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By Chris Iott AP File PhotoDetroit Tigers relief pitcher Al Alburquerque gets a visit from catcher Omir Santos in a game earlier this month. The Tigers will have some tough decisions when it comes to putting together a playoff roster. ...
The Tigers currently have 17 position players and 15 pitchers on their active roster. They used 14 position players and 11 pitchers during the 2006 playoffs.
One of the decisions the Tigers will have to make is whether they want to carry catcher Omir Santos as a backup to starter Alex Avila since Martinez has not played catcher after suffering a knee injury in the first week of August.
The playoff roster will be one of the topics of discussion when Leyland meets with general manager Dave Dombrowski and other members of the organization in a meeting scheduled to take place early this week when the team is in Kansas City.
?As sweet as it was last night, I?ll be telling somebody shortly that they?re not on the roster,? he said. ?But that?s your job as a manager.?
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Maybe Inge will just step forward & quit. His strikeouts & errors in clutch situations are just around the corner. Not an easy job for Leyland.....................GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!
Penny was on the roster all year and made a start every 5 days minus just a couple. Won 10 games as out 5th starter. Like him or not he will be on the roster. Anyone on the roster all year deserves to be on the post season roster. Inge is a yes because of defense and can catch plus he was here during all the bad times. Tough decisions I agree.