SB Nation Detroit - Magglio Ordonez Back In The Tigers Lineuphttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48919/detroit-fave.png2010-06-15T15:08:47-04:00http://detroit.sbnation.com/rss/stream/12766382010-06-15T15:08:47-04:002010-06-15T15:08:47-04:00Magglio Back In The Lineup Tonight
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<p>After missing six straight games with an oblique injury, Magglio Ordonez has been reinserted into his normal three-hole in the lineup for Tuesday night’s series opening game against the Washington Nationals.</p>
<p>Magglio took full batting practice on Sunday, but manager Jim Leyland opted to give him an extra day of rest knowing Monday was the team’s off day.</p>
<p>Magglio will also re-assume his duties in right field tonight.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/2010/6/15/1519517/magglio-back-in-the-lineup-tonightPackey2010-06-11T23:31:58-04:002010-06-11T23:31:58-04:00Magglio Ordonez Injury Good For Tigers?
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<p>Will McDonald writes on SB Nation.com that <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/2010/6/11/1514404/tigers-magglio-ordonez-contract-option-injury" target="new">Magglio Ordonez’s injury could be a blessing in disguise for the Tigers for contractual regions</a>.</p>
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<p>If Magglio Ordonez starts 135 games this season his contract option for 2011 will vest, at a salary of $15 million. No one in Detroit, other than Magglio Ordonez, wants that to happen. Ordonez will be 37 next season and at this point in his career simply isn’t a good enough player to justify that kind of compensation. Despite a mild bounceback campaign thus far, players at Ordonez’s level (<span class="caps">OPS</span> of .885, bad defense) can be had for a third of the price, which is something that matters (or should) in Detroit.</p>
<p>This injury is essentially the team’s only hope of getting out of the rest of the contract. In a similar situation last season, when the Tigers were trying to avoid this year’s $18 million dollar option from vesting, the Tigers made a half-hearted attempt at benching Ordonez, only to have a threatened player’s union grievance put the matter to rest. Without a clear baseball reason to bench him, the team would likely be defeated in a hearing and be forced to pay Ordonez. In short, with a .300 average and 8 home runs, Ordonez isn’t bad enough to bench, but isn’t good enough to justify his salary.</p>
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<p>Agree or disagree? Debate the logic over at SB Nation’s <a href="http://www.blessyouboys.com/" target="new">Bless You Boys</a>.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/2010/6/11/1514429/magglio-ordonez-injuryBen Golliver2010-06-11T22:32:04-04:002010-06-11T22:32:04-04:00Magglio Ordonez Deemed 'Day To Day' After Examination
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<p>Jason Bell and Alex DiFilippo <a target="new" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100611&content_id=11067414&notebook_id=11067934&vkey=notebook_det&fext=.jsp&c_id=det">report on <span class="caps">MLB</span>.com</a> that Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez was examined by the team’s doctor on Friday and will remain out of the team's starting lineup due to left oblique soreness. The team’s trainer, Kevin Rand, admitted some concern about the amount of time Ordonez has missed but tried to focus on the positives of the examination.</p>
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<p>"We treated him last night, and he’s a little bit better today," Rand said Friday afternoon. "He’s still not the way we want him, but he’s a lot closer today. He feels a lot better about where he’s at."</p>
<p>Ordonez was examined by team physician Jeff Michaels once the Tigers returned home Thursday night and was diagnosed with general muscle soreness, nothing pulled or strained in a specific muscle</p>
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https://detroit.sbnation.com/2010/6/11/1514376/magglio-ordonez-day-to-day-oblique-sorenessBen Golliver2010-06-11T00:07:06-04:002010-06-11T00:07:06-04:00Magglio Ordonez 'Frustrated' By Left Oblique Soreness, Will Be Examined Friday
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<p>Jason Beck of MLBlogs.com reports that <a target="_blank" href="http://beck.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/06/magglio_update_hell_see_team_d.html">Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez was scratched from Thursday's starting lineup</a> with "soreness in his left oblique area." The scratch marked the third straight game Ordonez hasn't been able to take the field. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/DET" class="sbn-auto-link">Tigers</a> trainer Kevin Rand offered this report.</p>
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<p>"He was better, but he wasn't 100 percent," Rand said. "And Magglio's too valuable a player to push him out there and lose him for two to three weeks if he's not 100 percent."</p>
<p>Rand is encouraged that Ordonez isn't sore in a specific point, which suggests nothing severe.</p>
<p>"But he's sore throughout the muscle," Rand continued. "He had it tighten up the other day. Obviously, Magglio was frustrated today." </p>
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<p>Beck also writes that Ordonez will visit the team's physican on Friday.</p>
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https://detroit.sbnation.com/2010/6/11/2316325/magglio-ordonez-frustrated-by-left-oblique-soreness-will-be-examinedBen Golliver