Opening Week Thoughts
Sunday, April 11th, 2010 Posted in 2010 Season, Austin Jackson, Dontrelle Willis, Jeremy Bonderman, Jose Valverde, Magglio Ordonez, Scott Sizemore | 3 Comments »I'm back. It feels good. As you have probably gathered, I have been a bit too busy to keep up with the site. However, I'm going to try and do my best from this point on out. As I write here ...
Still Waiting for Closure on a Closer
Friday, December 18th, 2009 Posted in Bobby Seay, Brandon Lyon, Cody Satterwhite, Daniel Schlereth, Dave Dombrowski, Fernando Rodney, Jeremy Bonderman, Joel Zumaya, Ryan Perry | 6 Comments »It's no secret that the closer role is currently vacant in Motown. Although GM Dave Dombrowski has made it clear that "there is no fire sale going on here!" (sigh) It's becoming crystal clear that our "closer" will more than ...
Juan Pierre a Fit in Detroit?
Sunday, December 6th, 2009 Posted in Dontrelle Willis, Jeremy Bonderman, Juan Pierre, Nate Robertson | No Comments »Full disclosure: I have always loved Juan Pierre. I always traded for him on video games. I always try to get him in fantasy leagues. There is a small rumor out there that the Dodgers are shopping Pierre and his awful ...
Team 81: The 2004 Tigers
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Posted in Carlos Guillen, Carlos Pena, Eric Munson, Fernando Vina, Gary Knotts, Ivan Rodriguez, Jeremy Bonderman, Mike Maroth, Nate Cornejo, Rondell White, Top 109 Teams | No Comments »Year: 2004 Record: 72-90 Win %: .444 Win % Change: 179 Run Differential: -17 Pythagorean Record: 79-83 AL Finish: 10th of 14 Manager: Alan Trammell Best Transaction: Traded Ramon Santiago and a minor leaguer to Seattle for Carlos Guillen. Forget that Guillen's current contract is a total albatross ...
Team 106: The 2002 Tigers
Friday, October 30th, 2009 Posted in Brandon Inge, Carlos Pena, Chris Truby, Craig Monroe, Craig Pauquette, Curtis Granderson, Dave Dombrowski, Jeremy Bonderman, Joel Zumaya, Phil Garner, Randall Simon, Randy Smith, Tony Clark, Top 109 Teams | No Comments »Year: 2002 Record: 55-106 Win %: .342 Win % Change: -65 from the year before Run Differential: -289 Pythagorean Record: 52-109 AL Finish: 14th of 14 teams Manager: Phil Garner and Luis Pujols Best Transaction: Couple of decent moves here actually. First, the Tigers drafted Curtis Granderson and ...
Team 109: The 2003 Tigers
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 Posted in Alan Trammell, Damion Easley, Dmitri Young, Jeremy Bonderman, Mike Maroth, Top 109 Teams | 4 Comments »Year: 2003 Record: 43-119 (worst Tigers record of all-time) Win %: .265 (worst) Win % Change: -77 from the year before Run Differential: -337 (worst for a Tigers team) Pythagorean Record: 49-113 AL Finish: 14th of 14 teams Manager: Alan Trammell Best Transaction: On May 22nd, the Tigers ...
The Answers
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 Posted in Jeremy Bonderman, Milton Bradley | 4 Comments »Patrick Hayes at Mlive.com has all of the answers as to how the Tigers can fix their roster before next season. A big piece of the plan involves the Tigers trading Jeremy Bonderman for Milton Bradley (funny name, insane personality). I ...
Call-Up Season
Monday, August 31st, 2009 Posted in 2009 Season, Alex Avila, Brent Clevlen, Dusty Ryan, Freddy Dolsi, Jeremy Bonderman, Zach Simons | 1 Comment »On Tuesday the Tigers, along with every other big league team, will be able to expand their 25-man roster if they feel the need. From Opening Day through August 31st, teams may only have 25 players on their roster at ...
Bondo Still Working Things Out
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Season, Jeremy Bonderman | 2 Comments »Over at Mack Avenue Tigers, JayRC (TRAITOR!!!) has an update for us on the status of the $12M man, Jeremy Bonderman: However, in his last three appearances (a span of five innings) he has surrendered just two hits while striking out ...
About That Pitching Rotation…
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 Posted in 2009 Season, Dontrelle Willis, Jeremy Bonderman, Jim Leyland | 9 Comments »The Tigers top three pitchers have been terrific season. Justin Verlander and Edwin Jackson are two of the top pitchers in the American League. Each would get plenty of votes if the Cy Young vote were to be held this ...