That’s not normal????

While I wouldn’t say I’m a general baseball fan above being a Tigers fan, I would say that I’d rather see USA win it all before Granderson returns to the Tigers, since he’s not actually missing any important time with them (regular season games).

I might be in the minority here, (and this could probably go in a fanPost) but I actually like the WBC—beyond patriotic reasons. If I were a manager of a club and some of my best players (mainly hitters) have a chance to go play some competitive baseball and get their timing down before some of these other players who aren’t playing in the WBC, I definitely want them playing in it. I certainly see the other side’s arguments (wearing down later in the season because they played more early on & injuries) but is playing in like 10 full games really that much different from playing bits and pieces in around 30 games? And surely ST injuries are going to happen sometimes anyway, I mean they are still playing baseball in ST if they aren’t in the WBC. I also kind of see the argument that it’s THEIR players playing for another team! Obviously, you don’t feel safe having your player under some other team’s control. But I think the benefits are far greater if the hitter gets to see more quality pitching, get ABs and get his timing down during competitive action as opposed to ST where players typically just go through the motions until opening day. Why else do we see so many struggle early on in the season?

Although I will admit, I don’t think Granderson’s getting too many ABs during the WBC. Is Victorino really better than him to be getting these big game starts over him!?