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I love the offseason in baseball. Love it. I love the trade rumors. I love the rumors about whoÆs going where and how much theyÆre going to get when they arrive. I love all the work and research people do during the offseason as well as the prospect lists. There are two things about the offseason I donÆt much care for. One is when the Tigers do dumb things or are rumored ...

I've spent several thousand words discussing roster moves the Tigers are faced with in terms of free agents and arbitration eligible players. What follows is a roster comprised of the remaining players with their salaries (according to my previous posts).á Infield Gerald Laird, C, $4M Miguel Cabrera, 1B, $20Má Scott Sizemore, 2B, $0.4Má Brandon Inge, 3B, $6.6Má Adam Everett, SS, $1.5Má Outfield Carlos ...

The next step in this series of looks at roster moves that face the Tigers is to look at the arbitration eligible players who don’t have the option of turning their team down. These are players with three or more years of service time (usually—it’s explained here ) who are still under team control, but get to negotiate their salary through arbitration. The team offers and instead of having the option ...

This is the fourth installment of a series in which I ponder personnel decisions that need to be made regarding players who were on the team in 2009. You can read the first three here , here and here . Today, IÆm going to look at the final player who has the option of becoming a free agent, Adam Everett.á Everett was a bit of a surprise early in the season. A ...

The Tigers face a number of arbitration situations this offseason, and a fair number of them involve players who could potentially net the Tigers some extra draft picks. Today, I'm going to kickoff a series in which I will look at each of these players. I'm going to start with Brandon Lyon because, well, he's the first one of these players who came to mind.á According to Eddie Bajek's fine work ...

I was watching the Tigers game the other day and in the first inning, the Tigers batted around. It was fun to watch, obviously, but something about it struck me. There really aren't any Tigers' hitters who are outperforming what I would call reasonable expectations at the plate. The Tigers have 13 players right now who have made at least 100 plate appearances this season. Of those 13, 12 are still ...

With the minor league regular season being over, you’re going to hear a lot of talk in the offseason about the Tigers’ system being shallow and relatively weak. I agree with that idea, to a point. There isn’t a lot of blue-chip talent and most agree Jacob Turner, Andy Oliver, and Daniel Fields are all immediately among the system’s 10 best prospects.  That may be, but I also think another story ...

I expect the Tigers to name their Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year soon. In my mind, the Pitcher of the Year is a slam dunk for Casey Crosby. He had a dominant season that saw him do well whether you go with traditional stats or dig deeper into the stats we use to determine whether a player has potential. The traditional stats are what win players these awards, ...

I've been thinking about Brandon Inge quite a bit lately. One reason is at some point this season, I placed an over/under bet with my friend on the number of home runs he'd hit this season. I put the number at 28 and my friend took the over. The next homer Brandon hits will mean my wife and I don't get a free "reasonable" night out. Assuming there is another home ...