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cameron maybin

Junkballing: Almost too much to link to

by billfer on March 24, 2008 · 4 comments

in 2008 Season, Contracts, Former Tigers, Injuries, Spring Training

If you’re new here and like what you see, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Need more info on what subscribing entails? Here’s a primer. Thanks for visiting!A flurry of link worthy items, plus just being behind in general leads to the mother of all link round-ups:
Injuries - left handed [...]

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The Cabrera- Willis Trade - early returns

by billfer on December 4, 2007 · 27 comments

in Trades

What’s being said about the trade of trades…
Baseball Prospectus | Unfiltered
Four is the number of relatively cheap arbitration-eligible seasons that the Tigers are picking up between Cabrera and Willis. Half of the league is willing to bend over backward — perhaps giving up a package analogous to what the Tigers just gave up [...]

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Holy Freakin Crap

by billfer on December 4, 2007 · 97 comments

in Trades

The Tigers have pulled off a franchise altering trade today sending former first round picks Cameron Maybin and Andrew Miller, along with Mike Rabelo and 3 minor league pitchers to the Florida Marlins for Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis.
When Dave Dombrowski decides to go for it, boy does he go for it. [...]

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MiLB.com Top Prospect list

by billfer on December 1, 2007 · 7 comments

in Minors

The Tigers placed 2 players on the MiLB.com top prospect list. Cameron Maybin ranks 3rd overall behind Jay Bruce and Evan Longoria. Rick Porcello debuts at 14 which is impressive to say the least.
There are still a couple of prospect lists that still to come. John Sickels list should be [...]

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News in a minor key

by billfer on October 21, 2007 · 3 comments

in Minors

A little bit of this and that on the guys who might be the next great Tigers…
International Signings
Baseball America lists all of the international free agent signings. The Tigers inked eight players from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela. All of the players are 16. Who know, maybe one or more can be [...]

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What are they talking about?

by billfer on October 16, 2007 · 43 comments

in Front Office, Minors, Trade Rumors

Dave Dombrowski, Jim Leyland, and Chuck Hernandez took in some instructional league action today. Everybody is in Lakeland this week for organizational meetings so they could have been discussing anything.
Maybe they were talking about the way that the ball explodes out of Rick Porcello’s hand, or maybe the kid’s follow through.
Perhaps they were discussing [...]

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Game 128: Yankees at Tigers

by billfer on August 24, 2007 · 440 comments

in 2007 Season, Game Post

PREGAME: The Tigers take another crack at Roger Clemens who they had no trouble hitting last week, they just had trouble scoring. The Tigers mustered 10 hits in 6 innings, but only 2 runs thanks to 8 strikeouts which all seemed to come with guys on base.
For the Tigers it will be Andrew [...]

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