From the monthly archives:

February 2006

The young and the retired

28.02.2006 3 comments

Feeling sick, need sleep, short post… While there has been plenty of talk about prospect rankings, what about the players who broke in last year. Who are the sophomores to watch? Bryan Smith at Baseball Analysts has compiled the top 20 sophomores. Detroit Tiger Curtis Granderson checks in at #12. Do the Tigers really appreciate [...]

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The Optimal Tiger Lineup

26.02.2006 10 comments

On Friday, Lee aggregated various projections for Tiger players to find the average projection. On Saturday, David Pinto web enabled a script written by Ken Arneson based on work by Cyril Morong that optimizes lineups. On Sunday, I do the easiest part of all and stick Lee’s numbers into David’s tool. First some lineups, and [...]

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Tiger Links

24.02.2006 5 comments

Some Detroit Tiger related links from the last few days that you might have missed: Baseball Analysts on the Central: Aaron Gleeman and the Cheat join Rich and Bryan to break down the AL Central. The consensus was that the Tigers are probably the 4th best team in a pretty good division. Aaron: Right. Detroit [...]

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Park Factor Central

23.02.2006 4 comments

Thumbing through the The Bill James Handbook 2006(aff link), I came across the section on park factors, and compiled the following table for the American League Central. AVG R 2B 3B HR Comerica Park 102 96 82 176 95 Jacobs Field 96 83 103 46 83 Kauffman Stadium 103 101 116 113 73 Metrodome 98 [...]

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The Big Three

21.02.2006 6 comments

John Sickels has a “Prospect Smackdown” with the big 3 righthanded prospects for 2006: Chad Billingsley, Matt Cain, and Justin Verlander. Sickels ranks them Verlander Cain Billingsley He gives the edge to Verlander due to Justin’s fastball’s higher peak velocity, physical stature, and minor league performance last year. All 3 pitchers are pretty comparable, and [...]

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Tigers sign 5 more

20.02.2006

Detroit agreed to terms with five more players today. Franklyn German, Fernando Rodney, Curtis Granderson, Don Kelly, and Kody Kirkland are now all under contract. Terms weren’t disclosed, but it is a pretty safe bet that German, Rodney, and Granderson all received contracts in the $350,000 range (give or take $10,000). The Tigers now have [...]

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It’s a sunshine day…spring training round-up

19.02.2006 1 comment

There is nothing like the spring training for hope to spring eternal. This hope come across stronger than ever the first week of camp when the beat writers are relishing the sun. Add Magglio Ordonez to the list of players who have reported to camp looking better. Ordonez has also said he doesn’t want the [...]

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Handling with care

19.02.2006 1 comment

In the past I’ve expressed concern about the workloads Jim Leyland may impose on his young starters. That’s why I’m slightly reassured after seeing this article in the Lakeland Ledger. Leyland is quoted: “We’re gonna watch them very closely to make sure everything’s all right,” Leyland said. “You have to protect young pitchers. At the [...]

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Spring Training Linkfest

16.02.2006 2 comments

The first day of spring training is complete, and it is so nice to see stories about baseball. It’s February and optimism time for Detroit Tiger fans. Danny Knobler has a blog over at Mlive. His first report finds: a moratorium on talk of last year out of respect to Trammell, Pudge is more relaxed [...]

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Dombrowski gets it

15.02.2006 2 comments

All the Nook Logan-Curtis Granderson job battle articles have clearly raised my hackles. Missing from the stories are any quotes from the actual decision makers – until now. Crystal Evola has this from Dave Dombrowski: “Curtis Granderson, I think, is ready to play in the big leagues after what he did last year at the [...]

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Four warming words

14.02.2006 1 comment

Pitchers and catchers report, one of the best combinations of 4 words in the english language. Pitchers and catchers report is probably up there in the 4 word phrase pantheon with on the ensuing kickoff and in one shining moment. The simple phrase signals the start of spring training, and finally it is here. Tomorrow [...]

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Playing with PECOTA part 2

12.02.2006 1 comment

I’ve already scanned the PECOTA projections for Tiger pitchers and highlighted what I thought was most interesting. Now we’ll do the hitters. Curtis Granderson Lee has already done the comparison of who PECOTA thinks should be starting in centerfield for Detroit. And it has been enough of a theme here that I think I’ve beat [...]

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