Bunt Singles: Groundhog Day
posted in 2007-08 offseason |Phil saw his shadow; we’ll have six more weeks of winter. To most of the country, that sounds bad. Here in the Midwest we’re thinking “Only six week left? Thank God.”
- Ian and Mike start new baseball site
Just want to start off the top by mentioning Ian (Bless You Boys) and Mike (Daily Fungo) have launched a new Web site, Baseball Blend. That’s always something I wanted to do, do more stuff outside Tigers world. I never seem to find the time. I’m sure they’ll be a fun, informative read, so check it out.
- Lee needs your projections
At Tigers Tales, Lee is trying to get the best guess from as many baseball fans as possible on how certain Tigers will do statistically. He started with Pudge Rodriguez, and has since opened it up to Magglio Ordonez. He’s waiting for a few more opinions, so go add your best guesses.
- A.L. to Johan Santana: Goodbye and Good riddance!
Santana was traded to the Mets this week, signed a six year, 137.5M deal with them last night and is now gone from the American League. While that could potentially come back to haunt the A.L. in the World Series, until then, the I think teams around the league breathed a sigh of relief. The Twins got some prospects and mixed reaction from around the league.
- Lynn Henning thinks about Miguel Cabrera’s contract
Henning, looking for something to write about, decided to ponder how much Cabrera might make. He comes to similar conclusion as Jon Paul Morosi at the Freep a few weeks back: the Tigers could benefit if Cabrera wants to become a free agent at age 30. That gives Detroit six of his potential Hall of Fame season, in the meantime hoping he really likes Detroit and is happy to only play for $30M per year by then.
Remember when we thought Magg’s $75M-105M contract was a lot of money? Now that’s two or three seasons for some players.
- Baseball Prospectus released its PECOTA projections
Which is a good reminder that I need to re-up my subscription real soon.
For a light hitting, slow first baseman, Casey sure does have his big name suitors. From the cellar of Pittsburgh, he escaped to play in the World Series for Detroit in 2006 and now he’ll be back in the playoffs in Boston (in all likelyhood). Good story for one of baseball’s good guys.
Sphere It
The Santana thing certainly worked out ideally for us. We don’t have to face him 3 or 4 times per year and neither of our big-spending rivals for the AL pennant got him. As a baseball fan, though, it’s shame to see a quality organization like the Twins continue to give up their star players.