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detroittigersweblog.com - 31 minutes ago
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The Tigers have added Scott Sizemore, Ryan Strieby,
Brennan Boesch, and Audy Ciriaco to the 40 man
roster, protecting them from the Rule 5 draft. The roster was at 42, but with the 6 free agents off the roster, and the addition of these 4 players it ...
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Tigers add 4 to the roster
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Some minor league news and notes:
40 man roster
We’ve talked here already about the Tigers need to trim the 40 man roster and the need to protect players ahead of the rule 5 draft coming up in December. The 40 man will be set initially tomorrow (things could of course change between now ...
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Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski douses talk of fire sale | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Lynn Henning spoke Dombrowski who further reiterated that the Tigers aren't in salary dumping mode. I think we knew this, but it hasn't stopped the dozens of articles that include "and the ...
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C urtis Granderson’s 2009 season has received plenty of scrutiny, and this was even before trade rumors crept up. Granderson struggled at times during the season, and had a hard time sustaining success. His .249 batting average was the lowest of his career and it was a drag on his on base ...
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D etroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera and starting pitcher Justin Verlander were voted the Tigers’ top positional player and top pitcher of 2009, in a vote conducted by the Detroit Independent Baseball Scribes.
Cabrera and Verlander each received 20 first-place votes. Cabrera ...
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Miguel Cabrera
Justin Verlander
Rick Porcello
detroittigersweblog.com - 5 days ago
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Things continue to go well for the Tigers’
Arizona contingent – excepting Scott Sizemore’s injury of course.
Robbie Weinhardt’s rough 3 outing start is a thing of the past. Casper Wells continues to hit. Andy Oliver, Thad Weber, and Scot ...
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The Tigers AFL Update
I don’t know that we’ll cover every Tigers trade rumor here. It usually isn’t worth the effort, but there were some fairy significant reports regarding subjects of Edwin Jackson and Curtis Granderson.
The New York and Chicago media have been beating the drum for Granderson to land in their ...
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Curtis Granderson
Dave Dombrowski
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I don’t remember the general manager meetings being this interesting in past years. Most of the action seems to usually take place at the winter meetings that take place in December. This year the GM meetings have served Tigers fans up with a disconcerting set of rumors with the Tigers making ...
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Curtis Granderson
Edwin Jackson
Gerald Laird
Brandon Inge
T here has been considerable speculation about the Tigers financial state. The payroll will be high, and there are continued questions about revenue potential. Mike Ilitch saw less advertising revenue. Attendance was relatively strong, but the Tigers missed out on any postseason gate ...
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Edwin Jackson
Gerald Laird
A t 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 ...
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Placido Polanco
Red Wings legend Steve Yzerman goes to the Hall of Fame | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Not Tigers, but c'mon. It's the Captain we're talking about here. Congrats Steve Yzerman. You always did Detroit proud.
2010 Top 50 Free Agents: MLB Rumors – ...
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Hall of Fame
detroittigersweblog.com - 10 days ago
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The Tigers announced yesterday that Tom Brookens would
be the new first base and outfield and base
running coach. Brookens is an organizational soldier and it’s nice to see him get the opportunity to don the Old English D again. But it does ...
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Brookens returns to the big leagues
detroittigersweblog.com - 12 days ago
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O ne of the few positives of the
end of the baseball season is the Annual Bill
James Handbook (aff link) arriving on my doorstep. At one time it was the only place to easily find a number of uncommon stats. Sites like Fangraphs and Baseball ...
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Culling the Bill James Handbook
Sorry for the late notice, but the Arizona Fall Leauge Rising Stars All Star game is tonight and is being televised. You can catch it on the MLB Network. If you don’t have the MLB Network the game is being streamed online . The Tigers are being represented by Casper Wells and Andrew ...
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The Tigers made a handful of roster moves today to prepare for the offseason. They are:
Mike Hollimon was outrighted to Toledo
Marcus Thames and Matt Treanor have been removed from the roster and are now free agents
Jeff Larish and Joel Zumaya have been reinstated from the disabled ...
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Marcus Thames
Matt Treanor
Jeff Larish
Joel Zumaya
N ow that the World Series is over the 15 day free agent filing period is underway. The period gives teams an “exclusive” negotiating window in which players can talk to other teams, but not talk contract parameters. So we won’t know exactly what will happens with the Tigers quartet* of ...
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Fernando Rodney
Brandon Lyon
Adam Everett
Placido Polanco
T he Detroit Tigers announced third baseman Brandon Inge underwent surgery on Tuesday to address the chronic patellar tendinitis in both of his knees that plagued him throughout the 2009 season, a procedure performed by Dr. Stephen Lemos at the Detroit Medical Center.
The procedure ...
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Brandon Inge
detroittigersweblog.com - 17 days ago
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W ith the end of the 2009 season
looming, the Tigers have some roster cutting to do.
They currently have 44 protected players between the 40 man roster and disabled lists. They have to get that number down to 40 in the short term and well under ...
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Roster Cutting
detroittigersweblog.com - 23 days ago
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Why is it that people keep insisting that
Comerica Park is a great park for doubles? Is
it the large centerfield? The huge-mongous gaps between the outfielders? I just don’t know but it just ain’t true but now even the general manager is saying it. ...
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Comerica is not doubles friendly
detroittigersweblog.com - 24 days ago
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The early encouraging returns on Scott Sizemore’s broken
tibia have been replaced with a cringe inducing MRI
report. During his examination today, it was determined that the injury will require surgery. Sizemore told John Lowe and the Freep: ...
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Sizemore needs surgery
