http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/01/25/will-tigers-win-al-central-thanks-to-prince-fielder/ A Cleveland Indians Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:22:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/01/25/will-tigers-win-al-central-thanks-to-prince-fielder/#comment-1293 Why Didn't Indians Sign Omar Vizquel? — Wahoo's on First Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:43:48 +0000 http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=3014#comment-1293 [...] nine-year, $214 million contract that Prince Fielder got from the Tigers on Tuesday dominated baseball headlines this week—and with good reason. Fielder was the second-biggest free [...] [...] nine-year, $214 million contract that Prince Fielder got from the Tigers on Tuesday dominated baseball headlines this week—and with good reason. Fielder was the second-biggest free [...]

]]> http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/01/25/will-tigers-win-al-central-thanks-to-prince-fielder/#comment-1292 Is the Prince Fielder Signing Good for the Indians? — Wahoo's on First Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:05:19 +0000 http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=3014#comment-1292 [...] injury, but now the Tigers look like clear favorites to take the division. Fielder could very well make the difference in the division in [...] [...] injury, but now the Tigers look like clear favorites to take the division. Fielder could very well make the difference in the division in [...]

]]> http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/01/25/will-tigers-win-al-central-thanks-to-prince-fielder/#comment-1290 JohnParent_MCB Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:22:46 +0000 http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=3014#comment-1290 The Tigers won this division by 15 games a year ago. Chicago and Minnesota will be non-factors. Both Cleveland and KC have a great young core of players, but even without Prince, neither of them likely would have caught Detroit. What Prince does here is ensure that the Tigers margin for error stays where it was before VMart got hurt. And in 2012, that margin was already fairly wide. The Tigers won this division by 15 games a year ago. Chicago and Minnesota will be non-factors. Both Cleveland and KC have a great young core of players, but even without Prince, neither of them likely would have caught Detroit. What Prince does here is ensure that the Tigers margin for error stays where it was before VMart got hurt. And in 2012, that margin was already fairly wide.

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