Alberto Jose Alburquerque

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 10, 1986 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 2011 (Age 24)   vs. OAK 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Team: Tigers 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$500k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 2.000, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: ACES (Sam & Seth Levinson) [*]
    About biographical information

• 5/16 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Looking Hard For Bullpen Help: The Tigers are "looking hard" on the trade market for bullpen help, a source who speaks regularly with the team's management tells...
• 5/16 FFLockerRoom: Detroit Tigers Recall Evan Reed, Option Al Alburquerque: The Detroit Tigers have recalled right-handed pitcher Evan Reed to take the place of Al Alburquerque on the active roster as he...
• 5/16 Motor City Bengals: Al Alburquerque Won’t be in the Minor Leagues for Long: Yesterday the Detroit Tigers announced that they had optioned reliever Al Alburquerque to Toledo. Today it was announced that...
• 5/5 Call to the Pen: Detroit Tigers Revving Up: The Detroit Tigers were pretty much awarded the American League Central Division crown by acclamation in the pre-season and events...

• 4/28 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Beat Rain, Atlanta Braves to Complete Series Sweep: Tigers 8, Braves 3 (box score) It was more of the same for the Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves: lots of strikeouts by Detroit...
• 4/26 Baseball Jerks: Will the Real Detroit Tigers Please Stand Up?: It goes without saying the Tigers are strong on paper, as they were in 2012, but paper is thin. Paper burns, and paper gets swept...
• 4/26 Baseballhotcorner.com: Intentional Walk to Jeff Francoeur a Recipe for Failure in Detroit: Intentionally walking Jeff Francoeur. Really? Really Jim? That seemed like a good idea? Let’s explore how poor decisions...
• 4/24 Motor City Bengals: Jose Valverde Earns Save in 1-2-3 Ninth Inning, Detroit Tigers Beat Kansas City Royals 7-5: Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 5 (box score) The story of this game was waiting for the ninth inning because Jose Valverde...
• 4/24 Seedlings to Stars: Bruce Rondon Joins Tigers, But Won’t be the Closer: Right hander Bruce Rondon was all but given the job as closer of the reigning AL Champion Detroit Tigers even before pitchers...
• 4/23 Call to the Pen: Jose Valverde, Bruce Rondon Both Join Detroit Tigers Bullpen: Having entered the season as the po**** favorite in the AL Central, the Detroit Tigers find themselves in the middle of the pack...
• 4/21 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Angels: Day 21 Observations: Angels 4, Tigers 3 Mark Trumbo: It took 13 innings to get there, but Mark Trumbo delivered for the Angels with a...
• 4/21 Baseball Musings: Double Al: The Tigers and Angels go to the tenth inning tied at three. Al Alburquerque pitched the last two innings for the Tigers, totally...
• 4/18 Billy-Ball.com: The Tigers strike out and win: The Tigers defeated the Mariners last night 2-1 in 14 innings and while that tells a lot how terrific the pitching was, you need...
• 4/13 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Hit Three Home Runs, Beat A’s 7-3: Tigers 7, Athletics 3 (box score) The Detroit Tigers were looking to bounce back versus the Oakland A’s after dropping a...
• 4/10 Motor City Bengals: Making A Case For Darin Downs: The Tigers, and more importantly manager Jim Leyland, can’t seem to decide who their closer is going to be for the 2013...
• 4/9 Motor City Bengals: Anibal Sanchez Brilliant, Offense Potent As Tigers Beat Blue Jays 7-3: Tigers 7, Blue Jays 3 (box score) The Tigers were looking for their starters to go deeper into games after none were able to complete...
• 4/8 Motor City Bengals: One Week In, Bullpen A Cause For Concern: The Detroit Tigers have made it through one week and 6 games with what you’d consider the most likely outcome overall: 3-3....
• 4/7 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy baseball 2013 holds rankings – Top 40 middle relievers heading into week 2: Here are the updated fantasy baseball 2013 holds rankings heading into week 2! As I continue to focus on the most overlooked category...
• 4/7 Baseball News Source: Max Scherzer Leads Tigers To Victory, Yankees Fall To 1-4: Max Scherzer led the Detroit Tigers to a 8-4 victory on Saturday afternoon over the New York Yankees, bringing the team to a...
• 4/6 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Keep Pounding Away, Beat Yankees 8-4: Detroit Tigers 8, New York Yankees 4 (box score) For the second straight day, the Detroit Tigers hung an eight spot on the New...
• 4/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: Tigers Sign Jose Valverde To Minor League Deal: The man they call “Papa Grande” is on his way back to Detroit. Well, maybe. Jose Valverde, the 2011 MLB Delivery Man of the...
• 4/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Valverde’s Signing Was Inevitable: Jim Leyland tried the soft approach. He tried to gently discuss how uncomfortable he was with the Tigers’ decision to go cheap...
• 4/4 Seedlings to Stars: Spring Disappointment a Likely Blessing for Tigers’ Bruce Rondon: One of the biggest storylines of the offseason was the Detroit Tigers and their insistence that they didn’t need to add...
• 4/3 fantasyteamadvice.com: Early season fantasy baseball results – 2013 Holds rankings – who is legit and who to leave on waivers: One of the most overlooked categories by fantasy websites around the web is holds, but there is a growing number of fantasy baseball...
• 4/2 Baseball News Source: Tigers News: Justin Verlander Wins First Opening Day Of Career, Coke Gets Save: Oh No Not Again - Justin Verlander had never won a season Opening Day in his career and was fueled with excitement coming off...
• 4/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Across the AL: Opening Day Recap: The date is April 2, 2013, which means Opening Day has come and gone.  The 2013 Major League Baseball season has finally begun...
• 4/1 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Top Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Opening Day: It’s easy to freak out on opening day. A win sets up a season full of rainbows and smiles, but a loss spells doom for all...
• 4/1 TheFantasyFix.com: Fantasy Baseball Week 1 Waiver Wire: 3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep: Welcome to fantasy baseball’s answer to “Marry, Bop, Kill” – “3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep”. Each week, I’ll...
• 4/1 Baseball Jerks: Teams Finalize Rosters as Opening Day Nears: Spring training is where much of the early part of the infamous 1989 Major League is set. Even in Hollywood, fictitious Cleveland...
• 4/1 Baseballhotcorner.com: Random 2013 Predictions for the Detroit Tigers’ Fanbase: Last night the 2013 MLB season kicked off with a victory by the Houston Astros over the Texas Rangers. The Astros have been the...
• 4/1 Seedlings to Stars: Spring Disappointment a Likely Blessing for Tigers’ Bruce Rondon: One of the biggest storylines of the offseason was the Detroit Tigers and their insistence that they didn’t need to add...
• 4/1 Baseball Musings: 2013 AL Central Preview: The division preview series continues with the AL Central. The starting point for my analysis is the 2012 WAR of the position...

• 3/30 Motor City Bengals: The View from Lakeland, Part One: This past week I was lucky enough to be able to spend two days in Lakeland to watch the Tigers take on the Braves and the Phillies,...
• 3/29 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Pre Opening Day: Carlos Ruiz is worth stashing in two-catcher leagues. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under...
• 3/29 Baseballhotcorner.com: No Closer To A Closer In Motown: The big news today out of Lakeland, FL is that the Detroit Tigers are sending Bruce Rondon and Luis Marte to their minor league...
• 3/29 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Headed North With Improved Bullpen: While some believe the Detroit Tigers could still add a designated closer, their delaying of Bruce Rondon’s major league arrival...
• 3/29 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Headed North With Improved Bullpen: While some believe the Detroit Tigers could still add a designated closer, their delaying of Bruce Rondon’s major league arrival...
• 3/28 Baseball News Source: Detroit Tigers Option Bruce Rondon, Closer By Committee?: The Detroit Tigers will face at least one shaky situation heading into the American League title defense this season. Bruce Rondon,...
• 3/28 Motor City Bengals: Bruce Rondon Presented Detroit Tigers With No-Lose Option: I think we might be looking at the Bruce Rondon situation backwards. One line of thought that’s out there – a thought that’s...
• 3/28 Motor City Bengals: Bruce Rondon Optioned To Toledo, Darin Downs Wins Final Bullpen Spot: According to Tigers beat writer Jason Beck (and every other beat writer as well), the Tigers have optioned Bruce Rondon to the...
• 3/24 Motor City Bengals: Al Alburquerque is Going to Make the Detroit Tigers’ 25-man Roster: It seems, to me, that there is really only one question remaining with respect to the Detroit Tigers’ pitching staff. That...
• 3/19 Eye On the Tigers: Spring Training in Lakeland: Observations after two games at Joker Marchant Stadium-Game 1 vs Toronto March 15-Overflowing crowd of 9400, which seemed to include...
• 3/18 District On Deck: Spring Training Game 22 Recap: Washington Nationals 12, Detroit Tigers 10: Had Team USA beaten Puerto Rico and advanced to the semi-final round, Ryan Perry would have gotten the start yesterday in place...
• 3/8 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Spring Training Position Battles: March 8th: We are now just over a week into March and a little more than three weeks from Opening Day, which means the time is now for players...
• 3/8 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ eternal question: Closer or no closer: My daughter has a very important test at school this morning. She was nervous that if she did not do well, she would not be able...
• 3/7 Motor City Bengals: Dave Dombrowski Downplays Detroit Tigers’ Closer Search: Yesterday evening, Jon Heyman posted this tweet suggesting that the Tigers were in the midst of a mad search to acquire a closer....
• 3/6 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Detroit Tigers Closer: Team Nobody: If you think that somebody should be the Detroit Tigers closer for the 2013 season, whoever that somebody might be, you are not...
• 3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Marmol, Cubs, Boesch: The Tigers will consider trading for a closer and Carlos Marmol of the Cubs is drawing interest, so there's a possible matchup...

• 2/20 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Detroit Tigers Closer: Team Joaquin Benoit: Jim Leyland won’t name a closer for the upcoming 2013 season. It seems that would-be rookie Bruce Rondon will be given every...
• 2/17 Baseball Jerks: Five Players to Watch: 2013 Detroit Tigers: Things are not hunky dory in Foxtown. Owner Mike Ilitch (Pizza, pizza) has gone all-in on the Tigers and they’ve failed...
• 2/15 Motor City Bengals: Brayan Villarreal Resumes Throwing On Schedule:   Brayan Villarreal stepped onto the mound on Wednesday for his first throwing session of the spring and, according to the...
• 2/12 Motor City Bengals: Spring Training Roundtable: Detroit Tigers Story Lines To Follow: With pitchers and catchers reporting today and actual fake baseball just around the corner, we thought it would be a good time...
• 2/10 Motor City Bengals: AL Alburquerque is the Detroit Tigers’ Best Backup Plan at Closer: Dave Cameron (managing editor of FanGraphs) wrote an article for ESPN yesterday in which he derides the Tigers for not having...

• 1/24 The Flagrant Fan: Plenty of closer candidates for the Tigers: The Papa Grande era in Detroit is over. And that is probably for the best. Despite his 110 saves from 2010 to 2011 and despite...
• 1/21 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Starters Not Injury Risks: Let me start by recommending that you all read the articles over at Fangraphs by Jeff Zimmerman upon which these are based (Here’s...
• 1/20 Motor City Bengals: Do Dave Dombrowski, Detroit Tigers NEED to shop for Closer?: Lions quarterback, Red Wings goaltender, Tigers closer…if you plan on putting one of these positions on your resume’,...
• 1/17 Motor City Bengals: Brayan Villarreal Shut Down Is Concerning: Recently, the Tigers announced that right handed reliever Brayan Villarreal has been shut down for the duration of the winter...
• 1/12 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Internal Bullpen Options: Dave Dombrowski has been adamant that the Detroit Tigers are comfortable with rookie Bruce Rondon serving as the team’s...

• 12/30 MLBRandomFandom: Problem Solving: Tigers Bullpen: By Nick CesareThroughout the history of baseball, pitching has often been the main reason why a team was successful or not. ...
• 12/27 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers May Be Counting On Bruce Rondon A Year Too Early: By all accounts Bruce Rondon has filthy stuff. A fastball that regularly crosses 100-mph and a potentially devastating slider...
• 12/25 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Don’t Really Need Late Inning Bullpen Help: In an ESPN MLB Rumors ($) update a couple of days ago – an update that again mentioned that the Tigers could trade Rick Porcello...
• 12/18 Motor City Bengals: Taking Bruce Rondon Deep: As we consider whether Bruce Rondon is ready – or perhaps even “good enough” – to take over the Tigers...
• 12/15 Eye On the Tigers: Sanchez was a good signing: While perusing some of the message boards in the aftermath of the Anibal Sanchez signing, I was confounded by the grumbling about...
• 12/12 MLBRandomFandom: Detroit Tigers Team Page: DETROIT TIGERS MLBDepthCharts Team PagePlayers 1-25 by Number Score1. Miguel Cabrera (10)2. Justin Verlander (10)3. Prince...

• 11/28 Eye On the Tigers: The Tigers Don’t Need Rafael Soriano: A few weeks ago, Dave Dombrowski said that the Tigers weren’t interested in Rafael Soriano to be the Tigers closer, praising...
• 11/25 Eye On the Tigers: Thoughts on Ryan Raburn and the 40-Man Roster: Last Tuesday, the Tigers released utility man Ryan Raburn, officially making him a free agent.  They also added relievers...
• 11/24 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Should Look to Upgrade Bullpen: The Detroit Tigers have already become a much cleaner team in the weeks since their season ended. They’ve parted ways with Delmon...
• 11/19 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Potential Minor Move: Joel Carreno: According to MLB Trade Rumors, the Toronto Blue Jays had to make room on their 40 man roster because of the big blockbuster trade,...
• 11/16 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Free Agent Target: Joey Devine: This is one where you might have to be a pretty astute baseball fan to even know who Joey Devineis. But that is what we are here...
• 11/12 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Sign Pitcher Shawn Hill To Minor League Deal: Sometimes general managers sign minor league free agents because they think they’ve found a hidden gem – this is how the...
• 11/10 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Won’t Pursue Former New York Yankees Reliever Rafael Soriano: This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, but the Tigers aren’t even thinking about throwing money at free agent reliever...
• 11/7 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Free Agent Target: Conor Jackson: Not all the guys that a team ought to pursue during the offseason cost big bucks, not all of them should be expected to make a...
• 11/5 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Free Agent Target: Jason Grilli:   Jason Grilli is a name familiar to Tigers fans but for all the wrong reasons. He pitched in Detroit from 2005 through the...
• 11/3 Motor City Bengals: Potential Minor Move: Jeremy Jeffress: Not every move can be a big one. Often times, some of the best moves that a GM can make during an off-season are the ones that...
• 11/2 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Don’t Need A “Proven” Closer: I think everyone is aware by now that the Tigers have stated that they have no interest in trying to bring (former) closer Jose...

• 10/31 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Detroit Tigers: The World Series may have ended in bitter fashion for the Detroit Tigers – getting swept in painful fashion by the San Francisco...
• 10/31 mlbreports.com : Pablo Sandoval: A Tribute to Panda’s Historic World Series Night: Wednesday October 31st, 2012 Luke Whitecotton:  When I mention Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols, what words come...
• 10/30 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Bullpen Construction: After a disappointing performance in the post season and with the underperformance of Jose Valverde and Joaquin Benoit’s struggles...
• 10/29 Motor City Bengals: Now for Four Months of Tigers Speculation in Detroit!: Although the outcome was ultimately disappointing, this was as good a World Series I’ve seen in a while. The Tigers starting...
• 10/26 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Free Agent Stock Watch: As the season’s end grows uncomfortably near, it’s time to start thinking of some of the Tigers players and whether...
• 10/25 Giants Nirvana: One Down, Three to Go: Yesterday’s game was all sorts of crazy, and I think that’s best illustrated by the fact that the following sentence...
• 10/25 High Heat Stats: World Series — Game 1 notes, Game 2 chat: Including the postseason, the Giants have four 3-HR games at home this year. The last three have come in support of Barry Zito....
• 10/25 Baseball Jerks: 2012 World Series Game 1: Pablo Sandoval Powers San Francisco to Victory: On paper, game one of the World Series seemed like it should have gone Detroit’s way—and for good reason. But as is often...
• 10/25 Raising Matt Cain: Panda Reigns in Game One: Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols have hit three home runs in a World Series game. Add Pablo Sandoval to the list....
• 10/25 Motor City Bengals: Glove, Luck and Hot Hitters: Do postseason games really come down to anything else? We’re always going to be talking about games between two teams with...
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: More Panda, More Power: Al Alburquerque relieves Justin Verlander to start the bottom of the fifth. Justin walked one and struck out four, but the strikeouts...
• 10/23 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: Prelude to the World Series: At long last, the Detroit Tigers finally have their opponent, and it’s the San Francisco Giants. Thanks to last night’s...
• 10/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin Link: This Fall Classic has a Spanish accent:   On paper, at least, you could call this year’s World Series a battle between David and Goliath. How could it not...
• 10/16 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Bullpen Doesn’t Need Valverde: Jose Valverde is going to be spending a while on remedial instruction with Jeff Jones trying to fix his delivery and get both...
• 10/14 Call to the Pen: No Way Jose: Valverde Won’t Close Game Two: While saying he still considers Jose Valverde his closer, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland conceded on Sunday that he won’t...
• 10/14 Motor City Bengals: Yankees and Tigers Both Wounded: As it all turned out, thanks to a 12th inning catch that Nick Swisher could not make and a hard ground ball hit to Derek Jeter‘s...
• 10/14 Climbing Tal's Hill: Yankees lose Jeter for remainder of post-season: The New York Yankees lost more than just a ballgame last night. They lost their captain. Derek Jeter suffered a fractured left...
• 10/14 Call to the Pen: To Save Season, Tigers Must Stop Using Jose Valverde to Save Games: The Detroit Tigers escaped with a Game One victory in the American League Championship Series, which began in New York on Saturday....
• 10/14 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Win, but Jim Leyland Getting Hard to Defend: That doesn’t mean I won’t try. All season long Jim Leyland has been taking a lot of abuse from fans over his management...
• 10/13 Bronx Baseball Daily: A quick look at the Tiger’s pitching staff: The Tigers might have three of the best hitters in baseball, but the best player on their team is possibly Justin Verlander....
• 10/11 Motor City Bengals: Jose Valverde Blows Save, Detroit Tigers Now Face Elimination: Athletics 4, Tigers 3 (box score) For eight and a half innings the game went nearly as well as the Tigers could have scripted....
• 10/11 Baseball Jerks: Detroit Tigers’ Jose Valverde: Jerk of the Day: The Detroit Tigers lost game 4 of the ALDS Wednesday in Oakland, and there’s no one else to blame besides Jose Valverde....
• 10/11 Baseball News Source: Oakland Storms Back to Beat Tigers: Oakland walkoff  victory sends series to game five The Oakland Athletics rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the...
• 10/10 Baseball Jerks: A Kiss is Just a Kiss . . . Except In Baseball: Are baseball’s unwritten rules worth even the paper that they’re not written on? The Athletics, and Yoenis Cespedes in particular,...
• 10/9 Swingin' A's: Athletics Hope to Avoid a Parallel Postseason Nightmare: The more things change, the more they stay the same. With the A’s making their first postseason appearance in six years,...
• 10/9 PaulLebowitz.com: The Cheap Shots Against Mike Francesa Are Unnecessary: WFAN in New York announced yesterday that, starting in November, the longtime AM station on 660 here in New York will be simulcast...
• 10/9 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: ALDS Off-Day: A few things to cloud your mind, as we Tigers fans sit and wait patiently for Game 3 of the ALDS… The Tigers did their job...
• 10/8 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Starters Have Stymied Oakland Hitters: It takes a total team effort to make a deep run in the playoffs, but it was well known that the Tigers would be relying heavily...
• 10/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque irks Oakland players: Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque fielded a ball in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the ALDS, and before throwing it to first for...[+] the out, he kissed the ball. Several Oakland Athletics were upset and vowing for revenge.
• 10/8 Baseball Musings: A Kiss is Just a Kiss: I can’t believe people are getting so worked up over Al Alburquerque kissing a baseball. If you don’t want someone...
• 10/7 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Use Unconventional Scoring To Top A’s, Take 2-0 Series Lead: Tigers 5, Athletics 4 (box score) For as much as Game 1 went according to script – Justin Verlander mowed down A’s hitters...
• 10/7 Baseball Musings: Power Against Power: Oakland has men on first and third with two out in the top of the ninth. Coco Crisp raced down to first on a grounder to prevent...
• 10/2 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes (expanded big gulp edition): Now with infinitely more Shanty Hogan mentions! Astros 3, @Cubs 0: Houston’s last back-to-back shutouts of 4 hits or less...
• 10/1 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Top Royals, Celebrate AL Central Championship: Tigers 6, Royals 3 (box score) Like a stubborn husband who found himself in the wrong neighborhood and refused to ask for directions...

• 9/27 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Survive Royals, Grab Sole Possession of First Place: Tigers 5, Royals 4 (box score) When I wrote that Jim Leyland should keep Rick Porcello on a short leash, I never anti**** that...
• 9/26 Motor City Bengals: Jim Leyland Should Have Rick Porcello On A Short Leash Tonight: The Tigers were able to pull into a tie for the division lead with their win on Tuesday night, but, while that might be cause...
• 9/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Won't overuse Al Alburquerque: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is careful not to overwork RP Al Alburquerque down the stretch. Alburquerque and RP Brayan...[+] Villarreal are not available in relief Monday, Sept. 24, after both relievers threw Sunday, Sept. 23. Alburquerque has a 0.00 ERA in his last five appearances, and he's allowed three hits and five walks while striking out 12 in 9 1/3 innings over that time. 'He did terrific, there's no question about that,' Leyland said. 'The thing with Alburquerque is, for the rest of this season and spring training…. Let him continue to get back where he can settle in where you're not worried about him getting hurt. It doesn't mean he won't, but at least you feel more comfortable with it.'
• 9/24 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes – irrelevancy edition: Indians 15, @Royals 4: Deja Vin all over again. The game was still close when Vin Mazzaro entered. Four batters and no outs...
• 9/24 Mastersball.com: LABR FAAB Report: Week of September 24: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly LABR FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as well...
• 9/23 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Suffer Doubleheader Sweep In Pathetic Fashion: Twins 10, Tigers 4 (box score) Twins 2, Tigers 1 (10 innings) (box score) Well, this series didn’t end the way I would have...
• 9/18 High Heat Stats: Stupid stuff from Monday’s games: Orioles 10, @Mariners 4: It’s the first time any team has scored 10+ runs at Safeco Field since 2011-08-30. The total of...
• 9/5 WahoosOnFirst: Justin Masterson Strong as Indians Beat Tigers 3-2: Justin Masterson came through with a solid outing and the Tribe got just enough against Rick Porcello Tuesday night as the Indians...
• 9/4 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 22: Last Week: 3-3 This Week:  CLE (9/3-5); at LAA (9/7-9) So, What Happened? If...
• 9/1 Motor City Bengals: September Call Ups As Expected: With the rosters expanding today, the Tigers called up 6 players to help them down the stretch in September. While none of the...

• 8/27 Eye On the Tigers: Tigers September Call-up Options: On Saturday, September 1st, ML rosters can expand to include anyone from the 40-man roster.  Here’s my take on the...
• 8/23 MLBTradeRumors: Padres Claim Thad Weber: The Padres claimed right-hander Thad Weber from Detroit, according to Brian Britten of the Tigers (on Twitter). The Tigers reinstated...
• 8/20 Motor City Bengals: September Call Ups? Can anyone really help?: The Tigers philosophy, well, mainly manager Jim Leyland’s, has been to limit September call ups when the rosters expand...
• 8/16 Call to the Pen: Tigers Could Soon See Return of Injured Al Alburquerque: The Detroit Tigers have played the entire 2012 season without a key member of their 2011 AL Central Division Championship club....
• 8/5 Eye On the Tigers: Where Does Al Alburquerque Fit In?: Last year Al Alburquerque came out of nowhere to dominate in the Tigers bullpen with a 1.87 ERA and a 13.92 K/9 in a little over...

• 7/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque begins rehab assignmentDetroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) was sent to Class A Lakeland to begin a rehab assignment Tuesday, July 24....[+] Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) was sent to Class A Lakeland to begin a rehab assignment Tuesday, July 24.
• 7/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque might begin rehab assignment this monthDetroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) might begin a minor-league rehab assignment sometime this month....[+] Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) might begin a minor-league rehab assignment sometime this month.
• 7/7 Motor City Bengals: Live. Arms.: Tigers pitchers struck out 11 last night against the Royals to rise to 699 on the season – good for 3rd in the league behind...

• 6/30 Motor City Bengals: Trade Target: Peter Bourjos (and Maicer Izturis): Last night the Tigers dropped another Verlander start that they needed to win while the White Sox mauled the Yankees to go 5 games...
• 6/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque nears rehab assignment: Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) threw a 35-pitch simulated game in indoor cages at the team's spring training complex...[+] Wednesday, June 27, in Florida. He was expected to throw live batting practice, too, but heavy rains from Tropical Storm Debby changed those plans. The team expects him to need at least two batting practice sessions before he is sent out on a minor-league rehab assignment.
• 6/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque updateDetroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) is throwing from 150 feet and will soon begin a mound progression....[+] Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) is throwing from 150 feet and will soon begin a mound progression.

• 5/7 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE BLEEDING YANKEE BLUE NEWSSTAND V: PAPELBON HAS A HEART?: Jonathan Papelbon feels bad for Mariano Rivera? I'm shocked.I didn't think that guy had a heart. ...

• 4/24 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Royals, Tigers, Humber: Adam Dunn (.916 OPS) and Alex Rios (.934 OPS) are off to strong starts for the 10-6 White Sox. If Dunn and Rios keep this up,...
• 4/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque to 60-day DLDetroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list....[+] Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.

• 3/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque could resume throwing: Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) could be cleared to resume a throwing program during a follow-up exam at the end of...[+] the month which will include a CT scan on his elbow. He hopes to return to action around the All-Star break.
• 3/21 FanSided: Andrew Oliver Falls Back to the Pack: [caption id="attachment_10358" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="February 28, 2012; Lakeland, FL, USA; Detroit Tigers starting...
• 3/20 FanSided: The Tigers Need Another Right-Handed Starter: [caption id="attachment_10347" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Oct 15, 2011; Arlington, TX, USA; Detroit Tigers pitcher...

• 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: 2011 MLB Award Ballots: During the 3rd week of November, Major League Baseball will unveil their Major Award winners, as voted on by the BBWA. This is...
• 2/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque continues rehab: Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) went through rehab exercises at the team's spring training complex Monday, Feb. 13....[+] He will not be ready to return until around July after having offseason elbow surgery.
• 2/9 High Heat Stats: Strand Leaders: The best when you’re in a mess: As a followup to this post, I thought I’d run a few tables of leaders at stranding inherited runners in recent years and...
• 2/5 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Bullpen Still One Man Short: Last year the bullpen in Detroit was extremely ‘top-heavy’. The ERA for the unit as a whole looked bad, but because...

• 1/29 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CANO SHOULD GET USED TO BEING #3: Let’s take a trip down memory lane. Once upon a time, Robinson Cano used to chase balls in the dirt, and ones that sailed...

• 12/30 High Heat Stats: Comparing the 2011 Freshman Class by League: Here's a quick numerical look at the 2011 freshman class.Number of players who debuted in 2011 -- NL 125, AL 123.-- Hitters: NL...
• 12/30 Motor City Bengals: Don’t Count Out Luis Marte For A Bullpen Spot: The recent article on David Pauley here on MCB by Garret Craig got me thinking. No, not about innings and layoffs, and how the...
• 12/19 Motor City Bengals: Al Alburquerque’s Injury Not a Fluke: Note: Pitch data (type and velocity) from Baseball Info Solutions dating back through the 2002 season is available at FanGraphs....
• 12/17 Motor City Bengals: Does The Al Alburquerque Injury Affect The Tigers View On Joel Zumaya?: We reported yesterday that Al Alburquerque is going to have elbow surgery, putting him out until at least the middle of the 2012...
• 12/16 High Heat Stats: Another one bites the dust: Al Alburqurque will miss the first half of next season: Al Alburquerque had a great rookie season but just had surgery and is expected to miss at least the first half of the 2012 season....
• 12/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque undergoes surgery: Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque (elbow) underwent surgery to fix a non-displaced stress fracture in his right elbow, and he...[+] will not be ready for the start of next season. He had a screw inserted into his elbow as part of the procedure.
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals, Tigers Swap Collin Balester For Ryan Perry: The Nationals have traded right-hander Collin Balester to the Tigers in exchange for another right-hander, Ryan Perry.  The...
• 12/8 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers To Sign Octavio Dotel: The Tigers reached an agreement with reliever Octavio Dotel on a one-year deal with an option, tweets Jon Heyman of MLB Network....
• 12/2 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Potential Trade Target: Ramon Ramirez: According to Ken Rosenthal, the San Francisco Giants are shopping relievers Jeremy Affeldt and Ramon Ramirez, with the intention...

• 11/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Food … football … Verlander?: I can’t remember the last time we talked baseball over Thanksgiving dinner. And, this time, we weren’t even reliving the past....
• 11/23 High Heat Stats: Kenley Jansen's MLB-record strikeout rate: Once again, strikeouts hit an all-time high in MLB in 2011. Check out the highest K per 9 innings numbers this past year (minimum...
• 11/21 High Heat Stats: Did Jered Weaver have a better season than Justin Verlander?: Justin Verlander won the AL Cy Young and MVP awards, but one could argue that Jered Weaver had a better year. Now, don't get...
• 11/12 Motor City Bengals: Analyzing The Relief Pitcher Market:   The Tigers of course aren’t in the market for a closer, having Jose Valverde and Joaquin Benoit is enough to give...
• 11/12 Motor City Bengals: What Should Tigers Do With David Pauley?: Given that the Tigers pen in the playoffs didn’t match up well with the Texas Rangers, it is one area in which there could...
• 11/11 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Detroit Tigers: 95-67, 1st place, 15 GA (won ALDS 3-2 over Yankees, lost ALCS 4-2 to Texas)Fragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues...
• 11/5 Baseball Reality Tour: 2011 MLB Award Ballots: During the 3rd week of November, Major League Baseball will unveil their Major Award winners, as voted on by the BBWA. This is...
• 11/5 Motor City Bengals: 10 Intriguing Minor League Free Agents: Motor City Bengals writer Chris Hannum yesterday gave us a list from Baseball America of the Tigers minor league free agents....
• 11/5 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Sign Minor Leaguer Darin Downs: According to a MLBTraderumors post, the Tigers made their first move of the off-season today when they signed minor league free...

• 10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers have openings at second base, the back of the rotation and in the bullpen, but the AL Central champions' core will...
• 10/16 Through The Fence Baseball: “Motown Magic” foiled, Tigers fans already looking forward to next year: The offesason has arrived in Detroit, along with cold weather. The likely Cy Young Award winner and AL batting champion couldn’t...
• 10/15 B-R Blog: Penny for your thoughts, Jim Leyland: Are Joaquin Benoit, Jose Valverde and Al Alburquerque all hurt? There can be no other excuse for Jim Leyland bringing Brad Penny...
• 10/13 mlbreports.com : ALCS Game 4 and NLCS Game 3: MLB Playoffs Recap for Wednesday October 12th:   Thursday October 13, 2011     Jonathan Hacohen (Lead Baseball Columnist - MLB reports):  Going into today, the Rangers...
• 10/12 Baseball Musings: Texas Threat: With two out in the top in the seventh, David Murphy and Yorvit Torrealba single, putting runners on first and second. That’s...
• 10/11 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2011 ALDS Postmortem: Following last year’s loss to the Rangers in the ALCS, I did a wrap-up that looked at the contributions of the individual...
• 10/7 MLBTradeRumors: How The Tigers Acquired Their Newest Additions: A year after finishing with a disappointing .500 record, the Tigers won 95 regular season games and have advanced to the American...
• 10/6 My Pinstripes: Nova Ready To Shine?: I had faith, albeit blind faith, in A.J. Burnett going into Tuesday's make or break Game 4 of the ALDS. Down two games to one,...
• 10/6 Baseball Analytics: Can Fister Expand the Zone vs. the Yankees?: Doug Fister surely hopes that his second ALDS appearance goes more smoothly than the first. Fister, making a quasi-start...
• 10/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2011 ALDS Game 5 Preview | Ivan Nova vs. Doug Fister, the sequel: Matt already previewed Ivan Nova and Doug Fister, tonight’s do-or-die ALDS Game 5 starters, in his preview piece last weekend,...
• 10/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE YANKEES ARE ALIVE!: The Yankees had their backs against the wall and no one was hitting Burnett was to pitch...and all day today, it was the only...
• 10/5 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap Tuesday October 4th: Wednesday October 5, 2011 MLB reports:  While three teams on Tuesday could have moved on to the next series, only one team did....
• 10/4 Baseball Musings: Singles Club: The Yankees get three consecutive singles to start the eighth inning, loading the bases. That bring Jesus Montero to the plate...
• 10/3 Fragile Freddy's: LDS Update: Some quick thoughts on the various Division Series going on this weekend;Tampa Bay (1) – Texas (1)- Seriously, does Tampa...
• 10/2 Baseball Analytics: Did Alburquerque Really Hang a Slider?: Robinson Cano of the New York Yankees hit a grand slam Saturday night off Al Alburquerque of the Detroit Tigers that put game...
• 10/2 Yankees Daily: Cano slams Tigers as Yankees win first Game 9-3: NEW YORK (AP) — No national anthem, all Yankees. Robinson Cano hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, rookie Ivan Nova...
• 10/2 My Pinstripes: Cano and Yankees Have A Blast: I had to admit I was more tense before the continuation of Game 1 than I was before the actual start. Even though Justin Verlander...
• 10/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees win Game 1 of ALDS for third year in a row; pound Tigers 9-3: Game 1 of the 2011 ALDS resumed Saturday night following Friday night’s postponement after 1.5 innings, and it looked like...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Hanging SliderAt Baseball Analytics, I dispute the notion that Al Alburquerque hung his slider on the Robinson Can grand slam. ...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: AL Roundup: The Rangers bats came to life in the fourth inning Saturday night. After not scoring for 12 innings against the Rays in the series,...
• 10/2 B-R Blog: Cano’s slam off Alburquerque a reminder that the playoffs are a whole new season: [And that's why superstitious folks hate to carry a long streak into the postseason....] If you've been to this blog a few times,...
• 10/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Managers put faith in youngsters for ALDS: It was a tumultuous ending to the regular season, particularly in the American League. Boston was ousted handily in one of the...

• 9/30 NY Baseball Digest: Tigers-Yanks Evenly Matched, But Verlander is Why Detroit Will Take Series: The Yankees and Tigers open the ALDS tonight at the Stadium. After two consecutive years where we have seen the Yanks treat the...
• 9/29 Baseball Musings: ALDS Preview Tigers Versus Yankees: The Detroit Tigers take on the New York Yankees starting Friday night in The Bronx. The Yankees finished 97-65, first in the AL...
• 9/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2011 ALDS Preview, Part 2 | Yankees vs. Tigers | Overall Team Numbers: Please see Part 1 of our ALDS preview here. Starting Friday night at 8:37pm at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees and Tigers square off...
• 9/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: A Quick Look at the Detroit Tigers: After all is said and done with the regular season, the Yankees have drawn the Detroit Tigers as their first round opponent...
• 9/11 B-R Blog: Random recap for Saturday, 9/10/11: [A couple of playoff races heated up tonight. I'd hoped to post this at 12:13 a.m., but tennis and the Michigan-Notre Dame thriller...

• 8/19 Future Closers: Unsettled AL Closer Jobs for 2012: After taking a look at the NL on Monday, here is a look at the potential AL closer openings for 2012. First off the potential...
• 8/13 Motor City Bengals: In Recalling Perry, Tigers Leave Catching Situation UnaddressedWhile the injury sustained by Detroit Tigers rookie Al Alburquerque last night … [visit site to read more]...
• 8/5 B-R Blog: Random Recap for Thursday 8/4: [Rounding up the day's action while still pondering the scoring of Brendan Ryan's "infield triple"....] -- Cliff Lee became the...

• 7/30 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Acquire Doug Fister, David Pauley: The Tigers added pitching today, acquiring starter Doug Fister and reliever David Pauley from the Mariners for third baseman...
• 7/23 Motor City Bengals: Al Alburquerque, Slider Machine: When Al Alburquerque signed with the Tigers this off season, everyone probably thought “oh, here we go again, another Dave...
• 7/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Tigers Game 97:   10:18PM EDT: Make it three straight as Coco Crisp goes down on a ball in the dirt, throw to first gets him game over. The...
• 7/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers: Rick Knapp the last to go?: Having reached the mid-point of the 2011 season in Major League Baseball, teams are beginning their mid-season evaluations. With...
• 7/2 B-R Blog: Random Recap for Friday, July 1: [A bit late, but here are notes on a few of the Friday games that closed up before my eyelids did. With a big "thanks" to Andy...
• 7/1 Motor City Bengals: Al Alburquerque Disabled, Carlos Guillen Moves to Toledo: The Detroit Tigers announced a couple of moves today involving injured players. First, as you’ve probably already heard,...

• 6/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Al Alburquerque: The best pitcher you’ve never heard of: He’s got a slider like the 2008 housing market. A sick, filthy, nasty slider. Couple that with a fastball in the 98-mph range,...
• 6/23 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Leyland, Inge, Perry, Alburquerque: The Tigers are 9th in MLB with 330 runs scored, but they haven't been as successful at preventing their opponents from scoring....
• 6/19 B-R Blog: Record pace for Al Alburquerque: Al Alburquerque is currently on pace to break Eric Gagne's records for batting average and slugging average allowed in a season...
• 6/13 MLBTradeRumors: Prospects Dealt In July Of 2009: Aaron Poreda being designated for assignment prompted me to wonder what's become of all the notable prospects dealt in July...
• 6/13 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: June 13, 2011: Jemile Weeks $27. Other bids: $16, $15, $12, $11, $8, $6, $5, $5.I profiled Weeks on Friday. He's been terrific thus far,...
• 6/10 Motor City Bengals: Rapid Reactions: Tigers Can’t Scratch Out Enough Offense, Fall to M’s: Mariners 3, Tigers 2 (box score) Brad Penny gave the ball club a pretty good start — 7.0 IP with only three runs allowed...
• 6/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers: The good, the bad and the ugly: What are the Detroit Tigers? Are they good? Or are they bad? As we approach the 60-game mark of the 2011 season, fans are still...
• 6/2 Motor City Bengals: Al Alburquerque on Pace for Historic Season: The Tigers bullpen has been pretty good of late. Part of that, as far as I can tell, is due to the removal of both Brad Thomas...

• 5/30 Baseball Musings: Al’s K Line: The Tigers defeat the Twins 6-5 on the strength of the bullpen. Both starters went six innings, giving up five runs, but the Detroit...
• 5/25 COSFBA: Fantasy Baseball News and Notes from May 24th, 2011: Here are some fantasy baseball tidbits I picked up from games played on May 24th, 2011: SP Jorge de la Rosa, COL has a complete...
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Al Alburquerque earns relief win: Detroit Tigers RP Al Alburquerque struck out one batter in two-thirds of an inning of relief Tuesday, May 24, against the Tampa...[+] Bay Rays to earn his first major league victory.
• 5/18 Baseball Happenings: Series Preview - Detroit Tigers: Pitchers:Wednesday – Clay Buchholz (4-3, 3.94) vs. Phil Coke (1-5, 4.54)Thursday – Josh Beckett (3-1, 1.75) vs. Justin Verlander...
• 5/18 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Rain Rain Go Away: Because the Detroit Tigers game against the Toronto Blue Jays was rained out this evening, I had more free time than usual. I...
• 5/16 Motor City Bengals: At the Quarter Pole: Tigers’ Bullpen Providing Little Relief: Earlier today, Zac offered up grades on the Detroit Tigers starting pitchers. Later on, Matt, Chris, and Jay will chime in with...
• 5/12 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Rene Tosoni: Bottom 2: Rene Tosoni called out on strikes against Phil Coke Bottom 4: Tosoni struck out swinging against...
• 5/12 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - AL/NL Only Leagues: J.J. Hardy is healthy and returned to the Orioles this week. (Getty)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under...
• 5/6 Bus League Baseball: Welcome to the Show: Recap For March 31-May 4: We’ve been keeping track of major league debuts here this season, sort of an extension of the “Now Batting For” and “Now...
• 5/2 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Drop Seventh Straight: I don’t have the patience to hash out the details of this game. The end result is what I have come to expect from the Tigers...
• 5/1 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Lou Marson: Once again, extra innings make a sombrero possible Bottom 3: Lou Marson called out on strikes against Rick...

• 4/29 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Jack Cust: You know things are bad when the Mariners are about to give up on you… Top 1: Jack Cust called out on...
• 4/27 Motor City Bengals: Rapid Reactions: Tigers Forget They’re Facing Mariners: Mariners 10, Tigers 1 (box) The Mariners have scored seven or more runs four times this year. Three of those games were against...
• 4/21 Bus League Baseball: Welcome to the Show: Major League Debuts From April 14-20: When I started doing these updates a few weeks ago, I had no idea what to expect. After the rush of opening weekend’s Rule...
• 4/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Tigers @ A’s Game 16: 2:28PM PDT: Paul from Hayward gets the “Ask Glen and Ray” question and asks (and I kid you not) “what is a crooked...
• 4/17 Mastersball.com: From the Clubhouse (4/14): The Tigers Take Route 66: Things were low-key Thrusday, when the Tigers met the Athletics at the McAfee Coliseum to begin a seven game home stand for the...
• 4/16 Baseball Musings: New Name: Al Alburquerque made his major league debut Friday night, and Bless You Boys was impressed: KEY STAT The excellent pitching line...