Minor League Blogs

Kevin Goldstein recently put out his list of who he things the Tigers top eleven prospects are.  It’s an interesting list because like last year, you have two top players then a steep drop off.  Cameron Maybin checks in at number one for the second straight season and that’s not a surprise.  Yeah Maybin fell [...]

Jeff Larish had the only hit of the game and he broke up the no-hitter by former Tiger Gary Knots in the seventh inning in Erie’s 7-0 loss.  Not even Cameron Maybin reached base and his five game hitting streak to start the season ended rather abruptly.
Andrew Kown took the loss and he fell to [...]

Despite the fact that the Seawolves are in the middle of a race for the playoffs, all eyes have been on Cameron Maybin, who has given the team a huge boost.  He kept things up tonight and while he didn’t hit a homerun, he did go two for three with a double, two walks and [...]

Michael Hollimon has a big day at the plate in the Seawolves 7-6 win over the Defenders.  He went three for five with a double, a triple, three RBIs and a run.  Cameron Maybin homered in his third straight game since joining Erie and he went two for four with two RBIs and two runs.
Dallas [...]

Cameron Maybin picked up just one hit in Erie’s 10-9 win but he drew two walks, scored three times and he homered in his second straight game.  Jeff Larish went two for four with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.
Matthew Rusch picked up the win and he improved to 4-1. He struck out two [...]

All eyes were on Cameron Maybin as he made his Double A debut today.  He had just one hit but it went over the fence for his first homer for Erie and his eleventh homer overall.  Jeff Larish and Clete Thomas also went yard in the 6-3 loss to the Defenders.
Jonathan Connolly fell to 6-6 [...]

Lakeland took care of St. Lucie 9-6 in a nice team effort.  Eight different hitters scored and Cameron Maybin led the way with a single, a double an RBI and a run.  It very well could have been his last hit for Lakeland because Maybin got promoted to Erie.  He won’t get to play today [...]

Lakeland continued their struggles and they dropped their third straight game in a pitchers’ duel with St. Lucie.  Burke Badenhop gave up just one unearned run in 7 1/3 innings but for his struggles, he didn’t get a win.  Freddy Dolsi gave up two runs in ninth inning and he fell to 4-3 on the [...]

Cameron Maybin has been back for just two games but he’s already shown he’s healthy with his second straight solid game.  He went two for four with an RBI and a run.  Joseph Bowen doubled and he drove in two runs.
Brandon Johnson picked up the win and he improved to 3-3 on the season in [...]

Lakeland was double bageled by Jupiter in two tough losses.  Game one was a 13-0 blowout in which Kyle Sleeth was hit hard.  He gave up eight runs on nine hits and two walks with two strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.  Cameron Maybin was one of two Lakeland hitters to have two hits in the [...]

Lakeland used an Earl Weaver favorite and with two three run homers, they cruised to a 10-2 win over Brevard County.  Cameron Maybin went two for four with a three run shot and two runs scored while Rafael Mendez singled, hit a three run homerun and scored two runs.
Burke Badenhop improved to 7-5 on the [...]

Lakeland got plenty of offense in their 8-3 win over Brevard County.  Michael Hernandez led the way with a game high four RBIs.  He went two for five with a homerun.  Cameron Maybin went two for five with a triple, an RBI and two runs and Ovandy Suero singled, stole his 53rd base and scored [...]

Gabriel Benitez was tagged for four runs in just one inning of work and he took the defeat in Lakeland’s 6-4 loss.  He fell to 1-2 on the season.
Ryan Roberson went two for four with a double and two runs.  Cameron Maybin doubled and drove in a run while Mark Haske was two for two [...]

Burke Badenhop fell to 3-4 on the season with a rough start in Lakeland’s 11-2 loss to Dunedin.  He gave up six runs (three earned) on eight hits with a strikeout in three innings.  Alfredo Figaro was also hit hard and he gave up four runs in 2 2/3 innings.  Maxwell Leon provided all of [...]

The Flying Tigers lost both of their games in a twin billing against Tampa.  In the first game, it was a lack of hitting that cost them in a 3-1 loss.  Cameron Maybin doubled and he drove home the only run for Lakeland while Alfredo Figaro dropped to 0-3 when he gave up three runs in [...]

A pretty good start by Burke Badenhop went to waste in Lakeland’s 5-3 loss to Brevard County.  He gave up two runs on six hits and a walk with six strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Jacob Ramos gave up three runs with out getting a single batter out in the bottom of the eighth inning.
Cameron [...]

Matt O’Brien fell to 0-2 on the season with a rough start in Lakeland’s 6-2 loss to Brevard County.  He gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks in six innings.
Cameron Maybin was one of two Lakeland hitters with two hits.  He finished two for four with an RBI.

Lucas French was hit hard and while it was hardly a spectacular start for him, the defense didn’t help things out in this one.  Five errors were made by the Flying Tigers and they resulted in a total of five unearned runs.  So while French was tagged for nine runs, only four were earned.  He [...]

Lakeland and St. Lucie let the pitching go out the window and they got down to smashing the ball.  At the end of nine, the two teams were tied 10-10 and St. Lucie scored first in extra frames in the top of the eleventh.  Lakeland answered though and Ryan Roberson hit a walk off two [...]

Two errors resulted in five unearned runs that played a big part in Lakeland’s 8-3 loss to Tampa.  Lucas French took the loss and he gave up seven runs (just two earned) on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.
Cameron Maybin was the hitting star in the loss.  He went [...]

Lakeland lost to Tampa 8-3 but Cameron Maybin had a big day at the plate.  He went two for five with two solo homers in the loss.  The only other Flying Tiger to drive in a run was Mark Haske, who punched one in with a sac. fly.
Matt O’Brien was hit hard and he took [...]

Eleazar Aponte was hammered by Vero Beach in Lakeland’s 15-4 loss.  He gave up ten runs (eight earned) on ten hits and a walk with one strikeout in just 2 1/3 innings.
Ryan Roberson provided most of the offense in the loss with three hits including a homerun and two RBIs.  Cameron Maybin went two for [...]

Lakeland lost 6-2 to Vero Beach and Lucas French dropped to 3-2 on the season with a rough start.  He gave up six runs on nine hits and two walks with two strikeouts in five innings.
Cameron Maybin was the hitting star in the loss. He went two for four with a double, an RBI and [...]

Lakeland had plenty of hitting stars in their 7-4 win over Dunedin.  William Rhymes doubled, drove in three and scored a run while Michael Hernandez went three for four with two doubles, two RBIs and a run.  Ryan Roberson had the only homerun and he drove in two runs while Cameron Maybin went two for [...]

The Flying Tigers swept the Sarasota Reds and in this game, they got he bats going.  Michael Hernandez went three for five with a homerun and two runs while Wilkin Ramirez was a perfect three for three with a run and three RBIs.  Cameron Maybin had a nice game as well.  He went two for [...]

Lucas French improved to 3-1 on the season in Lakeland’s 2-1 win with six shutout innings.  He gave up five hits and a walk and he struck out five.
Ovandy Suero was the hitting star and he went two for two with two walks and he scored one of the runs.  Cameron Maybin didn’t reach base, [...]

Burke Badenhop was red hot out of the game but then he struggled until his previous start.  He got it done again today as he shut down the Sarasota Reds in Lakelands’ 8-1 win.  He gave up just one runs on four hits and five walks with two strikeouts in six innings of work.
Ovandy Suero [...]

In his first four starts, Burke Badenhop was about as good as you could ask.  Since then, he’s been touched up in two tough starts and today he dropped to 2-3 as Dunedin beat Lakeland 6-3.  He gave up all six runs on eight hits and two walks with four strikeouts in just four innings.
Williams [...]

A very nice start by Andrew Miller went to waste as the bullpen gave up five late runs in Lakeland’s 5-4 loss to Dunedin.  Miller gave up five hits and two walks with five strikeouts in six innings.  Gabriel Bentitez gave up three runs in an inning and Ricky Steik gave up the tying and [...]

Eleazar Aponte had a tough start and he dropped to 2-2 in a 7-2 loss to Sarasota.  He gave up four runs on nine hits and two walks with five strikeouts in just four innings.
Cameron Maybin doubled and he scored a run while Justin Justice went two for four with a double.  Ryan Roberson hit [...]

A lot of Flying Tigers contributed today in their 8-7 win over Sarasota.  Mark Haske tripled and he drove in three runs.  Cameron Maybin went one for three with two walks, two RBIs and a run while Justin Justice went two for five with a two run homer.
Gabriel Benetiz picked up the win with 1 [...]

For the second straight start, Burke Badenhop was hit hard.  And right when I started talking about him to others.  He gave up five runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in seven innings and the loss drops him to 2-2.  His overall numbers still looks good but he has to buck [...]

Cameron Maybin was out of the lineup and I’ve been looking for a reason why.  Haven’t found anything but when I do, I’ll let you know.  Anyway, the Flying Tigers were held to just one run on four hits and Wilkin Ramirez scored that one run in the second inning.
Andrew Miller was hit hard again [...]

Lakeland lost 11-3 to Clearwater tonight and it was Sendy Vasquez who took the brunt of the offensive onslaught.  He gave up eight runs (five earned) on nine hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Cameron Maybin had the night off in this one.  Justin Justice continued to hit the ball well [...]

Cameron Maybin didn’t have a hit in today’s 7-5 win, but he did cross the plate two times and he drove in a run with a walk.  Michael Hernandez went four for four with two doubles and an RBI.
Lucas French had a nice start.  He gave up two runs on five hits and a walk with [...]

Burke Badenhop had his first rough start of the season as Lakeland lost to Sarasota 7-2.  He did give up four runs but only one of them was earned although he was touched up for six hits and three walks in five innings.  Matthew Righter was hit hard as well and he gave up three [...]

Andrew Miller had a tough time against Dunedin today.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on nine hits and two walks with three strikeouts in five innings. 
The lone Lakeland run was driven in by Justin Justice.  Cameron Maybin doubled, drew a walk and scored the only run in the 8-1 loss.

Justin Justice had another great game with three RBIs in the Flying Tigers 7-5 win.  Cameron Maybin went just one for three but he stole his seventh base in eight tries.  Wilkin Ramirez was the only Lakeland hitter to go yard.
Sendy Vasquez had a rough start but the pen and the hitters picked him up.  [...]

Lakeland ran up the score today a 13-6 win over Dunedin.  Justin Justice led the way with a monster game.  He went three for four with a triple, a homerun, six RBIs and two runs.  Cameron Maybin had three hits, two RBIs and five runs while Michael Hernandez had three hits and three RBIs.
Eleazar Aponte [...]

Burke Badenhop threw 6 2/3 shutout innings tonight as Lakeland shut out Fort Myers 5-0.  Badenhop gave up just four hits and a walk and he struck out an impressive eight batters in the win.
Cameron Maybin hit his fourth homerun of the season and he drove in two runs.  Michael Hernandez also went yard with [...]

Andrew Miller got it done today for Lakeland but the hitters didn’t get it done as they lost 1-0 to Fort Myers.  Miller threw a complete game and he gave up just one unearned run on three hits and no walks with six strikeouts.
Cameron Maybin had two more hits and he’s now pulled his batting [...]

Lakeland lost 5-2 today and it wasn’t even that close because the Flying Tigers scored both of their runs in the ninth inning.  Cameron Maybin was the hitting star and he went two for four and he scored on of the two runs.
Sendy Vasquez had a tough start and he dropped to 0-2.  He gave [...]

Michael Hernandez is slowly getting onto peoples radar with a great start down in Lakeland.  He went one for four today but he drove in two runs.  He’s now hitting .393 and while he’s older then you’d expect at High A (23), you have to be happy with the results.  The problem is, he really [...]

Cameron Maybin is heating up.  After going hitless in his first four games, he’s now homered in his last three.  He went three for four and he hit the three run shot in the 10-4 win.  Wilkin Ramirez also had a nice game with three hits and three RBIs.
Burke Badenhop had a nice start and [...]

Two games, two losses.  In the first game, Andrew Miller was roughed up and he gave up four runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.  He actually didn’t take the loss though because Fort Myers won it in the seventh with a single run off of Freddy Dolsi.  [...]

Sendy Vasquez was shelled today in a blowout loss to the Tampa Yankees.  He gave up five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings.
Cameron Maybin went 0 for 3 and he’s now 0 for 11 on the season.  Wilkin Ramirez had a nice game at the [...]

Lucas French had a nice start for the Flying Tigers in their 3-1 win over Tampa.  He gave up four hits and a walk with four strikeouts in five shutout innings.  Eleazer Aponte was just as good in relief.  He did give up a run but he gave up just two hits with five strikeouts [...]

Lakeland lost their first game of the season as Burke Badenhop was outdueled by Yankees top prospect Ian Kennedy.  Badenhop did have a decent start though.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on six hits and no walks with three strikeouts in five innings.  Freddy Dolsi got it done in relief as he struck [...]

Andrew Miller held the Tampa Yankees to three hits in five shutout innings tonight in a rain shortened five inning game.  He struck out three and didn’t give up a walk in a nice season debut.
Justin Justice hit a solo homerun and Michael Hernandez and Ryan Roberson both doubled and scored a run in the [...]

This one was pretty easy.  Cameron Maybin is the consensus number one prospect in the Tigers organization.  Drafted out of highschool by the Tigers in the first round in 2005, Maybin signed too late in the year to make his minor league debut that year.  In 2006, he played a full season at West Michigan [...]