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When the Tigers traded Curtis Granderson to the New York Yankees in a three way deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks in November, much was made of his struggles versus left-handers. His .183 batting average versus left-handed pitchers in 2009 is now probably the most famous batting split in the history of the Tigers. Lynn Henning has probably mentioned it about 30 times himself. Grandy's

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The Associated Press is reporting that the Tigers have signed Justin Verlander to a five year $80 million contract. Without the contract, Verlander would have become a free agent after the the 2011 season. So, this contract takes him through his final two arbitration years and three years beyond that.I am usually wary of pitchers being signed up long term because they are such a big injury

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Eddie of Tigers Thoughts has posted the Brian Bluhm Memorial Tigers prospect rankings at MotownSports. As many of you know, Mr Bluhm was one of the students killed in the tragic Virginia Tech shootings in 2007. Since Brian was an avid fan of Tigers minor league baseball, Eddie honors his memory by putting together an extensive prospect ranking each off-season. Several fans, who follow the

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The Tigers have added 13 players to spring training as non-roster invitees: pitchers Phil Dumatrait, Enrique Gonzalez, Josh Rainwater, Cody Satterwhite and Robbie Weinhardt; catchers Robinson Diaz, Johm Murriam, Mike Rabelo, Eric Roof and Max St.Pierre; and infielders Kory Casto, Jeff Larish and Gustavo Nunez.The best pitching prospects of the group are Robbie Weinhardt and Cody Satterwhite.

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According to Jason Beck, Jeff Larish has been outrighted to Toledo to make room for Jose Valverde on the 40 man roster. I had heard rumblings about Donald Kelly, Jay Sborz or Alfredo Figaro being removed so this move was a little surprising. Larish had a lot of promise as a left-handed hitting role player a year ago, but seems to have fallen in the depth charts. He draws walks (22 in 178

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The many Tigerfest interviews revealed some answers regarding the Tigers plans for the upcoming spring training and regular season. First, Dave Dombrowski confirmed that Gerald Laird would continue to get the bulk of the catching duties, at least for the first part of the season. How much Alex Avila plays will depend on how spring training goes for him both offensively and defensively, although

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The Tigers have signed free agent closer Jose Valverde to a two year $ 14 million contract with an option for a third year. The Tigers needed a veteran reliever after losing Brandon Lyon and Fernando Rodney to free agency. Valverde is a talented closer but he comes at a fairly steep price. Since he was a type A free agent, the Tigers will have to surrender their first round pick (the 19th

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Baseball America released their top 10 Tigers prospects today. Not surprisingly, prized pitching prospects Jacob Turner and Casey Crosby made the top two spots. Turner was the the first pick in last year's First Year Player Draft and has not yet thrown a pitch as a professional. He will probably pitch at low class A West Michigan in 2010. The left-handed Crosby came back from Tommy John

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Jason Beck reports that the Tigers have some interest in signing free agent closer Jose Valverde, who has pitched for the Houston Astros the past two season. This is surprising since the Tigers have been reluctant to spend money this off-season and it was thought that they would not pursue any costly free agents. Buster Olney says via ESPN Insider that Valverde is asking for $8 million per

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Today, I'll finish my historical Wins Above Replacement (WAR) series using Sean Smith's WAR database to rank Tigers right fielders. Other parts of the series including an explanation of WAR can be found in the WAR folder.With three of the top seven WAR among all position players, right field is the Tigers strongest position,historically. Al Kaline is the leading right fielder and has the second

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