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February 23, 2009 Team Health ReportsDetroit Tigers
Head Trainer: Kevin Rand Trend: Negative. Since their near-perfect record for team-wide health health during the World Series run of 2006, the Tigers have spent the last two seasons scrambling to fill holes created by injuries—especially to their pitching staff. The key word in Detroit this spring seems to be "if": if Jeremy Bonderman can return from a blood clot, if Joel Zumaya and Fernando Rodney can return to '06 form, if Gary Sheffield is finally ready for a healthy season in the Motor City after an offseason without surgery, if the move to left field will be easier on Carlos Guillen's knees and back, if a healthy and effective fifth starter can emerge, and finally, if all of this can happen without anything else going wrong. There's a good chance that several of these scenarios will play out in Detroit's favor, but counting on all of them to do so may be asking too much of Rand and his staff. After all, that's a very long list with some very big "ifs". The Shape of the Season:
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Checking the Numbers: Fielding Distrust
Mags is actually 35, not 37. But that's nitpicking.