PATRICK LEYLAND RUMORS
Tigers Manager Jim Leyland Was Most Popular Kid in His High School 50 Years Ago (Photo)
Jim Leyland is a pretty popular guy. And it’s not just because he led the Tigers to the American League pennant last season.
Turns out, the Tigers manager was voted as most popular as a senior superlative back in high school. On the heels of his high school’s 50-year reunion, Leyland told reporters at the winter meetings about the distinction.
“I was kind of wondering, when...
TigsTown Transaction Blog: Leyland To DL
Stay current with all the roster movement and personnel decisions with the TigsTown Transaction Blog. Patrick Leyland was one of two catchers in the organization to be placed on the disabled list.
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June 01, 2012
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Whitecap Wednesday: Patrick Leyland is Holding His Own in A-ball
The numbers aren’t particularly flashy for Patrick Leyland: one home run, one double, and eleven singles in 46 at-bats, but the .283 batting average that the above line produces is good for third on this year’s West Michigan Whitecaps team.
I don’t believe that batting average tells us anything useful about a player’s value at the plate, but it does, perhaps, give us an...
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May 02, 2012
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Minor League Report: Patrick Leyland Collects Three Hits As Whitecaps Pick Up First Win
Indianapolis 8, Toledo 7 -- AAAQuintin Berry and Eric Patterson each reached base four times as the Mud Hens erupted for seven runs. Brad Eldred homered twice and Ryan Strieby doubled twice in the effort as well.On the pitching side of things, Drew Smyly got touched up in 1.2 innings of work. He walked two and allowed three runs while only striking out one before being lifted...
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April 08, 2012
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Locating curve ball a priority for Turner
Jacob Turner and Patrick Leyland got to know each other as high schoolers facing each other in summer ball. They had an ongoing dialogue Saturday morning on one of the back fields at Tigertown.
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