Rick Porcello wins rotation spot

[CrespoBlows]

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/HeadLines.aspx?sport=MLB&hl=258046

 

Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski announced Wednesday morning that Rick Porcello has earned a spot in the starting rotation.

 

Porcello, 20, posted a 2.63 ERA in 12 2/3 innings this spring. He was drafted in 2007 out of high school and hasn't made a pitch above Single-A, but the Tigers apparently think he's ready for a big challenge. He managed a 2.66 ERA and 1.19 WHIP as a 19-year-old with high Single-A Lakeland last season. Porcello is an exciting talent, but fantasy owners might want to play the waiting game.

 

A good gamble by the Tigers. They have a lot of question marks in that rotation, and Porcello has the chance to be an effective starter the moment his steps onto a mound.

[ORS]

To all on the board, when/if you watch him pitch, make sure you have a happy thought about Julio Lugo.

[Cocos Disciples]

Cool, I like him. And yes, Julio Lugo was very much worth it.

[Gom]

What does Lugo have to do with Porcello?

[BoSox21]

Maybe the Tigers offered Porcello for Julio Lugo and Theo turned it down? Or a draft pick we gave up when signing Lugo turned into Porcello?

[Cocos Disciples]

Or a draft pick we gave up when signing Lugo turned into Porcello?

 

It wasn't the same pick, but if we kept the pick we would have had the chance to take him, IIRC.