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Magglio Ordonez News & Rumors

With Prince Fielder on board, Tigers lineup options could be hard but unlimited
January 25
Detroit Free Press
 
"Jim Leyland needs to sharpen his pencil and get more notepaper. The Tigers manager likes to jot down potential lineups during the off-season. On Tuesday, Prince Fielder agreed to join Leyland's lineup at first base. Miguel Cabrera said he's moving to third. So Leyland can start afresh on formulating his various lineup combinations for this season. It appears the Tigers won't recruit a full-time designated hitter this year to replace the injured Victor Martinez."
Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Guillen plan to play again next season
November 8
Detroit Free Press
 
"They are unlikely to be sporting the Old English D next year, but Carlos Guillen and Magglio Ordoñez have every intention of playing again next season. At least that's what Guillen told MLBlogs.com writer Jason Beck this past weekend. Guillen, who already had expressed his intentions to play next year, said he spoke with Ordoñez, who told Guillen he was planning on playing next year, too."
Tigers are likely to say farewell to veterans Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Guillen
November 1
Detroit News
 
"Chances are this will be more of a goodbye session than hello. When Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski gets together with the media at Comerica Park on Tuesday for what's become his annual State of the Team discussion, he'll no doubt be asked about offseason plans. And about the Tigers' needs for 2012. On neither front, however, is he expected to be as verbose as he'll be about the players to whom it's likely the Tigers will be saying goodbye. When Dombrowski doesn't plan to re-sign players who have become free agents, he's recently been up front about saying so. At least he was last year when addressing the futures of Johnny Damon and Jeremy Bonderman."
Magglio Ordoñez's memorable moments with Detroit Tigers
October 24
Detroit Free Press
 
"If the Tigers don't re-sign outfielder Magglio Ordoñez, he will have had a seven-year career in Detroit, from 2005 through this season. He has made a mark in the club's history: • As a Tiger, Ordoñez batted .312 with 107 home runs. According to Baseball-Reference.com, Ordoñez and Miguel Cabrera are two of the six players who for their Tigers careers have hit at least .310 and had at least 100 homers. The others are Ty Cobb (111 homers as a Tiger), Hank Greenberg (.319 as a Tiger), Harry Heilmann and Charlie Gehringer. • Ordoñez hit the only home run in Tigers history that ended a postseason game. His three-run, ninth-inning blow off Oakland's Huston Street in Game 4 of the 2006 American"
Magglio Ordoñez's fracture leaves Tigers without right-handed-hitting rightfielder
October 10
Detroit Free Press
 
"Magglio Ordoñez's season is finished -- just as he was heating up. During Saturday night's game against the Rangers, the Tigers' rightfielder fractured his ankle -- the same one he had fractured last season and needed surgery to fix. Detroit's brass didn't say who would replace Ordoñez on the 25-man playoff roster. Manager Jim Leyland planned on meeting with Dave Dombrowski and the coaching staff to decide later Sunday. Leyland is left without an obvious replacement for Ordoñez in right against the Rangers' three left-handed starters, including Derek Holland today. Left-handed hitting Don Kelly, the obvious replacement in right against right-handers, had only 21 at-bats this season against"
Injuries to Magglio Ordonez, Delmon Young leave Tigers with few options
October 10
Detroit News
 
"What the Tigers would give to have Casper Wells a phone call from joining their big league roster ahead of tonight's Game 2 against Texas in the American League Championship Series. Perfect. A powerful right-handed batter could slip into manager Jim Leyland's lineup. An outfielder skilled at playing three positions, with one of the higher-caliber arms in baseball, would be a perfect plug-in as the Tigers contend with having lost their third important outfielder in the past six weeks after Magglio Ordonez re-fractured his right ankle Saturday night. Wells, though, was shipped to the Mariners in July as part of the trade for the most important acquisition any contender made ahead of the"
Injury to Magglio Ordonez is another blow to Tigers' pennant hopes
October 10
Detroit News
 
"The challenge now is for the Tigers not to feel sorry for themselves. Because with Magglio Ordonez's season-ending ankle injury following Delmon Young's series-ending oblique injury, they have a lot to feel sorry for themselves about. What it comes down to, though, is that as difficult as it's going to be, these two injuries must be treated as distractions. Bumps in the postseason road. Manager Jim Leyland has said it a hundred times, "if you let postseason stuff be a distraction, you'll be distracted.""
Magglio Ordonez redeems Tigers' faith
October 3
Detroit News
 
"No matter how low a right-fielder's batting average slipped or his defense dipped, Jim Leyland wanted Magglio Ordonez nearby. You could not replace the lightning that still flashed from his bat. You could not duplicate his hitting wits with any big-league player who was still pulling on a uniform. Down the stretch, Ordonez would make a difference, the Tigers manager wagered. And if the Tigers were to slip into the postseason, their 37-year-old outfielder, who approaches a pitcher with the mind of a chess master, would also be invaluable. As he was Sunday at Yankee Stadium. He had three singles that were struck so crisply and so loudly they sounded like rifle fire as he helped the Tigers to"
Carlos Guillen, Magglio Ordonez hit twilight of careers
September 28
Detroit News
 
"For sheer discomfort, nothing quite matches a going-away party. No one is happy at a going-away party, unless it's one of those office functions where the co-worker from just north of Hades is headed off to some unfortunate new employer that will regret it didn't do more background research. But such isn't the case with two men likely in their final days with the Tigers. Carlos Guillen and Magglio Ordonez are all but certain to be living their lives elsewhere in 2012. And with their departures, a team's fan base has every right to grieve. Not only because they have played with such professionalism, but more, perhaps, because they are embodiments of personal grace."
Tigers' Magglio Ordoñez handling demotion with class
September 1
Detroit Free Press
 
"Sparky Anderson used to say that handling an aging star was the toughest part of managing a clubhouse. Sometimes, though, that job isn't as difficult. This is the case with Magglio Ordoñez, a longtime All-Star slugger who doesn't quite possess the bat speed he once had but who has handled the transition with nobility. Ordoñez's equanimity isn't lost on his manager or his teammates. Said Ramon Santiago, a sharp observer of clubhouse politics: "This is something very important (in a pennant race). Magglio has been a star player for a long time. He's pretty much used to having good years. But he still comes with a positive attitude. He doesn't try and transfer any negativity to nobody.""
Magglio Ordoñez becomes part-time player
August 16
Detroit Free Press
 
"Three-time All-Star Magglio Ordoñez became a part-time player when the Tigers acquired Delmon Young in a trade with Minnesota on Monday. When it came time to tell Ordoñez about the change in his status, manager Jim Leyland said it was not a difficult talk. "It's an honest conversation," he said, "and there's never any difficulty with honesty." Ordoñez, 37, has dealt with a right ankle injury this season and has never found the form that made him an RBI machine most of his career. He is hitting .228 with four home runs and 23 RBIs. "I'm not down on Magglio at all," Leyland said. "He had an injury. He's never really got rolling yet. We think he can still contribute. We'll have to see how he"
Time for Tigers, Magglio Ordoñez to split
August 16
Detroit Free Press
 columnist Drew Sharp
"It's time to say good-bye to Magglio Ordoñez. Thank him for the memories that won't soon be forgotten. Praise him as one of the classier athletes to grace this town. But it's painfully obvious that Maggs no longer can handle the demands of being a reliable regular contributor on a team in a playoff race it can't afford to lose. It's time for burying the sentimentality and moving forward. The Tigers should have released Ordoñez on Monday after acquiring outfielder Delmon Young from the Twins. But the Tigers couldn't bring themselves to that final parting. Instead, they took the only other available route -- rendering Ordoñez a part-time player for the remainder of the season. But how is a"
Magglio Ordoñez bats 0-for-5 as August swoon continues
August 15
Detroit Free Press
 
"The struggles of Magglio Ordoñez have become a lightning rod for Tigers fans. Folks remember fondly his years of being one of the team's primary run producers. But what they see now is a 37-year-old outfielder who is primarily a singles hitter. And he isn't even doing that well lately, as his 0-for-5 performance during Sunday's 8-5 loss continued a woeful August in which he is 6-for-39. With his batting average at .223, fans must wonder whether the Tigers can maintain their 2 1/2-game lead over the Indians in the American League Central with a vital cog sputtering."
Magglio Ordoñez gets night off
June 15
Detroit Free Press
 
"One night after his return, Magglio Ordoñez didn't start Tuesday night because Leyland wanted to play his left-handed hitters against Cleveland right-hander Justin Masterson (who had held right-handers to a .194 average this season). Leyland said Ordoñez would play against Cleveland's right-handed starters tonight and Thursday. (The Tribe doesn't have a left-handed starter.)"
Magglio Ordonez: 'Hopefully I can do my job and help this team win'
June 14
Michigan Live
 
"No one knows exactly what to expect out of Magglio Ordonez now that he is back in the starting lineup for the Detroit Tigers. But Ordonez is certainly happy to be done with his stint on the disabled list and back with the team. "I'm excited to be back here," Ordonez said this afternoon. "I'm excited that the team is playing good and hopefully I can do my job and help this team to win." Tigers manager Jim Leyland put Ordonez in the sixth spot in the starting lineup – instead of his usual No. 3 spot – for the game tonight against the Tampa Bay Rays, but he did not elaborate on his decision-making process. "That's where I put him," Leyland said. Ordonez hit .297 (11-for-37) with two home runs"
Time running out for Magglio Ordoñez to show what's left
June 14
Detroit Free Press
 columnist Michael Rosenberg
"Magglio Ordoñez says he is ready. "It's way different now," he said of his injured ankle. "It's stronger. I don't feel any pain, discomfort. I'm ready to play." He is not lying. But even he may not know if this is the real truth. Athletes rarely know how much they have left. Ordoñez may feel healthy. He may think he is capable of a hot streak. But we just don't know. He is 37 years old, young by almost any standard except the only one that matters for him. Ordoñez lined out twice and got hit by a pitch in his return from the disabled list Monday. Manager Jim Leyland said, "He looked fine, he didn't really scald them but he looked fine." Three plate appearances mean very little, but in the"
Magglio Ordonez says ankle 'feels good'
June 14
Detroit News
 
"He can do without all this Welcome Back Magglio noise. You could deduce as much from a taut, uneasy, and brief media session with Magglio Ordonez ahead of Monday night's Tigers-Rays game at Comerica Park. Roughly the same message was communicated after the Tigers had made off with a 2-1, 10-inning victory over the Rays, sealed by Ramon Santiago's walk-off, RBI triple that drove in Victor Martinez. Ordonez was gone by the time media arrived in the Tigers' postgame clubhouse. There was little to talk about if you were Ordonez, who made his first appearance in a Tigers uniform since May 10, the day before his troubled right ankle forced him onto the disabled list. The Tigers' 37-year-old"
Magglio Ordonez to rejoin Tigers Monday
June 13
Detroit News
 
"When will Magglio Ordonez be back? Finally an answer. He'll rejoin the Tigers on Monday night for their makeup game against the Rays at Comerica Park. After Sunday's 7-3 loss to Seattle, Ordonez was recalled from his injury rehab assignment to Toledo. To make room, Detroit outrighted pitcher Enrique Gonzalez to Toledo."
Tigers' Magglio Ordoñez due back today; might make lineup
June 13
Detroit Free Press
 
"Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said after Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners that outfielder Magglio Ordoñez would be recalled today from his injury rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo and activated from the 15-day disabled list. To make room for Ordoñez, right-hander Enrique Gonzalez was sent to the Mud Hens. Manager Jim Leyland said he had not decided on a lineup for today's makeup game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Comerica Park, so there's no guarantee Ordoñez will play right away. Ordoñez hit .297 in nine games with the Mud Hens, including two home runs, two walks and nine strikeouts in 37 at-bats."
Ordonez's Monday return no guarantee, but he's heating up at Toledo
June 12
Detroit News
 
"Monday still stands as the tentative date for the return of Magglio Ordonez to the Tigers' lineup, but don't be surprised if that changes. Manager Jim Leyland warned reporters before Saturday's game against the Mariners that Ordonez remains questionable after bouts with right ankle pain since early May. "I don't know," Leyland said of the 37-year-old slugger's status. "(Monday) is what the target is. Target date, but I can't answer that for sure.""
Magglio Ordonez's Monday return no guarantee, but he's heating up at Toledo
June 12
Detroit News
 
"Monday still stands as the tentative date for the return of Magglio Ordonez to the Tigers' lineup, but don't be surprised if that changes. Manager Jim Leyland warned reporters before Saturday's game against the Mariners that Ordonez remains questionable after bouts with right ankle pain since early May. "I don't know," Leyland said of the 37-year-old slugger's status. "(Monday) is what the target is. Target date, but I can't answer that for sure.""
Ordonez hits two-run home run for Triple-A Toledo
June 11
Michigan Live
 
"Magglio Ordonez has not exactly been tearing up Triple-A pitching during his current rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Toledo. But he hit his first home run with the Mud Hens tonight in a game against the Gwinnett Braves. Ordonez hit a two-run home run to left field in the bottom of the third inning to tie the game at 3-all. Ordonez walked in the first and fifth innings and struck out in his final at-bat before being replaced in right field in the extra-inning game."
Magglio Ordonez now aiming for Monday return
June 10
Detroit News
 
"Unless tentative plans change, Magglio Ordonez won't appear in a Tigers uniform until Monday, when the Tigers play a make-up game against the Rays at Comerica Park. "That's the target point," manager Jim Leyland said Thursday before the Tigers beat the Mariners, 4-1, in the opener of a four-game series. Ordonez is finishing up a rehabilitation stint at Triple A Toledo - he went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts Thursday - as he recovers from an aching left ankle that had to be surgically repaired following last July's fracture. Leyland has been explicit about Ordonez's return to the Tigers: It will happen only if, in all parties' view, Ordonez is 100 percent. Leyland watched Ordonez hobble in"
Tigers expect Magglio Ordoñez to return Monday
June 10
Detroit Free Press
 
"Before today's game, Tigers manager Jim Leyland said it looked like Magglio Ordoñez will join the team Monday. "Target for him, I think, is Monday, but I can't swear to that," Leyland said. "That's the target." The only problem is that Ordoñez has become somewhat of a moving target. The rightfielder, who is on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo for right ankle weakness, told reporters in Toledo on Wednesday he was targeting a return to Detroit on Monday. But one day earlier, Ordoñez told mlb.com he had hoped to return for tonight's game against Seattle, which kicked off an eight-game home stand. Ordoñez was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in the Mud Hens' 2-0 loss to Gwinnett tonight."
Report: Magglio Ordonez plans return to Tigers on Thursday
June 8
Detroit News
 
"Slugger Magglio Ordonez told MLB.com on Tuesday he plans to return action for the Tigers on Thursday. Ordonez, on a rehab assignment with Toledo since last Friday, has been on the disabled list since May 11 because of right ankle weakness - the major reason the Tigers believe he was hitting only .172 in 99 at-bats"
Magglio Ordonez might return to Tigers on Monday vs. Rangers
June 1
Detroit News
 
"Monday night in Texas? If all goes well with Magglio Ordonez, that's how soon he could be rejoining the Tigers. On the disabled list since May 11 because of right ankle weakness — the major reason the Tigers believe he was hitting only .172 in 99 at-bats — Ordonez will begin an injury rehab assignment with Toledo Friday night in Scranton."
Magglio Ordonez feeling 'great' as he works toward return from disabled list
May 29
Michigan Live
 
"All signs seem to be positive for the return of Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez. For the third consecutive day, Tigers manager Jim Leyland spoke in optimistic terms when asked today about Ordonez, who has been on the disabled list since May 11 with right ankle weakness. "Magglio was outstanding again yesterday," Leyland said. "I had a brief talk with him. He felt great." Ordonez was eligible to come off the disabled list Thursday, but it is very likely that he will go on a rehabilitation assignment before returning to the Tigers lineup. He went through hitting drills for the third consecutive day, and the reviews have been positive so far. Leyland spoke at length Saturday"
Leyland on Magglio Ordonez: 'It looked like he was driving the ball good'
May 28
Michigan Live
 
"The first reviews of the work Friday by Magglio Ordonez were good ones. "I didn't see it, but he got great reviews from the guys who were out there," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "It looked like he was driving the ball good. It did not look like - at this time - there were any issues. I guess tomorrow will be a little more of a test to see how he feels." Ordonez went on the disabled list retroactive to May 11 due to right ankle weakness. He was eligible to come off the disabled list Thursday, but it appears that he will go through a rehabilitation assignment prior to returning to the active roster. Ordonez has been rehabilitating the ankle in Florida but returned to Detroit and did"
Magglio Ordonez will likely make rehab appearance before rejoining big-league club
May 27
Michigan Live
 
"Magglio Ordonez will participate in an on-field workout Friday at Comerica Park. The workout will be designed to test the strength of his right ankle, which forced the 37-year-old Ordonez on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to May 11. "He's going to go out and shag a little bit, probably run a little bit and hit some," Leyland said."
Magglio Ordonez heads for some more tests
May 17
Detroit News
 
"Magglio Ordonez will get some answers today - or should. Ordonez, along with all the medical data about his right ankle, wasn't with the Tigers on Monday for their game against the Blue Jays. Nor will he be with them tonight for the finale of the brief two-game series. He's in Los Angeles to be examined by Dr. Phillip Kwong, the specialist who operated on Ordonez's fractured ankle last year. The Tigers don't know if they'll get the findings of the tests before they leave for Boston following tonight's game, but they're eager to find out what's causing the recurring weakness that landed Ordonez on the 15-day disabled list as of May 11. Before he left, Ordonez said his right ankle had"
Tigers put Magglio Ordonez on DL, call up Andy Dirks
May 14
Detroit Free Press
 
"Fans clamoring for the call-up of spring-training sensation Andy Dirks got their wish this afternoon. The Detroit Tigers announced they would bring up the hot-hitting outfielder from Triple-A Toledo to replace Magglio Ordonez, who's headed to the 15-day disabled list. Ordonez is recovering from ankle surgery last year and told club officials his ankle is weak. "Maggilo came to me (Thursday) and said he wasn't able to push off (of it) the way he would like," said Kevin Rand, the Tigers' head trainer. "He's been feeling the effects of his ankle off and on during the season. Some days feel a little better than others." Rand said that, despite progress, Ordonez's ankle shows swelling at times."
Hurting Magglio Ordonez headed to DL
May 14
Detroit News
 
"Hitting .172, Magglio was not being Magglio. And it finally got to the point that something had to be done. "He came to me (Thursday) saying his ankle was weak and that he's not able to push off the way he'd like," trainer Kevin Rand said about Magglio Ordonez. "We decided to err on the side of caution and we're shutting him down at this point." Ordonez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday, retroactive to Wednesday, because of weakness in his right ankle. Andy Dirks was called up to take Ordonez's spot, but the hot-hitting outfielder didn't play in the Tigers' 3-1 victory over the Royals. Ordonez's stint on the DL, could last longer than 15 days. That's because Ordonez will"
Tigers put Magglio Ordonez on disabled list, call up Andy Dirks
May 14
Detroit News
 
"Magglio Ordonez has been placed on the 15-day disabled list because of right ankle weakness. But it could be longer than 15 days he'll be disabled. That's because Ordonez will undergo tests to determine why his ankle, which he broke last year, isn't regaining satisfactory strength — but also because Ordonez knows he can't be the player he needs to be with it feeling as weak as it does. The Tigers will call up outfielder Andy Dirks from Triple-A Toledo. When asked Friday about when it began bothering him so much that he could no longer play on it, Ordonez said, "it's been bothering me every day." And when asked if he indeed can't be a productive player unless it gets better, he just nodded."
Only Brandon Inge, Magglio Ordonez felt glow in both Justin Verlander gems
May 8
Detroit News
 
"How many Tigers were in the lineup for both of Justin Verlander's no-hitters? Just two: Brandon Inge and Magglio Ordonez. It was Ordonez in right who caught the final out of Verlander's first no-no on June 12, 2007 at Comerica Park. Casper Wells replaced him for defensive reasons when the outcome of this one was no longer in doubt. So Inge was the only one at the same position for both of them. He hit a home run in the first one, in fact. But this game was more stressful than the last one, Inge said, "because around the sixth or seventh, the shadow from the roof (at Rogers Centre) was terrible. "There were a couple of times on foul balls that Jhonny Peralta and I looked at each other,"
Maggio Ordoñez homers, Max Scherzer mows down Yanks
May 5
Detroit Free Press
 
"As Magglio Ordoñez got going, Max Scherzer kept going. Scherzer continued his unbeaten season Wednesday night by rolling through the New York Yankees for eight innings at Comerica Park in a 4-0 victory. He allowed four hits, fanned nine and didn't allow anyone to reach third base. "I'm very pleased," Scherzer said. "That's a very good team with some of the best hitters in the game." This latest era of Yankees excellence goes back to 1994. According to Baseball-Reference.com, Scherzer became the second Tiger in that time to have a scoreless outing of at least eight innings against them; Mike Maroth one-hit New York in 2004. Ordoñez, who got his second RBI of the season the night before, hit"
Tigers should place struggling Magglio Ordonez on disabled list
May 4
Michigan Live
 
"Tuesday's 4-2 win over the New York Yankees may have been a breakthrough night for a few players in the Detroit Tigers' lineup. Austin Jackson went 2-for-5 to almost get his batting average to .200. Scott Sizemore had a stellar season debut with a 3-for-4 night. And Magglio Ordonez may have finally figured out how to hit on his aching right ankle. Ordonez came into Tuesday's game with two hits in his last 27 at-bats. His batting average was .151. Even more of a concern was his slugging percentage of .164, which showed that Ordonez was only hitting singles. That lack of production, let alone extra-base power, was a major reason that the top three of the Tigers' batting order was struggling"
Magglio Ordoñez among big names with weak bat
May 2
Detroit Free Press
 
"Magglio Ordoñez isn't happy with his hitting, but he's hardly the only prominent player who on Sunday began May with his average below .200. Others in that group included San Diego's Ryan Ludwick, Houston's Carlos Lee, Atlanta's Dan Uggla (the improbable combo of five homers and nine RBIs), Anaheim's Vernon Wells, Philadelphia's Raul Ibañez, the White Sox duo of Alex Rios and Adam Dunn, Boston's Carl Crawford (.155) and the Yankees' Jorge Posada (.125, with six of his nine hits homers). "I haven't produced ... so I'm not very happy," said Ordoñez, hitting .159 with one RBI in 69 at-bats. "We are working on different stuff. I'm going to keep trying.""
As DH, Tigers' Magglio Ordoñez has chance to rest ankle, play more
April 27
Detroit Free Press
 
"Magglio Ordoñez has replaced Victor Martinez at DH since Martinez went on the disabled list last week. By serving as the DH, Ordoñez might be recovering faster from his sore right ankle than if he were standing and running at his usual station in rightfield. He also might be getting to play more games. After he started only about half the games before Martinez was hurt, Ordoñez has now started five straight games at DH. The Tigers have had two open dates in that streak, but it's the first time this season he has started more than two straight games. "Magglio on Sunday felt better than he had all year," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Tuesday. "You never like having someone on the DL, so"
Magglio not yet ready to play on daily basis
April 20
MLB.com
 
"The logical assumption coming out of Victor Martinez's injury would be that Magglio Ordonez would get a lot more time at designated hitter. That assumption might not turn out to be true. On Tuesday, it definitely wasn't true. Brennan Boesch was the designated hitter for the middle game of the three-game series against the Mariners, while Don Kelly started in right field. For starters, manager Jim Leyland said, Ordonez is not yet at a point where he's going to be playing every day. He's still working his way back from the ankle problems that had him bouncing in and out of the lineup for the better part of three weeks. Leyland told Ordonez going into this series that he would play two out of"
Magglio Ordoñez, Austin Jackson have work to do
April 18
Detroit Free Press
 
"Magglio Ordoñez isn't an everyday player right now, but he hopes to be soon. Austin Jackson isn't an accomplished bunter right now, but he hopes to be soon. If each can achieve his respective goal, he will have moved closer to filling the vital role he holds on this season's Tigers. Ordoñez returned to the lineup Saturday night after missing four games because of trouble related to his surgically repaired right ankle. With a day game after a night game Sunday, manager Jim Leyland didn't start him in the hope the ankle will be strong enough for Ordoñez to play two of three in the Seattle series that opens tonight. That fits the pattern this season -- Ordoñez has played about half the games."
Magglio Ordonez remains out of Tigers' lineup in series finale against Rangers
April 13
Michigan Live
 
"For a second consecutive day, Detroit Tigers right fielder Magglio Ordonez is not in the club's starting lineup as he deals with inflammation in the bursa sac between his right ankle and heel. Detroit manager Jim Leyland said Ordonez "was really hurting" on Monday, when the 37-year-old had to leave the Tigers' 2-0 loss to the Texas Rangers. He also left Sunday's loss against the Kansas City Royals. Brennan Boesch will play today for Ordonez in right, marking his fourth consecutive start. "Maggs was better (Tuesday), but I'm not playing him today," Leyland. "I'm going to wait until he really feels OK to play." Leyland said Ordonez likely would become available sometime in the four-game"
Zumaya to undergo tests; Ordoñez has fluid buildup
April 12
Detroit Free Press
 
"Tigers relief pitcher Joel Zumaya will undergo a test next week to see whether he has any nerve problems in his right arm after he experienced discomfort at the end of a light-throwing session Thursday in Lakeland, Fla. Zumaya was on a conference call Monday night with the Tigers' medical staff, who decided to put Zumaya through a battery tests next Monday at Dr. James Andrews' institute in Pensacola, Fla. The tests will include an electromyogram, or EMG, which tests for nerve problems. He also will have a repeat CT scan and X-rays. "And after that we'll have a determination which direction we're going to go," Tigers trainer Kevin Rand said. Zumaya had pain radiating down his right forearm"
Magglio Ordonez's troubles mirror Tigers'
April 12
Detroit News
 
"It's evident in the speed with which he gets dressed without comment. In the fact he doesn't smile as much. In the hint of the hitch with which he walks. In the pitches he's not hitting. You also can hear it in the announcements that, physically, Magglio Ordonez just isn't himself. This has been a trying 10-game kickoff for the Tigers. But not a disastrous start at 3-7 following Monday's 2-0 loss to the Rangers. Not even something the Tigers have to turn around instantly. There is plenty of time to do it gradually. But they can't let it continue in the direction it's headed. There just aren't enough components clicking. For instance, Justin Verlander (1-1) pitched an excellent"
Tigers' Magglio Ordoñez says he's 'fine' and will play Monday
April 4
Detroit Free Press
 
"Let's talk O's: Ordoñez and Orioles. Detroit Tigers rightfielder Magglio Ordoñez said today he will return to the lineup Monday in Baltimore. "I am fine," Ordoñez told the Venezuelan newspaper Lider at Yankee Stadium. Manager Jim Leyland removed Ordoñez in the sixth inning Saturday against the Yankees because Ordoñez's surgically repaired right ankle was sore. It's good Ordoñez plans to play, because unlike most of the past 13 years, a visiting team might need all its big hitters to win in Baltimore. Under the intense and charismatic managing of Buck Showalter and an off-season lineup bolstered by general manager Andy MacPhail, the O's have a chance at their first winning season since"
Magglio Ordonez not in lineup day after leaving with sore ankle
April 4
Detroit News
 
"A moment, Magglio? "Not talking today, guys," Magglio Ordonez said Sunday morning, after the Tigers' lineup was posted without his name on it. His right ankle is sore - the ankle he broke last year - and Ordonez doesn't like talking about injuries. But ankle soreness is part of the why Ordonez came out of Saturday's game when the Tigers trailed 10-3 in the sixth. They eventually lost 10-6 to the Yankees, but after the game manager Jim Leyland explained it was a "combination of things" that knocked Ordonez out of the game. Not just the soreness, in other words. Or the lopsided score. "A combination of things.""
Ordonez likely to get Sunday off with ankle soreness
April 3
Michigan Live
 
"Detroit Tigers right fielder Magglio Ordonez was replaced in the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday night because he was "experiencing a little soreness in his right ankle," according to Tigers manager Jim Leyland. Leyland said he wasn't taking any chances on a chilly night (53 degrees at game time), and will most likely sit Ordonez today rather than have him serve as designated hitter as originally planned. "Let's not take any chances," Leyland said. "But I think it's very non-serious. He was not taken out because of the score (9-3 at the time). "I don't want to make a big deal out of it because, to my knowledge, it's not a big deal." Leyland said he did not know if Ordonez hurt the"
Magglio Ordonez leaves game with sore ankle
April 3
Detroit News
 
"Magglio Ordonez didn't come out of Saturday's 10-6 loss to the Yankees in the sixth just because the Tigers were behind by seven runs at the time. He came out because he also felt some soreness in the left ankle he broke last year. The Tigers aren't alarmed, though. "It was a combination of things," manager Jim Leyland said. "But I don't put much into it." Leyland did not appear to think the situation was long-term serious or maybe even short term. He didn't even say that Ordonez would, for sure, miss Sunday's game. But he said it was "doubtful" Ordonez would play. Then again, Leyland is trying to find playing time at three spots for four outfielders, so it's not surprising that at"
Magglio Ordonez: Tigers' Miguel Cabrera 'needs to act like a superstar'
February 19
Detroit Free Press
 
"Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordoñez emphasized today that because Miguel Cabrera has special baseball talent, he must not let his behavior impede himself. "Miguel is the franchise player of this team," Ordoñez said. "He understands that they are building the team around him. He needs to pull everything together. "He is a superstar, and he needs to act like a superstar. He needs to work hard." Ordoñez was asked whether he has told that to Cabrera. "I told him before, and I will tell him whenever he shows up," Ordoñez said. Today was Ordeñez's first day in Tigers camp. It remains unclear when Cabrera will report following his DUI arrest Wednesday night. Ordoñez said he will"
Tigers OF Magglio Ordonez: Cabrera 'has to deal with consequences'
February 19
Detroit News
 
"Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez had some tough words for his friend and countryman, Miguel Cabrera, after arriving at spring training Friday. "He's my teammate, we're going to support him because he needs support," Ordonez said shortly after noon. "Like everybody knows, he made a mistake. You're not supposed to drive drunk on the road. Now he has to deal with the consequences." Cabrera was arrested in Florida late Wednesday night, on suspicion of drunken driving. The first baseman also was charged with resisting arrest. Ordonez and Cabrera, Venezuela natives, worked out together several times this offseason, and Ordonez is hopeful his friend can get his focus on baseball again."