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Archive for December, 2008

26 Dec

MCB Top 30: #27 Jade Todd

Proper Name: Jade A. Todd
Born: March 22, 1990 in Birmingham
High School: Shades Valley HS, Birmingham, Ala.
Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 190
Bats: R Throws: L
Drafted in the seventh round of last years draft, lefty Jade Todd opted to sign with the Detroit Tigers instead of bettering his stock with at least two seasons at the University [...]

22 Dec

MCB Top 30: # 28 Danny Worth

Proper Name: Daniel Weston Worth
Born: Sept. 30, 1985 in Northridge, Calif.
College: Pepperdine
Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 185
Bats: R Throws: R

Selected in the second round of the 2007 amateur draft by the Tigers, Danny Worth has shown in spurts throughout his short career, that he could be a major league talent. Only the second Pepperdine Wave drafted on [...]

18 Dec

The MCB Top 30: #29 Noah Krol

Proper Name: Noah B. Krol
Born: June 6, 1984 in Nickerson, Kan.

High School:
College: Wichita State
Ht.: 6-2 Wt.: 185
Bats: B Throws: R
It’s players like Noah Krol that will help rebuild a weak and depleted system. Taken in the 17th round of the 2007 draft, Krol was considered one of the top closers in the NCAA [...]

17 Dec

Tigers close to signing Matt Treanor

According to Jon Paul Morosi of the Detroit Free Press, The Tigers are close to signing non-tendered free agent Matt Treanor to a one year deal, somewhere in the range of 750,000 dollars.
Treanor will most likely back up catcher Gerald Laird, who was acqured earlier this month. The Tigers thought about acquiring Treanor via trade [...]

16 Dec

MCB Top 30: #30 Mike Hollimon

Proper Name: Michael T. Hollimon
Born: June 14, 1982 in Dallas
High School: Jesuit College Prep School
College: Oral Roberts
Ht.: 6-1 Wt.: 185
Bats: B Throws: R
Coming out of high school in 2001, Mike Hollimon was considered one of the best prep hitters in the country. Coming out of Dallas, Texas, many teams considered him first round [...]

15 Dec

Tiger Bites 12/15/08: Everett, Dickerson, The Motor City Top 30

You know that a team is desperate to find relief help, especially at the closer position when rumors are not swirling. It seems that the Tigers’ talks have just died off. Maybe I am overacting, because I want to see this situation resolved. Who knows, maybe we will get a christmas present. Anyways, here is [...]

13 Dec

Lopez non-tendered, Management could be making a mistake

A little longer than twelve hours ago, Tiger management was scrambling, trying to tender all of their players eligible for arbitration. Luckily deals were met with Joel Zumaya, Marcus Thames, Fernando Rodney, Edwin Jackson and Bobby Seay. But it is the one they missed out on that is dissapointing me this Saturday.
Though the Tigers claim [...]

11 Dec

Skelton a D-Back, Bloom will fill lefty spot on roster

The hope was that some team would think he was too small.  At 5′11″,  165 pounds and only 23 years old, James Skelton has a lot of upside. To start the 2008 season, he was invited to Spring training to compete at the catcher position. The Tigers thought they could squeak him past other scouts. [...]

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