By: Sean T. Johnston
March 12th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Now that the batting order question has been all-but settled with the addition of Johnny Damon to the lineup, Tigers skipper Jim Leyland can now turn his full attention to the pitching rotation.
Going into Spring Training Leyland figured he had Justin Verlander, Rick Porcello and the newly-acquired Max Scherzer etched in stone. This leaves the #4 and 5 slots up for grabs amongst the Tigers extensive list of injury-plagued and formerly-ineffective starter candidates.
Ten games into the Spring Training season, the Tigers are 5-5 with the second-worst team ERA at 7.18.
The Good News:
Justin Verlander and Rick Porcello picked up where they [...]