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Inge in, Worth out

  • ZIPS Projections:

    Danny Worth - 231 average/286 OBP/328 SLG

    Brandon Inge - 222 average/296 OBP/357 SLG

    So remind me why you all care so much about this? It's not like Inge is being put on the team in place of an actual good player.

    Slippery People

  • AUAlum06 said...

    what exactly does Inge need to do to play his way off the team? If he hasn't yet I am not sure how he can

    I agree, however, I'm not the one who keeps bringing him back.

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  • Slippery People said...

    ZIPS Projections:

    Danny Worth - 231 average/286 OBP/328 SLG

    Brandon Inge - 222 average/296 OBP/357 SLG

    So remind me why you all care so much about this? It's not like Inge is being put on the team in place of an actual good player.

    I am scared of Inge becoming a clubhouse cancer. Yes, I'm being serious. We've all seen how he loves bitching to the media. How is that gonna go over with Santiago and Raburn when Inge is getting more run than they are? Is Miggy gonna hate DH'ing on days Leyland decides he needs Inge's overrated defense at 3B?

    Just cut his ass already. He brings literally nothing to the team besides distractions.

    svenski84

  • Slippery People said...

    ZIPS Projections:

    Danny Worth - 231 average/286 OBP/328 SLG

    Brandon Inge - 222 average/296 OBP/357 SLG

    So remind me why you all care so much about this? It's not like Inge is being put on the team in place of an actual good player.

    It's more of a value argument at this point. Worth is getting paid 482K for those numbers while Inge is making 5.5 million. Considering they're both negative WAR players (Inge was worth -1.9 wins in the time he was on the active roster last year), I'd rather have the younger and cheaper option.

    sprtnbrn ●

  • Spartan8Ball said...

    This is temporary.

    frustratedTemporary insanity, more like.

    vagivore

  • Vegas Vic said...

    Infielder Brandon Inge (groin) will be activated from the disabled list Saturday and infielder Danny Worth will be sent down. Also, the Tigers will activate Saturday's starting pitcher, lefty Adam Wilk. Right-handed reliever Brayan Villarreal will be out.

    Manager Jim Leyland said at the end of spring training that Inge would start at second base against most left-handed pitchers. The White Sox have a lefty, Chris Sale, going Sunday.

    Wilk, meanwhile, is starting in place of right-hander Doug Fister, who is on the DL with a side injury.

    This is like Comedy Hour x 10. Some people seem to be 'screaming' to be fired.

    UM, Green Bay and Chicago teams all have one thing in common: They all suck

    Clemenza

  • sprtnbrn said...

    It's more of a value argument at this point. Worth is getting paid 482K for those numbers while Inge is making 5.5 million. Considering they're both negative WAR players (Inge was worth -1.9 wins in the time he was on the active roster last year), I'd rather have the younger and cheaper option.

    Smart move is to go with the youngster.............ANYBODY but Inge.

    UM, Green Bay and Chicago teams all have one thing in common: They all suck

    Clemenza

  • ClankyIronBoots said...

    Yep. One play.

    And even with that awfulness, his fielding numbers in LF are way better than Delmon Young.

    Let me know when Young would ever lay out to make this play.

    http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=16559853&c_id=mlb

    At least Young can produce throughout the year as opposed to Mid August -Oct. Its like recycling garbage with Raburn and Inge. It brings back memories of constantly allowing Robertson and Miner to start another game..........because, well just because.......Classic garbage.
    To do this shit with all the hype for this being 'THE YEAR', is disgusting.

    UM, Green Bay and Chicago teams all have one thing in common: They all suck

    Clemenza

  • Rocket_Play said...

    Leyland said if he hit, he will make the team. He's hitting like .100 between spring and AAA. So I'd guess .100 is enough.

    ...........and Dumbo piped up about HOW AWESOME HE WAS LOOKING AT 2ND. This removed any doubt that the person Inge had naughty pics of was Dumbo. Great job security.

    UM, Green Bay and Chicago teams all have one thing in common: They all suck

    Clemenza

  • I'll offer my view on it yet again - I am at a complete loss to understand what Inge would have to do to play himself off this team. Worth vs. Inge, in the grand scheme, matters little. But the point of managing a team, either at the GM or manager level, is to try to make the team better. Worth, it would seem, at 26 still has the potential to improve. Inge has shown a steady decline, consistent with the aging process. Even if Worth has plateaued, Inge is an aging veteran in a clear decline. Good teams release those players; always have. I'm baffled......

    "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." --Gandhi

    Heathens 87

  • Heathens '87 said...

    I'll offer my view on it yet again - I am at a complete loss to understand what Inge would have to do to play himself off this team. Worth vs. Inge, in the grand scheme, matters little. But the point of managing a team, either at the GM or manager level, is to try to make the team better. Worth, it would seem, at 26 still has the potential to improve. Inge has shown a steady decline, consistent with the aging process. Even if Worth has plateaued, Inge is an aging veteran in a clear decline. Good teams release those players; always have. I'm baffled......

    He loves his kids.

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  • svenski84 said...

    I am scared of Inge becoming a clubhouse cancer. Yes, I'm being serious. We've all seen how he loves bitching to the media. How is that gonna go over with Santiago and Raburn when Inge is getting more run than they are? Is Miggy gonna hate DH'ing on days Leyland decides he needs Inge's overrated defense at 3B?

    Just cut his ass already. He brings literally nothing to the team besides distractions.

    B.Inge has been bitching to the media since after his first season when Pudge replaced him at catcher. I don't get it. Get rid of this guy.

    Miggy, who would be an absolute superstar if he liked speaking English, gave up his position at first this year, to compare.

    Always Smooth.

    Jim Shorts

  • Maybe they figure that Worth will be able to grown more with consistent playing time in Toledo vs spot duty and pinch running in the D?

    Too logical? Sorry.

    Greenw00dy

  • ClankyIronBoots said...

    The argument isn't Young vs. Raburn offensively. They both would be in the lineup regardless. It is Young vs. Raburn in LF

    Raburn has a better arm. But they both are suspect at fielders. Edge - Young, since he is a professional hitter throughout the year. Raburn at the plate from now thru August is Inge Part Deux.

    UM, Green Bay and Chicago teams all have one thing in common: They all suck

    Clemenza

  • Greenw00dy said...

    Maybe they figure that Worth will be able to grown more with consistent playing time in Toledo vs spot duty and pinch running in the D?

    Too logical? Sorry.

    That still doesn't answer the question of why Inge is even here.

    UM, Green Bay and Chicago teams all have one thing in common: They all suck

    Clemenza

  • Clemenza said...

    That still doesn't answer the question of why Inge is even here.

    nm

    This post was edited by Punisher99 on 4/14/2012 at 10:42 PM

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    Punisher99

  • Clemenza said...

    That still doesn't answer the question of why Inge is even here.

    Mods, is there anyway we can set up Clemenzas own board for his non-stop tempertantrums about Leyland, DD, Raburn and Inge? I think it would save us all a whole lot of time rather than have to sift thru his four straight posts attacking those trying to have serious discussions about baseball. Seeing as how nobody ever responds to him anyways, I think it would all work out just fine for everyone.

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  • Punisher99 said...

    Mods, is there anyway we can set up Clemenzas own board for his non-stop tempertantrums about Leyland, DD, Raburn and Inge? I think it would save us all a whole lot of time rather than have to sift thru his four straight posts attacking those trying to have serious discussions about baseball. Seeing as how nobody ever responds to him anyways, I think it would all work out just fine for everyone.

    Is your schtick the teenager on the UM thread? Your rants get shot down, and you turn into the hyper little brat who has to go stand in the corner for punishment. Just chill sweetheart, its ok. no

    UM, Green Bay and Chicago teams all have one thing in common: They all suck

    Clemenza

  • Clemenza said...

    Is your schtick the teenager on the UM thread? Your rants get shot down, and you turn into the hyper little brat who has to go stand in the corner for punishment. Just chill sweetheart, its ok. no

    Well, we do know that he has schticks, and that he uses them to upvote himself and downvote his enemies.
    **And then he brags about how he doesn't care about upvotes / downvotes. Dude is mental. He once made a schtick pretending to me a family member of a recruit and posted on tDuff.

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by Rocket_Play on 4/15/2012 at 6:54 AM

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  • Hey mods, delete this thread right now. What if Brandon Inge reads it?

    Signed,

    Punisher99

    Raburn Sucks

  • I wish there was a +100 option.
    And if you happen to be a Big Pun schtick trolling, this is the first funny thing I've ever read from you.

    This post was edited by Rocket_Play on 4/15/2012 at 7:51 AM

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    Rocket_Play ●

  • I kind of hope Inge stays with the team all year so I can watch the collective heads of tRCMB explode.

    duffy munn

  • Looks like Inge is starting at DH today.

    Seriously

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    msusnee ●

  • msusnee said...

    Looks like Inge is starting at DH today.

    Seriously

    No wonder the National League is complaining they can't compete with the AL in signing aging super sluggers. Pujois, Fielder, Inge.....huh

    This post has been edited 2 times, most recently by WBill19542 on 4/15/2012 at 10:26 AM

    WBill19542 ●

  • WBill@ said...

    No wonder the National League is complaining they can't compete with the AL in signing aging super sluggers. Pujois, Fielder, Inge.....huh

    I'm dumbfounded right now. Let's start a guy that hit .180 last year and was equally as bad in spring training this year at DH so that we take away the best past of his game. It's brilliant!

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    msusnee ●

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