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Matt looks at where the out fielders should be organizationally. A tough task at Toledo where some non-prospects demand playing time (I’m looking at you Timo).

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We know Dontrelle Willis has the big leg kick and the bigger smile, but let’s take a graphical and statistical look at the Tigers newest starter.
The pitch selection
Using Josh Kalk’s pitch f/x tool we can look at the mix of pitches that Willis throws and the success he has with each pitch in his repertoire. [...]

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Timo Perez re-signs with Tigers; Brandon Inge trade talks
Huh. Timo back on the 40 man roster. Huh.
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Time for Tigers to pay the bills
Henning looks at the Tigers arbitration decisions

Minor League Ball :: Minor Leagues blog featuring John Sickels
Sickels does theh Tigers top 20. Only head scratcher is that Joyce didn’t [...]

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Wrapping up some outstanding items from what very well could be one of the most significant trades in franchise history…
Replenishment
Peter Gammons astutely pointed out that the Tigers were able to make this trade because of Ilitch’s and Dombrowski’s refusal to adhere to the asinine draft slotting system. Not only did a willingness to pay [...]

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BBTF’s Newsblog Discussion :: Chicago Sun-Times: GM Williams splits after strange comment
Kenny Williams is funny

Tigers ticket sales soaring after big trade
I spent 8 minutes on hold yesterday to get a ticket rep. Crazy I say.

Shelton gets another shot
Henning talks with Shelton who’s eager to get another shot with Texas.

Take 75 North | MVN - [...]

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Jim Leyland was quoted yesterday talking about how this deal and the players they acquired were like a presents under the tree. Well, now that we can open up the presents, it’s time to play with them. The common refrain is that the Tigers should play Miguel Cabrera at third base and move [...]

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There is an unprecedented buzz around the Tigers right now. I know it by looking at my server logs, but a much less obscure measure is the fact that Tigerfest sold out in 24 hours. I was astounded when it sold out last year, and was prepared to move quickly. But I [...]

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Now that the deal is official, people have permission to speak freely. And the new Tigers sound pretty excited to be heading North.
Matt Sosnick, the agent for Dontrelle Willis, indicated that Willis is “incredibly excited” and that while the 2 sides hadn’t talked about a contract yet “He’s [Willis] hoping to stay [...]

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Chris Shelton is now a Texas Ranger. The Tigers continued their active winter by dealing Shelton, who was DFA’d last week, for centerfielder Freddy Guzman.
Guzman is a burner who led the PCL with 56 stolen bases last year. He’s about to turn 27 and he’s only amassed 37 big league [...]

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A couple weeks ago D-Town Baseball took the Bill James projections for 2008 and crammed them into the Baseball Musings lineup optimizer. Well, now that the Tigers lineup is drool-worthy I figured it would be worth updating.
One of popular iteration of the lineup is:

Granderson
Polanco
Cabrera
Ordonez
Sheffield
Guillen
Renteria
Rodriguez
Jones

Such a lineup would yield 5.831 runs per game. Tantalizing.
Even [...]

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What’s being said about the trade of trades…
Baseball Prospectus | Unfiltered
Four is the number of relatively cheap arbitration-eligible seasons that the Tigers are picking up between Cabrera and Willis. Half of the league is willing to bend over backward — perhaps giving up a package analogous to what the Tigers just gave up [...]

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