Tigers sign Prince - 9/214 - Heyman

[Guest]

I can't believe they intend to play Cabrera at 3B.

[NonProfitCow]

I can't believe they intend to play Cabrera at 3B.

No way. I think they're more likely to play VMart at 3B or LF.

[Guest]

I can't believe they intend to play Cabrera at 3B.

No way. I think they're more likely to play VMart at 3B or LF.

 

César Augusto Márque @CesarAMarquez Reply Retweet Favorite · Open

I Have talked with Miguel Cabrera who confirms that will go to third base bit.ly/zv0jB6 #Tigers

Retweeted by Jon Morosi

 

Jon Morosi @jonmorosi Reply Retweet Favorite · Open

Miguel Cabrera told @Marfamata that he was aware of this possibility five days ago and spoke with Jim Leyland about moving to 3B.

[Derwood]

Cecil is a terrible father, in no small part be ause he can't stand the fact that his son is a better player than he was

[Clem Fandango]

I can't believe they intend to play Cabrera at 3B.

No way. I think they're more likely to play VMart at 3B or LF.

 

V-Mart is out for the year

[NonProfitCow]

I can't believe they intend to play Cabrera at 3B.

No way. I think they're more likely to play VMart at 3B or LF.

 

V-Mart is out for the year

I was talking about next year. Wouldn't Fielder at 1st and Cabrera DH be the obvious move for this year and beyond?

[Sabermetrician]

Prince to Detroit is good for the Cubs, the Tigers were a legitimate threat for Cespedes

[ConstableRabbit]

Ate Mile.

[Have a seat, Neifi]

So by 2014, their best 3 position players will all being a sh*tload of money and will be best-suited to play DH. Oh, and Justin Verlander's current deal will be expiring:

 

2014 salaries:

 

Cabrera - $22 million

Martinez - $12 million

Fielder - $23.8 million*

 

Verlander - $ 12 million

 

 

So for that record, they'll be paying over $57 million for three DHs.

 

*Assuming, without knowing the full details of the contract, that the AAV is constant throughout Fielder's new 9-year deal (which it surely won't be, of course)

Edited January 25, 2012 by Have a seat, Neifi

[SABR Gamer]

Scott Swaim @MLBInsideNews

#Breaking: #Nationals to sign Prince Fielder to 8 year deal.

 

Scott Swaim @MLBInsideNews

#Nationals/Fielder deal has opt-out after 3.

 

Scott Swaim@MLBInsideNews

Source from #Nationals front office: DONE deal on Fielder. He has to fly from his home in FLA to WASH for Physical

 

https://twitter.com/#!/MLBInsideNews/status/161297046131843072

 

https://twitter.com/#!/MLBInsideNews/status/161298849959387138

 

https://twitter.com/#!/MLBInsideNews/status/161301150983917568

 

Legit? BS? Who knows.

 

Lol I called this guy out on twitter for being fail so he got pissed and then blocked me.

[Guest]

The whole account is gone. At least he knew well enough to pack up and go home, I guess.

[Guest]

RT @dschoenfield: Name me a worse defensive infield than Tigers' possible alignment of Cabrera, Peralta, Raburn and Prince? Anything close in last 30 years?

[SABR Gamer]

The whole account is gone. At least he knew well enough to pack up and go home, I guess.

 

This makes more sense but I wouldn't be surprised if he pops back up sometime, maybe even under a different name, and starts blindly guessing again. Haha, he probably likes the attention, I guess it worked though.

[Have a seat, Neifi]

RT @dschoenfield: Name me a worse defensive infield than Tigers' possible alignment of Cabrera, Peralta, Raburn and Prince? Anything close in last 30 years?

The last time Cabrera tried to play 3B was in 2008 with the Tigers. He committed 5 errors in 14 games, good for -3 runs (TZR below average). Surely he's gonna be just fine 3+ years later and who knows how many pounds heavier.

[Rob]

My take on it

[imb]

My take on it

 

im gonna give you props for sticking with the front page thing. it's at the point that i read all your articles just because you stuck with it, unlike, ahem, everyone else.

[SABR Gamer]

My take on it

 

im gonna give you props for sticking with the front page thing. it's at the point that i read all your articles just because you stuck with it, unlike, ahem, everyone else.

 

Hey, I read it. The front page articles are usually well done and give good analysis.

[Rob]

My take on it

 

im gonna give you props for sticking with the front page thing. it's at the point that i read all your articles just because you stuck with it, unlike, ahem, everyone else.

 

I appreciate that, truly. But I haven't been posting nearly enough. I kept waiting for something to happen to the Cubs that I could write about... but absolutely nothing had happened since Maholm.

 

It's a learning experience. Right now I'm learning how to figure out what the hell to write about. Hopefully the quality is worthwhile, at least.

[Sabermetrician]

So by 2014, their best 3 position players will all being a sh*tload of money and will be best-suited to play DH. Oh, and Justin Verlander's current deal will be expiring:

 

2014 salaries:

 

Cabrera - $22 million

Martinez - $12 million

Fielder - $23.8 million*

 

Verlander - $ 12 million

 

 

So for that record, they'll be paying over $57 million for three DHs.

 

*Assuming, without knowing the full details of the contract, that the AAV is constant throughout Fielder's new 9-year deal (which it surely won't be, of course)

 

Verlander makes $20.1M in 2014.

[Soul]

So the Tigers made themselves better in the short term, at the cost of huge long-term dollars.

 

In short, Prince is their Soriano. Good luck Detroit. Hopefully, that vegetarian diet pays dividends 5 years from now.

[ctcf]

My take on it

 

im gonna give you props for sticking with the front page thing. it's at the point that i read all your articles just because you stuck with it, unlike, ahem, everyone else.

 

I appreciate that, truly. But I haven't been posting nearly enough. I kept waiting for something to happen to the Cubs that I could write about... but absolutely nothing had happened since Maholm.

 

It's a learning experience. Right now I'm learning how to figure out what the hell to write about. Hopefully the quality is worthwhile, at least.

 

The quality is most definitely there and thank you for sticking with it.

 

I think you're right in that there really isn't much to write about. Perhaps semi-related things like the transition of Cuban players to America or something, given the Cubs' interest in Cespedes, Soler, Concepcion?

[Guest]

I kinda wish Rob had his own blog. I guess this is kind of the same thing.

 

Not many Cubs blogs out there with that type of analysis.

 

Or maybe a Rob/TT combo deal, but that might be asking too much.

[Guest]

So the Tigers made themselves better in the short term, at the cost of huge long-term dollars.

 

In short, Prince is their Soriano. Good luck Detroit. Hopefully, that vegetarian diet pays dividends 5 years from now.

 

I'm pretty sure that has long been a thing of the past.

[RynoRules]

 

He's kind of cute, in a gross fat kid kind of way.

 

Lol at Trammel smirking

[Soul]

So the Tigers made themselves better in the short term, at the cost of huge long-term dollars.

 

In short, Prince is their Soriano. Good luck Detroit. Hopefully, that vegetarian diet pays dividends 5 years from now.

 

I'm pretty sure that has long been a thing of the past.

 

Oh really? I obviously missed that.