Dombrowski ranks 7th

McCosky apologizes, sort of, to some of the bloggers. He still doesn’t get it.

Looks like Curt Schilling is likely staying in Boston

I really thought I had a shot, but it wasn’t even close

Only tangentially related to the Tigers, but this is disappointing. Not only because I thought that Jamie was what was good about sports talk – fair, even handed, rational – but now there is no local sports talk in morning drive time.

I still think he has a decent shot to be part of a left field platoon in Detroit

Tigers are oldest in the Central

Via http://www.insidethebook.com/ee/index.php/site/the_stats_man/

I love PMR and look forward to the player rankings. As a team the Tigers ranked in the top third of baseball and turned 22 more balls into outs than expected.

Awesome work seeing how Zone Rating, Ultimate Zone Rating, Davenport Translations, and Probabilistic Model of Range all relate in terms of evaluating defense

The rankings that determine type A or B free agents which determines what draft picks a team gets back when losing a player who they offer arbitration to.

More of the same but with the NL

Maroth updates his blog with thoughts on family and being a free agent for the first time.

Why not take a flyer if he’ll agree to a minor league deal? It won’t hurt and it’s not like the Tigers would be relying on him.

Minor league similar players

Let the feeding frenzy begin

David Chadd was in Boston when Pedroia and Papelbon were drafted

An interview with me

Congrats to the Red Sox, and to the Rockies for going as far as they did. This deserves more than a bullet, but I’m pressed for time.

Mark Anderson, former pitcher and now managing editor of Tigstown.com did a chat last night on Motown Sports where he covered a number of topics, especially the minor leagues.

The players cast their votes for outstanding player in each league and Magglio Ordonez and Curtis Granderson finished 2nd and 3rd. I’m surprised by Granderson’s finish, not that he doesn’t deserve it, just that he was recognized for his season.

And at least 2 out of 5 are liars

A-rod contract contest. Win a book by JC Bradbury

I know it’s early in his professional career, but the number of injuries the kid is piling up is disconcerting.

Sam is concerned about a team that is both too young and too old at the same time.

Lynn Henning assesses the free agent landscape and the Tigers targets.

Kurt opens up Jason Beck’s mailbag

A look at many of the Tigers playing winter ball

The Tigers check in right behind the Pistons at 24

Potential Tigers shortstop target thinks the Braves should trade him for pitching.

Is the next great generation of players here?

Happy blogiversary to Tiger Tales which just celebrated his 2nd.

Tigers results.

The rise of the postseason Y catcher. Last year it was one of the flying Molina’s. This year it’s Yorvit.

There’s a Tigers fan in the mix, and it’s not me

I’ve been adding to the home schedule as other teams announce their schedules. By my count I’m missing 8 series at this point. The Indians, Yankees, Orioles, A’s, and Angels haven’t announced yet.

To sink or not to sink? Should organizations with big parks look to develop flyball pitchers?

Trying to assign value and years to this year’s premium free agents.

Sad news for former Tiger Juan Encarnacion

I’m not a fan of the idea myself. Yes there are awful calls made, but I actually have little faith in Selig being able to implement it correctly.

Lee finds that the runs the offense created match the runs created

Get your Gorkys!

A look at how teams fared when they had to go beyond 5 deep in the rotation. (Via Baseball Primer)