February 2004

This is the third in a continuing series of previews I’m writing about the Detroit Tigers. The first part was on starting pitching, and the second part took a look at the bullpen. We’ve heard all offseason that the Tigers have significantly improved their defense, but I’ve yet to see any evidence to say this [...]

In one of the Tigers’ best moves since Comerica Park opened, the McDonalds restaurant will be replaced with Montgomery Inn. When my friends and I visited Great American Ballpark last year we went to the Montogomery Inn Boathouse before the game. The ribs were awesome. While I prefer going to baseball games for the game [...]

Last week we took a look at the prospects for the Tigers starting pitching. Today we’ll take a look at who the starters will hand the ball to. Last year the bullpen allowed 285 earned runs in 553 innings. Closer:Going into 2003 the bullpen was supposed to be a relative strength. Matt Anderson was going [...]

Gene Guidi writes in the Free Press that the Tigers might try to swing a trade with the Angels for one of their starters, Aaron Sele, Ramon Ortiz, or Jarrod Washburn. As for who the Tigers would be offering up: Craig Monroe or Brandon Inge. I’d imagine the deal would also involve one of the [...]

Now that Pudge mania has died down, I figured it would be a good time to take a look at the pitching staff he’ll be handling. While the Tigers offense is bound to produce more runs, will it be enough to compensate for a pitching staff that gave up 928 runs last year? This was [...]