http://www.detroit-tigers.org Detroit Tigers Blog Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:59:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.detroit-tigers.org/2009/10/21/the-detroit-tigers-will-likely-be-shopping-for-bargains-in-free-agency/ http://www.detroit-tigers.org/2009/10/21/the-detroit-tigers-will-likely-be-shopping-for-bargains-in-free-agency/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:59:22 +0000 admin http://www.detroit-tigers.org/?p=115 The Detroit Tigers will likely need infield and bullpen help for the 2010 season but they will be shopping in the bargain bin. To replace Placido Polanco at 2B the Tigers will likely contact Felipe Lopez, Ronnie Belliard and Adam Kennedy. None of those names jump off the page but Lopez has the highest upside of that bunch. At shortstop Juan Uribe and Alex Gonzalez might be of some interest to the Tigers. The Tigers could be in the market for a new closer with Fernando Rodney likely moving on so Billy Wagner, Rafael Soriano, Mike Gonzalez and Kevin Gregg will likely be considered. If they choose Gregg for some reason then they will have to make sure the set-up crew is pretty good. Set up relievers who might be in the Tigers’ price range include guys like Danys Baez, Kiko Calero, Brendan Donnelly, Bobby Howry, Russ Springer or David Weathers. None of those guys are anything to write home about though.

]]> http://www.detroit-tigers.org/2009/10/21/the-detroit-tigers-will-likely-be-shopping-for-bargains-in-free-agency/feed/ 0 http://www.detroit-tigers.org/2009/10/21/the-detroit-tigers-have-a-bunch-of-key-free-agents-that-they-need-to-make-decisions-on/ http://www.detroit-tigers.org/2009/10/21/the-detroit-tigers-have-a-bunch-of-key-free-agents-that-they-need-to-make-decisions-on/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:52:26 +0000 admin http://www.detroit-tigers.org/?p=113 The Tigers have a lot of work to do this winter. They don’t really have the cash to spend like the big market teams so it will be interesting what they do with their own free agents. Placido Polanco, Adam Everett, Aubrey Huff, Jarrod Washburn, Brandon Lyon and Fernando Rodney are all set for new contracts. The Tigers would love to bring back Polanco but he will likely get a good offer from another team. The Tigers will let both Adam Everett and Aubrey Huff walk away as they will try to find improvements on them. Now in the bullpen Fernando Rodney likely priced him out of Detroit with the year he had as some team might be willing to give him 8-10 million bucks a year. Brandon Lyon would likely return to Detroit if they promised him the closer’s job but is that something the Tigers really want to commit to? Jarrod Washburn was awful with the Tigers after coming over from the Mariners. In a perfect world the Tigers would get to keep Polanco, Lyon and Rodney but that is not realistic with the payroll the Tigers will likely operate with next season.

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