After another inspiring performance by Nate Robertson last night, I thought I would open a discussion about awarding a 2008 Tiger LVP. There are plenty of candidates and they each make a strong case. But, there can be only one.
Edgar Renteria
Put aside the fact that we gave up a promising young pitcher in the trade [...]
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Least Valuable Tiger Award (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged 2008, billy rouech, brandon inge, detroit free press, detroit news, detroit tigers, dettigers, edgar renteria, fernando rodney, gary sheffield, jim leyland, least valuable player, LVP, lynn henning, mike rouech, nate roberston, sabermetrics on August 21, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Lack of accountability (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged attitude, billy rouech, detroit tigers, dettigers, edgar renteria, fernando rodney, jim leyland, lack of accountability, mike rouech, paws, sabermetrics on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Jim Leyland has always been a players manager. He sticks up for his guys and I admire him for that.
That said, I feel a lack of accountability has permeated the clubhouse, and much of it rests on Jim Leyland. Since Sunday’s meltdown I’ve been waiting patiently for heads to roll. The fact that Fernando [...]
Dumb and Dumber (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged billy rouech, detroit tigers, dettigers, dumb and dumber, fernando rodney, jim leyland, miguel cabrera, mike rouech, my little pony, nate robertson on July 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A starting pitcher with an ERA approaching 7? A closer with an ERA nearing 6? Robertson and Rodney are quite the dynamic duo. How can Leyland justify trotting these clowns out there? I suppose you could argue we don’t have much choice. Then again, blowing 6-0 leads, giving up 8 runs in 3 innings, walking [...]
Carlos settling in (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged brandon inge, carlos guillen, carlos mencia, detroit tigers, dettigers, jim leyland, miguel cabrera, radar, sabermetrics on June 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Tigers have won 6 games in a row and it seems most everything is suddenly going their way. Thames is hitting the hell out of the ball, the Inge/Rodriguez platoon at catcher is working to keep them both fresh and engaged, the starting pitching has been solid, and the bullpen is getting healthy.
One thing that may [...]
Leyland has lost his freaking mind. (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged abbott and costello, detroit tigers, dettigers, jeff larish, jim leyland, lloyd mcclendon, miguel carbrera, mistake, random, who's on first on June 4, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Why the hell is Jeff Larish batting 5th in the order? It’s one thing to give the kid a chance, but moving down Cabrera in the order for him? It’s ludacris.
So naturally Larish comes to bat in a key situation in the 6th inning today. Tigers trailed 3-2 with the bases loaded and one out. Larish [...]
McClendon out? (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged adam sandler, detroit tigers, dettigers, goat song, hitting coach, jim leyland, lloyd mcclendon, scapegoat on June 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Time may be running out for hitting coach Lloyd McClendon. Tigers hitters are still struggling to find consistency with what should be a dynamic lineup. Based on Leyland’s quotes following last night’s loss, Lloyd might be held accountable.
“Sometimes it almost appears we’re sitting around waiting to be beat. We act like a club that’s afraid [...]
Seattle slew… (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged detroit tigers, dettigers, horse, jim leyland, marcus thames, sabermetrics, seattle slew on May 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Tigers are gearing up for another series against the lowly Mariners. Pitching matchups look pretty good, we have Verlander going, and Seattle is starting a couple pitchers with ERA’s over 5. If only we could play the Mariners and Yankees exclusively, maybe we could turn this thing around.
Marcus Thames is expected to start again tonight, [...]
Crash course in Sabermetrics (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged baseball, bill james, detroit tigers, dettigers, jim leyland, sabermetrics, sparky anderson, statistics on May 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
I’ve often referenced the science of sabermetrics on this blog, but have only lightly touched on exactly what it entails. On this post I’ll try to highlight a few basic fundamentals, which should help to give support for many of my arguments.
Essentially, sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence (mainly statistics). Bill [...]
Questioning Leyland (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged cabrera, cruceta, detroit tigers, dettigers, jim leyland, questioning, sabermetrics, skip, strange rabbit on May 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
We owe a lot to Jim Leyland. He seemed to pull all the right strings in guiding us through an exciting 2006 season. He could do no wrong and was the toast of Detroit.
It’s no longer 2006. When are we allowed to start questioning his moves?
In my opinion, he’s done a terrible job of handling his [...]
Help is on the way (detroit tigers)
Posted in Latest News, tagged detroit tigers, dettigers, fernando rodney, flame thrower, florida, guitar hero, heat, injury, jim leyland, joel zumaya, malone, vance wilson on May 23, 2008 | 19 Comments »
Joel Zumaya, Fernando Rodney and Vance Wilson are all scheduled to make their season debuts this weekend in an extended spring training game in Florida.
Getting Zumaya back could be a big boost. The flame thrower has not pitched yet this year, suffering the all too common dropped box on the shoulder injury. It was bound to [...]
