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baseballreflections.com - 6/18/2009

Why The Trade Deadline May Be Disappointing For Tigers Fans

— baseballreflections.com — With just about six weeks remaining until the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline the Detroit Tigers find... themselves in first place in the AL Central, albeit with some gaping holes in their roster. Through ineffectiveness or injury the Tigers are struggling to fill the bottom two spots in the ... (more) Why The Trade Deadline May Be Disappointing For Tigers Fans

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Rick Porcello

Gary Sheffield

Miguel Cabrera

Joel Zumaya

Fernando Rodney

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alwaysatiger.blogspot.com - 6/17/2009

Tigers' Lineup Needs Consistentcy

— alwaysatiger.blogspot.com — Seriously, how tough can it be? Jim Leyland has managed over 2700 major league games, plus an... addition 49 playoff games and countless more in the spring training and the minor leagues. During that time, he has been responsible for filling out the ... (more) Tigers' Lineup Needs Consistentcy

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Josh Anderson

Don Kelly

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spotstarters.com - 6/18/2009

What I Would Do

— spotstarters.com — There has been a bit of chatter about the Tigers lately in the media following Mike Ilitch... ’s statement that he is ready to spend some money. The Tigers current payroll is right around $115M. Last year it was near the $140M mark, so they have ... (more) What I Would Do

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Detroit Tigers

Dontrelle Willis

Zach Miner

Magglio Ordonez

Rick Porcello

Nate Robertson

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Tigers May Try to Release Ordonez
Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog — Lynn Henning reported in an interview on WTKA today that Magglio Ordonez could be released by the Tigers before his vesting option for 2010-2011 kicks in. Thanks to Motor City Sonics for posting the link on MotownSports (He was actually one of the interviewers). Ordonez has a unique contract where an $18 million dollar option for 2010 automatically vests if he reaches 135 games or 540 plate appearances this season. An additional $15 million option would kick in for 2011 if he reaches 135 games or 540 plate appearances in 2010 or 270 games or 1080 plate appearances in 2009-2010. If the Tigers release him before he reaches the necessary playing time, they would save $30 ...

Magglio Ordonez benched, but for how long?
Detroit Tigers blog — The other big announcement today by Jim Leyland was the benching of Magglio Ordonez. Obviously, Ordonez hasn’t been getting the job done lately. He had a hot May, but that might have been a bit of luck as much as anything. Lately, he’s pretty much earned the nickname “GIDP” because he keeps putting the ball on the ground. If he’s not hitting into a double play, either there were no base runners, or there were two outs. Yesterday, not only was he bad at the plate but he really bungled a fly to the right field wall that the better Tigers outfielders likely would have had. Watching the games alone tells you ...

Tigers Versus Twins: Stat Comparison
Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog — With the Tigers getting ready for their big three game series versus the Twins, I wanted to take a look at the two teams statistically. You know the Tigers are up by three games in the only statistic that ultimately matters but how did they get there: Overall The two teams are almost identical in run scoring and run prevention. The Tigers have scored 369 runs and allowed just 350 for a run differential of +19. The Twins have 378 runs scored and 348 allowed for a run differential of +30. Based on the Pythagorean Theorem the Twins should be 43-37 and the Tigers 41-37. So the Twins are under performing their expected wins by 2 games which is just the opposite of what they have done in recent ...

Talk of trading Curtis Granderson is poppycock!
Detroit Tigers blog — It's like a splinter you just can't get out. For whatever reason, the Detroit News' beat writer Lynn Henning just keeps picking at Curtis Granderson relentlessly. Henning just cannot get over the fact the fan favorite and All-Star center fielder is allowed to have an off-year. And by off-year I mean, he's only the second-most productive position player on the team. Earlier this year, Henning wrote Granderson needs to concentrate more on baseball and less on being Mr. All-America. Granderson writes a blog and is active in charity work during the regular season. It looked like a low blow, but days later Tigers manager Jim Leyland actually said many of the ...