There was lots of speculation, when Hunter was signed as to Boesch’s fate. Hunter hit .313 with 16 homers and 92 RBI’s for the Angels in 2012 but had more strikeouts and half as many walks as Boesch. The reasons given for the signing of Hunter was his defensive play. The sabremetrics stats used to measure this are: runs saved, defensive replacement value and balls reached. These stats say that Hunter is a much better defensive right fielder then Boesch and that put another nail in Boesch’s coffin. The Tigers had been trying to work out a trade for Boesch all spring, but did not get any offers they thought were fair and weren’t prepared to give him away. With Boesch’s poor performance in Lakeland this year, Detroit had the chance to send Boesch to AAA Toledo without having to clear waivers but in a testament to the depth of the Tigers minor league rosters, the decision was made to give him his outright release. The decision was made on Thursday because that was the last day Boesch would have been able to be released without the Tigers being on the hook for the whole $2.3 million they had just signed him for. As it stands Detroit will have to pay him $400,000 and any other Major League team would be able to pick him up without penalty. I wish Brennan all the luck in the world, he was one of my favorite Tiger players of late, and I hope he catches on with another team, as long as it’s a National League team
Friday, March 15, 2013
Goodbye Brennan Boesch
Springtime in Florida and Arizona is quite often bittersweet our favorite players in uniform in the sun playing ball. Unfortunately, not everybody from last year is with the same team this year. I’m sure Angel’s fans are sad to see Torii Hunter go and Detroit fans are happy to see him arrive but with that arrival has to come the departure of someone else and this year that someone is Brennan Boesch. Boesch started off his Tigers career with a bang, in 2010 he hit a double off the wall on his first major league pitch. He was MLB Rookie of the Month for May and June, Tigers Player of the Month for June, topped all AL rookies with 14 homeruns and 67 RBI’s and finished sixth in Rookie of the Year voting. In 2011 he hit .283 with 16 homeruns and 54 RBI’s before being sidelined with a torn ligament in his left hand. In 2012 his numbers went way down and he finished the season with a .240 average and 12 homeruns and 54 RBI’s. After the 2012 season the Tigers signed Torii Hunter making Boesch expendable, although Detroit signed Boesch anyway, to a one year deal worth $2.3 million.
There was lots of speculation, when Hunter was signed as to Boesch’s fate. Hunter hit .313 with 16 homers and 92 RBI’s for the Angels in 2012 but had more strikeouts and half as many walks as Boesch. The reasons given for the signing of Hunter was his defensive play. The sabremetrics stats used to measure this are: runs saved, defensive replacement value and balls reached. These stats say that Hunter is a much better defensive right fielder then Boesch and that put another nail in Boesch’s coffin. The Tigers had been trying to work out a trade for Boesch all spring, but did not get any offers they thought were fair and weren’t prepared to give him away. With Boesch’s poor performance in Lakeland this year, Detroit had the chance to send Boesch to AAA Toledo without having to clear waivers but in a testament to the depth of the Tigers minor league rosters, the decision was made to give him his outright release. The decision was made on Thursday because that was the last day Boesch would have been able to be released without the Tigers being on the hook for the whole $2.3 million they had just signed him for. As it stands Detroit will have to pay him $400,000 and any other Major League team would be able to pick him up without penalty. I wish Brennan all the luck in the world, he was one of my favorite Tiger players of late, and I hope he catches on with another team, as long as it’s a National League team
There was lots of speculation, when Hunter was signed as to Boesch’s fate. Hunter hit .313 with 16 homers and 92 RBI’s for the Angels in 2012 but had more strikeouts and half as many walks as Boesch. The reasons given for the signing of Hunter was his defensive play. The sabremetrics stats used to measure this are: runs saved, defensive replacement value and balls reached. These stats say that Hunter is a much better defensive right fielder then Boesch and that put another nail in Boesch’s coffin. The Tigers had been trying to work out a trade for Boesch all spring, but did not get any offers they thought were fair and weren’t prepared to give him away. With Boesch’s poor performance in Lakeland this year, Detroit had the chance to send Boesch to AAA Toledo without having to clear waivers but in a testament to the depth of the Tigers minor league rosters, the decision was made to give him his outright release. The decision was made on Thursday because that was the last day Boesch would have been able to be released without the Tigers being on the hook for the whole $2.3 million they had just signed him for. As it stands Detroit will have to pay him $400,000 and any other Major League team would be able to pick him up without penalty. I wish Brennan all the luck in the world, he was one of my favorite Tiger players of late, and I hope he catches on with another team, as long as it’s a National League team
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