Tigers Release Jacque Jones

Come to the Red Sox. He'd do well at Fenway and he is making the same as Crisp. I still don't know what the Sox think they can get for Crisp but if they are hellbent on trading Crisp than getting Jones will lessen the loss.

Jondogg, I totally agree. He doesn't have the speed or the defensive prowess of Crisp, but how often is he really going to play with Manny, Jacoby and J.D. in the outfield anyway? I do wish he was right-handed but oh well.

who takes over his playing time in detroit? sheffield? thames? inge? raburn?

at the risk of being a comment spammer, now that i think about it i don't know that my original question was answered. wasn't sheffield DHing? if so, that leaves the DH hole wide open - does that mean that cabrera shifts to DH, guillen takes over at 1B, and inge goes back to 3B?

gah, options.

He loved playing for Dusty. Not sure if he'd really fit in anywhere on the Cincy roster, but can't really hurt them. Having him and big donkey in the same outfieid could be a disaster though.

im just saying they called up that kid...Leyland said yesterday after that game in Minny there was going to be lineup changes so

Wow, is that ever random.

I thought I had heard Sheffield say he couldn't play the OF regularly any more. I imagine it's going to be some sort of mix of Inge, Raburn, Joyce, Clete Thomas, and maybe some Thames if they're feeling adventurous.

As far as Jacque's destination -- SD obviously makes sense. I don't like him on the Red Sox roster (as much as I think he'd hit pretty well in Fenway); I'm not buying him as an average CF, and that's a must for the Sox.

I think he makes sense for the Padres. He's a good outfielder who has potential to have some decent pop with the bat (27 homers in '06 with Cubs, then oddly fell to 5 homers in '07 in nearly the same number of at bats). Given the struggles of the San Diego offense so far, I think that the Padres should take a flier on any kind of guy who might produce. Jones seems like the type of guy who could compile a good amount of doubles in Petco and he's the kind of guy that Towers would sign

"Jones seems like the type of guy who could compile a good amount of doubles in Petco and he's the kind of guy that Towers would sign"

...Same can prob be said of Michaels, so he might be on the radar as well.

the Blue jays are sending lind to AAA or making him a 4th of...so he could split time with shannon stewart

Adunc, I dunno if 80 games is enough to really judge his ability in CF, especially since that's the only real time he's spent there in 9 seasons in the majors. But I will admit I hadn't realized he had played even that many games there for the Cubs.

I actually think he'd do well in Fenway. I just prefer Ellsbury/Crisp and Moss as 4th OF options.

This is a bad post for me, actually. Somehow I was also totally wrong on Sheffield's comments on playing the OF.