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Team 92: The 1999 Tigers

By Blake VandeBunte • Nov 13th, 2009 • Category: Bobby Higginson, Dave Mlicki, Dean Palmer, Jeff Weaver, Karim Garcia, Luis Gonzalez, Rob Fick, Todd Jones, Top 109 Tigers

Year: 1999
Record: 69-92
Win %: .429
Win % Change: +28
Run Differential: -135
Pythagorean Record: 68-93
AL Finish: 11th of 14
Manager: Larry Parrish
Best Transaction: Traded Bryce Florie to the Boston Red Sox for Mike Maroth.  Florie was a fringe big-leaguer at best and was a mop-up guy in the bullpen.  Maroth is best known for losing 21 games in 2003, [...]


Team 96: The 2001 Tigers

By Blake VandeBunte • Nov 9th, 2009 • Category: Brad Ausmus, Danny Patterson, Deivi Cruz, Doug Brocail, Jeff Weaver, Juan Encarnacion, Juan Gonzalez, Phil Garner, Randall Simon, Randy Smith, Tony Clark, Top 109 Teams

Year: 2001
Record: 66-96
Win %: .407
Win % Change: -81 from year before
Run Differential: -152
Pythagorean Record: 67-95
AL Finish: 11th of 14
Manager: Phil Garner
Best Transaction: Letting Juan Gonzalez walk.  Sure, this one wasn’t up to the Tigers, but boy did it work out.  Randy Smith wanted to keep Juan Gonzalez in Detroit.  Gonzo’s first year in Detroit was [...]


132 Pitches!? Yeesh

By Blake VandeBunte • May 22nd, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Edwin Jackson, Jeff Weaver, Jim Leyland, Justin Verlander, Steve Sparks

I meant to write about this earlier, but it slipped my mind.  What in the world was Jim Leyland thinking yesterday when he let Edwin Jackson throw 132 pitches?!  It is beyond my comprehension.  I was watching the game at work and just kept saying to the kids, “They’ll take him out here” and it [...]


Jeff Weaver is Back…Again

By Blake VandeBunte • May 1st, 2009 • Category: 2009 Season, Jeff Weaver, Los Angeles Dodgers

I’ve never been shy about my feelings on former Tigers pitcher, Jeff Weaver.  Weaver made is Tigers debut in 1999 at the age of only 22.  He was the staff ace from 2000-2002 before the Tigers traded him to the Yankees.  The Tigers got talented players like Jeremy Bonderman and Carlos Pena in return, but [...]


Top Tigers: #94 Jeff Weaver

By Blake VandeBunte • Dec 13th, 2008 • Category: Jeff Weaver, Top 100 Tigers

Rank: 94
Name: Jeffrey Charles Weaver
Tigers Tenure: 1999-2002
Awards: None
Best Season: 2002.  I loved Weaver’s entire tenure with the Tigers but 2002 was his best season statistically.  Weaver was traded at the trade deadline, but those first few months of the season with the Tigers saw Weaver go 6-8 but posted an ERA of 3.18 (ERA+ of [...]


Jeff Weaver Update

By Blake VandeBunte • May 28th, 2008 • Category: 2008 season, Jeff Weaver

Earlier this spring, the Milwaukee Brewers signed Jeff Weaver to a minor league deal.  As part of the deal, if Weaver wasn’t called up to the big league club by June 1st then the Brewers would have to release him if Weaver wanted to pursue something else. 
I have always been a Weaver fan, I’ve made [...]


Dream Weaver

By Blake VandeBunte • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: 2008 season, Jeff Weaver

One of my all time favorite players is back!  That’s right, Jeff Weaver has signed a minor league deal with the Milwaukee Brewers.  If the Brewers add him to their 40 man roster he will be paid $1.25 million.  With incentives he could make between $2-3 million this season. 
Weaver has never been as good [...]


A Few Thoughts

By Blake VandeBunte • Feb 25th, 2008 • Category: 2008 season, Jeff Weaver, Rob Fick

Everyone and their mother seems to be chiming in on the Tigers batting order questions.  I have weighed in on this already and you know what I realized?  I can speculate all I like but the final decision will come from Leyland, until then we just won’t know.  So that’s that.
The Tigers start playing “actual” [...]


Randy Smith: 1999 Tigers

By Blake VandeBunte • Jan 10th, 2008 • Category: Bobby Higginson, Brad Ausmus, Brian Moehler, Dean Palmer, Jeff Weaver, Justin Thompson

1998 was a disappointment for the Tigers and they certainly were looking to bounce back in 1999. I’m guessing that GM Smith thought that getting Brad Aumus would cure whatever was wrong with the Tigers, Ausmus was again acquired in the offseason. Along with Ausmus this was the winter where Smith traded Luis Gonzalez for [...]


Randy Smith: The Draft

By Blake VandeBunte • Dec 31st, 2007 • Category: Brandon Inge, Eric Munson, Jeff Weaver, Kenny Baugh, Matt Anderson, Nate Cornejo, Randy Smith, Rob Fick, Seth Greisinger

Let’s give Smith some wiggle room here.  When he was calling the shots for the Tigers, their payroll was much lower than it is now, he was not allowed to spend much money.  The Red Wings got all the money back then.  That being said, it is common knowledge that for a mid to low [...]