Comments on: Spelling Porcello

By: KW

KW — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:34:47 +0000

Thanks. I wasn’t aware that spelling also meant resting.

Whoosh.

(The sound of it going right over my head.)

By: Andre in Chi

Andre in Chi — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:27:03 +0000

I’m just wondering if the buyout still applies if the 2010 option auto-vests?

By: Ryan P.

Ryan P. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:26:50 +0000

Why not just pay his buyout and cut him? No team is going to take him unless they plan on playing him which would mean that the Tigers would have to pay a significant portion of is $18mil or whatever it is for next year, since the team couldn’t play him without activating his option.

By: Dave T.

Dave T. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:18:33 +0000

The tigers pay the $3m for his buyout. The new team sits him down, or just doesn’t play him.

By: Keith (Mr. X)

Keith (Mr. X) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:46:49 +0000

AL Manager of the Year: 1) Jim Leyland, Tigers. 2) Ron Washington, Rangers. 3) Cito Gaston, Blue Jays.
Leyland has remade the Tigers on the fly into a pitching and defense club with daily lineup uncertainties.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.c.....ref=sircrc

By: Keith (Mr. X)

Keith (Mr. X) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:25:37 +0000

Sure thing. I voted about 10 times for Inge already. 10 or 20 more votes won’t hurt!

By: Ryan P.

Ryan P. — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:12:03 +0000

“Kinsler, the Rangers’ second baseman, is followed closely in the AL race by third baseman Brandon Inge of the Tigers, third baseman Chone Figgins of the Angels, first baseman Carlos Pena of the Rays and designated hitter Adam Lind of the Blue Jays. Inge took over the lead Monday night, but Kinsler regained it this morning. Pena and Lind flip-flopped from the previous day’s update.”

Vote vote vote!

By: RotT

RotT — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:37:30 +0000

Don’t be silly Billfer, obviously Porcello is spelled F-R-E-D-F-R-E-D.

By: Ryan P.

Ryan P. — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:10:37 +0000

TLDR version: It’s a pun on the double meaning of “spell”.

By: Ryan P.

Ryan P. — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:08:39 +0000

No team would take him without the Tigers paying for him, so I don’t see how that would be a salary dump.

By: Dave T.

Dave T. — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:45:33 +0000

Its a solid move to rest the 20 y.o. rookie. Almost a no-brainer.

Could the Tigers trade maggs to a team, who has a high priced star, plus $3m with the understanding the team would never play him and get a salary dump out of the deal?
Or would the players assoc. be all over this?

By: Andre in Chi

Andre in Chi — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:41:40 +0000

“I have mixed feelings about it: horrible defense, strikes out a ton, and expensive to name some issues”

I would conditionally love getting Dunn to come to Detroit. The Tigers are already getting the first two issues you raise from some of the OF/DH on the roster. He’d be a great compliment to Cabrera, and would fill the need for a power lefty. Like you mention, he’s hit 40 HRs, 100 RBI (minus ’06: just 92 that year) and +100 BB like clockwork in each of the last 5 years and is on pace for similar this year. The biggest bonus though would be the great excuse I’d have to say “guy’s just got retard strength” a lot more in day-to-day situations.

However his contract alone @ $10mil/yr (2009-10) it might be an issue — although off the top of my head it seems that at least some of the dead contract weight comes off the books next year — and then you still have to presumably give something up for him. It also likely means that Thames is back in the OF (if retained at all), given Dunn’s fielding.

Ideally, you want Dunn on your team (both real and fantasy). Given the Tigers are already carrying a ton of dead contracts and the renewed emphasis on defense, its not the best bet in the world though.

By: Keith (Mr. X)

Keith (Mr. X) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:40:50 +0000

Funny, people have been saying that for months now.

By: Eric Cioe

Eric Cioe — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:53:23 +0000

It’s referencing how to spell “Porcello,” using spell to mean “to put letters together in a particular order,” rather than what the thread title implies, “to rest.”

Billfer: what makes you think that the plan was to throw him for 175 innings this season? That’s a 50 inning jump. 30 innings is sort of the rule of thumb. Did you read something that I didn’t?

By: Skip

Skip — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:34:10 +0000

Quick question:
I was discussing our lackluster offense with some crazed Tigers fans, and the question of whether or not Adam Dunn should be trade for…
I have mixed feelings about it: horrible defense, strikes out a ton, and expensive to name some issues
yet they saw (and loved): 40 homeruns a season, 100+ RBI, 100+ walks
what do you guys think?