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News and Notes: 4.25.11

25.04.2011 3 comments

- Lee Panas, who runs a great Tigers blog and comments here from time to time, ran some numbers on the low offensive output in the AL thus far this year, and reasons for it. – Lincecum had some real gems on baseball playoff expansion.  His contention that adding a team or two means that [...]

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News and Notes: Hip Hip…Opening Day

28.03.2011 8 comments

Lots of chatter out there concerning our Tigers, here are a few good reasons to procrastinate today: – Lynn Henning gives his player by player projections. – Freep writers predict anywhere from a 1st to 3rd place finish for 2011. – Brad Penny had this to say about Verlander – “That might be the best [...]

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News and Notes: 3.18.11

18.03.2011 2 comments

- In case you are not following along, Cabrera is mashing to the tune of .357/.391/.714 for an OPS of 1.105.  I’m guessing his OBP could be higher, but he’s swinging to get into shape. – Benoit has looked very good with a .71 WHIP and 10Ks in 7 IP. – Valverde has 4 BBs [...]

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News and Notes: 3.10.11

10.03.2011 10 comments

- That’s two days in a row now that young Tiger hitters have come up to the plate in the bottom of the 9th as the tying or go ahead run, both times with the bases loaded, and then watched 3 straight called strikes hum by.  (Worth on Tues, Sizemore on Wed). – Fangraphs had [...]

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News and Notes: 2.9.11

10.02.2011 8 comments

- Can you play 2B?  GIve it a shot. – At least someone thinks 2010 1st half Brennan Boesch is the real BB. – Check out this interview with Patrick Leyland, son of Ol’ Smokey.  I really enjoyed the part about Paws being a better manager than JL (it may have been removed by the [...]

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News and Notes: 2.2.11

02.02.2011 2 comments

- Dombrowski stated yesterday that neither Bondo nor Vlad Guerrero would be pursued any further (if they were at all).  Looks like Bondo is going to end up in…Cleveland, according to MLB.com. – Lynn Henning put together his list of the top 50 prospects within the organizations.  Jacob Turner is #1. – The 2011 predictions are [...]

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News and Notes: 1.28.11

28.01.2011 3 comments

- Keith Law wasn’t very complimentary of the Tigers’ farm system, ranking it 25th in the majors. (here’s the link to the ESPN article – you’ll need insider) – Here’s a good (free) article on ESPN about the boys. – Some spare on ESPN’s Page 2 writes that the Tigers lacked “bang for the buck” [...]

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News and Notes: 1.4.2011

05.01.2011 2 comments

Happy New Year all.  I hope that everyone is enjoying the bowl season.  A few things that I’ve compiled over the last few days. – Bless You Boys posted a great note today which makes a case to put Trammell in the Hall of Fame.  Citing an article by Joe Posnanski, the crux of the [...]

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News and Notes: 12.28.2010

28.12.2010 19 comments

Not a lot going on over here, hopefully everyone is enjoying the holidays. – Thanks Coleman. – John Lowe analyzes offseason moves, and gives the Tigers a comfortable edge over the Twins. – Do you have energy?  Do you like fun?  Do you like the Tigers?  Apply here. – Brad Penny as a challenger for [...]

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News & Notes: 11.20.2010

20.11.2010 7 comments

- DD’s latest interview infers that a big bat is top priority now. – Ni was sent down, and Alberto Alburquerque (not to be confused with “Albuquerque”) signed to minor league deal and added to the 40. – Ordonez news – Boras is already doing his thing, and Jason Beck thinks this means that Maggs will [...]

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News & Notes: 11.15.10

16.11.2010 6 comments

Welcome to the Hot Stove – the GM meetings began today. AJax has a nice showing in Rookie of the Year voting, but hats off to Feliz.  Feliz took 20 of the first place votes, with Jackson receiving the other 8. Casper Wells gets hot in the Dominican Winter League, then tweaks his knee. If [...]

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Links for 2010-06-08

08.06.2010

Magglio’s option, rookie at-bats, and Phil Coke’s cojones highlight today’s links.

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