Comments on: Gerald Laird arrested

By: Keith (Mr. X)

Keith (Mr. X) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:18:37 +0000

Laird = best teammate and family member to have around when a fight breaks out.

By: Rick G

Rick G — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:21:56 +0000

Apparently Laird's grandfather is alleged to have groped the wife of Celtic player Eddie House which started the incident here's the MLive story

By: TSE

TSE — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:30:35 +0000

LOL, wonderful memory indeed! I love this game for tender moments like that. Seeing Porcello toss Youk to the ground just warms the cockles of my heart.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:19:20 +0000

Great link. What a wonderful memory!! And everyone in MLB saw it over and over again on ESPN and MLB Network. It also showed the “rookieness of Avila” hanging back not seeming to know what to do.

By: Keith (Mr. X)

Keith (Mr. X) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:30:58 +0000

Maybe it’s just their way of protecting their investments. Laird was the 1st guy off the bench when Youkilis charged the mound vs Porcello. He pulled Porcello out of the pile-up and got him away from the action.

Here’s a link to that video:
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.....id=6053903

Other than that, I have nothing. I prefer Avila.

By: TSE

TSE — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:25:14 +0000

Because DD has a goofy way of evaluating players. He overvalues Laird’s ability to throw out runners. If Laird could throw out 60% instead of 40% then he’d be properly compensating for his lack of a bat. Heck, even if he could do at least 50% we could “get by” with him. But 40% is atrocious for his bat. Not even close. He’s a detrimental player at 40%. The best catchers are the ones that don’t need to throw guys out to hold their worth, and then when they do throw guys out over a minimum level, all of that is just extra gravy. Laird has no opportunity for gravy throws, cause he’s stuck too far in the red. Overall, you can’t win baseball when you have guys like Laird and Everett on your team. They just aren’t good enough. And not even close to good enough. MAJOR HANDICAPS

By: Andre in Chi

Andre in Chi — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:20:01 +0000

How, if I’m to believe there’s a just and loving God, did G-Money get a $1m raise? I’m going to have an aneurysm.

Mr. X, what’s the company line?

By: Keith (Mr. X)

Keith (Mr. X) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:26:56 +0000

Here’s a MLive link with a rather good 13 minute Dave Dombrowski interview:
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/in....._sh_1.html

By: Keith (Mr. X)

Keith (Mr. X) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:17:41 +0000

How about Daniel Fields moving to 3B. They consider him a SS right now.

By: Vince in MN

Vince in MN — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:31:19 +0000

Based only on players presently in the system, BA apparently feels the Tigers don’t have a valid 3B option other than Inge right now.

By: TSE

TSE — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:00:34 +0000

Inge can hit. And play defense. He just hasn’t hit consistently and hasn’t built up a favorable confidence that he will, but he could conceivably do it. He has some decent power that is obviously there and if he could just hone in a better plate discipline and efficiency, he might have a better shot at juicing his average and OBP by enough of a factor to make a good impact than a guy like Everett has in all of a sudden developing power, or conversely for Everett to peak to a higher batting avg OBP for himself. What’s more likely, that Everett will raise his average by 10-20% of his expected average, or for Inge to do so for himself? I would lean towards gambling on Inge cause I have seen decent streaks of hitting skill and discipline and maybe he can pull of an improvement. It’s a tough gamble, but one that is potentially calculable in our favor. I’d still hope that I could find a trade for him though, I’m always looking at trading first, as transforming the entire build and makeup of the offense and infield is my number one highest priority. We have a LOT of key ducks to get in a row, and the only way to do that is through some harmonious surgery within our remaining and soon to be expiring lifelines.

Not all of them are money lifelines, but they do have options and they do have some value and we need to bring them together in order to tear them apart together in order to breathe life into a new team together. That’s the only way that makes sense to me in my mind.

By: Keith (Mr. X)

Keith (Mr. X) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:40:43 +0000

BA’s PROJECTED 2013 LINEUP
Catcher Alex Avila
First Base Miguel Cabrera
Second Base Scott Sizemore
Third Base Brandon Inge
Shortstop Gustavo Nunez
Left Field Wilkin Ramirez
Center Field Austin Jackson
Right Field Daniel Fields
Designated Hitter Ryan Streiby
No. 1 Starter Justin Verlander
No. 2 Starter Rick Porcello
No. 3 Starter Jacob Turner
No. 4 Starter Max Scherzer
No. 5 Starter Casey Crosby
Closer Ryan Perry

They must be joking that Inge will still be around.

By: TSE

TSE — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:54:05 +0000

+1. Well we also might best be served by not seeing any new updates for a while. Cause you know the most likely thing that could happen to spawn a new update would be a Valverde signing. Let’s hope things stay a little quiet for a bit longer.

By: bbouie

bbouie — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:44:07 +0000

Bill,

You have done a great job and everybody appreciates it. I know that I do as a lifelong Tiger fan. I am headed down to Lakeland in the middle of March if I can help in any way.

Family is always first. I can feel that you really enjoy what you do, but family first, ALWAYS. I hope that everything works out.

By: billfer

billfer — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:59:33 +0000

I’m okay. Thanks for everyone’s concern. I will explain more when I know more, but a series of events have kept me away from the blog. Changes in my professional life, a renewed focus on my family, and general disenchantment about the direction of the team have kept me away. Hope to resume things soon.