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The five best rotations in baseball
Buster Olney | ESPN.com (13 hours ago)
When Jon Lester is your No. 2 starter, you must have one of the best rotations in baseball, right? But what about when Adam Wainright or A.J. Burnett fills the same role? Buster chimes in with his current rankings on who has the best five.
Yanks put Winn, plus Thames into left-field plan
Associated Press (1 day ago)
Marcus Thames agreed Monday to a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, who also finalized a $1.1 million, one-year deal with Randy Winn to give themselves more left field options.
If baseball doesn't work out …
Buster Olney | ESPN.com (2 days ago)
Buster nominates some major leaguers whom he thinks could play in the NFL. Plus moves, deals and decisions from around the league.
- How MLB can help the college game (3 days ago)
- Tigers, Verlander finalize 5-year, $80M contract (4 days ago)
- Verlander's deal a good prescription for Detroit (5 days ago)
- Verlander, Tigers agree to 5-year deal (5 days ago)
- Verlander, Porcello give Tigers top dynasty duo (5 days ago)
- Of cows, Zenith radios and Harry Kalas (6 days ago)
- Top rookie prospects for 2010 (7 days ago)
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2009 Salaries
| RK | PLAYER | SALARY (US$) |
| 1 | Magglio Ordonez | 18,971,596 |
| 2 | Miguel Cabrera | 14,383,049 |
| 3 | Jeremy Bonderman | 12,500,000 |
| 4 | Dontrelle Willis | 10,000,000 |
| Team Total | 119,160,145 | |
| Team Rank | 5th | |
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2009 AL Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | GB | RS | RA |
| 87 | 76 | - | 817 | 765 | |
| 86 | 77 | 1 | 743 | 745 | |
| 79 | 83 | 7.5 | 724 | 732 | |
| 65 | 97 | 21.5 | 686 | 842 | |
| 65 | 97 | 21.5 | 773 | 865 | |
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2009 Team Leaders
| BA LEADER » M. CABRERA | ||
 | BA | .324 |
| HR | 34 | |
| RBI | 103 | |
| R | 96 | |
| OTHER LEADERS » | ||
| HR | M. Cabrera | 34 |
| RBI | M. Cabrera | 103 |
| R | M. Cabrera | 96 |
| OPS | M. Cabrera | .942 |
| W | J. Verlander | 19 |
| ERA | J. Verlander | 3.45 |
| SO | J. Verlander | 269 |
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2009 American League Ranks
| AVG | R | OBP | SLG | OPS | SB |
| .260 | 743 | .331 | .416 | .747 | 72 |
| 10th | 10th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 14th |
| ERA | BAA | OPS | SV | WHIP | QS |
| 4.29 | .263 | .758 | 42 | 1.41 | 73 |
| 5th | 6th | 8th | 6th | 10th | 10th |
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Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander, left, listens to team president and general manager Dave Dombrowski during a... (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Team History
| YEAR | W | L | RS | RA |
| 2009 | 86 | 77 | 743 | 745 |
| 2008 | 74 | 88 | 821 | 857 |
| 2007 | 88 | 74 | 887 | 797 |
| 2006 | 95 | 67 | 822 | 675 |
| 2005 | 71 | 91 | 723 | 787 |
| 2004 | 72 | 90 | 827 | 844 |
| 2003 | 43 | 119 | 591 | 928 |
| 2002 | 55 | 106 | 575 | 864 |
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