I'm wondering if the Tigers are shopping Urbina because they believe he has purely the makeup of a closer only. That if he's used as set up or long relief he just won't be nearly as effective. I know the Mariners tried that with guys like Alfonseca and Mesa in the past and they were lousy. But make them a closer and they're an All Star. Percival is a better closer than Urbina, so that makes Urbina expendable. Or at least available.

I think the Tigers need an OF with speed to cover all that ground in Comerica. Having players in the OF who can do that makes things so much easier for the pitcher.

"You kind of get tired giving the other team credit. At some point you've got to look in the mirror and say 'I sucked.'"

Alex Rodriguez, after the NY Yankees were eliminated from the 2006 ALDS by the Detroit Tigers.