http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2004/03/tigers-ink-urbinaphp/ News, views, and analysis on the Detroit Tigers and baseball Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:06:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2004/03/tigers-ink-urbinaphp/#comment-69 Tim D Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.detroittigersweblog.com/2004/03/25/tigers-ink-urbina.php/#comment-69 I think this is a good signing. At least they will have somebody at the end that won't blow the few leads they have. It's not anywhere near the 3-4 years 12-15 mil that Urbina supposedly was holding out for. And they can, as you point out, flip him for some talent at the trading deadline. Hopefully Rodney and German will both have improved by then. It looks like German will be closing in Toledo, and Rodney could become the set-up guy in Detroit. Adding Urbina sure makes the pen look a lot better. They continue to add talent that will make them less horrific than last year, and they still are at about $60 mil in payroll, with no one except Pudge due any money after 2005. Hopefully they will have a couple of prospects by then. Realistically they aren't even at the beginning of a rebuilding project yet; they don't have enough young talent. They are just buying a little time. I think this is a good signing. At least they will have somebody at the end that won’t blow the few leads they have. It’s not anywhere near the 3-4 years 12-15 mil that Urbina supposedly was holding out for. And they can, as you point out, flip him for some talent at the trading deadline. Hopefully Rodney and German will both have improved by then. It looks like German will be closing in Toledo, and Rodney could become the set-up guy in Detroit. Adding Urbina sure makes the pen look a lot better. They continue to add talent that will make them less horrific than last year, and they still are at about $60 mil in payroll, with no one except Pudge due any money after 2005. Hopefully they will have a couple of prospects by then. Realistically they aren’t even at the beginning of a rebuilding project yet; they don’t have enough young talent. They are just buying a little time.

]]> http://www.detroittigersweblog.com/2004/03/tigers-ink-urbinaphp/#comment-70 KS Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://test.detroittigersweblog.com/2004/03/25/tigers-ink-urbina.php/#comment-70 It's not money so why not? It's not blocking anybody worthy for a bullpen role. And it should help by moving guys into roles they're more suited for. Levine as a mop-up long guy, Walker and Patterson as a left/right one out team, Rodney as set-up. Much improved off one signing, It’s not money so why not? It’s not blocking anybody worthy for a bullpen role. And it should help by moving guys into roles they’re more suited for. Levine as a mop-up long guy, Walker and Patterson as a left/right one out team, Rodney as set-up. Much improved off one signing,

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