Comments on: Sean Casey has earned Tiger everyday 1B role

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:19:14 +0000

Sean Casey represents everything that is good about baseball. He’s an all around good player, all around stand-up guy and any team should be happy to have him. He is the the kind of player that brings out the best in his team-mates. He will be missed in Detroit!

By: Deke

Deke — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:11:17 +0000

Good-bye! This is the right move for the team no matter what everyone on this blog says. John D I guess you can come after me again and tell me how stupid I am, but the fact of the matter is Casey is sub-par and now he is gone. If Casey was the great ball player all of you thought he was he would be here next year, than k goodness you guys are running the team.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:13:28 +0000

I needed a place to put this:

DD is trying to give us all strokes by blowing up the infield for 2008 not even 24 hours removed from the season. I would like to think that moving Guillen to 1B was simply the lesser of many evils, and that Casey’s release was simply an accommodation for this. However with the voids at SS and C that seem to me, difficult to fill, I wish this was a decision that took more time to make. This is the *same* infield that meshed so well, helping Polonco achieve an errorless season and MLB record at his position. He didn’t do it by himself.

Even still, if Casey’s season was really a part of the decision to let him go, I feel cheated. It depresses me that the attitude around baseball is that if you don’t hit 20 HR per year playing as 1B, then you are a loser, and can’t play for your team.

That’s all I have to say really.

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:27:34 +0000

I love Sean Casey. I think it is a mistake to not resign him!!

By: Barbara Stebbins

Barbara Stebbins — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:16:33 +0000

Just read today that Leyland and Dombrowski met with Sean to tell him he won’t be back next year. I guess somewhere I knew this, but hoped against it. Sean is such a class act! He has been a wonderful add to the team, from the clubhouse to his ability to move the players along. His final words “…this is the greates year and a half of my career…”

Sean, you are what was great about last and this year’s team. You will be missed and when I look out from our seats at first base, I will wish you were there. How can we go through a game with a glove check, a back stretch and a foot in the bucket. We noticed you in Pittsburgh and came to rely on your routine in Detroit…and we loved your triple!!!!

By: Deaner

Deaner — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:25:15 +0000

Sean Casey is a very important player on the team. He brings character to the clubhouse, hits for a high average, and plays a great first base. Casey gets it done when it counts – remember the World Series… he became the hottest hitter for the Tigers, belting 2 home runs and batting in five in five games. His .432 batting average was one of the best in Tigers postseason history. What’s not to like about Casey?

By: Eric Jackson

Eric Jackson — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:51:04 +0000

Sean Casey is a better first baseman than Chris Shelton. Shelton is faster running but Casey is better at first.

When it comes to the differences in hitting, they are different. Casey, outside of last year with the Tigers, hits .300 consistently. He doesn’t walk often (9%) but also doesn’t strike out all to often (about 10% of the time).

Chris Shelton has a 28.7% K rate this year. That’s near what he did with the Tigers last year as well. He has lost most of his power that we saw last year and struggles with consistency, though he does walk slightly more (14.4%)

I pulled for Shelton after last season. I expected that they would go with Chris and not resign Sean. I’m glad they did sign Sean though looking at Shelton’s struggles where he rode the Mendoza line to start the season.

If the Tigers decide to upgrade at 1b then I hope they decide to go with a player that brings more value, not less or even the same.

By: Jon D

Jon D — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:08:54 +0000

Deke,

Let me also add that your opinion might be one of the most ill-informed and ridiculous statements I’ve ever read from a Tigers fan.

By: Jon D

Jon D — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:07:25 +0000

Deke,
Are you watching this year’s Detroit Tigers? Casey has been stellar defensively and is batting .300.. Also, he strikes out less than Sheff and Maggs and is on pace for 150+ hits this year… You are either crazy or related to Shelton.

By: Deke

Deke — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:14:20 +0000

Couldn’t disagree with you more I think Casey has been a total waste. Well except for his hitting in the World Series when nobody else was, but that was because it was against the NL. Hell if there wasn’t interleague he would hoover around .220. He brings nothing to the table that Shelton doesn’t. It is a wash in hitting for average, Shelton is faster more athletic, Chris does strike out too much. With all of that said Casey is just a marginal player and he doesn’t bring much to the table.