Should the Tigers Call Percival Again?

Three years ago this week the Detroit Tigers signed Troy Percival as the club’s new closer. Unfortunately his career in Detroit was a short-lived one due to injury.Fast forward to last year and Percival’s comeback with the Cardinals (many thought he’d return to Detroit out of loyalty, if nothing else. [Insert punch line here]). Relying on nothing but the history of pitchers making comebacks (remember Jim Palmer in 1990?), I expected Percival to fizzle out.Surprise, surprise.The 37 year old put together a solid (shortened) year: 3-0 in 34 games (40 IP, 24 H, 10 BB, 36 K). According to ESPN.com’s Rumor Central he’s looking for another contract and several teams are interested:

The Yankees, Brewers, Giants, Astros and Rays are among the teams in the running to land Troy Percival, who first must decide what he wants in his next deal, ESPN’s Buster Olney reports.

Why aren’t the Tigers in the mix? They have one more bullpen slot to fill and, based purely on 2007 performance, isn’t Percival a stronger bet for 2008 than Jason Grilli?Discuss.