Morning Prowl: Trade Post-Mortems, Bad Bullpens, and Throwin' That Speedball By Ya

by Ian Casselberry on Mar 31, 2009 8:30 AM EDT in News Comment 15 comments

Cutoff Man wonders if the Josh Anderson trade could mean the end of Gary Sheffield's days in Detroit. Maybe I'm reading the situation wrong, but I think it's a mistake to assume Anderson would be part of the everyday lineup.

And I don't know about the rest of you, but the more I think about this deal, the more I like it. The Tigers were in crying need of speed off the bench, not to mention a lefty bat.

Washington Nationals manager Manny Acta was impressed by what he saw from Ryan Perry yesterday. That line's getting pretty long now.

Detroit Tigers Thoughts wonders why the Tigers seemed to be interested in reassembling the devilish 2007 Tampa Bay Rays bullpen.

I'm glad Royals Review noticed this, because I was going to say something: What is the deal with Mark Teahen's eye-black? Was he crying about being moved to second base?

Tigers minor leaguer Dan DeLucia is blogging for ColumbusSports.com. Here's his first dispatch from Spring Training. DeLucia's a left-handed pitcher who appeared in 15 games for Oneonta last year.

If you're really into 80's Night, the Tigers announced that you can get your big hair and leg warmers on May 4 at Comerica Park. A Jack Morris jersey t-shirt will also go to the first 7,500 in attendance. I think Mike McClary and I might show up in matching "Choose Life" t-shirts. Jitterbug!

Note to the Freep and Detroit News: The New York Times interviewed three Yankees bloggers for its "Bats" blog. All I'm saying is that if the NYT can do it...

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Good Morning everyone.

I just read Sheffield has been released… bomb shell!

Jeff

by cannonad03 on Mar 31, 2009 9:28 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Sheff Released

Just read that too., Shocking, but not shocking. It’s a good thing for the team.

by densogirl on Mar 31, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

A lot of weight put into his Spring Training?

he was hitting a little under the mendoza line this spring after an atrocious season last year, he’s outspoken sometimes to a disliking, an injury liability, and we just got a young guy with lots of speed that I’m sure Leyland is aroused from at the idea of putting him at #1 in the lineup and finally moving Granderson down in the lineup.

by Detroit4lyfe on Mar 31, 2009 10:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sheff's release...

http://www.freep.com/article/20090331/SPORTS02/90331018e

So, is it safe to assume that Guillen is the new DH, in light of yesterday’s trade?

by peazgrl on Mar 31, 2009 9:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

or does that role go to Thames?

by peazgrl on Mar 31, 2009 9:34 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

good question. I’m sure they have some strategy in place with all those OF’s. Maybe they’ll keep Thames. We’ll see.

by densogirl on Mar 31, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Surprise, Suprise, Suprise--Tigers release Sheffield

According to Tom Gage of the The Detroit News, the Tigers have released Gary Sheffield.

mlbtraderumors speculates that he may end up in Toronto.

by Michigan and Trumbull on Mar 31, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Has Buster Olney always been stupid?

From an AL official:

“No. 1: Detroit looks terrible. The Tigers’ pitching is a mess, and their position players are out of position — Miguel Cabrera is a designated hitter playing first base, and they’ve got their first baseman (Carlos Guillen) playing in left field.”

When was Miguel ever a DH? And Guillen is definitely an injury liability but he was hardly ever meant to be our 1B.

by Detroit4lyfe on Mar 31, 2009 10:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It was not Olney that said that (“From an AL official:”), he just reported it. I don’t really agree with that statement either though.

by TigersTyler on Mar 31, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sheff

I’m OK with releasing Sheff. It’s not like there’s a salary cap in baseball, so it just looks kinda bad that DD signed a 38-year old to a 2-year, $28M extension. It looked like a good signing at the time, coming off a World Series appearance. It just looked like we needed a little extra pop to go with our pitching, and we were set. Didn’t quite work out that way, but I think it was worth the shot.

Now, he’s gone. We can move Guillen to DH, Grandy can go further down the lineup, and Anderson can play left field and lead off. I think this makes us a heck of a lot better, because we had 0 speed before the Anderson trade.

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by explosivo2k2 on Mar 31, 2009 10:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Granderson has speed....

…..so to say zero speed I think is wrong……Granderson CAN RUN!!!!

by BennieBladesFan on Mar 31, 2009 10:15 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You’re right, I should have said 0 speed other than Grandy.

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by explosivo2k2 on Mar 31, 2009 10:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jitterbug

But Ian, will you and Mike be wearing pink hotpants?

by pfuhrmeister on Mar 31, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I called it yesterday

It was the end of Sheffield as a Tiger, when the team acquired another outfielder.

No way this team has room on it to have a guy who only plays DH. This move opens up the chance for Anderson and Thames to platoon in LF. It also opens up the chance to keep Larish with the big club and have him rotate in for Inge and Cabrera on days off.

It’s a big nut to eat but, they had to do it. This team has too many guys they have to worry about losing on the waiver wire to keep Sheffield.

by Boney on Mar 31, 2009 10:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs