Detroit Tigers

By Ian Casselberry Almost as perplexing was a lineup with Edgar Renteria batting third and Carlos Guillen not starting, but the Tigers are playing short-handed right now and alternating night games and day games in this four-game series means Jim Leyland is going to rest some of his guys.

By Ian Casselberry By beating the Rockies in his previous outing, Kenny Rogers showed that his loss to the Cardinals two weeks ago was a stumble, not a fall.  It was rough for the first three innings, but Rogers pulled himself together and pitched just well enough to get the win.  That might also describe how Rog...

By Ian Casselberry Also for the second time in a week, we come to praise those that have risen from Toledo to help revitalize the Detroit Tigers' 2008 season.  Red Bull gives you wings, but Mud Hens give you wins.  Joyce wasn't the only recent call-up that had himself a career night against the Mariners.  Michael...

 United States - The move was the latest sign of Thames' increased role in Detroit's offense. He began the year as a part-time player and waited as others cycled through ...

 - It's not a scenario the Tigers are going to approach right now. He's a vital part of the bullpen as Detroit continues its trek toward the All-Star break ...

• Rookies play big role in Tigers' win over Mariners The Ann Arbor News - MLive.com, MI - Detroit beat Seattle, 8-4, with each of those rookies playing an important role. Joyce, making some adjustments prior to the game on hitting fastballs after ...

Justin Verlander threw six strong innings, Michael Hollimon hit his first big league home run and the Tigers hung on to beat the Mariners 8-4 Thursday night.

By Samara Pearlstein For your 4th of July Tigers game, Kenny goes up against Eric Bedard, that filthy Canadian. The game’s at 4:10 pm EDT so, if you’re me, you’ll be busy making your special from-scratch cookout guacamole (this is my way of saying that I probably won’t have a post up after tomorrow’s game– it’s a h...

 MI - He signed minor league deals with San Diego, Pittsurgh and Detroit in the months after that. The Tigers brought him up one month ago and he's become a ...

 MI - His Midas Touch of 2006, when Detroit went to the World Series, was revived. • Swapping out third baseman Carlos Guillen and first baseman Miguel Cabrera ... ‘Scrubs' key Tiger turnaround Monroenews.com all 4 news articles

By billfer The Tigers send out Justin Verlander who has been a)striking out more people as of late, b)walking quite a few, and c)racking up big pitch counts. Verlander threw 118 and 115 pitches in his last 2 starts and didn’t make it through the 6th in either. In fact Verlander has broken the 110 pitch mar...

 MI - Even before the season began, Tigers manager Jim Leyland said his team would go only as far as its pitching took it. Leyland was right, and that was proven ...

By Ian Casselberry Jim Leyland says Cabrera should be back in the lineup for Thursday's opener against Seattle.  Between that and the grass surface of Safeco Field, the Tigers probably stand a more than decent chance of rebounding tomorrow. Let's look at the bright side.  At least no one in a Tigers uniform cau...

 - Jul 2, 2008 Lopez allowed seven walks in 33 2/3 innings in his stint with Detroit earlier in the year. "One thing we know about Lopez is he's a strike thrower," Leyland ...

 PA - BY RON LEONARDI During the past two offseasons, the Detroit Tigers traded away an arsenal of young talent and minor league prospects to acquire players such ...

By Ian Casselberry But it's really the first, second, and third runs the Twins scored that compelled me to write to you tonight, Craiggers.  Has it really come to that?  A three-run homer from you?  That familiar whip-like swing with the one-handed follow through blasting a ball deep to center field over you...

 United States - They learned about Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth and all the old Detroit Tigers. But there was a moment I’ll never forget, a moment that was sad and heart breaking. ...

SportingNews.com  MI - The Tigers parted with eight young pitchers, two prized outfield prospects and a catcher in bringing to Detroit three glitzy veterans being asked to put a ... Sunday preview: Don't trust Ollie against Yanks SportingNews.com all 2 news articles

By Ian Casselberry Upon returning to American League play, the Detroit Tigers once again showed a knack for the comeback, something they were very good at against the Cardinals and Rockies.  Detroit hung in there against a starting pitcher they really didn't have an answer for, keeping it close until they c...

 United States - Jun 30, 2008 Cabrera was limping as he left the field after the second inning -- an inning in which he dropped a throw from third baseman Carlos Guillen for an error. ...

 - Jun 30, 2008 Cabrera hobbled a little after he reached to his left and dropped a low throw from third baseman Carlos Guillen in the second inning. ...

The Detroit Tigers have placed outfielder Magglio Ordonez (oblique) on the 15-day disabled list with a pulled oblique.

Impact analysis: What to do without Magglio - FOXSports.com

Mud Hens outfielder Matt Joyce replaces Magglio Ordonez for Tigers - Toledo Blade

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By Ian Casselberry So long, National League; it was great while it lasted.  And I really mean that.  It was great.  You (especially the NL West) were berry, berry good to us.  Thank you for helping to revitalize the 2008 baseball season in Detroit. Let's all say goodbye to the National League together now.  (Though...

Dane Sardinha hit a two-run triple for his first major league hit to rally the Tigers to a 4-3 win over the woeful Colorado Rockies on Sunday, giving Detroit a three-game sweep.

Highlighting the biggest overachievers of '08 - MLB - ESPN

Sardinha’s first hit gives Tigers win over Rockies | The ... - ReporterHerald.com Loveland

Tigers earn 15th win in 18 games, sweep Rockies - MSNBC

By Christmas Ape For The Departed, An Ankiel Sighting- The Cardinals finally solved the noisome riddle that is the Kansas City Royals, getting their first victory in five games against K.C. this year. Rick Ankiel had a two-run homer and Mitchell Boggs allowed one run in six innngs to improve to 3-0.

 United States - And Carlos Guillen and Miguel Cabrera have also started to look and feel a lot better defensively with their respected positions at first and third. ... Analyst: Polanco, Maggs and Galarraga should be All-Stars Detroit Free Press all 2 news articles

By billfer Justin Verlander turned in a frustrating yet dominant performance in his last start against the Padres. The 10 strikeouts were good. That they came in only 5.1 innings was kind of amazing, yet problematic. It took Verlander 115 pitches to record those 16 outs, due in large part to a lot of full c...

By Administrator In 2002, the Cleveland Indians traded righthander Bartolo Colon to the Montreal Expos for first baseman Lee Stevens, three minor league prospects and cash… the minor league prospects were infielder Brandon Phillips, outfielder Grady Sizemore and pitcher Cliff Lee.

By billfer For the Tigers it will be Eddie Bonine making his 3rd career start. The red flag with Bonine in the early going is that he’s allowed 3 homers in his 12.1 innings. And those innings came at notorious non-homer parks Comerica Park and Petco.

By billfer Of course “a time” was last Tuesday when the White Sox came roaring in to Comerica Park. The Tigers, sweepers of consecutive series, will try to avoid the same fate when they face the Giants who have lost 5 of their last 6. Fortunately, Verlander doesn’t exactly suck and he’s spun quality star...

By billfer It’s more southpaw pitching today with Nate Robertson taking on Clayton Kershaw. Robertson turned in a typical Nate start, minus 1 run. He only allowed 3 instead of his usual 4 as he started the sweep of the White Sox. Hopefully he can finish the sweep of the Dodgers.

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) He’s scheduled to fly back to Los Angeles on Sunday for a MRI on Monday. Scott Proctor relieved Penny and immediately gave up yet another triple, this one to right. One of the annoying things I found about the first triple that inning (by Curtis Granderson) was that for almost any outfielder w...

By Ian Casselberry That's five in a row.  My buddy Rob just asked me if the Tigers had finally turned the corner.  I told him I wasn't sure, but I think they can at least see around it right now.  Maybe the Tigers were just waiting until they had the Detroit sports world's full attention.

By Ian Casselberry Joe Sheehan filled out his All-Star ballots for Baseball Prospectus.  Did a Detroit Tiger actually make his AL team?  Could be.  (Hint: He's an infielder with impressive temples.) At Mack Avenue Tigers, Kurt introduces us to Michael Hollimon, whom I hope gets some major league game action...

By billfer 21. Detroit Tigers John’s Mock Draft - Minor League Ball 21) Tigers: Shooter Hunt, RHP, Tulane: Tigers feel they receive a steal here. 21. Detroit — Josh Fields, RHP, Georgia The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Crystal ball: Projecting first 30 picks

By baseballgirl 06/04/08 12:35 PM PDT Detroit TigersOakland AthleticsCurtis Granderson - CFJack Hannahan - 3BCarlos Guillen - 3BMark Ellis - 2BMarcus Thames - LFJack Cust - DHMagglio Ordonez - RFBobby Crosby - SSJeff Larish - DHEmil Brown - LFMiguel Cabrera - 1BDaric Barton - 1BIvan Rodriguez - CTrav...

By Blez The Tigers face Rich Harden, who is 3-0 with a 2.60 ERA.  He's also 2-0 at home with a 1.50 ERA.  The problem is that the Tigers, in just a few ABs against (Harden hasn't faced a lot of batters more than a few times), have had some good success against our Canadian King.  Of the players on the Tigers cur...

By BigAl But what could a 4 or 5 rotation guy, an average (at best) starting pitcher like Robertson return on the open market? It depends on how desperate teams are at the deadline. Thing is, I'd assume the return would be prospects. With their payroll, should the Tigers be trading capable major leagu...

By BigAl Get used to it. This is our Detroit Tigers, the good, the bad, and the ugly. (My apologies to Sergio Leone...) Nope. Ilitch has the utmost trust in Dave Dombrowski. Dombrowki loves Jim Leyland, having been to a pair of World Series' together. Leyland is uber-loyal to his coaches. Who's going to fire w...

By billfer PREGAME: The Tigers look to close out their 6 game homestand on a positive note. They’ll send out Justin Verlander who has pitched better as of late with 3 runs, 10 K’s, and 4 walks in 12 innings spanning his last 2 starts. True, those starts were against the Royals and Mariners, but still, it’s...

By Jim McLennan Arizona added two more runs in the sixth, benefiting from some wildness by the Detroit pitchers. With one run in, making it 3-0, and a runner on third, Miguel Montero was intentionally walked to get to Johnson. However, starter Nate Robertson then walked the Big Unit to load the bases, and hi...

By Jim McLennan Firstly, Scherzer walking the opposing pitcher with two outs in that fifth inning. Not just any pitcher, mind: an American League pitcher, whose bats probably had to be labeled "Hold this end." Armando Galarraga had never faced major-league pitching before this game. Indeed, his entire p...

By Jim McLennan Last night was a fine comeback for the Diamondbacks, with our Win Probability reaching a low of 15% just before Byrnes' homer with two outs in the fifth - it was only our second hit of the night to that point. Arizona took advantage of some sloppy defense in the seventh by the Tigers, which basi...

By rickchand • Dodgers Cannot Be Stopped. Inside-the-park home run. Wheeee! Blake DeWitt's second career homer was a pinball job, a fifth-inning drive that New York right fielder Ryan Church just missed at the top of the right field fence. The homer was the winning run in the Dodgers' 5-4 victory; their n...

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By Kurt Share/Email This Related postsNo Related Post Twins 4 Tigers 1 Recap: So, we had a pichers’ duel to watch for the first five innings. The Twins were up 1-0, then 2-0, in a pretty close game. Then Craig Monroe hit a home run off Justin Verlander in the sixth inning and it was 4-0. Well, the Tigers ma...

By Kurt The way I see it, and most observers, it’s not a matter of if Cruceta gets the call up to the Tigers bullpen, it’s a matter of when. That when is coming soon. He has pitched in Toledo three times since receiving his visa and warming up in Lakeland. But the Tigers have to either bring him to the majors...

By billfer Advertisement: Have a website? Monetize Your Site with Text Link Ads One of the Tigers biggest decisions this off season will be whether or not to exercise Pudge Rodriguez’s $13 million option.  The net cost to the Tigers is $10 million because there is a $3 million buyout.  But be it $10 mill...

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By Marc Hulet After 12 years of mediocrity and sub-.500 ball, one of baseball's oldest and proudest franchises is back on top. Despite a solid 95-67 record in 2006, there were still those who did not buy into the Tigers' success, especially with the likes of the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago White Sox...

A sampling of excerpts from reports, columns and blogs across the nation: Whether it was magically or routinely - words that have become intertwined with the Tigers in the playoffs - they nicked Haren for two runs in the fifth inning. The Tigers scored another run on Magglio Ordonez's home...