PHIL COKE RUMORS & GOSSIP

Tigers reach deals with Porcello, Coke

DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a 3.1 million contract with right-hander Rick Porcello and a 1.1 million deal with left-hander Phil Coke, avoiding arbitration with both pitchers. The team announced the one-year agreements Monday. Porcello started 31 games last season for the AL Central champions, going 14-9 with a 4.75 ERA in a career-high 182 innings. The 23-year...
Via Fox Sports Detroit  |  27 days ago

Tigers agree to terms with RHP Porcello, LHP Coke

The Detroit Tigers avoided arbitration by reaching one-year deals with righthander Rick Porcello and lefthander Phil Coke on Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed. Porcello, 23, posted a 14-9 mark with a 4.75 ERA in a career-high 182 innings last season for the AL Central champion Tigers. Coke, 29, shifted from the starting rotation to the bullpen and finished the campaign...
Via Pro Sports Daily  |  27 days ago

Coke To Stay In Pen

All I have to say for those of you were hoping for Phil Coke to rejoin the Detroit Tigers rotation, I say too bad. In my opinion, Coke was at his best in the rotation, he just looked so much more comfortable in that kind of role. It sounds like the key people in the Tigers organization feel the same way, mainly general manager Dave Dombrowski. “I saw that written somewhere...
Via My Sports Rumors  |  November 01, 2011

Winds of change in Detroit, but pitching woes remain

After another rough outing for Phil Coke, the Detroit Tigers finally decided to send the pitcher back to the bullpen to serve as a reliever for the remainder of the season. At right about the halfway point of the year, manager Jim Leyland said it just wasn’t working out for Coke to be a starter. In his most recent start, Coke and the Tigers faced the New York Mets who pounded the...
Via isportsweb.com  |  July 07, 2011

Dombrowski Strikes Out Again, Rick Knapp Loses Job

Detroit Tigers General Manager Dave Dombrowski’s poor decisions has led to the departure of pitching coach Rick Knapp.  Lets take a step back in time and look what brought us to this point.  At the beginning of the year, Dombrowski wanted Phil Coke to be a starter.  Coke had a good year last year but doesn’t have enough stuff to be a starting pitcher and it showed...
Via Detroit Sports 360  |  July 07, 2011

Tigers Move Coke To Bullpen

When the Detroit Tigers acquire Phil Coke in early 2010, they floated the idea of using him as a starter. Although he had appeared exclusively in relief as a major leaguer, Coke worked as a starter in the minor leagues until his promotion to Triple-A in 2008. Ultimately, the Tigers decided to kept him in the bullpen for the 2010 season (although he did make one start at the end)...
Via Fangraphs  |  June 30, 2011

Phil Coke Is Shaky In Return

The Indians lost again yesterday and a Tigers win would have put them just a half game back of first place.  It wasn’t to be though because the Rangers bounced back on Phil Coke, who made his return to the rotation last night.  He gave up six runs on ten hits and he didn’t strike [...]
Via Tiger Blog  |  June 09, 2011

Coke to DL, Oliver to Start Saturday

Jason Beck has reported that the Tigers have placed Phil Coke on the 15-day disabled list with a bone bruise in his foot suffered last night trying to field a bunt.  Coke will be replaced in the rotation by left-handed pitcher Andy Oliver. This is unfortunate timing given that the Tigers have another series versus the lefty-heavy Red Sox line-up coming up this weekend  Coke had pitched seven
Via Tiger Tales  |  May 24, 2011

TigsTown Transaction Blog: Coke to the DL

Stay current with all the roster movement and personnel decisions with the TigsTown Transaction Blog. Phil Coke's injury gives another rookie left-hander a chance to make his big league debut, and sets the stage for Andy Oliver to return to Detroit for the first time in 2011.
Via tigers.scout.com  |  May 24, 2011

Tigers Hope Things Go Better with Coke

In 3 seasons of Major League Baseball, and 158 appearances, Phil Coke has 1 start.  But, this year, the Detroit Tigers are hoping to put some fizz back into their starting rotation by moving Coke from the bullpen to the starting rotation. Jim Leyland’s move is part of the Tigers attempt to refurbish a rotation that [...]
Via Fantasy Baseball Dugout  |  March 10, 2011
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