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A quick look at some former Tigers and their performances in their new homes:
Gary Sheffield
Sheffield is in the midst of that bounce back season that many were hoping for, and few were expecting. He has a 292/433/521 line and is walking in one out of every 5 plate appearances. And Mets fans are loving it. [...]
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Wrapping up the winter meetings…
In this episode I talk of disappointment with the Matt Joyce trade and why I don’t think Edwin Jackson is the guy to get. I also talk about how James Skelton shouldn’t have been left exposed in the Rule 5 draft. I speculate about whether or not the failed auto loan [...]
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I‘m having a hard time even writing about the rumored deal that will send Matt Joyce to Tampa for Edwin Jackson. Joyce might flame out, but Jackson has yet to even burn.
Jackson has a fastball that averages in excess of 93 MPH. That’s fast, but he doesn’t seem to fool a lot of people with [...]
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Tomorrow is the start of the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas and things are going to get crazy-stupid when it comes to rumors and people who saw people talking to people. It was at the winter meetings last year (a year ago last Thursday to be exact) when the Tigers traded for [...]
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Baseball Prospectus just released what they call “The Ultimate Fantasy Draft.” Essentially they throw contract status out the window and rank the 50 players that teams should build around. Curtis Granderson earned a ranking of 16, right between Ryan Braun and Tim Lincecum (and two spots behind Miguel Cabrera).
Nate Silver had this to [...]
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Maybe Matt Joyce found a good luck charm in the Tigers batting cage in the form of a kitten.
Tigers outfielder Matt Joyce, hearing the tiny black cat whimper, climbed up on a stool and, with batting gloves on to protect his hands, pulled the animal down, before carrying it up the stairs into the [...]
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Magglio Ordonez hits the disabled list with oblique issues. He joins Gary Sheffield and Brandon Inge to become the 3rd Tiger forced out of action by oblique issues. Whether this is a random clustering of bad luck, or an issue with the training regimen remains to be seen. Given that the Javair [...]
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Toledo 3 Indianapolis 4Matt Joyce homered and drove in 2. Brent Clevlen doubled, singled, and walked twice and is now sporting a 320/405/572 line. Chris Lambert allowed 3 runs on 5 hits, a walk, and 5 K’s in 6 innings.
Altoona 3 Erie 8Max St. Pierre homered twice. Justin Justice, Ryan Roberson, Wil [...]
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Toledo 2 Indianapolis 3Brent Clevlen homered, singled, and walked and has pushed his average to .313. Mike Hollimon was 1 for 4. Matt Joyce went 0 for 4 with 3 K’s. Yorman Bazardo allowed 2 runs on 6 hits in 5 innings, walking none and fanning 3. Denny Bautista allowed an unearned [...]
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The Tigers have optioned Matt Joyce back to Toledo and have called up Clete Thomas.
I suppose this is because they have the left handed option with Jeff Larish on the roster now to provide some power. And as Jason Beck noted, they want Joyce to play everyday and with Thames getting left [...]
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Charlotte 9 Toledo 7
Ryan Raburn homered and knocked in 3 while Mike Hessman doubled and tripled. Brent Clevlen went 3 for 4 and continues a promising start to his season. Matt Joyce hit his second homer of the year to go along with a walk. Virgil Vasquez was knocked around for 7 [...]
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There isn’t an official top prospect list, but BA’s is kind of the standard. Today they announced the Tigers 2008 top 10
Rick Porcello, rhp
Cale Iorg, ss
Scott Sizemore, 2b
Michael Hollimon, 2b/ss
Yorman Bazardo, rhp
Jeff Larish, 1b
Matt Joyce, of
Danny Worth, ss
Francisco Cruceta, rhp
Brandon Hamilton, rhp
Rick Porcello is the clear cut stud, but after that things get cloudy. [...]
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jb61973: Because Seay has been lights out this year. The real question is why...jb61973: His OBP is .30 less and his slugging percentage is almost .200...
rings: Maggs’ BA is .003 behind potential “all-s tar” Inge....
Keith (Mr. X): That’s just silly. There is still half of a season left.
Adam: Wow, Chris. You always seem to know things are going to happen....
tigersfan182: Why does Leyland keep running Seay out there against the twins?...
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