5-4 loss to Detroit in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
?If this was the 1980s, (none) of these guys would be in the big leagues right now because if you hit .210-.230 and you can?t execute, I don?t think you should be out here," Guillen said shortly after third baseman Josh Fields went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and committed an error in the top of the ninth inning that set up the Tigers' winning rally.
"When you can?t bunt, hit-and-run, squeeze and move the guy over, you better hit 40 home runs and drive in 140. The only positive about this game was (reliever) D.J. Carrasco and a couple home runs here and there. A little excitement, fans got a little excited, and that?s it."
Fields' error was one of three miscues by the Sox, and Guillen was tired of explaining why their defense was shoddy.
?Is the clubhouse closed?" Guillen said. "We should open it and let them (answer) why they?re so horse (bleep)."
After losing for the sixth time in seven games, Guillen was more baffled.
?I wonder why," he said. "We give players opportunity. One thing about players, you protect their (rears) for 140 games, and you say one thing about it one day and all of a sudden you?re a bad person. And it?s not an easy spot to be. But my job is to get the best out of them, and I?m not getting the best out of them. Then it might be my fault. I might not push hard enough. I might not get mad enough. Or I?m too tough on some guys.
?If we don?t do what we?re supposed to do, I?ll take the blame because that?s my job. In the meanwhile, if anyone watched from the first day of the season to right now, I will look myself in the mirror and figure out whose fault it is. We?re not doing it. We got excited here and there. After that, it was a boring game. Really, really, really bad baseball game, terrible the way the guys played the game.?
Guillen seemed tired of delivering messages to his players.
?I talked to them," Guillen said. "One thing about it: Good teams win games. Bad teams have meetings. Well, I think we?re to the point of having a lot of meetings. That?s all I can say.?
After the game, the Sox optioned left-hander Wes Whisler to make room for second-game starter Jose Contreras. Guillen was asked if more moves were in store.
?No, not yet. Pretty soon,? Guillen said.
General manager Ken Williams stormed out of the clubhouse, but Guillen said Williams didn't address his team.
?I?m the manager," Guillen said. "If I?m going to have a meeting, that?s my job. If Kenny has something to say, he has to tell me. I know how he feels. Same way I feel. And I don?t blame him."
After watching the White Sox squander several opportunities and display a disregard for executing fundamentals, manager Ozzie Guillen didn't mince words following a 5-4 loss to Detroit in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
?If this was the 1980s, (none) of these guys would be in the big leagues right now because if you hit .210-.230 and you can?t execute, I don?t think you should be out here," Guillen said shortly after third baseman Josh Fields went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and committed an error in the top of the ninth inning that set up the Tigers' winning rally.
"When you can?t bunt, hit-and-run, squeeze and move the guy over, you better hit 40 home runs and drive in 140. The only positive about this game was (reliever) D.J. Carrasco and a couple home runs here and there. A little excitement, fans got a little excited, and that?s it."
Fields' error was one of three miscues by the Sox, and Guillen was tired of explaining why their defense was shoddy.
?Is the clubhouse closed?" Guillen said. "We should open it and let them (answer) why they?re so horse (bleep)."
After losing for the sixth time in seven games, Guillen was more baffled.
?I wonder why," he said. "We give players opportunity. One thing about players, you protect their (rears) for 140 games, and you say one thing about it one day and all of a sudden you?re a bad person. And it?s not an easy spot to be. But my job is to get the best out of them, and I?m not getting the best out of them. Then it might be my fault. I might not push hard enough. I might not get mad enough. Or I?m too tough on some guys.
?If we don?t do what we?re supposed to do, I?ll take the blame because that?s my job. In the meanwhile, if anyone watched from the first day of the season to right now, I will look myself in the mirror and figure out whose fault it is. We?re not doing it. We got excited here and there. After that, it was a boring game. Really, really, really bad baseball game, terrible the way the guys played the game.?
Guillen seemed tired of delivering messages to his players.
?I talked to them," Guillen said. "One thing about it: Good teams win games. Bad teams have meetings. Well, I think we?re to the point of having a lot of meetings. That?s all I can say.?
After the game, the Sox optioned left-hander Wes Whisler to make room for second-game starter Jose Contreras. Guillen was asked if more moves were in store.
?No, not yet. Pretty soon,? Guillen said.
General manager Ken Williams stormed out of the clubhouse, but Guillen said Williams didn't address his team.
?I?m the manager," Guillen said. "If I?m going to have a meeting, that?s my job. If Kenny has something to say, he has to tell me. I know how he feels. Same way I feel. And I don?t blame him."
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