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Was Curtis Granderson a Victim of Bad Coaching?
Last week, we swapped posts with Pinstripe Alley, trying to get some local opinion on the players involved in the Curtis Granderson trade to the Yankees. (If you missed it, here's jscape2000's post about Austin Jackson and Phil Coke.) In my post about Granderson, I mentioned my theory that Jim...
Tom Brookens Named Tigers First Base Coach
After 22 years, Tom Brookens will be back in a Detroit Tigers uniform next season. Brookens, who played for the Tigers from 1979 to 1988, is Jim Leyland's new first base coach, the team announced Monday. He will also coach outfielders and baserunning, duties previously overseen by Brookens'...
Morning Prowl: Tom Brookens, Clete's Jersey Retired, Rising Stars, and Yesterday's Trades
Double-A Erie manager (and former Tigers third baseman) Tom Brookens says he'd be interested in a major league coaching job if one was offered. Will the Tigers offer him the first base coach position vacated by Andy Van Slyke? Clete Thomas had his high school jersey retired on Wednesday. ...
Morning Prowl: 40-Man Roster Decisions, Placido Polanco's Market Value, and Van Slyke's Replacement
At The Detroit Tigers Weblog, Bill Ferris looks at the team's 40-man roster, which currently has 44 players on it (due to some being protected on the disabled list). So the Tigers have some decisions to make, especially as some minor leaguers will need to be protected. Bill speculates who the...
Morning Prowl: Lloyd McClendon, Zumaya's Health, The Power Thames, and Useless Articles
For those wondering why the Tigers didn't fire Lloyd McClendon as hitting coach after the season, perhaps the team reached many of the same conclusions as Bill Ferris did at The Detroit Tigers Weblog. Did Tigers batters perform below expectations, compared to preseason projections? The answers...
Would Rudy Jaramillo Be a Hitting Coach Upgrade?
Despite Tiger Town's wishes to the contrary, it appears that Lloyd McClendon will be coming back next season as the Detroit Tigers' hitting coach. (When the team's general manager calls the current hitting coach a "very good hitting coach," you have to like his chances of keeping that job.) But...
Andy Van Slyke Won't Return Next Season
One member of the Detroit Tigers' coaching staff will not be back next season, but it's not the guy many expected (or hoped) would be gone. First base coach Andy Van Slyke will not be among the five coaches of Jim Leyland's staff to return in 2010. It was not revealed by the Tigers, however,...
Bondo Gets Busted: Three-Game Suspension
Yesterday's little fracas in the ninth inning between the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins wasn't harmless, after all. Several were worried that throwing pitches at players and ejections might result in suspensions. And the MLB offices did not disappoint. Jeremy Bonderman has been suspended...
Was Edwin Jackson Tipping His Pitches?
So maybe fatigue wasn't the reason behind Edwin Jackson giving up 10 runs combined in his last two starts. And is it that he's not throwing his slider well or that hitters know it's coming? According to a story by John Lowe in today's Detroit Free Press, Tigers pitching coach Rick Knapp believes...
This Week's Poll Question
As workouts begin in Lakeland for the Detroit Tigers, there will surely be plenty of focus on the players they acquired during the winter. How do the new catcher, shortstop, and pitchers look? Another important move that was made, which received some attention over the weekend, was the addition...
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