LAKELAND, Fla. -- Called into manager Jim Leylands office on Sunday morning, Drew Smyly heard the news hed hoped for all spring. Smyly, a 22-year-old lefty who has never pitched above Double-A, had earned a spot in the Detroit Tigers rotation. "Excited is an understatement," Smyly said. "From the beginning I thought I had a good shot. I knew I was capable of getting the job done, but everyone else is probably capable, too." Leyland announced Smyly will be the fifth starter, and also said right-hander Luis Marte had gotten the final spot in the bullpen. "Our pitching is set," Leyland said. The AL Central champions got down to their limit of 12 pitchers by optioning Duane Below and Bryan Villareal to Triple-A Toledo. That left Smyly as the winner of the monthlong competition for the starting spot behind Justin Verlander, Doug Fister, Max Scherzer and Rick Porcello. The Tigers will send Smyly to Toledo for one start on April 5, bypassing the fifth spot in the first turn through their rotation. He will be brought up to start April 12 against the Tampa Bay Rays, the final game of a season-opening homestand. Smyly made his pro debut last year and has only seven starts in Double-A. As for his jump to the big leagues, he said: "I think people do it all the time. They (Tigers management) have been around baseball for years and they have confidence in me and Im sure theyre not wrong. I mean, I have confidence in myself to be able to get outs." Smylys lack of experience was only one factor in the decision, Leyland explained. "I took the guy that I thought had good stuff, a good delivery and threw strikes," he said. "How that plays up here, well wait and see. That usually plays pretty good anywhere." Smyly has been in four exhibition games and is 0-0 with a 2.84 ERA. He will pitch Monday against Toronto. The 25-year-old Marte pitched four times for Detroit last season. This spring, he was 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA. Below, 26, pitched in 14 games for the Tigers last year and started two. He will be one of five left-handed starters in Toledo. "My heart aches for a few of those kids," Leyland said, "and I also thought that with all the left-handed firepower we had coming into this camp, there was no doubt in my mind that wed find at least one left-handed reliever out of the bunch, and we did not." The Tigers will go with two lefty relievers, Phil Coke and Daniel Schlereth. Joining Marte from the right side will be Collin Balester, Octavio Dotel, Joaquin Benoit and closer Jose Valverde. cheap jerseys from china . Home opener. Packed park. New managers Coors Field debut. Francis wanted this day to be memorable. So, he made sure it was. wholesale jerseys .S. military base for UFC: Fight for the Troops 3. This fight card, which takes place in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, has had a number of changes, including headliner Lyoto Machida replaced by fellow Brazilian Rafael Natal. http://www.cheapauthenticjerseys... . Kingsbury missed a chance to break Jeremy Blooms 2005 record of six World Cup wins in a row. Like his one-time idol, Kingsbury followed his six-event winning streak with a second-place showing. [url=http://www.cheapauthenticjerseyschina.net/]nfl jerseys china . "Todd had a three-month interview," Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson said. "He passed it with flying colours." The Blue Jackets announced Monday that they were removing the word "interim" from Richards job title and had offered him a two-year contract to continue what he started in an upbeat second half of the 2011-12 season. jerseys from china .C. - Olympic skicross athlete Julia Murray is retiring from the sport following a long recovery from knee injuries.ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Luke Adam scored once and set up two more as the Rochester Americans downed the visiting Toronto Marlies 4-1 on Friday in American Hockey League play. Phil Varone and Matt Ellis had a goal and an assist apiece for the Americans (2-2-0) while Dan Catenacci scored the other. Wade MacLeod scored the lone goal for the Marlies (3-1-0). Rochesters Nathan Lieuwen made 36 saves for the win as Garret Sparks turned away 19-of-23 shots iin defeat.dddddddddddd Catenacci opened the scoring just nine seconds into the game and Adam made it 2-0 Rochester before the first period was through. MacLeod cut the Americans lead in half late in the second period, but Ellis and Varone scored three minutes apart midway through the third period to break the game open. Rochester went 1 for 4 on the power play while Toronto failed to score on six chances with the man advantage. cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '

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