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Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski has trade discussions percolating -- a lot of trade discussions, judging by his comments over the past week or so -- but he says those won't slow any of his free-agent talks as the Tigers' exclusive negotiating period with their own free agents closes Thursday night.

Be it stateside in the scouting of amateur talent for the First-Year Player Draft or abroad in Japan and Latin America, the Indians are in the midst of some changes in personnel and philosophy in their scouting department.

Placido Polanco will hit the free-agent market with a nice addition to his resume.

The Tigers owe Willis $12 million in 2010. Getting beyond all the disappointment and second-guessing, let's assess the 2009 Tigers for what they really were: a fourth-place lineup that overachieved their way to the cusp of the postseason.

Saturday 07 Nov 2009 Cleveland Indians Name Roman Pena as Director of Latin American Operations Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 01:23AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-The Cleveland Indians today named RAMON PENA Director of Latin American Operations Ramon is a veteran, respected scout with 28 years of scouting experience under his belt.

On the same day the Indians began to fill out their coaching staff, they also filled a key scouting role Friday by hiring Ramon Pena as their director of Latin American operations.

The next step in this series of looks at roster moves that face the Tigers is to look at the arbitration eligible players who don't have the option of turning their team down.

This is the fourth installment of a series in which I ponder personnel decisions that need to be made regarding players who were on the team in 2009.

Jim Leyland always has preached talent. Talent wins games, not necessarily camaraderie.

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Detroit -- Miguel Cabrera was polite but not revealing Sunday morning when asked about the nature of scratches he still bears along the left side of his face.

They came to celebrate, to sing and dance to "We Are the Champions," to give their Detroit Tigers a curtain call or two or three on a sunny fall afternoon that begged for festivity.

Magglio Ordonez drove in three runs and Detroit recovered from an early deficit to down Minnesota, 7-2, as the Tigers moved to the brink of winning the American League Central Division.

One of Jim Leyland's surprises in spring training before the 2006 season was how rapidly young, or lower-profile, players caught the new manager's eye.

Don't reach for those celebratory champagne bottles yet. The Twins have scratched across another run in the fourth and it's now 4-1 Minnesota.

Placido Polanco entered October with a .287 batting average after hitting .361 in the month of September.

Don't reach for those celebratory champagne bottles yet. The Twins have scratched across another run in the fourth and it's now 4-1 Minnesota.

Detroit shortstop Ramon Santiago pivots and throws to first to complete a double play as the Twins' Delmon Young tries to break it up.

Magglio Ordonez drove in three runs and Detroit recovered from an early deficit to down Minnesota, 7-2, as the Tigers moved to the brink of winning the American League Central Division.

Denard Span not only read it well and got a good jump on Ramon Santiago's liner to right with two outs in the ninth inning, he had speed to get to the ball.