An email sent out to major-league clubs a few hours ago stated that Kenny Rogers has dismissed Scott Boras as his representative and is now representing himself in talks with clubs. Tigers confirmed receiving the email. Not sure how this affects their situation as of yet, but considering Rogers’ remarks Thursday, it can’t be seen as bad news.

Story should be up shortly on MLB.com.

Cameron Maybin played in just nine games in the Arizona Fall League because of a late October shoulder injury, and he ended the AFL season working in the cage with Tigers hitting instructor Toby Harrah. Still, he did enough to top Baseball America’s list of AFL top prospects this year, a pretty impressive honor considering some of the other names who played there more over the last couple months. The criteria involves tools more than actual performance in the league, and Chris Kline cited Maybin’s "game-changing ability."

"All five tools, and he barely qualified for this list because of thelingering shoulder issue," Kline said in his subsequent chat session on the rankings. "But there’s no question he was the top guy."

No other Tiger prospects made the top 20 list. Considering how many guys shuffled in and out between injuries and Team USA obligations, that probably shouldn’t be a surprise. Still, considering Scott Sizemore hopped over there in midseason and played out of position at shortstop, his performance made an impression.