Posted December 8, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster Moves,
Roster RumblingsJust in case you were having trouble keeping up with all those twitter updates (I was), you can find out what happened in Tiger baseball here. Stay tuned, though, the winter meetings will be here all week.
First, we learned the Tigers had made a flurry on minor moves. They announced the trade of LHP Clay Rapada [...]
Tags: Adam Everett, Brad Thomas, Clay Rapada, Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson, Max Scherzer
Posted December 4, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster RumblingsMLB.com’s Jason Beck (via MLB Trade Rumors) is reporting that the Tigers and former A’s shortstop Bobby Crosby have “mutual interest“, and the Tigers could view him as their starter at short.
As Beck’s column notes, Crosby is coming off an injury shortened 2009 season where he started just two games at short, playing behind Orlando [...]
Tags: Adam Everett, Bobby Crosby
Posted December 1, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster RumblingsAccording to MLB.com’s Jason Beck (via twitter), the Tigers have extended salary arbitration offers to free agent pitchers Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon. The two players both qualify as type-B free agents, so if either or both turn down the offers and sign elsewhere, the Tigers would recieve a compensatory draft choice. The players have [...]
Tags: Adam Everett, Brandon Lyon, Fernando Rodney, Placido Polanco
Posted October 19, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009-10 Hot Stove,
Roster RumblingsThere is a lot of talk about whether or not Detroit should try to bring Placido Polanco back for another season at second base. Regardless of what they decide to do, and I’ll bet that Polly is playing elsewhere in 2010, the best area for potential upgrade is at shortstop.
When Adam Everett was signed to [...]
Tags: Adam Everett, Erick Aybar, Felipe Lopez, Jerry Hairston Jr, Maicer Izturis, Marco Scutaro, Milton Bradley, Rafael Fucal, Ryan Theriot, Scott Sizemore
Posted October 6, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 Season,
Roster MovesThe names are familiar, ones we have all cheered (and probably jeered) for most of the season. Some will be easy to forget, some we will never forget, but the cold truth of baseball is that player and coaches move on. If the Tigers cannot extend their season, we could be seeing the last of [...]
Tags: Adam Everett, Aubrey Huff, Brandon Lyon, Fernando Rodney, Jarrod Washburn, Lloyd McClendon, Placido Polanco, Tigers