Roster Projections - March 24

Before the projections, I didn't get a chance to log on to deal with the news of the weekend.

Miguel Cabrera is a Tiger for the next eight years, after signing a $152,000,000 deal. This locks him up through his prime years. If he sticks at third, he will likely be the greatest Tigers third baseman of all time during that time.

Curtis Granderson got hit by a pitch and broke his finger. He's already been placed on the DL in case of a quick return, but the prognosis is roughly three weeks. Based on yesterday's lineup, it seems like Edgar Renteria will move to the leadoff spot and Brandon Inge will play in center. No word yet who gets the roster spot. I would imagine this means Freddy Guzman cracks the roster, as it will be tough to pass a guy having the Spring he's had through waivers. Still, I don't think he'll be any more than Nook II and should be the first to go if there are no injuries before Granderson's return. The beautiful thing about baseball is that you can switch positions during the game. A backup centerfielder can cover catcher if the centerfielder can catch.

Tigs Town is reporting the Tigers released Ryan Seawell, Mark Haske, Miguel Linares, and Jorge Patino.

Edited Thursday March 27, 5:30 pm ET

Detroit:
SP:
Jeremy Bonderman
Nate Robertson
Kenny Rogers
Justin Verlander
Dontrelle Willis

RP:
Todd Jones
Bobby Seay
Zach Miner
Jason Grilli
Yorman Bazardo
Denny Bautista
Aquilino Lopez

C:
Ivan Rodriguez

IF:
Carlos Guillen
Placido Polanco
Edgar Renteria
Miguel Cabrera
Brandon Inge
Ramon Santiago

OF:
Jacque Jones
Clete Thomas
Magglio Ordonez
Gary Sheffield
Marcus Thames
Ryan Raburn

DL:
Curtis Granderson
Fernando Rodney
Jordan Tata
Vance Wilson
Joel Zumaya

Toledo
SP:
Armando Galarraga-R
Chris Lambert-R
Macay McBride-L
Virgil Vasquez-R
Eddie Bonine-R

RP:
Francis Beltran-R
Preston Larrison-R
Jeremy Johnson-R
Anastacio Martinez-R
Blaine Neal-R
Aaron Fultz-L
Ian Ostlund-L

C:
Dane Sardinha
Nick Trzesniak

1B-Jeff Larish
SS/UT-Erick Almonte
3B/4C-Mike Hessman
UT-Derek Wathan
UT-Caonabo Cosme
UT-Henry Mateo

OF:
LF-Timo Perez
OF-Matt Joyce
RF-Brent Clevlen
OF/DH-Jackson Melian

DL:
Andrew Graham
Michael Hollimon
Clay Rapada

Erie:
SP:
Ben Fritz-R
Luke French-L
Andrew Kown-R
Jon Connolly-L
Danny Christensen-L

RP:
Brett Jensen-R
Juan Cedeno-L
Casey Fien-R
Matt Rusch-R
Danny Zell-L
Anthony Tomey-R
Josh Rainwater-R

C:
Max St. Pierre
Dusty Ryan

1B-Ryan Roberson
2B-William Rhymes
3B-Kody Kirkland
SS-Danny Worth
IF-Max Leon
IF-Nick McIntyre

OF:
LF-Wilkin Ramirez
CF-Freddy Guzman
RF-Deik Scram
OF-Jeff Frazier

DL:
Brent Dlugach
P.J. Finigan
Jeff Gerbe

Lakeland
Angel Castro-R
Jonah Nickerson-R
Rick Porcello-R
Duane Below-L
Luis Marte-R

RP:
Freddy Dolsi-R
Derek Witt-R
Ed Clelland-L
Gabriel Benitez-R
Matt O'Brien-R
Nick Martin-L
Brendan Wise-R

C:
James Skelton
Jeff Kunkel

1B-Ryan Strieby
2B-Scott Sizemore
3B-Santo De Leon
SS-Cale Iorg
UT-Louis Ott
UT-Shawn Roof
OF-Jeramy Laster
OF-Justin Justice
OF-Brennan Boesch
OF-Brandon Timm

DL:
Guillermo Moscoso-R

West Michigan
SP:
Ramon Garcia-L
Manny Miguelez-L
Alfredo Figaro-R
Jon Kibler-L
Lauren Gagnier-R

RP:
Noah Krol-R
Rudy Darrow-R
Paul Nardozzi-R
Wilton Garcia-R
Santo Mieses-R
Kelvin Cedano-R
Andrew Hess-R

C:
Devin Thomas
Jordan Newton

1B-Chris Carlson
2B-Justin Henry
SS-Audy Ciriaco
3B-Ron Bourquin
UT-Joe Tucker
CF-Kyle Peter
RF-Kody Kaiser
OF-Casper Wells
OF-Cory Middleton
OF-Marc McBratney

Restricted List:
Francisco Cruceta

Already Cut:
Eleazar Aponte
Paul Hammond
Mark Haske
Chris Homer
Miguel Linares
Craig Maddox
Collin Mahoney
Chris Maples
Orber Moreno
Phil Napolitan
Jorge Patino
Jason Perry
Kris Rochelle
Orlando Rodriguez
Ryan Seawell
Kyle Sleeth (Ret)
Michael Sullivan

Projected Cuts:
Mike Bertram
Adrian Casanova
Eric Cricton
Angel Flores
Luis Gil
Eric Harryman
Derek Lehrman
Marcelo Perez
Zach Piccola
Matt Righter
Adriano Santos
Jay Sborz

EST:
Luis Arlet
Erik Averill
Mark Brackman
Joe Bowen
Dario Carvajal
Pedro Cotto
Casey Crosby
Sean Finefrock
Santo Franco
Aaron Fuhrman
Charlie Furbush
Brandon Harrigan
Brandon Hamilton
Matt Hoffman
Brandon Johnson
Wade Lamont
Justin Miller
Hayden Parrott
Orlando Perdomo
Gary Perinar
Luke Putkonen
Carlos Ramirez
Londell Taylor
Roger Tomas
D'Andrea Vaughn
Brayan Villareal
Chris White
Richard Zumaya