trumbullandmichigan.com - 2/10/2009
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A few weeks ago I sent out an email to different MLB bloggers that I read and/or respect. Not all of them were Tiger's bloggers, in fact over half were not. I wanted to get a well-rounded idea of what is going on in our minds. In all, I heard back from 25 bloggers, which is perfect because it ...
hardballtimes.com - 2/10/2009
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Why settle for last year's numbers when we
have projection systems? Click the title to read more....
Order the Hardball Times 2009 Season Preview today !
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Predicting replacement level
trumbullandmichigan.com - 2/11/2009
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On to part 2. This was fairly simple,
just over/under for a few key/random stats. Jusin Verlander...
- 4.00 ERA Under : 80% (20 votes) Over: 20% (5 votes) My Vote: Under While Verlander struggled mightily in 2008, I think he is just ...
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Predicting 2009. (Part 2).
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The Rays Party Live 2/10/09
The Rays Party —
Just trying out some name changes on this open thread concept. First, a Detroit Tigers blog here on MVN, Trumbull and Michigan, asked The Rays Party a few questions and quoted me in regards to if the Tigers will trade Gary Sheffield this season. ...
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Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog —
First, I'll point you to a two part series at Trumble and Michigan where Sean Heyboer compiled the pre-season predictions of 25 bloggers. Now, on my stuff. In case, you have not seen them yet, FanGraphs has a set of new offensive statistics which are being used by many analysts around the net. First, there is Weighted On Base Average (wOBA). Invented by Tom Tango , wOBA is like OPS but it has more appropriate weights for different events and is thus a more accurate rate stat. It is called wOBA because it is scaled to look like an OBP. According to ...
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The Rays Party —
... Rays closers. Rays Prospects is a great blog and the only blog dedicated to the Rays minor leagues and their prospects. They asked me to answer a few questions concerning the outlook for the 2009 season for Rays prospects. The six questions were: biggest MLB impact, Moore vs. Barnese, Tim Beckham, most overhyped, low-level breakout, and upper-level breakout. We participated in a survey by Trumbull and Michigan. Part one is a general survey about the Tigers and the rest of the Majors. Part two is more ...
4 games up on June 1? Suck on it experts.
Detroit Tigers —
... Meh, in all honesty I didn't see this coming either. Even in my own preseason ranking I had them finishing 3rd. I, as many people did, thought the pitching was just too thin. But Justin Verlander has returned to the pitcher that we saw in 2006. He is pounding the strike zone, and working with a fire in his eyes. Rod and Mario mentioned the other day that on days that he pitches he walks around the clubhouse with earphones in and basically doesn't say a word to anyone. He is zoned in until his start is over. It has been showing. Edwin Jackson has been much more than we ...
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