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By Jason Beck / MLB.com 10/19/09 6:29 PM ET DETROIT -- If there was any question that the frustrations from a Tigers season that ended in disappointment are still fresh, the proof came this weekend and Monday, when they exposed a rift with veteran Carlos Guillen that both sides worked Monday to ...
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Carlos Guillen said a lot about his own
situation , both last week and over the weekend....
What separated his comments over the weekend, beyond his stance that he didn't want to play left field because of how the situation played out last year, was his ...
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Guillen and the Tigers lineup
mackavenuetigers.com - 10/20/2009
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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 ...
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Carlos Guillen penciled in as starting LF
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Carlos Guillen penciled in as starting LF
Detroit Tigers blog —
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 should be a separate story.)
Carlos Guillen is our left fielder," Leyland told MLB.com. "He's our everyday left fielder, and hopefully he'll be productive. If he's looking for reassurance, we want him to play every day."
Hopefully if he's not productive, he won't be the every day left fielder. He all-but disappeared late in the season, while ...
Carlos Guillen's Complaining Pays Off... For Now
Bless You Boys —
... Apparently frustrated that he'll be pushed into the same role in 2010 that he played in 2009 (sharing the left field and designated hitter spots), Guillen told Jason Beck over the weekend that he didn't want to play left field next season. ...
Link-O-Rama: Howard, Jaramillo, Guillen, Mattingly
Circling The Bases —
... after 15 seasons on the job look pretty smart financially. * Carlos Guillen and Jim Leyland have apparently settled their differences , so Guillen is now slated to be the Tigers' starting left fielder in 2010. Until he gets hurt or Leyland decides he needs to get Ryan Raburn into the lineup, of course. * Los Angeles bench coach Don Mattingly ...
Guillen and the Tigers lineup
Beck's Blog —
Carlos Guillen said a lot about his own situation, both last week and over the weekend. What separated his comments over the weekend, beyond his stance that he didn't want to play left field because of how the situation played out last year, was his frustration over Leyland's lineup tinkering. Those comments weren't just about himself, but the team in general. It painted a picture of frustration over how much criticism hitters received for the Tigers' struggles. To listen to Guillen tell it, the amount of lineup tinkering made it difficult for any hitter to get into a groove. "Before he points the finger at the offense, he'd better look in the mirror and see what he ...
Carlos Guillen Named Detroit’s Starting Left Fielder
FanGraphs Baseball —
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 season at SS. Although he put up 1.2 WAR in limited time in 2008, his wOBA dropped 30 points and he lost even more time to injury in 2009. As such, the Tigers saw themselves left with the very definition of a replacement player.
This leaves the Tigers with a dilemma. Although it’s not likely that Guillen’s true talent has dipped below replacement level, it certainly is not at the six win level of 2006 and probably not at the three ...
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