FIVE FOR FRIDAY

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by Holly Horning

This week, we’ve been analyzing the Tigers’ roster as it pertains to positional players.  This roster has been so ineffective – in fact, they regressed this year –  despite a massive influx of cash from the owner.

Chris Ilitch has expressed his unhappiness with his now former GM’s inability to improve the team.  It stands to reason that he will ask his new GM to move this team forward at both the minor and major league levels.

Thus, it is expected that the new GM will be making some major changes to the current roster including off-loading some contracts (if possible), non-tendering and trading players.

Here’s where it gets fun. You are now the new GM and have to remake this roster. Who are the top 5 players you would keep?

You can only pick positional players, not pitchers, for this exercise.  You can also select someone who is a DH.  Those on the IL can also qualify.  But everyone has to be a member of the current 40-man roster.

And if you can’t come up with 5, that’s OK, too.  You will be making a statement.

Please list your 5 “keepers” in alphabetical order for easier reading.  One name per line.  I’ll tabulate the results and report on this next week.

I’ll kick things off with my top 5.  My choices are based upon what they supply that the Tigers overall lack and desperately need.  So my focus is on defense and especially offense but also on filling positions that have been empty of worthy candidates for far too long.

Kerry Carpenter

Harold Castro

Riley Greene

Eric Haase

Spencer Torkelson

Who are in your top 5?

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39 thoughts on “FIVE FOR FRIDAY”

  4. Thin roster for sure but had the hardest time picking between Carpenter and Austin Meadows. In any case my 5 are:
    Baez
    Carpenter
    Greene
    Haase
    Torkelson
    We desperately need a minimum of 2 FA sluggers.

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  13. Javier Baez
    Kerry Carpenter
    Riley Greene
    Ryan Kreidler
    Spencer Torkelson

    Baez is my last choice among the five. I chose Baez because he has hit .280 in his last 30 games and could be a good second baseman.

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  15. I went with a combination of youth and potential (along with a good bit of faith in new Hitting Coaches)

    Badoo (24)
    Carpenter (25)
    Green (21)
    Kreidler (24)
    Torkelson (23)

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  21. Carpenter
    H. Castro
    Greene
    Kreidler
    Torkelson

    It’s a toss up between Castro and Haase, but only if Haase is not behind the plate. His defensive skills as a catcher are well beyond underwhelming. I know the new GM has a long to do list, but please, put finding a good catcher on it.

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    • I agree. Hasse is also already 29 (though under team control for quite a while longer). I included him because he Meadows because they could slug a little, a quality sorely lacking in this organization.

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  22. Riley Greene
    Spencer Torkelson

    None of the rest warrant a “Keeper” status at this time. All others are replaceable, as far as I am concerned.

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