DETROIT TIGERS 2009

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*Players on the 40-man roster are indicated in BOLD
*Baseball America pre-season ranking indicated in BLUE
*Baseball Prospectus pre-season ranking indicated in GREEN

*40-man roster total: (40)

Starting Lineup
1. CF Curtis Granderson
2. 2B Placido Polanco
3. LF Carlos Guillen: UPDATE 5/5 - placed on DL with shoulder and Achilles’ tendon injuries UPDATE 7/24 - activated from DL
4. 1B Miguel Cabrera
5. DH Aubrey Huff: UPDATE 8/17 - acquired from Baltimore
6. RF Magglio Ordonez: UPDATE 5/17 - placed on the bereavement list UPDATE 5/22 - activated from bereavement list
7. 3B Brandon Inge
8. C Gerald Laird
9. SS Adam Everett

Bench
C Alex Avila: UPDATE 8/4 - contract purchased from AA
C Dusty Ryan (BA #9), (BP #6): UPDATE 6/19 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 8/4 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/1 - recalled from AAA
IF Brent Dlugach: UPDATE 9/1 - contract purchased from AAA
IF Ramon Santiago
IF/OF Don Kelly: UPDATE 6/11 - contract purchased from AAA UPDATE 7/7 - designated for assignment UPDATE 9/5 - contract purchased from AAA
OF Ryan Raburn: UPDATE 4/22 - recalled from AAA to replace Thames
OF Wilkin Ramirez (BA #6), (BP #5): UPDATE 5/19 - recalled from AAA to replace Ordoñez UPDATE 5/21 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 8/4- recalled from AAA UPDATE 8/4 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/1 - recalled from AAA
OF Marcus Thames
OF Clete Thomas : UPDATE 5/5 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 6/11 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 7/7 - recalled from AAA

Starting Rotation
1. RHP Justin Verlander
2. RHP Edwin Jackson
3. LHP Jarrod Washburn: UPDATE 7/31 - acquired from Mariners
4. RHP Rick Porcello (BA #1), (BP #1)
5. RHP Eddie Bonine: UPDATE 4/25- optioned to AAA for Joel Zumaya UPDATE 7/24 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 7/25 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 8/13 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 8/18 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/1 - recalled from AAA

Bullpen
CL - RHP Fernando Rodney
SU - LHP Bobby Seay
SU - RHP Brandon Lyon
MID-RHP Zach Miner
MID-RHP Ryan Perry (BA #2), (BP #3): UPDATE 6/8 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 6/12 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 6/21 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 7/18 - recalled from AAA
MID-LHP Fu-Te Ni: UPDATE 6/28 - contract purchased from AAA
MID-RHP Casey Fien : UPDATE 7/25 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 8/4 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 8/13 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/1 - recalled from AAA
MID-RHP Jeremy Bonderman: UPDATE 3/31 - will start the season on the DL UPDATE 6/8 - activated from the DL UPDATE 6/12 - placed on DL as he continues his rehabilitation from thoracic outlet compression syndrome UPDATE 9/1 - activated from DL
MID-RHP Alfredo Figaro: UPDATE 6/20 - recalled from AA UPDATE 6/28 - placed on DL UPDATE 9/15 - activated from DL
MID-LHP Clay Rapada: UPDATE 4/28 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 5/5 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/25 - recalled from AAA
LR - RHP Armando Galarraga: UPDATE 8/26 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/5 - recalled from AAA
LR- LHP Nate Robertson: UPDATE 5/14 - placed on the DL with a lower back strain UPDATE 5/21 - activated from the DL UPDATE 6/28 - placed on DL with a mass in the medial portion of his left elbow UPDATE 8/26 - will be activated and start Saturday's game

15-Day Disabled List
LHP Dontrelle Willis: UPDATE 3/29 - placed on the DL with anxiety disorder UPDATE 5/12 - activated from the DL UPDATE 6/18 - placed on the DL with an anxiety disorder

60-Day Disabled List
C Matt Treanor: UPDATE 4/26 - placed on the DL with a torn labrum and impingement in his right hip; he's likely to undergo surgery and miss 2-3 months UPDATE 5/1 - will miss the rest of the season as his hip condition was found to worse than originally thought UPDATE 5/4 - transferred to 60-Day DL
RHP Joel Zumaya: UPDATE 3/29 - placed on the DL with a sore shoulder UPDATE 4/25 - activated from DL UPDATE 7/18 - placed on DL with sore right shoulder UPDATE 7/30 - will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery UPDATE 8/17 - transferred to 60-Day DL
IF Mike Hollimon: UPDATE 9/1 - placed on 60-Day DL
UTL Jeff Larish (BA #5), (BP #7): UPDATE 4/28 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 5/5 - recalled from AAA to take the spot of Guillen UPDATE 6/7 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 9/5 - recalled and placed on 60-Day DL
*Players on the 60-Day DL do not have to be protected on the 40-man roster

Elected to Become Free Agent
RHP Juan Rincon: UPDATE 5/13 -designated for assignment to make room for Willis UPDATE 5/15 - elected to become free agent

Lost off Waivers
RHP Chris Lambert: UPDATE 4/14 - took a no-hitter into the 8th inning and struck out 11 in today's start UPDATE 8/4 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 8/12 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 8/18 - designated for assignment UPDATE 8/20 - claimed by Baltimore

Traded
LF Josh Anderson: UPDATE 7/24 - designated for assignment UPDATE 7/31 - traded to Kansas City
LHP Lucas French: UPDATE 5/14 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 5/20 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 6/28 - recalled from AAA UPDATE 7/31 - traded to Mariners for Jarrod Washburn
LHP Mauricio Robles: UPDATE 7/31 - traded to Mariners
RHP Brett Jacobson: UPDATE 8/17 - traded to Baltimore for Aubrey Huff

Next in Line
IF Mike Hessman
IF Will Rhymes
OF Brent Clevlen
RHP Freddy Dolsi: UPDATE 6/22 - will be recalled from AAA UPDATE 7/24 - optioned to AAA UPDATE 8/12 - recalled from AAA
RHP Ruddy Lugo
LHP Macay McBride
LHP Jason Waddell: UPDAET 8/14 - signed to minor league deal

On the Fast Track
SS Cale Iorg (BA #3), (BP #2)
LHP Casey Crosby (BA #4), (BP #4)
2B Scott Sizemore (BA #7)
RHP Cody Satterwhite (BA #8), (BP #9)
1B Ryan Strieby (BP #8)
OF Casper Wells (BP #10)
RHP Zach Simons (BP #11)
RHP Jacob Turner: UPDATE 8/18 - team's 1st round pick signed a major league deal

Under the Radar
C John Murrian
C Jordan Newton
1B Rawley Bishop
1B Gilbert Gomez
1B Luis Sanz
2B Brandon Douglas
2B Alexander Nunez
SS Gustavo Nunez
OF Jordan Cruz
OF Billy Nowlin
OF Samir Rijo
RHP Josue Carreno
RHP Jared Gayhart
RHP Melvin Mercedes
RHP Tyler Stohr
RHP Bryan Villarreal
RHP Robbie Weinhardt
LHP Duane Below
LHP Darlin Duran
LHP Rayni Guichardo
LHP Ariel Medina
LHP Giovany Soto
LHP Adam Wilk

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