127 36 rmayer78 The Olde English Ds Re: Corner Infielders [Reply to #37] 3/23/06, 6:41am I definitely like the enthusiasm. However, I think you are putting a little too much weight into spring training statistics. Remember, most of these numbers were put up during the WBC when a number of top pitchers were not in camp. That said Phelps does have power that can not be argued as he hit 20 HR in less than 400 ABs in 2003. Phelps is a lifetime .268 hitter, but for whatever reason does not get regular playing time. There must be some reason for this. I'm not sure where he would fit in with the Tigers. The thing I've heard during the Tiger's spring training broadcasts is they may show of Phelps and attempt to trade him before breaking camp or utilize him as depth on the farm. A strike against Phelps making the Tigers is he bats right-handed and they need left-handed power hitters. This could be the reason Pena makes the team instead of Phelps. Either of those guys could be traded as well. It will be interesting to see how it plays out in the last few weeks of spring. Phelps will be 28 in May so he is no longer a young prospect. I hope you are right about Inge. I very well think you could be. He should be one of the better 9th place hitters in baseball. Even in the last spot in the order he will be likely hitting after either a Pudge and Monroe or Young and Monroe combo in 7-8. Inge is my favorite current Tiger positional player so I tried not to get too carried away with my predictions for him. Particularly with the Tigers you have to pull hard for the home grown talent. I hope to have Granderson, Verlander and Zumaya quickly become personal favorites in addition to Brandon. The other reason I like Inge so much is personal. Back a few years when he separated his should Inge did his rehabilitation in Ann Arbor at the same place I went for a similar injury. Being the geek I am I brought in stuff and got some autographs and talked baseball with him. He came across as a really nice guy. The problem the Tigers have in trading D. Young is his salary. That will likely make it tough to move him. He has a similar situation as Pudge in that regard, but I would not be opposed to moving either or both of them for the right return. I don't think the Tigers will make a move for a veteran utility player. From what I hear they really like the future of Infante who is still a young guy. [The Olde English Ds from Whitmore Lake/MI] Replies: