Vance Wilson’s recent placement on the DL has brought to the forefront, sooner than expected, the Tigers lack of depth at the catcher position. The Tigers have likely the best catching combo in the big leagues with Ivan Rodriguez backed by Vance Wilson, beyond that the organization is rather lacking.
Outside of Pudge and Vance, both […]
There was an interview with Gary Sheffield on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ this evening. The topic was mainly around steroids and Gary was promoting is upcoming book Inside Power. MLB.com seems to be carrying an article on this as well, which has a number of excerpts.
There is audio of the interview available on the link […]
For some good news in Detroit, the Tigers have signed Carlos Guillen to a 4-year contract worth $48 million dollars. This means that Guillen will be in Detroit through 2011 with a contract that appears to be below what could be brought on the open market. Michael Young of the Rangers recently signed a contract […]
Wow, what a day to be away from the news. There has been a number of large news items that hit the streets today some great to hear others pretty bad, all rather unexpected. The Detroit Tiger blogosphere has been extremely busy today covering all happenings so I’ve tied together thoughts from around Detroit below:
Kenny […]
Oh man I don’t like the sound of this. Jason Beck, John Lowe of the Free Press and Danny Knobler are all reporting that Kenny Rogers has been moved to the DL for a fatigued arm. The Tigers have moved Chad Durbin into the starting rotation and called up Bobby Seay to be in the […]
With the final week of Spring Training coming to an end other American League Central are finalizing their rosters as well. The Tigers will face each one of these teams 18 times so it’s time we learn who these guys are, well at least the new ones :) Some rotations are pretty similar to 2006 […]
After the Tigers made their recent and last cuts before Opening Day 2007 the biggest name, at least in Detroit, that didn’t make the initial team was Chris Shelton. He has a large number of fans, myself included, who rooted for him to be on the bench to begin the season. Some even went so […]
Does Dr. James Andrews ever get to give good news? I know I always see the bad news truck coming when he’s mentioned. This time it involves Tiger Rule 5 draft pick Edward Campusano. Campusano will undergo Tommy John surgery then go to Lakeland for rehab.
With the promise he’s shown through his minor league career […]
With Opening Day a week away, for which I still have not received my tickets, it’s time to start looking at what April will bring for the Tigers. Viva El Birdo’s did a good job summing up the rotation for the St. Louis Cardinals so in that same vein we’ll take a look at the […]
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