Another fun game down at Comerica Park tonight. Nate Robertson took the mound and looked very rough right out of the gate but was able to pull himself together and pitch 6.1 innings. This might not sound like a long outing but for Tiger starters this year Nate’s outing was an extended one.
It felt quite [...]
Wow, that game was very embarrassing for Tiger batters, pitchers and everyone who took the field. If it weren’t for Joe Crede’s inability to throw to first base the Tigers might have been shut out, on national tv (ESPN) no less.
Spanning back through 2006, Detroit has been horrible when playing in front of the entire [...]
This season hasn’t started out quite as I had imagined but we’ve only played 1.85% of the games. I’ve had to pretty much keep my radio off on the way into and home from work since talk radio has been rife with second guessing many off-season moves that just days ago were being applauded. After [...]
Thursday, February 7, 2008
The Cleveland Indians will be beating the Detroit Tigers in at least one category this year and that is in High Definition TV game coverage. Cleveland announced a few weeks ago that all 2008 games will be broadcast in HD. The Tigers will be broadcasting at least 75 games in HD this coming season:
FSN Detroit, [...]
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
When the Twins traded a PTBNL for Craig Monroe the deal was contingent on the Twins signing him. They did just that by signing him to a single-year for around $3.82M which, as Mr. Christensen points out, is a 20% pay cut.
Pretty surprising move as they don’t appear to have a major need in the [...]
Sports Illustrated published Team-by-Team Talent Rankings by Bill James which gives each MLB team a score based on the amount of youth talent on the team. Unfortunately, the Detroit Tigers ranked near the bottom of all MLB teams and solidly last for AL Central.
Overall Rank
Team
2007 Team Age
5
Cleveland Indians
28.0
8
Kansas City
28.0
11
Minnesota
28.5
24
Chicago White Sox
29.6
28
Detroit Tigers
30.9
This ranking really is [...]
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Unlike any mediocre Chicago White Sox pitcher this year, Detroit batters continue to rise to the occasion when Johan Santana takes the mound. Whether the regular Tiger starter lineup is placed out there or whether it is the Toledo Mud Hens in disguise, the team seems to rise to the occasion. This is in stark [...]
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 [...]
In an article today at MLB.com by Jason Beck, Jim Leyland is quoted saying that the Tigers need more innings from the starters assuringly meaning that maybe the bullpen isn’t as much of a problem as I, and the rest of the Detroit blogs, have been saying.
“Everybody’s focusing on the bullpen,” Leyland said, “and the [...]
After another loss for the Tigers bullpen was accumulated this evening I took a look at where Detroit stood in terms of their bullpen around the league. Turns out pretty the news is not good; the Tigers rank 27th overall with a reliever ERA of 4.98 followed only by Colorado, Tampa Bay and Kansas City. [...]
Joe Mauer, who currently leads the Minnesota Twins in batting average and on-base percentage, was put on the 15-day DL with a strained left quadriceps muscle. Mauer was last years American League batting champ and was off to a great start so far this year hitting .353/.446/.480. This move is retroactive to May 5th.
So far [...]
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