This is for the best. Price is okay doing color commentary, but the play by play innings were often times difficult to follow

A rough health weekend here in the billfer household has left posting pretty thin. So we’ll take a look back at one year ago in the DTW while we recuperate.

Joe P Sheehan looks at similar pitches using pitch f/x data. Yorman Bazardo’s sinker is very much Derek Lowe’s and Jake Westbrook’s. Good news me thinks. for the Tigers sixth starter.

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).

A little geeky – okay a lot geeky – but boiled down in layman’s terms: why don’t sports teams uses randomized trials.

Excellent (and lengthy) article by Howard Bryant about the Mitchell report process. Bryant is an excellent writer and he wrote Juicing the Game.

Huh. Timo back on the 40 man roster. Huh.

Henning looks at the Tigers arbitration decisions

Sickels does theh Tigers top 20. Only head scratcher is that Joyce didn’t make it. Hat tip D Town Baseball

The 2007 retrosheet data is now available!

Looking at FIP and DER and RA

Miguel Cabrera will wear 24

Kenny Williams is funny

I spent 8 minutes on hold yesterday to get a ticket rep. Crazy I say.

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

Matt saw this one coming, and rightly questions why Tony Giarratano was protected over Bierd.

Cameron Maybin, Dotnrelle Willis, Miguel Cabrera, Andrew Miller, and Detroit Tigers were all among the top 100 google searches on Tuesday

The Tigers had a remarkably consistent offense – statistically speaking.

Tigers signed catcher Raynolds Guzman from the Dominican and catcher Luis Sanz and right-handers Josue Carreno and Bruce Rondon will also be taking the field in 2008 in the VSL

TigsTown’s Mark Andersen and I are on the same page in terms of the the Tigers strengthened defense.

My friends and I often try to name all the teams that wore powder blues back in the 80’s. What a peculiar phenomenon. (Hat tip Baseball Musings

A look at the power balance in the respective leagues.

Randor Bierd is atop the list of players who could be snapped up. Take 75 North speculated the same last week.

I’m a Michigan guy. I don’t like Izzo. But I do like Kyle J and he just started a blog about Spartans Basketball. So I want to give him a shout out, some traffic, and some link juice. Hope I can help.

Jose Mesa the sequel? Older Colorado reliever. Declining strike out rates (about 1 K every other inning). A one year cheap contract is fine, but Morosi is talking mutli-year. Early impression is yuck.

He’s a few years removed from his Twins days when he was good.

But the Soul of Baseball and Joe will send you an autograph book plate. Joe is the man.

Lee continues to kick out the saber-jams.

Chone pitcher projections

A good question that I don’t know the answer to. Tony G was an exceptional fielder, but has had knee surgery and shoulder surgery the last 2 years. What’s left?

Grandy’s visit to SMU

Covered extensively by Matt and Ian it’s official that Casey Crosby will have TJS.

Bummer. I wouldn’t have minded the Tigers taking a flyer on Kerry Wood.

Bummer. I wouldn’t have minded the Tigers taking a chance on Kerry Wood next year.

If you tweet, you can follow me on twitter. I’ll be honest, I don’t use it a lot.

The probability a fastball will be hit in the air based on where it crosses the plate

Who hits what type of balls

No, it shouldn’t.

John Brattain synthesizes my thoughts about Scott Boras rather succinctly.

And we thought we had it bad with McCosky. Bill Conlin shouldn’t email anymore.

The AFL season is done. How did the Tigers fare?

Optimizing the Tigers lineup using Bill James projections

Vote-gate, only without the mystery and cover-up. A-rod should have been unanimous.

Very geeky and math heavy so be warned if it isn’t your thing. But at least scroll to the bottom to see how many plate appearances it takes for various stats to stabilize.

Gorkys Hernandez was rated 2nd best baserunner in the minors. Mike Hollimon rated well at AA.

Former Yankees scout to replace Greg Smith

The plaque for Brian Bluhm was dedicated at West Michigan.

And The Tigers have hired Joe DePastino to replace Brookens as manager at West Michigan. DePastino is in his first professional managerial assignment after playing 13 professional seasons as a catcher from 1992-2005.

Lee looks at run production at the team level

Bronx Banter turns 5 years old. Congrats Guys

Matt looks at the Baseball Prospectus list of the Tigers top 11 prospects

Now former Tigers minor league manager prospect Matt Walbeck was named manager of the year in the minors.

Now everyone can use enhanced gameday data. Great work by Josh Kalk.

Mike Maroth close to a deal with the Marlins. Pretty good for someone I thought would be an NRI this year.

One of my favorite new sports blog features is the TWFE Above the Fold post. Big Al takes the topic dujour in Detroit sports and synthesizes what everyone is saying into one post. Great stuff.

Boras shenanigans. Plus the Braves say they aren’t interested in a free agent closer.

A plaque honoring Brian Bluhm will be unveiled and dedicated.

DTT is going to step through each of the players on the 40 man roster. First up is Bazardo who is out of options.

Matt talks with the father of Tigers catching prospect James Skelton

A listing of the most overrated players in baseball

Stat geeks have a new general manager to love.