Nate? Oh....

The Tigers placed Nate Robertson on the DL today and recalled Andrew Miller from AA Erie. The official reason for the move is a "tired arm", although Kurt from Mack Avenue Tigers suspects something worse, as in the case of Kenny Rogers' "tired arm", which in fact turned out to be a life-threatening blood clot.

From all impressions coming from Nate, he had been feeling fine even yesterday. He said that he felt strong, but there was just something missing. Watching the game yesterday, it wasn't so much his velocity that was off- just his locations. The lethal 90-mph fastball that comes in on righties' hands was right at 90, but just missing his spots. When he was throwing strikes, they were ending up all over the plate and all over the ball park.

Whatever this turns out to be, here's hoping that it's nothing serious at all. The last thing the Tigs need is another lefty out of the rotation, even though Kenny Rogers looks prime to return (more on this later). Watching Miller should be fun though and he makes Sunday's series finale against the Mets a must-see game. I'm even thinking of heading down to the CoPa to take it in, seeing as the last time I watched Miller pitch the Tigs won 14-4 over the Cardinals. I like those odds.