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AL Central Notes: Tigers, Twins, Royals

By Steve Adams | September 25, 2017 at 11:27am CDT

With a likely eventful offseason approaching for the Tigers, MLive.com’s Evan Woodbery takes an exhaustive look at the team’s payroll and arbitration class. Woodbery notes that the Tigers will likely shop veterans Ian Kinsler and Jose Iglesias this offseason, as has been oft-speculated in the past, and he speculates that the team may even eat the remaining $18MM on Victor Martinez’s contract this offseason. Andrew Romine and Alex Presley are both non-tender candidates, and Woodbery points out that Bruce Rondon’s lack of a September call-up makes it all but a foregone conclusion that he’ll be non-tendered this winter as well. The Tigers seem likely to head into the 2018 season with their lowest payroll since 2011, though the combined $54MM that is owed to Miguel Cabrera and Jordan Zimmermann, plus dead-money commitments to Justin Verlander and Prince Fielder (a total of $14MM) ultimately mean they’ll still spend at a relatively notable clip.

More from the American League Central…

  • Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press opines that prior MLB managerial experience should be prioritized over age or familiarity with analytics as the Tigers search for a new manager. Brad Ausmus’ lack of experience in the dugout “loomed large” over his tenure in Detroit, Fenech writes, before going on to suggest that veteran managers such as Ron Gardenhire or Ron Washington would make sense as candidates to lead what figures to be a young and inexperienced Tigers team in the coming years. Other speculative candidates listed by Fenech include Mike Redmond and Manny Acta.
  • The Twins cut international scouting director Howard Norsetter loose last week, and chief baseball officer Derek Falvey explains to Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press that changes to amateur international free agency in the latest collective bargaining agreement played a significant role in the decision. “Historically you did have markets all over the place where you could run independently,” says Falvey. “The way the bonus structures worked, there was no cap, there were no limitations. Now we have it all under one umbrella. Where we devote our time, our resources and otherwise, we’ve revisited that to some degree.” Norsetter was based in Australia and was responsible for scouting virtually everywhere outside of Latin America, where Fred Guerrero was the Twins’ scouting coordinator. Falvey says the Twins will “re-appropriate” resources toward Latin American scouting, and Berardino notes that Guerrero could take on a larger role in the department.
  • Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star fields a host of Royals questions in his latest mailbag column, with topics ranging from the 2018 rotation, to a potential reunion with Jarrod Dyson, to the possibility of retaining Jason Vargas and the lack of a September call-up for former first-rounder Hunter Dozier. Notably, Dodd suggests that the Royals could head to Spring Training with a rotation consisting of Danny Duffy, Ian Kennedy, Nate Karns, Jake Junis and Jason Hammel, but the team will still be on the lookout for depth additions to join Sam Gaviglio and Eric Skoglund this winter. “Salary constraints,” however, could limit the Royals’ range of targets. Dodd also adds that the Royals still have a strong relationship with righty Luke Hochevar, who missed 2017 while recovering from thoracic outlet surgery, and they’d be interested in a minor league pact to bring him back to the organization.
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  1. sportsguy24/7

    8 years ago

    Gaviglio could be the 4 or 5 starter. He will eat innings and keep them in games.

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  2. NPettinato14

    8 years ago

    My guess is that the Tigers will shoot themselves in the foot (paw?) once again, choosing Lloyd McClendon as the “new” manager. Given their past history of picking familiarity over taking risks, this seems like the logical choice, even though it’s the worst one imaginable.

    McClendon has an abysmal record as a coach. His “hitting instruction” led to one of the most bizarre offenses I can remember, with players assisting struggling opposition and artificially lengthening their time on the hill. Bad pitchers who spent 30 pitches in the 1st inning would suddenly get batters who swung at every ball, helping him get to the 7th. They had NO ability to work a count for the better part of a decade (the few who did were named Cabrera and Martinez, since they could pretty much self-instruct at this stage of their careers). That really hurt them in the post-season.

    Look for a miserable 5-year span of under-500 baseball if Lloyd is at the helm.

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    • darkstar61

      8 years ago

      With Ilitch now gone, the risk of McClendon has likely plummeted to near nil. Team seems beyond eager to go in completely different direction at this point

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    • jarrett62960

      8 years ago

      Ausmus was a risk they took so I disagree on playing it safe….

      Also be looking for a miserable 5 years regardless of who is manager.

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      • tigergreg

        8 years ago

        But they followed up that risky pick that didn’t work out with the “safe” pick of Avila for GM. Also that risky pick of Ausmus was forced to retain a lot of the old guard coaches.

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    • Motown_Madness44

      8 years ago

      It really doesn’t matter who the tigers elect to hire as their new manager as he won’t be around long enough until they become relevant again.

      Reply
  3. McHenryHall

    8 years ago

    What about Tim Flannery or Lance Parrish?

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    • SundownDevil

      8 years ago

      Nope, gotta go with a diversity candidate, so it’ll probably be Ron Washington, Omar Vazquez, or Jose Oquendo.

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      • SundownDevil

        8 years ago

        Vizquel*

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      • MLBTRS

        8 years ago

        You’re joking of course. If not, what is the strategic benefit of hiring anyone based on “diversity”?

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        • SundownDevil

          8 years ago

          Doesn’t matter; it’s one of MLB’s directives. It doesn’t matter what you think, I think, or the Tigers think. Mlb lacks diversity, and this is a position that will go to a minority manager.

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        • MLBTRS

          8 years ago

          I have a novel idea: how about hiring based on qualifications? Any organization that uses “diversity” as it’s primary factor in hiring is a dysfunctional organization. If that same organization attains success, it’s nothing more significant than dumb luck. The entire concept is absurd and irrational, so it doesn’t surprise me that MLB would embrace it. Regardless, why should the Tigers organization be targeted with the responsibility to close the diversity gap and what rationally-suspect person made the declaration that there was indeed a diversity crisis? You can’t even rationally define the term.

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  4. al080991

    8 years ago

    Style points, if you have a Cuban manager you get more style points for your fielders. If your manager if from the DR, more style points for you hitters. Come on man baseball 101

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  5. notagain27

    8 years ago

    Ron Gardenhire fit the bill for the next Tiger manager. Regardless of who the next manager is, the team needless to say has a few issues it needs to iron out.

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    • SundownDevil

      8 years ago

      Gardenhire will be on the coaching staff for a manager like Ron Washington, Tony Pena, or Omar Vizquel.

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      • Steve Skorupski

        8 years ago

        Sun, Nostrdamus??

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    • dugdog83

      8 years ago

      Gardenhire is 68 and the only thing on his resume is he took a bad Minnesota team to an OK team. That’s it.

      Tigers as of now are the only open coaching vacancy they can get someone better.

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