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Jack Morris for the HOF
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With the winter meetings a couple of weeks away, there’s not a lot to talk about so I’m not surprised MLB.com is rolling out a bunch of HOF information. Jason Beck tackles the case for Jack Morris and how Jack has been lobbying for Bert Blyleven. I’m kind ofÂ...
Tigers Organizational Review and THT
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MiLB.com is going through their annual organizational reviews and yesterday, Jonathan Mayo worked up the Tigers review. He’s very optimistic about the Tigers pitching prospects and one thing he points out that I didn’t know was that all of the Tigers affliates finished...
An Eye On The Competition
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The White Sox have been busy here in the early stages of the free agent season. They inked Omar Vizquel to a one year deal earlier in the week and then yesterday, the signed Andruw Jones to a one year incentive laden deal. While neither are long term options, it does give the White Sox [...]
Trade Talk
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There was plenty of trade talk over at the Free Press with Miguel Cabrera once again taking center stage. John Lowe brings us all back to reality though and in his column he spells out why trading Cabrera will be so tough. The contract is the obvious one. He also discusses how...
Miguel Cabrera’s Turn
4 days ago by
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First we had Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson. Now the trade talks surround Miguel Cabrera in what would be the biggest salary dump of them all. Lynn Henning wrote this morning about how things have now turned to Cabrera and it looks like the Boston Red Sox are the team being...
The Case Against Miguel Cabrera
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I was surprised as anyone that Miguel Cabrera, of all people, got the lone non-Mauer first place vote for the AL MVP. My guess is it might be the same guy who voted Justin Verlander first for the Cy Young but remember, two Detroit voters picked Magglio Ordonez over Alex Rodrigue...
Now He’ll Do It?
5 days ago by
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It looks like Gary Sheffield wants to make one more run. I think the whole thing about him reaching 3,000 hits and 25 home runs (much less 40) is a stretch but he did have a decent season last year while also playing in the outfield. An .823 OPS, even in limited time (268 at [...]
Is Now the Time to Trade Justin Verlander?
5 days ago by
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Alright, we’ve all heard the rumors that Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson are being shopped and both have quite a bit of value because they’re coming off of good seasons. The question is, if you’re in a selling mood, is now the time to trade Justin Verlander...
Missing the Connection
5 days ago by
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Alright, Drew Sharp penned a column this morning about the Tigers paying the price for their 2006 gamble and while he brings up some good points he’s kind of all over the place. First off, what does 2006 have to do with it. Outside of trading for Gary Sheffield, the Tigers...
No Starlin Castro For Curtis Granderson
6 days ago by
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Phil Rogers at the Chicago Tribune struck down a trade for Curtis Granderson that would involve top prospect Starlin Castro. The shortstop prospect had a solid season (.302 batting average) at High A ball and at Double A (.288 average, 12/10 strikeout to walk ratio) as a 19 year...
Tigers Draft Overview
6 days ago by
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Marc Hulet at Fangraphs gave a nice synopsis of the Tigers last few draft classes. He says some pretty nice things about Jacob Turner, the Tigers first round draft pick this year, and while the Tigers minor league system was gutted with the pre-2008 season trades, the front office...
Tigers/Mariners Trade Speculation
7 days ago by
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Lynn Henning wrote today that he wouldn’t be surprised if the Tigers ship a player or two to Seattle. It still bothers me that there’s all this talk of the Tigers trading for prospects after such a close run last year but what happens in these next couple of months will...
Tigers Set 40 Man Roster
7 days ago by
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The Tigers added four players to 40 man roster today in anticipation of the midnight deadline. All four were position players and they included future second baseman Scott Sizemore. Audy Ciricao (shortstop), Ryan Strieby (first base) and Brennan Boesch (outfield) were all protected...
Facebook, Twitter and Free Agents
8 days ago by
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Tigerblog just entered the 21st century. I finally figured out to how to set up a Facebook fan page so if you want to follow the site that way, sign up as a fan. You can also find me on Twitter at @tigerblog.
Free agent signing season begins today. I expect things will be rather...
Ron Bourquin Suspended
8 days ago by
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Minor League infielder Ron Bourquin got a 50 game suspension for testing positive for amphetimines. What’s interesting is Bourquin could have been lost in the Rule 5 draft, but he’s now effectively protected because I doubt a team would want to scoop him up knowing he...
Jose Valverde Projected As a Tiger
9 days ago by
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Paul White at the USA Today is projecting that the Tigers will sign Astros closer Jose Valverde. He’s a little too injury prone for my tastes and my bet is his price tag will be too high. The Tigers have some good young arms to use in the pen. If they’re going to go for [...]
Billy Martin, Prospects and the Offseason
9 days ago by
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Just a few quick links. First off, Chris Jaffe has written an excellent book (I’ve seen parts of it) on baseball managers. Evaluating Baseball Managers: A Comprehensive History and Performance Analysis, 1876-2008 goes way back into the 1800s and brings things up to present...
Catching Up
9 days ago by
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I shouldn’t complain too much because being busy isn’t a bad thing but I’ve been neglecting the site. No promises, but I’m hoping to reverse that and while I want to touch on a few things that have happened since I posted last, way back when, it’ll probably...
Marcus and Matt
20 days ago by
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The Tigers made some roster moves a couple of days ago and the big one was the non-tendering of Marcus Thames. That makes him a free agent and it ends his somewhat bizarre career as a Tiger. At times, he looked like he could belt 40 in a year but at other times, he looked [...]
Carlos Guillen, Scott Sizemore and the Playoffs
October 22, 2009 by
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It’s hard to believe it’s been over two weeks since the Tigers collapse. The playoffs are winding down and baseball is less then two weeks away from being finished. It looks like, barring something crazy out of the Angels, that we’ll see the Phillies against the...
The End
October 06, 2009 by
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“Now his failure is complete”
Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi
So ends the Tigers season. It was a heck of a game tonight and one that probably would have been more fun if not for the emotional investment. When the dust settled, the Tigers sat as the losers and now...
Overtime
October 05, 2009 by
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The Tigers did their job last night, unfortunately, because they didn’t do it the past few days, all they did was force a one game playoff tomorrow against the Twins. There were some great individual performances but the Tigers almost let this one get away as well.
Let’...
The Hard Way
October 03, 2009 by
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Like the Spartans this afternoon, the Tigers are taking the hard way to their first division title since 1987. Their loss tonight puts them in a tie with the Twins with one to go. They need a win and then a Twins loss to win the division outright, and it also forces the Tigers to [...]
Crazy Eights
October 02, 2009 by
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Not only are the Tigers losing 8-0 to the White Sox, but the Twins are beating the Royals 8-0. Not a good night so we’ll have to wait for tomorrow. Maybe we can get a trifecta, with the Tigers winning, the Twins losing and the Spartan trouncing the Wolverines. I’ll...
Full Circle
October 02, 2009 by
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The Tigers started the week with a two game lead and now after four games with their division rival, they still sit two games ahead of the pack. The good news is, we have a two game lead with three to play instead of a two game lead with seven to play so at the [...]
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