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The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
... 4.5 wins to the negative. The Tigers saw declines at every position except for left field, where Matt Joyce fared very well in his part time play. He more than compensated for Marcus Thames who in the past had been an averag-ish fielder. The declines at first, second, and short weren’t terribly significant. Polanco was nearly as good as last year, and Cabrera wasn’t appreciably worse...
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Open Book: A Sports Blog (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... Tigers trading Magglio Ordonez is who would take his place in the lineup. I did like some things Matt Joyce did last season, but is he ready to be an every day player in the major leagues? Will he ever be? I’m not sure. The Tigers need to be careful about their offense. They might not get much production from the catcher, third base and shortstop positions.- What I have liked best...
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Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
... numbers. Today, he has the . If you scroll down on his site you can also find other positions. Matt Joyce was +9 plays better than expected for an average left fielder and Marcus Thames was at -19. Keep in mind that the sample sizes for these two are small so the numbers might not be total reliable. In the past, Thames had done surprisingly well on this system. Magglio Ordonez was...
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Baseball Musings (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
... rotation, and fill in the rest of the spots with league-minimum players under club control (like Matt Joyce).