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We’re perfectly calm Freddy Galvis Jersey , dude."s Prospect NotebookDetroit Tigers Game ThreadsDetroit Tigers NewsDetroit Tigers Podcasts#TigerBitesDaz Cameron went yard off of Masahiro TanakaNew,14commentsWe’re perfectly calm, dude.ESTShareTweetShareShareDaz Cameron went yard off of Masahiro TanakaKim Klement-USA TODAY SportsWe’re not going to say that we would currently be a composing a “Why Daz Cameron should break camp with the Tigers,” article if the team projected to be a contender, but yes, we absolutely would be doing that. We are already pretty high on the young center fielder. Now, after reaching the Triple-A level at the end of a fine 2018 season, Cameron is playing like a guy who expects to break camp with the major league club.Entering Friday night’s contest against the New York Yankees, Cameron had three doubles and a triple, hitting .333/.400/.611 on the spring. We are only talking about 18 at-bats in exhibition games here Randal Grichuk Jersey , but it’s nice to see Cameron come in looking very much like he belongs, and knows it. The 22-year-old checked in fourth on BYB’s 2019 Tigers prospect rankings. While he will probably spent the year in Triple-A Toledo, only the Tigers’ desire to take things slow with him might prevent a major league debut this season.Just yesterday, Cameron drew some eyes with a diving catch in center field. On Friday, he made things happen with his bat instead. In his second plate appearance against Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka Cameron drilled a solo shot to right field.We need hope, and in the early going, young Mr. Cameron is providing a nice dose of it. The 2019 Toledo Mud Hens will boast one of their best rosters in years. Here in Detroit, we will have to be patient a little while longer. OAKLAND, Calif. — Right-hander Liam Hendriks gets another opportunity to convince the Oakland Athletics to take “bullpenning” into the postseason when he opens a six-game homestand Tuesday night against the Los Angeles Angels.The A’s will enter the final 13 days (12 games) of the regular season with a chance to capture the American League West or a wild-card playoff spot in the AL.Despite coming off a disappointing 3-3 trip against Baltimore and Tampa Bay, a pair of sub-.500 teams from the AL East Jose Bautista Jersey , Oakland (90-60) will take the field Tuesday just 1 1/2 games behind the New York Yankees (91-58) in the race for the first wild-card spot in the AL.Article continues below ...The Yankees, who own the tie-breaker over the A’s, host the Boston Red Sox in a three-game series starting Tuesday.The Houston Astros (94-55) took a 4 1/2-game lead over the A’s atop the AL West into their series opener at home against Seattle on Monday night.Hendriks (0-1, 5.60) has served as Oakland’s “opener” five times this month and has allowed runs on just one occasion. But the A’s have lost three of the five games, including his most recent start, 7-5 at Tampa Bay on Saturday.The 2-3 team record in Hendriks’ starts hasn’t necessarily been his fault. He’s allowed just two runs and four hits in 5 2/3 innings in those games, and the two runs came the only time he was allowed to begin a second inning Sept. 1 against Seattle.Meanwhile, Oakland’s normally reliable bullpen has been roughed up for 21 earned runs and 33 hits in 38 1/3 innings in those games, numbers that would look a lot worse if you threw out the eighth scoreless, hitless innings at Baltimore last Wednesday.Hendriks has faced the Angels 27 times in his career http://www.bluejaysfanproshop.com/authentic-curtis-granderson-jersey , just once as a starter, and compiled a 1-2 record with a 3.86 ERA.Hendriks is scheduled to be opposed by Angels left-hander Tyler Skaggs (8-8, 3.78), who is expected to be reinstated from the disabled list prior to the game. The left-hander has been out with a groin strain.Skaggs was last seen struggling through a poor effort at home against the A’s on Aug. 11, when he was bombed for seven runs and 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings in a 7-0 loss.He served up a pair of home runs to Marcus Semien that day, as well as Khris Davis‘ 34th.Davis has since added nine more to match his career-high and take the major league lead with 43. He’s hit two in 13 career at-bats against Skaggs, who has gone just 2-5 with a 5.32 ERA in eight career starts against Oakland.The Angels also expect Shohei Ohtani in the lineup Tuesday after he turned his ankle on a slide into second base late in Sunday’s 4-3 win over Seattle.The same won’t be true for David Fletcher, who suffered a serious hamstring injury in the game and likely will be shut down for the rest of the season.