| Re: Tigers Season
The Tigers are for real but based how real we expect them to be. Our farm system is the key for us to saty out of that Y2K drought we were in. I see 90-72 being a GREAT year for us meaning we only have finish the year 70-62, a lower winning pct than we have RIGHT NOW. I am very proud of them . Sure we will have losing straks but I cant see us losing more than 5 in a row at any given time. The 3 headed monster of Z, Rodney and TJ seems to be a great idea of Leyland. All we need is 6 innings of good pitching and they can take the rest. Offensively, we still need to learn how to take more walks, but we are aggresive now and I dont want us to lose that. If Ordonez gets HOTTER and has a .320/35/115 season ..well here's my projections:
Granderson .282 17 65
Polanco .299 6 55
Rodriguez .291 15 89
Ordonez .314 31 108
Guillen .311 22 100
Shelton .309 24 98
Monroe .275 26 85
Young .265 16 60
Thames .282 14 43
Inge .260 18 61
Rogers 18-13....Bonderman 17-11....Maroth 14-8...Robertson 14-11..
Verlander 12-10..total 75-53 others/bullpen 15-18....for 90-72 |