Joaquin Benoit is currently the favorite of manager Jim Leyland, meaning by the time this article’s published, Phil Coke will have retaken the closer reins. Waivers Watch: Brian McCann, Braves I’m all for The Rookie II: The Evan Gattis
More often than not, players are accountable for their mistakes. But few are as accountable as Tigers left-hander Phil Coke was when I asked him about his blown save in Minnesota last Wednesday. Coke lost the game on a drive by Eduardo Escobar
biggest question coming out of spring training was how the bullpen would perform. The Tigers don't have a set closer. Phil Coke closed out their win in the season opener, but he lost a lead in the ninth inning Wednesday. Leyland doesn't seem
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Mario Impemba and Rod Allen talk to Tigers reliever Phil Coke at spring training.
failed to seize on his opportunity and will open the year in the minors. The Tigers will initially go with a committee of Phil Coke , Joaquin Benoit, Octavio Dotel, Brayan Villarreal and Al Alburquerque for the closing gig. All have the stuff to succeed
owns a devastating change-up to go along with his 100-mph fastball. Factor that his “competition” consists of Phil Coke , Joaquin Benoit and Octavio Dotel, easy to see Rondon in the saddle by the middle of May. Speaking of bullpen arms
biggest question coming out of spring training was how the bullpen would perform. The Tigers don't have a set closer. Phil Coke closed out their win in the season opener, but he lost a lead in the ninth inning Wednesday. Leyland doesn't seem
victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. After Joaquin Benoit issued a leadoff walk to Trevor Plouffe, reliever Phil Coke took over. Coke got the first out, but Brian Dozier's single advanced pinch-runner Jamey Carroll to third. Then
allowed a run in the seventh. Joaquin Benoit worked a scoreless eighth but walked the leadoff hitter in the ninth, then Phil Coke gave up a single and a two-run double to Eduardo Escobar as the Twins won 3-2. "He just made a couple bad pitches