The Tigers will be using 33-year old righty swinging Adam Everett and 30-year old switch hitting Ramon Santiago at shortstop again in 2010. Everett will get the majority of the playing time in 2010. He played in 118 games for the Tigers last season and he was 82 for 345 (.238 avg, .613 OPS) with 43 runs scored, 3 homers, 44 RBIs and 5 stolen bases. Everett doesn’t have much upside as a hitter as his likely goal would be to hit around .250 in 2010. He made 14 errors in 116 games at shortstop for the Tigers last season while showing below average range. He has the reputation as a solid defender so maybe he will rebound somewhat in 2010.

Ramon Santiago played in 93 games for the Tigers last season and he was 70 for 262 (.267 avg, .703 OPS) with 29 runs scored, 7 homers and 35 RBIs. He gets exposed with the bat when he plays too much so don’t look for him to get many more at bats in 2010 than he had in 2009. Santiago made 6 errors in 69 games at shortstop for the Tigers last season and he also showed below average range.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE SS IN 2010: D