The roster is finalized, the 25 men who will represent our fair city have been chosen and it is time to get this season underway... almost... not quite... few more days...
As the Tigers pack it up in Lakeland and head north, a few interesting tidbits of information that I found exceptionally amusing...
Don Kelly, the perennial minor leaguer, has made the 2010 Tigers opening day roster over Jeff Larish and Clete Thomas... hmmmmm... interesting
OK, given his versatility around the diamond (the boy can play just about every position besides pitcher and catcher) I still don't know if I like this decision the Tiger's brass has made. I know it's all business, but from an emotional standpoint, I'm a big fan of Clete... he's my boy (well, runner up to the man Maggs) and he worked hard all spring... so throwing all rationale aside, I think Clete should have gotten the call.
I also understand that Clete is nursing a shoulder injury suffered last week by a rogue pitch. It was in his best interest to stay in Toledo a few more weeks to "rehab" and heal that shoulder. True, true... but it OPENING DAY ROSTER we are talking about here. And anyone who is familiar with early spring call ups knows that they aren't, shall we say, prevalent in baseball society.
Cheer up Clete - I still love ya, and I'm rooting for ya to come up and finally stay up in the majors this year. Lets put this ping pong trip between Detroit and Toledo behind you for good.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
"Gum Time" is officially over...
What a great Tigers news day to start this blog off on...
In case you hadn't heard - Nate Robertson has been traded to the Florida Fish. Cant say I'm sad to see him go. Nate was never hated in my book, but he was never a favorite either... he just, well... he was just there...
I don't find this to be a bad deal, nor a good one. If the guy was going to be unhappy being a relief pitcher (which rumor has it where he was going to end up this season) than maybe it was in the best interest of everyone involved.
The most amazing part of the story is that in return for Mr. Robertson, the Tigers are getting (yet another) situational left handed pitcher who has spent most of his baseball life in the single A and AA leagues - uh... what? Mr Voss, we may not know you, but we are very familiar with your type here in the D...
Financially this is a slide rule in the accounting ledger - Nate was under contract for $10 million (yeah, insert gasp here) and the Marlins are only picking up roughly $400,000 of that (league minimum - what they would have paid this Voss kid if he wound up playing in the big dance). That means the Tigers are anting up $9.6 million to the Marlins so they can pay Nate's salary... what!!! Well - I guess we were going to pay him anyway so we might as well get something out of the deal, regardless if we see this Voss guy pitch or not...
In case you hadn't heard - Nate Robertson has been traded to the Florida Fish. Cant say I'm sad to see him go. Nate was never hated in my book, but he was never a favorite either... he just, well... he was just there...
I don't find this to be a bad deal, nor a good one. If the guy was going to be unhappy being a relief pitcher (which rumor has it where he was going to end up this season) than maybe it was in the best interest of everyone involved.
The most amazing part of the story is that in return for Mr. Robertson, the Tigers are getting (yet another) situational left handed pitcher who has spent most of his baseball life in the single A and AA leagues - uh... what? Mr Voss, we may not know you, but we are very familiar with your type here in the D...
Financially this is a slide rule in the accounting ledger - Nate was under contract for $10 million (yeah, insert gasp here) and the Marlins are only picking up roughly $400,000 of that (league minimum - what they would have paid this Voss kid if he wound up playing in the big dance). That means the Tigers are anting up $9.6 million to the Marlins so they can pay Nate's salary... what!!! Well - I guess we were going to pay him anyway so we might as well get something out of the deal, regardless if we see this Voss guy pitch or not...
I'm at a baseball game, but which one?
Welcome to my inaugural post!
I'm no rookie to the world of blogging, I write over at Seamheads.com and I'm a member of the BBA (Baseball Bloggers Alliance) but this is the first time that I have decided to take the plunge and start a blog of my own. My own little corner of the world, my own little place to share my thoughts... blah blah blah...
OK, the mission of this blog is simple... I'm going to inundate you readers with my ample rants and musings about the #1 love in my life - Tigers baseball (sorry mom... but you understand). My freinds are sick of hearing me talk baseball, so I'm bringing my words to the masses.
So if you ever feel the need to rant at me, go ahead, I like people who talk back. If you ever need to contact me in any way, drop me a line at switchhittingpitchers@gmail.com
Let the blogging begin - consider this opening day!
~MotorCityKitty
I'm no rookie to the world of blogging, I write over at Seamheads.com and I'm a member of the BBA (Baseball Bloggers Alliance) but this is the first time that I have decided to take the plunge and start a blog of my own. My own little corner of the world, my own little place to share my thoughts... blah blah blah...
OK, the mission of this blog is simple... I'm going to inundate you readers with my ample rants and musings about the #1 love in my life - Tigers baseball (sorry mom... but you understand). My freinds are sick of hearing me talk baseball, so I'm bringing my words to the masses.
So if you ever feel the need to rant at me, go ahead, I like people who talk back. If you ever need to contact me in any way, drop me a line at switchhittingpitchers@gmail.com
Let the blogging begin - consider this opening day!
~MotorCityKitty
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