Detroit Tigers Fan Blog» Clete Thomas http://tigers-sportsfans.com Talk about the Detroit Tigers Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:32:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Thomas hopes to cut down on K’s http://tigers-sportsfans.com/2009/08/24/thomas-hopes-to-cut-down-on-ks/ http://tigers-sportsfans.com/2009/08/24/thomas-hopes-to-cut-down-on-ks/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:35:48 +0000 GameSetMatch http://tigers-sportsfans.com/?p=24 Clete Thomas hasn’t been making much contact as of late. He’s stuck out at least once in 10 of his past 11 games, recording seven multi-strikeout showings over that span.


Thomas has been getting hits when the Tigers have needed them, though. “He needs to shorten up,” said manager Jim Leyland, whose Tigers open a three-game set against the Angels on Monday, “but he has knocked in the winning run in our last two wins.”

Leyland, of course, would like to see more hits and fewer strikeouts from his young outfielder. Leyland said Thomas has been shortening his swing one day, then lengthening it again the next.



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