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Can you imagine the hitting the Tigers would be getting if Placido Polanco was still hitting 2nd for the Tigers? What if we still had Curtis Granderson? Can you imagine the team the Tigers would have if they were able to keep BOTH "Grandy" and Austin Jackson? Alas, it is not to be, so we must simply just feel happy for our former Tigers with "Polly" hitting .374 with the Phillies (despite bruising a toe with a sharp foul ball off of his foot recently, see below) and Granderson hitting 2 home runs in a recent game for the Yankees to put him on track for 30 on the season at the current pace.
Check out the rest of numbers on the "Where are they now?" stats page and the player trends on the "WATN Trends" page. Below are summaries for recent activity involving former Tiger players we are following courtesy of "MLB Fantasy Baseball News"...
May 2, 2011 at 10:04 PM ET ET
Braves righty Jair Jurrjens yielded two earned runs on seven hits over 7 2/3 innings against the Brewers, didn't walk a batter and struck out four to move to 3-0 on Monday.
Jurrjens delivered his fourth quality start in four tries, lowering his ERA to 1.52 and his WHIP to 1.01. The righty from Curacao pitched around a couple of early singles and suffered his only damage courtesy of Yuniesky Betancourt's two-out, two-run triple in the fourth inning. The 25-year-old will have his work cut out for him on Saturday when he faces off against Roy Oswalt and the Phillies.
May 7, 2011 at 2:55 AM ET ET
Diamondbacks starter Armando Galarraga tossed 4 1/3 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on three hits while walking six and striking out two in a no-decision against the Padres on Friday night.
Galarraga matched a career high, as he walked six before being replaced with one out in the fifth. Despite allowing nine baserunners during his stint, Galarraga was able to pitch out of most of his jams as the Padres stranded six through the first five innings. He will hope for better command when he makes his next scheduled start on May 11 at San Francisco.
May 5, 2011 at 2:26 AM ET ET
Angels reliever Jordan Walden blew his first save of the season on Wednesday, allowing two earned runs on three hits and one walk while fanning one.
Fernando Rodney allowed a run of his own in the eighth inning, so Walden's ninth-inning duties are safe for now.
May 3, 2011 at 10:55 PM ET ET
White Sox starting pitcher Edwin Jackson was victim to a hard-luck loss Tuesday vs. the Twins, yielding just one earned run on six hits and a walk while striking out two over eight strong frames.
Jackson was upstaged by a no-hitter from Twins starter Francisco Liriano, but posted his first quality start since April 7. Prior to Tuesday, the right-hander had allowed 20 earned runs in 21 1/3 innings over his last four starts. Jackson has showed flashes of brilliance this season, but tread lightly in his next scheduled start May 9 at the Angels, as the 27-year-old is 1-3 with a 7.54 ERA away from U.S. Cellular Field this year.
May 5, 2011 at 12:21 PM ET ET
Astros reliever Brandon Lyon, who blew his fourth save in eight tries Wednesday, was scheduled to fly back to Houston on Thursday to be examined by team medical director Dr. David Lintner because of weakness in his right shoulder.
Manage Brad Mills confirmed Thursday that right-hander Mark Melancon, who has allowed three earned runs and struck out 12 in 15 2/3 innings this season, will close in Lyon's absence. Lyon converted 20 of 22 save opportunities last year with the Astros after taking over as closer from Matt Lindstrom, but this year he's allowed 21 hits and nine runs in 11 1/3 innings.
May 7, 2011 at 1:07 AM ET ET
Phillies third baseman Placido Polanco left Friday's game in the seventh inning with a bruised right big toe.
X-rays were negative. Polanco fouled a pitch off his right foot in the seventh inning. He limped outside the batter's box before finishing his at-bat. He hit a ground-rule double to center field before Wilson Valdez replaced him as a pinch-runner.
May 6, 2011 at 11:55 PM ET ET
Outfielder Curtis Granderson went 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBIs in the Yankees' win over the Rangers on Friday night.
Granderson slugged a two-run homer off Rangers starter Matt Harrison just two batters into the game -- his fourth off left-handed pitching. He tacked on his second homer of the evening in the seventh inning off right-hander Ryan Tucker, pelting the facing of the second deck in right field. With ten blasts on the season, a 30-homer campaign is looking more and more likely.
May 1, 2011 at 7:25 PM ET ET
Cameron Maybin went 1-for-2 with two walks, a run and a pair of RBIs in four plate appearances on Sunday.
Maybin has been a steady force for an otherwise meager Padres offense, coming into Sunday’s game boasting a .282/.364/.436 triple-slash with six runs and five walks over his prior 10 games. Maybin’s never showed much discipline but he’s already amassed 14 free passes in 99 at-bats this year after racking up just 24 over 291 at-bats last season.
May 3, 2011 at 6:54 PM ET ET
The Dodgers placed outfielder Marcus Thames on the 15-day disabled list with a quad strain that bothered him all April and activated outfielder Jay Gibbons, who has been troubled by vision problems.
Thames, signed to provide a power right-handed bat, was hitting .176 with two homers and four RBIs in 34 at-bats. Gibbons, who slugged five homers in 75 at- bats last year after reviving his career, re-signed with the Dodgers to be the left-handed platoon-mate with Thames. But Gibbons, who had successful laser eye surgery several years ago, had unsuccessful offseason touch-up surgery and has had vision problems ever since.
May 4, 2011 at 11:43 PM ET ET
Giants first baseman Aubrey Huff went 3-for-4 with a double in a win over the Mets Wednesday night.
Despite 18 RBIs on the season, Huff is batting just .211 with 19 strikeouts. A major part of the Giants' World Series run last season, Huff batted .290 in 2010 but is yet to show any consistency at the plate so far this year. It still may be too early to cut Huff loose, as he's hit below .260 just twice in his career, but perhaps the bench is the best spot for him until his bat heats up.
May 1, 2011 at 6:34 PM ET ET
Ivan Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in Sunday's victory over the Giants.
Pudge's collected just 44 at-bats this season, as he's ceded regular catching duties to young Wilson Ramos. With 10 RBIs this season, Rodriguez is likely to be one of the best reserve catchers is baseball.
GO TIGERS! ---Rob
Photo Credits:
Curtis Granderson photo - Chris Ware/Newsday/MCT
Individual player photos - MLB Fantasy Baseball News
