Treanor only played in 4 games as a Tiger and had 0 hits with 4 strike outs. He spent most of the year on Disabled List. He was picked up last December and was supposed to be Gerald Laird's back up. He was a free agent when DD signed him but a hip injury that required surgery in April took that option away. In his career he is a .232/.318/.629 hitter in 278 plate appearances.
Marcus did not have a strong year this year at the plate with only 13 HR in 87 games. Because he isn't a very solid defensive player (rating -2.6 on the Fangraphs UZR ratings) he has to produce with his bat and that hasn't happened. He had some great stretches with Detroit but his SLG% has dropped off this year. Ironically, looking at his other batting stats he appears to be taking more walks and striking out a little less. But his Isolated Power has dropped from .275 in 2008 to .202 in 2009. If you are going to make your name as a slugger that is a bad way to go. He missed quite a bit of the early season after a pulling a muscle in his rib cage and having a strained abdominal muscle in Spring Training.
I have to believe that someone will pick up Thames and take a chance that the early injuries were the cause of his drop in production.
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