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Adam Kennedy Make Sense For Tigers
The Tigers have to do something with their lineup. Not only is unbalanced, but there are injury concerns. The expectation Brandon Inge will be 100 percent ready for the start of the season may not be a reality. Scott Sizemore is questionable, too.
Of the available free agents, Adam Kennedy makes the most sense. He did play a lot of third base last season. He is a consistent hitter, who doesn't give away at bats. Hank Blalock hardly played third base last season and just hasn't developed into that good of a player since showing considerable promise early in his career. The Tigers don't have spare third basemen. They can use Ramon Santiago and Ryan Raburn at second.
Random Thoughts
To me, the biggest gamble of the NFL Draft will be Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford. He played in a spread in college, is tall and gangly and not overly athletic, and he missed most of last season with an injury.
- The Lions obviously need to upgrade at running back. Best free agent is Chester Taylor. Should be good backs in third round and beyond. No back in this draft is worth one of their first two picks.
- Can't wait for signing day next week to hear how great Michigan did again. Just wonder why that euphoria on signing day doesn't transfer to on the field.
My column in Friday's Oakland Press on Olympians Meryl Davis and Charlie White http://tinyurl.com/ybartdm
Of the available free agents, Adam Kennedy makes the most sense. He did play a lot of third base last season. He is a consistent hitter, who doesn't give away at bats. Hank Blalock hardly played third base last season and just hasn't developed into that good of a player since showing considerable promise early in his career. The Tigers don't have spare third basemen. They can use Ramon Santiago and Ryan Raburn at second.
Random Thoughts
To me, the biggest gamble of the NFL Draft will be Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford. He played in a spread in college, is tall and gangly and not overly athletic, and he missed most of last season with an injury.
- The Lions obviously need to upgrade at running back. Best free agent is Chester Taylor. Should be good backs in third round and beyond. No back in this draft is worth one of their first two picks.
- Can't wait for signing day next week to hear how great Michigan did again. Just wonder why that euphoria on signing day doesn't transfer to on the field.
My column in Friday's Oakland Press on Olympians Meryl Davis and Charlie White http://tinyurl.com/ybartdm
Labels: Adam Kennedy Scott Sizemore Hank Blalock Ramon Santiago Ryan Raburn Sam Bradford Chester Taylor
posted by Pat Caputo at
12:24 PM
3 Comments:
Pat, the 25th man on the team is going to be very valuable to a team built like the Tigers. Due to lack of scoring, the 25th man has to be able to run and play many positions and bat left handed. If they do not sign A Kennedy, I thought D Kelly has inside track over Dlugach with Kelly being able to play CF and bat left-handed. There is bit of a jam at ss in the minors with Dlugach, Iorg, Circiaco and Nunez. I wonder if Circiaco will be converted to 3B unless Dlugach is the 25th player?
Agree about Adam Kennedy. Even if everone is healthy, he might end up being a better play than Siezmore this year and in that case would be a nice insurance policy at second. Any thoughts on Jim Edmonds or other left-handed outfielders?
I think not having a viable alternative to Inge at 3b last year might have cost them the pennant. They couldn't rest him because they didn't have anyone else that could play defense at 3b at the league average.
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