Tiger Geist

Nice little 9-6 victory Detroit pulled out last night.  The starting pitching was average (not great, but at least they were in the game), the bullpen was average (not great, but at least they were in the game), the defense above average, and they knocked in some runs.
Sounds like Mike Hessman doesn’t suck at third.  I’m starting to get really upset about the Detroit’s lack of production from the DH spot (Sheffield), poor third base defense (Cabrera / Guillen), and lack of power at third (Guillen), while this guy has been sitting in Toledo.  Interesting, two years ago Brandon Inge took a bad average and power numbers with solid third base play into a crazy contract.  Mike Hessman probably gives you the same thing, and for some reason he can’t make a big league club that has played under .500 for most of the year.

Yes, I know Hessman isn’t the solution for a bad year.  But he’d hit like Thames with better defense.  I think Detroit is hoping that Jeff Larish can do the same next year, but like Big Al, I’m not sold on him yet.