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Tigers Offer Arbitration to Rodney and Lyon
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According to Jason Beck, the Tigers have offered arbitration to Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon but not to Placido Polanco. This is what I had expected. Rodney and Lyon have until December 7 to accept their offers. Since they can probably get multi-year deals, I suspect they will...
Arbitration Decisions Looming for Tigers
3 days ago by
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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...
2010 Fantasy Baseball Book Introduced
3 days ago by
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John Burnson, the creator of HEATER magazine, has published his annual Graphical Player 2010. It is a book primarily geared towards fantasy baseball owners and it's one of the most informed and comprehensive fantasy baseball resources available. It includes statistical trends,...
Gehringer and Whitaker Dominate at 2B
6 days ago by
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Today, we'll continue the Wins Above Replacement (WAR) series using Sean Smith's WAR database to rank Tigers first basemen. Other parts of the series including an explanation of WAR can be found in theWAR folder. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
Greenberg Tops Tiger 1B in WAR
8 days ago by
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Today, we'll continue the Wins Above Replacement (WAR) series using Sean Smith's WAR database to rank Tigers first basemen. Other parts of the series including an explanation of WAR can be found in theWAR folder.It is no shock that Hank Greenberg is the all-time Tigers leader...
Book Excerpt: Billy Martin
9 days ago by
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Chris Jaffe, a writer for the Hardball Times, has written a book entitled "Evaluating Baseball's Managers, 1876-2008" which will be released in December. An excerpt about former Tigers manager Billy Martin can be found at The Hardball Times. He does a good job describing...
All-time Top ten Tigers Catchers by WAR
10 days ago by
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If you are looking for information on the four minor league players just added to the Tigers 40 man roster, Billfer has all the details on Scott Sizemore, Ryan Strieby, Brennan Boesch and Audy Ciriaco.I'm going to live in the past and continue my historical Wins Above Replacement...
Curtis Granderson Primer
14 days ago by
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With all the trade rumors swirling around Curtis Granderson, I thought I would put together a Curtis Granderson trade primer to clear up some of the confusion about his value to the Tigers and any team that might acquire him. I'll start with the Tigers financial situation. Contrary...
All-Time Top Twenty Tigers Pitchers by WAR
15 days ago by
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Last week, I looked at the all-time top 20 Tigers position players based on Sean Smith's WAR database. This week, I'll present the pitchers based only on their time with the Tigers (Table 1).WAR pitching is based mostly on innings pitched, strike outs, walks and home runs.The...
Granderson, Jackson, Others on the Block?
19 days ago by
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The trade rumors started trickling out of the general managers meetings on Tuesday night. First, it was reported that the Tigers were listening to offers for pitcher Edwin Jackson. This was a little surprising but I already had it in my mind that if a big trade was going to happen...
Polanco Wins Gold Glove
21 days ago by
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Placido Polanco was named the Gold Glove award winner among American League second basemen by managers and coaches today. The Gold Glove awards are often based on reputation more than merit but in Polanco's case, they made a reasonable choice. There was no clear cut leader at second...
Thames Removed from Roster
25 days ago by
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The Tigers kicked off the off-season by announcing several moves today. The biggest one being the removal of Marcus Thames from the 40 man roster. Catcher Matt Treanor, who spent most of the season on the disabled list after undergoing hip surgery, was also taken of the roster. Both...
All-Time Top Twenty Tigers Hitters by WAR
25 days ago by
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Earlier in the week, I listed the all-time top seven Tigers hitters by the WAR statistic. However, that also included playing time with other teams which confused a couple of readers. So, I purchased Sean Smith's WAR database and pulled player statistics only for their time with...
Fun with WAR
27 days ago by
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Over at Mack Avenue Tigers, Kurt is peeking into the future using ZIPS projections from Baseball Think Factory. I'm going to look into past using historical WAR estimates from Sean Smith's Baseball Projection site. In a recent post, I looked at Runs Above Replacement (RAR)...
Tigers Total Runs by Position: 2008 vs. 2009
October 31, 2009 by
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In previous posts, I looked at the Tigers offense and defense by position in 2009. Today, I will compare their offense and defense by position in 2008 and 2009. Table 1 below shows how their 2008 offense compared to their 2009 offense using the weighted runs above average statistic...
Tigers Defense by Position
October 26, 2009 by
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Yesterday, I covered the Tigers offense by position. Today, I'll run down the defense using the Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR) statistic. Ultimate Zone Rating tells us how many runs a fielder saved/cost his team above/below the MLB average player at his position. As a team, the Tigers...
Tigers Offense by Position
October 25, 2009 by
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Most Tigers fans are painfully aware that the Tigers offense was sub-par in 2009 and that improvements are needed during the off-season. The question is which positions should be upgraded? The answer to that question depends on how well they play defense at each position but let'...
Sizemore Breaks Leg
October 23, 2009 by
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Update: Sizemore has a non-displaced fracture in his left ankle. That's relatively good news because it's the least serious kind of fracture and he is expected to be ready well ahead of spring training. Dombrowski said it will have no bearing on their off-season plans. Missing...
Off-season Thoughts
October 21, 2009 by
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I haven't been writing here as much here lately as I'm trying finish up my sabermetrics book. I plan to publish it some time this winter. I'll have more details when it gets closer to completion.I do want to give my thoughts on what I expect to happen this off-season though...
Fan Scouting Report Reminder
October 20, 2009 by
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If you have not yet submitted a ballot to Tom Tango's fan scouting report, he his accepting ballots through the end of the World Series. The sample size for the Tigers could use a little boost so I encourage you to participate. Details below.For the seventh year, Tom Tango is conducting...
Tigers Pitching and Defense Improved in 2009
October 17, 2009 by
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The Tigers were not very good at scoring runs in 2009 but they were pretty good at preventing runs. Their 745 runs allowed was 5th lowest in the league and only 13 runs more than the second lowest team (7 more if you subtract game 163). They also allowed 112 runs (or 0.7 runs per game...
Saber Correct Tigers, Efficient Athletics
October 12, 2009 by
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Many fans complained that the Tigers left too many runners on base and did not get the most out of their offense this year. Some said the same thing about the 20o7 and 2008 teams. In actuality, the Tigers scored almost exactly as many runs as they should have given their totals of...
Tigers Won the Close Ones in 2009
October 11, 2009 by
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One of the fundamental concepts of sabermetrics is the Pythagorean Theorem. Invented by Bill James in the late 1970s, the Pythagorean Theorem is a formula that shows the relationship between a team's runs scored (RS), runs allowed (RA) and winning percentage (PCT). It is as follows...
They Gave Us a Great Game
October 06, 2009 by
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I don't think I have it in me to write much about tonight's game but what a game it was. It was one of the most emotional games I've experienced in 41 years as a fan. You can second guess Jim Leyland's bullpen management. You can point to mistakes made by both teams...
Thoughts on Miguel Cabrera
October 05, 2009 by
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By now, most of you know about Miguel Cabrera's drinking incident on Friday night/Saturday morning. It has turned into a national story with all kinds of rumors and speculation and is threatening to overshadow the one game playoff with the Twins on Tuesday evening. I'd rather...
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