Tigers will give Brandon Inge a chance to play second base

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:Hardballtalk.com

Miguel Cabrera‘s planned shift across the diamond means Brandon Inge is no longer the Tigers’ starting third baseman, but manager Jim Leyland said today that the team will give him an opportunity to compete for the job at second base.

Inge is 34 years old and has played 1,800 professional games without logging even one inning at second base. On the other hand, in theory at least an excellent defensive third baseman could be reasonably decent at second base and … well, when a team is already committed to using Cabrera every day at third base what’s another infielder playing out of position?

Inge’s primary competition at second base is Ramon Santiago and Ryan Raburn, so it might not take much to snag the gig. Of course, Inge hit .197 last year to earn a midseason demotion to Triple-A and hasn’t had an OPS above .725 since 2006. He’s under contract for $5.5 million.

Tigers fans should be proud of this lol.

 

[Teagz]

:spideypalm:

I don't see how he is any better than Ramon/Raburn.

 

[NV]

:spideypalm:

I don't see how he is any better than Ramon/Raburn.

Better chance then trying to beat out Cabrera.

 

[Teagz]

The guy is basically a utility man at this point. He's lucky he didn't get released last year and he probably wouldn't even be 2nd string 3rd Baseman either, witch is the only position he can play at this point except for maybe 2nd. He'd be the 25th man anyways, but I'd rather have Danny Worth who can play every infield position rather than him right now. He'll be a Tiger for the rest of his career but he should just hang em up, he just honestly can not play anymore.

 

[Pugz]

wtfffff

 

[WHO-DEY-BENGALS_18]

Ummmmmmm.

When he strikes out every at bat in Spring Training they will no longer consider this..


Oh... Wait a minute.. He's competing against Raburn and Santiago. I'll take my chances with Raburn. But whatever, just rotate I guess, I don't know. Whatever.

 

[RipCity32]

Lolololololololololol.

It's sad that the ONLY reason this guy is still a Tiger is because he is a fan favorite. I don't get how any fans can like him though, just laughable.

 

[RipCity32]

 

[Lake Louise]

He's being given the chance to compete, and I don't see him winning that competition.