I hear all this talk about the Tigers, but they haven't done anything impressive yet. Cabrera was the only real upgrade they made and that will be negated by the aging players.
It looks great on paper just like the Cubs teams w/ Prior and Wood and Zambrano in the rotation. Here is a team w/ a bunch of aging players trying to infuse some youth. Mags had his career year and wont even come CLOSE to matching it at age 33+. Sheffield is going to decline (.260 avg 25 HR), Pudge isn't what he used to be, I wouldn't expect 10 wins out of Rogers, and Bonderman/Robinson are overrated. However, the defense up the middle is strong, Pudge will make his plays here and there, and Verlander will anchor that rotation. Willis is a HUGE question mark moving to the stronger AL (10-13 4.85 ERA I say) and Jones (near 6 ERA) doesn't exactly slam doors shut. Guillen will probably have 1-2 more decent years, but this club is teeter-tottering on the line of a huge sucess or a huge disaster.
2007-12-08
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