Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Much was made this past week about Leyland’s comments on a Tigers prospect Kyle Sleeth. Leyland was impressed with what he saw on that day. Sleeth use to show up in the Tigers top prospect lists but those days are over. While he is still very talented I believe these comments made many go to […]
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Royals news this off season has been dwarfed with talk of the signing of the ex-mariner Gil Meche to a 5-year $55M contract. Maybe rightfully so as that is a whole heck of a lot of money, especially for Kansas City. Much has also been made about who they spent the money on. But all […]
Monday, February 19, 2007
I’m all for feel-good stories in the spring time but I thought Tom Gage at the Detroit News was stretching a bit for this one: Eischen just the right kind of dog for the Tigers’ pen. Eischen is vying for a spot on the roster this off season but he is truely a long-shot here. […]
Monday, February 19, 2007
And should it be? Yes and Yes.
A few people that I’ve spoken with today have made the assumption that a recent article in the Free Press is Kenny making a statement that he wishes to continue his career in Detroit beyond 2007. This is not how I read it at all. Below is really the […]
Sunday, February 18, 2007
I woke up this morning, after spending some of last evening reading articles about how Jim Leyland isn’t allowing the players to look back on last season. How he is taking control of the team as he did last year with his own unique no-nonsense style of coaching. But this morning I found out that […]
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Baseball Musings has a summary of some MLB rule changes for the 2007 season. There is nothing earth shattering but a few of these got me thinking about current Tigers tendencies. The main rule that got me thinking about Tiger pitchers was:
With no runners on, a pitcher will be required to pitch within 12 seconds, […]
Friday, February 16, 2007
I always enjoy reading the ‘Stat of the Day’ over at Baseball Prospectus. Today the statistic is ‘Top 5 2006 AL Rotations, by SNLVAR‘. I’ve reproduced it below as it will change tomorrow.
Two other AL Central teams also make the list; Indians and Twins. Buster Onley also points out that the Indians are set to […]
Friday, February 16, 2007
For an AL Central note; Cleveland closer Keith Foulke has retired. Keith Foulke has been battling injuries the last few years and was about to enter a battle to keep the closing job against Joe Borowski. Both were signed this off season to one-year contracts; Foulke for $5M and Borowski for $4M. Detroit did not […]
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Reading through the latest Peter Gammons blog entry ‘Top 20 comebacks to watch‘ (subscription required); I was disappointed to see one name not on the list: Mike Maroth. The list was filled with some big names (Barry Bonds), players who didn’t have major injuries or played through the season (Coco Crisp, Keith Foulke), and a […]
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