Of course this isn’t news anymore, but with the holidays and all I didn’t get a chance to write about this pick up. It’s not a bad move, but nothing to get overly excited about it either, pretty much the same way I feel about Vina and White. I share Brian’s concerns about the fact he is 30 and hasn’t had a 200 inning season yet. In 32 starts last year he only made it out of the 7th inning 7 times. This isn’t necessarily a horrible thing in general, but the Tiger brass are targeting him for the top of the rotation and you expect your number one or two guy to be able to eat some innings. But the fact of the matter is, anybody that is going to sign with the Tigers at this point is going to have a major drawback or two.

Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday season, and Tigerfest is just a couple weeks away.