So what are they doing now?

A quick look at some of our old faves, and what they are up to:

Brandon Inge got off to a red-hot start with Oakland, hitting a couple grand slams his first week there, but he's calmed down some since. With the Tigs he wasn't hitting his weight, .100 in 20 ABs with one HR. Since going to Oakland, he's hitting a more respectable but certainly not Ruthian .227 with 4 HRs in 40 ABs.


Matt Joyce had a good night last night, with his second grand slam in 6 games for Tampa Bay. He's having his best season since leaving the Tigers in 2008, hitting .283 with 9 HR's.

Jair Jurrjens, who showed great promise as a Tiger rookie in 2007, is having his troubles this year (still with Atlanta.) He's lost two games, not won any, with a baloon-average of 9.37. He's only pitched 16 innings in four games, and currently trying to straighten things out in Triple A. Unfortunately, he's had two terrible starts there, giving up 18 runs in 9 innings. But the Braves' brass says he looks better, with higher speed and control.

Our buddy Curtis Granderson is chugging along at .262 with 14 homers. Of course, he has not made an error in 45 games. Looks like trading him and Edwin Jackson for Austin Jackson, Sherzer, Coke and Schlereth was OK. Jackson (until he got hurt) was out-hitting Granderson, but Schlereth is gone, and the Tigers should look to getting rid of Coke. Sherzer, after two plus years, remains a question mark. (Edwin Jackson seems to be unable to find a home, bouncing around with the White Sox, Cardinals, Diamondbacks and now the Nationals, usually having an ERA north of 3.)

(All stats from http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/, my favorite reference tool.)