The Detroit Tigers and the MLB free agent season is about to get underway. There have been some news articles about various players the Tigers have seemed to express interest in and I will talk about them.
First, reliver Octavio Dotel who played for the St. Louis Cardinals. I feel this would solidify the Detroit Tigers bullpen and be the man we have hoped Ryan Perry could be for the past few years. Right now I feel the Tigers bullpen after Valverde and Benoit is very shaky. In my opinion though you cannot spend too much money on a reliever especially when we have other needs in the infield. If the Tigers can get him or around 4 million dollars a year that would be perfect. The Tigers also have Al Alberquerque coming back next season healthy so if he can play like he did last year along with Valverde, Benoit, and an addition like Dotel they will have one of the best bullpens in the league.
The Tigers have also expressed interest in third basemen Aramis Ramirez. This is a huge pick up and a bat that is needed for the Tigers but I am much more interested in a leadoff second basemen. If the Tigers can get a solid backup for Inge such as Betemit, or just set up a platoon of Inge and Betemit I feel the third base problems are solved, your only need is leadoff second basemen. I feel they should look into Kelly Johnson or Martin Prado of the Atlanta Braves to fill this roll. The Aramiz Ramirez interest in interesting though because if they can pick up that big of an upgrade at third it makes their lineup solid all the way through, then you could play someone such as Raburn at second base.
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