Tigers team to beat???

With baseball season just around the corner, and hopes of a productive and winning season for the Detroit Tigers, I start this blog with the roster for the upcoming season:


Detroit Tigers Roster
Owner: Michael Ilitch
Manager: Jim Leyland
Pitchers
Num
Name
Pos
Bat
Thw
Ht
Wt
Age
DOB

Denny Bautista
P
R
R
6'5
190
27
8/23/1980
40
Yorman Bazardo
P
R
R
6'2
220
23
7/11/1984
38
Jeremy Bonderman
P
R
R
6'2
220
25
10/28/1982
34
Tim Byrdak
P
L
L
5'11
195
34
10/31/1973

Francisco Cruceta
P
R
R
6'2
215
26
7/4/1981
49
Jason Grilli
P
R
R
6'5
225
31
11/11/1976
59
Todd Jones
P
L
R
6'3
230
39
4/24/1968
43
Macay McBride
P
L
L
5'11
210
25
10/24/1982
31
Zach Miner
P
R
R
6'3
200
25
3/12/1982
50
Clay Rapada
P
R
L
6'5
200
26
3/9/1981
29
Nate Robertson
P
R
L
6'2
225
30
9/3/1977
56
Fernando Rodney
P
R
R
5'11
220
30
3/18/1977
37
Kenny Rogers
P
L
L
6'1
190
43
11/10/1964
44
Bobby Seay
P
L
L
6'2
235
29
6/20/1978
53
Jordan Tata
P
R
R
6'6
220
26
9/20/1981
32
Virgil Vasquez
P
R
R
6'3
205
25
6/7/1982
35
Justin Verlander
P
R
R
6'5
200
24
2/20/1983

Dontrelle Willis
P
L
L
6'4
225
26
1/12/1982
54
Joel Zumaya
P
R
R
6'3
210
23
11/9/1984

Catchers
Num
Name
Pos
Bat
Thw
Ht
Wt
Age
DOB
7
Ivan Rodriguez
C
R
R
5'9
195
36
11/30/1971
13
Vance Wilson
C
R
R
5'11
215
34
3/17/1973

Infielders
Num
Name
Pos
Bat
Thw
Ht
Wt
Age
DOB
24
Mike Hessman
1B
R
R
6'5
215
29
3/5/1978
75
Tony Giarratano
2B
S
R
6'0
180
25
11/29/1982
14
Placido Polanco
2B
R
R
5'10
195
32
10/10/1975

Miguel Cabrera
3B
R
R
6'4
240
24
4/18/1983
15
Brandon Inge
3B
R
R
5'11
190
30
5/19/1977
9
Carlos Guillen
SS
S
R
6'1
215
32
9/30/1975

Edgar Renteria
SS
R
R
6'1
200
32
8/7/1975
39
Ramon Santiago
SS
S
R
5'11
175
28
8/31/1979

Outfielders
Num
Name
Pos
Bat
Thw
Ht
Wt
Age
DOB
28
Curtis Granderson
CF
L
R
6'1
185
26
3/16/1981
19
Timo Perez
CF
L
L
5'9
180
32
4/8/1975

Jacque Jones
LF
L
L
5'10
200
32
4/25/1975
25
Ryan Raburn
LF
R
R
6'0
185
26
4/17/1981

Freddy Guzman
OF
S
R
5'10
165
26
1/20/1981
33
Marcus Thames
OF
R
R
6'2
220
30
3/6/1977
27
Brent Clevlen
RF
R
R
6'2
190
24
10/27/1983
30
Magglio Ordonez
RF
R
R
6'0
215
33
1/28/1974

Designated Hitter
Num
Name
Pos
Bat
Thw
Ht
Wt
Age
DOB
3
Gary Sheffield
DH
R
R
6'0
215
39
11/18/1968
x - denotes injured player