This article is courtesy of our friends at McCovey Chronicles Written by: Grant Brisbee All I wanted from the offseason was an average offense. I knew that the middle infield was going to struggle offensively, but with Posey back, and Cabrera and Pagan possibly helping out, I had secret, shameful hopes of a completely ordinary …
Tag Archive: Cabrera
Apr
17
Why is Brandon Inge still on the Tigers?
This article is courtesy of our friends at Bless You Boys Written by: Tigerdog1 Like a kid with an Oreo cookie, I’m going to just go straight to the middle, to the heart of the matter, and give you the answer first. In a word, the answer is “loyalty.” It has nothing to do with …
Feb
07
Tigers Fan 2012 Hopes & Fears
This article is courtesy of our friends at Bless You Boys Written by: johnmoz As a baseball fan, I regularly mix wild optimism with Tokarzian despair and expectation of 2008/163-level disaster. With one of the Tigers’ most anticipated seasons in living memory only weeks away, I thought I’d share what the devils and angels are …
Jan
25
Fielder Pushes Dunn Deal Off List of Division’s Biggest Contracts
This article is courtesy of our friends at South Side Sox Written by: Jim Margalus In his evaluation of the Prince Fielder signing and its impact on the division, U-God noted that the Detroit Tigers just filled out the biggest contract in AL Central history. That made me wonder what the competition looked like, and here’s …
Jan
21
Royals Turning Corner
This article is courtesy of our friends at Baseball Me Love 2011 was the dawn of a new era for the Royals. Their minor league organization was lauded by many as the best system that year. The players started to fulfill on that promise by winning championships at Double A when the Northwest Arkansas Naturals …
Dec
06
Aftershocks of the Werthquake…
Not to beat a dead horse but I just need to get the rest of this off of my chest. This Jayson Werth deal that was signed yesterday for 7 years, $126 million is the 15th highest contract in MLB history. That equates to an average of $18 million a year. The amount the Washington …





