O/T, Prince Fielder to Tigers for 9 year deal

novakjr · #1 01-26-2012, 09:44 PM

Wait...What happened to the big stick that Tony Clark had until he got to Comerica? How 'bout Juan Gonzalez' big stick in Comerica? Carlos Pena's power went off the charts once he got out of there(if you don't count the year sitting on Boston's bench). Johnny Damon had average power but it disappeared when he got there.

Point is, anything can happen when going to a new ballpark. And Comerica has a history of killing power hitters. This may or may not effect Fielder, because it hasn't really effected Miggy. But in the odd chance that it does, we better be prepared for a lot of long fly ball outs and some of the deepest singles we've ever seen in the history of the game...

V-mart's custom fit for that park. Fielder may not be.

ls7plus · #2 01-26-2012, 10:00 PM

They moved the fences in from the original dimensions, David, and Juan-Gone simply never wanted to be here. Tony Clark was just one of those guys IMO whose talent wasn't meant to last in the big picture. Prince will lose a few HR's on long balls hit to the left of the 365 marker, beyond which the fences go out rather steeply to center at 420, but he's a big boy, and doesn't need overly friendly fences to hit his 35+. My prediction for him is 36 HR's, 115 RBI's and his usual 100 or so walks, while hitting about .275 or better. He'll probably have a bit of a slow start adjusting to a new league, just as Miguel did the first couple of months here (although he ended up with 37 homers and
.292, leading the league in HR's, if I recall correctly, that year). If we could just get him to limit himself to one man to a uniform, those 9 years would look a lot better, but that's what it took to sign him.

Contrary to some of the other comments, having seen every one of Fister's starts on a great big HD screen, he seems to be the real deal and may well be a true No. 1 starter. The Tigers' pitching is weak after that, however, with Schirzer inconsistent despite having very high quality stuff, Porchello more than a bit wishy-washy, due to the inconsistent nature of the break on his sinking two-seam fastball and control from start to start, and Brad Penny gone (good riddance there--other than eating up innings, he only qualifies as a No. 5 for a well-under .500 team). We think, though, that having shored up the bullpen with Dotel, Coke firmly back in place as a quality 7th inning guy, and Valverde having learned to throw a pretty decent two-seamer to pick up the slack for a split finger that often didn't do much, that they may well have a real shot at several World Series appearances over the early years of the Fielder deal.

Best wishes,

Larry

novakjr · #3 01-26-2012, 10:11 PM

Larry, I know. I was just bustin' balls. I honestly do think that Fielder will be fine for 4-6 years of that deal.. I think he barely replaces V-mart's overall, so I don't think it makes that big of a difference this year. But when Vic's back, with him, Fielder and Miggy, that's gonna be one hell of a middle of the order for the next couple of years..

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