Well the Captain Crooked Hat era has officially ended in Detroit before it began. The Tigers have agreed to a one year $4.25 M deal with Brandon Lyon, mercifully ending all speculative terror that has come with the Captain Crooked Hat era. Dave Dombrowski has said "We have not guaranteed Brandon Lyon the closers role." Well make no mistake about it, Brandon Lyon is guaranteed to be the closer. There is no humanly possible way that Captain Crooked Hat wins the job. Lyon would have to end up like the drummer for Def Leppard for Captain Crooked Hat to take the closers job. Although Lyon isn't as exciting as K-Rod, Putz, Hoffman, Wood, or basically anyone else that was available, he was the best left. And they didn't have to break the bank for him, as it's only a one year deal for 4.25 Mil. And he can't get be any worse than what the Tigers would have had without him. Captain Crooked hat has proven that he cannot close games, but he is actually an effective set-up man. With The Captain of the Crooked and Joel Zumaya at the 7-8 and Lyon at the 9, the Tigers are beginning to resemble a Major League pitching staff. Now we just have to figure out if they have 5 capable starters...
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