2003’s Top 50 Prospects – Baseball PrimerThe only Tiger to make the list was Jeremy Bonderman at #39. This is similar to Baseball Prospectus’ rankings of the Top 40 and Bonderman was an honorable mention. Before Tiger fans get discouraged though, 9 teams had nobody on the list. Before Tiger fans feel too relieved, the … Continue reading
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Tiger Prospects: Jeremy Bonderman and Franklyn German rank 1 & 3 in Baseball America’s listing of the Tiger’s top 10 prospects.
Baseball America Online – Prospect Hot Sheet In a few years, Dave Dombrowski could look like a genius with Carlos Pena at first, Jeremy Bonderman in the rotation and German slamming the door.
Transaction Analysis: (On Jeremy Bonderman) In short, he’s that rare high school pitcher that you want to take a flyer on early on in his pro career. It’ll be four or five years before he’ll get to the chalk board to erase Jeff Weaver’s name, but he’s an outstanding pickup.
Kevin Wheeler: The A’s sent righthander Jeremy Bonderman to the Tigers to complete the Jeff Weaver-Ted Lilly-Carlos Pena trade. Bonderman was 9-8 with a 3.61 ERA over 144 2/3 innings and he struck out a whopping 160 batters while walking 55. That’s an impressive performance for a 19 year-old in the hitter-friendly high Class A … Continue reading
Happy New Year!
Hello Friends – I hope that everyone had a happy and healthy holiday season. I’ve got a few stories of interest that I plan to post below, but first, I’d like to ask if anyone out there would like to help with the game posts this year. We could use one, maybe two more. Assuming … Continue reading Happy New Year!
Hot Stove Talk Part 1
Just to stoke the fire a bit… Baseball Winter Meetings are Dec 3rd – 6th in Nashville this year. The potential free agents are all over the board, here’s what I’m finding: – 2 guys from CBSSports think that Josh Hamilton will be a Tiger. 1 guy from DTW thinks that this is ridiculous. Josh … Continue reading Hot Stove Talk Part 1
News and Notes: 1.28.11
– 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” … Continue reading News and Notes: 1.28.11
Game 2009.063: Tigers at Pirates
PREGAME: It appears that the Tigers Saturday/Sunday invincibility only applies to intra-league games as they have been stymied in their first 3 match-ups with the senior circuit. Dontrelle Willis gets the ball for the Tigers and fans will get to see what is better, his hitting or his pitching. Despite his struggles in his last … Continue reading Game 2009.063: Tigers at Pirates
Game 62: Indians at Tigers
PREGAME:: The Tigers are going for something rare, back to back wins. They did it once on the 9 game road trip and, well that’s it. Today it is replacement starters, turned regular starters, Jeremy Sowers and Armando Galarraga. The Tigers have a 1 game winning streak on Sundays this year. Renteria remains in the … Continue reading Game 62: Indians at Tigers
links for 2007-06-21
SI.com – MLB – Rangers owner suspects Juan Gone used steroids – Wednesday June 20, 2007 3:46PM Tigers fans should say a small thank you to Juan everyday for turning down that ridiculous contract Wanna jam to music? Put on headphones, Tigers tell minor leaguers Roman Colon is a policy maker, this of course in … Continue reading links for 2007-06-21
Game 56: Tigers at Indians
PREGAME: With that pesky first win out of the way, the Tigers can now focus on splitting the 4 game set. It will be a matchup of Jeremy’s with Bonderman taking on Sowers. Bonderman returned strong from the disabled list with 2 solid starts against the Angels and Rays. Jeremy Sowers had a rough start … Continue reading Game 56: Tigers at Indians