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Morning Prowl: Arbitration Decisions, Connecting Trade Dots, and Hall of Fame Chances
18 hours ago by
Bless You Boys
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by Jerry S. Mendoza - AP
Placido Polanco is one of three players that could be offered arbitration by the Detroit Tigers.
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Tigers and the looming arbitration deadline
1 day ago by
Tigers Weblog
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The Tuesday deadline for teams to offer their departing free agents arbitration is approaching. The Tigers have three cases that are garnering some attention in Placido Polanco, Brandon Lyon, and Fernando Rodney.
The Arbitration Game
1 day ago by
Tiger Blog
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Alright, Tuesday is the arbitration and the Tigers, as highlighted by Lynn Henning, have some decisions to make. Placido Polanco, Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon are all eligible and if the Tigers offer and they sign with someone else, then the Tigers get some draft picks. Polanco...
Arbitration Decisions Looming for Tigers
2 days ago by
Tiger Tales
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Teams have until Tuesday at midnight to offer arbitration to potentially departing free agents. This means that the Tigers need to make decisions on Placido Polanco, Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon. If they offer arbitration to any of the three players and that player signs with another...
Odds & Ends: Lowell, Mariners, Tigers, Cubs
2 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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Here's a few links to start your Saturday...
ESPN Boston's Gordon Edes writes that even if the Red Sox eat a big chunk of Mike Lowell's contract, they'll still have trouble trading him because of all the third base options on the free agent market.
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If We Do Trade Jose Lopez…
Assuming we don’t get a second baseman in return, which is quite unlikely, we’re obviously going to need someone to replace him. In Geoff Baker’s recent article on the subject of trading Jose Lopez, he mentions both Orlando Hudson and Placido Polanco as potential...
Charlie Hayes and MVP Voting
My latest Wall Street Journal piece that went live today looked at other Placido Polanco situations from the last 20 years, where a down-ballot MVP vote just makes you scratch your head and wonder what point the writer was trying to make. There’s no way that someone really thought...
Free Agent Second Basemen Valuation
6 days ago by
Amazin' Avenue
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by David Zalubowski - AP
Ludicrous speed, Go! (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Luis Castillo is under contract for two more years at $6 million per, yet we all seem...
Lynn Henning: Don't Rule Out Trading Cabrera
6 days ago by
Bless You Boys
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by Tony Dejak - AP
2 months ago:
Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera hits an RBI double off Cleveland Indians relief pitcher Rafael Perez in the eighth inning in a baseball game, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, in Cleveland. Placido Polanco...
Blogging the Offseason: Detroit Tigers
7 days ago by
Simon On Sports
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Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here.
Today's AL team is the Detroit Tigers and our guest is Ian...
Great Baseball Hot Stove Talk from SI's Jon Heyman
12 days ago by
SportsProf
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Good stuff ona) who might get Roy Halladay;b) whether and when Mark McGwire might come clean; andc) which teams are looking to trade players.I have a hard time believing that the Phillies would seriously consider trading for Brandon Inge, who is only a few years younger than Pedro...
Who's On Second For The Nats: Market Is Opne With Possibilities
14 days ago by
Bleacher Report
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Who will be playing second base for the Washington Nationals? There are more options then people think. Let's start with free agents. DeRosa(Who've they have exspressed interest in), Hudson, Ronnie Belliard(unlikely to return), and Placido Polanco...Read the full article on...
Phillies Free Agent Notes
15 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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MLB.com's Todd Zolecki runs down the Phillies offseason, looking at how the club looks to improve coming off back-to-back World Series appearances. Here's some highlights:
The Phillies are looking to upgrade at third base, as we've heard before. Chone Figgins figures...
Weekend Prowl: Hendry Wants Grandy, What Dombrowski Wants, Arizona Fall League, and the Tiger of the Year
15 days ago by
Bless You Boys
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The Chicago Tribune's Phil Rogers heard from a source close to the Cubs that said general manager Jim Hendry is "absolutely" interested a package full of prospects to the Tigers for Curtis Granderson. (And really, if he wasn't, would Hendry be doing...
Phillies Looking at Polanco to Play Third Base
17 days ago by
Bless You Boys
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by Hector Mata - AP
Placido Polanco is willing to move his Gold Glove over to third base, if it's for a contending team.
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Could Placido Polanco play third base...
Analyzing the Third Base Candidates: Free Agents
17 days ago by
The Good Phight
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by Ben Margot - AP
Could Adrian Beltre be manning the hot corner for the Phillies next year? (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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The 2010 Philadelphia Phillies aren't likely to be all that dissimilar...
Stark: Phillies less Likely to Sign Chone Figgins
18 days ago by
Matthew Cerrone's Mets Blog
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In a post to Rumor Central, at ESPN.com, Jayson Stark explains why the Phillies are more likely to sign a free-agent like Adrian Beltre, Mark DeRosa or Placido Polanco to be their third baseman, than sign free-agent Chone Figgins.
Jon Heyman of SI.com said yesterday he believes the...
Phillies' Third Base Targets
18 days ago by
MLB Rumors
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The Phillies have Placido Polanco, Mark DeRosa, and Adrian Beltre on their third base wish list, according to sources speaking to Jim Salisbury of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Salisbury adds that Chone Figgins and Miguel Tejada are also of interest, but to a lesser degree.
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What in the Holy Hell are the Phils Doing?
18 days ago by
iSportacus
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A column in today’s Inky by Jim Salisbury has me absolutely dumbfounded. It says that the Phils have their eyes on three third basemen: Placido Polanco, Mark DeRosa, and Adrian Beltre. While I can somewhat understand Beltre, the other two have me absolutely floored. Wasn’...
Phillies Rumors: Who Is On Amaro’s Wish List?
18 days ago by
The Recliner GM
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Yesterday, the story was about the Phillies going "hard" after Chone Figgins to replace Pedro Feliz at 3B.
Today's rumor du jour? We've contacted Figgins, but he is at least 4th on our list. The Inquirer is reporting that Amaro's top-3 choices to replace Pedro...
Thursday morning: Phillies dropping hot corner hints
18 days ago by
Beerleaguer
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Baseball sources cited by Inquirer scribe Jim Salisbury believe Ruben Amaro has turned his attention toward the free agent trifecta of Placido Polanco, Mark DeRosa and Adrian Beltre. Chone Figgins and Miguel Tejada are expected to command too much for the Phillies to cover. [Link]...
2009 AL & NL Gold Glove Winners
19 days ago by
SOX & Dawgs
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American League
National League
Pos.
Player
Team
Pos.
Player
Team
2009
2009
P
Mark Buehrle
Chicago
P
Adam Wainwright
St. Louis
C
Joe Mauer
Minnesota
C
Yadier Molina
St. Louis
1B
Mark Teixeira
New York
1B
Adrian Gonzalez
San Diego
2B
Placido Polanco
Detroit
2B
Orlando...
American League Gold Gloves: Who Needs Numbers When You Have Big Names?
19 days ago by
The Sporting Blog
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MLB announced the winners of the Gold Glove for the American League yesterday and once again, the awards prove that in a sport like baseball – where numbers mean everything – that the numbers, really, mean nothing.
It's easy to take fielding percentage, the number...
Setting the AL Gold Standard ...
19 days ago by
Batter's Box
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The 2009 American League Gold Glove Awards have been "handed" out and are presented here entirely without comment from Batter's Box, as a means of inviting your comments and corrections, Bauxites around the world ...
Position Player Team C Joe Mauer, Twins...
There is Gold Glove and then there is the Fielding Bible
20 days ago by
True Blue LA
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Major League baseball announced their Gold Glove winners today, below is the summary:
2009 AL Gold Glove winners
Position Player Team
C
Joe Mauer
Twins
1B
Mark Teixeira
Yankees
2B
Placido Polanco
Tigers
3B
Evan Longoria
Rays
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