beck.mlblogs.com - 14 days ago
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Jason Beck / MLB.com While Fernando Rodney filed for free agency and Brandon Lyon weighs his options on the open market, the Tigers might well be gaining another option at closer once the Mets make their expected decision to decline the 2010 option on J.J. Putz. A year ago, the Tigers were ...
blessyouboys.com - 11 days ago
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by Gene J. Puskar - AP Would J.J.
Putz be happier (and healthier) playing for his hometown
Detroit Tigers than he was with the New York Mets? View full size ...
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The Quest For Relief Revisits J.J. Putz
mackavenuetigers.com - 12 days ago
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Over the next couple of weeks, the Tigers
have some decisions to make: which free agents should
they offer arbitration to, and which should they let walk. The free agents: 2B Placido Polanco , SS Adam Everett , DH Aubrey Huff , SP Jarrod Washburn , RP Brandon Lyon and RP Fernando Rodney . ...
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Tigers Talk: Rodney, Lyon, Polanco, Everett
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... MLB.com's Jason Beck notes that the Tigers were deep in talks with the Mariners for Michigan native J.J. Putz last offseason, but they can now take him on as a "low-risk, high-reward signing" if they so choose. ...
The Links: Farewell to Marcus Thames and analyzing the Lions' special teams
It's Just Sports —
The Links: Farewell to Marcus Thames and analyzing the Lions' special teams By Patrick Hayes November 07, 2009, 9:00AM thames.jpg AP Photo This could be the end of the road for Marcus Thames as a Tiger. Your morning look at what's going on around the Internets. E-mail tips to patrickhayes13@gmail.com. Pro Football Talk : ESPN rips off a Pro Football Talk post and offers up a lame apology. Basketball Reference Blog : Your NBA MVP tracker has been launched. Beck's Blog : Would the Tigers make a run at J.J. Putz now that he's a free agent? Winging it in ...
The Quest For Relief Revisits J.J. Putz
Bless You Boys —
... needed a third team involved to give Seattle the centerfielder they wanted. When the Mets were able to get the Indians to give up Franklin Gutierrez, they swooped in and got Putz.
But the Tigers ended up salvaging a deal for Edwin Jackson out of those negotiations, which was an excellent consolation prize. (Especially when Putz was done by June.)
So is this a possibility the Tigers should pursue? (Most of the team's beat writers seem to think so, as does MLB Trade Rumors.) Putz ...
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Putz a free agent as Mets cut ties —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 14 days ago
The Mets officially declined J.J. Putz's $9.1 million option Friday, making him a free agent. Putz, who underwent surgery during the season to remove a bone spur from his right elbow, could sign an incentive-filled deal elsewhere as a closer.
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