From the monthly archives:

November 2005

Tigers continue to spend

30.11.2005 3 comments

The Tigers continue to spend, although not on free agents. Today they announced two more additions to their scouting staff. Detroit named Miguel Garcia as Director of Venezuelan Operations/Central American Scouting and Tom Moore as the club?s Assistant Director of International and Professional Scouting. You may remember that earlier in the month the Tigers announced [...]

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Rumors and Rumblings – Closer Edition

29.11.2005 6 comments

Peter Gammons latest offering (which is now Insider – damn ESPN) has some rumors about the Tigers pursuit of bullpen help. Actually, the article isn’t about that at all, but it does mention the Tigers. Among the rumblings are that Bob Howry turned down $13.5 million from the Tigers to sign with the Cubs for [...]

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Baseball in the Dominican Republic

28.11.2005

The St Louis Post Dispatch has an interesting article about baseball acadamies, corruption, and buscones in the Domincan Republic. Quoted in the article is Detroit Tigers assistant GM Al Avila. Avila’s father, Ralph, helped the Los Angeles Dodgers establish a foothold in the Dominican as a scout and executive 30 years ago. The Dodgers subsequently [...]

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Tigers miss on BJ Ryan

25.11.2005 6 comments

One of the Tigers’ free agent targets, BJ Ryan is headed to Toronto. New York Daily News reports that Ryan will get $47 million over the next 5 years. We’ll see if this increases the Tigers’ urgency, or price for Kyle Farnsworth. Whether or not the Tigers’ get a true closer isn’t as important as [...]

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Sickels Top 20 in Review

25.11.2005 2 comments

John Sickels has posted his review of his 2005 top 20 Tiger prospects. Comparing last year’s list with what transpired, it is easy to say that the Tigers farm system is definitely looking better. Going into 2005, Justin Verlander, who hadn’t even pitched professionally was Sickels top-rated Tiger prospect. While Verlander had a very promising [...]

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Light week

22.11.2005 4 comments

Barring any transactions, it looks like this will be a pretty light week. In the meantime, I invite you to look back to March where I asked everyone to make “bold predictions” about what would transpire for the Tigers this season. Here is the link to the posting, and the predictions are in the comments. [...]

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Tigers Finalize 40 Man Roster

18.11.2005 12 comments

The Detroit Tigers have finalized their 40 man roster with the following transactions: Purchased Contracts of:Don KellyJoel ZumayaKyle SleethHumberto SanchezEulogio De La CruzJordan TataBrent ClevlenKody Kirkland Outrighted to Toledo contracts of:Adam PetersonColby Lewis The roster now stands at 40 players. The biggest omission is probably David Espinosa who the Tigers stand a decent chance of [...]

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Roster Speculation

16.11.2005 13 comments

As the Tigers enter shopping season it is worth taking a look at their current roster status. Detroit currently has 35 players protected on their major league roster. For those who haven’t taken the time to plow through the collective bargaining agreement, players can fall into one of three categories. The first category is players [...]

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Farnsworth speculation

14.11.2005 7 comments

There is an interesting post on the Atlanta Journal Constitutions Braves blog today. The bulk of the post is about Rafael Furcal’s likely destination (unfortunately probably not Detroit), but it also mentioned Kyle Farnsworth. “Regarding the Braves? other biggest-name free agent, Kyle Farnsworth: The Braves are interested in keeping him, but only if he?s affordable. [...]

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Mcdonald Traded & New Mud Hens

10.11.2005 4 comments

The Tigers traded John McDonald back to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations. This comes one week after the two teams completed their July trade by agreeing to cash considerations. Essentially, the Tigers rented McDonald for 3 months. The trade frees up an additional spot on the 40 man roster, and may indicate the [...]

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2005 in Review – Tigers run distribution

09.11.2005 5 comments

Earlier in the season I took a look at Detroit’s run distribution. By run distribution I’m talking about the frequency with which they scored (or allowed) a certain number of runs per game. I’ve updated the analysis to include a full season’s worth of games. The chart below shows the Tiger’s performance given the number [...]

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Tigers add to R&D Staff

07.11.2005 2 comments

The Tigers announced today that they have name Manny Crespo as the director of Latin American Operations. Previously Ramon Pena handled Latin America, and I’m not sure if he is still involved or not (he’s still listed on the team’s website). The Tigers also announced the hiring of 4 amateur scouts. Ray Crone Jr. and [...]

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