Wahoo's on First » ramon santiago http://wahoosonfirst.com A Cleveland Indians Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 05:43:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Breaking Down the Tigers and Indians: The Middle Infielders http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/02/14/breaking-down-the-tigers-and-indians-the-middle-infielders/ http://wahoosonfirst.com/2012/02/14/breaking-down-the-tigers-and-indians-the-middle-infielders/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:22:57 +0000 Brian Heise http://wahoosonfirst.com/?p=3141 In part one of this epic breakdown of the two best teams in the AL Central, I took a look at the corner infield positions for the Tigers and Indians. Today, I’m going to break down the middle infielders. There isn’t as much star power at second and shortstop as there is at first and third, but that doesn’t make the battery any less important.

The Tigers will be heading into 2012 with the same middle infield that helped get them to the ALCS in 2011. It’s not the sexiest double play combination in baseball, but when it gets you within two games of making the World Series you can’t really argue with the results. Or maybe you can—sports fans can be a fickle bunch.

At second base the Tigers will once again rely on the consistently consistent Ramon Santiago. He’s not anywhere near being the best second baseman in baseball, but he apparently does enough that the Tigers like having him around. This will be his ninth season with Detroit and his seventh in a row after a brief hiatus in Seattle. (more…)

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