Comments on: Dombrowski a Tiger through 2011

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:46:32 +0000

LMAO

By: Jojo SunDevil

Jojo SunDevil — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:01:13 +0000

Dombrowski is the best GM In the league right now. The Tigers got so lucky to get him.

By: Joshua M.

Joshua M. — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 00:49:57 +0000

I love DD and am thrilled to have him locked up for years to come. On the Weaver vs. Bonderman thing I have a really hard time with that. At the time I was heart broken with the trade because I loved Weaver and his competative fire for the game. And at the time of the trade the only “sure” thing we were getting was Pena. In the present time though I would have to say Bonderman is a far better fit for us. Plus can any one picture Weaver going through a 119 loss season??? I have to say Congrats to Weaver, but I would still take Bondo. I just hope he finds consistency soon.

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By: Kyle J

Kyle J — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:47:56 +0000

“However, I’ll take a 24 year old Bonderman coming off the best year of his career vs. a 30 year old Weaver coming off one of his worst years, and it isn’t very close.”

Bingo. Anybody talking about trading Weaver for Teixera? (Weaver’s a free agent–but you get my point.)

I don’t think beat writers are as valuable as they once were. Most days, the stuff they put in the newspapers is practically a rote recitation of the notes you can find on the Tigers website. To me, Lynn Henning is the only Detroit sportswriter who provides any unique analysis/insight about the Tigers.

As for Knobler’s loyalty to Leyland, it pales in comparison to Steve Grinzel’s apparent loyalty to John L. Smith:

http://www.mlive.com/spartans/.....tml#200533

By: billfer

billfer — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 22:39:39 +0000

As for the local writers, Guidi retired last year. That’s why he’s not around. I too really like Morosi, both his beat writing and his analysis. I liked Knobler pre-Leyland but he doesn’t seem to do any analysis any more. He just automatically agrees with Leyland.

I also agree with Kurt, without the beat writers we wouldn’t have any information. They’re also in a tough spot in that they can’t really be too critical or they run the risk of having access which is key for their job.

As for some of the other columnists, Parker is a joke. He has no redeeming qualities as a writer or analyst. I became much more of a fan of Sharp during the Tigers run in that he was often the voice of reason.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:44:58 +0000

Weaver has alot more IP over the last three years than Bonderman, and the last two have both been right around league average.

Most of Bonderman’s improvement from 03-04 was due to a decrease in league wide scoring. His ERA+ went from 92-93, so he only really improved by 1% compared to league average.

However, I’ll take a 24 year old Bonderman coming off the best year of his career vs. a 30 year old Weaver coming off one of his worst years, and it isn’t very close.

By: Bob S.

Bob S. — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 18:23:32 +0000

I read the papers pretty irregularly anymore-most of my Detroit sports news comes from listening to the radio while I’m driving.I look forward to Tom Gage’s appearances with Mike Valenti and Terry “Giggles” Foster,in the 15 minutes out of an hour when those two discuss sports instead of doing Oprah for Guys.I also like Pat Caputo(I know he writes for the Oakland Press,although I can’t ever remember reading him).While I don’t always agree with him,he seems to have a serious affection for baseball and has a respectful give and take with his callers.

By: Chris Y.

Chris Y. — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:48:11 +0000

Nick,
I am sure you agree on Bonderman v. Weaver issue, just wanted to make my case a bit more for why Parker’s article was off-base.

By: Chris Y.

Chris Y. — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:46:16 +0000

Thanks Nick, I must have wrote his ERA down wrong (4.58 not 5.58). Doesn’t change the other numbers though.

Still, I would not say this is the first year Bonderman has been better than Weaver. I would argue that Bonderman has been more valuable since he came into the league. They both had high ERA’s in 2003. But Jeremy has more CG, more shutouts, 100 more Ks (623 vs. 510), given up less HRs (86 vs. 104). Plus, he’s managed to increase his winning pct. each year despite playing on fairly inept teams over that span (expect 2006, of course), while Weaver is basically .500 over that span with some pretty good NYY, LAA, and STL teams.

I don’t think there is much debate over which of these two has better “stuff”, but Bonderman was young and learning, while Weaver had already shown what he had.

Parker can argue a wash, but its still a poor position.