Magglio

[DCNats]

He's been slow to recover from his injury, but does anyone see a possible return to form for him this year?

[UncleIvan]

I think it's possible, too early to give a strong answer. My guess is he has a 30-40% chance to get .300/30/100

[Cornbread Maxwell]

I dont think we will ever see the HR totals that he had in Chicago, but his average and RBI opps will certainly be there.

I have him close to 70 Rs, 25 HRs, 110 RBIs and hitting slightly above .300 with minimal SBs.

In most drafts I have seen he is severly underated.

His injury doesnt worry me very much at this point - he's had plenty of time to recover and has been playing regularly in the WBC and since then as well. There was one mention of a very minor flare up yesterday, but it wasnt anything serious.

But it sure seemed like the biggest thing bugging Leyland was that he felt he had made a mistake Sunday. He had Magglio Ordonez DH instead of play right field, and while Ordonez was sitting around between at-bats on a blustery day, he felt his knee stiffen up.

This wasn't a serious problem. Ordonez is fine. He worked out today, and he's on the schedule to go to Vero Beach tomorrow to play the Dodgers. But for a manager who prides himself on perfection (and one just coming off what he calls a ``six-year sabbatical''), this kind of mistake was unacceptable.

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/weblog/inde ... tml#125230

[Dan Lambskin]

I dont think we will ever see the HR totals that he had in Chicago, but his average and RBI opps will certainly be there.

I have him close to 70 Rs, 25 HRs, 110 RBIs and hitting slightly above .300 with minimal SBs.

In most drafts I have seen he is severly underated.

His injury doesnt worry me very much at this point - he's had plenty of time to recover and has been playing regularly in the WBC and since then as well. There was one mention of a very minor flare up yesterday, but it wasnt anything serious.

But it sure seemed like the biggest thing bugging Leyland was that he felt he had made a mistake Sunday. He had Magglio Ordonez DH instead of play right field, and while Ordonez was sitting around between at-bats on a blustery day, he felt his knee stiffen up.

This wasn't a serious problem. Ordonez is fine. He worked out today, and he's on the schedule to go to Vero Beach tomorrow to play the Dodgers. But for a manager who prides himself on perfection (and one just coming off what he calls a ``six-year sabbatical''), this kind of mistake was unacceptable.

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/weblog/inde ... tml#125230

i think those numbers are pretty reasonable, but not sure he'll crack 100 RBI's.

worries me too that he cant play in the cold

[mcqfesijiba]

I dont think we will ever see the HR totals that he had in Chicago, but his average and RBI opps will certainly be there.

I have him close to 70 Rs, 25 HRs, 110 RBIs and hitting slightly above .300 with minimal SBs.

In most drafts I have seen he is severly underated.

His injury doesnt worry me very much at this point - he's had plenty of time to recover and has been playing regularly in the WBC and since then as well. There was one mention of a very minor flare up yesterday, but it wasnt anything serious.

But it sure seemed like the biggest thing bugging Leyland was that he felt he had made a mistake Sunday. He had Magglio Ordonez DH instead of play right field, and while Ordonez was sitting around between at-bats on a blustery day, he felt his knee stiffen up.

This wasn't a serious problem. Ordonez is fine. He worked out today, and he's on the schedule to go to Vero Beach tomorrow to play the Dodgers. But for a manager who prides himself on perfection (and one just coming off what he calls a ``six-year sabbatical''), this kind of mistake was unacceptable.

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/weblog/inde ... tml#125230

i think those numbers are pretty reasonable, but not sure he'll crack 100 RBI's.

worries me too that he cant play in the cold

I see those numbers as his ceiling. I'm seeing low 20's for HR's (making up for some of those HR's with doubles) and he'll probably not start in a handful of games just for days off and therefore probably be flirting with 100 RBI's at best.

[Yoda]

I think it's possible, too early to give a strong answer. My guess is he has a 30-40% chance to get .300/30/100

When was the last time the Tigers had a 30 HR player? I know Young and Pena came close but it's been a while.

[TheOmen]

Magglio '06: .307/22/103

My owning him on two teams had no bearing on my prediction whatsoever.

[Krunk City King$]

One of the guys on the espIn fantasy baseball show said that he watched maggs during the WBC and it looked like he could not pivot on his knee.

He said that it seemed as if Maggs was still playing hurt.

This morning I read about him having a hammy injury.

[Dan Lambskin]

I think it's possible, too early to give a strong answer. My guess is he has a 30-40% chance to get .300/30/100

When was the last time the Tigers had a 30 HR player? I know Young and Pena came close but it's been a while.

i dont know and i dont want to go searching because it will just depress me

[slomo007]

For the price that he's going for this year, I just don't see much risk to him. When it's between him and guys like Aaron Rowand (.270, 15, 15) I just don't see what's not to like about taking a chance on him. He's capable of .300,25,110 still, IMO. Especially because he's hitting 4th in a very impressive lineup. But, he obviously comes with injury concerns, but I wouldn't really call it injury "risk" because that means that you "risked" a lot to get him. Which most of us did not.