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Tigers Prospect Emailbag Questions Answered

John Verburg — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:12:18 +0000

As promised, you email me questions in, and I try and answer them. Questions can be Tigers system related or about prospects from any team in general. I would like to do this series more often, so the more questions the merrier. You can send questions to me at mcbjohnverburg@gmail.com, as well as any other thing related to Motor City Bengals. A big thank you to those who sent questions.

Without further delay, here we go…..
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Gustavo Nunez Selected In Rule 5 Draft

John Verburg — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:08:07 +0000

The annual Rule 5 MLB draft was held today, and the Tigers passed on making a selection. However, the Tigers had one of their unprotected players taken. With the 8th pick in the Rule 5 draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Tigers SS Gustavo Nunez. Nunez, whose calling card is his defense and plus plus speed, will have to stick on the Pirates 25 man roster all season, or being offered back to Detroit for 50K dollars.

So, what are the chances that Nunez sticks with the Pirates?

This is a tough call. Nunez isn’t exactly intimidating with his bat. At 5’10″ and 170 lbs. nobody is going to mistake Nunez for a power hitter. However, he did OPS .718 between his two stops in 2011, showing off some gap power and occasional home run pop.

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40 Man Roster Movement

John Verburg — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:08:24 +0000

The Tigers made several moves to their 40 man roster today in preparation for the upcoming Rule 5 draft. They needed to add recent acquisition Gerald Laird, and the Tigers did create one space on the roster by out-righting long time poster boy for talent unrealized in Cale Iorg. Over the course of 5 minor league seasons, the 6th round bonus baby pick in the 2007 draft has hit just .222.

Cale Iorg has always been known for his glove and being a polarizing prospect amongst Tigers fans. His athleticism when you watch him is evident, and his glove at times can be off the charts. Given his considerable physical gifts, the Tigers went way over-slot for Iorg in 2007, thinking that his lay off from a 2 year Mormon mission wasn’t going to affect him much down the road. Whether or not the mission affected Iorg, we don’t know, but one thing is for sure, the bat has just never come around.
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