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November 2006

Tigers sign Santiago

29.11.2006 11 comments

Jon Paul Morosi reports that the Tigers reached agreement with Ramon Santiago on a one-year deal. The deal is for $500,000, or about $120,000 more than the league minimum. The Tigers probably could have signed him as a minor league free agent, but this is a low cost move that rewards Santiago for his contributions [...]

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The DIBS Awards

28.11.2006 5 comments

Others have beat me to the post, but the Detroit Independent Baseball Scribes announced their Tiger awards today. The press release is below:

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Tigers announce 2007 Ticket Prices

27.11.2006 5 comments

The Tigers announced their 2007 ticket prices, and as expected there were some increases. This only makes sense as the American League Champion Detroit Tigers are surely a better ticket than the xx consecutive losing season Detroit Tigers. And even though there were increases, they were modest. Ticket prices for the entire upper level of [...]

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BA’s Top 10 Tiger Prospects for 2007

27.11.2006 13 comments

Baseball America announced the Tigers top prospect list today. The top of the top 10 certainly looks promising, but the bottom half is full of question marks. Part of the thinning came from the promotions of Justin Verlander and Joel Zumaya while the Gary Sheffield trade pruned away 2 other top 10 prospects in Humberto [...]

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The problem with Sean Casey

21.11.2006 47 comments

When Sean Casey was resgined I indicated I didn’t like the deal, but never really elaborated. My issue is that as nice a guy as Sean Casey is, he just isn’t very good. Offensively Casey is at best an average hitter. His OPS+ since 2002 looks like this (OPS+ indexes a players OPS against the [...]

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Roster Finalized

20.11.2006 4 comments

The Tigers turned in their finalized roster to MLB with one final addition. Virgil Vasquez, who pitched 28 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the AFL, had his contract purchased today. The streak is particularly impressive given the hitter friendly nature of the league. The roster is set at 39 which means the team will be [...]

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The week in links

19.11.2006 22 comments

I’m way behind here, and some of this hardly qualifies as newsworthy anymore. But in the interest of completeness… Gary Sheffield will wear Alan Trammell’s #3, and Trammell is okay with it. I have mixed feelings on this. First it is only a number and too much shouldn’t be made of it. But on the [...]

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Tigers Ink Seven Minor League Free Agents

17.11.2006 11 comments

The Tigers signed 7 players to minor league contracts. They are righthanded pitcher Craig Dingman, lefthanded pitchers Tim Byrdak and Vic Darensbourg, catcher Steve Torrealba, infielders Mike Hessman and Kevin Hooper and outfielder Jackson Melian. Dingman missed all of last year with a blood clot in his shoulder. Mike Hessman and Kevin Hooper were members [...]

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Sean Casey signed?

16.11.2006 56 comments

The Tigers scheduled a conference call today with Sean Casey. I’m guessing that means they signed him. If so, I’m not a big fan of the deal. I’ll have more later tonight. UPDATE: Jason Beck says it’s a 1 year deal. At least it is short, but the fact the Tigers are content with Casey [...]

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What to do about…Jamie Walker?

14.11.2006 24 comments

UPDATE: Walker is now an Oriole pending a physical. The deal is $11.5 million over 3 years. Congrats Jamie and best of luck with the O’s. Jamie Walker is the Tiger free agent who I’d most like to see back. The lefty reliever is coming off his best season where he posted an ERA of [...]

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Verlander ROY

13.11.2006 11 comments

Justin Verlander handily won the American League Rookie of the Year award taking 26 of 28 first place votes. He’s the first Tiger to win the award wince Sweet Lou Whitaker in 1978.

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Tigers acquire Gary Sheffield

10.11.2006 89 comments

The Tigers have traded Humberto Sanchez, Kevin Whelan, and Anthony Claggett to the Yankees for Gary Sheffield. The Tigers and Sheffield have also agreed on a 2 year contract extension. Humberto Sanchez was probably the 3rd best prospect in the Tigers system behind Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller. Last year he put together his most [...]

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