JohnDoe
Footballguy
Starting a thread for the games today. Please note that Carlos Guillen will not be playing today, per today's Detroit Free Press. Adjust your lineups accordingly.
Carlos Guillen's shoulder problem isn't going away, so manager Jim Leyland is trying to make it go away.Leyland held Guillen out of the lineup Tuesday night, and he intends to do the same for this afternoon's game. Thursday is an open date."I'm giving him three days off to see if he can get that shoulder quieted down and straightened up a little bit," Leyland said. "He'll probably come in and want to play (today), and he may end up playing, but I'm not planning on playing him right now."It's a precautionary thing. I want to make sure I take care of him. He's a big part of our team. I'm not going to get greedy (this early in the season)."If things go as Leyland hopes, Guillen will play shortstop Friday in Kansas City. Neifi Perez started at shortstop Tuesday.Guillen had two days off last week, but that didn't help the problem. He sat out Wednesday's game, and Thursday's game was rained out.