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Words Above Replacement: May 2012
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Wednesday's Tigers Lineup; What the Heck is Leyland Thinking? The Tigers are struggling, that's obvious. They have run into the second best offense in the American League in Boston and are scuffling to score runs. Even their ace Justin Verlander couldn't give them a win, so Manager Jim Leyland sent down the wallowing Ryan Raburn and brought up catcher Omir Santos from the Toledo Mud Hens. Why would he do that? First off, what the hell is Leyland thinking? Santos was needed specif...
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Words Above Replacement: February 2013
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Tigers Octavio Dotel says Miguel Cabrera isn't a leader. Octavio Dotel has been on 13 teams and in 752 MLB games, meaning that he knows what goes on in the locker room and what needs to be said in crunch time. Which is perhaps why Dotel told Yahoo! Sports that teammate Miguel Cabrera was not a leader because he didn't call a team meeting during the World Series last season. Detroit tigers 2013 spring training. Tuesday, February 12, 2013. 2013 American League Predictions.
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Words Above Replacement: November 2012
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Friday, November 23, 2012. Detroit Tigers Top Ten Prospects for 2013. After trading away two of the two top prospects in the Tigers farm system during the 2012 season, what is left on the farm that could help Detroit in the near future? Jake Thompson and Austin Schotts were both drafted by the Tigers in 2012. Thompson has a good arm and is capable of making hitters miss, but he is still very raw and will require several more years in the minors before he will be ready to break into the big leagues. The T...
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Words Above Replacement: December 2012
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Thursday, December 27, 2012. Tigers Unveil New Batting Practice Hats. Because fans would revolt if their team changed their uniforms each season, the MLB has decided to take its fashion."sense" out on the batting practice hats for all 30 teams each year, and this year's crop of BP hats are exceptionally horrific. Some of the new designs do work well, notably the Houston Astros', but the alternate color front panel with a different colored brim just doesn't work with many teams, namely the Tigers. It's gr...
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Words Above Replacement: October 2012
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Tigers Lloyd McClendon Is Candidate for Marlins Job. UPDATE: McClendon has missed out on the Marlins job and will return to the Detroit Tigers next season and continue serving as the hitting coach. However, there may be more than just the one coaching move come next season. After a disappointing season in Miami, the Marlins have fired manager Ozzie Guillen and are now looking for his replacement. Apparently the "all-Latin team" went out the window when the Marlins rec...Tiger...
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Words Above Replacement: July 2012
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012. Tigers Farm System Ranks Near Bottom in MLB. ESPN's Keith Law recently ranked all of the farm systems in Major League Baseball, and the Detroit Tigers didn't fair that well. Law had the Tigers ranked as No. 24 out of the 30 teams and their farm systems; there were only two redeeming parts of the farm system that kept it from falling lower than 24th. He has been playing some games in the outfield lately for Erie, but is still considered to be a third base prospect and Dave Dombrows...
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Words Above Replacement: September 2012
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Friday, September 21, 2012. The Detroit Tigers need to clean house. In light of Francona's hiring by the Cleveland Indians, it would be the right move for Detroit to hire Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pitching coach Mike Butcher as the next manager. Indictment of Dave Dombrowski. Last season general manager Dave Dombrowski signed a four-year contract extension with the Tigers through the 2015 season. That however, may have been a bit premature. It took Dombrowski until August of the 2012 season to realiz...
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Words Above Replacement: Why Ex-Tiger Jack Morris Should Not Be a Hall of Famer
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Saturday, January 5, 2013. Why Ex-Tiger Jack Morris Should Not Be a Hall of Famer. With the Baseball Writers Association of America preparing to vote the next class of players into Cooperstown on Jan. 9th, there are several players who are making a push for the Hall that statistically do not deserve it. There are others, that are being overlooked that are indeed worthy of enshrinement. Morris is close to reaching that magic 75 percent of the vote, but should he even be this close? In fact, Morris' career...
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Words Above Replacement: August 2012
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012. What Should the Tigers 2013 Bullpen Look Like? First off, lose Jose Valverde. Yes, it was impossible for him to repeat his performance from the 2011 campaign in which he converted 49 of 49 save opportunities. He also appeared in a career-high 75 games in 2011, but things haven't been as smooth this season. There are too many young arms in this organization to throw money away on someone who gets their nickname from a spud. In 2012, Below has a 3.38 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP, n...Phil ...
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