We’re one day removed from purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the end of the first month of baseball season and the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers sit at 11-11.  Considering they’ve dropped eight of their last ten, that purchase buspar pay pal online without rx start is a little disappointing.  We all knew this team had it’s share of holes but I didn’t think they’d be exposed this quickly.  That doesn’t mean we should be purchase buspar pay pal online without rx panicking because the Tigers are still just a game back of first place.  The baseball season is a marathon and let’s hope some of these early moves that we’re questioning now seem to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx make sense in the second half of the season.

When the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers traded Curtis Granderson and Edwin Jackson, I was very happy to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx get Max Scherzer in return.  Of course since then his time with the Tigers has been, well, erratic.  At times he’s looked like Justin Verlander and at other times he’s looked like, well, not nearly as good as Justin.  He’ll turn 28 in July and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx by now, I would have expected him to have turned the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx corner to stardom but instead, he’s taken several steps back.  His strikeout rate is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx still there but his walk rate is also up and he’s been very hittable.  You’d expect his .453 batting average on balls in play to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx come down but that still wouldn’t push Scherzer into even the “good” column.  His velocity still seems to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx be there because he was consistently in the mid-90s so you purchase buspar pay pal online without rx hope he rights the ship soon.

By now everyone has heard of Delmon Young’s transgressions and for now, he’s on the restricted list.  I haven’t heard too much of the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx details on what happened other then that there were racial slurs involved and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx he was extremely intoxicated.  For now I’ll hold off on any judgement until the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx facts are straight but for now, the Tigers have replaced him with Brad Eldred who purchase buspar pay pal online without rx was lighting up Toledo.  Eldred has purchase buspar pay pal online without rx spent a lot of time in the minors and has purchase buspar pay pal online without rx little success in the majors.  After tripling in his first at bat, he’s gone one for twelve with five strikeouts since.

Brandon Inge is now an Athletic and we’ll see him in about a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx week and a half when the Tigers go out for a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx west coast swing.  I’ve always been a fan of Inge’s but he has become a distraction and of course, it’s been a while since he’s hit the ball well.  As it stands, he’s the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers all time leader in strikeouts and up until recently, he had purchase buspar pay pal online without rx hit more home runs in Comerica Park then anyone else (Miguel Cabrera is now the leader).  I hope he finishes out his career in a good way (other then when he plays us).

This is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx another big series because, like the Mariners last week, the Tigers have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a good chance to run the table.  Wednesdays pitching matchup is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx particularly favorable with Verlander going up against Luis Mendoza.  If I were into sports betting, I’d be putting my money on the Tigers in that one.

Tonight, Duane Below makes his first start of the season.  We’ll see if we can get this one in with all of the rain we’ve gotten.

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The Tigers had the day off and they’re coming off a tough series against the Rangers. 10-6 isn’t bad, and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the Tigers are tied for first place but it could be purchase buspar pay pal online without rx better and hopefully Max Scherzer rights his own ship tonight. Rather then doing a “two weeks and a half in review” let’s just look at some randomness.

First off, Austin Jackson leads the team in OPS (.882) out of the staters. Better then purchase buspar pay pal online without rx both Prince Fielder and Miguel Carbera so far, Jackson leads the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx team with nine walks and he has four doubles, a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx triple and a home run. He also leads the team with 17 strikeouts and he’s the only Tiger to have a sacrifice hit.

Seven of Jhonny Peralta’s fourteen hits have been doubles. He’s on pace for 70 doubles and no home runs. I wonder if that’ll stick.

Ryan Raburn has a .271 OPS with a .098 slugging percentage. I think he’s taking this whole “bad first half” thing a little too far.

Drew Smyly has a higher WHIP (1.375) then his ERA (1.13). His only two earned runs have come on solo home runs.

After a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx 3-0 count, the Tigers have 18 walks in 30 plate appearances but no purchase buspar pay pal online without rx hits.

Against number nine hitters, Tigers pitchers have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx an OPS against of .436. Against number eight hitters they have an OPS against of 1.040.

Alex Avila has just as many errors (2) as Miguel Cabrera.

In 16 games, the Tigers have used eleven different batting orders.

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Last week, Tiger Stadium would have turned 100 years old.  In a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx great column, Chris Jaffe runs through what he considers the 10 greatest games played at Tiger Stadium.  My favorite on the list was the 1987 Blue Jays series.  Good stuff as always out of Chris and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx if you want more from him, be sure to check out his run down of Ivan Rodriguez’s career as he’s retiring today.

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Prior to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the season, there was quite a bit of excitement with Tigers fans.  When I’d talk to them, I’d try to stay positive as well and I’d say the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers are pretty much a lock to win their division and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx will probably have the best record in the American League if not in baseball.  Then they’d be surprised when I’d tell them that purchase buspar pay pal online without rx even with all of that, the Tigers were still probably only the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx fifth best team in the American League.

I might move them up a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx notch after their first two weeks of the season but then purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the Rangers rolled into town and like last year’s ALCS, all of our weaknesses were exposed.  On Friday, you had a mediocre outing out of what’s effectively our sixth starter (lack of depth) and then an implosion by the bullpen (lack of depth).  Then yesterday you purchase buspar pay pal online without rx had the poor start and while a lot of people want to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx jump on Brandon Inge for his error, that inning was already nasty to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx begin with.  It then purchase buspar pay pal online without rx took Justin Verlander to stop the pain and he came up with a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx good but not great start that forced the Tigers to go to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx their pen a lot earlier then they probably would have liked.

The good news is, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers get a break before they head out to New York next weekend with the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Mariners in town.  I’m also interested to see how Drew Smyly does today.  This Rangers team can purchase buspar pay pal online without rx rake and if he can pitch five or six strong innings today, I think we can purchase buspar pay pal online without rx say his rotation spot was well deserved.

Someone brought up defense to me the other day.  The Tigers are now 29th in defensive efficiency.  The only team that’s worse is the Yankees. We’re still in the “small sample” size category but that’s troubling and it’s going to have an effect on our pitchers.  So far it hasn’t because the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers have the fourth best ERA in the American League but we’ll see when that starts catching up to them.

Anyway, didn’t want to be too much of a downer.  Today is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx also the last day to help Jonnie Rae move on the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx to Exotic 8 in the 2012 WRIF Rock Girl contest.  Be sure to check out her website for details on how to vote.

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Drew Smyly made his second career start last night and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx this was a good one.    He gave up seven hits and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx just one walk with four four strikeouts but he needed 101 pitches to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx get through six innings.  What was most impressive was he seemed to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx keep the ball down and had 13 ground ball outs to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx just four fly ball outs.  He also had purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the help of one double play and he picked Jason Bourgeois off of first base.

Just in looking at the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx pitch log, he was mixing his four seamer, slider and cutter into a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx lot of the at bats early on but he got away from purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the slider and was mostly throwing fast balls.  Then around the fourth inning he went back to mixing it up.  Then by the later innings, he went away from the cutter.  Not sure if just wasn’t feeling those other pitches or purchase buspar pay pal online without rx if there was a method to it all.

The bullpen threw three shutout innings and that was nice to see.  You never like to see the ninth inning walks but you’re going to get that with Valverde on the mound.  It was also nice to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx see Miguel Cabrera get back on track although Austin Jackson struck out three times.  That’s his first three strikeout game of the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx season after having nine last year.

The Tigers go for purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the sweep tonight and hopefully Max Scherzer can get back on track.  Also, you’re running out of time to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx vote Jonnie Rae Cude into the next round of the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx 2012 WRIF Rock Girl contest so be sure to click on the link and help her out.

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Well, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers are nine games into the season and even with the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx small sample size, this fraction of the season has been purchase buspar pay pal online without rx telling.  The good news is, the Tigers are 6-3.  Just as good, they’re in first place.  Not so good is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx that some of their weaknesses have shown in this last stretch where purchase buspar pay pal online without rx they’ve lost three of their last five.

First is, the Tigers don’t have a lot of depth.  Anywhere.  Once you purchase buspar pay pal online without rx get past Delmon Young, the lineup thins out pretty quick and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx that’s when the regulars are in there.  Doug Fister is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx out and while Adam Wilk had a good showing yesterday, I don’t think he’s a long term option.  And the pen looks to be pretty thin as well.  Some positives were Rick Porcello’s start today and Drew Smyly toughing out four innings on Thursday.  Verlander will be there and so will Scherzer eventually.  On a good note, the Tigers pitchers (going into today’s game) were second in the American League with 75 strikeouts and that’s over 72 innings.   They’re also scoring a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx bunch of runs so hopefully these things will take care of themselves.

Next up is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx three against the Royals before the Tigers before four at home against the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Rangers so things aren’t going to get any easier.  The series win over the Rays was big (I think they’re one of the better teams in the AL) but they faltered against the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx White Sox who I think they should have rolled over.

Finally, you can help out Jonnie Rae Cude who’s competing to become the next WRIF Rock Girl.  Be sure to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx head over to her site where you can find all of the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx ways to vote for her.

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The Tigers finally announced their fifth starter and I don’t think anyone saw this one coming.  When he wasn’t working out at second base, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers were secretly stretching out Brandon Inge on the mound of all places.  Apparantly their initial goal was to use him as a reliever/defensive replacement but he seemed to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx take to the role so well that Inge was actually going to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx get a spot in the rotation once the Tigers need a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx fifth starter.

Of course this could still change if the Tigers made a trade.  Drew Smyly was the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx odds on favorite at this point but it looks like the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx team would like to see him test his mettle at Triple-A.  And speaking of the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Mud Hens, how cool is it going to be for them to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx have Jacob Turner, Andrew Oliver, Smyly and Casey Crosby all on the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx same team.

Brandon is a guy that people seem to either love or hate.  I’ve always been purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a fan but this may be one of the more interesting turns in his career.  It seems like he’s been purchase buspar pay pal online without rx able to bounce back whenever the Tigers pick up someone to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx replace him on the field and that’s just one more example.  You just have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx to wonder how this is going to affect his hitting, which has purchase buspar pay pal online without rx been subpar for the past couple of years.

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The Tigers are purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a weekend into their spring season and so far, so good.  As I’m writing this, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers are 2-0, they man handled Florida Southern in an exhibition game, and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx they’re up 1-0 on the Blue Jays in their third spring game.

On Saturday, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx pitching staff got the job done and they held the Braves to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx just one hit in a 2-0 win.  Doug Fister threw two innings before he gave it purchase buspar pay pal online without rx up to seven different relievers who all threw an inning each.  Oddly, the Tigers had only three strikeouts and it wasn’t until the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx eighth inning, with Chris Bootcheck on the mound, that the Braves got their first hit.  Jerad Head put the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers on the board with a solo home run in the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx third.  Prince Fielder was two for two with a walk.

Yesterday was a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx whole different ball game and the Tigers unloaded with nine home runs in a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx 18-3 win.  Raburn hit two out and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx then seven different Tigers hit a home run each.  Raburn finished with five RBIs while Alex Avila had purchase buspar pay pal online without rx three runs in the blowout win.

It looks like the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers are a little more serious about Brandon Inge playing second base.  He’s gotten the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx start in spring games one and three and he filled in there in the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx second game.  Raburn has gotten time at second but not as much as Inge.  It’s early but Inge is hitting .400 so far.

The Tigers are trying to make it 3-0.  They’re up 1-0 in the fourth.  Justin Verlander gave up a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx hit and he struck out one in two innings of work.  Adam Wilk gave up a pair of hits in his two frames.

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Alright, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers are set to kick off their spring season in their annual exhibition opener tomorrow against Florida Southern tomorrow.  Game time is one pm and Andrew Oliver will get the start.  Jason Beck also has the starting lineup over at his site and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx it pretty much looks like what people are expecting to see when purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the season opens.

Let’s say this purchase buspar pay pal online without rx is the lineup Leyland is going to go with on opening day.  It looks solid although I’d have Delmon Young hitting below Avila and Peralta if it’s a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx right hander on the mound but we saw this last year when purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Young hit third regardless of who was on the mound.  I’ve never been happy with Jim Leyland’s lineup construction and I didn’t plan on starting now so I figured he’d be hitting a little higher then I’d like.

Ryan Raburn is hitting last.  I kind of like this.  I know the whole mental aspect of the game can’t be purchase buspar pay pal online without rx quantified but maybe you can equate hitting ninth to putting less pressure on a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx guy and maybe Raburn will end his streak of poor first halfs.

Andy Dirks the designated hitter.  My guess is, unless somebody catches fire, that purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the DH is going to be a revolving door.  If they want to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx get Inge a spot at second, then maybe Raburn will shift out to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the outfield and Young will be the DH.  Or they want to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx give Cabrera a day off on the field so he fills in there.  I also don’t see anyone in the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx minors stepping up and taking it as a full time role but we will see.  It’s interesting seeing the DH hit eighth though.

After Florida Southern, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx official spring season starts with the Tigers on the road against the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Braves on Saturday then at home against the Braves on Sunday.  There’s only one off day and that’s the 22nd but there’s only three split squad games and they’re all on Sunday.  First night game is the 13th against the Nationals. In fact it’s one of just two evening games on the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx schedule with the other also being against Washington.

I read who’s starting on Saturday but now the name is escaping me.  I want to say it’s Doug Fister, but don’t hold me to it.

I also figured out which package I’m going to get and I’ve decided to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx just go with At Bat on my phone instead of buying the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx entire television package.  Most nights I listened to the Tigers game and that’s it and most of the time it was on the phone so that’ll save me a $100.  If I really miss it purchase buspar pay pal online without rx or have more time, then maybe when the price goes down midseason I’ll pick MLB.TV back up.

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Spring training is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx here and in about a month, all of our questions will be purchase buspar pay pal online without rx answered.  With the Tigers roster pretty much in place, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx media will be looking for stories and one of those will be purchase buspar pay pal online without rx who will be the Tigers fifth starter.  While a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx little more important then who the 25th man to make the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx team is, at the end of the day, the fifth starter is, more times than purchase buspar pay pal online without rx not, a combination of a few different hurlers.  That mean who the fifth starter is on opening day won’t neccesarily be the guy that’s there in May much less by the end of the season.

Still, it gives us something to talk about and I’ll go through the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx list in the order of who I think has the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx highest probability of being the fifth starter in April.

1) Someone that isn’t on the team right now – I still think the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers are going to make a move to pick up another starter whether it’s via free agency or a trade.  At one point in time, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers were looking at Matt Garza, who would be a big pickup.  Roy Oswalt is also still out there although from what I’ve heard, he’s turned down deals because he wants to stay closer to home.  Two oft injured pitchers who purchase buspar pay pal online without rx are still out there are Rich Harden and Brandon Webb and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx my bet is, we could get one of those guys cheap although I don’t know where they’re at with their recoveries.

2)  Drew Smyly – The Tigers second round pick in 2010, Smyly was dominant in eight games at Erie last year and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx he’s two years old than Turner.  I think Turner is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a better long term option in the rotation but I think Smyly scoots ahead of him here early in the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx season with a solid spring and if the Tigers doesn’t sign anyone, he’ll be the guy in the rotation.

3) Jacob Turner - I think Turner starts the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx season with the Hens for a couple of different reasons.  I don’t think they’ll want to rush him and then they won’t be purchase buspar pay pal online without rx able to work with him because the Tigers are expected to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx contend.  That’s a lot of pressure for a 20 year old (21 in May).  I just think the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers would be better off starting him in the minors and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx having him prove his way up then starting him in the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx majors and seeing him falter and end back down in the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx minors anyway.  Of course a strong spring would force the Tigers hand and that’s why he’s third on this list because the talent is there.

4)  Andrew Oliver – Oliver had purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a rough 2011 season for the Hens and he needs to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx prove himself this year.  He’s on the 40 man roster so they wouldn’t have to do any roster machinations but unless he’s lights out in spring training, he most likely starts the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx season with a repeat in Toledo.  Also, he’s a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx lefty and that might give him a bump up because the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers don’t have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a left handed starter in the rotation with their front four.

5)  Adam Wilk – He’s another left hander and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx he was solid in his time for the Hens last year.  Elbow problems meant he didn’t pitch winter ball so it’ll be interesting to see who his training works out.  Unlike the other guys, he’s not a power pitcher but he’s been talked about so I’m throwing him on the list.

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Well, pitchers and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx catchers have reported and they have their first workout today.  The first full team workout is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx on Friday but random news has been filtering out already.  Apparently Miguel Cabrera is in much better shape and that’s a good sign considering his new fielding duties.  The other interesting piece of news is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx that Brandon Inge wants a shot at the second base job so that purchase buspar pay pal online without rx leaves three people vying for what’s probably going to be two jobs.  You’ll have the “starter” who purchase buspar pay pal online without rx will most likely be the better hitter and the odds on favorite for purchase buspar pay pal online without rx that role is Ryan Raburn.  Of course he’s had purchase buspar pay pal online without rx problems in the first half and he is also a better fill in than purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Inge in the outfield so I’d expect him to be a lock on the team.

Ramon Santiago is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the late inning defensive specialist who gets the odd start now and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx then because he’s a switch hitter.  Inge has purchase buspar pay pal online without rx to supplant one of these two guys and right now, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx odds of doing that are kind of slim.  He had purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a horrible season at the plate last year and if you purchase buspar pay pal online without rx look at his UZR/150 at third base, it’s gone down every season since his gold glove caliber season in 2006.  That’s not a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx nice trend because Inge now looks like a good third baseman, not a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx great third baseman.  Throw in a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx more demanding second base, and I think the transition is going to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx be tough so my guess is, he makes the roster, but without an purchase buspar pay pal online without rx everyday role.

The other interesting piece of news is Tony LaRussa is going to be helping out in camp.  We all know about his friendship with Jim Leyland and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx it looks like he’s going to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx be doing a few different things including spending some time with Dave Dombrowski and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx doing some scouting.

Well, spring training is upon us.  I’ll be purchase buspar pay pal online without rx going over some of the question marks the Tigers have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx and we’ll get to see these resolve themselves in camp.  First game is a couple of weeks away.

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We’re about a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx week away from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx since the Price Fielder signing, the Tigers have been pretty quiet.  The team’s first full workout is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx February 24 and their first spring game is March 2, 2012 in their annual exhibition game against Florida Southern.  Of course here in Detroit we got snow so it’s looking more like winter but it’s nice to see that we’re getting really close to being able to see some baseball.

Word on the street is that Miguel Cabrera has dropped weight.  Alex Avila reported that he’s 20-25 lighter but of course we’ll see how he looks when camp starts up.  If it’s true, that’s great and you figure it won’t sap his power too much but should help out his durability throughout the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx season, especially if he sticks at first base.

It’s also time to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx consider MLB.TV options. The past few years, I’ve gotten the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx full package, but last year I found myself listening to the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers on my phone so I’m wondering if it’s time to downgrade and just pay for the app on my iPhone.  Then again, if I wanted to go all out, they’re also bundling the MiLB.TV package with MLB.TV.  What I might do is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx start small and buy the app, then if I find the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx time to watch more baseball (my schedule may be changing sooner rather than later), I’ll pay for MLB.TV midseason.  Of course I could also watch every Tigers game in 2012 with MLB Extra Innings on DIRECT TV.

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I’ve had purchase buspar pay pal online without rx quite a people asking me about the Price Fielder signing and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx my response has been consistent.  I really like the fact we’ll have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Prince on the team the next couple of years, but I don’t like the fact that we have locked up for nine years.  Let’s break this down one at a time.

The Tigers were exposed in the playoffs.  While they have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx some really great bats, they also have quite a few holes in their lineup.  Then Victor Martinez went down with a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx knee injury and that left an even bigger hole.  Their solution is Prince Fielder.  He’s finished in the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx top three in the NL MVP three times already and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx his worst OPS+ in the past five years is 130.  The last time he didn’t hit 30 home runs was 2006. This guy can mash and he’s also drawn more then 100 walks the past three seasons.  He’s been durable and he’s missed just one game the past three seasons.  This is a big league bat and he’s definitely going to help us.  He also makes us the favorite in a weak AL Central.  I still don’t think we’re as good as the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Yankees, Rangers or Angels but once you get into the playoffs, all bets are purchase buspar pay pal online without rx off.

Now let’s look at the contract.  Fielder turns 28 in May.  That means we have him until 37.  I’m interested to see how the contract was stacked but if it’s backloaded, that makes it even tougher.  If he’s with the team for five years, his 10/5 no-trade kicks in so that means he’s going to be near impossible to trade.  If you look at his similar batters, you see quite a few people who flamed out pretty quick but there’s also a couple of hall of famers if you just look at the “similar batters through age 27.”

Now the big question is, what happens next.  You can purchase buspar pay pal online without rx never isolate one signing because it creates a domino effect of sorts.  What happens when Victor Martinez comes back in 2013 (although the fact that they signed Fielder leads me to believe Martinez’s injury may be worse than advertised).  Miguel Cabrera at third base would hurt the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx pitching staff even more then an already weak defense has purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the past couple of years.  Also, what happens to Nick Castellanos, the Tigers top hitting prospect?  Does he now become trade bait to pick up another pitcher?

Regardless, I’d like to welcome Prince to the team.  I was a big fan of his dad’s and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx remember listening to a scratchy radio broadcast of him hitting his 50th home run when purchase buspar pay pal online without rx I was in college (WJR made it out to East Lansing back then).  It’s been purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a while since anyone has hit 40 home runs in a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers uniform and I think Fielder has a great chance at being the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx first since his dad in 1991.

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Spring training hasn’t even started and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the Tigers have already been dealt a major blow.  Victor Martinez was working out and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx it looks like he tore his ACL in his left knee.  He’s getting a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx second opinion but if it holds, Victor Martinez will probably miss the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx entire 2012 season.

Martinez had an .850 OPS last season and that’s going to be tough to replace.  It’ll be purchase buspar pay pal online without rx interesting to see what the Tigers do at this point but I guess on a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx good note, they only have to fill the designated hitter spot so they can purchase buspar pay pal online without rx just look for the best bat without regard for defense.  Not good.  It’s interesting that one of the names that’s being thrown around is former Tiger Carlos Pena.

In other news, the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers signed all of their arbitration eligible players.  Phil Coke and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Rick Porcello were signed yesterday and today, Max Scherzer, Delmon Young and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Don Kelly all signed deals.  Young is going to be paid $6.75 million which I think is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a bit much but in light of the V-Mart injury, we need all of the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx just mediocre bats we can find.

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This may have been my biggest drought yet.  In my defense, the Tigers haven’t been doing much so my usual “I’m really busy” note can purchase buspar pay pal online without rx take a back seat to the fact that the Tigers have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx been so quiet.  We have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a little more then a month to go until pitchers and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx catchers report and the biggest move the Tigers have made was Octavio Dotel.  Yawn (although any help to the pen is a good thing, it just doesn’t excite me).

There were some rumors thrown around that purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the Tigers were looking at a trade for Matt Garza that purchase buspar pay pal online without rx would have included Jacob Turner.  Jacob Turner has purchase buspar pay pal online without rx been showing up in the top ten of a lot of MLB prospect lists so you purchase buspar pay pal online without rx have to be careful but you don’t have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx to look too much further then Andrew Miller to realize that purchase buspar pay pal online without rx sometimes a known commodity is better then the potential prospect.  Turner is a lot younger then Miller was back then and he’s shown his stuff in the minors so I don’t want to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx deal him out of hand but Matt Garza had a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx really nice year for the Cubs last year and he’ll really help shore up the pen.  It’s the cost that’s the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx big factor though because Garza is getting close to free agency where purchase buspar pay pal online without rx as we’d have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Turner locked up for three years before we even had to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx consider arbitration.

The Tigers also seem to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx be major players in the Yoenis Cespedes sweepstakes.  The Marlins appear to be the front runner but it’s not that the Tigers aren’t trying and I’ve seen $50 million as a number that’s been thrown around.  Right now Cespedes has purchase buspar pay pal online without rx been showing his stuff in the Dominican Winter League and it purchase buspar pay pal online without rx looks like he might be granted free agency at any time.  I’ve talked about how I’m not really high on Delmon Young and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx if Cespedes lives up to his billing, he should be a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx nice upgrade.

Right now, I’m just excited for some baseball.  Late February can’t get here fast enough.

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The Tigers are purchase buspar pay pal online without rx wrapping a one year deal for right handed relief pitcher Octavio Dotel.  Details (when we know) and analysis (when I have time) will be coming soon.

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Outside of signing Ramon Santiago to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a two-year deal, the Tigers have been fairly quiet this purchase buspar pay pal online without rx winter.  I haven’t seen anything official but it looks like the Tigers aren’t going to be a mover or a shaker at this years winter meeting.  Rather then signing a second baseman, it sounds like they’re going to go with a Ramon Santiago/Ryan Raburn platoon.  Third base we’ll see Don Kelly/Brandon Inge.  At times, especially late in the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx season, this looked like a good idea.  You have purchase buspar pay pal online without rx your better hitters with their defensive replacements that can come in late to purchase buspar pay pal online without rx lock down the game.  Still, we’ll see how this works for 162 games.

I’ve heard a lot of names that the Tigers are interested.  Octavio Dotel, Aramis Ramirez and Mark Buehrle have all been mentioned.  I like Buehrle and think he’d be purchase buspar pay pal online without rx a huge addition but it looks like the Tigers are looking for purchase buspar pay pal online without rx something different.  Of course what purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the team says and what they do are two different things.  For now, it purchase buspar pay pal online without rx sounds like Jacob Turner is going to head the list for purchase buspar pay pal online without rx that final rotation spot until or if the Tigers sign someone else.

The Tigers outrighted Ryan Strieby.  This guy can mash but his wrists have been a problem.  Now he’s 26 and he’s looking more like a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx career minor league hitter like Mike Hessman.  This opens up a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx roster spot so if the Tigers decide to pull the trigger on a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Rule 5 pick, they’ll have a spot open.

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This was a pleasant surprise.  Justin Verlander was very deserving and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx I think this was as much a symptom of the late season collapse by the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Red Sox then anything with the voters penchant towards excluding pitchers.  In a purchase buspar pay pal online without rx bizarre vote, Verlander took thirteen of the 28 first place votes but he also got an purchase buspar pay pal online without rx eighth place vote and wasn’t put on one person’s ballot at all.  Jaboby Ellsbury came in second place and Jose Bautista came in third.  Someone had Jose Bautista in ninth and that’s also a joke.

Other Tigers to get votes were Miguel Cabrera (fifth place, with two first place votes and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx he was actually named on all 28 ballots), Alex Avila (who was on six ballots with seventh his best showing) and Victor Martinez (four ballots, highest showing was eighth place).  David Robertson actually picked up a tenth place vote and oddly, Jered Weaver, who came in second place in the Cy Young, wasn’t on a single ballot.

Former Tiger Curtis Granderson came in fourth place.  Verlander is purchase buspar pay pal online without rx the first pitcher since Dennis Eckersley to win the win the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx award and the first starter since Roger Clemens in 1986.  He’s the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx first Tiger to win the award since 1984 but the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx Tigers have had their share of second places finishers since then purchase buspar pay pal online without rx with Alan Trammell, Cecil Fielder, Magglio Ordonez and Miguel Cabrera all being the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx runner up at one point.

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It’s been seventeen years, but the Tigers have a Cy Young winner.  As expected, Justin Verlander was the purchase buspar pay pal online without rx unanimous choice for the award and he took every first place vote.  Jered Weaver came in second place, James Shields came in third and purchase buspar pay pal online without rx CC Sabathia was in fourth place.  The last award of the season is the AL MVP on November 22 and it’ll be interesting to see if Verlander takes that home as well.

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