Let’s start with the facts and move on to the analysis. The Tigers have sent closer Ugueth Urbina, their most tradeable commodity, along with Ramon Martinez for Phillies infielder Placido Polanco, the Phillies most tradeable commodity. The Tigers have definitely improved their second base position which has been an offensive blackhole this year. Tigers second … Continue reading Ugueth Urbina Traded for Placido Polanco→
At least one Tiger is assured of some post season hardware. Placido Polanco won his second Gold Glove for excellence in the field of fielding. Polanco had a very fine defensive season and he was one of a handful of players (Mark Ellis, Dustin Pedroia, Aaron Hill) who were deserving at second base.
The official scorer gave the first inning error to Marcus Thames so Placido Polanco’s streak of now 148 games without an error remains intact. Beck’s Blog: On the clock
This is something that I actually started tracking a few days ago, but Placido Polanco is off to quite the start this year making contact. Polanco has always been a tough strike out, and for his career he’s made contact with 91% of his swings. For some context, the average is 80%. But this year … Continue reading Contacting Polanco→
From the good news department Danny Knobler brings us: Placido Polanco hit off Jordan Tata for about half an hour this afternoon, and manager Jim Leyland said afterwards that Polanco would be activated and will start Saturday night. He said Polanco will have Sunday off.
Jason Beck is reporting that Placido Polanco said he is done for the year. But Jason also points out that the training staff said there has been no decision made. As recently as a couple days ago there was speculation that Polanco may be back for the White Sox series, so this is a peculiar … Continue reading Polanco out for the year?→
Placido Polanco has a seperated shoulder. In case you didn’t see it, he went back and made a run saving catch in short centerfield. As he tumbled to the ground he tried to brace himself and his left arm/shoulder took the brunt of the impact. He’ll undergo further tests Wednesday morning. Of course the Tigers … Continue reading Polanco out indefinitely→
The Tigers and Placido Polanco agreed to a 4 year contract extension. I don’t know the terms of the agreement, but the Tigers are set for the forseeable future in the middle infield. And with Infante as the backup the Tigers have depth as well. Of course, Infante could become part of a trade package … Continue reading Polanco locked in→
Per Tom Gage’s blog, Placido Polanco has been activated from the disabled list, and Curtis Granderson has been optioned to Toledo. While Granderson has played well and I’d like to see more of him, I can understand this move. With Trammell trying to find at-bats for Dmitri Young, Rondell White, Craig Monroe, and Magglio Ordonez … Continue reading Granderson down, Polanco activated→
The Tuesday deadline for teams to offer their departing free agents arbitration is approaching. The Tigers have three cases that are garnering some attention in Placido Polanco, Brandon Lyon, and Fernando Rodney.
I’ve heard this game described as an ugly win. I had some of those same thoughts as first, but I quickly pushed those away. First, all wins are beautiful at this point. Second, while the Tigers did have to rely on the Royals ineptitude to pull this out it wasn’t like the Tigers were making a bunch of mistakes. Detroit played a pretty crisp game with two outfield assists, a caught stealing, and some nifty defense by both Adam Everett and Placido Polanco. They also got the hits when they needed them to capitalize on the Royals mistakes. I see nothing ugly about that at all.
Howdy, friends and neighbors. The Tigers (5-3) try to get back on the righteous path tonight against the Padres (4-6), with our hero Justin Verlander carrying the bulk of our hopes for putting up a W to counter the L. He’ll be facing Ian Kennedy, who has the possible misfortune of facing a lineup thoroughly … Continue reading Pregame 9: Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres→
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