WHO SHOULD GET THE AX WHEN GUILLEN RETURNS?

you can’t just option or DFA players like Everett, Inge, Santiago, or Guillen (ha ha on putting him in the poll though).

…becasue OPIE IS THE MAN!!!….In all seriousness though he plays a flawless short and hes not going anywhere…He gets great jumps on the ball off the bat…Often overlooked.

He came up as a place-holder.

according to fangraphs
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But overall, his value is below that of a replacement level player.
Question is: How is Worth, compared to an average replacement player?
VALUE

Everett would do less damage if Leyland NEVER let him swing a bat (bunting ain’t swinging!) against a RHP. No amount of defense at shortstop can make up for a .450 OPS.

would hit better than inge and field just as good we should give not trade inge to the twins so he hits against us.

Seriously though, I agree with most of you. Although Worth has looked pretty decent with the bat early on, there is no way he will continue to hit at that clip. His minor league stats are nothing to get to excited about. He did a great job filling in end of story.
Guillen was indeed a funny answer, suprised to see Santiago, Cringe and Boesch on the poll though.
Good poll though. I guess we will all find out soon.

…is activated tomorrow…So we will find out tomorrow.

Of course, the fact that some players have options and others don’t is a factor, as Alli mentions. Taking Everett, Santiago, Inge, Kelly, or Guillen off the 25 man roster would be irreversible moves. They’d be off the 40 man roster as well. Kelly might clear waivers and accept a minor league assignment, knowing that he cleared waivers.

Worth’s defense has been very good, and he appears to be able to handle multiple positions. If the available job is essentially a platoon partner for Santiago, and backup for Guillen and/ or Inge, then Danny might be a good fit.

Everett has been getting less and less playing time recently. It’s not just him, but the combination of Everett, Laird, Inge, and previously Sizemore that left us with too many near automatic outs at the bottom of the order. Santiago has twice as many AB’s in May as does Opie.

With Sizemore no longer stationed up the middle, and Guillen in his place, Everett isn’t needed (you’d think) to provide stability to offset the rookie. And that’s something Santiago and Guillen could do anyway.

The Tigers will have some decisions to make for 2011, and I’m sure they’d like to find out whether Worth is in the long term plans. No time like the present.

Then, there’s that elephant in the living room. Everett’s .184 average vs RHP’s is just the start of it. He also has a .184 OBP vs RHP’s, and a .429 OPS. He has zero homers, zero RBI, zero BB’s. He has ten K’s and only 9 hits against RHP’s. That’s 78% of the AB’s for the Tigers this year- against RHP’s. The elephant just shit all over the sofa. Surely DD can smell it!

If they were to designate someone for assignment, would the 10 day clock start the minute they file with the commissioners office, making it advantageous to do nothing till gametime? Guessing Everett goes, without 1.55 Million of contract and the faith of the skipper, should have been beaten out in spring training by Duggy.

because he certainly can’t hit worse and if he does hit like Everette than we really haven’t lost much. But it’ll probably be Worth.

but I’d sure like to see more of him to get an idea, rather than just tossing him in there on opening day. At this point, I’d want to see Willis, Laird, Inge, and Everett all walk away. Not sure yet about Bonderman or Damon. I’d like to see DD tackle the infield this off season, and the outfield/ DH needs a year later. Unless, of course, he brings in Crawford this winter!

It’s Danny.