Monday, July 12, 2010
Labels: Detroit Tigers Brennan Boesch Rick Porcello Andrew Oliver Austin Jackson Carl Pavano
posted by Pat Caputo at
12:37 AM
Pat Caputo is a sports columnist for The Oakland Press. Caputo covered the Tigers from 1986-98, and Lions from 1998-2002 for The Oakland Press before becoming a columnist. Caputo was raised in Birmingham and played baseball and football at Groves High School. His photograph playing high school sports appeared in The Oakland Press. He has won numerous writing awards, including first place in column writing from the Michigan Associated Press and the Michigan Press Association, and from the Detroit Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He has been named among the Top Ten sports columnists in the nation by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE), and has won honors in four of the APSE's six national award categories. He has garnered top national honors for his column writing and sports writing from the Local Media Association. Caputo, who has resided in Oakland County since he was nine years old, currently lives in Lake Orion. Caputo has a radio show weeknights and weekends on 97.1 FM, The Ticket, which is the flagship station for the Tigers, Lions and Red Wings. He also appears regularly on FOX 2 television on "SportsWorks."
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2 Comments:
Pat, Tigers should only be trading for stars, maybe Haren, and Oswalt doesn’t want to come to Detroit. Santiago is doing well at ss and Aliva need more time to develop. If a minor upgrade at these positions is only available, why do it? I like JL theory of another relief pitcher. I think one thing that might develop into the market is a power left-handed DH such as Fielder or Dunn. They are there for the taking and would help the line-up even more. The sore point about Oliver is where is his best pitch gone (cutter). I saw him pitch against the Braves and his cutter was breaking 6 inches. If he throws that pitch at 93 m.p.h few inches inside a left-handed batters, they will be frozen like a Rodney change-up. Maddux made a hall fame career by throwing the ball 6 inches outside to a right-handed batters and catching the outside corner.
Barry,
I don't agree with you on that, particularly for a starting pitcher. They need somebody to give them six innings or so per start - and then lean on their bullpen. That doesn't necessarily need to be a star starter. That if they can't get what they need from their current starters. They have six to choose from.
Caputo
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