slanchreport.com - 10/21/2009
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Jim Leyland and his left fielder Carlos Guillen had a long phone conversation on Monday after Guillen made it known he didn’t want to continue playing left field. After the conversation Leyland told reporters that “We were talking a lot about playing time, about (his) playing 9 ...
Carlos Guillen penciled in as starting LF
mackavenuetigers.com 10/20/2009 — Manager Jim Leyland has apparently penciled in Carlos Guillen as the "full-time" left fielder for 2010, MLB.com's Jason Beck reports in a follow-up story to Guillen's complaints over the weekend about how last season turned out. (My displeasure at the way Guillen hit in the final five weeks ...
Carlos Guillen seemingly doesn't want to DH
mackavenuetigers.com 10/17/2009 — Carlos Guillen says he doesn't want to cause any trouble . He just wants to play in the field more often.
In an interview with MLB.com's Jason Beck, Guillen says he'd like to play nine innings a game, and most games a season, rather than just make platoon appearances. Apparently he took his ...
Carlos Guillen Named Detroit’s Starting Left Fielder
fangraphs.com 10/23/2009 — Carlos Guillen was not happy with his role last season. After accruing 17.2 wins as Detroit’s SS from 2004-2007, he has since spent games bouncing between 1B, 3B, LF and the DL. Guillen’s move off of SS came in the wake of a -10 UZR ...
Leyland: Guillen must produce to play every day
beck.mlblogs.com 10/20/2009 — After Carlos Guillen said Tuesday that he wants an everyday job again, manager Jim Leyland said answered publicly Saturday by saying that if Guillen wants to play every day, he needs to stay healthy and produce. Leyland said he, too, liked the idea of ...
Carlos Guillen, Scott Sizemore and the Playoffs
tigerblog.net 10/22/2009 — It’s hard to believe it’s been over two weeks since the Tigers collapse. The playoffs are winding down and baseball is less then two weeks away from being finished. It looks like, barring something crazy out of the Angels, that we’ll see the Phillies against the Yankees, ...
Should The O’s Trade For Carlos Guillen?
camdencrazies.com 10/29/2009 — I saw an interesting trade proposed at Orioles Hangout recently. The O’s would send Luke Scott and Brandon Erbe over to the Tigers in return for Carlos Guillen and first-base prospect Ryan Strieby. Is such a move reasonable, and would it make sense for the Orioles?
Scott hit ...
Bunt Singles: More on Guillen, Arizona action and shortstops
mackavenuetigers.com 10/22/2009 —
Carlos Guillen and his complaints continue to get press clippings and radio soundbyes.
MLB.com's Jason Beck wrote about Guillen's complaints about the number of lineups manager Jim Leyland put forth -- 126.
Beck went on WDFN radio in Detroit and spoke a bit more about the situation. (Via ...
Juan Pierre for Carlos Guillen?
apps.detnews.com 10/27/2009 — There's some speculation Dodgers outfielder Juan Pierre is the player the Tigers are targeting to acquire this winter.Good player, Juan Pierre. Leadoff speed.No chance, though.Not with $18.5 million remaining on his contract through 2011.Unless, of ...