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    • Lineup of the future
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  • 7/1/12
  • bondlander05

2014 anyone?

Jackson CF
T. Collins LF
Cabrera 1B
Fielder. DH
Castellanos 3B
A. Garcia RF
Avila/Brantly C
2B ?
SS. ?

Bench
Fields OF
Avila/Brantly C
?
?

Verlander/scherzer/Porcello/Turner/Smyly

Villarreal/Rondon/AlBQ/?/?/?/?

Can't really project that far out, hence the # of ?'s, but there's a few guys on the farm I'm high on.

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  • 7/1/12
  • TigerTeen
no love for berry??
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  • 7/1/12
  • bondlander05
2 years from now is a long way away, but sure pencil hom in there on my bench!
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  • 7/1/12
  • MiamiTigersFan
Don't diss Berry..HaHa
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  • 7/1/12
  • angelcity
Avila?????????? is he really an answer at catcher.............................hurt a lot................had one good spell....................................not that good...................................nepotism???????????????
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  • 7/1/12
  • bondlander05

I'm not sure what the future holds for AA. I'm not ready to give up on him, though.

That's why I have him and Brantly splitting time.

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  • 7/1/12
  • TF84
So we're not playing VMart? I disagree with that.
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  • 7/2/12
  • bondlander05

Ah, is V-Mart still around in 14?

If so, gotta have Miggy at 3b (or lf/rf) and Prince at 1b, depending where they put Castellanos.

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  • 7/2/12
  • Eddiebrinkman

I like Fielder at DH.

Can Castellanos play SS?

I think Avila is the real deal despite his recent injuries.

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  • 7/2/12
  • TF84
No, Nick can't play SS.
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  • 7/2/12
  • basta606
When Avila is healthy we've seen the numbers he can put up. With knee problems already they might eventually try him as 1st/DH, an early convert from catcher much like Martinez. He got banged up reaaaaaaal good last fall; I wouldn't be surprised if its not until after this coming off season that he's fully healed and rested.
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  • 7/2/12
  • basta606

Two years out is an incredibly difficult amount of time to try to foresee. Just look at how different the 2010 Tigers on opening day were from 2012.

Jackson
Damon
Ordonez
Cabrera
Guillen
Inge
Laird
Sizemore
Everett

We'd be cynical if someone said Avila would go from a terrible rookie backup catcher to an All-Star in 2011. Or that we'd have the Indians Jhonny Peralta at SS and the Twins Delmon Young at DH. They'd think you were mad if you mentioned Prince Fielder (why not just list Hamilton, Greinke, Cano and Johan Santana while we're at it?). And who the heck is Doug Fister?

While the turnaround won't be this severe (only 3 players from that lineup are on the current team, one of whom left and came back) we still have a bunch of contracts that are ending after 2012.

It's all but guaranteed Young won't be back, and Raburn will need to have a major 2nd half to warrant a new deal. Peralta and Valverde have expensive club options; in my opinion they're both replaceable but DD might see 2013 as the year to 'go for it'. Boesch will need a major turnaround to keep his RF spot. It's widely speculated one or both of Scherzer or Porcello will be traded, and Santiago, while he might get an extension into 2014 and beyond, won't be given the starting role at age 34.

But you can guarantee that DD will do all he can in 2013-14 with the core nucleus of Verlander, Fister, Cabrera, Fielder, Jackson, Avila and Martinez. From there, who knows?

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  • 7/2/12
  • snow1knows

One good spell?

.295/.389/.506

18 homers 82 RBI.

Nepotism?

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  • 7/2/12
  • ericg75

<<Can Castellanos play SS?>>

From what I've heard, Castellanos is barely adequate at 3B. His future is probably in LF.

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  • 7/2/12
  • mvpdad
IT on MLB just mentioned they heard that Hamels and Victorino are being shopped around. Any opinions?
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  • 7/2/12
  • TonyTheMotownTiger
You got rid of out future at 3rd in Fransico Martinez
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  • 7/2/12
  • TonyTheMotownTiger
Yeah,if he can play 2nd,AJ patrol CF,Berry in left,hey can he play right
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  • 7/2/12
  • TigersFanATL
No Hernan Perez?
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  • 7/2/12
  • bondlander05
He is batting .500 at the MLB level! :) Sure, pencil him in at 2B.
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  • 7/2/12
  • TigersFanATL
Probably defensively better than anybody we have now.
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