Category: Tigers
Posted by Tom Gage (The Detroit News) on Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:27 AMGranderson's Future
What you are going to read in stories coming out of Wednesday night's 9-6 victory over the Angels is that Curtis Granderson has now matured to the point that he could be moved down in the lineup.
This was one of Jim Leyland's talking points a year or so ago, that when Granderson really arrived as a player, he could become a middle-of-the-lineup hitter.
Well, the manager now feels Granderson has arrived. The catch is, however, that he's not going to move him because the Tigers don't have a "pure leadoff hitter" to replace Granderson at the top of the lineup. So he's staying there.
The manager is confident, though, that Granderson could handle one of the production spots from 3-6. Some day when the Tigers find a pure leadoff hitter, the move will occur but until then, you'll have to be satisfied with those leadoff triples.
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It,s time for him to go.And take his one year wonders with him.The whole pitching staff.
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