PREGAME: Tigers fans a couple weeks ago looked at the schedule and though, “dude we’re playing the Royals at home, that’s like a sweep,” and the dudes probably would have been thinking the Tigers would win. But then the Tigers lost. And Jarrod Washburn struggled in his last start. And Robinson Tejeda was bringing serious … Continue reading Game 2009.144: Royals at Tigers
PREGAME: Gio Gonzalez takes on Armando Galarraga. Galarraga continues to teeter on the edge of the rotation. Gonzalez makes just his 2nd start of the season. He was rocked in his first start and was knocked out in the 4th inning after allowing 10 hits (but with 6 K’s). Granderson Polanco Cabrera Thames Raburn Inge … Continue reading Game 2009.077: Tigers at A’s
PREGAME: The Tigers will look to bounce back from another late inning collapse. They’ll send out Nate Robertson who pitched 6 innings of shut down ball spanning a rain delay his last time out. The Padres send out Cha Seung Baek. You may remember him from a Seattle Mariner beat-down. Baek got to leave Seattle … Continue reading Game 74: Tigers at Padres
Editors Note: Craig, a regular commenter here at DTW, filed this report from his experience at last night’s game. The attendance could not have been the announced 11,000. I arrived at 6:30 and the place was empty. Maybe 4000 by the first pitch. I was shocked that when the A’s were threatening in the middle … Continue reading An Interesting Game Experience in Oakland
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
A flurry of link worthy items, plus just being behind in general leads to the mother of all link round-ups: Injuries – left handed pitcher edition Bless You Boys picked up a Buster Olney report that scouts were speculating that Dontrelle Willis may be injured. That could certainly be part of his control problems. Then … Continue reading Junkballing: Almost too much to link to
Full squad workouts are now underway. Before you know it we’ll have the first pitch of the Florida Southern game. But for now, here’s a summary of the day’s stories out of Lakeland:
UZR Top and Bottom 3 The best and worst in the defensive metric ultimate zone rating. Inge, Granderson, and Ordonez rate in the top 3 at their positions while Carlos Guillen is second worst next to Derek Jeter (tags: curtis-granderson brandon-inge carlos-guillen magglio-ordonez) Seth Stohs Speaks on Sports, The Minnesota Twins, and more! Twins blogging … Continue reading links for 2007-10-03
Venezuelan president calls to congratulate Ordonez on batting title “I want to thank the fans of Detroit,” he said. “They deserve the batting title.” (tags: magglio-ordonez) TIGERS CORNER: Sheffield to find out this week if he is to have surgery or not Carlos Guillen will play winter ball. (tags: carlos-guillen)
Tiger Tales: A Detroit Tigers Blog: Tigers Among Batting Leaders Lee looks at Tigers on the leaderboards. For awhile I’d conceded the MVP to A-Rod, as long as Magg’s was the 2nd place finisher. But David Ortiz is right there as well making that not even as clear cut. But Magg’s gets points for playing … Continue reading links for 2007-09-28
TIGERS CORNER: Ordonez — amidst batting title race — will undergo MRI on left heel today (tags: injuries magglio-ordonez) Jones to test free agent market From the article: Family matters will play a part, as will the team. So will the opportunity to continue closing, though he said it’s not a deal-breaker. Asked how much … Continue reading links for 2007-09-25
ESPN.com – Blogs – Rob Neyer Blog Rob Neyer weighs in on AL MVP and notes that A-Rod should be the winner. But concedes that if the Tigers somehow overtake the Yankees then Ordonez becomes a co-favorite, but that voters need to consider Curtis Granderson who is 2nd in WARP. (tags: mvp magglio-ordonez curtis-granderson) SI.com … Continue reading links for 2007-09-07