Given the rash of bad news with injuries, shellackings, and visa problems hitting the Tigers bullpen, today was a nice change. Denny Bautista continued to pitch well. He went 2 scoreless innings with 4 K’s and is going to be hard to leave behind when the team heads North. Jordan Tata, who wasn’t a strong … Continue reading Good news for Tigers pen?
Gammons: Graprefruit League’s 8 to watch Number 1 is Miguel Cabrera. Quite the bummer that Gammons’ stuff is Insider. Statheads and True Wins Joe Posnanski is my hero. A rebuttal to the “we don’t need any of these new fangled stats” arguments. ESPN Page 2 – Page 2: You can keep your fancy stats One … Continue reading links for 2008-03-10
Realish, live, Tigers baseball today. It’s the annual spring training kickoff against Florida Southern. The game is 1:05pm. Todd Jones gets the start, and most of the regulars will be playing for only an inning or two. There’s no broadcast, but there is a live box score at the Florida Southern site. POSTGAME: Well, the … Continue reading Play Ball
We’ve taken a look at how the Tigers may, or at least how we think (and by we I mean I and the people who agree with me) they may fill out their bench. The bench is one of the few areas of ambiguity in terms of the roster. The other area is the bullpen. … Continue reading The Full Pen
The Tigers have signed Nate Robertson to a 3 year deal for $21.25 million. The Freep has the break down on the dollars. Robertson will earn $4.25 million this year, $7 million in 2009 and $10 million in 2010. He would earn $11 million in the third year of the deal if he throws a … Continue reading Robertson extended for 3 years
Mayo was kind enough to answer some questions about the now-depleted Tigers farm system as well as a look forward to the 2008 draft.
There will be 23 Tigers players on hand at Saturday’s Tigerfest. They are: Jeremy Bonderman, Tim Byrdak, Miguel Cabrera, Curtis Granderson, Jacque Jones, Todd Jones, Macay McBride, Zach Miner, Magglio Ordonez, Placido Polanco, Rick Porcello, Ryan Raburn, Clay Rapada, Edgar Renteria, Nate Robertson, Ivan Rodriguez, Kenny Rogers, Bobby Seay, Jordan Tata, Marcus Thames, Justin Verlander, … Continue reading Tigers announce Tigerfest 2008 lineup
As the Tigers continue to look for a veteran starting pitcher, it was probably inevitable that speculation about former 1997 Florida Marlin Livan Hernandez would arise. Dave Dombrowski has a penchant for the familiar, and Jim Leyland seems to have a considerable say in roster construction, and Hernandez is an older NL player. Throw in … Continue reading Not Livan Hernandez
Indianpolis 4 Toledo 8 Brent Clevlen and Mike Hessman both homered and singled. Omar Infante was 2 for 4 with a walk. Jordan Tata had an excellent start allowing 1 run on 5 hits, 2 walks, and 8 K’s in 7 innings. Macay McBride was knocked around for 5 hits and 3 runs in 1 … Continue reading Tigers Minor League Wrap 8/22/07
PREGAME: It’s Tata time. The injury replacement has been the most effective starter the last couple times through the rotation. This will be the A’s second crack at him after he held them to 2 runs in 7 innings in the Coliseum. The Tigers will take on Joe Blanton, who they have no trouble racking … Continue reading Game 115: Athletics at Tigers
PREGAME: I’ll be listening to this one as I jouney back from Indianapolis. It’s Jordan Tata and Gavin Floyd for whatever that’s worth. One depressing stat to throw at you. So far in this young month Tigers pitchers have pitched to exactly 8 batters while the team has had the lead. Not innings mind you, … Continue reading Game 110: White Sox at Tigers
PREGAME: I wish I could exercise some game post mo-jo, but I’m at a loss. I’ve tried long posts and short posts. I’ve tried 3 different hats and 2 different pieces of furniture to watch the game on. Nothing is working. Mrs. Billfer asked during last night’s debacle if the Tigers had any easy games … Continue reading Game 105: Tigers at A’s