As the Tigers enter shopping season it is worth taking a look at their current roster status. Detroit currently has 35 players protected on their major league roster. For those who haven’t taken the time to plow through the collective bargaining agreement, players can fall into one of three categories. The first category is players … Continue reading Roster Speculation→
David Gassko of the Hardball Times introduced a new defensive measure of range earlier this season. While the initial article didn’t do a lot to sell me on the system, he has calculated the 2005 rankings. Ivan Rodriguez, Nook Logan, and Brandon Inge were the top defenders in the American League at their positions (Inge … Continue reading Good and Bad Gloves→
After a couple of weeks of, I’m charged up and ready to go. Thanks for sticking around. Lynn Henning’s article yesterday has a number of quotes from Ivan Rodriguez. Essentially Rodriguez told a number of reporters that he is frustrated by the losing. I view this as a good thing. Nobody should be satisfied with … Continue reading Touch ’em all→
2nd inning, 0 outs, Runners on 1st and 2ndMarcus Thames strikes out looking 2nd inning, 1 out, Runners on 1st and 3rdVance Wilson strikes out looking 3rd inning, 0 outs, Runners on 1st and 3rdBrandon Inge strikes out swinging 3rd inning, 2 outs, Runners on 1st and 2ndMarcus Thames strikes out swinging Two early inning … Continue reading Striking out→
As you’ve probably heard by now, Ivan Rodriguez fractured his hand on a foul tip last night. Last night’s diagnosis probably came from the team internist, and Rodriguez will be following up with an orthopod today. The amount of time he’ll miss, if any remains to be seen. What is clear is that the Tigers … Continue reading Bats on the bench→
As a mini-season ticket holder for several seasons, I’ve attended my share of games at Comerica Park. Inevitably, I’ve started to warm up to the place. Either I’m getting used to it, or I’m just having more fun seeing a competitive team (well a competitive team wearing the home whites). However, there are several areas … Continue reading The Gameday Experience→
With the Tigers having an off day, I’ll keep this light. Pudge’s SlumpOver his last ten games Ivan Rodriguez is 5 for 41. Using the Baseball Musings day-by-day database we can look and see if Pudge has ever had a streak this rough before. After dumping the data in Excel, it became pretty easy to … Continue reading Off Day Links→
The trouble with work is that it tends to get in the way of hobbies, kind of like this blog. I was in San Luis Obispo this week, and I found myself with out a lot of time to write. The result is another crappy bullet point post. 4 game FunSo the Tigers have been … Continue reading Miscellaney→
Down at the bottom of my last post, I threw out a factoid that Alan Trammell only pitched out 8 times last season because the threat of Pudge was enough to deter the running game. This is despite the fact that Rodriguez only threw out 29% of runners attempting to steal. Pudge’s low success rate … Continue reading A good reputation is hard to run on…→
The Tigers made a trade today to acquire a backup catcher. They traded minor league shortstop Anderson Hernandez for Mets backup catcher Vance Wilson. Wilson is a solid player who hit 274/335/427 last year in 79 games. Wilson is also a solid defender. Hernandez will be 22 and played shortstop for Erie last season. Throughout … Continue reading Tigers Acquire Wilson→
The source of Gary Knotts’ recent struggles seems to be a sore arm. I don’t know how long he’s had the problem, but I’d guess it happened during the Yankees game on the 17th. Knotts was pretty effective early in that game, but then was touched for 3 runs in the 5th, and couldn’t make … Continue reading Knotted Up→
As you can see by the lack of activity around here, I’ve been pretty busy. Between sick kids, a trip to NY, and a bunch of household duties I just haven’t had a lot of time to blog, much less watch the Tigers. So I’m going to cop out and do bullet-style stuff. Hopefully I … Continue reading Catching up→
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