February 28, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
Miguel Cabrera #24 Height: 6′ 4″ | Weight: 240 2008 Stats: .292 – 37 HR – 127 RBI Miguel Cabrera wasted little time in 2008 showing Tigers fans why he’s one of baseball’s premier hitters. His towering home run on Opening Day set the tone for a season in which he’d lead the league with [...]
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February 27, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
Placido Polanco #14 Height: 5′ 10″ | Weight: 195 2008 Stats: .307 – 8 HR – 58 RBI Like most of his teammates, Placido Polanco struggled at the outset of the 2008 season. The usually fast-starting second baseman – he has a .307 average for April spanning 2006-08 – was expected to pickup the slack [...]
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February 26, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 1 comment
Curtis Granderson #28 Height: 6′ 1″ | Weight: 185 2008 Stats: .280 – 22 HR – 66 RBI If anyone doubted Curtis Granderson’s value atop the Tigers lineup, the first few weeks of 2008 likely convinced them. Without their leadoff hitter – Granderson suffered a broken finger at the end of Spring Training – the [...]
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February 25, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 2 comments
Fernando Rodney #56 Height: 5′ 11″ | Weight: 220 2008 Stats: 0-6, 4.91 ERA, 13 Saves In a bottom-line business like major league baseball, fans tend to overlook stats such as 49 strikeouts in 40 innings or 13 saves from a late-inning reliever like Fernando Rodney. Six blown saves and an ERA a whisker under [...]
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February 25, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured,The Non-Sequiturs,Wednesday Walewanders | 0 comments
If you’ve been a long-time Daily Fungo reader, you know that I’ve posted a semi-regular series called The Non Sequiturs. More recently I’ve posted similar items under the Wednesday Walewanders banner (or Friday Fungoes, Three for Thursday, etc.). You may ask: What’s the difference? Truth is, there isn’t any. Just thought I’d come clean on [...]
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February 24, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
Armando Galarraga #58 Height: 6′ 4″ | Weight: 180 2008 Stats: 13-7, 3.73 On April 15, 2008, the Tigers summoned Armando Galarraga from Toledo for what most presumed was a short-term stint for the rookie right-hander. He made his Tigers debut on April 16 in Cleveland – a period when the Tigers desperately needed wins [...]
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February 23, 2009
By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments
Edwin Jackson #36 Height: 6′ 3″ | Weight: 210 2008 Stats: 14-11, 4.42 ERA When the Tigers traded Matt Joyce to the Tampa Bay Rays for Jackson, Detroit fans scratched their heads – and not only because Joyce appeared to have a future in the Tigers outfield. Jackson is an unknown quantity outside of the [...]
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