March 25, 200422 yr http://www.mlive.com/tigers/stories/index....23800307460.xml Pudge and Uggy... Reunited and It feels so good.
March 25, 200422 yr Unreal how Detroit could fit him in the payroll but the Sox couldn't, and HE WANTED TO PLAY HERE!!
March 25, 200422 yr Detroit was feeling very, very shaky about its pen and IRod was demanding this signing - just got finished reading about it in the Freep (Detroit Free Press) at lunch and since the dude was asking to be overpaid and Ilyich is turning his spending ways to the Tigers.... it was almost guarenteed it would shake this way
March 25, 200422 yr If the rest of the AL Central starts to spend, I think Reinsdorf will too. He just likes to play down to his competition, much like the White Sox. Sb
March 25, 200422 yr So that begs the question... most likely to be 61. Tiger wins or Bonds HR's? Answer, Neither.
March 25, 200422 yr Unreal how Detroit could fit him in the payroll but the Sox couldn't, and HE WANTED TO PLAY HERE!! Don't you know, Chicago is not a large-market team, like Detriot! Reinsdorf sucks!
March 25, 200422 yr Im sure the reason we do not have Urbina is that we already have a property that is a $6mil per year closer in Koch. Had we traded Koch, we would of considered Urbina. But we have other areas to address before getting another closer. SB
March 25, 200422 yr Detroit was feeling very, very shaky about its pen and IRod was demanding this signing - just got finished reading about it in the Freep (Detroit Free Press) at lunch and since the dude was asking to be overpaid and Ilyich is turning his spending ways to the Tigers.... it was almost guarenteed it would shake this way No question. This is the first I have heard of this, but I am sure I will get to hear a ton more soon, great.
March 25, 200422 yr You just can't figure on what JR will authorize. Colon is overpaid by the Angels and now the Tigers overpay Urbina, but whether they overpaid or not they and not the Sox have the pitchers. I was surprised for instance when Harold Reynolds rated Colon as his #1 power pitcher. Urbina is a very good relief pitcher, but only time will tell if he is what the Tigers need to compete, or if Colon is what te Angels lacked. The Sox meanwhile apparently will settle for the retreads trying to rebound. But, then again we might get lucky...
March 25, 200422 yr You just can't figure on what JR will authorize. Colon is overpaid by the Angels and now the Tigers overpay Urbina, but whether they overpaid or not they and not the Sox have the pitchers. I was surprised for instance when Harold Reynolds rated Colon as his #1 power pitcher. Urbina is a very good relief pitcher, but only time will tell if he is what the Tigers need to compete, or if Colon is what te Angels lacked. The Sox meanwhile apparently will settle for the retreads trying to rebound. But, then again we might get lucky... Last two WS winning team starting rotations: Florida: Beckett -- cheap, young, unproven talent drafted by team Penny -- cheap, solid starter drafted by team Willis -- cheap, young unproven talent traded for while still in minors Redman -- cheap Detroit cast-off Pavano -- cheap Montreal cast-off Anaheim: Ortiz -- slightly above-average guy drafted by team Washburn -- unproven guy at time, brought up through system Sele -- Seattle cast-off Appier -- old Oakland/NY Mets cast-off Lackey -- cheap unproven rookie Where are all the high-priced FA pitchers????????????
March 26, 200422 yr IRod was demanding this signing Think there is more to that kissing stuff than meets the eye?
March 26, 200422 yr It was two weeks ago that we found out Uggie wanted to play here, and we haven't heard the first inkling of a rumor that the front office was even considering signing him. He's too good of a pitcher. You new someone was going to. I'd rather it be the Kitties than the Twinkies.
March 26, 200422 yr Anybody see how much Urbina got? Financial terms haven't been released. Heck, I haven't even seen a good rumor yet.
March 26, 200422 yr Financial terms haven't been released. Heck, I haven't even seen a good rumor yet. I saw 3.5 million but that was on an espn.com article, I guess he was looking for 4.5 million.
March 26, 200422 yr I am wondering how we "overpaid" Urbina. He got 3.5 million for one year. The deal isn't even worth that in present day terms, because he's only getting $1 million this year with the rest deferred. We needed help in our bullpen and this is great tradebait come July.
March 27, 200422 yr I am wondering how we "overpaid" Urbina. He got 3.5 million for one year. The deal isn't even worth that in present day terms, because he's only getting $1 million this year with the rest deferred. We needed help in our bullpen and this is great tradebait come July. Oh, it is definitely a good move for the Motor City Kitties.
March 27, 200422 yr I am wondering how we "overpaid" Urbina. He got 3.5 million for one year. The deal isn't even worth that in present day terms, because he's only getting $1 million this year with the rest deferred. We needed help in our bullpen and this is great tradebait come July. Oh I agree, I wish we had overpaid like that. Btw, why wait til July, I'll trade you the Japanese all-time saves leader for him right now.
March 27, 200422 yr I am wondering how we "overpaid" Urbina. He got 3.5 million for one year. The deal isn't even worth that in present day terms, because he's only getting $1 million this year with the rest deferred. We needed help in our bullpen and this is great tradebait come July. I think I spoke to quickly by saying Urbina was overpaid. I didn't see that he signed for only $3.5M. Heck that's only a slight bit higher than what I get in my job. Something slightly more like $3.499999M more than I make, but for a guy of Urbina's quality that's not a bad signing for the Tigers. I think it's just a statement by JR that he is getting ready to battle the player's union on salaries along with his idol Bud Selig. We have let several of our FA's go for salaries I think we could have afforded. But, ST has been ok and hopefully we will have the horses to win. I feel pretty good about the starting pitching, but on occassion I sweat that bullpen.
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