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On Tigers Peralta making like Tram, the Lions and Johnathan Joseph - and Max and Porcello
I will be the first to agree that Jhonny Peralta isn't the second coming of Alan Trammell, but he is doing a pretty good impersonation of Tram even at his best.
Peralta is on pace this season to hit .322 with 26 home runs and 95 RBI. In his entire 20-year major league career, Trammell topped those numbers just one time in each category - when he had his best season in 1987 by lifting the Tigers on his back and carrying them to the American League East title. It was, by the way, their last division championship. Tram's stats in '87: .343-28-105. Peralta's OPS this season is .911; Trammell's in '87 .953.
Peralta has also been very good in the field. It wasn't just a good trade by Dave Dombrowski to acquire Peralta, it was a great trade.
- Johnathan Joseph is a tremendous football player, who is in his prime and has been under the radar for a number of years because he's played for the low-profile Bengals. The salary cap when the NFL returns is not going to be unlimited, but Joseph would likely be the best cornerback who might be in the Lions' price range. Two problems with Joseph, though.
One is injuries. He missed four games in 2010 and eight games in 2008 because of injuries. When he played the full season in 2009, he ranked just about any corner in the NFL.
Two, Joseph was one of the Bengals who got into trouble off the field. He was charged with marijuana possession in 2007.
- There is all this moaning about the Tigers' starting pitching, but Max Scherzer and Rick Porcello have combined to go 21-11. They can't be that bad.
Peralta is on pace this season to hit .322 with 26 home runs and 95 RBI. In his entire 20-year major league career, Trammell topped those numbers just one time in each category - when he had his best season in 1987 by lifting the Tigers on his back and carrying them to the American League East title. It was, by the way, their last division championship. Tram's stats in '87: .343-28-105. Peralta's OPS this season is .911; Trammell's in '87 .953.
Peralta has also been very good in the field. It wasn't just a good trade by Dave Dombrowski to acquire Peralta, it was a great trade.
- Johnathan Joseph is a tremendous football player, who is in his prime and has been under the radar for a number of years because he's played for the low-profile Bengals. The salary cap when the NFL returns is not going to be unlimited, but Joseph would likely be the best cornerback who might be in the Lions' price range. Two problems with Joseph, though.
One is injuries. He missed four games in 2010 and eight games in 2008 because of injuries. When he played the full season in 2009, he ranked just about any corner in the NFL.
Two, Joseph was one of the Bengals who got into trouble off the field. He was charged with marijuana possession in 2007.
- There is all this moaning about the Tigers' starting pitching, but Max Scherzer and Rick Porcello have combined to go 21-11. They can't be that bad.
posted by Pat Caputo at
9:11 AM
3 Comments:
How does win-loss determine if pitchers are good? It's incredible that someone with this little knowledge on baseball can get paid to write about it. Please either adapt and learn about baseball or stick to writing fluff pieces without showing your ignorance.
-Frank Stevenson
interesting that some of the most lopsided trades that dombrowski has closed in detroit have involved SS...guillen, renteria, peralta. signing him for 2 years sure takes some of the sting out of the inge contract.
some discussion here recently about weaver v. verlander. if no rainouts, they are on a course to matchup in Detroit on Jul 31. that should be a sellout, right?
Frank, Pat does know baseball. He writes almost day and is a talk host almost everyday. Due to his schedule his writing is not going to be perfect every time.
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