Spring training thread

Joel Zuyama changes teams, but not his luck: Out for the season (again). This time, a torn ulnar collateral ligament.

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2012/02/former_detroit_tigers_relief_p.html

 

That blows royally. He's got to be feeling like he'll never throw again this afternoon.

 

Given the trouble Zimmerman has had staying healthy, put me in the camp that thinks they overpaid, too.

 

The fantasy baseball geeks like me care about Perez, whose value just went down because he will be on the shelf while most leagues hold their drafts.

Sizemore? Hell, most fantasy geeks have given up on the guy by now.

 

I know there's been some talk of him playing 2B, but given his history of ankle injuries, that sounds like a bad idea.

 

Draft Perez, DL him, pick up Pestano for a couple weeks (hopefully....)

 

And it has begun. A whole month and a half or so of looking at nothing but Michigan/Canada license plates.

I Looooooooooooooooooooove being near the spring training home of the Tigers.

 

I'm sure many people will go that route, but oblique injuries can be trouble. As an Indians fan or as a fantasy baseball player, I'd be a bit wary of Perez right now.

 

I hope to never be lumped in with Jon Heyman and Tom Verducci on the matter of analyzing baseball, and thankfully, I avoid that bullet here. Rolen gave the Cardinals 21.2 WAR in his four full seasons with the team. That said, I think the comparison is only half-apt. Zimmerman isn't nearly as good as Rolen defensively. Rolen has a strong argument as the second-best defensive third baseman ever.

 

At least the first half of those plates knows how to drive at least!!

 

Behind Brook, right?

 

Behind Brooke.