Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Wow. I heard the rumors this morning and kept up with them most of the day. I must say that when I first heard the possibility of a trade involving Andrew Miller and Cameron Maybin I pretty much rejected it immediately, particularly for Maybin.
Now that’s all past us and the Tigers have traded Miller, […]
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The Tigers announced yesterday that they will not be making any further roster moves in anticipation for the Rule 5 draft during the Winter Meetings. What this ultimately means is that any player who isn’t currently on the Detroit 40-Man roster and eligible under the Rule 5 eligibility rules is available to be selected by […]
It certainly isn’t a surprise but the Tiger organization has extended Jim Leyland’s contract through 2009. Dave Dombrowski had initially wanted to sign Leyland to a long-term contract but this wasn’t something Jim was interested in. It is clear from Dombrowski’s statements that they anticipate a tenure longer than through 2009:
“We are very happy with […]
Friday, September 28, 2007
Jim Leyland has made all the speculation a bit more official today by stating that the team intends to spot Carlos Guillen at first base full-time next year. 2008 will be the first year of Guillen’s 4-year contract extension that was reached before this season that will have him earning $48M.
According to Jason Beck, […]
I’m pretty late on this one and didn’t even hear the news myself until I was on my way home for the day, but the top Tiger prospect and one of the top prospects in all of baseball was promoted to the big leagues.
Cameron Maybin has spent the last week with the Double-A Erie […]
The Free Press is reporting that Jair Jurrjens will get the start Wednesday against the Indians. Jurrjens has spent the year with the Tigers Double-A affiliate the Erie Seawolves and lately been pretty dominant and has not pitched at the Triple-A level. For Erie Jair has posted a 7-5 record and 3.20 ERA. His last […]
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Ken Rosenthal mentioned today that Detroit needs to look at taking the $3M buyout for the ‘08 season for Pudge Rodriguez.(hat tip MLB Trade Rumors for this link). According to Rosenthal:
Tigers might want to think twice about exercising Ivan Rodriguez’s $13M option for next season. Rodriguez turns 36 on November 30th and since the all-star […]
Saturday, August 11, 2007
After getting beaten up pretty bad by one of the more anemic offenses out of Oakland the Tigers made numerous roster moves to patch up a shaken bullpen. The team optioned Jordan Tata and Macay McBride to Toledo replacing them with Eulogio De La Cruz and Aquilino Lopez. Eulogio will only be with the team […]
Andrew Miller has been placed on the 15-day disabled list due to a pulled hamstring. To fill the roster slot, but not the starting rotation slot, Detroit recalled Fernando Rodney. This makes the second Tiger starter in a single week to be placed on the disabled list after Kenny Rogers injured his elbow.
No word yet […]
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