Carlos Guillen Rumors

Tigers Rumors: Magglio, Boras, Guillen

A closer look at the drama between the Tigers, Magglio Ordonez and Scott Boras, along with a couple other Tigers notes: Boras told MLB.com's Jason Beck that he wasn't delivering a message to Jim Leyland when he spoke out against the Tigers' decision to bench his client. Boras says he'd phone Leyland if he wanted to talk to him. Drew Sharp of the Detroit Free Press says Boras did phone Leyland- the problem is, the call came in the middle of yesterday's Tigers game. Leyland believes Boras overreacted to the team's decision. Ordonez could return to the Tigers' lineup against...   Continue Reading

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Tigers Bench Magglio Ordonez Indefinitely

News comes from Tom Gage of the Detroit News that the Tigers are benching Magglio Ordonez indefinitely. Ordonez hasn't been terrible with the average or plate discipline, but his power has disappeared. His season line is .273/.347/.343 entering Thursday's game, and with two home runs all year, he simply hasn't been a middle-of-the-order hitter. Between Ordonez's benching and the news that Carlos Guillen may not return this season, the Tigers are facing a power deficit. While they are in first place now, it is hard to imagine they will stay there all season without adding some offense. Keep in mind,...   Continue Reading

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Odds And Ends: Strasburg, Guillen, Smoltz

Links for Wednesday afternoon... Maury Brown of the Biz of Baseball points out that a $5MM annual salary would place Stephen Strasburg within the top third of arbitration-eligible pitchers from last offseason. John Lowe of the Detroit Free Press reports that Carlos Guillen will have to undergo season-ending surgery if his shoulder doesn't heal soon. Alex Speier of WEEI.com looks at the impact John Smoltz's return will have on each of the five other Boston starters. In an article for SI.com Joel Sherman argues the Indians shouldn't trade Cliff Lee this year. They can contend with Lee in 2010, if...   Continue Reading

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Odds And Ends: Harper, Pirates, Hanley

Some links for Tuesday morning... Be here at 2pm CST for this week's chat. Chico Harlan of the Washington Post says one Nationals official broke into a broad grin after describing Bryce Harper's ability. In a piece that's worth reading completely, Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette tries to determine when the Pirates expect to contend. Some within the organization can imagine results by 2011 and Neal Huntington says Pirates fans won't have to wait until 2015. Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram says top pick Matt Purke expects to complete a deal with the Rangers. Richard Justice of...   Continue Reading

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Stark's Latest: Halladay, Vlad, Magglio

Jayson Stark's most recent column over at ESPN.com is absolutely chock-full of rumors and information... Marlins president David Samson doesn't anticipate the Marlins ever implementing a fire sale again. "We've put ourselves in a position, with salaries and the performance we're getting from players at a young age, that we don't have to do that anymore," said Samson. The new stadium should help with attendance, which should in turn help with payroll. Blue Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi doesn't see his club trading Roy Halladay this season. "I still don't see us doing it," said Ricciardi. "I know ownership doesn't want...   Continue Reading

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Carlos Guillen to Play 1B Next Season

The Tigers anticipated this. Carlos Guillen's okay with it. Despite signing Guillen in March to a 4 year deal for $48MM to begin next season, the shortstop is going to be moving across the diamond sooner than expected to play first base. The move is designed to protect his knees from the physical stresses of SS. Tim argued that 4/48 was a bargain as long as he remained the Tigers' shortstop. Unfortunately, it appears Manager Jim Leyland has had to talk him into moving to first, despite Guillen's condition last week that the Tigers had to bring in a gold..   Continue Reading

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Tigers Sign Carlos Guillen

The Tigers signed shortstop Carlos Guillen for four years and $48MM, starting in 2008. An excellent bargain, and $8MM less than MLBTR readers guessed. This despite the huge discount he's giving them in 2007 ($5MM salary). Guillen must really love Detroit. Hopefully the Tigers keep him at short most of the time for the length of the deal, but at $12MM annually it's not the end of the world if they don't   Continue Reading

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Carlos Guillen Doesn't Change Tune

Back in February, I praised Carlos Guillen as the rare marquee free agent who refused to impose a deadline for his next contract. However, Guillen has since changed that stance. The Tiger shortstop said yesterday that he would not negotiate a contract after the season starts. He does wish to stay in Detroit, and talks are ongoing. The general feeling of MLBTR readers when last surveyed was that Guillen will land a four-year, $56MM contract. If he remains mostly at shortstop, that's a bargain. UPDATE: We're back where we started - The Detroit News reports that Guillen will negotiate into..   Continue Reading

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Comparing Carlos Guillen and Michael Young

Michael Young's recent contract extension, which 56.6% of you liked, could inform negotiations for Carlos Guillen's next deal. Guillen is among the ten best free agents available after the 2007 season. Let's compare the two shortstops. They have nearly identical body types, though Guillen is a year older. Guillen's got a touch more power; both consistently hit for a high average. Guillen draws more walks, so he's in better shape if the batting average starts to decline. Both have questions about their ability to stay at shortstop in the long term. Both are significantly underpaid this year. The largest difference..   Continue Reading

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Carlos Guillen Reaches Walk Year

Carlos Guillen is being pretty cool about his impending free agency. He's not establishing an ultimatum for Dave Dombrowski. He's not complaining about his $5MM salary this year even though he might be worth four times that (so says PECOTA). He's not demanding to play shortstop now or in any future contract. Basically, he's the model contract year guy. I would like to see a modified PECOTA as a means of determining Guillen's worth over for the 2008-11 seasons assuming some time spent at 1B. The projection system values him at $70MM over those four seasons, though it has him..   Continue Reading

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