On the season, Ordonez is hitting .273 with two homers, 22 RBI and 28 runs. In the month of June, he’s hitting just .250 with no homers, three RBIs and five runs. Considering that he’s hit at least 21 homers and driven in at least 103 RBIs in the last three seasons, he’s far from his typical pace.

Although he’s 35 years old, most scouts agree that Ordonez should be able to turn it around and that it’s not a case of him simply getting old.

Replacing Ordonez in the lineup will be Ryan Raburn. The 28-year-old outfielder is hitting .225 with four homers, 14 RBIs and 15 runs. He’s never played more than 100 games or hit more than four long balls in his four years in the major leagues.

Even though they’ve lost six of their last ten games, the Tigers are 35-31 and in first place in the AL Central.

Magglio Ordonez Benched Indefinitely (Image: Zuma Press)

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Magglio Ordonez Benched Indefinitely

For the last three baseball seasons, fans of the Detroit Tigers have become spoiled. We have witnessed the franchise turn into one of the most competitive in the MLB.

We expect the team to be very good. World Series contending good. Period.

This summer of baseball has been too wild for my liking, as the Motor City Kitties have been unpredictable and downright, well, unpredictable.

It has a lot of fans worried and quite frankly, many “fans” are jumping off the bandwagon.

But any honest Tigers fan will tell you they aren’t out of it yet.

7 games back in mid July—bring it on.

We lost 119 games three seasons prior to the 06 World Series run.

Turnarounds happen.

Unpredictable off the field as well, sort of.

During the summer I stay active by playing basketball and running.

A lot.

Maybe a couple of marathons are in my future, who knows.

I know long distance running can be quite uncomfortable, but hopefully not like this.

Now Dean here is a certified nut. I can’t wrap my mind around running 262 miles straight.

Sleep running?

I’ve officially heard it all now.

Have a helluva summer!

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You can’t go wrong in the Summer