January 24, 2009
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 D-backs’ [...]
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January 14, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Fungoes, Hot Stove | 0 comments
Five years ago, this would worry me. Now? Not so much.
I’ll take Edwin Jackson.
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January 14, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Hot Stove | 0 comments
This is the bullpen help we’ve been waiting for?
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January 12, 2009
By Mike McClary in Featured, Hot Stove | 0 comments
Here’s a Hot Stove report from Peter Gammons. Nothing you don’t already know.
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December 11, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Hot Stove | 0 comments
MLB.com has a central location for all Tigers-related video from the Winter Meetings, you can watch them here. You’ll find:
Dave Dombrowski on Edwin Jackson trade
Jim Leyland on 2009
Dombrowski on Laird deal
Jason Beck on Laird, and the Adam Everett signing
The site also has some older videos too — game highlights from 2008 — but don’t bum [...]
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December 10, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Hot Stove | 2 comments
I’m still wrapping my head around this trade. So, to get some idea of what the Tigers are getting in Edwin Jackson I reached for my trusty copy of Baseball Prospectus 2008.
Here’s what it has to say about the newest Tiger:
It’s been more than four years since Jackson was one of the top pitching [...]
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December 10, 2008
By Mike McClary in Featured, Hot Stove | 0 comments
Meet your new number-three starter: Edwin Jackson. Or maybe he’s number two. Who knows? All we do know is that the Tigers made the most curious trade since…since…Dickie Noles-for-Dickie Noles?
While the Mets, Mariners and Indians were swingin’ a 12-player trade (with J.J. Putz as the centerpiece) the Tigers were not zeroing in on a closer, [...]
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