So Brandon Inge is a Detroit Tiger no more. Either he will become a very high priced player for the Toledo Mud Hens, or if the Tigers chose to eat some of his salary, he could wind up somewhere else. We know for sure that the Florida Marlins have some interest.
Brandon was the longest serving Tigers player on the active roster. He has been in Detroit since he was drafted in the 1998 draft as a short stop. He switched to Cather because that was he best bet to rise to the big club. He finally made it there during the 2001 season, and became a mainstay of the big club roster in 2002.
He was teh full time catcher for the disastrous 2003 team, and lost his catching job when the Tigers traded for Ivan Rodriguez before teh 2004 season. This is where Inge started to go wrong in my eyes, but maybe it was not all his fault.
As a pro, he was put in a real bad position. He switched from infielder to catcher to help his rise to the Majors. I do not think we can fault him for th...
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