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Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here . Today's AL team is the Detroit Tigers and our guest is Ian from the Tigers Blog, Bless You Boys . 1. Rumors are swirling around that the Tigers are looking to cut payroll and that Curtis...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Alright, so I know most of the discussion so far about the offseason has involved our free agents ( John Lackey , Chone Figgins , Vladimir Guerrero , and Darren Oliver ), big hitting free agents ( Jason Bay & Matt Holliday ), and trades (anyone remember a discussion about Curtis Granderson ?), but there has not been much discussion about other free agents on the market which could really help our...
The Good Phight (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
More photos » by Matt Rourke - AP Can't see through the smug (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Browse more photos » Through the first two weeks of the off-season, I haven’t heard much out of the Phillies ’ front office that’s made me happy. The payroll isn’t going up much , despite a year of record attendance and post-season revenues I assume they didn’t budget for but...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
It has been rumored that Tigers mainstays Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson and Gerald Laird are on the trading block. That may be. But Dayn Perry of Fox Sports has a different idea of what the Tigers need. In a piece labeled "10 offseason moves that need to happen" he writes: "You can make a compelling case that the Tigers haven't had a consistent shutdown closer since '84...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
MLB.com's Todd Zolecki runs down the Phillies offseason, looking at how the club is planning to improve coming off back-to-back World Series appearances. Here's some highlights: The Phillies are looking to upgrade at third base, as we've heard before. Chone Figgins figures to be too expensive for their liking, and they'll look for a shorter, more affordable contract. Zolecki names the same possibilities...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The free agent market features closers such as Mike Gonzalez, Rafael Soriano, Fernando Rodney, Jose Valverde, and Billy Wagner, plus former closers like J.J. Putz and Takashi Saito. How about the trade market? Joe Nathan, Twins. Nathan has long been among the game's best closers. He's guaranteed $24.5MM over the next two seasons, and some have wondered if the Twins might trade him as a way to clear...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
More photos » by Eric Risberg - AP Justin Duchscherer would look much better with a star on his hat. Browse more photos » Hat tip to OremLK for breaking this in the fan posts section, but Brian McTaggart has a blog post up in which Ed Wade confirms what we've all been led to believe, the Astros payroll will decrease in 2010 . Wade had a pow wow with Drayton McLane and a number was tossed...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
More photos » by John Froschauer - AP Could the Philadelphia Phillies be pointing to Fernando Rodney this offseason? And might Rodney point back at them? Browse more photos » One of the biggest differences between the 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies and the 2009 runners-up was the performance of their bullpen, specifically closer Brad Lidge . In 2008, Lidge racked up 41...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Phillies are "showing preliminary interest" in free agent reliever Fernando Rodney, according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. GM Ruben Amaro Jr. told David Murphy of the Philadelphia Daily News that he's reached out to five or six free agents, so Rodney is presumably among those. The FOX writers expect Rodney "to draw heavy interest from a large number of clubs,"...
Beerleaguer (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The 32-year-old reliever saved 37 games in 38 chances for the Tigers last season. The report, filed by FoxSports from the GM meetings in Chicago, marks the first reported Phillies free agent inquiry. Beerleaguer: Seems like yesterday when red-hot Pete Orr rumors kicked off the post-World Series hot stove one year ago. Rodney’s peripherals aren’t strong; he finished with a 4.40 ERA and 61/41...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
More photos » by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP "If you sign with the Yankees, I'll come hunt you down and kill you" Browse more photos » Let's see how good we are at predicting where this season's free agents will land. Predict who will sign where, for how much and for how long. I'll start.... John Lackey : Yankees , $18M, 4 years Vladimir Guerrero : Angels , $7M, 2 years Chone Figgins...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Tigers face quite a dilemma with their free agents, in regards to offering arbitration. Kurt Mensching tries to predict what decisions the team will make on Placido Polanco , Adam Everett , Fernando Rodney , and Brandon Lyon at Mack Avenue Tigers . MLB Trade Rumors listed their Top 50 Free Agents for 2010, and Tim Dierkes forecasts where each of them will end up. He sees the Tigers being in on...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
By now you probably have a good idea of who the Tigers' free agents are: Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon; Placido Polanco and Adam Everett; Jarrod Washburn and Aubrey Huff. Who are the key free agents elsewhere in the American League Central? A team-by-team list:
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
by Gene J. Puskar - AP Would J.J. Putz be happier (and healthier) playing for his hometown Detroit Tigers than he was with the New York Mets? View full size photo » One year after losing out on trading for reliever J.J. Putz , could the Detroit Tigers get another chance to add him to their bullpen? After the New York Post reported on Thursday night that the Mets planned to buy Putz out of his...
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MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Tigers already removed Marcus Thames and Matt Treanor from the roster today, making both players free agents, and now Lynn Henning of The Detroit News has some more hot stove talk for us... GM Dave Dombrowski replied "Nothing hot and heavy" when asked if there was any trade dialogue ongoing. The Tigers would "likely bite on an affordable two-year deal" for Fernando Rodney, but...
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