September Call-Ups Aren't A Leyland Favorite

Rosters expand in less than two weeks (Sept. 1) but don't look for much from Detroit. If the Tigers had an impact player, he'd already be with the team.

Manager Jim Leyland isn't a fan of roster expansion anyway.

"It doesn't make any sense to me to play by certain rules for five months and then the biggest month of the season, particularly this year with all the teams involved in the wild card, one team has 10 extra guys and another team has five," he said. "They say, well, you can bring up 10 if you want. That's not the point. The point is, you work all year as a manager to get a matchup; you can't get a matchup in September. When you bring in a left-handed pitcher to face a left-handed hitter, they got six guys. You bring in a right-hander, then they pinch-hit a left-hander. It doesn't make sense to me. I think it's a foolish rule."

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