PREGAME:: A win, a win, my kingdom for a win. After having no luck with the Royals the Tigers turn their attention to the White Sox. For those worried that the Tigers have already dug themselves an insurmountable hole, fear not. Jamie Samuelson of WDFN and the Freep did some research and found that way … Continue reading Game 4: White Sox at Tigers
After re-reading my 2007 season preview, I had to admit I was a little leery of doing another one this year. It’s all just such a crap shoot. And even after digesting the most dynamic offseason in franchise history and tracking the team’s progress over six weeks of spring training, I’m still not clear on … Continue reading Tigers Season Preview – 2008 Edition
It’s done. After 6 weeks of simmering, the Tigers now know who will be heading North. Clete Thomas gets the last position player spot. Yorman Bazardo and Aquilino Lopez round out the bullpen. The additions of Thomas and Lopez require both to be added to the 40 man roster which now stands at 37. It … Continue reading Tigers set 2008 Opening Day Roster
With spring training winding down, things are getting ironed out throughout the organization. For some players their dreams may be coming true, while others receive a sobering wake-up call. Minor issues My blogging brethren has done the heavy lifting on this, but there are a number of cuts and roster machinations taking place. (As an … Continue reading Junkballing: Cuts like a knife
With less than two weeks to Opening Day, the Tigers are freeing up some room in the clubhouse. They trimmed nine more from the Major League camp today leaving 37 players still officially in camp. Gone are Virgil Vasquez and outfielder Brent Clevlen to Triple A Toledo. Additionally, the club assigned righthanded pitchers Freddy Dolsi, … Continue reading Roster and injury news
Todd Jones pitches a 1-2-3 inning against the BravesCredit Roger DeWitt That would be spots available in the seven man bullpen. Jim Leyland ended some of the speculation today by announcing that Todd Jones, Bobby Seay, Tim Byrdak, Jason Grilli, and Zach Miner were locks. The ambiguity now surrounds Fernando Rodney and his health. A … Continue reading And then there was one, or maybe two
The Tigers today announced 21 non-roster invites. These are players in the organization who aren’t on the 40 man roster, but will be in the big league camp during Spring Training. They are: Francis Beltran Joe Bowen Michael Hollimon Matt Joyce Freddy Dolsi Dusty Ryan Jeff Larish Timo Perez Jeff Gerbe Dane Sardinha Scott Sizemore … Continue reading Tigers announce 2008 NRI’s
With the minor league seasons wrapping up, there’s no time like the present to name those players the Tigers acquired when dealing Mike Maroth and Craig Monroe. In the Maroth trade the Tigers get back reliever Chris Lambert, who certainly doesn’t have impressive numbers. Lee breaks it down, but the best part about Lambert may … Continue reading When PTBNL becomes P and other roster moves
YouTube – Craig Monroe Tribute Monroe’s greatest hits (tags: craig-monroe) The fans scouting report Tom Tango is looking for people to participate in the fans scouting report. Let’s make sure he has enough Tigers data. Beck’s Blog: Andrew Miller’s rehab outing He was throwing strikes and came up with 5 K’s in 3 innings. At … Continue reading links for 2007-08-21
PREGAME: The Tigers head into today trying to salvage a split in Yankee Stadium. They’ll send out Jeremy Bonderman to try and hold down the Yankees. Bonderman picked up a no decision in his last start, but he pitched a very strong game allowing just 4 hits and 2 walks in 7 innings while fanning … Continue reading Game 124: Tigers at Yankees
PREGAME: Danny Haren and Justin Verlander. 7:05pm OAK @ DET, Saturday, August 11, 2007 Game Preview – Baseball-Reference.com POSTGAME: Nice win tonight, and don’t look now but the Tigers are 3-3 in their last 6 games. Umm, yeah. But still, a really nice win with enough offense against a tough pitcher, enough out of Justin … Continue reading Game 116: A’s at Tigers
It became apparent last night that the Tigers would need a fresh arm in the bullpen. And by leaving McBride out to languish, it was also pretty clear the Tigers had no use for him for the next few nights. Plus they became disenchanted with Tata, at least for the time being after last night’s … Continue reading The roster shuffle