June 24, 2009

Thursday Notebook

CARLSBAD, Calif. — I think I survived LegoLand and, with any luck, will never need to return.
…A five-game lead? The 2009 Tigers continue to confound. How this team has managed to pad its lead in the Central is nothing short of baffling. But we shall take it.
Fact is, they could pile-up the Ws over [...]

March 4, 2009

Is that…?

Is this photo on the Tigers Web site this afternoon an old one? I swear that’s Matt Joyce on the right.

March 4, 2009

Wednesday Walewanders

I’m down to my last box of Girl Scout Cookies — Thin Mints, don’t you know — but despite this unfortunate circumstance, I present the Wednesday Walewanders.

Rob Neyer yesterday linked to this list of The Worst Contracts in Baseball and, no, the entire Tigers roster does not appear. But there is some significant Detroit representation: [...]

February 23, 2009

2009 Player Profile: Edwin Jackson

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 A.L. East and [...]

December 30, 2008

The Top 10 Tigers Stories of 2008: #5 – The Emergence (and Trade) of Matt Joyce

When I began pulling together this list over the past month or so, it became clear that possibly the only positive story to come out of the Tigers season was the emergence of Matt Joyce. Joyce finished the 2008 season with a .252 average, 12 homers and 33 RBI in 92 games.
At long last, the [...]

December 10, 2008

Joyce Goes Home, Tigers Fans Go “Huh?”

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, [...]

December 10, 2008

Matt Joyce for Edwin Jackson

I really want to give Dave Dombrowski the benefit of the doubt on this one. I really do. But I am not seeing it.
Matt Joyce is a lefthanded power bat, something the Tigers have needed for a while, who could take over at either of the corner OF spots once Sheffield was gone and either [...]