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Brandon Inge 3B

Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	WARP
16	5617	.233	.301	.384	85	17.0

Birth Date	5-19-1977
Height	5' 11"
Weight	190 lbs

Age	46 years, 10 months, 28 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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MLB Statistics

YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	HBP	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	DRAA	BRR	FRAA	BWARP
2001	DET	24	79	202	34	11	0	0	9	41	0	1	4	.180	.215	.238	41	-14.3	-0.5	2.2	-0.3
2002	DET	25	95	351	65	15	3	7	24	101	4	1	3	.202	.266	.333	62	-15.0	-0.3	-9.3	-0.9
2003	DET	26	104	366	67	15	3	8	24	79	5	4	4	.203	.265	.339	71	-12.2	2.0	-15.0	-0.9
2004	DET	27	131	458	117	15	7	13	32	72	4	5	4	.287	.340	.453	103	2.5	-1.6	2.0	1.9
2005	DET	28	160	694	161	31	9	16	63	140	3	7	6	.261	.330	.419	96	-3.1	-3.1	15.8	3.3
2006	DET	29	159	601	137	29	2	27	43	128	7	7	4	.253	.313	.463	104	5.8	2.8	27.8	5.6
2007	DET	30	151	577	120	25	2	14	47	150	11	9	2	.236	.312	.376	76	-15.6	-2.3	20.9	2.2
2008	DET	31	113	407	71	16	4	11	43	94	8	4	3	.205	.303	.369	85	-6.3	-3.7	-6.2	0.0
2009	DET	32	161	637	129	16	1	27	54	170	17	2	5	.230	.314	.406	95	-1.9	-0.8	5.1	2.3
2010	DET	33	144	580	127	28	5	13	54	134	5	4	3	.247	.321	.397	94	-3.5	-4.1	6.8	1.8
2011	DET	34	102	303	53	10	2	3	24	74	2	1	1	.197	.265	.283	65	-11.7	0.4	8.1	0.7
2012	DET	35	9	20	2	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	.100	.100	.300	87	-0.3	0.1	0.9	0.1
2012	OAK	35	74	311	64	13	0	11	24	85	1	0	1	.226	.286	.389	87	-4.4	0.7	3.0	1.0
2013	PIT	36	50	110	19	3	0	1	2	32	1	0	0	.181	.204	.238	56	-5.2	1.6	2.0	0.1
Career			1532	5617	1166	228	38	152	443	1306	68	45	40	.233	.301	.384	85	-85.2	-8.9	64.2	17.0

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	PA	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	DRC+	DRC+ SD	FRAA	BRR	DRAA	BWARP
1998	JAM	A-	NYP	0	214	.000	.000	.000	.277			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1999	WMI	A	MDW	0	394	.000	.000	.000	.301			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	JAX	AA	SOU	0	324	.000	.000	.000	.324			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2000	TOL	AAA	INT	0	206	.000	.000	.000	.276			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	DET	MLB	AL	79	202	.267	.332	.436	.227	101	-20.1	6.0	3.7	41	12	2.2	-0.5	-14.3	-0.3
2001	WMI	A	MDW	4	19	.000	.000	.000	.273			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2001	TOL	AAA	INT	27	102	.000	.000	.000	.369			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2002	DET	MLB	AL	95	351	.260	.324	.415	.271	96	-19.6	10.1	6	62	11	-9.3	-0.3	-15.0	-0.9
2002	TOL	AAA	INT	21	81	.000	.000	.000	.292			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2003	DET	MLB	AL	104	366	.261	.323	.415	.240	95	-17.7	10.0	6.5	71	9	-15.0	2.0	-12.2	-0.9
2003	TOL	AAA	INT	39	154	.000	.000	.000	.296			0.0		0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2004	DET	MLB	AL	131	458	.270	.336	.437	.316	102	8	13.6	3.4	103	13	2.0	-1.6	2.5	1.9
2005	DET	MLB	AL	160	694	.267	.328	.423	.311	102	-3.2	20.0	2.7	96	7	15.8	-3.1	-3.1	3.3
2006	DET	MLB	AL	159	601	.273	.333	.437	.281	106	0.4	18.1	2.5	104	9	27.8	2.8	5.8	5.6
2007	DET	MLB	AL	151	577	.271	.333	.423	.305	102	-13.7	17.1	2.4	76	10	20.9	-2.3	-15.6	2.2
2008	DET	MLB	AL	113	407	.266	.332	.419	.244	106	-11.8	11.8	4.5	85	8	-6.2	-3.7	-6.3	0.0
2008	TOL	AAA	INT	3	12	.236	.302	.378	.286	86	1.3	0.4	0	132	0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1
2009	DET	MLB	AL	161	637	.267	.333	.424	.277	104	-3.3	18.3	2.5	95	6	5.1	-0.8	-1.9	2.3
2010	DET	MLB	AL	144	580	.263	.328	.413	.305	111	-6.1	16.0	2.2	94	8	6.8	-4.1	-3.5	1.8
2010	WMI	A	MDW	1	5	.243	.317	.346	.667	99	0.8	0.1	0	116	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
2011	DET	MLB	AL	102	303	.264	.327	.414	.256	106	-18.5	8.2	1.1	65	9	8.1	0.4	-11.7	0.7
2011	TOL	AAA	INT	29	126	.262	.328	.396	.338	91	8.7	3.9	0	149	0	3.9	-1.0	6.4	1.3
2012	DET	MLB	AL	9	20	.240	.313	.381	.077	106	-2.4	0.5	-0.1	87	10	0.9	0.1	-0.3	0.1
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	74	311	.253	.316	.409	.279	97	-5.4	8.5	1.2	87	10	3.0	0.7	-4.4	1.0
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	8	32	.280	.343	.433	.500	91	6.4	1.0	0	155	0	0.2	0.0	2.2	0.3
2012	TOL	AAA	INT	3	13	.292	.372	.456	.125	92	-0.4	0.4	-0.1	78	0	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
2013	PIT	MLB	NL	50	110	.255	.312	.399	.250	100	-9.9	2.9	-0.1	56	14	2.0	1.6	-5.2	0.1
2013	IND	AAA	INT	18	75	.252	.320	.390	.171	98	-3.9	2.2	-0.3	80	0	0.2	-0.6	-2.5	-0.1

Statistics For All Levels

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Year	Team	lvl	LG	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	SF	SH
1998	JAM	A-	NYP	214	191	24	44	10	1	8	80	29	17	53	8	8	.230	.313	.419	.188	0	0
1999	WMI	A	MDW	394	352	54	86	25	2	9	142	46	39	87	15	3	.244	.325	.403	.159	0	0
2000	JAX	AA	SOU	324	298	39	77	25	1	6	122	53	26	73	10	3	.258	.318	.409	.151	0	0
2000	TOL	AAA	INT	206	190	24	42	9	3	5	72	20	15	51	2	1	.221	.282	.379	.158	0	0
2001	TOL	AAA	INT	102	90	11	26	11	1	2	45	15	7	24	1	0	.289	.343	.500	.211	1	1
2001	DET	MLB	AL	202	189	13	34	11	0	0	45	15	9	41	1	4	.180	.215	.238	.058	2	2
2001	WMI	A	MDW	19	16	3	3	1	0	0	4	2	2	5	0	0	.188	.316	.250	.063	0	0
2002	DET	MLB	AL	351	321	27	65	15	3	7	107	24	24	101	1	3	.202	.266	.333	.131	1	1
2002	TOL	AAA	INT	81	65	10	17	2	4	3	36	13	11	16	1	3	.262	.375	.554	.292	2	2
2003	TOL	AAA	INT	154	142	15	39	9	0	5	63	15	11	23	3	1	.275	.325	.444	.169	1	1
2003	DET	MLB	AL	366	330	32	67	15	3	8	112	30	24	79	4	4	.203	.265	.339	.136	3	4
2004	DET	MLB	AL	458	408	43	117	15	7	13	185	64	32	72	5	4	.287	.340	.453	.167	6	8
2005	DET	MLB	AL	694	616	75	161	31	9	16	258	72	63	140	7	6	.261	.330	.419	.157	6	6
2006	DET	MLB	AL	601	542	83	137	29	2	27	251	83	43	128	7	4	.253	.313	.463	.210	5	4
2007	DET	MLB	AL	577	508	64	120	25	2	14	191	71	47	150	9	2	.236	.312	.376	.140	4	7
2008	DET	MLB	AL	407	347	41	71	16	4	11	128	51	43	94	4	3	.205	.303	.369	.164	4	5
2008	TOL	AAA	INT	12	10	2	3	0	0	1	6	4	2	2	0	0	.300	.417	.600	.300	0	0
2009	DET	MLB	AL	637	562	71	129	16	1	27	228	84	54	170	2	5	.230	.314	.406	.176	3	1
2010	DET	MLB	AL	580	514	47	127	28	5	13	204	70	54	134	4	3	.247	.321	.397	.150	7	0
2010	WMI	A	MDW	5	5	0	2	2	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	0	.400	.400	.800	.400	0	0
2011	DET	MLB	AL	303	269	29	53	10	2	3	76	23	24	74	1	1	.197	.265	.283	.086	3	5
2011	TOL	AAA	INT	126	108	18	31	4	0	7	56	19	17	30	0	0	.287	.389	.519	.231	0	0
2012	TOL	AAA	INT	13	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	.111	.385	.111	.000	0	0
2012	SAC	AAA	PCL	32	27	6	10	4	0	2	20	9	5	9	0	0	.370	.469	.741	.370	0	0
2012	DET	MLB	AL	20	20	2	2	1	0	1	6	2	0	6	0	0	.100	.100	.300	.200	0	0
2012	OAK	MLB	AL	311	283	31	64	13	0	11	110	52	24	85	0	1	.226	.286	.389	.163	3	0
2013	PIT	MLB	NL	110	105	5	19	3	0	1	25	7	2	32	0	0	.181	.204	.238	.057	0	2
2013	IND	AAA	INT	75	60	4	9	2	0	2	17	6	12	17	1	0	.150	.320	.283	.133	0	0

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%	CSAA
2008	1565	0.5259	0.4045	0.7425	0.5614	0.2305	0.8312	0.5029	0.2575	-0.0083
2009	2593	0.5087	0.4296	0.7136	0.5868	0.2669	0.7959	0.5265	0.2864	0.0020
2010	2361	0.5248	0.4583	0.7366	0.6384	0.2594	0.8078	0.5430	0.2634	-0.0074
2011	1161	0.5116	0.4694	0.7266	0.6431	0.2875	0.8037	0.5460	0.2734	-0.0071
2012	1363	0.5202	0.4307	0.7189	0.5698	0.2798	0.8218	0.4918	0.2811	-0.0033
2013	439	0.5308	0.4305	0.7249	0.5494	0.2961	0.8281	0.5082	0.2751	0.0001
Career	9482	0.5186	0.4377	0.7270	0.5982	0.2648	0.8109	0.5233	0.2730	-0.0040

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-03-26	2013-04-23	15-DL	28	19	Right	Shoulder	Fracture	Scapula	-	-
2013-03-21	2013-03-25	Camp	4	0	Right	Shoulder	Contusion	HBP on Scapula	-	-
2012-09-02	2012-10-12	60-DL	40	30	Right	Shoulder	Surgery	Dislocation and Labrum Tear	2012-09-18
2012-08-12	2012-09-01	15-DL	20	18	Right	Shoulder	Sprain	Self-reduced	-	-
2012-05-13	2012-05-28	15-DL	15	14	Right	Groin	Strain		-	-
2012-03-30	2012-04-14	15-DL	15	7	Left	Groin	Strain		-	-
2011-06-02	2011-06-23	15-DL	21	20		General Medical	Illness	Mononucleosis	-
2010-08-19	2010-08-19	DTD	0	0	Left	Hand	Soreness		-
2010-07-20	2010-08-04	15-DL	15	15	Left	Hand	Fracture	5th Metacarpal	-
2009-11-03	2009-11-03	Off	0	0	Bilateral	Knee	Surgery	Patellar Tendinitis	2009-11-03
2009-07-23	2009-07-23	DTD	0	0	Left	Knee	Strain	Patellar Tendon	-
2009-07-01	2009-07-03	DTD	2	1	Bilateral	Knee	Soreness		-
2008-06-23	2008-07-10	15-DL	17	15	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2008-06-02	2008-06-06	DTD	4	3	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-
2007-06-29	2007-07-01	DTD	2	2		Low Back	Spasms		-
2007-05-30	2007-06-05	DTD	6	5	Left		Contusion	HBP Big Toe	-
2007-04-17	2007-04-18	DTD	1	1		General Medical	Respiratory	Flu	-
2004-06-26	2004-07-15	15-DL	19	15	Right	Fingers	Fracture	Index Finger	-
2002-05-12	2002-05-27	15-DL	15	12	Left	Shoulder	Dislocation		-
2001-06-25	2001-08-06	15-DL	42	38	Left	Shoulder	Dislocation		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	PIT	$1,250,000
2012	DET	$5,500,000
2011	DET	$5,500,000
2010	DET	$6,600,000
2009	DET	$6,300,000
2008	DET	$6,200,000
2007	DET	$4,900,000
2006	DET	$3,000,000
2005	DET	$1,350,000
2004	DET	$340,000
2003	DET	$315,000
2001	DET	$200,000

Years	Description	Salary
12 yr	Previous	$41,455,000
12 yr	Total	$41,455,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 45 d	Levinsons ACES	1 year/$1.25M (2013)

Details

1 year (2013). Signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent 2/12/13 (minor-league contract). Salary of $1.25M in majors. If not on Major League roster, may opt out of contract in late March. May request release 3/26/13 if he will not make Major League roster. $0.1M retention bonus if he agrees to start season in minors. May opt out of contract 6/1/13 if not on Major League roster. Contract purchased by Pittsburgh 3/27/13. DFA by Pittsburgh 7/23/13. Released 7/30/13.
2 years/$11.5M (2011-12), plus 2013 club option. Signed extension with Detroit 10/21/10. 11:$5.5M, 12:$5.5M, 13:$6M club option, $0.5M buyout. DFA by Detroit 7/20/11, sent outright to Triple-A 7/26/11. Contract purchased by Detroit 8/20/11. Released by Detroit 4/26/12. Signed by Oakland as a free agent 4/30/12 (A's pay pro-rated Major League minimum, or about $414,066, with Tigers responsible for balance of 2012 salary).
4 years/$24M (2007-10). Signed extension with Detroit 12/06 (avoided arbitration). 07:$4.9M, 08:$6.2M, 09:$6.3M, 10:$6.6M. Award bonuses: $0.1M for MVP ($0.1M 2nd, $50,000 for 3rd-5th), $0.1M for WS MVP, $75,000 LCS MVP, $50,000 for All-Star ($25,000 for selection), $25,000 each for Gold Glove, Silver Slugger.
1 year/$3M (2006). Re-signed by Detroit 1/06 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$1.35M (2005). Re-signed by Detroit 12/04 (avoided arbitration).
1 year/$0.34M (2004). Re-signed by Detroit 2/04.
1 year/$0.315M (2003). Re-signed by Detroit 2/03, optioned to Triple-A 6/03, recalled 8/03.
1 year (2002). Re-signed by Detroit 3/02, optioned to Triple-A 3/02, recalled 4/02.
Drafted by Detroit 1998 (2-57) (Virginia Commonwealth).

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	DRC+	VORP	FRAA	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	?	?	.000	.000	.000	0	0.0	?	0.0

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Date	Question	Answer
2012-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	I am looking at having to start Giovatella or Raburn at 2B in my AL-only league this year. Is this the year Raburn finally puts it together? (cooldude from Mpls)	I hope so. I have him at MI in CBS AL-only. Coincidentally, I have Giovatella at 2B too. Ramon Santiago doesn't pose much of a threat, but apparently Brandon Inge is looking pretty good at 2B, and he could cut into his time. As a cheap MI in AL-only, his power upside makes him worth the gamble, but this Inge news is certainly disconcerting. (Derek Carty)
2011-12-20 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Did the Rangers really screw up by not trading one of Salty, Ramirez and Teagarden when their values were all high? (rwinter from Boston)	In the sense that they didn't trade prospects who flopped, sure. You could say that about every team and every prospect who flopped. Did the Angels err in not trading Brandon Wood when he was a top-10 prospect? In retrospect, of course, but there was no way of knowing that. The fact that all three of those players flopped in their own ways supports the decision to keep all of them, though, instead of treating them as depth. Catchers have a brutal attrition rate. Baseball America's top 100 in 2000 included six catchers: Eric Munson, Ben Petrick, Matt LeCroy, Jayson Werth (Orioles), Steve Lomasney, Ryan Christianson. In 2001: Joe Lawrence, Dane Sardinha, Brandon Inge, J.R. House. In 2002: Mauer, Josh Phelps, House, John Buck, Werth (Blue Jays), Victor Martinez. In 2003: Mauer, Martinez, Jeff Mathis, Justin Huber, Buck. In 2007, when the Rangers had to make this decision, Kevin Goldstein ranked the catchers in the minors. He named 17 players. These are the 17: Jeff Clement Bryan Anderson J.R. Towles Teagarden Hank Conger John Jaso Ramirez Nick Hundley Tony Recker Jesus Montero Brett Hayes Francisco Hernandez Lou Palmisano Landon Powell Shawn Riggans Jamie Skelton Brian Jeroloman Out of those 17, there are basically one and a half every day catchers, maaaaaaybe another one in Hank Conger, and a DH. We thought the Rangers had three catchers, plus Gerald Laird. In fact, they had Gerald Laird. Also: 2007 Baseball Prospectus Annual: "When Teagarden is behind the dish, he's one of the top defensive catchers around. If he can stay there, he's Mickey Tettleton with defensive chops." 2008 Baseball Prospectus Annual: "If you want to get really dreamy and optimistic, think Mickey Tettleton with Gold Glove-level skills, and you get the picture." This is why comps are the best/worst. (Sam Miller)
2011-09-27 13:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you see in Scott Sizemore? I’m weighing keeping him as one of my 15 MLB keepers in a 14 team H2H points league. This is not the most exciting keeper choice in the world but I don’t want to be stuck drafting the likes of Brandon Inge again or wasting an early pick on a below average player. 3B is such an ugly position to fill if you don’t have an elite player. Do you see him being materially better than his career line to date (.236/.325/.372, 13 HRs in 156 games)? If not, then he’s just a replacement-level player in my league as the top 3B available in this year’s draft were players like Betemit, Tejada, Encarnacion, Peralta, Freese, Polanco, etc.. Because of his youth, perhaps he’ll continue to improve? Where do you see his near-term ceiling while I wait for the likes of Will Middlebrooks and Cheslor Cuthbert to mature? FWIW, he's battling players like Sands, JD Martinez, Altuve, Brandon Allen and Guerra for that last keeper slot. (ORWahoo from Oregon)	I like Sizemore, but only in deeper leagues. He just doesn't have enough power or speed to really be an asset in mixed leagues. I think double digit homers and maybe a small handful of steals, but I don't see 20 HR or 10 SB from him next year. And he strikes out a lot, which will cause him to rely on a high BABIP to post a good average, which will be difficult to maintain without great speed. I think decent power without a good average or speed makes him a tough guy to endorse for anything other than an AL-only league play. (Derek Carty)
2010-10-25 13:00:00 (link to chat)	They're being paid about the same, who do you like more at third base? Brandon Inge or Placido Polanco? (singledigit from rainy San Diego)	I'm assuming the third option is a hole in my head, because I'm not wild about either for more than place-holding purposes. Inge can be a great defender, but he's not very valuable against right-handed pitching. Polanco at least provides positional flexibility, so I'd favor him. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-09-29 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Which teams do you see Kevin Towers calling and offering Mark Reynolds to? (Reej 3000 from Dell Warehouse)	The Tigers? He's kind of like a better Brandon Inge, right? Except for the whole fielding thing? It won't happen, but part of me really, really wants to see what Safeco would do to Mark Reynolds. (Ben Lindbergh)
2010-08-17 14:45:00 (link to chat)	Would Brandon Inge make the Cardinals better? Would Felipe Lopez move to 2B and eliminate Skip? (drive2fast19 from Detroit)	I would rather have Lopez at 2B and Inge at 3B than Lopez at 3B and Skip at 2B. We're not talking about a massive improvement here, but the Reds and Cards will be jockeying for the division the rest of the way and anything that constitutes an improvement that won't drastically hurt the payroll is worth pursuing. (Eric Seidman)
2010-02-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Steve, I'm enjoying BP2010 so far, but noticed it seems a little edgier than usual. Your intro in particular seems to be a little harsh towards Bill James. And why does Brandon Inge get "points for toughness", but Jed Lowrie is "stupid" for playing through pain? Lowrie was trying to achieve his dream of making it to the majors while Inge was already there and could have rested knowing he'd still have a spot on the major league roster whenever he heeled. (DanDaMan from Sea Cliff)	There was no intention to be eddy; the authors said what they said and I don't try to impose my judgment on them beyond reigning in comments that are just inappropriate in some way, and that is a very rare occurrence. I will point out that there's a significant difference between Lowrie trying to hit through a wrist injury and Inge trying to play through knee problems. In the former case, there's not a lot of hope of it working out; in the latter at least the equipment works from the waist up. Now let me say this about the intro and Bill James, because this also came up in a couple of Amazon reviews: I'm stunned, honestly. What I was trying to do was encapsulate the state of the "industry" (such as it is, or was) at the time that BP came into existence. It was not my intention to say anything critical about Bill, whom I revere. Without Bill pioneering this field, none of us would have these wonderful jobs that we have, where we get paid to watch, write, and talk about baseball. I know that my career got its start specifically because my first publisher was looking for another Rob Neyer, whose own career owes its start to Bill (my answer: "I can't be a second Neyer, but I can be the first Steven Goldman," and apparently that sufficed). Our debt to Mr. James is so obvious as to not need stating, certainly not in that place. (Steven Goldman)
2009-05-04 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Joe. I had a question about one of my Tigers, the hot-hitting Brandon Inge. He's going to revert back to the Inge of old (hitting .250 with a little pop) soon, right? Or can we expect him to keep a decent bat for the rest of the year? (David from Winston Salem)	He's fundamentally a different hitter this year, walking more and striking out much, much less. You so rarely see a change like this. I would project that he regresses a lot, but if the gains in plate discipline are somewhat real, he could hit .270/.345/.440 from here on out. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-07-29 16:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey Will, Crank up The Mill! Are the Tigers really caught in no-man's land at this point? While the decision to be buyers or sellers is a difficult one for this team, there's not really much they could do, in terms of improving or dumping, anyway, right? (Ryan from Atlanta)	They are in a tough position, but they're smart and creative. I think they could do a number of things that would help themselves if they choose to. They could deal Ivan Rodriguez for help, plug Brandon Inge in, and see what happens. They could deal Todd Jones or Joel Zumaya, given the reliever market. Never count out the Tigers. Dombrowski et al have proved themselves time and again. (Will Carroll)
2008-03-06 13:00:00 (link to chat)	If you were the Detroit Tigers, how would you deal with the Brandon Inge situation: trade him for whatever someone's willing to give you, hold out for something of value, keep him as a supersub, hold on to him and make him next year's catcher? (Ben from Ohio)	Inge doesn't seem to want to catch, and at $6.2 million he'd make for a pricey utilityman. He's a capable fielder, but pretty valueless as a hitter except for providing pop off the bench, and he's unhappy to bood. I'm not sure the Tigers have many good options; I'd trade him for just about anything I could get. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-01-25 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Whats your take on the Brandon Inge soap opera in Detroit. (joe from n.y.)	Well, given his three straight years of offensive decline, his age (he'll be 31 in May), and what he's owed ($6.2M, $6.3, $6.6 for a total of $19.1M) it's not so surprising that the Tigers have found few takers and with his defensive prowess seem to be looking at him in a super-sub kind of role. The question will really be whether he'll accept that role or turn into a clubhouse cancer that forces them to eat much of the remaining salary. As far as the soap opera around his asking to be traded and not speaking to a reporter recently, I certainly don't blame him. He's in a pretty tough spot and any competitor at that level wants playing time As an aside, defensively (using SFR) I have him at -6, +4, +20, +9 since 2004 at third base which pretty much parallels FRAA (+6,+15,+25,+14). Miguel Cabrera, on the other hand, I had at +0, -1, -5, -10 in 2003, and 2005-2007 at third base. (Dan Fox)
2008-01-14 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Thanks for taking questions! To expand on the "Soviet" recruiting methods, would it behoove an MLB team to screen all of its draftees for pitching potential? Troy Percival and Rafael Soriano come to mind as successful converts. Maybe the Tigers would find that they could use the strong arm of Brandon Inge for occasional mop-up duty as part of his super-utility role. (havybeaks from Michigan)	I think it's done, kind of. Not in any sort of systematic way, but organizations know who has a cannon at short and they know who pitched in HS. (Interesting thought ... Latin players tend to be classified one way or the other quickly while American players tend to go both ways through HS and even college. Is there an advantage to either side?) (Will Carroll)
2008-01-24 13:00:00 (link to chat)	John, which is likely more important for Detroit this year: Miguel Cabrera's added offense over Brandon Inge, or Dontrelle Willis successfully adjusting to the AL and posting numbers at least similar to '06 (if not better). Thanks for your thoughts. (Yoop from Ankeny, IA)	Cabrera's offense. No slight to Willis, who could really help the Tigers, but Cabrera is one of the game's premier hitters. He makes an already-dangerous lineup downright scary. (John Perrotto)
2008-01-17 14:00:00 (link to chat)	no takers for Brandon Inge? I understand the locals overrate him because he's a nice buy but surely someone can spare a box of baseballs? (DetroitDale from Florida)	Well, the Tigers shouldn't just give him away, but I honestly don't get why the Marlins didn't ask for and get him on top of the rest of that package. And the money to pay him, because let's face it, the Fish were robbed. (Christina Kahrl)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-09-29 10:30:00	Tigers/White Sox Play-In Game	Mike Ivie... now that's a blast from the past. Er, considering his bat, maybe that should be a bloop from the past. To bring a more recent Padres player (and former Tiger) into the discussion, his ability to play catcher could make Brandon Inge a nifty Robert Fick type... a game a week behind the dish, and then fill in at third and a corner as needed. (Dave Pease)

Advanced Catching Metrics

Year	lvl	CSAA	Framing Runs	Blocking Chances	EPAA	Blocking Runs	SB Attempts	SRAA	TRAA	Throwing Runs	FRAA Adj.	FRAA
2001	mlb	-.002	-1.5	2674	.000	-0.2	48	-.082	-.008	2.8	0.7	2.2
2002	mlb	-.008	-8.1	3921	.001	-1.0	50	.010	.001	-0.3	-8.6	-9.3
2003	mlb	-.018	-18.8	4415	.000	-0.2	100	-.018	.003	1.1	-18.3	-15.0
2004	mlb	-.009	-3.3	1601	.001	-0.6	46	-.021	.006	0.6	-3.5	2.0
2008	aaa	-.003	0.0	20	.000	0.0	1	-.006	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0
2008	mlb	-.017	-8.9	2480	.004	-3.4	31	-.010	-.002	0.2	-12.5	-6.2

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