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detroittigertales.com - 11 hours ago
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If you are looking for information on the
four minor league players just added to the Tigers
40 man roster, Billfer has all the details on Scott Sizemore, Ryan Strieby, Brennan Boesch and Audy Ciriaco.I'm going to live in the past and continue my ...
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All-time Top ten Tigers Catchers by WAR
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With all the trade rumors swirling around Curtis Granderson, I thought I would put together a Curtis Granderson trade primer to clear up some of the confusion about his value to the Tigers and any team that might acquire him. I'll start with the Tigers financial situation. Contrary to many ...
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Curtis Granderson
Last week, I looked at the all-time top 20 Tigers position players based on Sean Smith's WAR database. This week, I'll present the pitchers based only on their time with the Tigers (Table 1).WAR pitching is based mostly on innings pitched, strike outs, walks and home runs.The Tigers pitchers are ...
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Hal Newhouser
Justin Verlander
The trade rumors started trickling out of the general managers meetings on Tuesday night. First, it was reported that the Tigers were listening to offers for pitcher Edwin Jackson. This was a little surprising but I already had it in my mind that if a big trade was going to happen this winter, ...
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Curtis Granderson
Edwin Jackson
detroittigertales.com - 10 days ago
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Placido Polanco was named the Gold Glove award
winner among American League second basemen by managers and
coaches today. The Gold Glove awards are often based on reputation more than merit but in Polanco's case, they made a reasonable choice. There ...
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Polanco Wins Gold Glove
The Tigers kicked off the off-season by announcing several moves today. The biggest one being the removal of Marcus Thames from the 40 man roster. Catcher Matt Treanor, who spent most of the season on the disabled list after undergoing hip surgery, was also taken of the roster. Both will become ...
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Marcus Thames
detroittigertales.com - 11 days ago
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Earlier in the week, I listed the all-time
top seven Tigers hitters by the WAR statistic. However,
that also included playing time with other teams which confused a couple of readers. So, I purchased Sean Smith's WAR database and pulled player ...
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All-Time Top Twenty Tigers Hitters by WAR
Over at Mack Avenue Tigers, Kurt is peeking into the future using ZIPS projections from Baseball Think Factory. I'm going to look into past using historical WAR estimates from Sean Smith's Baseball Projection site. In a recent post, I looked at Runs Above Replacement (RAR) for the Tigers in 2008 ...
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Miguel Cabrera
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Barry Bonds
detroittigertales.com - 19 days ago
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In previous posts, I looked at the Tigers
offense and defense by position in 2009. Today, I
will compare their offense and defense by position in 2008 and 2009. Table 1 below shows how their 2008 offense compared to their 2009 offense using the ...
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Tigers Total Runs by Position: 2008 vs. 2009
detroittigertales.com - 24 days ago
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Yesterday, I covered the Tigers offense by position.
Today, I'll run down the defense using the Ultimate
Zone Rating (UZR) statistic. Ultimate Zone Rating tells us how many runs a fielder saved/cost his team above/below the MLB average player at his ...
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Tigers Defense by Position
detroittigertales.com - 26 days ago
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Most Tigers fans are painfully aware that the
Tigers offense was sub-par in 2009 and that improvements
are needed during the off-season. The question is which positions should be upgraded? The answer to that question depends on how well they play ...
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Tigers Offense by Position
According to Rotoworld (via the Arizona Fall League Twitter account), Tigers second base prospect Scott Sizemore suffered a fractured left tibia in a collision during yesterday's game. There is no official word from the Tigers as of yet but he will surely miss the rest of the AFL season. We ...
