Last night, just before the horrific injury to Joel Zumaya, I appeared as a guest on the SethSpeaks.net Weekly Minnesota Twins Podcast, hosted by Seth Stohs.

This was my first foray into podcasting and I was surprisingly nervous as I waited to join Seth. In fact, I’m only now listening to the show. We talked Tigers, touching on many different players including Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Bonderman, and Brennan Boesch.

I want to thank Seth for asking me to join him and I look forward to being a guest of his again. Give it a listen if you would, my appearance comes at about a half hour into the show and lasted roughly 25 minutes.

Leave a comment here when you’ve listened to the show, I’d love to hear some feedback about my first appearance on radio.

Plus, do the Tigers have a vision? I ask the round table to get their opinions on where the Tigers are going and if they have a specific vision.

Also joining us on the show is Wally Fish of Kings of Kauffman. Wally kicks off the A.L. Central Off-Season segment with Royals talk. Is Jason Kendall the right catcher? After a tough 2009 season, are Royals fans happy with Trey Hillman as the manager of the club? We also discuss the latest rumors and move the Royals have made in the off-season.

That’s the show in the nutshell. Make sure you follow us on Twitter, Subscribe on Itunes and drop your thoughts on the Voice mail line at 206-309-9454.

Thanks for listening and have a great week!

Ben Nicholson-Smith of MLB Trade Rumors joined us to break down the latest trade rumors swirling, tonight’s arbitration decisions, and possible free agents the Tigers could be targeting. You are going to want to bookmark MLB Trade Rumors, because they are the go-to website the next few months for trade, free agent and rule v rumors. Nicholson-Smith shares his thoughts on whether the Tigers should offer arbitration to Placido Polanco, Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon. Also we discuss the shortstop position and the free agents the Tigers should be targeting. And finally we discuss the trade rumors involving Edwin Jackson, Curtis Granderson and Miguel Cabrera.

In the discussion panel, Al Beaton of the Wayne Fontes Experience and Greg Eno of the Eno Empire on the web join us to bring you a fan-like perspective of the off-season thus far. The guys make their predictions on arbitration for tonight as well as break down some of the positions that need to be addressed in this off-season. Of course we talk about the trade rumors swirling, and all three of us agree that trading Cabrera better return 3-4 full time players ready to man a position in Detroit right away. We also break down Curtis Granderson’s value and whether trading Jackson for a younger talent is really worth it.

Finally we wrap up the show with Paul Wezner of Tigs Town. Wezner brings us the latest in Rule V draft news, the 40 man roster, winter leagues and much much more. Wezner shares with us the names that the Tigers could loose in the rule V draft as well as the names protected by the Tigers though placing them on the 40 man roster. Tigs Town brings the best minor league coverage and analysis to the internet. I suggest you to subscribe today to get the latest information in the Tigers organization.

That’s episode XIII in a nutshell. Make sure you voice your opinion on the off-season so far by dropping a line on our voicemail hot line- 206-309-9454. Feel free to email in your thoughts at motorcitybengals@gmail.com and follow us on twitter as well. And finally, make sure you subscribe to This Week in Detroit Tigers Baseball on Itunes to get every up to date Episode! Have a great week and let’s hope Detroit makes the right decisions throughout the rest of the week.