mlive.com - 15 days ago
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Closer Fernando Rodney is among the three players who said they would file for free agency, and three more are expected to follow suit.
beck.mlblogs.com - 15 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 ...
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Putz and the Tigers, revisited
mackavenuetigers.com - 13 days ago
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mackavenuetigers.com —
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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Arbitration dos and don'ts
freep.com - 15 days ago
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freep.com —
Although the Tigers have an opening at shortstop,
they didn't have an opportunity to deal for J.J.
Hardy, the shortstop whom Milwaukee traded Friday to the Twins for outfielder Carlos Gomez. In an e-mail to the Free Press after the deal was announced, ...
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Tigers not involved in trade talks for SS J.J. Hardy
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Free Agent Filing Begins
The Detroit Tiger Weblog —
Now that the World Series is over the 15 day free agent filing period is underway. The period gives teams an “exclusive” negotiating window in which players can talk to other teams, but not talk contract parameters. So we won’t know exactly what will happens with the Tigers quartet* of impending free agents for awhile, except that they will go through the procedure of filing for free agency.
Steve Kornacki of Mlive did some catching up with a few of the possibly future former Tigers and got their thoughts on returning.
Fernando ...
The Quest For Relief Revisits J.J. Putz
Bless You Boys —
... Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski sounds as if he'd prefer a veteran closer for next season. Re-signing Brandon Lyon or Fernando Rodney is a possibility, but the free agent market could end up pricing both of them out of the Tigers' range. (Rodney has already said he's hoping for a three-to-four-year deal.) If that's the case, Detroit will have to look elsewhere, so we're dusting off ...
Free agent Rodney an interesting test case for the value of saves and closers
Circling The Bases —
... a 4.25 ERA and 253/129 K/BB ratio in 254 frames. Will blowing just one save in 38 tries make Rodney an "established closer" in the minds of teams looking for bullpen help this offseason? Or will most teams focus on his ability rather than his save totals and see someone who's probably better suited for seventh-inning duties? Rodney will be an interesting test case for how big-league front offices value saves and the closer role in general. For his part, the 32-year-old right-hander has made it very clear that he'd like to remain in Detroit: I want to come back to the Tigers. ...
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