The Tigers just sewed up the central division...in December. Now I know that's not saying much, with the worthless Royals, the sell happy Twins, and the "ready to return to mediocrity" Indians.
It remains to be seen whether you guys have done enough to compete with the Yanks and Sox. I guess I'll root for you.....even though you've just tried to beat them at pretty much their own game. Incidentally, did you see that the Marlin's opening day pay roll stands to be at about $10 million....for the ENTIRE TEAM??? Cripes. On Dec 5, 2007 8:49 PM, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, quite an off-season for the Detroit Tigers. > > Third base was a weakness - at least offensively. Now the Tigers have > Miguel Cabrera, whom I can only describe as a "stud". Good for 30 > homers, 100 RBI, solid batting average and on base... > > Carlos Guillen was a pathetic defensive shortstop. Now we have Edgar > Renteria, who can hit pretty well and is excellent defensively too. > > Sean Casey was slow as molasses, had no power, and a crappy on base > percentage. Well now we've got Guillen's offensive power at a > position where he will hopefully cause less damage defensively :) > > How's this for a top 7 lineup: > > #1 Curtis Granderson (CF) > #2 Miguel Cabrera (3B/LF) > #3 Carlos Guillen (1B) > #4 Gary Sheffield (DH) > #5 Magglio Ordonez (RF) > #6 Edgar Renteria (SS) > #7 Placido Polanco (2B) > #8 - Ivan Rodriguez (C) > #9 - Jones / Thames/ Inge (LF/3B) > > And now the starting rotation with Dontrell Willis looks solid too... > > Jeremy Bonderman > Justin Verlander > Dontrell Willis > Kenny Rogers > Nate Robertson > > (in no particular order).... > > Now if only we had a closer who didn't SUCK.. The bullpen has me > worried, with Zumaya out (and we wonder if he'll ever come back at > 100%)... Jones is always a rollercoaster ride. > > But one things for sure... the Tigers are a LOT better suited to > contend this year. They gave up the farm for Willis and Cabrera, but > I think it might've been worth it... it's not like we traded the farm > for two old farts.... these are young stars, age 25 and 26. Florida > will probably enjoy having Andrew Miller and CAmeron Maybin though.. > maybe even this year. > > -- > Rick Root > Check out CFMBB, BlogCFM, ImageCFC, ImapCFC, CFFM, and more at > www.opensourcecf.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247740 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
