OT: Brandon Inge goes on the DL

There goes the AL Central!!

I think Inge should be the new mascot. Then he's still close to the club and we don't have to watch him struggle at the plate. 

It seems like they are just prolonging his demise.

Is it just me or does he seem like he is extremely out of shape, even since last season?

Leyland says he will start at 2B vs LHP. This is bullshit. They say he hits better vs LHP than RHP, which is true, as he hits .220 vs LHP and like .130 vs RHP. But Santiago hits .320 vs LHP. It doesn't make any sense. I don't care how much money he makes. I don't care how much community service he does. I don't care how much Illitch likes him. He needs to be gone. He's not a good player anymore

Waste of time and money, cut his ass already. The teams loyalty to this clown is ridiculous, he was never that good.

Putting him on the DL is just delaying the inevitable.

I loathe Inge.

Just Kidding.  I love you Brandon. 

But you aren't a major leaguer anymore.

They're just keep BINGE around to groom him to be Leyland's replacement. 

I'll take Brandon Inge for 100 MGoPoints.

That said, the constant line about how he hits better than his BA shows is getting old. It's true, he does seem to make pretty good contact pretty often, but he just can't hit the gaps anymore.

Good Lord. This assclown has been over his head since '07. And not only did the Tigers resign him, they continue to hope and pray that he might be able to hit one day and keep parading him out there. Blind loyalty is what kills franchises. Thankfully the rest of the roster is in good shape but he needs to go. Like...three years ago. 

Best player in the league.

You know spring has sprung when the weather starts to warm, leaves start appearing on trees, and people start bitching about/defending Brandon Inge.

(Seriously though, there shouldn't even be a question about what to do with a soon-to-be 35 year-old who hits .200 at best.)

Whether he really does end up platooning at second or if he is indeed eventually released from  the Tigers, you would hope that - whatever happens - he is at least somewhat grateful that  the Tigers have given him - quite literally - every opportunity to find a viable place in the organization. I don't know how many teams would have given him second, third....fourteenth chances. The club has been extremely patient with Brandon Inge, but personally, I think the end may finally be nigh for the Inge era (if not now, then likelt sometime this season). I think the acquisition of Fielder and moving Cabrera to third was a signal that time was growing short and that the offer of time at second base for  Inge was pretty much a last ditch proposition. 

Brandon Inge goes on the DL...Physically unable to perform? 

I wrote this elsewhere, but I'll put it here, too.

Inge had 76 total bases last year in 103 games. Delmon Young, in 40 games as a Tiger, had 77, in about 170 fewer AB's (~300 AB's vs about 130 for Delmon).

Inge was 13th on the team last season in total bases. The only guys who were below him were guys that hung around a month or two (Sizemore, Worth, Guillen, etc).

Only Omir Santos had a lower OPS than Inge last season, regardless of at bats, and excluding pitchers in interleague play.

They cannot defend putting Inge in the lineup. They just cannot do so with any integrity. It's over. The days of putting in a .135 hitting-Ray Oyler (SS on the '68 Tigers, for those of you that don't know) in the lineup are long over. You have to be able to bring something to the table when you come to the batter's box.