Glavine and Tiger Roundup

UPDATE 11/14 2:00am:
According to MLB.com Hot Stove, the Tigers have been in contact with the FA Octavio Dotel. This would ultimately safe guard our setup man and also have a emergency closer. Though I do like this possible signing.....Dotel has been injury plagued for many seasons and I'm not sure about how effective he will be. If he can be very effective with minimal injury, he will be an awesome addition but if he is plagued with injury, It will be 2007 all over again.

More on this and Kenny, tomorrow and on possible other deals or signings in respect to our rotation.

UPDATE 11/14 1:35am:
Wow things are moving fast!! According to MLB.com Hot Stove, Boras and Rogers have declined already two offers from the Tigers and Dombrowski. This is almost a finish between the two parties. Dombrowski if he is smart wont offer a third package. As much as I love Rogers thought he was the glue that held us together in 2006, theres now way I would give him and Boras(greedy agent) $10 million for a one year deal. If this is it Good Luck to Rogers and his new team. And as for Boras he is brillant but also a greedy agent that ruins good team chemistry(Tigers-Rogers, Braves-Jones, in '09 Braves- Texiera). For that a big whooping THANKS >:(

Also the Tigers have gotten Danny Christensen in the deal that sent Romon Colon to the Royals. Danny was 5-15 in AA for the Royals so it seems like a baggage for baggage trade we shall see.

More on this tomorrow and on possible other deals or signings in respect to our rotation.

UPDATE 11/13 11:34pm:
According to the Detroit FreePress, Boras in accordance to the Schilling deal, wants a one year/$10 million for his client. To me with his injury plagued season last year that is way to much to sign him for. Boras and Dombrowski needs to negotiate a compromising deal for around $7.5-8.5 million with incentives. This is bad news for the Tigers, as I feel we will not match Boras' offer.


Well today there wasn't much backlash or new news from the Tigers trade yesterday. Jones is expected to platoon with Thames/Raburn in '08. While shipping Jones to the Tigers the Cubs have also given around $2 million in the deal to the Tigers to help pay for his last year contract. I still say this will definitely give us a formidable lineup this year. This also gives us the ability to let Pudge bat 8th, and also puts less pressure on him and Inge. His career numbers of .280/.329/.455, will definitely help out. His 5 HR from last year I believe was a fluke and he will give us around 10-15 HR next year while knocking in around 70 RBIs. The lineup will look somewhat like this:

1. Granderson/Jones
2. Polanco
3. Sheffield
4. Ordonez
5. Guillen
6. Renteria
7. Jones/Granderson/Thames
8. Pudge
9. Inge

In other news, according to Chicagocubs.com former Tiger OF Craig Monroe is now a Minnesota Twin. The Cubs traded him to the Twins for a player to be named later, this move is a move to get some sort of prospect for a player they would not tender this year. Monroe who spent half of 2007 with the Tigers, hit .222/.264/.373 with 11 HR and 55 RBIs. He was an outstanding player but hit a plateau and is I think on the decline. With Minn. fans saying they love the bad trade of Jaques Jones to Detroit is just insane when their own GM just traded for a player on the decline. In any case I give my luck to Monroe and hope he turns it around this year.(except of course against the Tigers.)

For Braves fans, Tom Glavine and the Braves according to MLB.com, are expected to move swiftly through negotiations and sign Glavine to a 1 year deal around $7-9 million with incentives and a mutual option for '09. So good ol' Tommy wants to end his awesome career in a Braves uniform. That is all good but how good will Glavine be? Well he did have the 5th best quality starts in the NL in 2007 with 22. Though he had the 2nd highest ERA (4.45) in his career last year as well. I think the idea of being in a friendly environment in Atlanta, along with competing with his long time teammate and friend John Smoltz will also give him incentive to out pitch John. Glavine will be a great #3 pitcher for Atlanta, this along with no pressure to be the ace of the pitching staff will enable Glavine to pitch unconditionally well without fallout from fans.

2008 Pitching Staff:

1. Tim Hudson
2. Jon Smoltz
3. Tom Glavine?
4. Chuck James/Jair Jurrjens/Mike Hampton
5. Chuck James/Jair Jurrjens/Jo-Jo Reyes/Mike Hampton

I believe that the Braves will compete especially after the addition of Glavine and the Tigers need to shore up their pitching staff in order to make it back to the playoffs because their lineup is now all set.