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February 20, 2009

2009 Player Profile: Justin Verlander

By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Featured | 0 comments

This is the first in a series of player profiles of the 2009 Tigers. I’ve developed them for each of the position players and the starting rotation — at least some of the pitchers in contention for a rotation spot — and will roll them out over the next week. We kick things off with [...]

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January 24, 2009

Meet Brandon Lyon

By Mike McClary in 2009 Player Profiles,Hot Stove | 0 comments

Whenever I watched Brandon Lyon pitch for the Diamondbacks the past couple of seasons, my immediate reaction was always he’s a younger Todd Jones. Fact is, he throws harder than Jones — which can’t hurt — but no one is going to confuse him with Joe Nathan. Last season wasn’t a pleasant one for the [...]

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