Another year’s trade deadline passed today at 4PM EST today. These are quite a bit more fun when the team is in contention for the division and that was the case for Detroit this year. Dave Dombrowski was out looking to improve the roster in a few key areas; the bullpen and a backup shortstop, [...]
The Atlanta Braves designated Wilfredo Ledezma for assignment today making room for their acquisition of closer Octavio Dotel or other more solid bullpen help. I wasn’t the biggest fan of this trade early on but it appears now that the Tigers have gotten the better end of this deal. Since joining the Braves on June [...]
Fernando Rodney pitched the eighth inning during the Toledo Mud Hens win over the Richmond Braves; his second rehab outing since going on the DL on June 24th. With little available on the trade market, the Tigers are depending highly on successful comebacks from both Rodney and Joel Zumaya both of whom are currently on [...]
With the Tiger bullpen troubles of late there has been one trade rumor that has been less talked about and that is the need to bring in an additional shortstop. This was the focus of an article in the Detroit Free Press yesterday as well as a quick Q&A today though both focus on immediate [...]
The Tigers will call up Virgil Vasquez to start game two of Tuesdays doubleheader against the White Sox. While Virgil wasn’t the first choice of Jim Leyland as Danny Knobler states below, I like how this turned out.
Jim Leyland said it would have been Yorman Bazardo, but he was a little sore after his [...]
The Tigers are sitting in a good position with the trade deadline looming at the end of the month. Only a month ago I would have been eager to see Detroit GM Dave Dombrowski make a bold move to plug a major leak in the bullpen but that has changed pretty dramatically. I no longer [...]
Sean Casey has been a major point of discussion ever since arriving in Detroit just before the trade deadline last year (2006). Much of the initial negative reactions were due to his replacing a fan favorite in Chris Shelton but looking back now, seeing Sheltons’ performance this year and last in Toledo, replacing him was [...]
With a little less than half the games remaining in the season, below is a look at the toughness of the schedule for each team in the AL Central. The second-half contains mostly games amongst division teams so it can the numbers do get titlted a bit since KC will obviously play 3 teams with [...]
It has been about a month since the 2007 MLB Draft and a little over a month until the deadline for signing a drafted player (August 15th). MLB made a big deal out of the Draft process this year going so far as to televise it. However the post draft has been the same as [...]
With at least 5 players heading off to the 2007 All-Star Game in San Francisco next week I have very little to complain about. Gone are the days where Detroit sends the lone representative that was not selected by either the fans at-large or by the players. Much of this turn in personal fortunes can [...]
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