While the Tigers learned something new about Gary Sheffield on Tuesday - that he hits really well when he's angry about being placed on waivers - they also saw something they've known about for a while. Their bullpen sucks. After Sheffield's two home runs helped get a lead for the Tigers, the Detroit bullpen came in and blew the game like they normally do.

Tuesday's goat was Joel Zumaya, who walked three Blue Jays and gave up the game-winning runs without recording an out, all to the chorus of boos from the hometown crowd. As a result, Jim Leyland doesn't plan on using Zumaya again anytime soon, but it's not because of his performance. No, The Black Lung fears that there's something wrong with Joel and that he's not telling anybody.

"I can assure you, I'm not going to have Zumaya for a while, even if everything checks out all right," Leyland said. "All I know is there is a problem. Joel is not himself. I can see it in his face. I can see it in his demeanor."

Asked how long Zumaya might be out, Leyland said, "Right now, I don't feel comfortable pitching Joel. I'm not talking about because of results. I'm talking about because something is not right.

"It's going to be next year until he gets back to 100%."

Zumaya had surgery on his shoulder during the off-season, and he's been feeling some discomfort in his upper arm lately. Joel also missed a lot of time last season when he ruptured a tendon in the middle finger of his throwing hand.

Luckily (or unluckily depending on how you want to look at it) for the Tigers, Todd Jones is supposed to come off of the disabled list on Friday, and the team will probably use him in Joel's set up role. As for Zumaya, this latest injury is rather worrisome. Joel's injury history the last few seasons is pretty alarming and it's hard to think that a guy who throws as hard as he does isn't going to keep experiencing these arm troubles if he doesn't change the way he pitches.