(no DPBLers, not that Pedro Lopez, he's not only fake, he's also a douche)

I liked Hiram Adams better. He was the Albert Pujols of DPBL.

@JimBowdenESPNxm

JIM BOWDEN Tigers considering Johnny Damon & Juan Pierre with thinking of adding table setters and letting Boesch and Young make up for VMarts RBI's

http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/...toms-since-dec/

 

Justin Morneau hasn’t felt concussion symptoms since Dec.

 

Drew Silva

 

Jan 22, 2012, 2:14 PM EST

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Finally, some promising news on Justin Morneau.

 

According to Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the 30-year-old first baseman has been participating in strenuous workouts for over a month at a training facility in Phoenix and has not experienced a concussion-related symptom yet.

 

There’s still some concern that Morneau’s head issues will resurface when spring training opens and he’s exposed to the heat and sunlight of a typical March in Fort Myers, Florida. But, so far so good.

 

“I wouldn’t say the head’s perfect yet,” Morneau told the Star-Tribune. “I’m not going to declare that until I go through fielding ground balls, playing catch, taking batting practice, doing all the baseball stuff. But what I was able to do today is miles ahead of where I was at this time last year.”

 

Morneau batted just .227/.285/.333 with four home runs and 30 RBI across 288 plate appearances last year and has played in only 150 games over the past two seasons. The native of British Columbia was the American League’s Most Valuable Player in 2006 and was a .282/.352/.505 hitter between ’04 and ’09.

mlbtrindians Tim Dierkes

Indians Sign Julio Lugo

Just to put it in perspective...

 

Tigers lineup: Jackson, Young, Fielder, Cabrera, Avila, Peralta, Boesch, Raburn/Santiago, Inge

Sox lineup: De Aza, Ramirez, Dunn, Konerko, Rios, Pierzynski, Viciedo, Morel, Beckham

 

Tigers rotation: Verlander, Fister, Scherzer, Porcello, Turner

Sox rotation: Peavy, Danks, Floyd, Humber, Sale

 

Tigers bullpen: Balester, Schlereth, Albuquerque, Coke, Dotel, Benoit, Valverde

Sox bullpen: TBD, TBD, TBD, Ohman, Crain, Thornton, Reed

 

Gut it, Kenny.

Just to put it in perspective...

 

Tigers lineup: Jackson, Young, Fielder, Cabrera, Avila, Peralta, Boesch, Raburn/Santiago, Inge

Sox lineup: De Aza, Ramirez, Dunn, Konerko, Rios, Pierzynski, Viciedo, Morel, Beckham

 

Tigers rotation: Verlander, Fister, Scherzer, Porcello, Turner

Sox rotation: Peavy, Danks, Floyd, Humber, Sale

 

Tigers bullpen: Balester, Schlereth, Albuquerque, Coke, Dotel, Benoit, Valverde

Sox bullpen: TBD, TBD, TBD, Ohman, Crain, Thornton, Reed

 

Gut it, Kenny.

 

Their late bullpen looks better. They have Verlander, Prince, & MCab. But it's not like the rest of their team is anything special.

Their late bullpen looks better. They have Verlander, Prince, & MCab. But it's not like the rest of their team is anything special.

 

Verlander, Fielder, and Cabrera could combine for 20 fWAR. It will, barring anything completely out of the norm, take 5 White Sox players to match 20 WAR.

 

I think the Tigers are going to win 100 games this year.

Their late bullpen looks better. They have Verlander, Prince, & MCab. But it's not like the rest of their team is anything special.

 

They're not the best team out there, but they have a very above average team on paper (but at least those contracts will hurt them in the future). They really should run away with the division now, unless injuries strike and/or everything goes right for the Indians. And I would love if the Sox had guys like Boesch or Avila. Those two guys are only going to get better.

They're not the best team out there, but they have a very above average team on paper (but at least those contracts will hurt them in the future). They really should run away with the division now, unless injuries strike and/or everything goes right for the Indians. And I would love if the Sox had guys like Boesch or Avila. Those two guys are only going to get better.

Of course, Boesch was never even a top 25 prospect for the Tigers, so it's entirely plausible that some of those guys appear out of no where.

Indians pick up Russ Canzler, who will probably wind up their opening day 1b.

jonmorosi Jon Morosi

Source: #Indians acquire Kevin Slowey from #Rockies for Zach Putnam.

Damn just saw this, Putnam played at my high school when I was a freshmen, hopefully he does well out in Colorado.

Indians pick up Russ Canzler, who will probably wind up their opening day 1b.

 

Wow. What a s***ty division.

Wow. What a s***ty division.

 

And of course he'll wind up mashing against the Sox, but suck against everyone else...

JonHeymanCBS Jon Heyman

kotchman is heading to the #indians

 

hoynsie paul hoynes

Kotchman deal is official. Signed one year 3 million deal with #Indians.

 

mdepthcharts Jason Martinez

#Indians projected lineup now has 7 left-handed hitters and 2 switch-hitters. So an all-lefty lineup against RHP is likely.

 

DKnobler DKnobler

Royals announce they picked up 2013 option for mgr. Ned Yost

 

The Central is gonna be a joke outside of Detroit next season....

The Central is gonna be a joke outside of Detroit next season....

Why? If Jimenez pitches like an ace I think the Indians will give them a run for their money the entire way. Fister is a ground ball pitcher who had a terrific half-season. Not sold on that guy at all. Lets see how he likes having miggy butchering 3B behind him. And take a look at the prince's numbers outside of milwaukee. He's also getting ready to see a lot more breaking s*** than he saw in the NL. And Valverde? No way he repeats that performance. They had their shot last year, blew it as usual. f*** Detroit.

Why? If Jimenez pitches like an ace I think the Indians will give them a run for their money the entire way. Fister is a ground ball pitcher who had a terrific half-season. Not sold on that guy at all. Lets see how he likes having miggy butchering 3B behind him. And take a look at the prince's numbers outside of milwaukee. He's also getting ready to see a lot more breaking s*** than he saw in the NL. And Valverde? No way he repeats that performance. They had their shot last year, blew it as usual. f*** Detroit.

 

Funny that you're not sold on Fister because he had a terrific half season when that's all Jimenez has ever had in his career.

Funny that you're not sold on Fister because he had a terrific half season when that's all Jimenez has ever had in his career.

 

I am not sold on either.

Funny that you're not sold on Fister because he had a terrific half season when that's all Jimenez has ever had in his career.

Good point. But I don't think I said I was sold on Jimenez either.

paul hoynes @hoynsie

Associated Press reportingRoberto Hernandez, aka Fausto Carmona, expects to receive judicial pardon for false identity charges.#Indians.

Jim Souhan ‏ @SouhanStrib

Morneau: ``I don’t think there will be a career if it’s something I’m dealing with..I’m obviously not going to continue to mess around...

..with this if it continues to be a problem. There comes a point where you can only torture yourself for so long.'' Bad day for Twins.

After listening to Morneau, I think he knows the end is near, and wants to give it one more try.

 

 

 

 

 

Wow. I feel awful for the guy. I can't imagine having your career taken away from you like that.

paul hoynes ‏ @hoynsie

#Indians CF Grady Sizemore (back) out for opening day.

 

#Indians Grady Sizemore strained lower back fielding grounders in the OF two weeks ago.