AL ALBURQUERQUE RUMORS
Detroit Tigers Recall Evan Reed, Option Al Alburquerque
The Detroit Tigers have recalled right-handed pitcher Evan Reed to take the place of Al Alburquerque on the active roster as he was optioned to their Triple-A Toledo minor league affiliate today. This is not a permanent move, but rather a move where the brass would like to see the young reliever regain his command. As soon as he finds it, he should be back up. Reed will pitch middle...
Tigers send Alburquerque to Toledo
While his teammates headed for Texas Wednesday night, Al Alburquerque made a much shorter trip.
Although it wasn't announced until Thursday morning, the Tigers sent Alburquerque to Toledo after he struggled once again to throw strikes in Wednesday's 7-5 loss to Houston.
Jim Leyland, who prides himself on never being negative to the media about one of his players, couldn...
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Transaction Blog: Alburquerque Down, Reed Up
Stay current with all the roster movement and personnel decisions with the TigsTown Transaction Blog. After struggling and drawing criticism from manager Jim Leyland, the Tigers optioned Al Alburquerque to Toledo and recalled right-hander Evan Reed.
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Game 2013/35: Indians at Tigers
20-14, 1st place, 1.5 games up on Royals/Indians.
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Get Al Alburquerque out of Detroit. At least for a while. Please. This has gone on long enough. Game 34 was Tigers 6, Indians 4, Tigers Bullpen -3.* The bullpen pooped the bed yet again. What is that – 10 times this season already? Take away the walk-offs – it happens – and it’s still 7 times. (I think. I’ll check...
Alburquerque suffers scare
DETROIT - The Tigers appear to have avoided some bad news on a night filled with good news for the bullpen.
Reliever Al Alburquerque who has been dominant in his last four outings said he felt something pull in the groin of his right leg, but added that it was nothing serious.
He was delivering his second pitch to Kansas City Royals cleanup hitter Eric Hosmer in the seventh...
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Yoenis Cespedes Intends to Kiss His Bat After Hitting the Ball Hard Against Al Alburquerque
The Athletics would prefer if their revenge against Al Alburquerque came in the form of three straight wins, but Yoenis Cespedes could give the Tigers reliever a taste of his own medicine at some point. Alburquerque drew the ire of the A's on Sunday when he kissed the baseball before flipping it to first on a ninth-inning groundout off the bat of Cespedes. Oakland outfielder...
FOR GOOD LUCK
Tigers pitcher kisses ball after fielding grounder
Has this ever happened before?
After fielding a ground ball, Tigers reliever Al Alburquerque had enough time to kiss the ball before throwing it to first base and getting the runner.
Lucky for Alburquerque, there was no error on the play. Or there would have been a lot of beers thrown on him in the locker room.
GIF via @WorldofIsaac
Tigers reliever Al Alburquerque could be back with Tigers before September
One of the biggest Tigers mysteries this season has been the status of right-handed reliever Al Alburquerque.
Alburquerque has missed the entire season thus far after undergoing surgery to fix a stress fracture in his elbow during the offseason. Currently he’s been rehabbing in Triple-A Toledo and according to James Schmehl of Mlive.com, Alburquerque could be back with the Tigers...
Detroit Tigers send Danny Worth back to Toledo, Al Alburquerque to begin rehab assignment
No surprises here. The trade for Omar Infante and Anibal Sanchez from the Miami Marlins meant that the Tigers’ active roster would sit at 26 players (only Jacob Turner was on the major league roster going the other way), so a move had to be made before tonight’s game.
Likely candidates to get shoved off the roster included Danny Worth, Ryan Raburn, and Don Kelly, but of...
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July 24, 2012
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Alburquerque could be back soon for Tigers
The Detroit Tigers could use a spark for the second half of the season. They may just get one from within the organization.
Relief pitcher Al Alburquerque, according to Mlive.com, could possibly return sometime soon for the Tigers.
“Al Alburquerque is moving forward in a throwing program while rehabilitating from offseason elbow surgery and could start pitching in games sometime...
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