jayson stark Stories - Bless You Boys
Hyperbole Alert
Quiz: Do you think the Mets would have been competitive, had they had no injuries? What about one major injury? Two minor ones? There's no factual answer to those questions. Looking at my preseason WAR projections, however, I calculated that those players who missed significant time this season...
How Unhittable Has Justin Verlander Been?
If you tuned into ESPN2's telecast of Monday night's Tigers-Angels game, perhaps you saw that Justin Verlander leads the major leagues in swinging strikes with 366. Jayson Stark adds to that, reporting that Verlander also leads the majors in pitches fouled off, with 626. Those two statistics led...
Stark Views of the Fifth Starter Battle
Matt mentioned this in the comments of yesterday's Morning Prowl, but just in case you didn't see it, Jayson Stark shared a couple of scout's takes on the Tigers' two struggling fifth starter candidates. First, Nate Robertson: The Tigers need either Robertson or Dontrelle Willis to step up and...
Morning Prowl: Losers, Monsters, All-Invitees, and Andrew Miller
Newsday's Ken Davidoff has listed his Winners and Losers of the offseason, and has Detroit ranked second in the latter category. In his eyes, the Tigers "barely got up from their sofa." ESPN.com's Matthew Berry thinks very highly of Miguel Cabrera as a fantasy baseball player, saying he's due...
Jayson Stark's Awards: Oriole Mentions
Jayson Stark's awards column is up at ESPN.com, and the Orioles got some love (non-love, too). Daniel Cabrera received a dishonorable mention for American League Cy Yuk. Dennis Sarfate had the #4 injury of the year. The 17-week game with the White Sox and the embarrassing debacle against the A's...
MLB Trade Rumors: ESPN's Jayson Stark
With the non-waiver trade deadline less than two months away, the trade rumor mill is beginning to gear-up. Regardless of the actual number of games back, teams that have been in last place for the first 10 weeks of the season give the appearance of being really bad. Therefore, they will become a...
Scouts Say the Darnedest Things
Locally in Tiger Town, fans have already zeroed in on a few punching bags this season, two of whom have been given their walking papers. Gary Sheffield doesn't raise exactly the same level of ire, though it's been close a few times. But the only way he's going anywhere is if he decides he's had...
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