Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

As this Baseball America story highlights, shortstop Tony Giarratano’s shoulder injury leaves a hole in the system as far as shortstops go.  He was supposed to start the season at Toledo with Dlugach getting the start at Erie but with Giarratano down for the season. The question now becomes, with the hole at Toledo, how soon do you move up Dlugach, if at all.

In the meantime, the shortstop situation at Toledo should clear up on Monday when Jim Leyland makes his final cuts.  Your shortstop there could very well be veteran Neifi Perez if he accepts the assignment.  Stay tuned.