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A rare injury that occurred to Detroit Tigers relieving pitcher Joel Zumaya last night in a game against the Minnesota Twins, essentially snapping his arm in half.

Zumaya entered the game with just two outs in the seventh inning looking to close the game for the Tigers. After just his 14th pitch of the night, he threw a fastball to Twin outfielder Delmon Young, collapsing immediately to the ground. The pitcher Zumaya was in obvious, agonizing pain. The catcher whom was 60 feet away from Zumaya said that “It [was] hard to see, It was just like a little pop when he let it go,” as Zumaya threw the 99 mile an hour fastball tweaking his arm.

“Every pitcher that ever pitched is one pitch away from throwing his last one,” Leyland said, “and certainly I don’t want to paint a bad picture here because I’m not saying that’s the case here at all. But that’s just the way it is.” Read More >>

General manager Dave Dombrowski says of Andrew Oliver, “There are not many pitchers that have his quality of stuff. His fastball is way above average. You never can tell when a youngster comes up and gets that opportunity, but if he does scuffle at some point, can he handle it? We think the answer to that is yes.”

Andy Oliver, 22, will be making his debut this Friday, taking the place of Rick Porcello in the rotation playing against the Atlanta Braves, the officials announced today. The Detroit Tigers didn’t need a 5th starter to replace Rick Porcello. In fact, they ween’t scheduled for it until Saturday. Oliver was suppose to play in the Future Games in next month’s All-Star weekend in Anaheim, California, but as it turns out, his future starts now. Dombrowski and the rest of the Detroit’s brass are not exactly sure what to expect from Oliver when he takes the mound. Dombrowski does say, “the 22-year-old prospect has the mental makeup to handle the opportunity.” Oliver was the second-round pick in the amateur draft last year out of Oklahoma State.

After charting pitches during Tuesday’s doubleheader, Oliver says, “It’s something I’ve always worked and strived to do. For this to come true is awesome.” Read More >>

Jim Joyce, a veteran umpire admits to a blown call that changed the course of the game for Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga costing him a perfect game. what turned out to be a positive event in which Joyce’s apology was welcomed with applause, it has however sent a ripple through the MLB news-vine begging for the implementation of instant replay.

“I just cost that kid a perfect game,” Joyce said. “I would’ve been the first person in my face, and he never said a word to me.”

Yet Galaraga managed a smile throughout the apology, “I give him a lot of credit for coming in and saying, ‘Hey, I need to … say I’m sorry,’ ” Galarraga said. “I know nobody’s perfect.”

Joyce signaled Jason Donald of the Cleveland Indians safe as he just crossed first base as Galarraga worked with first basemen Miguel Cabrera, which would have been the last of 3 outs needed to close out the top of the ninth inning. Thus ending Galarraga’s effort to retire 27 batters in a row, and a perfect game. Read More >>