Weekend Wrap up/rankings

The Tigers had a great weekend against a very bad Indiana St team. Crow, Berger, and Gibson were all very dominant in their outings. It was great to see them all pitching well. Rick Zagone  came into game one of the double header and struggled again. It looks like Ian Berger has been moved up into the number 2 spot of the rotation and taken Zagone's part in the rotation. A game was added Saturday to make up for the missed Western Illinois game. Im guessing Zagone will probably game two of the double header or on Sunday. The weather is suppose to be shaky on Saturday as of right now, so it should be interesting to see if they can get two games in. 

Rankings

Baseball America-4

CBN-17

NCBWA -18 (wasnt updated as last check)

USA Today-11

Early issues:

So far the only issues that I have noticed with the Tigers is the inconsistent bullpen and base running. Scooter Hicks has looked good as the closer with one bad outing at UCF along with Ryan Allen. On Sunday however the bullpen gave up seven runs after Berger left the game. Kelly Fick rebounded from a rough outing in the first game to having a good one in game two getting out of a tough jam. Its a young bullpen, so I assume with experience that they will improve. The base running has always seemed to be an issue with the Tigers. Sunday pinch runner Rex Meyr over ran third base on a ball that didnt leave the infield and Ryan Lollis got thrown out at second once or twice trying to stretch a single into a double.  

What I think best Tiger line up looks like 

Austin Holt

Kyle Mach

Lollis 

Priday

Senne

Coleman

Folgia

Gray/Pietroburgo

Curt Calvert

Early preview: Toledo comes in this weekend averaging around 10 runs a game. More to come later this week on them.