Posted February 2, 2010 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster RumblingsSo now that the Yankees have spurned Johnny Damon by signing Randy Winn, the Tigers are said to be where Damon wants to play in 2010. Satan’s Minion, Scott Boras, who represents Damon, recently spoke to the Detroit News about a conversation he had with his client back in December.
“I can make the Detroit Tigers a winner” [...]
Tags: Felipe Lopez, Johnny Damon, Scott Boras
Posted January 15, 2010 by John Parent under under
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Roster Moves,
Roster RumblingsGeez, it’s like the Winter Meetings all over again.
On the heels of agreeing to a contract with closer Jose Valverde, the Tigers are now reportedly engaged in talks with Johnny Damon and his agent Scott Boras. From MLB.com’s Jason Beck:
The pending arrival of Valverde had barely settled in when SI.com’s Jon Heyman suggested via Twitter [...]
Tags: Johnny Damon, Jose Valverde
Posted December 10, 2009 by John Parent under under
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Roster RumblingsThe trade became official yesterday around 4:30 pm. Unfortunately, that was just as I was leaving work, so I didn’t catch the presser. I’ll be spending the majority of my morning today reading up on it. If I find anything of note, I will point you to it.
As we noted at the time, the trade [...]
Tags: Brandon Lyon, Dusty Ryan, Freddy Dolsi, Juan Pierre, Scott Podsednik
Posted December 9, 2009 by John Parent under under
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Roster RumblingsNow that the Big Deal is all but official, the Tigers are going to be faced with a slew of questions as to what their next course of action will be. There is an impending roster crunch as two player will have to be removed from the 40-man to get under the limit. The Tigers [...]
Tags: Alex Avila, Bobby Seay, Curtis Granderson, Dave Dombrowski, Dusty Ryan, Edwin Jackson, Fu-Te Ni, Gerald Laird, Phil Coke, Robinzon Diaz
Posted December 8, 2009 by John Parent under under
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Roster Moves,
Roster RumblingsYou know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach just as the rollercoaster reaches its apex and just before you go plummeting back down? That’s exactly the feeling I have as I write this post. It’s a feeling of tremendous excitement and tremendous terror.
There are so many sources to link to in [...]
Tags: Austin Jackson, Curtis Granderson, Daniel Schlereth, Edwin Jackson, Ian Kennedy, Max Scherzer, Phil Coke