Placido Polanco didn’t receive an arbitration offer from the Tigers, making him all the more valuable on the open market. He didn’t last long on that open market and is reportedly heading to the Philadelphia Phillies.
It is being reported that Polanco is getting a 3-year deal worth $18M. There is a mutual option for the [...]
Year: 2005
Record: 71-91
Win %: .438
Win % Change: -6
Run Differential: -64
Pythagorean Record: 75-87
AL Finish: 11th of 14
Manager: Alan Trammell
Best Transaction: Signing Magglio Ordonez as a free agent. The Tigers made their second major free agent splash in two seasons with the signing of Magglio. I’m ignoring his semi-bad contract here and focusing solely on the Tigers [...]
The Good
These days Placido Polanco is resembling well… Placido Polanco. In the last ten games Polanco is 19/48 and batting .396, raising his average on the season to a more respectable .276. Sunday afternoons clutch single in the eighth brought in the go ahead run. Polanco was my pick to turn things around after the All-Star break on our [...]
I don’t mean to pile on top of a guy while he’s down, but has anyone noticed that Placido Polanco seems to be striking out more than he used to?
Polanco’s numbers have been down across the board this season and he’s even starting to strike out a bit. Now, with that being said, he still [...]
Last night was yet another example of how frustrating this game can be. I was more than happy to see a soft throwing south paw on the hill for KC, something we seem to feast on. Call me crazy I just assumed we would go out there and knock Bruce Chen out of the game [...]
Placido Polanco has been a tremendous bargain. First, the Tigers gave up Ugueth Urbina to get the guy and Urbina has basically been in prison since then. So that worked out pretty well. He’s also been healthy most of the time, has been a great hitter at times and a great fielder as well. Finally, [...]
After what seemed like an eternity the bats finally woke up to lift our Detroit Tigers to a three game sweep over Milwaukee. The offense was able to put up twenty eight hits and nineteen runs in the first two games to help the back end of the rotation pick up two very important games. [...]
GAME SUMMARY:
Final Score: Detroit 7 Chicago 6
WP: Brandon Lyon (2-3): 2 innings, 1 H, 2 BB, 0 ER, 4 K
LP: Scott Linebrink (2-4): 1 inning, 1 H, 2 BB, 1 ER, 0 K
HR: Brian Anderson (2), Brandon Inge (13), Miguel Cabrera (11)
The Tigers took several leads only to have their wild pitching staff let [...]
Just for kicks, I spent some time messing around on Baseball Reference to see if anything interesting popped up about the Tigers. Here are some sorry stats. Don’t kill the messenger.
This is only mildly disappointing. Since his hot start, Brandon Inge has come back down to earth. From the start of [...]
GAME SUMMARY:
Final Score: Detroit 2 Los Angeles 1
WP: Edwin Jackson (6-3): 9 innings, 4 H, 1 BB, 1 ER, 5 K, 109 pitches
LP: Kelvim Escobar (0-1): 5 innings, 4 H, 4 BB, 2 ER, 5 K
HR: None
For the second night in a row the Tigers and Angels played a 2-1 game at Comerica Park. Tonight, [...]