Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
If you’re like me, you aren’t crazy about the rumors you’re hearing coming out of the Tigers’ camp. If they want to deal Gerald Laird and give Alex Avila and maybe even Dusty Ryan a more prominent role with the big club, that’s fine. If they want to do what they think is selling high [...]
Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... This was not upsetting news because Laird is coming off an awful offensive season and they've got Alex Avila and Dusty Ryan waiting in the wings. They would certainly miss Laird's throwing arm but he's not indispensable. The really disconcerting news for Tigers fans came on Wednesday when it was rumored that center fielder was available. Granderson has his faults to be sure. He is...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... I never would have expected FredFred to win this award… I was totally expecting it to be, um… uh… Alex Avila and his 61 at-bats! Obviously Porcello richly deserved some recognition for the season he just had– 14 wins and a sub-4 ERA while he’s still too young to legally get drunk off his rump– but it’s not like this was a tight race with a veritable horde of Tigers rookies getting...
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... as well. 2010 prediction: Sizemore finishes no worse than third in the Rookie of the Year vote. 4. Alex Avila , C, Grade B In 2009, Lord Avila blew away any expectations Tigers fans and prospect watchers had for him. He reminded Tigers fans what it’s like to have a catcher who can actually hit (see Laird, Gerald; Treanor, Matt; and Sardhina, Dane). Expect him and Laird...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Next up in our Offseason Outlook series, the Tigers. Their likely commitments for 2010: C - Gerald Laird - $2.8MM+ C - Alex Avila - $400K 1B - Miguel Cabrera - $20MM 2B - Scott Sizemore - $400K SS - Ramon Santiago - $825K+ 3B - Brandon Inge - $6.6MM IF - Brent Dlugach - $400K LF - Carlos Guillen - $13MM CF - Curtis Granderson - $5.5MM RF - Magglio Ordonez - $18MM OF - Ryan Raburn - $410K...
