Martinez was signed before thanksgiving in 2010 as part of a Free Agent class that turned into one of the most disappointing of all time. In simpletons terms here’s a list comparing salary to years to wins over replacement: Carl Crawford (7 years $142 million, $20 million per year, finished with a 0.2 WAR) Adam [...]
To suggest that Alex Avila would evolve from a middling backup catcher who was assumingly in the big leagues because daddy was the assistant GM of the team, to an All-Star, Silver Slugger, and one of the most important catchers in the American League this year was about the same as suggesting that Jack the [...]
I’m sure that 37 year old Jamey Carroll is a wonderful father, wonderful husband, and gosh darn it, a fantasticly fantastic human being. But by god, if Dave Dombrowski reads anything that Lynn Henning writes, I cry for Detroit. In his article today Henning has decided that Carroll, he the author of an apparently impressive [...]
Over the weekend I’ve looked at the possibility of a Braves trade, Jimmy Rollins and Kelly Johnson signing as free agents. Now, I’ve come back to the Braves trade, not only because I’m obsessing over the possibility of it, but also because given the availability of the 2B/3B on the market, it makes the most [...]
On Friday I looked at the possible acquisition of Martin Prado and Jair Jurrjens from the Atlanta Braves. Today I woke up and thought it would be a good idea to look at the roster if Dave Dombrowski went a different direction before I dove into Reviews and Expectations that I’ll be busting out later [...]
Walkoff Wrap This is a wrap. A bunless feast of stats, scores, comments, links, and GIFs.
Walkoff Wrap This is a wrap. A bunless feast of stats, scores, comments, links, and GIFs.
As winter tightens her grip on the country and the ropes of the Winter Meetings are being harnessed around the speculation of where players are going (for example, a nice rumor that the Giants are going to trade Tim Lincecum surfaced this morning) we all cuddle around the proverbial fireplace and speculate which players our [...]
Walkoff Wonders Four boring weeks remain until Detroit takes on the Atlanta Braves in the first Spring Training game of the season. Walkoff Wonders is going to take 25 questions about the 2012 Tigers and blog about each one of them over those four weeks. The questions can be a “what if scenario”, a possible [...]
Walkoff Wrap This is a wrap. A bunless feast of stats, scores, comments, links, and GIFs.
Walkoff Wrap This is a wrap. A bunless feast of stats, scores, comments, links, and GIFs. April 5th Wrap April 7th Wrap April 8th Wrap April 10th Wrap
