Andrew Miller...

[dcskater619]

the tigers arent gonna waste his talent by starting the year with him in their major league bullpen are they..???

[nathan050904]

It's not his long term position. My guess is he starts 2007 in the minors maybe AA or AAA and ends up in Detroit later in the year.

[FalcoAtL]

No, def. not. The only reason he was called up to the majors in Sept. was due to the fact that it was in his contract. I think they have every intention of moving him along as slowly as he needs in order to make sure he fully reaches his potential.

[shortsavage]

The only reason he was called up to the majors in Sept. was due to the fact that it was in his contract.

I thought I corrected you on this a little while back...maybe not though.

The Tigers knew Miller could help them in the pen and put the September callup thing in his contract to try to fuel excitement and speed up negotiations. Miller and his agent didn't ask for the callup. The Tigers offered it.

[FalcoAtL]

The only reason he was called up to the majors in Sept. was due to the fact that it was in his contract.

I thought I corrected you on this a little while back...maybe not though.

The Tigers knew Miller could help them in the pen and put the September callup thing in his contract to try to fuel excitement and speed up negotiations. Miller and his agent didn't ask for the callup. The Tigers offered it.

Yeah, I remembered. I never said who put it in the contract. I was merely pointing out that they didn't necessarily think he was ready for the majors.

[shortsavage]

The only reason he was called up to the majors in Sept. was due to the fact that it was in his contract.

I thought I corrected you on this a little while back...maybe not though.

The Tigers knew Miller could help them in the pen and put the September callup thing in his contract to try to fuel excitement and speed up negotiations. Miller and his agent didn't ask for the callup. The Tigers offered it.

Yeah, I remembered. I never said who put it in the contract. I was merely pointing out that they didn't necessarily think he was ready for the majors.

Hummm...not sure what you're getting at. I think he was ready to help the team in the majors.

But back to the topic at hand, I agree that Miller will go back to the minors to work as a starting pitcher.

[FalcoAtL]

The only reason he was called up to the majors in Sept. was due to the fact that it was in his contract.

I thought I corrected you on this a little while back...maybe not though.

The Tigers knew Miller could help them in the pen and put the September callup thing in his contract to try to fuel excitement and speed up negotiations. Miller and his agent didn't ask for the callup. The Tigers offered it.

Yeah, I remembered. I never said who put it in the contract. I was merely pointing out that they didn't necessarily think he was ready for the majors.

Hummm...not sure what you're getting at. I think he was ready to help the team in the majors.

But back to the topic at hand, I agree that Miller will go back to the minors to work as a starting pitcher.

Exactly what I was saying. He was not ready to help the team as a Starter.

[shortsavage]

Hehe, ok.

[mcqfesijiba]

Miller has practically zero chance of starting in the majors. Not quite zero, because the unexpected happens and he's already on the 40 man roster, but he is not in the immediate plans for the big league club. He'll probably start off in A+ Lakeland, *maybe* AA Erie.

Lefties in the pen will be Ledezma and the guy they got in the rule 5 draft (I just can't seem to remember his name--I think it was Campusano or something like that).