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http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/7/...n-quintin-berry-toby-harrah-and-jose-valverde
Monday Morning Thoughts: On Quintin Berry, Toby Harrah and Jose Valverde.
from blessyouboystigersblog

Berry has a slash line this month of .265 batting, .342 on-base and .382 slugging.

Toby Harrah quietly joined the team in late June around the Rangers series. The Tigers loudly responded by getting a bunch of hits and scoring a bunch of runs immediately. The contrast is pretty stark. Detroit batted .262 with .327 OBP and .408 slugging in 72 games before Harrah. In the 16 games since, the Tigers are batting .309 with .356 OBP and .474 slugging. They also have a BABIP of .347 during that time, which puts them quite a bit above what you would expect from any team. It seems safe to bet on a bit of regression when that 16 game sample doubles or triples in size. But right now you could make a really good argument that Harrah is helping.

Valverde is allowing baserunners on 33 percent of plate appearances. That works out to a career-high 1.39 WHIP. Valverde also is walking a career-high 4.9 per nine innings and striking out a career low 6.6 per nine innings. So it's not just that Valverde isn't perfect like he was in 2011. He's actually putting up some of the worst stats of any closer.
 
http://blog.detroitathletic.com/2012/07/15/led-by-cobb-tigers-outfield-of-1915-was-greatest-ever/
Led by Ty Cobb, the Tigers outfield of 1915 was the greatest ever.
from Detroit Athletic

Bobby Veach in LF, Cobb in Center, and Sam Crawford in RF.

That year, Cobb, Crawford, and Veach ranked #1, #2, and #3 in total bases and runs batted in for the American League. No other outfield has ever done that. Cobb won the batting title with a .369 mark, while Veach ranked sixth and Crawford was eighth in that category. The Georgia Peach hit .369 with 99 RBIs and 144 runs scored, Veach hit .313 and drove in 112 runs, and Crawford hit .299 with 112 RBIs.
Cobb set a major league record with 96 stolen bases.
Ty scored 144 runs to lead the league, while he also paced the circuit in hits and was second in walks with 118. It seemed like he was on base all the time. Which was fine, because Crawford hit behind him and Veach followed. Wahoo Sam led the league in triples with 19, while Veach paced the loop with 40 doubles (Cobb and Crawford tied for second with 31).
Cobb was never considered a great defender, but he used his speed to get to many balls deep. His arm was average, while Crawford had a great arm and was considered one of the best with the glove at his position in his era. Veach, the least known of the trio, was an excellent left fielder, with a fine arm and great instincts.
 
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-great-28-part-1-of-2/
The great 28 (part 1 of 2).
from the Hardball Times

Let?s look at the best teams in history and see how they did.

Now, admittedly, this isn?t scientific, and the debate will always go on as to what the best teams are. But it?s an intriguing way to approach the question. It certainly feels like quite a bit more than me just spouting off my opinion.

First, though, we need to select the 28 teams to square off against each other. I have a few general guidelines. First, I want to have respect for various eras. You have to look at how a team did in the context of its own time and then compare their relative dominance across time.

Second, I put the start of modern baseball at 1893. That?s when the last great rule change occurred, the 60 foot, six inch pitching distance. Many others pick 1900 or 1901, but I never cared for that. There were only 12 teams in the 1890s and 16 in the 1900s, which is to say the overall talent level was diluted starting in 1901. I don?t want to pick the starting point with a year when the overall quality of a team went down.

So I?m looking at the best teams from all eras from 1893-2011. Ideally, we'll have two or three per decade, maybe with more in recent decades, but let?s not get too hung up on each one. As it happens, there are 14 pre-expansion era, and 14 expansion-era squads. That works.

As for picking the precise 28 teams, a couple guidelines are in place:

- Both the best one-season wonders and the best dynasties should be represented.

- Actual and pythag records both matter.

- Postseason performance isn?t the most important factor, but it is a factor.
 
The Tigers will have a ceremony for Carlos Guillen on August 4. This is good because I think he is as deserving as Ordonez.
Jason Beck
 
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http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/...16&content_id=35020384&vkey=news_det&c_id=det
MLB Notebook: Justin Verlander may join elite company.

Verlander led the Majors with a 0.920 WHIP in 2011. If he can finish this season with enough innings to qualify for the ERA title and keep that WHIP below 1.00, he will become just the seventh pitcher since 1920 to have back-to-back seasons of allowing fewer than a walk or hit per inning pitched.
Verlander extended his run of starts with at least six innings to 61, tying Catfish Hunter for the third-longest streak in the live-ball era. Bob Gibson (78 in a row from 1967-70) and Steve Carlton (69 from '79-82) are ahead of Hunter and Verlander.
 
From Leyland's 3:30 presser;

Leyland on trade rumors: I don’t follow anything, if you’re talking about emails, Twitter, any of that (crap).

Brayan Villarreal, who did not play in Baltimore, is consulting with a neck specialist.
Villarreal going to see specialist right now, but feels much better today. Thinks will be ready tomorrow. Initially felt it after sleeping.
Villarreal: "I feel much better than yesterday. I think I'll be ready tomorrow. But we gotta see the doctor, see what he say".

Leyland said everyone else in Tigers pen is available, but he'd prefer to stay away from Valverde.

Dirks, who's been in Florida rehabbing, is here today, to "put on a show" for Tigers trainers, Leyland said.
Leyland on Dirks' progress: "The good news for me is when he’s ready to play for the Detroit Tigers, which won’t be for quite a while".
Leyland on Dirks: "He's missed 6 weeks, plus. He’s going to have to go out and get at-bats, and it won’t just be 3 or 4 days of at-bats".

Dirks on his Achilles, after several days of workouts in Florida: "This is the best it’s felt in a long time".
Dirks on how long to get ready: "For me, if I go out and feel fine, I’m ready to play. But they know better than I do about that".
"I’ve never been on a rehab stint anywhere. But these guys know how to do it, I don’t. I’m just a baseball player".

Leyland said Smyly was "indefinite" and that he expected Turner would be in that spot until Smyly returned to Tigers.
Leyland on whether injury could serve to keep Smyly's innings manageable: "Maybe it's the Good Lord telling us not to push him this year."

Big thing working against a Nick Castellanos call-up in September is that Tigers would need to clear room on 40-man roster. No space -- yet.
Hoffman, Ortega, Weber, Wilk, Stohr, Putkonen. If we needed to clear a 40 man roster spot, there are plenty of options.
 
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The Tigers are telling teams, at least right now, that prized 3B prospect Nick Castellanos is unavailable.
 
Larry Reynolds agent for Justin Upton said that he will not confirm or deny that Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers & Indians are the 4 No-Trade Teams.
 
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