Are big changes coming?

[STLTiger69]

Signing Fielder was a video-game move which nobody saw coming, so why not make another video-game move? Anyway, I'm pretty sure Gehringer knows there is little chance of Fielder being traded. He's just taking theoretically.

+1

I don't see the harm in throwing ideas out to the forum even if they are more of a "what if" sort of thing. Sometimes "what-ifs' actually become a viable possibility in time. It's true some ideas are better than others (God knows I've had my share of bad ones too) but overall the idea is to prompt thoughtful discussion through posts on the forum. Post them if you got them...

[Hart]

Signing Fielder was a video-game move which nobody saw coming, so why not make another video-game move? Anyway, I'm pretty sure Gehringer knows there is little chance of Fielder being traded. He's just taking theoretically.

I would agree with this. It's fun to talk trade proposals but there is very little chance anything happens. If Kenny Williams was our GM, then I think something actually might happen.

I know we have beat this horse to death already but I just have to put my 2 cents in again for the status quo. Move Fielder to DH, Cabrera to first, and start building a defense orientated team around them. Or I will even settle for what others are proposing...leave Miggy and Prince where they are and start building a better defensive team around them. (I just can't stand Fielder at first but this is better than nothing).

[Nastradamus]

Its possible Prince could be anywhere from a 2-5 WAR guy as a DH. If he was towards the 4 or 5 range, he wouldn't be such a terrible investment. The list of DHs right now is quite unimpressive. Would Victor be considered a better defender at 1B than Prince by chance?

[Hart]

Its possible Prince could be anywhere from a 2-5 WAR guy as a DH. If he was towards the 4 or 5 range, he wouldn't be such a terrible investment. The list of DHs right now is quite unimpressive. Would Victor be considered a better defender at 1B than Prince by chance?

That's an interesting question. Martinez has almost a full season of games played at first base and has a UZR a little less than even. My guess is that he would be an upgrade over Prince because he moves a little better and is a little taller...just a complete guess though.

I think a 3-5 WAR is obtainable for Prince the majority of his contract. It is still a bad investment anyway you look at it but at least it is an investment that can still help the team quite a bit. We just need a General Manager who is shrewd with the players he fills out the rest of the defense with.

[Gehringer_2]

That's an interesting question. Martinez has almost a full season of games played at first base and has a UZR a little less than even. My guess is that he would be an upgrade over Prince because he moves a little better and is a little taller...just a complete guess though.

I think a 3-5 WAR is obtainable for Prince the majority of his contract. It is still a bad investment anyway you look at it but at least it is an investment that can still help the team quite a bit. We just need a General Manager who is shrewd with the players he fills out the rest of the defense with.

Victor looked pretty horrible at some points last season, but a lot of that could have been the knees.

But that is the lesser problem. Unless he is better than he has been showing so far, or improves (which prolly = LOSES WEIGHT!), Prince's D is so porous that I just don't believe it would be hard to find a 1b who provided the same total net of offense plus defense. I mean a good fielding 1b could probably OPS 100 points lower and still be a net improvement to what Prince is doing now. The game today was pretty std for him - couldn't make a good throw to 2nd on a pick-off and bobbled a grounder going to his right that he should have left for Worth. That is 2 outs not made in one game - which seems to be about what he is averaging. That is really a pretty huge deficit to have to hit enough to overcome.

At any rate the point I started out to make is that I don't think the problem is the difficulty of finding an equivalent or better 1b, it's figuring out how to get Prince off the bag.

[Nastradamus]

That's an interesting question. Martinez has almost a full season of games played at first base and has a UZR a little less than even. My guess is that he would be an upgrade over Prince because he moves a little better and is a little taller...just a complete guess though.

I think a 3-5 WAR is obtainable for Prince the majority of his contract. It is still a bad investment anyway you look at it but at least it is an investment that can still help the team quite a bit. We just need a General Manager who is shrewd with the players he fills out the rest of the defense with.

Tough to say that's a bad investment IMO. Maybe in pure statistical terms(though technically he needs to be worth 4.6 WAR to be worth his money annually), but he is a fan draw, a rare commodity and you have to overpay a little on the open market. I think him and Victor maybe share 1B and DH the next few years.

[zimm]

rudy jarimillo has been fired by the cubs. he is the answer to the question "if we fire lloyd, who is out there that will definitely be better than lloyd ?" (although personally, i think pretty much anyone would be better than lloyd, and have said since day 1 that he should never have been hired in any capacity.)

[redshark63]

rudy jarimillo has been fired by the cubs. he is the answer to the question "if we fire lloyd, who is out there that will definitely be better than lloyd ?" (although personally, i think pretty much anyone would be better than lloyd, and have said since day 1 that he should never have been hired in any capacity.)

Cubs OPS: .689
Tigers OPS: .742

So either Jaramillo is not as good as advertised or the Cubs' players are just not good regardless of the batting coach.

Feel free to substitute "McClendon", "bad", and "Tigers" for "Jaramillo", "good", and "Cubs" for perspective.

[irvink]

The Cubs' players are not good regardless of the batting coach.

[redshark63]

The Cubs' players are not good regardless of the batting coach.

In that case, either they would be a whole lot worse without him or the impact of a batting coach is overrated.

[pyrotigers]

Well for some crazy reason the Dodgers just gave piles of money to Andre Ethier so they can enjoy his probably sub replacement level age 33-35 seasons, I guess we can't foist Prince off on them. Alas.

[toadhunter911]

From Gage's twitter...

Tom_Gage

not unusual, but sometimes significant, #Tigers Leyland and Dombrowski meeting behind closed doors right now - more moves coming?

[TJ]

From Gage's twitter...

Tom_Gage

not unusual, but sometimes significant, #Tigers Leyland and Dombrowski meeting behind closed doors right now - more moves coming?

If a move is coming involving somebody on the current roster, that player has to be held out of action.

I doubt it's anything more than that.

[Alex]

From Gage's twitter...

Tom_Gage

not unusual, but sometimes significant, #Tigers Leyland and Dombrowski meeting behind closed doors right now - more moves coming?

And after the game per gage's twitter:

could be multiple moves Thursday morning for #Tigers

Thursday morning could be a busy one for #Tigers - "but I don't have anything for you tonight" said Leyland

Hmm, FWIW Brantly (LH C) has been hitting well this year at AA & AAA. Maybe Dirk's being out longer also initiates something...

[tiger337]

Gage has been around a long time and isn't one to create drama. Something will probably happen.

[STLTiger69]

Gage has been around a long time and isn't one to create drama. Something will probably happen.

Yea, good catch, Gage does seem to ge going nuts tonight like he's stuck in a seminar and can't sneak out to go pee...

Tom Gage via twitter;

-whatever it is, or whatever the #Tigers moves are, it sounds like they'll happen early on Thursday

-trade, up-and-down move, maybe both, can't rule anything out right now for Thursday morning with #Tigers - mum's the word in clubhouse, tho

-could be multiple moves Thursday morning for #Tigers

-Thursday morning could be a busy one for #Tigers - "but I don't have anything for you tonight" said Leyland

Twitter


Yea, thanks Gage, not like I don't have any trouble sleeping now. What is this all about?!?

[Yoda]

You can bet Matt Young will go down.

Ben Guez up?

Other than that I don't see many moves being made. Boesch was a good candidate a week ago, but he's been killing the ball all of a sudden. I really can't think of anyone in the minors trying to force their way up, and other than Porcello I can't think of anyone else on the roster that needs to be sent down. I don't see that happening though because there aren't any starters worth calling up at this point.

This year has really shown just how bare and worthless the minor league system is, outside of a couple guys that just aren't ready yet.

[BornOnThe4th]

You gotta believe Matt Young is gone. I mean, he can't do anything at the plate.

[TurnerHasHYPE]

Young down, Vlad signed?

[STLTiger69]

Young down, Vlad signed?

lol,... please no....

[zimm]

delmon released, vlad signed? they're kinda the same player, except that vlad was once great and is more brittle, while delmon was never great and is more retarded.

[STLTiger69]

delmon released, vlad signed? they're kinda the same player, except that vlad was once great and is more brittle, while delmon was never great and is more retarded.

I'll go out on a limb and say Delmon Young is still a LF compared to Vladimir Guerrero who is virtually DH only. For a team that might be trying to shore up it's team defense, it would be a odd move.

[tiger337]

Tigers expected to announce roster moves Thursday | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com

But manager Jim Leyland, while saying, "I have nothing for you tonight," told reporters when there still were several in his office following the game, "If I were you, I'd be here early" on Thursday.

"There's a whole bunch going on."

[STLTiger69]

Tigers expected to announce roster moves Thursday | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com


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I hope this is unrelated;

•Amid heavy trade talk, Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster had a long chat with Theo Epstein in the stands of Wrigley Field before today's game, according to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com. Dempster told Muskat that the two discussed an upcoming fundraiser. Meanwhile, some execs believe that the hurler could be moved early, perhaps even before the All-Star break.


Amid trade rumors, Dempster talks with Epstein | cubs.com: News

[thefunk]

Vlad's agent's name is Bean Stringfellow. That's not a joke.

It's like if you asked me to think up a cartoon name for Dombrowski. It fits pretty well.


"Hello there! My name is Bean. Bean Stringfellow."

[Yoda]

Tigers expected to announce roster moves Thursday | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com


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Very rare for Jim or Dave to be making comments like this... weird.

[Yoda]

Kind of out of left field here, but I'm going to predict some sort of change in coaching. As in Lloyd to bench coach, and someone like Durham the new hitting coach.

[ROMAD1]

This is gonna be interesting. Mister illitch must be making his feelings known. And theo is right there.

[redshark63]

Kind of out of left field here, but I'm going to predict some sort of change in coaching. As in Lloyd to bench coach, and someone like Durham the new hitting coach.

In an effort to improve the team's fielding woes, the Detroit Tigers have replaced fielding coach Rafael Beliard with Tigers legend Lou Whitaker.

[Truth]

Very rare for Jim or Dave to be making comments like this... weird.

Yes it is weird. DD usually doesn't say anything and JL rarely says anything that might disrespect somebody on the roster.

[Oblong]

I don't anticpate anything outside of the organization as that would mean it was already agreed upon last night, for Leyland to say such a thing, and if that were true we'd have heard by now.

We'll swap 4th string catchers and 12th men on the pitching staffs.... huge.

[ROMAD1]

I don't anticpate anything outside of the organization as that would mean it was already agreed upon last night, for Leyland to say such a thing, and if that were true we'd have heard by now.

We'll swap 4th string catchers and 12th men on the pitching staffs.... huge.

Sveum likes Fielder?

[ROMAD1]

Raburn back, Smyly to DL...that from Jon Paul Morosi's twitter

[JustinCylander]

Raburn back, Smyly to DL...that from Jon Paul Morosi's twitter

Good thing we called him back up, he was mashing it down in Toledo...

[ROMAD1]

I thought it would be Fister for Blister

[STLTiger69]

Raburn back, Smyly to DL...that from Jon Paul Morosi's twitter

What the?

Raburn hits .194 in AAA and he's back?

Did Morosi's twitter post say anything about just giving up?

[Truth]

Raburn back, Smyly to DL...that from Jon Paul Morosi's twitter

Seriously? That just makes me angry. I was hoping not to see Raburn again.

[Oblong]

I knew it'd be garbage....

because that's really all that is left now.
What else are they supposed to do? Smyly has to go on DL and you bring up a position player... who is a better candidate?

[Euphdude]

What in the blue you-know-what did Raburn do to deserve being called back up so quickly?

[ROMAD1]

Wait for it...

Sources: #Tigers have interest in trading for Carlos Quentin. He has a scorching 1.463 OPS in 12 games with #Padres since returning from DL.

Morosi again