Where are the Tigers going to find a spot for Magglio Ordonez: Easy. Right field. Hitting third. Ordonez is a lifetime .310 hitter with 162-game averages of 26 home runs and 110 RBI. Casper Wells has a lifetime minor league batting average of .250 without exceptional power. He is hitting .239. There are those who feel like Andy Dirks is this big find for the Tigers. He is hitting .226. Combined they are hitting .233 with five home runs and 16 RBI in 133 at bats this season.
Any reasonable facsimile of Ordonez should be a marked improvement. He should be completely healthy by now. Only question remaining is whether he has hit the wall at age 37.

The Minnesota Twins are done: No, they are not. I have no idea how under the circumstances, although Michael Cuddyer has been extremely hot lately, but the Twins have won nine of their last 11 games. They are nine games out of first place. I know it sounds like a lot, but this is a team that rallied to beat the Tigers while seven games down with just 26 games remaining in 2009. And Joe Mauer is due back in the lineup later this week.

The White Sox aren't much of a threat because they need a closer: The White Sox are very ominous from the standpoint they have basically played awful baseball, but are just 3 1-2 games out of first place and only two games below .500. Yes, it's true, they are a save opportunity about to be blown right now. But they will trade for a closer. The White Sox are always very aggressive near the trade deadline. This season will be no exception.
Replay of my livestream chat today. We addressed the Tigers in the first segment:

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There is growing sentiment Tigers' outfielder Magglio Ordonez is done, and that the Tigers wasted $10 million by re-signing him.
There is justification for this notion. Ordonez is 37 and hasn't hit a lick this season.
But done? I'm not so sure.
He was "done" after he had a major knee injury with the White Sox. He was "done" after he signed with the Tigers and had a stomach injury which kept him out most of his first season in Detroit.
He bounced back for a very good season, and to hit one of the epic home runs in Tigers' history the following season. Then he put together one of the best years ever by a Detroit player in 2007.
In the first half of 2009, Ordonez literally could not pull a fastball to the left side of the field. And had no power. But then, from July 2009 to July 2010, he had the best batting average in baseball. He was on pace for roughly 20 home runs and 100 RBI when he was injured last season.
Ordonez is a lifetime .310 hitter. His average 162-game season is 26 home runs and 110 RBI.
Maybe age has caught up to him. It does look like it so far this season. We saw it when Gary Sheffield was with the Tigers.
Then again, maybe water will find its level for Ordonez - again.
Certainly the Tigers must continue to play him, especially given their limited options.

I think signing Magglio Ordonez will help the Tigers, but it was at a steep price. Couldn't they get two corner outfielders for $10 million if they were creative in trades? Will it hinder them when it comes to upgrading the catcher's spot? Hey, don't they need more depth in the bullpen and a fifth starter?
A lot will, of course, depend on Ordonez's ability to play right field. He used to be adequate there. Not sure that applied the last couple seasons - before the ankle injury. I do believe he can still hit for average, but will he produce 20 home runs?