From the yearly archives:

2006

Dombrowski on the Big Show

13.12.2006 12 comments

Dave Dombrowski was interviewed today on WXYT 1270. There were definitely more insights than you typically hear in a team executive interview. The 12 minute interview can be found here, but I’ll break out some of the highlights. Zumaya is staying in the pen Dombrowski stated very clearly that Joel Zumaya is not moving to [...]

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Gomez is out

13.12.2006 6 comments

To make room for Jose Mesa on the 40 man roster, the Tigers didn’t tender a contract to Alexis Gomez. The Tigers can still negotiate with Gomez, as can every other team because he is now a free agent. Dave Dombrowski indicated that the Tigers would like to keep him in the organization if possible. [...]

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Tigers sign Jose Mesa

10.12.2006 48 comments

Jerry Crasnick is reporting the Tigers have signed Jose Mesa to a 1 year $2.5 million deal. I for the life of me can’t figure out why. Not why Crasnick is reporting it, but why the Tigers would do it. Mesa is 40 years old, and for the last 3 years he allows more than [...]

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Inge gets a new deal – is he worth it?

08.12.2006 31 comments

The Tigers appear close to a long term contract with Brandon Inge. The deal is believed to be for 4 years and $24 million. This certainly seems like a reasonable deal for the Tigers, even before taking into account the current free agent landscape. The Tigers don’t have anyone in the minors knocking down the [...]

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Tigers get lefty in Rule 5 draft

07.12.2006 11 comments

The Tigers acquired left handed relief pitcher Edward Campusano today. Campusano was drafted from the Cubs by the Brewers. The Tigers then sent the Brewers cash considerations for Campusano. Campusano only has 25 innings above A ball under his belt, but was very impressive in the Southern League (AA) last year with a 34/8 K/BB [...]

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Leyland gives us something to talk about

06.12.2006 26 comments

Jason Beck has been all over the Winter Meetings. Today he’s got some Jim Leyland nuggets that warrant some discussion. The leadoff spot So the Tigers don’t have a prototypical leadoff hitter, or at least prototypicaly in the sense that most people think of leadoff hitters: fast guys who steal bases, bunt, and don’t strike [...]

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The Winter Meetings and Craig Monroe

05.12.2006 15 comments

According to reports out of Disney World, Craig Monroe is the Tiger du jour in terms of trade rumors. Jerry Crasnick first mentioned Monroe’s name on Monday. Scott Miller indicated the Dodgers might be interested in Craig. Amy Nelson chimed in and reported that the Orioles asked about Monroe and that the Tigers asked about [...]

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Tigers Rule 5 Primer

04.12.2006 14 comments

Scout.com has a Rule 5 Draft Preview. This is particularly helpful for those of us who can’t keep tabs on all other teams minor leagues. In case you’re not familiar with the Rule 5 Draft, players who are typically 3 or 4 years removed from their signing(although due to the CBA it’s 4 years this [...]

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Short cuts

03.12.2006 3 comments

While I wait for the BCS results, I’ll let others do the heavy lifting and link out: There’s an interesting look at the results by count, and more importantly by what happens after a certain count. The Tigers swung at a ton of first pitches, and Tom Gage even had some stats saying it was [...]

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Tigers sign Santiago

29.11.2006 11 comments

Jon Paul Morosi reports that the Tigers reached agreement with Ramon Santiago on a one-year deal. The deal is for $500,000, or about $120,000 more than the league minimum. The Tigers probably could have signed him as a minor league free agent, but this is a low cost move that rewards Santiago for his contributions [...]

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The DIBS Awards

28.11.2006 5 comments

Others have beat me to the post, but the Detroit Independent Baseball Scribes announced their Tiger awards today. The press release is below:

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Tigers announce 2007 Ticket Prices

27.11.2006 5 comments

The Tigers announced their 2007 ticket prices, and as expected there were some increases. This only makes sense as the American League Champion Detroit Tigers are surely a better ticket than the xx consecutive losing season Detroit Tigers. And even though there were increases, they were modest. Ticket prices for the entire upper level of [...]

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