Jose Miguel (Torres) Cabrera
(twitter: @MiguelCabrera)
Positions: First Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 240 lb.
Born: April 18, 1983 in Maracay, Aragua, Venezuela
High School: Maracay (Maracay, VE)
Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 1999.
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Debut: June 20, 2003 (Age 20)
vs. TBD 5 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Marlins 2003-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2015, 8 yrs/$152.3M (08-15) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 9.101, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX, previously: Andy Mota,Arn Tellem,Fernando Cuza,Scott Boras [*]
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News -- May 2013
- 5/23 Baseball Musings: Multi Machaco: Manny Machado hit two doubles in his first two plate appearances for his 20th multi-hit game of the season. That makes him the...
- 5/23 Splash Hit Blog: Water Cooler Day Off Talk: My May 23rd All Star Ballot: Earlier I wrote about how you could validate voting for each Giant on the MLB All Star Ballot, now it’s probably an appropriate...
- 5/23 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series Preview #17: Cleveland Indians (26-19) at Boston Red Sox (28-19): Terry Francona returns to another city he once called home as his Cleveland Indians head to Fenway Park to take on the Boston...
- 5/23 Motor City Bengals: Video: Miguel Cabrera Hits Michael Bourn-aided Home Run: Miguel Cabrera doesn’t need good luck to hit home runs or win Triple Crowns, but he got some good luck in the form of Michael...
- 5/23 numberFire: MLB Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 5/23/13: You know it's a night with few games when the only pitcher I truly trust is Ryan Dempster.See More
Ryan Dempster
Rick Porcello
Joe...
- 5/23 BaseballGuys.com: Draft Day Challenge, May 23: Daily baseball is all the rage in the fantasy sports world, so I will be covering the game a couple of times a week here at BaseballGuys.com....
- 5/23 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 22, 2013): Jose Bautista: Jose Bautista went 4-4 with two dingers, four RBIs and a walk as he almost single-handedly willed the Blue Jays to victory yesterday...
- 5/23 Baseballhotcorner.com: Miguel Cabrera Hits Michael Bourn Assisted Home Run: As if Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera needs any help dialling long distance, however that is just what he got courtesy of...
- 5/23 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: He's Back! Ewwbaldo and Rain Curtail Offensive Momentum:
Photo - AP via Yahoo! Sports
I don't think I've ever flip-flopped between wanting a game to restart and not wanting a...
- 5/23 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball, Total Run Series: Third Basemen: We have just passed the quarter pole, so it is high time we look at how players at each position are performing and which ones...
- 5/23 Bush League Chronicle: Video: Michael Bourn's hilarious blooper allows Miguel Cabrera to hit home run: Your browser does not support iframes.Someone cue the Yakety Sax music.Cleveland Indians center fielder Michael Bourn committed...
- 5/23 Indians Baseball Insider: Indians fall to Detroit 11-7, Tigers sweep two-game series: Just as the rain fell Wednesday night, so did the Tribe Thursday morning.
After nine innings and two rain delays totaling one...
- 5/23 Baseball Musings: Simulating Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera drove in three more runs Wednesday night in a rain delayed 11-7 Tigers win over the Indians. That brings his total...
- 5/23 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Hot Starters to Sell: We are well into the fantasy baseball season and there have been many surprises and breakout players through the first More......
- 5/23 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Rally Falls a Few Drops Short; Tigers 11, Indians 7: In what amounted to a rain-drenched slugfest, the Tigers left town with a two game sweep after an 11-7 win over the Indians Wednesday...
- 5/22 Bush League Chronicle: Video: Miguel Cabrera narrowly avoids screaming foul ball: Your browser does not support iframes.Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera suffered a scary brush Tuesday night.The moment came...
- 5/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Cabrera At It Again:
Once again, Miguel Cabrera is far and away the best hitter in baseball
Last year, Miguel Cabrera became the first man...
- 5/22 Seedlings to Stars: Top-5 Check In: Detroit Tigers: Now that we’re more than a month in to the 2013 minor league season, it’s a good time to check in on how the top prospects...
- 5/22 numberFire: Man on Fire: Tampa Bay Rays 3B Evan Longoria: Your fantasy team might not be able to trade for him, but I certainly wouldn't sell him, either.See More
Evan Longoria
Miguel...
- 5/22 Baseballhotcorner.com: Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera Almost Decked With Foul Ball: Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera almost lost a battle with a screaming foul ball off the bat of teammate Matt Tuiasosopo. Cabrera...
- 5/22 Seattle Sports Daily: Five Losses (maybe) Worse Than the Seattle Mariners: As a sports fan, the spiral towards abject misery is a gradual one. It begins with a simple loss. The closer blows a lead or the...
- 5/22 Beyond the Scorecard: Early Season Notes, Both Good and Bad: HITTING WITH RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITIONThis chart shows the top 10 in baseball (minimum 20 plate appearances) when there are...
- 5/22 numberFire: MLB Daily Fantasy Helper: Wednesday 5/22/13: Yes, Francisco Liriano is still in the majors. And his 30 percent strikeout rate means he's a top option today.See More
Francisco...
- 5/22 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 21, 2013): Mike Trout: Mike Trout hit for the cycle last night, becoming the youngest American Leaguer in history to do so. Which is cool. MVP standings...
- 5/22 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Red Hot Tribe Run Into Superb Scherzer:
Some nights, you can't do much. There's always things you can do differently. There's always things that could have went your...
- 5/22 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #44: Tigers 5, Indians 1: Corey Kluber vs. Tigers: Round 2
By coincidence, the same two pitching matchups from the first series between Detroit and...
- 5/22 Indians Baseball Insider: Tigers, Scherzer silence Indians bats as Tribe falls 5-1: There would be no walk-off magic at Progressive Field on Tuesday night, but rather a tamed Tiger at the center of the diamond.
Detroit...
- 5/21 Baseball News Source: Max Scherzer Stifles Indians, K’s 7 in 5-1 Victory: Detroit Tigers starter Max Scherzer stifled the AL Central leading Indians offense in a 5-1 victory on Tuesday night. Backed by...
- 5/21 Baseball Musings: Simulating Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera came to the plate five times tonight, hitting a home run and driving in two runs. That gives him 49 RBI in 43 games....
- 5/21 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Sherzer Snaps Tribe’s Streak; Tigers 5, Indians 1: The Indians bats were dominated by Detroit pitcher Max Scherzer (6-0) on Tuesday night, as the Tribe breaks their five game winning...
- 5/21 Motor City Bengals: Max Scherzer Dominates as Detroit Tigers Top Tribe 5-1: I shouldn’t say that the Detroit Tigers’ 5-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night pulled them to within 1.5 games...
- 5/21 Baseball Musings: Another Cabrera Connection: Miguel Cabrera hit his 12th home run of the season in the top of the sixth to break a 1-1 tie between Detroit and Cleveland. The...
- 5/21 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series Preview #16: Detroit Tigers (23-19) at Cleveland Indians (26-17): The attention of the baseball world returns to the corner of Carnegie and Ontario in downtown Cleveland as the blazing hot Indians...
- 5/21 Monkey with a Halo: Mike Trout and the sophomore slump that wasn't:
As the baseball world focuses their hearts and minds on the greatness that is reigning AL MVP and Triple Crown adorned...
- 5/21 Billy-Ball.com: Four+ RBI Gamers: There have been 109 times this season when a player has had a 4+ RBI Game Players with multiple 4+ RBI Games in 2013 Rk Player...
- 5/21 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 20, 2013): Patrick Corbin: While Yan Gomes had 2 home runs (including the game-winner) and Clayton Kershaw also had a 9-inning complete game, but Patrick...
- 5/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BARRY BONDS SHOULD STOP YAPPING:
This is what Barry Bonds told USA Today's Bob Nightengale when talking about Miguel Cabrera. Now, the way Nighengale sets...
- 5/21 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Lunch Links: Miguel Cabrera is Good at Baseball: A New Low For Miguel Cabrera – Fangraphs And Cabrera didn’t just club three ordinary dingers. According to the ESPN Home...
- 5/21 numberFire: The Stats Geek's 2013 MLB All-Star Ballot: AL: Dustin Pedroia over Robinson Cano is just one of the surprises from our current stats-based ASG ballot.See More
Chris Davis
Dustin...
- 5/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Time Travel: 2014′s First Round Draft PicksI’m in one league where less than an month into the season and a couple of owners blew up their More......
- 5/20 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Angels Looking to Keep it Going Against Seattle: The Los Angeles Angels have won two games in a row after splitting a four game series with the Chicago White Sox at home. Sunday’s...
- 5/20 KC Kingdom: AL Central Update – 5/20/13: Cleveland Indians On Fire And In First: The AL Central has spread itself out just a bit in the past week, due mainly to the Cleveland Indians being red hot and a couple...
- 5/20 mlbreports.com : MLB Team Power Rankings: Week 7: Like us on Facebook here Monday May.20/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): The Rangers are #1 again based...
- 5/20 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – May 20, 2013: The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast today was recorded waiting for a van, sitting in an airport and on a plane. And all the while...
- 5/20 Baseball Musings: Simulating Cabrera: Last season, in trying to estimate Miguel Cabrera‘s chances of winning the triple crown, I wrote a script to simulate his...
- 5/20 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 19, 2013): Miguel Cabrera: I believe John Kruk spoke for all of us when he declared that Miguel Cabrera is just better than everyone else. It certainly was...
- 5/20 mlbreports.com : Current Top 5 MLB Home Run Leaders in the AL + NL: Home Runs Hit May 19th: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, May.20, 2013 DH on our home site pages – Stands for Daily HR Hitters in the Majors. We...
- 5/20 Billy-Ball.com: 2013 Multiple homers in a game hitters: Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the 3rd, and added solo shots in the 5th and the 8th against the Texas Rangers, as he...
- 5/20 Billy-Ball.com: Tigers with three-homer games: No Tiger has ever hit four homers in a game, but Cecil Fielder is a three-time three-homer hitter and now Miguel Cabrera has done...
- 5/20 Billy-Ball.com: Miguel Cabrera perfect at the plate with 3 homers, 5 RBI and 4 runs scored: Against the Rangers, Miguel Cabrera went 4-4 with three homers, five RBI and four runs scored. Too bad he couldn’t pitch...
- 5/20 Billy-Ball.com: Miggy now tied for 100th on the all-time homer list: Miguel Cabrera moved into a three-way tie for 100th on all-time home run list when he hit the 332nd of his career. He is now tied...
- 5/20 We Talk Fantasy Sports: We want Moore. Like, you really like it. You want Moore: Matt Moore moved to 8-0 in 9 starts this season as the Rays swept the Orioles this weekend at Camden Yards. Moore lasted...
- 5/20 Beyond the Scorecard: 5/19/13 Box Score Ephemera: All the news that's fit to print about the games of Sunday, May 19th, 2013. Be sure to check out my compendium of baseball's errors,...
- 5/20 Full Spectrum Baseball: A Whole New Ball Game: Minor League Baseball in the Chicagoland area is nearing the start of the 2013 season. That can only mean that summer is approaching...
- 5/20 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Fall Below .500 Versus Non-Astros Teams: The Detroit Tigers, after losing to the Texas Rangers on Sunday despite a three homer day by Miguel Cabrera, stand at 23-19 on...
- 5/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Brandon McCarthy vs. Keith Law—Live On Twitter: An entertaining and extended Twitter fight went into the early morning hours (EST) between Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon McCarthy...
- 5/20 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week 8: With one quarter of the season behind us, the rankings are finally taking shape. With a huge week, Carlos Gonzalez moves up...
- 5/20 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Monday: May 20, 2013:
What a blah day of picking! With the rain-out of the Yankees - Blue Jays game and what would have surely been a correct pick,...
- 5/20 Nolan Writin': Video Game Rangers Beat Video Game Tigers, 11-8: Last season’s American League MVP Miguel Cabrera stole the show with a 3-HR performance, but it was the Rangers who bested...
- 5/20 Swingin' A's: Oakland Athletics Emerging From the Darkness: Since their hot start, the A’s have had a rough few weeks. They were 12-4, and ended up falling as far as two games under...
- 5/20 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 49 Observations: Part Two:
Rangers 11, Tigers 8
Miguel Cabrera:
It's a shame Cabrera's performance had to come in a losing effort for Detroit, but...
- 5/20 Baseball News Source: Miguel Cabrera Hits 3 Home Runs In Tigers Loss: Miguel Cabrera hammered three home runs and had five RBI in a 11-8 loss to the Texas Rangers in Arlington. Cabrera was 4-for-4...
- 5/20 Tyler's Think Tank: The First Place(?) Yankees:
This was supposed to be the year the Yankees tumbled from their perch atop the American League East. They were too old,...
- 5/20 Baseball Musings: Losing Power: Miguel Cabrera hit his third home run of the game in the eighth inning, but the Tigers are now batting in the ninth trailing 11-8....
- 5/19 Baseball Musings: Oh Those Intentional Base on Balls: Miguel Cabrera came up with men on first and second and two out in the sixth. When he got ahead in the count, Ron Washington elected...
- 5/19 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera: Trade Bait?: Miguel Cabrera just hit an opposite-field home run 441 feet. This is not something normal ball players do. This is not something...
- 5/19 Baseball Musings: Quite a Poke: Miguel Cabrera just went deep for the Tigers, his three run shot in the top of the third inning giving Detroit a 3-1 lead over...
- 5/19 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 18, 2013): Joey Votto: Joey Votto had six plate appearances yesterday. He reached base six times. 4 hits, 2 walks, a HR and a comparatively unimpressive...
- 5/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Oswaldo Arcia leads new trend in Twins baseball: There’s a brand new slugger from Venezuela on the horizon these days, and he resides at, of all places, Target Field...
- 5/19 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #41: Indians 5, Mariners 4: Player of the Game: Mark Reynolds (2-for-5 with a HR, 3 RBI and the game’s winning hit)
The Leadoff
Less than...
- 5/18 Seattle Sports Daily: Time to Pack Your Bags, Jesus: The realization that Jesus Montero is not a major league catcher isn’t likely just now forming in your head. While I wrote...
- 5/18 BaseballGuys.com: Fantasy Beat – An Evening With Jeff Mans: With Trevor Ray away, Justin ‘Fensty’ Fensterman called upon Jeff Mans from FantasyAlarm.com to join him on this weeks...
- 5/18 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 17, 2013): Aramis Ramirez: Aramis Ramirez had 6 RBIs yesterday, but the Brewers lost, so I guess he’s now eligible for a “I won the MVP of Yesterday...
- 5/18 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #40: Mariners 3, Indians 6: Ladies and gentlemen, something special is brewing in Cleveland. With each dramatic win, the Indians are giving fans more...
- 5/18 Detroit Athletic Company: Where does Cabrera rank among Tiger greats?: As if to say “How you like me now?” or “See, I told you so,” Miguel Cabrera is off to a red-hot start...
- 5/17 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 16, 2013): Will Middlebrooks: Will Middlebrooks had only one hit yesterday, but it was a big one: a 8th-inning double that brought home three runs to put the...
- 5/17 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed Leagues and AL/NL Only:
Oswaldo Arcia is impressing in Minnesota. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "Under the Radar"
...
- 5/17 Venom Strikes: Q & A Session with Ehsan Kassim of Marlin Maniac: Recently, I had the chance to get some thoughts from Ehsan Kassim, the Editor at Marlin Maniac regarding the Fish. The Marlins...
- 5/16 El Maquino: ALLEN CRAIG IS GOOD, BUT HE’S ALSO PRETTY LUCKY: > Left-hander Jonathon Niese came into today’s start against the Cardinals with a 5.93 ERA; and Mike Matheny reasonably...
- 5/16 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 15, 2013): Shin-Soo Choo: Yesterday’s MVP? Shin-Soo Choo of the Reds, who went 4-5 with 2 HR and 3 RBIs in Cincinnati’s win against the Marlins...
- 5/16 Billy-Ball.com: 20+ RBI guys: There are 68 players with at least 20 RBI so far this season. There are 13 over 30 so far this season Rk Player RBI Tm 1 Miguel...
- 5/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Slow Starts I'm Not Worried About (AL): Victor Martinez (.215/.272/.306)
The Bad: V-Mart has looked very rusty after missing all of 2012 with a torn ACL. Martinez didn't...
- 5/16 Crashburn Alley: So Much for “Clubhouse Atmosphere”: For years, we have heard the importance of a good clubhouse atmosphere, particularly from proponents of old-school baseball (and...
- 5/16 Baseball Press: Benchwarmers vs. Fieldwarmers:
Dee Gordon is moving from a bench role to an everyday starter. (US Presswire)We store a lot of data here at Baseball Press....
- 5/15 Baseballhotcorner.com: Can Baltimore Orioles Slugger Chris Davis Maintain His Hot Start?: Starting last season, Chris Davis has basically come out of no where to become one of the best power hitters in the game. He emerged...
- 5/15 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Manny Machado: So Hot Right Now: We all agree that a two game sweep isn’t a real sweep, right? OK, good. Now that we’re on the same page, let’s...
- 5/15 Baseball Musings: Big Out: Jose Veras walked two Tigers and hit a batter to load the bases in the bottom of the ninth, but got Miguel Cabrera to pop out...
- 5/15 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 14, 2013): Carlos Gonzalez: Carlos Gonzalez had five plate appearances yesterday. He got a hit in all of them, and two of them were homers. This allows him...
- 5/15 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball, Week 7 Tools of the Trade: Holding On Paul Goldschmidt?: TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with...
- 5/15 mlbreports.com : Mark Reynolds And Asdrubal Cabrera: What To Make Of The Club In Cleveland: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday May 15th, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): The Cleveland Indians are off to a hot...
- 5/15 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: May 15, 2013: This Friday, be sure to to enter the “Spring Fling” over at DraftKings. It’s your chance to turn an $11 entry fee into a...
- 5/14 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 13, 2013): Aaron Hicks: Aaron Hicks of the Minnesota Twins had the game of his young career, hitting two home runs and robbing another. MVP Standings,...
- 5/14 Billy-Ball.com: The Butler did it – five times: Billy Butler broke his slump with five hits and five RBI, as the Kansas City Royals beat up the Angels, 11-4. Coming into the...
- 5/14 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Quick Hits: Last night the Tigers rebounded to take the first game of the series with the new AL whipping boy, Houston Astros. In between...
- 5/14 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week 7: I am all in on Josh Donaldson. He is making his debut on the rankings this week at #85 and is only going to move up if the past...
- 5/14 Marlin Maniac: Cincinnati Reds @ Miami Marlins Series Preview: Listen to an Awesome Johnny Bench Interview: The Miami Marlins return home after a disappointing 3-6 mark on their 9 game road trip. The Marlins split a four game series with...
- 5/13 Eye On the Tigers: Should Jhonny Peralta be batting 5th?: It seems like this discussion was going on last year. An underperforming player is hitting 5th while not a great option, but seemingly
...
- 5/13 mlbreports.com : MLB Team Power Rankings: Week 6: Like us on Facebook here Monday May.13/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): The Rangers are #1 again based...
- 5/13 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 12, 2013): Chris Sale: Chris Sale threw a one-hitter against the Angels. Seriously, it seems like everything has been thrown this year EXCEPT a no-hitter....
- 5/13 Indians Baseball Insider: Notes from the Wigwam: Tribe moves into first place: Seven games. Six wins. I don't know about you, but I’ll take that kind of week any day.
With another outstanding week,...
- 5/13 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Tribe Put Tigers On Notice With Series Win:
Indians fever...Be a believer...In the Cleveland....INDIANS!
Photo - AP via Yahoo! Sports
First place say whaaaaat?
You...
- 5/13 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Takes Series in Extras With Late Rallies; Indians 4, Tigers 3: The Indians looked to gain a series victory against the Detroit Tigers on Mother’s Day. On the hill for the Tribe was Zach McAllister...
- 5/12 RoxPile: Mother’s Day, Historically Not So Happy For Rockies: Happy Mother’s Day to all those mothers out there who have done so much for all of us. But the second Sunday in May has...
- 5/12 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 11, 2013): Adam Wainwright: Adam Wainwright brought a no-hitter into the 8th in his shut-out victory over the Rockies. This is usually a good way of getting...
- 5/11 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 10, 2013): Shelby MIller: Lots of choices for yesterday- Jon Lester, for example, threw a one-hit, no-walk shutout, and Alex Cobb of the Rays struck out...
- 5/11 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Miller, Lester Toss One-Hitters, Overbay Leads Yankees: St. Louis Cardinals rookie Shelby Miller and Boston Red Sox left-hander Jon Lester both pitched one-hit complete-game shutouts...
- 5/11 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #33: Indians 4, Tigers 10: The Indians came into the Motor City riding a four-game winning streak and coming off a sweep against the A’s. They were...
- 5/11 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 40 Observations: Hitters:
Nationals 7, Cubs 3
Ian Desmond:
Desmond’s
fifth home run of the season broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth inning,...
- 5/11 Indians Baseball Insider: Tigers draw first blood, throttle Indians 10-4: Detroit -- Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera both slugged home runs off Cleveland starter Corey Kluber as...
- 5/10 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series Preview #12: Cleveland Indians (18-14) at Detroit Tigers (19-13): Eyes will be on the Motor City this weekend for a key American League Central matchup between the Tigers of Detroit and the Indians...
- 5/10 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 9, 2013): SCOTT KAZMIR!?!?!: Yesterday, Scott Kazmir through six 5-hit innings, striking out 10. Yes, Scott Kazmir. And for this, resurrecting his career when...
- 5/10 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians @ Detroit Tigers: There is a lot of pressure on the Tigers in 2013. With the arsenal of weapons they have on their current roster, both on the...
- 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers starting rotation is dominating the AL: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Miguel...
- 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Jose Fernandez, Miguel Cabrera shine; David Price declines: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking...
- 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Manny Machado, Mike Napoli continue mashing: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking...
- 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Anibal Sanchez gets K-razy; Anthony Rizzo redeems: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking...
- 5/10 Indians Baseball Insider: Indians vs. Tigers: Previewing the Central Division showdown: All offseason long, Tribe fans heard about that team up north.
Last year the Detroit Tigers were not only the reigning American...
- 5/10 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Matt Snyder Talks Tigers: The Indians and Tigers are set to kick off the first of what should be many emotionally charged and high stakes series in 2013....
- 5/9 District On Deck: Lineups: Nats Gun For Sweep Of Tigers: After last night’s stellar win, the Nationals will look to win their sixth of seven by completing the sweep of this two-game...
- 5/9 District On Deck: Moments That Mattered: He’s Baaaaaack: Source: FanGraphs At least right now, it’s quite fair to say that the Nationals best pitcher is Jordan Zimmermann, and no...
- 5/9 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 7, 2013): Angel Hernandez: Angel Hernandez, Umpire, was instrumental in Cleveland’s victory over Oakland yesterday, somehow missing a call even with...
- 5/9 District On Deck: Zimmermann Dominates Tigers in Nationals Win: Jordan Zimmerman turned in another stellar performance against the fearsome Detroit Tigers lineup, and the Nationals beat...
- 5/9 District On Deck: Zimmermann Tames Tigers As Harper Blasts Off; Nats Win 3-1: The Tigers were averaging 7.4 runs per game in their last ten coming into tonight. Of course, they weren’t facing Jordan...
- 5/8 Baseballhotcorner.com: Miguel Cabrera Makes Web Gem From Seat Of Pants: Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera makes a web gem from the seat of his pants at the hot corner. Cabrera not known for his...
- 5/8 District On Deck: Lineups: Nationals Finally Face Off Against Tigers: After a day off and a rain delay, the Nationals will finally take the field tonight… if the rain holds out, that is. If...
- 5/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers starting rotation is dominating the AL: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Miguel...
- 5/8 Billy-Ball.com: The last 10 games: Tigers, Indians & Padres – LA? Oh, my!: Take a look at the records of MLB teams over the last 10 games. At the top… Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, and Justin Verlander‘s...
- 5/8 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 7): Matt Harvey: Okay, Matt Harvey is the MVP of Yesterday- I mean, if not for a Alex Rios infield-hit he would have had 9 perfect innings (although...
- 5/8 Full Spectrum Baseball: Run For The RawlingsWith the season now a month complete how are the ponies lining up at the one month pole?...
- 5/8 Blog Red Machine: Is Shin-Soo Choo Quietly Becoming The Best Leadoff Hitter in MLB?: There is absolutely nothing like a walk-off home run to boost spirits and inject a high dose of confidence into a team who had...
- 5/8 MLB Injury News: Should Troy Tulowitzki play third base?: First, let's start by saying Chipper Jones is an entertaining follow on Twitter. He watches a lot of baseball (mostly Braves...
- 5/7 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week 6: The biggest riser of the past week is Starling Marte, who has outperformed Andrew McCutchen so far and is one off the league lead...
- 5/7 Billy-Ball.com: AL Home and Road Records: Here’s no surprise: the three teams in the AL leading their divisions, and have the best records in the league, also have...
- 5/7 Billy-Ball.com: NL Home and Road Records: Six NL teams have losing records at home and they all have overall losing records as well. The Padres at .500 but have an overall...
- 5/7 Baseball Analytics: NL Best & Worst Hitters Home & Away: I know it is not a revelation, but there is no National League hitting equivalent of Miguel Cabrera.
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- 5/7 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 6, 2013): Stephen Drew: Yesterday’s MVP was Stephen Drew (beating out, amongst others, Andrelton Simmons), who went 4-5 with a HR and 3 RBIs, including...
- 5/7 Baseball Analytics: AL Best & Worst Hitters Home & Away: Miguel Cabrera is so great a hitter that it simply doesn't matter where he is playing. Miggy is hitting .434 in Detroit and...
- 5/7 mlbreports.com : MLB Top Teams 1 – 30 + (Best 200 Stats of 2013): Like us on Facebook here Monday May.06/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Stats all Prior to May.06th...
- 5/7 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Thought Experiment: Free-for-all Batting Order: A quirky never-going-to-happen (but still fun to think about) rule change was suggested for discussion by a Bill James reader...
- 5/7 Baseballhotcorner.com: Phil Coke On Striking Out Miguel Cabrera: Detroit Tigers reliever Phil Coke recounts a hilarious conversation he had with slugger Miguel Cabrera. Miggy was curious if he...
- 5/7 District On Deck: Series Preview: Nationals Head Home To Tackle Tigers: Winners of four of their last five, the Nationals will begin a short five-game homestand with two games agains the AL Central-leading...
- 5/6 mlbreports.com : MLB Monthly Power Rankings: May 2013 (200 Stats Blog Addition): To Listen to the Full Audio Podcast of the Monthly Rankings – Click Below Like us on Facebook here Monday May.06/2013 By...
- 5/6 BoSox Injection: Sox Ranks in Sabermetrics, Offense Only: One month into the season, a lot of the numbers looked at by the mainstream baseball audience can be misinterpreted and can even...
- 5/6 Motor City Bengals: Tigers’ Victor Martinez Has Been Hitting the Ball Hard, Even if Results Don’t Show it: One of the themes of the Detroit Tigers’ offseason was that getting Victor Martinez back from injury (to replace Delmon Young)...
- 5/6 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Detroit Tigers Pounce on Houston Astros Starters: This weekend the Detroit Tigers outscored the Houston Astros 37-8 in a four game sweep at Minute Maid Ballpark. Detroit...
- 5/6 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 5, 2013): Yu Darvish: Justin Verlander may have had a no-hitter through seven, but Yu Darvish struck out 14 and gave up only 4 hits (although two of...
- 5/6 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #28: Twins 4, Indians 2: Player of the Game: Mike Pelfrey (6 inn. 4 hits 1 ER 1 BB / 7 SO)
The Leadoff
As the old saying goes, all good things must come...
- 5/6 Full Spectrum Baseball: Triple Play: Miguel Cabrera, Mitchell Boggs, Roy Oswalt: In this week’s edition of the Triple Play, we look at the most consistent hitter in the game, a closer banished to the minors...
- 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...
- 5/5 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 4, 2013): Miguel Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera is good at baseball. We all know this, but when he gets 2 HRs and 6 RBIs like he did yesterday in the 17-2 Tigers...
- 5/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Jose Fernandez, Miguel Cabrera shine; David Price declines: Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr....
- 5/5 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Tigers Unload on Astros, Giants Walk-Off On Dodgers Again: Moving to the American League was never going to be easy for the Houston Astros. Houston (8-23) has the worst record in the majors,...
- 5/5 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 34 Observations: Hitters:
Nationals 5, Pirates 4
Ryan Zimmerman:
Looking like
a completely different player in his second game back from...
- 5/5 mlbreports.com : Who Owned Baseball – Updated May.05/2013: Miguel Cabrera had a night so good that even a Sabermetrics fan would have to concede he owned baseball. The Detroit Tigers star...
- 5/5 Motor City Bengals: A Tale of Two Wins: It was a tale of two wins for the Detroit Tigers on Friday and Saturday nights. On Friday, the Tigers could muster up only six...
- 5/4 Baseball Musings: 200 RBI: Miguel Cabrera watches his second home run of the night leave the park in Houston. Photo: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Miguel...
- 5/4 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball, Week 5 Tools Of The Trade: Selling Low On Josh Hamilton?: TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with...
- 5/4 Crashburn Alley: Michael Young’s Historic GIDP Pace: Michael Young grounded into two more double plays last night against the Marlins, bringing his Major League-leading total to nine....
- 5/4 On The Way Home: Guest Post: Current MLB Hitters Headed to the Hall of Fame: Each summer a select few receive baseball’s highest honor: a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In a ... keep...
- 5/2 Tyler's Think Tank: April All-Stars:
I find it ridiculous how MLB opens up its All-Star voting in late April, when some teams are getting snowed out. I understand...
- 5/2 numberFire: MLB Daily Fantasy Helper: Thursday 5/2/13: The Nationals hitting hasn't actually been too scary this season, and we expect Kris Medlen's Ks to regress to the mean.See More
Kris...
- 5/2 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Manny Machado, Mike Napoli continue mashing: Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr....
- 5/2 PaulLebowitz.com: Bashing and Smashing the Real Underachievers—American League: Yesterday I asked why the Mets were being hammered for playing pretty much the way anyone and everyone should’ve expected them...
- 5/2 BoSox Injection: Victorino Hopeful to Return on Friday in Texas: Shane Victorino took batting practice in the cage again Wednesday afternoon and is set to take BP on the field Thursday in what...
- 5/2 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: May 2, 2011: Indians outfielder Shin-Soo Choo is arrested on su**** of driving under the influence in Sheffield Lake, OH. He is already the...
- 5/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Mudcats High on Prospects, Fighting to Reach Top of Standings: After the first month of the Carolina League season, the 2013 Carolina Mudcats are starting to form an identity as a team that...
- 5/1 RoxPile: Morning Links: Rockies News 5/1: The Colorado Rockies play the final game of a tough road trip tonight in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. After a decisive win...
- 5/1 Motor City Bengals: For Detroit Tigers Offense, Home Field Has Been Huge Advantage: There’s been no place like home for the Detrot Tigers who have started the season with a 10-3 record in games played at Comerica...
- 5/1 Baseball Musings: Players of the Month: Chris Davis ends April tied for the MLB lead in RBI due to his impressive power. Photo: Joy R. Absalon-USA TODAY Sports Picking...
- 5/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball - Unanti**** April's: We are just under 30 games into the MLB and Fantasy Baseball seasons but there are already tons of headlines. The Boston...
- 5/1 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week 5: Justin Upton finally takes the top spot this week, as there seems to be no way of slowing him down. David Ortiz makes the biggest...
- 5/1 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Wednesday: May 1, 2013:
Happy May Day! The month of April is in the books and it was a good month here. And it also ended well with a 10-5 day. The...
News -- April 2013
- 4/30 Baseballhotcorner.com: Detroit Tigers Offense Starting to Growl: The Detroit Tigers were scuffling a bit offensively through the early weeks of this season. A combination of solid pitching by...
- 4/29 Motor City Bengals: Prince Fielder Blasts Detroit Tigers Past Twins in Series Opener: Tigers 4, Twins 3 (box score) It looked for a while like it was going to be one of “those” games. “Those”...
- 4/29 Baseballhotcorner.com: Pick Your Poison: Bryce Harper Or Mike Trout: Over the recent years, baseball has been infused with a huge pool full of highly talented youth. However, it seems that two individuals...
- 4/29 Puckett's Pond: Twins at Tigers Series Preview: The Detroit Tigers (13-10) and red-hot Miguel Cabrera will host the Twins for a three game series beginning at 6:08pm tonight....
- 4/29 Billy-Ball.com: Sweeps and more: The Boston Red Sox had no trouble sweeping a four-game set from the Hapless Astros, outscoring them by a 28-10 margin in games...
- 4/29 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Red Sox, Yankees, Tigers, Padres Get Weekend Sweeps: The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees,Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres all got weekend series sweeps as baseball closed in on...
- 4/29 fantasyteamadvice.com: Week 5 fantasy baseball – updated stats – hitting and pitching planner using team ERA and team batting average: For those of our readers who are interested in such things, I present our week 5 hitting and pitching planner. This will be...
- 4/29 Billy-Ball.com: Tweet of the Day: Buster Olney on John Kruk on Miggy Cabrera: Here’s the always great Buster Olney showing some love to John Kruk who “called” Miguel Cabrera‘s 3-0...
- 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...
- 4/28 Tomahawk Take: Braves Sunday Lunch Chop: A quick roundup of Braves news from around the web. Washington Post Medlen struggles for Braves in 7-4 loss to Tigers; Atlanta...
- 4/27 fantasyteamadvice.com: MLB Power Rankings May 2013 – Boston Strong edition: This will be my second go at creating MLB Power Rankings. Relying on no one else but the standings and my own instincts, here...
- 4/27 Motor City Bengals: Rick Porcello Bounces Back, Detroit Tigers Beat Braves 7-4: Tigers 7, Braves 4 (box score) Last time out, Rick Porcello faced a disastrous sequence of events. He nine runs scored in...
- 4/27 Tomahawk Take: Saturday Braves Vs Tigers: The Braves try to regain their pride as they take on the Detriot Tigers in the second game of a three game interleague...
- 4/27 Motor City Bengals: Looking Back At The 2003 Detroit Tigers–Week 4 (3-20): The 2003 Detroit Tigers, the team that quite possibly turned around the fortunes of the franchise, limped through the three...
- 4/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Anibal Sanchez gets K-razy; Anthony Rizzo redeems: Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr....
- 4/26 Baseball Ruminations: Single Tool Players Part 1/3: Power: *If you have not read the introduction to this multi-part series I would suggest that you do so here. I would like to warn any...
- 4/26 Phillies Nation: Writer’s Roundtable: Players Past and Present: Q: Who was your favorite non-Phillies player growing up? And who is your favorite non-Phillie today? Amanda Orr: Ken Griffey,...
- 4/26 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Josh Hamilton’s StrugglesNash, Are you panicking about Josh Hamilton? I ask because I am in need of pitching and was offered Matt More......
- 4/25 The Intelligent Fan: Have We Learned Nothing From ESPN’s First Take?: Apparently looking to capitalize on the heated American League MVP debate (Mike Trout or Miguel Cabrera) from last season, Major...
- 4/25 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball, Week 4 Tools of the Trade: Selling-Low On Giancarlo Stanton?: TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with...
- 4/24 The Baseball Haven: No Runs For You!: Should you take Justin Verlander, David Price, or Felix Hernandez as the first pitcher in your fantasy league? Well, the Mariners...
- 4/24 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated third base rankings for fantasy baseball 2013 – who to buy low and sell high on in season 3B: Often one of the more volatile rankings in fantasy baseball is third base, thanks in large part to the injuries that occur playing...
- 4/24 Baseballhotcorner.com: Jose Valverde Returns for Lead Role in an Old Script: It’s a tried and true TV and movie formula. The aging guy trying to hang on. He’s past his prime but still feeling as though...
- 4/24 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Some Valid Hope to Shock the World:
So we meet again.
Photo - Chuck Crow via Cleveland.com
It has become a little tradition for us to all meet...
- 4/24 Marlin Maniac: Marlins Way: Are the Miami Marlins Going to be Historically Bad?: There has been a lot of chatter that with the slow start for the Miami Marlins that the team might be in contention for being...
- 4/23 mlbreports.com : Avisail Garcia Back To Baseball: Decision Possibly Looming For 4th OF Spot In Motown!: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, April.23/2013 By Matthew Lafave (Tigers Correspondent) The Detroit Tigers young Outfielder...
- 4/23 The Intelligent Fan: Semi-Educated Guesses for the 2013 MLB Season: Every year since the first grade, I have written down my predictions for the upcoming Major League Baseball season. Up until...
- 4/23 KC Kingdom: Series Preview: Royals vs. Tigers: The Kansas City Royals will finish off an eight-game road trip by playing a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers. Here...
- 4/23 Radical Baseball: Melky and Buster, an odd couple. And is that TV money guaranteed?:
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- 4/23 Call to the Pen: MLB’s Real Image Problem: Editor’s Note: Alex Pugliese is an unapologetic New Yorker and obsessed Yankee fan who has been a part of our team at Yanks...
- 4/22 The Bleacher Blues: From Prospect to Independent League: While I was writing my recap for the Virginia Weslyan game. I found out that some of the school’s alum play for a couple...
- 4/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Choo, Miggy, Braden, Mariners: Reds center fielder Shin-Soo Choo has been hit by an incredible nine pitches already, which, combined with a very discerning...
- 4/22 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week 4: The biggest stories of the season so far have been the power outbursts by players who always had the potential, but had not displayed...
- 4/22 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Los Angeles Angels Tame Detroit Tigers: The Los Angeles Angels scored just as many runs in each game, as the Detroit Tigers did in the entire series. After outscoring...
- 4/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Detroit Tigers: Early Season Notes: Without looking at inconvenient facts, the easy answer for the Tigers’ 9-9 start would be the absence of a legitimate closer....
- 4/22 Indians Baseball Insider: Second Thoughts Game #17: Indians 5, Astros 4:
Player of the Game: Mark Reynolds (1-for-3 with the game’s deciding homer and 1 RBI)
The Leadoff
It was a wild one...
- 4/20 Redbird Dugout: Are Craig’s RBI numbers sustainable?: I’ve heard El Maquino, in fact we had a discussion about it tonight, and others claim that Allen Craig‘s RBI pace...
- 4/20 The Baseball Haven: Is Joey Votto Too Patient?: Joey Votto is one of the top players in all of baseball. The 2010 NL MVP was rewarded for his skills last spring when the Reds...
- 4/18 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Can’t Complete Sweep, Drop Finale to Mariners 2-0: Mariners 2, Tigers 0 (box score) You always like the Detroit Tigers’ chances when Justin Verlander is on the mound, and...
- 4/18 fantasyteamadvice.com: Fantasy Baseball 2013 Buy low and Sell high – updated in season rankings for third base (3B): Using these updated in season rankings for third base you will be able to accurately project a players value based on his in season...
- 4/17 Baseball Musings: Mauer and Power: Joe Mauer collected four hits Tuesday night and is now batting .386. His batting average on balls in play stands at a high .455....
- 4/17 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Mauer Leads Twins, Red Sox Pound Indians, Cano Backs Yankees: Joe Mauer had four hits and three RBI in the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-6 at Target Field in Minneapolis. Angel...
- 4/17 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Mariners: Day 16 Observations:
Tigers 6, Mariners 2
Miguel Cabrera: It didn’t
take long for Cabrera to add to his RBI total as he hit a grounder...
- 4/17 TheFantasyFix.com: Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: April 17, 2013: Welcome to another stirring rendition of the daily fix. Today, I will be playing the MLB $1K Moon Shot ($1000 Guaranteed). I hope...
- 4/17 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 16, 2013: Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I ask Is Mike Scioscia‘s job safe? Are the Angels making a stupid lineup decision?...
- 4/17 Seedlings to Stars: Miguel Sano, Eddie Rosario Leading Ft. Myers to Record Start: The Florida State League is known to favor pitchers which makes what Miguel Sano and Eddie Rosario are doing for the Ft. Myers...
- 4/16 Crashburn Alley: Death or Glory: Delmon Young: “Delmon’s going to be as good as Delmon wants to be. He can do whatever he puts his mind to do.” -Anonymous...
- 4/16 Splash Hit Blog: Add Yovani Gallardo to the DUI list: News out of Wisconsin: BREAKING: #Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo arrested for drunk driving. bit.ly/170sTi6 — Drew Olson (@DrewOlsonMKE)...
- 4/15 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 15, 2013: Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I discuss Jackie Robinson Day and ask to pay tribute to Larry Doby, the second pioneer...
- 4/15 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Should Look To Extend Austin Jackson: With the recent extension of Justin Verlander, it has been the assumption of many that the Tigers are now going to turn their...
- 4/15 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week Three: While the fantasy world continues to wait on Mike Trout to show us what he has in store for an encore, Justin Upton continues...
- 4/14 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Athletics: Day 15 Observations:
Tigers 10, Athletics 1
Tigers Bats: In an abhorrent display, Detroit’s lineup absolutely abused
A’s starter Jarrod...
- 4/14 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers take series from Oakland Athletics with a 10-1 drubbing: Tigers 10, Athletics 1 (box score) The top of the lineup continued to mash the ball and set the table for the rest of the red-hot...
- 4/14 Rays Colored Glasses: The Value of Ben Zobrist: When one thinks of the best players in baseball, one likely thinks of players like Miguel Cabrera, Matt Kemp, Albert Pujols, Robinson...
- 4/14 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 14, 2013: Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I review the movie 42. I also look at the famous moment when Pee Wee Reese put his...
- 4/13 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Athletics: Day 13 Observations:
Tigers 7, Athletics 3
Prince Fielder: It didn’t
take long for Fielder to continue on with his red-hot ways at the...
- 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...
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- 4/13 Baseballhotcorner.com: Ten Funny Statistics From This MLB Season: Ten surprising statistics to start the 2013 MLB Season: 1. If on March 30th I took Gio Gonzalez and Clayton Kershaw in HR derby...
- 4/12 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 12, 2013: I recorded today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast in the parking lot of Trader Joe’s. Don’t ask....
- 4/12 Billy-Ball.com: Nine to Know: Stories you should be talking about: At Wrigley Field, the Giants overcame a 5-0 Cubs lead to defeat Chicago, 7-6. The five-run deficit win was the first since...
- 4/12 We Talk Fantasy Sports: The Athletics Sweep and Thursday’s Box Scores: The po**** story from Thursday was the Dodger-Padres brawl, as Zack Greinke broke his collarbone and Matt Kemp and Carlos Quentin...
- 4/12 Baseball News Source: “Speedy” Miguel Cabrera, Tigers Cruise To Victory: Detroit Tigers fans, don’t be confused. The game was not played in rapid speed, nor was it even close. But what did happen...
- 4/11 TheLeadoffWalk: Blue Jays vs. Tigers: Day 11 Observations:
Tigers 11, Blue Jays 1
Prince Fielder: What more is there to say about Prince Fielder? He continues to impress
on...
- 4/11 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: When Will Giancarlo Stanton Be Traded?: The Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton hit 93 home runs in his first 371 games, leading MLB in slugging percentage last year as a 22-year-old....
- 4/11 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Wade Davis Gets 1st Win; Billy Butler, Jeff Franoeur Homer: On a cold, wet, Wednesday night in Kansas City, the leaders in the American League Central stretched their early season divisional...
- 4/11 Baseballhotcorner.com: Toronto Blue Jays Manager Pushes All The Right Buttons In Victory: The first 8 days of the Toronto Blue Jays 2013 regular season has provided fans with a roller-coaster ride of emotions. That...
- 4/11 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Stats Leaders – April 10: Small sample sizes are fun. We can speculate until our faces turn blue, and when we turn out to be wrong, we can blame it on the...
- 4/10 Baseballhotcorner.com: Detroit Tigers Flex Muscles In Series Opener With Toronto Blue Jays: Greatness. Sometimes you expect to see it and even when you do, it’s still amazing when something happens that reminds you of...
- 4/9 Baseball News Source: Anibal Sanchez, Miguel Cabrera Lead Tigers To Victory: On a wet, stormy day in the Detroit metro area, Comerica Park fans were entertained with some blasts of their own. Led by an...
- 4/9 Baseball Musings: The Battle of the Cabreras: Melky and Miguel Cabrera went toe-to-toe Tuesday afternoon as the Blue Jays took on the Tigers in Detroit. The Melk Man hit three...
- 4/9 Jays Journal: Detroit Tigers Add To Toronto Blue Jays’ Misery In Loss: With the return of Jose Bautista to the line-up after a three-game absence, Tuesday’s match-up against the Detroit Tigers...
- 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...
- 4/9 TheLeadoffWalk: Blue Jays vs. Tigers: Day Nine Observations:
Tigers 7, Blue Jays 3
Miguel Cabrera: Against a low
slider from Blue Jays starter Brandon Morrow, Cabrera hit an...
- 4/9 Jays Journal: Blue Jays/Tigers Preview: 4/9/2013: The Toronto Blue Jays and the Detroit Tigers were able to get well acquainted this spring, as the teams split four exhibition...
- 4/9 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: Bad Tigers DHs, Not Taking Playoffs For Granted, and Cabrera Gives Back: Tigers DHs: The sad history – Bless You Boys Early on the Tigers used the DH as the pasture to which famed 1960s-era...
- 4/8 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 30 Players, 30 Teams - Detroit Tigers:
In this series, we are going to spotlight one player on each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams. However, we won't be highlighting...
- 4/8 Vigilante Baseball : Called Shots: Week One: It’s strange how one week of meaningful baseball games can change perceptions that were built up over months of preparing for...
- 4/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: Why Do The Tigers Own The Yankees?:
The Detroit Tigers own the New York Yankees. There’s really no way around it. Detroit swept New York in the American...
- 4/7 Climbing Tal's Hill: Join Us For Bloggers Night at the Park!: What the Heck, Bobby? writer Jayne and Tales from the Juice Box writer Terri are organizing a Bloggers Night at Minute Maid Park...
- 4/7 Justin Jabs: OOTP 14 takes a stellar product and makes it better: Please Note: The following is a look at a preview copy of OOTP 14. What I write here may not fully reflect the final version,...
- 4/7 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Greg Holland’s 3 Walks In 9th Spell Doom: Greg Holland’s control has been his foible as a pitcher and may lead to his eventual downfall as the closer for the Kansas...
- 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 TheLeadoffWalk: Yankees vs. Tigers, Cardinals vs. Giants, Angels vs. Rangers: Day Six Observations:
Tigers 8, Yankees 4
Miguel Cabrera: In addition to his four hits, one of which was a double, Cabrera
knocked in 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...
- 4/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tigers 8, Yankees 4: Well, that wasn’t fun: I was going to do a good news/bad news feature for this recap but there wasn't a lot of good news today. I guess the fact that...
- 4/5 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Who’d you Rather: Daniel Murphy or Omar Infante?: Admittedly, when you’re thinking of sexy names to put on your fantasy team, Daniel Murphy and Omar Infante don’t exactly...
- 4/5 SoDo Mojo: Morse off to “Beastly” Start in his M’s Return: As it stands, the Mariners are 2-2 heading into their weekend series with the White Sox. And that seems like a perfect representation...
- 4/5 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Use Three Home Runs To Blast Past Yankees 8-3 On Opening Day: Starting pitcher Doug Fister wasn’t particularly sharp today – he mostly labored through five innings while allowing three...
- 4/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tigers 8, Yankees 3: So much for the reprieve: Before you even think it, no it's not just like last October. The team is different. The lineup is different. The year is different....
- 4/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: Will History Repeat Itself For Detroit Tigers?: Well…..in baseball it’s amazing how things seldom go as expected. Or history repeats itself. The Detroit Tigers dropped...
- 4/5 Diamond Ring: The Royals Will Hit Better: Gordon Beckham hates Lorenzo Cain. He skewered two of Cain's hotly-hit line drives, one of which could have contributed...
- 4/5 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Tigers (4/5-4/7): The 2013 season is underway and the start for the New York Yankees has not been as pleasant as everyone expected. Even though...
- 4/4 Twins Rubes: Grading the Three New Arms: The Minnesota Twins accomplished a feat today that hasn’t been done in Minnesota since the fall of 2010. They won the rubber...
- 4/4 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Twins: Day Four Recap and Observations:
Twins 8, Tigers 2
Aaron Hicks: It took three games, but rookie Aaron Hicks finally recorded his first career base...
- 4/4 Seedlings to Stars: 2013 Seedlings to Stars Top Prospects: #11-20: We’re almost to the end (or beginning, depending on your perspective) of our rankings of this year’s top prospects. It’s...
- 4/4 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Game 3 Lineup: Don Kelly To Start In Left Field, Bat 6th: Fans weren’t necessarily happy with how Jim Leyland managed the ninth inning yesterday – in particular his leaving Phil Coke...
- 4/3 TheLeadoffWalk: Day Three Recap and Observations: Tigers vs. Twins:
Twins
3, Tigers 2
Phil Coke: Ahem. Coke’s second opportunity as
Detroit’s closer didn’t go nearly as well...
- 4/3 StoopSports.com: No Doubt, Mike Trout: Jake Reiser- The reigning AL Rookie of the Year Mike Trout has a whole career ahead of him, but this season proves the most pivotal...
- 4/3 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers To Use Same Lineup For Game Two: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Actually, we pretty much have know that this will be the lineup versus right-handed...
- 4/3 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 MLB Staff Predictions: Nationals Favorite at the Fix: So it took a little longer than expected, but here are the staff predictions for the 2013 MLB season. The Fix staff favors the...
- 4/3 Motor City Bengals: Guest Post: Call in the Closer: a Grandmother’s Love of the Detroit Tigers: The following heartfelt story is a guest post submitted by reader Ben Axelrad. I’d like to tell a story about my grandmother,...
- 4/3 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for April 3: At this point, you might be saying to yourself, “Why am I reading this?” Bare with me. We’ll get it figured...
- 4/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Anatomy Of An Opening Day Win: “Welcome to the Big Leagues, Mr. Hicks!” The sun was out and the thermometer was low in Minnesota but the defending American...
- 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 mlbreports.com : Justin Verlander Makes Good On His 1st Start After Signing His Recent 5 Year Extension: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, April.2/2013 By Matthew Lafave (Tigers Correspondent) And there was much rejoicing. No worries,...
- 4/2 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball: Week 1 Tools of the Trade: TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade...
- 4/2 Red Sox Maineiacs: Brandon's 2013 MLB Predictions: I’m a couple days late with these, but here we go:
AL East
Tampa Bay - With a full season of Evan Longoria, the...
- 4/2 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Who’d you Rather: Daniel Murphy or Omar Infante?: Admittedly, when you’re thinking of sexy names to put on your fantasy team, Daniel Murphy and Omar Infante don’t exactly...
- 4/2 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: DH Rankings, Cold Opening Days, and Animal Rights: Comparing AL Central Designated Hitters – Tigers in Words The interesting thing about the Tigers is going to be when they...
- 4/2 Fire Brand of the American League: Being Nice to Cafardo…As Much As Possible: Nick Cafardo filed a more traditional column this week, and his opinions are kept to a minimum. Of course, when we discover his...
- 4/1 The Captain's Blog: 2013 Season Preview and Predictions: American League Edition: American League East Toronto Blue Jays: Much of the focus has been on the talented players GM Alex Anthopoulos acquired in the...
- 4/1 Twins Rubes: Game 1 Notebook: Tigers 4, Twins 2: An Opening Day comeback attempt came up short this afternoon, as the Detroit Tigers held on for a 4-2 victory at Target Field....
- 4/1 StanGraphs: Baseball Is About Tradition and Not Math, Nerds: I’m so sick of all this talk about how we should be reading and studying and understanding why baseball players... Continue...
- 4/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: 2013 MLB Award Predictions : AL MVP - Albert PujolsIt was only a few years ago that this guy was the most feared hitter in the MLB and I think he'll bounce...
- 4/1 KC Kingdom: Royals Season Preview: What We Know: It’s Opening Day! Not only will we all get a fix of real, meaningful baseball today but we will also feature our last set...
- 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 Puckett's Pond: Twins-Tigers Series Preview: The Tigers are coming off a World Series sweep at the hands of the Giants, but the Twins nearly tied the 2012 season series, losing...
- 4/1 Rays Colored Glasses: A Look at the Some of the Rays on ESPN’s Top 500: Recently, ESPN unveiled their list of the top 500 players in baseball, according to their rankings. The rankings were compiled...
- 4/1 BoSox Injection: 2013 Season Preview: Prediction season is once again upon us. Here at BSI, we will be partaking in the festivities as well, with each writer posting...
- 4/1 Motor City Bengals: MLB Opening Week Series Preview: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins: Monday, April 1 – 4:10 PM (TV: Fox Sports Detroit) Justin Verlander vs. Vance Worley (RHP) Vance Worley was acquired by...
News -- March 2013
- 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 StanGraphs: 2013 AL Awards Preview: Most Valuable Player Award: Yoenis Cespedes, OF, Oakland Athletics Yoenis the Menace! We’re wasting no time jumping on the...
- 3/29 fantasyteamadvice.com: Final mock draft of 2013 – 8 team H2H points league – Yahoo fantasy baseball: For my final mock draft of the season, I went ahead and parti**** in an 8 team, H2H points based mock over at Yahoo. I had the...
- 3/29 KC Kingdom: AL Central Predictions: Every spring, it is always fun to make pointless and meaningless predictions on the outcome of the upcoming baseball season. Regardless...
- 3/28 Call to the Pen: Got To Go With Detroit in Central: Although the Detroit Tigers were picked apart in the World Series by the San Francisco Giants in 2012 and their closer situation...
- 3/28 TheFantasyFix.com: How To Do A Snake Draft: A Flow Chart: If you have a draft coming up this weekend and you have no idea what to do, I have the answer for you. The answer is the image...
- 3/28 For Baseball Junkies: Baseball Junkies: Annual Predictions (Part 2): Continuing on with our predictions, today we're taking a look at player predictions. Last year's player predictions...
- 3/27 The Baseball Continuum: 2013 MLB Preview part 2: 162 Things Guaranteed to Happen in the 2013 MLB Season (Part 1): What’s going to happen in this, the 2013 Major League Baseball Season? Well, I have 162 ideas- ranging from the serious...
- 3/27 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Predictions and Useless Guesses: I did this last year and it was interesting, as they were mostly useless guesses as opposed to valuable predictions. However,...
- 3/27 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: Former Tigers, Jim Leyland’s Future, and Don Kelly’s Opt-out Clause: The Cutoff Man is a daily feature that brings you fresh Detroit Tigers content from around the internet each morning. Phil Coke’s...
- 3/26 StanGraphs: 2013 AL Central Preview: 1. Detroit Tigers We correctly predicted the utter slam dunk that was the Tigers wrapping up the AL Central a year ago, and we’re...
- 3/26 Motor City Bengals: Your Very Probable Opening Day Tigers: This morning, the Detroit Tigers made a flurry of announcements concerning their 2013 roster. As of today, we finally have a short-term...
- 3/26 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins Downed Early Against Detroit Tigers, 6,3: Wade LeBlanc took the hill for Miami yesterday afternoon and promptly fell into a 3-0 hole the Marlins offense would not overcome....
- 3/26 Billy-Ball.com: Night Moves: Which teams had the most success in night games in 2012? 2012 Records in night games Rk W-L% W L 1 SFG .629 61 36 2 WSN .617 66...
- 3/26 Mets Merized: Prospect Pulse: Exclusive First Look At Outfield Prospect Vicente Lupo: Vicente Lupo, OF Bats: R Throws: R Height: 6’ Weight: 180 lb. Position: Outfield Age: 19 ETA: 2016 MMO Top Prospect Rank:...
- 3/26 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB 2013 Preview: Breaking down the American League Central division:
The Detroit Tigers, powered by the bats of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder and the arm of ace Justin Verlander, comfortably...
- 3/25 Baseballhotcorner.com: Justin Verlander: Tiger for Life?: Justin Verlander says he won’t engage in contract talks with the Tigers during the regular season, reports CBS Sports’...
- 3/25 Blog Red Machine: 2013 Cincinnati Reds Preview: The Infield: Well, ladies and gentlemen, we are officially inside the one week mark. In 7 long, drawn out days, our Cincinnati Reds will be...
- 3/25 Marlin Maniac: MM Weekly Recap: Kyle Skipworth to backup Rob Brantly?: With the injury to backup catcher Jeff Mathis at the beginning of spring training, the door was opened for former top prospect...
- 3/24 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: American League Award Predictions: Predictions are fun. In March and April, anyone worth their weight in stubby pencils and blog ink will make preseason predictions. ...
- 3/24 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Mid-Round Draft Advice: Look for XBH: Last year, Miguel Cabrera led the league in extra-base hits in 2012 with 84. Robinson Cano followed him with 82.In third place?...
- 3/24 Tyler's Think Tank: AL Central Preview: 1st Place--Detroit Tigers
2012 Record: 88-74
2012 Pythagorean: 87-75
2013 Projected: 92-70
The reigning American League champs...
- 3/22 Baseballhotcorner.com: Tuiasosopo a Name to Watch in 2013: Does the name Tuiasosopo sound familiar to you? If you follow sports at all, it should: Ronaiah Tuiasosopo was the perpetrator...
- 3/22 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Detroit Tigers: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
- 3/22 fantasyteamadvice.com: Top 100 fantasy baseball Outfielder Rankings and Projections – Free MLB Draft Kit 2013 (OF): These rankings were updated March 22nd, 2013 Rank Name POS Team R HR RBI SB AVG 1 Mike Trout OF LAA 142 33 85 58 0.306 2 Ryan...
- 3/22 fantasyteamadvice.com: Who to draft with the second overall pick in 2013 fantasy baseball? Roster expectations from the second slot in the draft: Have the second overall pick in your 10 team fantasy baseball draft? This is an ideal position to be drafting from, obviously,...
- 3/22 Baseballhotcorner.com: What Happens When Jim Leyland Gets Punched in the Face?: The Detroit Tigers are positioned well for the 2013 season to sustain their run of two consecutive AL Central titles and...
- 3/22 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins: If Giancarlo Stanton Feels Lonely Maybe Miguel Cabrera Can Help: Giancarlo Stanton comes into his fourth big league season as a 23-year old and feeling lonely. Gone are the plethora of major...
- 3/22 Through The Fence Baseball: It’s that time of year: 2013 MLB award predictions: Spring training is a time for predicting the future, so with that in mind here are my MLB award predictions for the coming season....
- 3/22 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Top 50 Outfielders: In the vast majority of fantasy baseball drafts this season, the first player selected is going to be an outfielder. While...
- 3/21 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Detroit Tigers: Could Prince Fielder succeed as the Tigers lead-off hitter? Photo: Derick Hingle-USA TODAY Sports The series on team offense continues...
- 3/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Chasing RibbiesI want to share three thoughts and one piece of trivia on the subject of runs batted in. Being one More......
- 3/20 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Miggy Being Manny - A Comparison of Sluggers:
During his prime, Manny Ramirez was a spectacle to behold at the plate. Often referred to as the best right-handed hitter...
- 3/20 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Major League Digest Fantasy Baseball 2013: Third Base Rankings: by Adam JenkinsMLDigest Fantasy EditorNote: This article part of a series of player rankings for the upcoming MLB fantasy baseball...
- 3/20 Baseballhotcorner.com: Detroit Tigers 2013 Season Preview: The 2012 season ended in utter disappointment for the Detroit Tigers, as they saw their chance for a World Series pennant swept...
- 3/19 Baseball Jerks: Eddie Waitkus Was No Roy Hobbs, Just a Good First Baseman: Ruth Ann Steinhagen, the Cubs fanatic who shot Eddie Waitkus in 1949, died late last year. While that’s not much of a story...
- 3/19 Mets Merized: The Problem With the Aggregate Approach to Offense: One of my favorite sci-fi flicks is Star Trek: First Contact. The first 20 minutes are some of the greatest deep-space action...
- 3/19 mlbreports.com : What Will It Take For Bryce Harper To Be An NL MVP This Year?: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, Mar. 19/2013 By David Huzzard (Nationals Correspondent via Citizens of Natstown.com –...
- 3/19 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rain Doesn’t Agree With David Price, Fernando Rodney’s Good Luck Plantain, Tuesday Lineups: The Rays were off on Monday, and that was a stroke of luck as rain caused torrid field conditions that were not fun for the players...
- 3/19 District On Deck: Spring Training Game 23 Recap: Washington Nationals 1, Detroit Tigers 5: Spring Training often brings mixed feelings and it is quite a hypocritical time. You don’t care if your team wins or loses,...
- 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the first (1st) overall pick in 2013 fantasy baseball – ESPN – 10 team – H2H – each category: Almost everyone dreams of getting the first pick in their fantasy drafts, and hopefully if you find yourself reading this article...
- 3/18 North and South of Royal Brougham: Spring Synopsis: Mariners to win 111 games: The M’s have put together a decent spring, and even after yesterday’s loss they find themselves at 11- 5. It’s easy to get...
- 3/18 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Major League Digest Fantasy Baseball 2013: Catcher Rankings: by Adam JenkinsMLDigest Fantasy EditorNote: This article is part of a series of player rankings for the upcoming MLB fantasy baseball...
- 3/18 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Not Among Worst Traders: Charlie Wilmoth at MLBtraderumors has put together a list (and a poll) of the most lopsided trades in recent baseball history....
- 3/18 District On Deck: Preview And Lineups: Spring Training Game 23 | Detroit Tigers @ Washington Nationals: Whenever somebody points out Spring Training records as if they mean something, all you need to do is show them today’s...
- 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: Watch For Venezuela To Compete In WBC: World Baseball Classic play moves to the Americas; watch for Venezuela to compete. With all eyes on Spring Training in Florida...
- 3/18 The High Phive: Questions Linger for Halladay After Early Exit: After battling injuries, inconsistency and a decline in velocity in 2012, the health and performance of Roy Halladay were one...
- 3/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Stressed over your First Round pick? You can relax.: My grammie would always say, “If I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard that a 100 times.” And you’re...
- 3/17 Motor City Bengals: What Will Torii Hunter Bring to the Tigers?: As Spring Training enters into it’s “dog days”, the story lines have crystallized – fifth starter competition,...
- 3/17 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Pedro Alvarez vs Todd Frazier - Who Would You Rather Have?: Todd Frazier is one of the biggest sleepers of the 2013 Fantasy Baseball season. Playing in a lineup that features Joey...
- 3/16 Baseball Press: Dr. Lineup: Spring Training Lineup Notes:
Valdespin is a likely candidate to bat leadoff for the Mets in 2013. (US Presswire)With spring training in full swing and almost...
- 3/16 Baseball Musings: Spring Training: Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers: Final Score: 4-2 Tigers over the Blue Jays The modern field and beautiful berm of Joker Marchant Stadium belie the extensive history...
- 3/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: How much to spend per player in an 8 team auction league draft over at Yahoo for 2013 fantasy baseball: It is always tough to gauge how much is too much per player, and many times it will depend on a multitude of factors including...
- 3/15 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Same Face, New Place - Outfield: So many valuable fantasy outfielders have traded in the old cap for a new one. Some guys will have to live up to the pressure...
- 3/15 We Talk Fantasy Sports: ESPN Fantasy Baseball ADP Mock Draft: Understanding Average Draft Position is a key element to a great draft. You may feel that other people have players ranked...
- 3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Simple Sabermetrics: OBP and SLGSometimes it’s OK to talk about the basics. I’m playing in a league this year with the a few of More......
- 3/15 The Writer's Journey: Coach Piazza: Since his retirement, future Hall of Famer Mike Piazza has been involved in coach for Team Italy in the World Baseball Classic....
- 3/15 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting for a shallow head to head 8 man fantasy baseball league – Yahoo draft results: Let’s face it, some people enjoy drafting in shallow formats because everyone ends up with a stacked lineup. There is...
- 3/15 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Getz & Giavotella Double Up, Guthrie’s Rocky Start, Lough Still Hot: The Kansas City Royals are still rolling, winning their 15th Spring Training game out of 18 contests. The Royals beat the Cleveland...
- 3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Forecasting your Top-10We have had a pretty solid debate going via our Facebook page about who should go after the first 4 More......
- 3/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Player Profiles: Carlos GonzalezLet me start this one on a bit of a personal note. My cousin is becoming a baseball fan, which More......
- 3/14 Rising Apple: 3/14 Game Recap: Mets Trounced by Tigers 9-1: In this afternoon’s tilt, the Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the first inning without the benefit of a hit, as Dillon Gee channeled...
- 3/14 TheFantasyFix.com: 30 Prospects in 30 Days: Jonathan Singleton – 1B – Houston Astros: Jonathan Singleton was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 8th round of the 2009 draft out of high school. The big lefty...
- 3/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Who’s the number one pick in fantasy baseball this season?: Mike Trout, Ryan Braun, and Miguel Cabrera (in that order) were the top three fantasy baseball players in 2012 according to...
- 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated current auction values prices and results from 10 team ESPN H2H points draft on March 14th, 2013: Ever parti**** in an auction draft? If you have, you know the value of having current auction values at your fingertips, and...
- 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Live fantasy baseball snake draft results from ESPN – H2H Points based league: In my continuing quest for fantasy baseball draft perfection I bring you yet another installment of live fantasy baseball snake...
- 3/13 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Shields’ Mixed Results, Gordon Homers, Perez & Mendoza Return: Is it strange to feel disappointed when the Kansas City Royals lose a Spring Training game? The Royals suffered only their second...
- 3/13 fantasyteamadvice.com: Odds to win the 2013 AL Central title (Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, and Minnesota Twins): The American League Central 2013 edition is expected to be a one horse race with the Detroit Tigers the overwhelming favorites...
- 3/12 fantasyteamadvice.com: American League Central division projections for 2013 MLB – who will win the AL Central this season: The American League Central 2013 edition is expected to be a one horse race with the Detroit Tigers the overwhelming favorites...
- 3/12 numberFire: MLB Fantasy Preview 2013: Top Ten Third Basemen: Why trust David Wright to be a third-round pick when he can't hit line drives with the same frequency?See More
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- 3/12 Kings of Kauffman: Why The Royals Can Beat Detroit: Just like last year, everyone expects Detroit to waltz to an AL central victory. It was far from easy last year, and I tend...
- 3/12 Marlin Maniac: 2013 Marlin Maniac Miami Marlins Season Preview: Interview with Jason Collette of Baseball Prospectus: One of my favorite websites to check out throughout baseball season and the off-season is Baseball Prospectus. Not only is the...
- 3/11 StlSportsMinute.com: St Louis Cardinals: Players have a solid opening weekend at WBC:
It turned out to be a pretty good opening weekend for most St. Louis Cardinal players at the 2013 World Baseball Classic....
- 3/11 RoxPile: World Baseball Classic: Venezuela Eliminated, USA Advances: Team Venezuela defeated Team Spain soundly on Sunday by a final score of 11-6. Unfortunately for them, they had already been eliminated...
- 3/11 Call to the Pen: WBC Recap, March 10: Japan Destroys Netherlands; USA Avoids Elimination: Sunday featured a lot of action at the 2013 World Baseball Classic. The US faced elimination and the possibility to have to re-qualify...
- 3/11 Billy-Ball.com: Nine to Know: 2012 Grand Slams: David Wright‘s grand slam on Saturday enabled Team USA to defeat Italy, 6-2. So far, the most interesting aspect of the...
- 3/11 North and South of Royal Brougham: Spring Synopsis: Mariners to win 111 games: The M’s have put together a decent spring, and even after yesterday’s loss they find themselves at 11- 5. It’s easy to get...
- 3/10 The Baseball Haven: Is WAR Useful for Fantasy Leagues?: Wins Above Replacement, better known as WAR, came to the forefront of MVP balloting last season for many voters. Mike Trout, who,...
- 3/10 District On Deck: Preview And Lineups: Spring Training Game 15 | Washington Nationals @ Detroit Tigers: Today, the Washington Nationals play their first game against a team they didn’t play last season. Today they travel to...
- 3/10 Lasorda's Lair: Why the Dodgers are better than your team: Detroit Tigers: It was 10 years ago that the Tigers went 43 and 119 for a .265 winning percentage. In the modern era (since 1969), it is the worst...
- 3/9 mlbreports.com : The Detroit Tigers Payroll In 2013 And Contracts Going Forward Updated Mar.09/13: Like us on Facebook here March.09/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst / Website Owner): I believe that the Tigers are set...
- 3/9 Camden Depot: 2013 World Baseball Classic: Venezuela: This is the thirteenth in a series to introduce everyone to teams parti**** in 2013's World Baseball Classic. As this series...
- 3/9 Baseball Analytics: Gomes loves lefties; Righties loves Gomes: When you look at the numbers that Jonny Gomes puts up against lefties, you are put into the mindset that the Red Sox...
- 3/9 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings - Top 20 Third Basemen: Coming off a historic season, Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera is clearly the top fantasy third baseman and arguably the top player...
- 3/8 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Further Investigation into the Lack of Quality Middle Infielders: Last weekend, I introduced the Gagne Threshold. I used a variety of criteria to find good middle infielders over the past...
- 3/8 Venom Strikes: Parra and Montero Add To An Already Strong Venezuelan Team: If the World Baseball Classic were to be played on paper, Venezuela would probably take home the championship. The team is stacked...
- 3/8 KC Kingdom: Royal Rivals: Detroit Tigers: Even though Major League Baseball has tried to increase the excitement and hope of franchises by adding another playoff team to...
- 3/8 Baseball News Source: Dominican Republic Rolls Venezuela 9-3 in World Baseball Classic: The Dominican Republic showed off some of their offensive prowess to defeat Venezuela 9-3 in the WBC. Robinson Cano had three...
- 3/8 mlbreports.com : Yoenis Cespedes: While Cuba Misses Their Star in the 2013 WBC- the A’s Slugger Looks to be an A.L. MVP Candidate: Like us on Facebook here Friday March 8th, 2013 Jonathan Hacohen (Lead Baseball Columnist, Oakland A’s Correspondent...
- 3/7 Baseball Jerks: Clash of Titans Weekend in 2013 World Baseball Classic: The World Baseball Classic is in action, with qualifying rounds and several pool games already completed. Much is yet to be determined,...
- 3/7 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Nerdy Baseball Stat Projections: Hitters: Baseball nerds are looking at all kinds of statistics that weren’t listed on the back of a baseball card when we were growing...
- 3/7 Puckett's Pond: WBC Pool C Preview: Dominican Republic The Dominicans feature plenty of major leaguers and a star-studded infield that includes Jose Reyes, Hanley...
- 3/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Mark Teixeira: What Injury Does to 1B’s Fantasy ValueA rough offseason for the Yankees just got rougher, as it was announced that first baseman Mark Teixeira will be More......
- 3/6 Rising Apple: 3/6 Game Recap: Mets Fall to Team Venezuela 14-10 in Wild Affair: Jonathon Niese got the start as the Mets took on Team Venezuela today in Port St. Lucie. Venezuela opened the scoring in the...
- 3/6 New York Mets Report: Jon Niese Tested Today: It’s not the pitching line, but the feel of his pitches this time of year. “I felt good. My stuff was very good,”...
- 3/6 Mets Merized: Niese Couldn’t Get His Curve Over, Still Working On Some Things: It’s not the pitching line, but the feel of his pitches this time of year. “I felt good. My stuff was very good,” Jonathan...
- 3/6 New York Mets Report: Venezuelan Manager Says Johan Santana Is Sad About WBC: Mets fans might remember former Met Luis Sojo for his game-winning hit in Game 5 of the 2000 World Series. He’s now the...
- 3/6 Marlin Maniac: Chris Coghlan, Bryan Petersen Lead Miami Marlins to Comeback Victory over Team Venezuela: The Miami Marlins faced off against former Marlin Miguel Cabrera and his Venezuelan squad on Tuesday night. Even though most people...
- 3/6 Nolan Writin': Is Acquiring Rick Porcello Really Worth It?: Per Adam Rubin, on Monday the Rangers “inquired” about Tigers RHP Rick Porcello, which, logically, was most likely...
- 3/5 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Preseason Prediction #4 – Victor Martinez: It’s hard to tell exactly what to expect from Victor Martinez this year. He’s got two things against him, #1 he missed...
- 3/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: Watch For Venezuela To Compete In WBC: World Baseball Classic play moves to the Americas; watch for Venezuela to compete. With all eyes on Spring Training in Florida...
- 3/5 Marlin Maniac: Latest Giancarlo Stanton News: Including Awing Texiera, TV Apperances, and Trade Rumors: I have grown wary of Giancarlo Stanton trade rumors that have popped up since the Miami Marlins completed their fire sale this...
- 3/5 North and South of Royal Brougham: About Rick Porcello Rumors and the Seattle Mariners Involvement in Rick Porcello Rumors: For the better part of the winter rumors have persisted about the Tigers interest in trading Rick Porcello, and for a far lesser...
- 3/5 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Detroit Tigers: Starting Pitching Key: Justin Verlander It’s easy to say, “pencil Verlander in for 18-24 wins; 240 innings; 250 strikeouts;...
- 3/4 KC Kingdom: When To Get Excited About The Royals: Nine games. That’s how many consecutive Spring Training games the Kansas City Royals have won. Nine meaningless games. There...
- 3/4 MLB Injury News: Marlins rumors: Tigers could be players for Giancarlo Stanton: Everyone expects the Miami Marlins to eventually trade
outfielder Giancarlo Stanton, and when that time comes the Detroit Tigers...
- 3/4 Baseball Musings: Viewing Trout and Cabrera: Joe Posnanski talked to someone in the Oakland Athletics front office about the Miguel Cabrera/Mike Trout MVP debate: Zaidi and...
- 3/4 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Third Base: Below are my third base rankings for 2013.Miguel Cabrera (BA, R, HR, RBI) Adrian Beltre (BA, R, HR, RBI) David...
- 3/4 Kings of Kauffman: Alex Gordon Vs. Billy Butler: From what I have been hearing and reading this spring, my feeling is that Royals fans believe that Alex Gordon is the best overall...
- 3/3 Baseball News Source: Angels’ Mike Trout: “My Time Will Come”: When the Los Angeles Angels renewed American League Rookie of the Year Mike Trout‘s contract on Saturday for $510,000,...
- 3/3 Tyler's Think Tank: 2013 MLB Award Predictions: AL MVP-Robinson Cano
Cano has emerged as the best player on a team of All-Stars and will be expected to carry that aging, banged-up...
- 3/2 Redlegs Review: Reds place 12 players on Sports Illustrated's top 300 list:
The new fantasy baseball season is quickly approaching as team owners continue to do their research before partaking in...
- 3/2 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for March 2, 2013: Some final WBC news before tonight’s games (go here for news from earlier in the day)… after jump. Tonight’s...
- 3/2 StoopSports.com: Pass the Salad: Jesse Dougherty- Prince Fielder‘s first season with the Detroit Tigers was far from a disappointment. After seven years...
- 3/2 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Believe in Spring Training: Spring training brings with it the optimism of a new year. Memories of summer come with the crack of the bat. Prospects get a...
- 3/1 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Preseason Prediction #2 – Justin Verlander: Justin Verlander has been very consistent over the last few years. K% BB% HR% ERA FIP xFIP 2010 23.7% 7.7% 1.5%...
- 3/1 Red Sox Maineiacs: What Has Happened to the Hot Corner?: Barry made a comment about Middlebrooks’ wrist injury under our “What Position Should Xander Bogaerts Play?” post that...
- 3/1 The Baseball Haven: Top 250: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: While I’ve already posted a top 10 fantasy baseball player at each position piece, I figured...
- 3/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Lefties Matt Moore and Jake McGee Struggle Mightily as Tigers Blow Out Rays: Spring training got off to a great start for the Rays as they began 4-1 with their pitchers dominating and their offense always...
News -- February 2013
- 2/28 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 28, 2013: Miss this morning’s WBC news? Go here. For today’s WBC news, go below the jump. First off, bad news on the injury...
- 2/28 mlbreports.com : Justin Morneau And Joe Mauer In 2013: Is Team MNM In Its Last Year?: Like us on Facebook here Thursday February 28, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer): In the last 2 years, the Minnesota...
- 2/28 Billy-Ball.com: From the Bill Chuck Files: Berkman, Braun, Beltre, Price, Matsui and more: Nine to Know The 1988 Cleveland Indians went 78-84 for manager Doc Edwards, despite current Indians manager Terry Francona hitting...
- 2/28 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Preseason Prediction #1 - Miguel Cabrera: What do you predict for someone who just won the Triple Crown? Another one? While Miguel Cabrera has been one of...
- 2/28 KC Kingdom: Royals Mike Moustakas Needs To Show Improvement: As a 23-year old in the major leagues, Mike Moustakas of the Kansas City Royals hit an impressive 55 extra base hits in 2012. ...
- 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central:
Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview. Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
- 2/27 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 27, 2013: If you missed the early news, go here. If you want to see tonight’s WBC news, go below the jump. Here’s MLB Network’s...
- 2/27 mlbreports.com : Todd Helton Should Be Retiring After This Year – But With His Head Held High!: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday February.27, 2013 By Jon Schifferle ( Rockies Correspondent – visit his own personal...
- 2/27 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 top 50 MLB prospects countdown: 20-11: Among last year’s top prospects, several failed to emerge as adequate big-league players when their numbers were called. While...
- 2/27 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Lineup Improves Greatly From 2012: It’s not even March yet. Center field remains vacant for the Texas Rangers, out Josh Hamilton, and the Minnesota Twins, who...
- 2/27 Obstructed View: 2013 Cubs Projections: Starlin Castro: Before we get to Starlin Castro's 2013 Cubs Projections, I wanted to talk a little bit about something else in regard to Castro....
- 2/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What to do with #1 (or even #2)?: The 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit is finally here, which means that your fantasy draft day is quickly approaching. The More......
- 2/27 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central:
Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview. Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
- 2/26 Sports are a Game: Draft Strategy and Rankings Detail: Second Base: The top of the 2nd base mountain is an agreed upon tier. Cano, Pedroia, and Kinsler are all worth candidates. Kinsler's batting...
- 2/26 Motor City Bengals: Can Miguel Cabrera Lead the Tigers to a Championship?: Recent word out of Lakeland is that bullpen vagabond Octavio Dotel questions Miguel Cabrera’s ability to be a “team...
- 2/26 PhoulBallz.com: The Cody Chronicles, Vol. 2: Asche Settling In:
Phillies third base prospect Cody Asche is back once again to share his thoughts directly from inside big league spring training...
- 2/26 Phillies Nation: The Cody Chronicles, Vol. 2: Asche Settling In: Phillies third base prospect Cody Asche is back once again to share his thoughts directly from inside big league spring training...
- 2/26 Call to the Pen: Dontrelle Willis Leaves After Just Seven Pitches: Last July Dontrelle Willis abruptly retired while with the Baltimore Orioles Triple-A affiliate, at least in part over a disagreement...
- 2/26 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers: Spring Training This & That: Spring Training games don’t really matter much. This may be blasphemy to the hard core baseball fans that frequent this...
- 2/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Trout’s WAR Now Stands For “Weight After Rookie”: Mike Trout has gained between 10 and 15 pounds over the winter and is now said to be 241 pounds. According to Trout and the Angels,...
- 2/26 Motor City Bengals: Nick Castellanos, Miguel Cabrera, Kevin Russo Go Deep In Tigers’ Win Over Phillies: We’re all aware that Spring Training numbers are fairly meaningless, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a...
- 2/25 Baseballhotcorner.com: 5 Prospects To Get Excited About: Top 5 prospects I am excited to see…….. Last year was truly a special year for baseball in terms of fans getting to...
- 2/25 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 25, 2013: If you missed the news from earlier today, go here. For the news from the day, go below the jump: To fill Russell Martin‘s...
- 2/25 Reviewing the Brew: Sabermetrics: Corey Hart And The ‘Clutch’ Factor: If you don’t know what sabermetrics is, read “Moneyball”, a fantastic book by Michael Lewis about the renowned...
- 2/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Who's Number One?:
Mike Trout, Ryan Braun, and Miguel Cabrera (in that order) were the top three fantasy baseball players in 2012 according...
- 2/25 Splash Hit Blog: Some of February 25th’s Action in GIFs: Baseball has started early as teams get ready for losing some of their system to the World Baseball Classic. All the seats may...
- 2/25 Sports are a Game: Baseball Draft Strategy: hot and cold players: 2012 was a crazy year for baseball. Miguel Cabrera got the triple crown and yet he had to fight for the MVP award against rookie...
- 2/25 Phillies Nation: Papelbon Gets Shelled, Phils Lose 10-1 to Tigers: Jonathan Papelbon gave up six earned in 2/3 of an inning as the Phillies lost to the Tigers 10-1. The Good For a 10-1 loss, this...
- 2/24 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 24, 2013: If you missed this morning’s WBC news, go here. For some news from during the day, go below the jump. Some notable WBC players...
- 2/24 mlbreports.com : 2013 WBC Group C: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, February 24th, 2013 By Sam Evans (Baseball Writer): Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic,...
- 2/23 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: Who to Draft in Round One if You Don’t Have a Top Three Pick: By Jeff Boggis “The Sultan of Stats” of Fantasy Sports Empires Most fantasy baseball league experts have either Mike Trout,...
- 2/22 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Randomz - Rondell, Bobby Bo, Glenallen, and more: I think about baseball way too much. Often, I find my mind drifting to random baseball-related items. I decided to...
- 2/22 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 22, 2013: Go below the jump for the latest WBC news: MLB Spring Training results today for players who will be in the WBC: Detroit 2, Atlanta...
- 2/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Making fantasy baseball even more fantastic: In this modern world with all of the advances we have made as a society, one area that continues to fall quite short of civility...
- 2/22 Full Spectrum Baseball: Fantasy Forecast: In Florida and Arizona all spring training camps are now kicked into gear. Along with that, Fantasy Baseball leagues are forming...
- 2/22 Baseballhotcorner.com: Baseball’s War Craft: How Much Stock Do You Put In WAR?: A sabermetric statistic which measures each player’s win value is still quite subjected in baseball circles due to...
- 2/22 Fire Brand of the American League: The Cold WARAn attempt to re-visit the true meaning of "wins above replacement."...
- 2/22 WasWatching: Most Solo Homeruns In Baseball Since 2006: Here is the list - Rk Player From To G HR HRtot PA SO BA OBP SLG 1 Prince Fielder 2006 2012 1077 155 258 2495 452 .286 .374 .566...
- 2/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What I like About Fantasy Baseball: Okay, I admit it, fantasy baseball has me completely hooked. That’s probably not much of an admission, since you’re...
- 2/22 Call to the Pen: World Baseball Classic: Pool C is Full of Major League Stars: Pool C features three teams from the Caribbean and one of the big surprises of the tournament in Spain. They earned their way...
- 2/21 The Baseball Continuum: Late WBC News for Feb. 21, 2013: Well, the 28-man rosters have been released… but sadly they aren’t available to the general public yet, since the...
- 2/21 MLBTradeRumors: The Oldest $100MM Players: Even as massive contracts become more and more common, baseball's first $100MM player remains the oldest person to obtain a nine-figure...
- 2/21 Motor City Bengals: Victor Martinez To Start for Detroit Tigers in Friday’s Spring Opener: John Lowe of the Detroit News has provided us with the Detroit Tigers’ starting lineup for Friday’s Grapefruit League opener:...
- 2/21 mlbreports.com : Detroit Tigers Roster in 2013: State Of The Union: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, February. 22/2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Writer): I would never say that a team is a...
- 2/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Will Cameron Maybin ever put together a complete season?Consider me a doubter. Maybin has shown signs he can provide a combination of speed and power that led him More......
- 2/20 Tyler's Think Tank: 13 Bold Predictions for 2013: 1. The Boston Red Sox make the playoffs
Why this is bold: The Red Sox lost 93 games last year and haven't won a postseason game...
- 2/20 mlbreports.com : Top Base Stealers Projected For The 2013 MLB Baseball Season: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday February.20/2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): Workouts for all teams are in full swing...
- 2/20 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: The Prince of Detroit:
Could it be possible that another Tiger could steal the show this year in the American League? With the the return of...
- 2/19 RoxPile: WAR Path: A great article came out this morning on EPSN.com about WAR — Wins Above Replacement. Everyone should definitely go read...
- 2/19 mlbreports.com : Ranking the Top 10 Hitters In The MLB Right Now: Part 1 (1-5): Like us on Facebook here Tuesday February 19th, 2013 By Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer) The best hitters in baseball aren’t...
- 2/19 Baseball Musings: Tenacious Tigers: Chris Iott tries to guess the bottom half of the Tigers lineup. Using the Musings Marcels and the Lineup Analysis Tool, it looks...
- 2/18 MLB Dirt: 2013 MLBDirt Mock Draft Results: On January 27, 2013, I had the pleasure of hosting and taking part in the first annual MLBDirt.com Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft....
- 2/18 The Cardboard Examiner: 1959 TOPPS BASEBALL THRILLS AL KALINE: THIS CARD QUICKENS THE PULSE.ABOUT SAYS IT ALL.THE FRONT PAGEAl Kaline is one of the most underrated Hall of Famers. He...
- 2/17 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Is This Finally the Year of the Tiger?:
Is this finally the year of the Tiger, will the Two-Time defending American League Central Division Champions finally reach...
- 2/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 1 Fantasy Baseball MVP for 2013First off, it may seem like a cop-out, but the top of this year’s fantasy baseball class is completely loaded. More......
- 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 Call to the Pen: Can The Royals Compete in 2013?: The AL Central has long been one of the weakest divisions in baseball, and the Royals have been the worst of the bunch for two...
- 2/15 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey Rated 99 In MLB The Show 13: In just a few weeks, the beloved MLB The Show: 13 video game will be released – bringing joy to baseball fans across the...
- 2/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 3. The AL and NL triple crown category winners: We learned something in 2012. Despite many sabermatricians not being terribly impressed by the Triple Crown stats, they still...
- 2/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: Detroit Tigers Quintin Berry – A Dirtbag?: There is no shortage of big names on the Detroit Tigers. Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera and Justin Verlander may grab the headlines...
- 2/14 Motor City Bengals: The Mike Trout Effect: Guys that can do what Mike Trout did last year are a rarity at any position. Trout played in 139 games, but he ran the bases,...
- 2/14 YankeeAnalysts.com: Regression In 2013: Derek Jeter: At 38 years old, Derek Jeter led all of baseball with 216 hits, 11 more than the MVP winner Miguel Cabrera. He hit .316/.362/.429...
- 2/14 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball Sleepers: Andy Dirks: Plenty of players fly under the radar during the course of an MLB season, many of them rightfully so. Some players simply underachieve,...
- 2/12 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander’s WBC Choice a Wise One: Justin Verlander announced yesterday that he would not parti**** the upcoming World Baseball Classic. While the proclamation was...
- 2/12 District On Deck: District on Deck’s #5 Nationals Prospect: Matt Skole: As we approach the top of the rankings, our beloved injured prospects are becoming a bit rarer. Slugging first/third baseman Matt...
- 2/12 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Outfielders Rankings: The Outfield is where you are going to find the most value. Last season 10 of the top 25, 19 of the top 50 and 36 of the...
- 2/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: Felix Hernandez elbow a reason to balk?: Throughout the offseason, many headlines grabbed our attention. Josh Hamilton goes to the Angels, Justin Upton gets traded to...
- 2/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: Could 2013 be the year of Manny Machado?: Last season, we all got to see something magical happen; something that defied the logic of baseball itself. Mike Trout, at the...
- 2/11 WasWatching: MLB’s Most Valuable Position Players 2009-12: Here is the list: Rk Player WAR/pos From To Age G PA R Pos Tm 1 Ben Zobrist 26.5 2009 2012 28-31 616 2596 355 *49/6837D5 TBR 2...
- 2/10 Redlegs Review: ESPN writer ranks Reds infield as best in the National League:
The Reds are often regarded as boasting one of the top defensive infields in Major League Baseball. And why not? They...
- 2/10 Jays Journal: Team Friendly Contracts Very Friendly: Back in the day on November 12, 2012 the Toronto Blue Jays were still considered a mediocre medium market team. For many years...
- 2/9 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: Whitewater Drafting: The goal for every draft is to be as prepared as possible. For some, it’s memorizing the magazine when we’re in the bathroom....
- 2/8 Redlegs Review: What kind of season can we expect out of Joey Votto?:
The 2012 season didn't go quite as planned for Joey Votto. The Canadian slugger missed a significant portion of the season...
- 2/8 mlbreports.com : Will Jose Bautista Get Back To His Hank Aaron Award Winning Ways in 2013?: Like us on Facebook here Friday, February. 08/2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Intern): Who is Jose Bautista? He is a 32-Year Old,...
- 2/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 8 Geezers over 35 who still have their Giddy UpMike Trout and Bryce Harper led a rookie class in 2012 that could seriously go down as one of the More......
- 2/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Buster Posey Fantasy Baseball: How Good is the Giants’ Backstop?After a gruesome injury ended his 2011 season a little less than two months in, Buster Posey showed what an More......
- 2/7 mlbreports.com : Top HR Hitters Projected For The 2013 MLB Baseball Season: Like us on Facebook here Thursday February 7th, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): 2012 was an exciting year for the long...
- 2/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 9 Guys That Will Give you a Complete LineupAs we continue our countdown to our 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit, I researched 9 guys who will provide you More......
- 2/7 Fire Brand of the American League: Bold Predictions for 2013, Part 3 — The League: The truck has left Boston, and the facilities in Ft. Myers are starting fill up with players eager to prove that 2012 was an aberration....
- 2/7 Southside Showdown: PEDs, DUIs, and The White Sox: The past few weeks haven’t been the most fun to be a baseball fan. Most of the news has either been sanctimonious posturing...
- 2/6 MLB Injury News: Tigers GM Dombrowski Encouraged by Victor Martinez:
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- 2/5 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Detroit Tigers Preview: Last year, the Tigers won back-to-back AL Championships for the first time since joining the division in ’98. By all accounts,...
- 2/4 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Third Basemen Rankings: The hot corner is one loaded with young, risky, talent. Guys like Manny Machado, Brett Lawrie and Mike Moustakas...
- 2/4 Motor City Bengals: How Good (or Bad) Could The 2013 Detroit Tigers Be?: Hope abounds when spring training begins. Every team is undefeated, every player is in the best shape of his life, and every fan...
- 2/4 BoSox Injection: Making Alfredo An “Ace” Again: He was arguably the best pitcher on the 2011 Red Sox. His ability to excel in the swing man role made him a dangerous weapon...
- 2/3 Call to the Pen: Did the Angels Mislead Torii Hunter?: Former All Star and Gold Glove CF Torii Hunter signed a two year deal with the defending American League Champion Detroit Tigers...
- 2/3 Kings of Kauffman: Taming Tigers Will Be Tough: The Detroit Tigers may not be the super-human juggernaut that many analysts believe they are … but they’re pretty **** close....
- 2/3 WasWatching: Prince Fielder, Baseball’s Latest Iron Man: MLB’s Top 25 in Games Played from 2007 through 2012: Rk Player G From To Age PA OPS Pos Tm 1 Prince Fielder 964 2007 2012...
- 2/2 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: 2013 Detroit Tigers Preview from a Minnesota Twins fan: Let's take a look at the competish, shall we? The Detroit Tigers were in the World Series last season. That is pretty...
- 2/2 Eye On the Tigers: Tigers payroll looking ahead: 2014 and beyond: If the Tigers wish to contend beyond their "win now" window of 2011 through 2014, they need to make some moves that sell high...
- 2/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays History: Matt Garza Pitches The Rays’ First No-Hitter: Opening Day is barely two months away for the Rays, and we are all playing the waiting game. We’re staring at our clocks, wishing...
News -- January 2013
- 1/31 Motor City Bengals: Polanco Exodus Revisited: When the Detroit Tigers made the announcement that they weren’t bringing back Placido Polanco, it seemed as though a chasm was...
- 1/31 SoDo Mojo: Which Players in the Seattle Mariners Organization Are Playing in the World Baseball Classic?: Nine players within the Seattle Mariners organization have been invited to play in the World Baseball Classic (WBC). The WBC is...
- 1/30 For Baseball Junkies: Tigers All-Time Team v.2012: Today, we're taking a look at the Tigers All-Time team, version 2012.Last year's inaugural team can be seen here.I would consider...
- 1/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: The big three draft picks in 2013: With January nearly over, we’re almost two months away from opening day and a new season of fantasy baseball. Spring training...
- 1/29 Billy-Ball.com: Oft-Injured Johnson Retires: Contrary to po**** belief, “Oft-injured” is not Nick Johnson‘s first name, it’s just an apt description...
- 1/29 Seedlings to Stars: 2013 Seedlings to Stars Top Prospects: #11-20: We’re almost to the end (or beginning, depending on your perspective) of our rankings of this year’s top prospects. It’s...
- 1/29 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings – Third Basemen: The third base position is as deep, from a fantasy standpoint, as it has been in years. It’s deep enough that if your league...
- 1/29 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Bench Remains Uncertain: As Matt Snyder noted here last week, the Detroit Tigers don’t have much this year in the way of headline-grabbing positional...
- 1/28 Redlegs Review: Ranking the top third basemen in baseball:
by: Chase Fitzgerald
Staff Writer
I made up this list by asking a couple of people to send me their top ten players...
- 1/28 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Hot Stove – Closure on The Closer?: “I totally disagree with people who don’t think you need a closer to win. Most teams that win have a truly dominant...
- 1/27 Baseball Jerks: Who to Draft First Overall in 2013 Fantasy Baseball and Players to Target in Your Draft: By: Jeff Boggis, “The Sultan of Stats” of Fantasy Sports Empires On my first fantasy baseball podcast this season, I opened...
- 1/27 Venom Strikes: What is the Real Reason Why Justin Upton was Traded?: I received the news about The Trade on Thursday at noon EST. My buddy Mike came over to me and asked how much I liked the fact...
- 1/26 Motor City Bengals: Jhonny Peralta Reportedly Working Hard This Offseason, Hopes To Improve Defense: Athletes saying they’re in the “best shape of their lives” while entering preseason training camps has become...
- 1/25 Baseball Analytics: The Fantasy Baseball Diary: Ryan Braun: "Who should be the first pick in fantasy baseball drafts?"
There are three primary candidates for you to consider: Mike Trout,...
- 1/25 Rum Bunter: MLB: The Five Best Position Players 23 And Under: Major League Baseball is always looking for the next superstar, and all 30 clubs have numerous websites dedicated to covering...
- 1/25 Motor City Bengals: State of the Detroit Tiger fandom: The beginning of the year often sees politicians delivering the State of the….whatever. The President, and governors and...
- 1/24 Baseball Analytics: The Fantasy Baseball Diary: Mike Trout: Fantasy owners drafting first overall in 2013 are going to be tasked with answering a very important question, who to take with...
- 1/24 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ 2013 ZiPS Projections Released: Dan Szymborski, creator of the computer generated ZiPS projections, is releasing his projected statistics this year in partnership...
- 1/24 Pinstripe Pundits: The Worst 40 Home Run Seasons of All-Time: 40 home runs. It’s an arbitrary qualification of an elite power hitter. It’s the number that puts a player at the...
- 1/23 Roto Think Tank: Roto Versus Head-to-Head: James from the Carolinas wants to know about the difference between Rotisserie and Head-to-Head formats:Have played Roto for many...
- 1/23 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Payroll Could Exceed $150 Million: Through the 2007 season, the Detroit Tigers had never spent $100 million on any major league roster. Their trade for Miguel Cabrera...
- 1/23 It's About the Money (Stupid): USA vs The Field:
Ever since baseball's removal from the Olympic program, the World Baseball Classic has been filling the void when it comes...
- 1/22 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Have Few Roster Questons Heading into Spring Training: It struck me yesterday, as I was pondering who might (and who might not) win the prestigious position of second utility infielder,...
- 1/22 Billy-Ball.com: In honor of this country’s 44th President: Here are four #44s that have been retired Hank Aaron Braves April 15, 1977 Hank Aaron Brewers October 3, 1976 Reggie Jackson Yankees...
- 1/22 Blog Red Machine: Reds Sign Armando Galarraga to Minor League Deal: This would not be your run of the mill minor league signing if not for one aspect. Get to that in a bit. Jon Heyman tweets that...
- 1/21 The Sports Provocateur: A.L. Central Dream Lineup: Motown's Monsters Drive the Lineup: The American League Central Dream Lineup is led by the Detroit Tigers dynamic duo in the Three and four holes. Each of the...
- 1/20 Behind the Plate: 2013 Bold Predictions Part 2Cliff Lee, 2013 NL [...] ...
- 1/20 The Baseball Haven: Stan Was The Man: When Stan Musial passed away on January 19th, the baseball world lost a special talent and person. Commishioner Bud Selig stated:...
- 1/20 Yanks Go Yard: Should Pettitte Have Said Yes To The World Baseball Classic?: The World Baseball Classic rosters were announced Thursday afternoon by MLB Network as we found all the provisional rosters for...
- 1/20 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: 1st through 20th: Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not...
- 1/19 Fire Brand of the American League: Coming to the Defense of Shane Victorino: Part TwoThe Defense of Shane Victorino: Part Two analyzes Victorino's impact defensively, on the basepaths, and his intangibles. ...
- 1/18 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers To Send Three Players To World Baseball Classic: Provisional rosters were officially announced for the 16 World Baseball Classic qualifying nations yesterday. Included in that...
- 1/17 Motor City Bengals: Are Detroit Tigers’ fans expecting too much from the return of Victor Martinez?: With pitchers and catchers reporting to the gleaming baseball oasis of Lakeland, Florida in less than a month, several questions...
- 1/17 Full Spectrum Baseball: Why Does Baseball Not Respect Team USA Like Basketball Does?: Derek Jeter has been the face of American baseball for nearly two decades. When the World Baseball Classic (WBC) came knocking,...
- 1/17 Rays Colored Glasses: A Mike Morse Trade Never Made Sense for the Rays: With the data for pitchers and catchers to report a little under a month away, baseball fans are anxious for some things to happen....
- 1/16 Baseball Analytics: Hitting #3 makes the world go 'round: New Rangers DH Lance Berkman said he’s comfortable moving back to the No. 3 spot in the lineup, “It’s an interesting spot....
- 1/16 Mets360.com: Mets Card of the Week: 2012 Lucas Duda: 2012 TOPPS CHROME CYAN PRINTING PLATE LUCAS DUDA The concept of serial numbering cards gained mainstream hobby acceptance in the...
- 1/16 Puckett's Pond: Bright Futures: # 5 – Oswaldo Arcia: Interested to see who could be patrolling your favorite team’s field in the next few years? You can read up on “Bright...
- 1/15 Motor City Bengals: Trading Max Scherzer Not That Dumb: Every once in a while I have been known to put a withering critique of columns written for the Detroit News, today I’ll...
- 1/15 Seedlings to Stars: MLB Prospect Mining: 8 (Fairly) Simple Rules — Rule 4: Rule 4: Beware of sluggers with poor plate skills. As we noted in Rule 3 of this series, mining for prospects almost always requires...
- 1/14 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Detroit Tigers May be Haunted by Poor DefenseOnce a week, or so, I think about October 2012, and how my beloved Tigers made it to the World Series once again, only to......
- 1/14 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Positional Analysis: Third Base: The Tigers somewhat problematic 3rd base position took a weird, but substantial turn before the 2012 season began. As we all know,...
- 1/14 Seedlings to Stars: MLB Prospect Mining: 8 (Fairly) Simple Rules — Rule 2: Rule 2: Age discrimination is not only legal, but mandatory (in minor league baseball, that is … don’t get any ideas...
- 1/13 The Baseball Haven: What If Mike Trout Stumbles?: Mike Trout had, possibly, the greatest season that any rookie could have ever had in 2012. Taking into consideration that Trout...
- 1/13 Call to the Pen: Detroit Tigers Will Be Tough Again: The stock-piling of talent goes on for the big-spending Los Angeles Angels and the scrappy Baltimore Orioles and Oakland’s...
- 1/12 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Preview – First Basemen: Let’s face it, when you draft a first baseman, you want power. If you get a good one, you’ll get batting average...
- 1/12 Call to the Pen: Victor Martinez Expected at Full Strength for 2013 Opener: It looks like the Tigers can plan for certain on having its full-time designated hitter back for 2013. According to Jon Morosi...
- 1/11 Roto Think Tank: Bargains and Busts: 2012 A.L. Hitters: 0 0 1 803 4580 Roto Think Tank 38 10 5373 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
- 1/11 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Positional Evaluation: First Base: In the second installment of my series that I guess I have started, I wanted to look at the Tigers organizational outlook on first...
- 1/11 WasWatching: Justin Upton Comps: Here’s one slice at it: Rk Player WAR/pos PA From To Age G R H HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG 1 Miguel Cabrera 17.1 3072 2003...
- 1/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Detroit Tigers Hitting & Pitching Projections: Detroit Tigers – Predicted Finish: First Place, AL Central There’s only one way the Tigers can improve on their 2012...
- 1/11 Bleeding Yankee Blue: I'M READY FOR THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC!:
This year, while everyone waits around for opening day in April, I’m waiting for March 2nd. Because that is the day the...
- 1/10 El Maquino: UNION MAKES ADMIRABLE MOVE TO CORRECT GAME’S BIGGEST PROBLEM: The biggest Baseball story in 2012 was not the debut of either Bryce Harper or Mike Trout. It wasn’t Miguel Cabrera‘s...
- 1/10 Motor City Bengals: Optimizing the Detroit Tigers’ Lineup With The Bill James Projections: The 2013 version of the Detroit Tigers isn’t yet set. There’s uncertainty surrounding the future of Rick Porcello with the...
- 1/9 MLB Injury News: Tigers Need Some Luck in 2013: There are some big questions heading into 2013 for the
Tigers and I think they might need a little luck to get over that last...
- 1/9 Motor City Bengals: Neither Jack Morris Nor Alan Trammell (Nor Anyone Else) Voted Into Hall of Fame: Two longtime Detroit Tigers were on this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot – as they have been for over 10 years each –...
- 1/9 Baseball Analytics: The Fantasy Baseball Diary: Allen Craig:
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After a day of writing and talking with my editor, Bill Chuck, I was going to reward myself by watching an episode...
- 1/9 Swingin' A's: How the A’s Stack Up: Heart of the Order: In the second installment of the “How the A’s Stack Up” series, where I compare the A’s in various facets...
- 1/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: My New Year’s Resolutions for 2013: Happy New Year to all of you who read my column – the casual readers, those lured here by Google searches and even the...
- 1/8 Call to the Pen: Orioles, Tigers, Cubs Discussing Three-Team Trade: Early this morning, Roch Kubato of MASN passed along this nugget: I heard last night that the Tigers and Cubs are discussing a...
- 1/8 Reviewing the Brew: Brewers Fans, Vote for Ryan Braun for MLB 13: The Show: As you probably already know, Ryan Braun wants and needs your support! How you may ask? Well, as Braun has said himself, he wants...
- 1/8 Splash Hit Blog: Voting for Buster Posey Today-Friday, Being Old, and Dallas Incompetencies: There will likely be a brand new vote count by the time I finish this post, but as I type this out, here’s what the standings...
- 1/8 Lasorda's Lair: Vote #MLB13Kemp in the MLB13 Cover Showdown: Voting began today for the MLB13 The Show cover campaign. Matt Kemp is up against six other cover candidates: CC Sabathia, Andrew...
- 1/7 SoDo Mojo: Stanton, Upton, and Ethier Trade Rumors: The Mariners are desperate for bats according to several baseball reporters, and they are already in pursuit of three power hitting...
- 1/7 Halo Hangout: ZiPS Projections And The 2013 Angels: Projection season is upon us. While Fangraphs already has the BABIP inflated Bill James projections along with those done by Fans...
- 1/7 AroundTheFoghorn: Vote For Buster Posey In Playstation’s MLB The Show 13 Video Game: There’s a good chance you know all about Playstation’s annual baseball title, MLB The Show – and you probably...
- 1/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013 Draft Strategy: The Debate for No. 1: Barring some unforeseen circumstances, the top three players drafted in the overwhelming amount of fantasy drafts this season...
- 1/6 Rum Bunter: Does An ‘MLB The Show’ Cover Curse Exist? Is It Safe To Vote Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen?: The MLB The Show Cover Showdown begins this week. Andrew McCutchen would have to be one of the favorites, but he can only win...
- 1/5 Seedlings to Stars: Dontrelle Willis Signs With Cubs: Enigmatic left-hander Dontrelle Willis has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs, according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com....
- 1/5 Tyler's Think Tank: 13 Baseball Players to Watch in 2013: Jacoby Ellsbury
The speedy Red Sox centerfielder is coming off another injury plagued season, but Boston is counting on him...
- 1/4 Motor City Bengals: A Detroit World Series Followed by….?: There’s something fascinating about the construction of a successful baseball team. Look at the gradual transformation of the...
- 1/3 Motor City Bengals: The Time To Extend Verlander Is Now: The Detroit Tigers haven’t been shy about throwing around some money the past couple of years. We all know that. We also...
- 1/3 Fire Brand of the American League: The Highs & Lows of 2012 (Part 1)Taking a look back at the Bottom 5 moments from last year....
- 1/2 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Buster Posey: Over the next few
weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration
cases. I will rely partly on...
- 1/2 Through The Fence Baseball: 13 MLB players to watch in 2013: As we ring in the new year, here are 13 MLB players to watch as we approach the upcoming 2013 season: Jacoby Ellsbury The speedy...
- 1/2 Through The Fence Baseball: 13 players to watch in 2013: As we ring in the new year, here are 13 players to keep an eye on during the 2013 season: Jacoby Ellsbury The speedy Red Sox center...
- 1/1 The Daily Fungo: 2012 Top 10 Stories: #1 – Miguel Cabrera’s Monster Season: How thick is the lens in a pair of Oakley sunglasses? I don’t own the instruments to determine the precise measurement but...
News -- December 2012
- 12/31 Motor City Bengals: Will 2013 Be Better Than 2012 For Detroit Tigers?: The under performance of the Detroit Tigers in the 2012 regular season — or perhaps rather the perceived underperformance...
- 12/31 Marlin Maniac: Five Reasons Giancarlo Stanton Won’t Be Traded: The pipe dream of trade packages for Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton sprung leaks again when MLB Trade Rumors posted that...
- 12/30 Jays Journal: Blue Jays Top 5 of 2012 – #2 The Encarnacion Emergence: With the new year nearly upon us and fans clambering for the beginning of the 2013 season, it is only appropriate to look back...
- 12/30 Motor City Bengals: Boston Writer Says Detroit Tigers Have Best Roster In American League: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe took on the task of ranking the top 10 MLB teams by overall roster quality (as perceived by him)....
- 12/29 MLBTradeRumors: Remaining Free Agent Contact Hitters: With power becoming harder to find, lots of teams are shifting towards a contact-oriented offense. They seek players who can hit...
- 12/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays History: The First Time The Rays Were Ever Above .500 After April: These days, fans are used to the Rays finishing a season with at least 90 wins. But for the franchise’s first ten seasons since...
- 12/28 Redlegs Review: The curious case for Tony Perez:
by: Dan Howard
Staff Writer
OCTOBER 21, 1976 – The Cincinnati Reds, behind Johnny Bench’s two home runs, finish...
- 12/27 The Daily Fungo: 2012 Top 10 Stories: #4 – Tigers Sign Prince Fielder: While Tigers fans were reeling from the news of Victor Martinez‘s season-ending knee injury, owner Mike Ilitch (likely to...
- 12/27 Diamond Ring: The Royals New And Improved Record...Maybe: I've watched with slight growing concern as American League Central teams make deal after deal to improve themselves. I know the...
- 12/26 Tyler's Think Tank: 12 Best Baseball Players of 2012:
Trout was baseball's bast player in 2012 (ESPN)
1. Mike Trout
Unquestionably the most valuable player in baseball this...
- 12/26 Through The Fence Baseball: End of year countdown: Mike Trout atop best-player list in 2012: As the year winds down to its official close next Monday, we shift from season’s greetings to best-of list countdowns. Here’s...
- 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Remaining Free Agent Power Hitters: MLB teams combined for 4,934 total homers in 2012, their most since 2009 (5,042). Power remains a hard-to-find commodity, and...
- 12/24 The Daily Fungo: 2012 Top 10 Stories: #5 – Victor Martinez Lost for Season: About four weeks before the Tigers convened in Lakeland for spring training, the club’s outlook instantly went from brimming...
- 12/23 Baseball Musings: Being Joey Votto: The series on similar players continues with a comparison to Joey Votto. Joey is somewhat unusual, as he owns a high BABIP, but...
- 12/23 Baseball News Source: Anibal Sanchez Reaches Agreement with Tigers: Five Years $80 Million: him Sanchez opted to re-sign with the Tigers instead of the Cubs The Detroit Tigers and free-agent righthander Anibal Sanchez...
- 12/21 The Baseball Haven: Are the Royals Good Enough to “Go for It”?: Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore apparently thinks that his team is good enough to win within the next two years. That has to...
- 12/20 Seedlings to Stars: Marlins Targeted Young Third Baseman: Despite their best efforts to avoid being the laughingstock of the baseball world, the Miami Marlins have largely struggled to...
- 12/18 mlbreports.com : State Of The Union: What Is In Store For The 2013 Chicago White Sox?: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday December 18th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): If I had to describe the 2012 White...
- 12/15 Behind the Plate: 2013 Third Baseman Rankings Does a Triple Crown and MVP guarantee Miguel Cabrera a first place spot in our rankings? &nb [...] ...
- 12/15 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Tigers, Padres, Walker, Webb: The Tigers' re-signing of Anibal Sanchez puts them right there with the Angels as favorites to win the American League in 2013,...
- 12/14 StanGraphs: Free Agent Signing: Anibal Sanchez to the Tigers, Not the Cubs: After getting the chance to be briefly surprised at the Cubs and their shrewd pick-up of Anibal Sanchez, word started getting...
- 12/14 Baseball News Source: Anibal Sanchez Reaches Agreement with Tigers: Five Years $80 Million: him Sanchez opted to re-sign with the Tigers instead of the Cubs The Detroit Tigers and free-agent righthander Anibal Sanchez...
- 12/13 Baseball Musings: Hamilton Joins the Angels: Josh Hamilton signs a five-year, $125 million contract with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: As AL Rookie of the Year Mike Trout...
- 12/13 The Daily Fungo: 2012 Top 10 Stories: #8 The Black Hole at Second Base: Remember when Scott Sizemore was the answer to the Tigers’ second base question? After nearly five seasons of Placido Polanco’s...
- 12/13 The Daily Fungo: Okay, Now It Seems Real: With the Giants’ saturation of the Cardinals complete — and how delicious was that three-games-to-one comeback? —...
- 12/13 The Baseball Haven: Angel in the Outfield: Hamilton Signs for $125 Million: According to ESPN Dallas, free agent outfielder Josh Hamilton signed a five-year, $125 million deal with the Los Angeles Angels...
- 12/13 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Free Agent Target: Scott Van Slyke: Who? SCOTT Van Slyke? Yeah, you’ve never heard of him, so obviously this is not a “big-time” free agent to be...
- 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...
- 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Tigers Will Win the World Series: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
- 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Cabrera Won; Deal with It: by Mike Kravik Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
- 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: CONTRIBUTORS WANTED: by Jon BeckerFirst off, I'd like to thank the readers of MLBRandomFandom for coming back time and time again and hopefully enjoying...
- 12/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Michael Young Phillies: Fantasy Value of Philadelphia’s New InfielderThe hot stove season may be in a bit of a lull at this moment, but some interesting news came More......
- 12/8 Motor City Bengals: Why Would Robinson Cano Give The New York Yankees A Hometown Discount?: A report surfaced today from the New York Daily News (h/t MLB Trade Rumors) that Robinson Cano “could leave the New York Yankees...
- 12/6 mlbreports.com : The Miami Marlins: State Of The Union for 2013 Part 1: The Hitters: Thursday, December.6, 2012 Nicholas Rossoletti (Guest Baseball Writer and Marlins Correspondent): Coming into the 2012 season,...
- 12/6 Motor City Bengals: Who’s The Odd Man Out For The Detroit Tigers In 2013?: Dave Dombrowski and the Detroit Tigers didn’t leave the winter meetings with anything more crossed off their offensive wish...
- 12/5 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Should Win 95+ Games In 2013: I know, I know. We said the same thing last year (and also in 2008) and the team never panned out to be the division dominators...
- 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Rays, Rangers, Indians, D-Backs Talking Trades: 7:46am: The D-backs and Indians have discussed the framework of a deal centering around Cabrera and Trevor Bauer, Anthony Castrovince...
- 12/5 MLB Dirt: 2012 All-Fantasy Team: This is part one of three in a 2012 season’s end report on fantasy baseball. The first installment will be the top overall...
- 12/4 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Alex Rodriguez, R.A. Dickey, Taylor Swift: Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of December 2, 2012 …...
- 12/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera to play in WBCDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera will play for Venezuela in the 2013 World Baseball Classic next spring....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera will play for Venezuela in the 2013 World Baseball Classic next spring.
- 12/3 Baseball Jerks: Mike Napoli Signs with Red Sox, Makes First Splash at Winter Meetings: The MLB Winter Meetings were underway for just a few hours before the Boston Red Sox made the first big move, by signing catcher/first...
- 12/3 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Top Prospects In Review: I often hear from fans that so-and-so (nowadays typically Nick Castellanos and Avisail Garcia) is the Tigers’ future and...
- 12/3 Baseball Musings: Napoli Goes Red: Mike Napoli agreed to a three-year deal with the Red Sox. It is worth $39 million according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. This...
- 12/3 Call to the Pen: Tigers Rumors: Rafael Soriano, Stephen Drew, Asdrubal Cabrera: There have been rumors swirling around the Detroit Tigers all off-season. Since coming to terms with Torii Hunter, rumors have...
- 12/2 Tyler's Think Tank: Longoria Locked Up, Price is Wright:
Earlier this week the Tampa Bay Rays locked up Evan Longoria with a six year, $100 million contract extension that will keep...
- 12/2 Yanks Go Yard: Could the Yankees still trade for Chase Headley?: Back in July, the New York Yankees made somewhat of a push to land third-baseman Chase Headley from the San Diego Padres. Since...
- 12/2 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera Proved His Value At Third Base in 2012: When discussing Miguel Cabrera’s defensive value at third base it’s important to keep in mind the frame of reference. Compared...
News -- November 2012
- 11/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Will your team’s free-agent Match bring eHarmony?: I know haven’t been around much recently, and I sure hope that you haven’t started thinking that it’s something you...
- 11/30 Baseball Jerks: Bonds, Clemens, Sosa Deserve To Be In the Hall of Fame: Hall of Fame voters ahould put away their halos and let them in So here we are. It’s time for Major League Baseball’s Hall...
- 11/29 Yanks Go Yard: Grading the Yankees: Robinson Cano: Robinson Cano is by far the best player on the New York Yankees. In my opinion, this is seen with the eyes and on the stat sheet....
- 11/27 Blog Red Machine: Is It Time to Make “The Move”?: The 2013 season beckons and and I have fought tirelessly to avoid a certain truth that Walt Jocketty must face. You may be surprised to...
- 11/27 Eye On the Tigers: Tigers TV revenue and payroll sustainability: In this edition of Eye on the Tigers, I want to take a look at the projected revenue increase the Tigers are reported to be in...
- 11/27 WahoosOnFirst: Could the Cleveland Indians Trade Terry Francona?: Judging by how fans are talking and how we’re writing here on Wahoo’s on First, it seems the Indians are on the brink of some...
- 11/27 Motor City Bengals: Reviewing The Detroit Tigers Recent Trades: I’m only going to go back a few years here – no need to drag up that Jair Jurrjens giveaway or crow about getting...
- 11/27 Radical Baseball: Cabrera, Granderson, Hamilton, Trout home/road Home Run rates.: (What if) Curtis Granderson and/or Josh Hamilton hit two homers in the final game to pass Cabrera?
That's...
- 11/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton has a chance to be great now: Giancarlo Stanton is the best, most underrated hitter in the National League. There is no doubt he should stay with the Marlins....
- 11/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Does Trading Robinson Cano Make Sense?: For the last three years, according to fWAR, Robinson Cano tied Joey Votto as the third most valuable player in baseball behind...
- 11/25 Behind the Plate: 2013 First Baseman Rankings: Aidan Flynn 5. [...] ...
- 11/23 Radical Baseball: Miguel Cabrera MVP supporters: what if ...: 1. Curtis Granderson and/or Josh Hamilton hit two homers in the final game to pass Cabrera?
2. Chicago White Sox sucked just...
- 11/23 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Going From Pretender to Contender: Nash had originally asked me to add on to his piece about going from pretender to contender in fantasy baseball. More...The post...
- 11/23 Bleeding Yankee Blue: ANALYZING THE TROUT VS. CABRERA MVP VOTE:
I want to preface this with saying that even though I am a Yankees fan, I
am a baseball fan first and can recognize and...
- 11/22 Motor City Bengals: Drews Are Never the Answer, Mr. Dombrowski: In terms of the Tigers’ pursuit of Stephen Drew, Han Solo said it best in “Return of the Jedi”: “I have a really bad feeling...
- 11/22 Motor City Bengals: In Favor of Instant Replay: Armando Galarraga showed potential in 2008, his rookie year, posting a 3.73 ERA in 28 starts. But it has since gone unrealized,...
- 11/21 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Payroll: What it is and what it could be.: Now that the off-season is underway, I would like to take a look at some payroll scenarios for the Tigers in 2013.Based on projected...
- 11/21 MLBRandomFandom: Cabrera Won; Deal with It: by Mike Kravik Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
- 11/20 Call to the Pen: Bowden: Tigers Working to Sign Stephen Drew: The free agent shortstop market is especially weak this off-season, which is why there is a trade market shaping up for established...
- 11/20 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Miguel Cabrera, Twinkies, Jessica Simpson: Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Zach Pennington, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of November...
- 11/20 Tomahawk Take: Your Most Valuable Player Choice Depends How You Define It: What Does Most Valuable Mean? Value is a relative term but it essentially is a measure of worth. That can be monetary worth or ...
- 11/20 Call to the Pen: Diamondbacks Interested in Tigers’ Jhonny Peralta: The Arizona Diamondbacks traded away shortstop Stephen Drew last season and turned the everyday job over to Willie Bloomquist....
- 11/19 Marlin Maniac: The Miami Underdogs: Today while I was at my “able to pay my bills” job, I ran into an ex girlfriend who I dated six years ago. We got...
- 11/19 Tyler's Think Tank: MVP Reaction: The debate between Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera has been raging for months, and by this point it's been analyzed to death....
- 11/19 Kings of Kauffman: Kansas City Baseball Vault: Trades and Tirades: In the wake of the Miguel Cabrera vs. Mike Trout debate, Jeff and Mike responded to the apparent eyes vs. numbers argument put...
- 11/19 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes For November 19, 2012: It’s unclear why the baseball offseason is referred to in such a way. It seems that just as much goes on when games aren’t...
- 11/18 MLBTradeRumors: Silverman's Latest: Greinke, Royals, Rays, Blue Jays: Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski told Michael Silverman of The Boston Herald that he was unsure if he'd be able to acquire Miguel Cabrera...
- 11/18 Yanks Go Yard: Torii To Tigers Brings Trouble For Yankees?: So far, the talk of the free agency has surrounded around the moves the Toronto Blue Jays have made. The Yankees’ division cohorts...
- 11/18 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MARLINS FAILURE: A TAKE FROM A PASSIONATE FAN:
The Marlins entered the 2011 off season with a new stadium and high hopes. They began paying top dollar for aging pieces...
- 11/18 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo's Latest: Blockbuster, Cabrera, Pavano, Grilli: In his Sunday Notes column, Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe says Miguel Cabrera was a worthy MVP winner even if the data supported...
- 11/17 Radical Baseball: Cabrera v. Trout on the road against the other teams.: Sunday, May 22, 2011
Williams v. DiMaggio on the road against the six other teams.
I just started comparing Ted Williams and...
- 11/17 Halo Hangout: Seriously? I Mean, Really?: Surprisingly, it didn’t take long to get over Mike Trout losing the MVP race to Miguel Cabrera. I had been prepared for...
- 11/17 The Captain's Blog: Mike Trout Wins Negro Leagues Museum MVP, Joins a Legacy: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Mike Trout was named MVP after all. Granted, he didn’t...
- 11/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: What Owners can expect from Marlins new prospects: So what can you get these days for your top two starting pitchers, an All-Star shortstop, one of the best More...The post Fantasy...
- 11/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: What Owners can expect from Marlins new prospects: So what can you get these days for your top two starting pitchers, an All-Star shortstop, one of the best More...The post Fantasy...
- 11/17 MLB Injury News: Fun With Numbers: Calculating the MVP: The MVP debate is similar to debates in politics. At least it seems that way this year. There are clearly two sides...
- 11/16 Behind the Plate: MVP Vote: An Excuse for Hypocrisy [...] ...
- 11/16 Radical Baseball: Miguel Cabrera: how good was his triple crown?: BA: .330 Mike Trout .326 1.2%
HR: 44 Josh Hamilton 43 2.3%
RBI: 139 Josh Hamilton...
- 11/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Melky Cabrera Fantasy: What Questions Surround OF with Blue Jays?: The Jays are at it again. Coming off of a huge trade that brought them Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Emilio More...The post Melky...
- 11/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Melky Cabrera Fantasy: What Questions Surround OF with Blue Jays?: The Jays are at it again. Coming off of a huge trade that brought them Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Emilio More...The post Melky...
- 11/16 The Pesky Pole: Cabrera vs Trout:
I weighed in on my vote for MVP a few weeks ago with my ballot. I chose Mike Trout. My father said Miguel Cabrera deserves...
- 11/16 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB Awards Voting Shows Lack of Progress: Over the last few years, it really felt like we were beginning to see a progression in how awards voters picked their winners...
- 11/16 Tomahawk Take: Trout vs. Cabrera, Or How To Evaluate Players: I realize there have been a seemingly infinite amount of posts around the internet comparing Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera during...
- 11/16 PaulLebowitz.com: The Trout vs Cabrera MVP Battle Is Over, But The Argument Rages On: Remember a player named Mike Blowers? He’s a broadcaster now for the Mariners and had a few relatively productive seasons for...
- 11/16 The Captain's Blog: Is 2012 MVP a Lost Battle in Two-Front WAR?: Has sabermetrics lost the WAR? Or, is resistance to the movement’s flagship statistic a two-front battle that is no longer worth...
- 11/16 For Baseball Junkies: Posey and Cabrera Win MVP Awards: Buster Posey and Miguel Cabrera earned MVP honors last night, officially wrapping up the MLB awards season. Here are some notes...
- 11/16 Halo Hangout: Settling For Second: An Unfortunate Mike Trout Story: It was inevitable, really. Progress is being made. Sabermetrics, for the most part, is not quickly and immediately being dismissed...
- 11/16 Radical Baseball: Triple Crown but not MVP: Klein, Gehrig, Williams, Williams.: The gibberish continues this morning about how the batting triple crown (leading the league/conference in home runs (HR), runs...
- 11/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays in MVP Vote, How Marlins Affect Rays Stadium Talks, Rays Covet Wil Myers?: The 2012 Most Valuable Players awards and the NL award passed without much controversy as Buster Posey rolled to the MVP. In the...
- 11/16 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera Gets Undeserved MVP Award: I know, the headline. Just skip to the comment section and rage against me, and nerds, and WAR, and my mother’s basement, and...
- 11/16 Baseball Musings: Fish Story: Two thoughts to wrap up the Miguel Cabrera versus Mike Trout MVP race. I heard Bob Costas suggest that voters may have thought...
- 11/16 mlbreports.com : 2012 American and National League MVP Awards Announced: Friday November 16th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: The final awards have been announced. Both races could have gone either way,...
- 11/16 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera AL Most Valuable Player: If you become baseball’s first triple crown winner in 45 years and your team makes it to the World Series, to me it would...
- 11/16 Call to the Pen: Buster Posey NL Most Valuable Player: By the time he retires, Buster Posey is going to need a 5,000-square-foot trophy room at the rate he is going. Add the National...
- 11/16 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees News: Cano fourth, Jeter seventh in AL MVP voting: The New York Yankees, winners of 95 regular season games, had four players receive votes in the 2012 American League Most Valuable...
- 11/16 MLB Injury News: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey Named MVP in Respective Leagues: The raging debate about whether Miguel Cabrera was the right pick for the American League MVP or not will live on throughout...
- 11/16 Swingin' A's: Cespedes and Reddick Catch a Whiff of the MVP Award: Throughout much of the season it was pretty clear that one of two players in the American League had a realistic shot at winning...
- 11/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: Cabrera beats Trout for AL MVP, Posey wins in the NL:
It was a hotly contested debate, but Miguel Cabrera beat out Mike Trout for the American League MVP award. Buster Posey became...
- 11/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2012 IBWAA awards ballot: Trout, Braun, Hernandez, Kershaw and more:
Now that award season is officially over, it's time to reveal my ballots for the Internet Baseball Writers Association of...
- 11/15 StanGraphs: Voters Whiff in Choosing Cabrera for MVP: Just when you start to think there’s some hope for baseball when it comes to voting for the end of season award winners,...
- 11/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: POSEY & MIGGY WIN THE MVP:
The Announcement came down today and Buster Posey won the MVP for the National League and Miguel Cabrera won for the American...
- 11/15 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL MVP Awards:
It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
- 11/15 Baseball Jerks: Cabrera, Posey Claim MVPs; We Debate “Value”: American League Triple Crown winner Miguel Cabrera and San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey claimed their leagues’ Most...
- 11/15 Radical Baseball: No school vanquishes new school.: See previous post.
Miguel Cabrera was voted American Conference MVP over rookie Mike Trout. The depressing thing...
- 11/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera named AL MVP: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera was named the American League Most Valuable Player Thursday, Nov. 15. Cabrera received 22 of...[+]
28 first-place votes, with Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout receiving the other six first-place votes.
- 11/15 El Maquino: HERE ARE THE NAMES OF THE VOTERS WHO THOUGHT CABRERA WAS BETTER THAN TROUT THIS YEAR: > I’m not going to rant. I’ve made my case for Mike Trout, and I believe it is way stronger than any that can...
- 11/15 Baseball News Source: Tigers Miguel Cabrera adds MVP Award to Triple Crown: Cabrera – first Triple Crown winner since 1967 added an AL MVP award The Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera added the 2012...
- 11/15 Baseball Musings: AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera gets a first place voted on 22 of 28 ballots and wins the 2012 AL MVP. He’s the first person from Venezuela...
- 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey Win League MVP Awards: Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera and Giants catcher Buster Posey were announced as the winners of the Most Valuable Player...
- 11/15 Baseball Ruminations: Five Totally Sane Reasons Why Mike Trout Should Be AL MVP: If you read my previous piece, Why Mike Trout Is the MVP and If You Believe Otherwise You’re Probably Old, you probably...
- 11/15 Radical Baseball: New school v. no school.:
November 14, 2012, 9:13 AM
The Statistical Case Against Cabrera for M.V.P.
By NATE SILVER
It’s the traditionalists who...
- 11/15 Baseball Musings: MVP Time: The MVP Award show comes on MLB Network at 6 PM EST. I’ve been enjoying the shows, especially Brian Kenny’s lead-in,...
- 11/15 Baseball Analytics: Trout, Cabrera Dangerous To All Fields: When it comes to fielding, base running and positional value, Mike Trout easily trumps fellow AL MVP contender Miguel...
- 11/15 B-R Blog: Compare Two Players’ Stats Side-by-Side: Here's a neat Baseball-Reference trick... To compare any two players, just enter a URL in the following form: http://www.baseball-reference.com/compare.cgi?top=/players/t/troutmi01.shtml&bottom=/players/c/cabremi01.shtml...
- 11/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Debating the American League MVP: The best part of baseball’s award season is arguing about who should have won because once the arguments settle down,...
- 11/15 Baseball Analytics: Why I would vote for Miguel Cabrera for MVP:
In today’s New York Times, Nate Silver makes a persuasive statistical analysis as to why Mike Trout is...
- 11/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 AL and NL Cy Young Award Winners: Thursday November 15th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Both Cy Young awards were announced yesterday. R.A. Dickey won in the National...
- 11/15 Climbing Tal's Hill: Baseball’s MVPs announced today: The final and most prestigious of baseball’s offseason awards will be handed out today. Both the A.L. and N.L. are set to...
- 11/15 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Lineup Projections With Torii Hunter In The Mix: I think Jim Leyland and the Detroit Tigers could get creative with next season’s lineup construction, but I’m not sure they...
- 11/15 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Finishes Second Behind R.A. Dickey for the NL Cy Young Award: Earlier this afternoon the results of the Cy Young Award voting was announced. Disappointingly for Dodgers fans, the BBWAA ranked...
- 11/14 Baseball Jerks: Tigers Owner Mike Ilitch and the Pizza Fund: For those of you unfamiliar with Mike Ilitch – here’s the 83 year-old father of Little Caesar’s Pizza, philanthropist...
- 11/14 El Maquino: THE AWARDS VOTING IS ESPECIALLY BAFFLING THIS YEAR: > I think they’re messing with me. I’ve been doing these awards analyses the days before the awards themselves...
- 11/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Impact of Torii Hunter Signing with Tigers: Torii Hunter will be making his return to the AL Central, only this time he’ll be in a Tigers’ uniform. More...The...
- 11/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Impact of Torii Hunter Signing with Tigers: Torii Hunter will be making his return to the AL Central, only this time he’ll be in a Tigers’ uniform. More...The...
- 11/14 MLB Dirt: Hunter Could Be Worth Five Wins to the Tigers: The Detroit Tigers have reportedly agreed to terms with former Los Angeles Angels right fielder Torii Hunter on a two-year deal...
- 11/14 StanGraphs: Free Agent Signing: Tigers Add Torii Hunter for Two Years: We’ve been hearing for a little while now that it looked like Torii Hunter was headed to either the Tigers or Rangers, who...
- 11/14 Call to the Pen: Torii Hunter Gets Two-Year Contract with Tigers: One day after free agent outfielder Torii Hunter flew to Detroit to meet with the Tigers, he agreed to a two-year contract worth...
- 11/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers agree with Torii Hunter on two-year deal: Former Los Angeles Angels 0utfielder Torii Hunter has reportedly signed to play for the Detroit Tigers for the next two years....
- 11/14 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Payroll Concerns (or “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Mike Illitch”): With the recent addition of Torii Hunter, the Tigers committed $26 million dollars to the payroll for the next two seasons. That’s...
- 11/14 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Torii Hunter Signs With Detroit:
Torii Hunter will join a formidable 2013 Tigers lineup. (US Presswire)The American League champion Detroit Tigers made a notable...
- 11/14 Baseball News Source: Torii Hunter To Sign With Tigers – Deal Worth $26 Million – 2 Years: Tigers signing of Torii Hunter adds to an already potent offense Pending a physical outfielder Torii Hunter will become the newest...
- 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays vs. Marlins- Efficiency vs. Exploitation: Other their residence in the state of Florida, the Tampa Bay Rays and Miami Marlins have another big similarity between their...
- 11/14 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers To Sign Torii Hunter: The Tigers have agreed to sign Torii Hunter to a two-year deal, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports reports (on Twitter). Hunter obtains...
- 11/14 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Isn’t Going To Win the Cy Young, and That’s Okay: If you know me, you know that I don’t put a ton of stock into postseason awards, simply because I know how flawed the process...
- 11/14 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' rededication to international scouting something to be excited about:
The Dodgers' ownership group promised to refocus and make international scouting a big part of its new regime -- and it has...
- 11/14 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers will look for corner outfield help and consider signing a starter.
Guaranteed Contracts
Prince Fielder,...
- 11/14 MLB Dirt: Mike Trout Is The 2012 AL MVP Any Way You Look At It: WAR, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing; at least within the confines of this article. While they aren’t the end-all,...
- 11/14 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL MVP: Mike Trout: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
- 11/14 Motor City Bengals: Why Not Kick the Tires on Giancarlo Stanton?: First and foremost, with Jeffrey Loria completely fleecing the city of Miami, the taxpayers of Miami-Dade County, and an entire...
- 11/13 Puckett's Pond: Bright Futures: #10 – Nate Roberts: My “Bright Futures” article will be part of a ten part series which chronologically ranks the top 10 prospects in...
- 11/13 Motor City Bengals: Assigning Blame For The Detroit Tigers Defense: We have hemmed and hawed about the Tigers poor defense for a whole season and now we get to do the same for at least a big chunk...
- 11/13 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers' rededication to international scouting something to be excited about:
The Dodgers' ownership group promised to refocus and make international scouting a big part of its new regime -- and it has...
- 11/13 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Selena Gomez: Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Zach Pennington, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of November...
- 11/13 YankeeAnalysts.com: Why The Yankees Have Interest In Mike Napoli: Yesterday, we learned from Bob Nightengale that the Yankees are considering free agent C/1B Mike Napoli. With Russell Martin...
- 11/13 Radical Baseball: Mays over Aaron.:
OPS+ is On Base Plus Slugging adjusted for the batter's home park.
seasons OPS+ >= 140 and led league and high and career:
Aaron:...
- 11/13 BoSox Injection: Buttoned Up At Third Base: Let The Contingency Planning Begin: Conor Duffy and Patrick Cavanaugh have taken a close look at third base over the past few days, from prospective backups/prospects...
- 11/12 MLBRandomFandom: CONTRIBUTORS WANTED: by Jon BeckerFirst off, I'd like to thank the readers of MLBRandomFandom for coming back time and time again and hopefully enjoying...
- 11/12 mlbreports.com : The Detroit Tigers Payroll 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Monday, Nov.12/2012 Note from Chuck Booth: I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into a 5 part...
- 11/12 Baseball News Source: Angels Mike Trout Unanimous Choice for AL Rookie of the Year: Trout was the eighth unanimous pick for AL Rookie of the Year Mike Trout was selected as a unanimous choice for the 2012 American...
- 11/12 Behind the Plate: Top Prospects in Baseball, 20-11: Aidan FlynnPromising Cardinal RHP [...] ...
- 11/12 Rally Caps: World Series Preview: So the 2012 World Series has started and the Giants and Tigers emerged as the best teams in their respective leagues. The Tigers...
- 11/12 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Tigers Will Win the World Series: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
- 11/12 PaulLebowitz.com: The Big One: Trout vs Cabrera for AL MVP: Exemplifying the polarization of old schoolers vs stat guys, Mike Trout vs Miguel Cabrera for the Most Valuable Player has become...
- 11/12 Call to the Pen: Torii Hunter Says He’ll Sign Soon: Free agent outfielder Torii Hunter appeared on MLB Network on Monday morning and said he expects his current run of unemployment...
- 11/12 Radical Baseball: Mantle and Mays continue to amaze.: Just when you think you know pretty much everything about childhood baseball legends you learn something new, something hidden...
- 11/12 Baseball Reality Tour: Aramis and the Composition of Cano: Over the past few weeks, a bunch of stuff has been on my mind, and occasionally I'll try to document it somewhere, so that I won't...
- 11/12 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Trade Target: J.J. Hardy of the Baltimore Orioles: During a post-season press conference (or perhaps it was a pre-off-season conference) Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski...
- 11/12 Swingin' A's: Yoenis Cespedes and Yu Darvish Battle For 2nd Place in ROY Voting: There is minimal suspense leading up to tomorrow’s announcement of the Rookie of the Year Awards. Mike Trout of the Los...
- 11/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Posey for MVP:
MLB award season is in full swing, and starting tomorrow the Baseball Writers Association of America will announce their...
- 11/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Silver Sluggers Review:
The winners of MLB's Silver Slugger awards were announced on Thursday to honor the best hitters at each position. Like Gold...
- 11/10 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Rookie of the Year Award Winners: Here are my picks for the Rookie of the Year in each league along with who I picked in the preseason. — American League...
- 11/10 Radical Baseball: Cabrera v. Trout, home/road.: I was re-reading my previous post and wondered about a disparity in the batting numbers of Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout....
- 11/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Melky Cabrera Fantasy: What Signing with Tigers would Do to his Value: I’ve had some time to think about how valuable Melky Cabrera really is since I detailed what you can really expect More...The...
- 11/10 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: A Slow Mock Fantasy Baseball Draft: Believe it or not, it’s already fantasy baseball mock draft season! An early mock draft can help to determine draft More...The...
- 11/9 Tomahawk Take: Trading Young Stars: This week’s buzz has certainly revolved around the rumors of Justin Upton possibly moving on from Arizona. While most...
- 11/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Playoff success aside, Buster Posey is not 2012′s NL MVP: “Soon to be National League MVP.” That was the phrase I heard throughout the postseason as the San Francisco Giants...
- 11/9 Baseball Ruminations: Why Mike Trout Is the MVP and If You Believe Otherwise You’re Probably Old: I debated between a few titles for this article. Before we really get into the guts of this debate I’d like to list a few of...
- 11/9 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: Buster Posey: Buster Posey became the Giants full-time catcher in 2010 and the team went on to claim the world championship. Buster was hurt...
- 11/9 Motor City Bengals: Anibal Sanchez’s Contract Demands: Recently Jon Paul Morosi reported that Anibal Sanchez has set his contract parameters: somewhere around 6 years and $90 million....
- 11/9 Motor City Bengals: Free Agent Target: Melky Cabrera: I’m not sure that anyone wanted to tackle Melky Cabreraas a free agent, so I figured it was time that I went for it. The...
- 11/8 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Silver Slugger Awards:
For the first time in a long while, no members of the Boston Red Sox were honored as a winner of the Silver Slugger Awards...
- 11/8 Eye On the Tigers: Top 10 Most Exciting Tigers Wins of 2012: I wanted to do some kind of recap on the 2012 season but I wanted to do something different than the other blogs. I’m...
- 11/8 Motor City Bengals: Kevin Youkilis: Detroit Enemy Number One: August 11, 2009. That was the day that 20-year old Rick Porcello plunked a bald, grumpy Red Sox player and started a beautiful...
- 11/8 Halo Hangout: Evaluating Mike Trout’s and Jered Weaver’s Award Chances: In case you missed it, yesterday the finalists for all of the Major League Baseball Awards were announced and the Angels were...
- 11/8 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces 2012 Stan Musial Award Winners: The Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) announced the recipients of this year's Stan Musial Award earlier this week. The official...
- 11/8 Eye On the Tigers: Avisail Garcia's Plate Approach: At this point, most people I’ve talked to are very excited about Avisail Garcia’s Major League debut. Having the ability...
- 11/8 Radical Baseball: MVP: should money be considered?: MLB Network program Clubhouse Confidential is back. Host Brian Kenny does a great job. Suggestion: drop Harold Reynolds....
- 11/8 Mastersball.com: Once in a Lifetime Season?:
As you might expect, Mike Trout was a hot-button topic at the recent First Pitch Arizona Fantasy Baseball Symposium. Let’s...
- 11/8 Motor City Bengals: How Important Is Defensive Efficiency Rating To Success?: The Tigers just finished the 2012 season as the runner up in all of baseball. While losing the World Series was disappointing,...
- 11/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Triple Crown winner one of five MVP finalists: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera, who won the Triple Crown this past season, is one of five American League Most Valuable Player...[+]
Award finalists named Wednesday, Nov. 7. The winner will be announced Nov. 15.
- 11/7 StanGraphs: 2012 AL Awards Review: Most Valuable Player Before the season, we decided to nominate Jose Bautista for this award. This was a safe bet, not a gut feeling...
- 11/7 The Baseball Haven: 10 Players to Watch in 2013: Whether they are rookies, players who may have had a surprising second half in 2012, or a feeling, here are players you will want...
- 11/7 Mastersball.com: Draft&Hold League at Arizona First Pitch: Thanks to the articles posted on the main page by now you know that several of us from Mastersball attended BaseballHQ’s Arizona...
- 11/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Melky Cabrera Fantasy: What Signing with Tigers would Do to his Value: I’ve had some time to think about how valuable Melky Cabrera really is since I detailed what you can really expect from...
- 11/7 Bleeding Yankee Blue: REMEMBER WHEN THE YANKEES SPENT LIKE THE DODGERS?:
You have to appreciate the Dodgers if you're a Yankee fan. Jayson Stark of ESPN.com says that the Dodgers are gunning...
- 11/7 Chicken Friars: ESPN Survey Says Chase Headley To Remain A Padre At Least Till New Years Day: Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com surveyed 22 general managers, assistant GMs, advisers, scouting directors and talent evaluators for...
- 11/6 Motor City Bengals: The Detroit Tigers’ Case For Signing Josh Hamilton: Want to win now? Don’t care about the future – especially the future payroll? There is basically one and only one...
- 11/6 Baseball Musings: Cabrera Beats Trout Again: The Players Choice Award for top player goes to Miguel Cabrera over Mike Trout. I wonder if people are thinking that Trout is...
- 11/6 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Regression Candidates: Somebody has to be the spoil sport at this site. May as well be me I guess. When I saw Chris Hannum’s article on the Tigers...
- 11/5 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Andrew McCutchen Named NL Outstanding Player By MLBPA: The Major League Baseball players voted in September for the best of the best. Andrew McCutchen was named National League...
- 11/5 Baseball Musings: IBWAA MVPs: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America announced the vote for MVP. Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey won the titles:...
- 11/5 Call to the Pen: Josh Hamilton Won’t Get Huge Deal from Rangers: If the Texas Rangers weren’t already preparing themselves for losing MVP Josh Hamilton to free agency this winter, they...
- 11/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin Link: President Chavez praises Venezuelan players: The 2012 World Series was too brief and anticlimactic, and I know most fans consider it a distant memory. I don’t...
- 11/4 Blog Red Machine: The Search for “It”, Day One // Joey Votto: The Man, the Myth, the Legend: This is part one of my attempt to find a true “It” factor on the Cincinnati Reds 40 man roster. Each article in the...
- 11/4 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox Re-Sign Ortiz:
Big Papi is back with the Red Sox
David Ortiz re-upped with Red Sox after signing a two year, $26 million deal that could...
- 11/4 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: The Three-headed Late-inning Monster: Most teams are lucky to have a few good pitchers. The 2012 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants had a whole staff full...
- 11/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: A Slow Mock Fantasy Baseball Draft: Believe it or not, it’s already fantasy baseball mock draft season! An early mock draft can help to determine draft surprises,...
- 11/3 Blog Red Machine: The Cuban Missile Crisis: The 2012 NL Central Champion Cincinnati Reds (now that the mourning period is over, that’s starting to sound good again) have...
- 11/3 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Free Agent Target: Angel Pagan: The Detroit Tigers had one of the worst defenses in baseball this past season, and while some will point to the implementation...
- 11/2 Crashburn Alley: Crashburn Alley 2012 MLB Awards: At long last, we here at Crashburn Alley will hand out our end-of-season awards for the 2012 season. It was a surprisingly entertaining...
- 11/2 Motor City Bengals: Where We Would Be Without Mike Ilitch: Now for a little offseason thought experiment: where would the Tigers franchise be if it were not for owner Mike Ilitch? This...
- 11/2 StanGraphs: AL Central Review: 2012 AL Central Predicted Standings 1. Detroit Tigers 2. Kansas City Royals 3. Cleveland Indians 4. Chicago White Sox 5. Minnesota...
- 11/1 Southside Showdown: Tigers May Be Tougher In ’13: James has already pointed out that the Tigers have gotten rid of Delmon Young – and that this portends badly for the White Sox....
- 11/1 Eye On the Tigers: Run Producing Efficiency 2012: One of the reasons I don’t like to use RBI is that it completely ignores playing time and opportunity. Very rarely do...
- 11/1 Nolan Writin': Why Mike Trout Deserves To Be MVP: Amidst one of the more talked about MVP races of the last decade, I decided to pose a poll to the other three members of the NW...
- 11/1 Call to the Pen: Jim Leyland Can Taste One More Win: One last go-around for Jim Leyland as Detroit Tigers’ manager. The other day he agreed to a one-year deal to come back...
- 11/1 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout Is A Good Fielder: It’s been a couple of days since Adam Jones upset Mike Trout for the AL center field Gold Glove but I’m still a little...
- 11/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Covering the Detroit Tigers in 2012 was filled with perks: The 2012 World Series has come to an end. If you would have asked me if the Detroit Tigers would lose four straight, I would of...
News -- October 2012
- 10/31 El Maquino: GOLD GLOVES PROVE WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO CRITICIZE ‘THE INSIDERS’: > Anyone with half a brain could tell last night that the Gold Glove award is now, to any fan with minimal understanding of...
- 10/31 Halo Hangout: Angels Roundtable: Chuck Richter: We kicked this whole thing off with a Matt Welch interview here, soldiered on through Hurricane Sandy with Garrett Wilson being...
- 10/31 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BYB TRADE RUMORS & FREE AGENTS: PART 1: It’s that time of year again ladies & gentlemen! As soon as Miguel Cabrera froze on an 89 mph fastball right down the middle...
- 10/30 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers: Top Moments of 2012: The Detroit Tigers’ season ended in deflating fashion, but it’s unfair to forget some of the incredible moments this...
- 10/30 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Hurricane Sandy, World Series, Taylor Swift: Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Zach Pennington, Atman Thakrar, Glen Hentz The hottest topics for the week of October 28, 2012...
- 10/30 Baseball Musings: Standing Pat: The Tigers exercised the options on Octavio Dotel and Jhonny Peralta. There’s nothing wrong with his as far as cost, but...
- 10/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: The worst World Series ever: I think most sports fan like to think of the championship series (or game) of any sport as a matchup of the two best teams...
- 10/30 Motor City Bengals: Assessing The Detroit Tigers’ Payroll Situation: A lot of us said that there would be no money last offseason to spend on big-name free agents, but the Tigers surprised everyone...
- 10/29 Motor City Bengals: Before I Move On: As you can tell by some of the articles my colleagues on Motor City Bengals have been cranking out today, the off-season of Tigers...
- 10/29 mlbreports.com : Game 4 Recap: Giants Sweep the Tigers to Win the 2012 World Series: Monday October 29th, 2012 Kyle Holland: If your favorite sport is baseball, what more can you ask for in a game? Even if you...
- 10/29 Tyler's Think Tank: Giants Sweep Tigers:
The Giants waited 52 years to bring their first World Series title to San Francisco after abandoning their home in the Polo...
- 10/29 For Baseball Junkies: Giants Win World Series - Sandoval MVP: Last night, while the Eastern seaboard was bracing for the storm that is supposed to make the storm from "The Perfect Storm" look...
- 10/29 Jays Journal: Best Hitting Duo Could Be In Toronto: As a Toronto Blue Jays fan you are used to watching meaningless games in September. If you pay any attention to the American media...
- 10/29 Motor City Bengals: Off-Season Change Could Come Quickly For Detroit Tigers: Tigers fans are well aware that general manager Dave Dombrowski is no stranger to offseason trades – that’s how Triple Crown...
- 10/29 Call to the Pen: Giants Deliver Knockout Blow: One by one Jim Leyland could have sent hitters up to the plate in games from now to December without anybody he could hire getting...
- 10/29 WahoosOnFirst: How to Build the Cleveland Indians’ 2013 Rotation: It’s no secret the Cleveland Indians had an atrocious starting rotation in 2012. By any measure they were historically bad—whether...
- 10/29 El Maquino: THERIOT’S GIANTS TAKE THE CROWN: > Well, the 2012 Major League Baseball season is over. The San Francisco Giants have, as theorized, beaten the Tigers in...
- 10/29 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Swept From World Series: Giants 4, Tigers 3 (box score) Well, they put up some semblance of offense, which is all we were asking for during the previous...
- 10/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: Congrats to the 2012 World Champion San Francisco Giants:
The San Francisco Giants finished off their sweep of the Detroit Tigers Sunday night to win the 2012 World Series, their second...
- 10/29 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 4: San Francisco Giants Sweep the Detroit Tigers: The San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers went into game four of the World Series with the series being dominated by Giants...
- 10/29 Baseball News Source: Giants Complete Sweep of Tigers in Extra Innings – Win World Series: The Giants claimed their second World Series crown in three years The San Francisco Giants closed out a four-game sweep of the...
- 10/29 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Giants Complete Magical Run, Win World Series: It’s over, folks. The San Francisco Giants are your 2012 World Series champions after a 94-68 regular season and then a...
- 10/29 Baseball Musings: Tigers in the Tenth: The Tigers trail the Giants 4-3 as they face Serigo Romo in the bottom of the tenth. Detroit sends up the top of the order, Austin...
- 10/28 Baseball Musings: Tigers in the Eighth: Avisail Garcia leads off for the Tigers against Jeremy Affeldt. They work the count to 3-2, and Garcia draws a walk an on a high,...
- 10/28 Baseball Musings: No Nettles: Miguel Cabrera is not Graig Nettles. He charges a Marco Scutaro grounder, but double clutches and Marco is safe with an infield...
- 10/28 Baseball Musings: Low Runs: The Tigers have scored three runs so far in the World Series as they bat in the bottom of the third of game four. Only two teams...
- 10/28 mlbreports.com : Albert Pujols vs. Prince Fielder: Who Was The Better Free Agent Signing After Year 1?: Sunday October 28th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: If you want the concise version of last year’s offseason, there are only two...
- 10/28 Baseball Musings: Cain Can: Matt Cain walks Miguel Cabrera, but otherwise doesn’t allow a hit as he holds the Tigers scoreless in the first. That’s...
- 10/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Four reasons San Francisco is dominating the postseason: The San Francisco Giants took a major step toward winning their second Word Series title in three years after Saturday’s...
- 10/28 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 4 Preview: Giants Sweep, or Tigers Claw Back?: This one is difficult. Either the Giants will complete a four-game sweep of the 2012 World Series, or the Tigers will make it...
- 10/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Thoughts on the AL MVP race:
In a little more than two weeks the Baseball Writers’ Association of America will choose the American League MVP race....
- 10/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Giants Up 3-0:
Romo and the Giants are one win away from another championship
Game 3 of the World Series was played in a different location...
- 10/28 Rising Apple: Alex Gordon Could be on the Market; Cabrera Gets Triple Crown Award: So, the Royals need some starting pitching for 2013, and they’re willing to trade away one of their young position players...
- 10/28 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Giants Shut Out Tigers Again, Take Commanding 3-0 Lead: If the Tigers were going to win a game in this postseason, this one had to be it. Anibal Sanchez (1-1, 1.35) had ben excellent...
- 10/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera named AL Hank Aaron Award winner: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera was named the American League Hank Aaron Award winner, given to the outstanding offensive player...[+]
in that league.
- 10/28 Baseball Jerks: Detroit Tigers Offense: Jerks of the Day: This one’s easy. The Tigers have scored 0 runs over their last 18 innings. The last time they scored a run against the Giants...
- 10/28 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 3: San Francisco Giants Continue to Silence Detroit’s Bats: The Detroit Tigers entered game three of the World Series desperate for a win. The Tigers were already facing the obstacle of...
- 10/28 Baseball News Source: Giants Shut-Out Tigers Again – Lead World Series 3-0: Giants are one win away from winning the 2012 World Series The San Francisco Giants took a 3-0 lead in the 2012 World Series...
- 10/28 Raising Matt Cain: Pitching, Pitching, Pitching: The San Francisco Giants are one win away from the championship after suffocating the Detroit Tigers tonight in Game Three. Ryan...
- 10/28 Baseball Press: Dr. Lineup: The Three and Four Hitters:
Miggy and Fielder are "back-to-back fricken threats." (US Presswire)There was an article a few days ago from ESPN.com's Jerry...
- 10/27 Baseball Musings: Rare Bad Play: Brandon Crawford made a great play to stop a Miguel Cabrera grounder from getting through the infield to start the bottom of the...
- 10/27 Baseball Musings: Threat in the Fifth: Jhonny Peralta almost led off the bottom of the fifth with a double, but Pablo Sandoval made a nice play to snare the line drive...
- 10/27 Baseball Musings: BB for Berry: Quintin Berry draws a walk off Ryan Vogelsong with one out in the bottom of the first. That brings Miguel Cabrera to the plate....
- 10/27 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Special World Series Edition: Saturday October 27th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
- 10/27 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 3 Preview: Tigers Look to Avoid 3-0 Hole: The Detroit Tigers start their three game homestand of the 2012 World Series tonight at Comerica Park, down two games to none....
- 10/27 60ft6in.com: Measuring Blanco’s Defense: In Game One of the 2012 World Series there were two catches made by Gregor Blanco that were the best defensive plays of the game....
- 10/27 Tomahawk Take: Braves Must Cut Ks This Offseason: In recent years when we talked about strikeouts we were usually talking about the efforts of Craig Kimbrel, Jonny Venters and Eric...
- 10/27 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Saturday: October 27, 2012:
The World Series moves to the cold confines of Comerica Park today and temperatures are supposed to be in the upper 30's by...
- 10/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Baker, Hunter, Kershaw, LaRoche: Congratulations to Miguel Cabrera, who was named the Sporting News MLB Player of the Year. Here are some more links from around...
- 10/26 Motor City Bengals: It Won’t Get Easier For The Tigers Offense: Two games in, and the Tigers have dug themselves a hole. And while Justin Verlander didn’t turn in a very good start in...
- 10/26 Call to the Pen: Gods Aligned Against Tigers: When your starting pitcher gets hit in the head by a line drive, when one of your best players gets tagged on the butt and doesn’t...
- 10/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera earns Player of Year honors: In perhaps a preview of what is expected to be a hotly contested battle for American League Most Valuable Player honors, Detroit...[+]
Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera finished with 108 votes to win Sporting News Player of the Year honors. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim OF Mike Trout, voted by the players as Sporting News 2012 AL Rookie of the Year, finished second with 71 votes. No other player got more than five votes in what essentially was a two-man race.
- 10/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera extends on-base streak: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera increased his own franchise record with a base on balls in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the...[+]
World Series Thursday, Oct. 25. Cabrera has reached base safely in all 22 of his postseason games with the Tigers.
- 10/26 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 2: Madison Bumgarner Silences the Detroit Tigers: It took six innings for either team to score on Thursday night, and even then the run was scored on a Brandon Crawford bases loaded...
- 10/26 Baseball News Source: Bumgarner, Giants Shut-Out Tigers – Take 2-0 Series Lead To Detroit: Bumgarner, who lost both his starts in the NL playoffs, struck out eight Madison Bumgarner pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, Brandon...
- 10/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Verlander, Hamilton, Rangers, Lincecum:
It's not a huge surprise, but Tigers president and General Manager Dave Dombrowski said that he would like to make Justin Verlander...
- 10/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: World Series Game 2: Doug Fister v. Madison Bumgarner: Despite the loss for the Tigers last night, I still think they have the upper hand in this series. Their rotation has incredible...
- 10/25 Baseball Musings: Game Two Underway: Austin Jackson leads off for the Tigers against Madison Bumgarner of the Giants. Jackson works the count full, fouls off a pitch,...
- 10/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Sandoval, Giants Blast Tigers:
The San Francisco Giants started the 2012 Fall Classic on the right foot by routing the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in Game 1 last...
- 10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Expected To Exercise Peralta’s Option: The Tigers are expected to exercise their 2013 option for Jhonny Peralta following a strong postseason showing from the shortstop,...
- 10/25 22gigantes.com: Tigers at Giants: World Series Game 2 preview: What will Pablo do tonight?
After an epic performance in Game 1 of the 108th World Series, in which Pablo Sandoval went 4-for-4...
- 10/25 mlbreports.com : Giants vs. Tigers: Who Will Win the 2012 World Series?: Thursday October 25th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer): Who Has The Edge In The Starting Pitching Department? The Tigers’...
- 10/25 The Writer's Journey: Are the MVPs in the World Series?: Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers and Buster Posey of the Giants are both in the conversation for their respective league’s Most...
- 10/25 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Sandoval Crushes Three Homers In Game One Win: In the world of baseball today, it seems like it would be foolish to predict so much as a loss to Justin Verlander, who won the...
- 10/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey make history: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera and San Francisco Giants C Buster Posey marked the first set of batting champs to face each other...[+]
in the World Series since 1954, when Willie Mays of the New York Giants and Bobby Avila of the Cleveland Indians squared off.
- 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 Baseball News Source: Sandoval, Zito, Giants Overpower Tigers In Game One: Sandoval and the Giants struck early and often against Verlander Pablo Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three home runs...
- 10/25 Baseball Musings: Giants Win Big: Pablo Sandoval celebrates after hitting his third home run in game one of the 2012 World Series. Photo: H. Darr Beiser-USA TODAY...
- 10/24 Baseball Musings: Tigers Score: The Giants finally give up a run as Austin Jackson doubles leading off the sixth, then Miguel Cabrera singles with one out to...
- 10/24 Baseball Musings: From A to Zito: In the bottom of the fourth, a leadoff walk to Brandon Belt leads to another run as Barry Zito lines a single by a diving Miguel...
- 10/24 High Heat Stats: ¡Viva Venezuela!: (Though beaten to publication by the New York Times and MLB.com, your humble narrator insists that he had the idea first. So there.)...
- 10/24 Baseball Musings: Another Wierd Hit: The Giants pick up their second strange hit in as many games. Angel Pagan hits a ball down the third base line with two out in...
- 10/24 Baseball Musings: Flashing Leather: With two out and a man on first in the top of the third, Miguel Cabrera lines a pitch to leftfield. Gregor Blanco runs in and...
- 10/24 Baseball News Source: 5 Things the Tigers Must to Do Win the World Series: Many predicted the Tigers would reach the World Series. It’s how they got there that no one saw coming. The Detroit Tigers...
- 10/24 Tyler's Think Tank: World Series Preview:
The San Francisco Giants completed their stunning comeback on Monday night by blowing out the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-1, in...
- 10/24 PaulLebowitz.com: San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers—World Series Preview and Predictions: San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers Keys for the Giants: Keep runners off the bases in front of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder;...
- 10/24 mlbreports.com : 2012 World Series Preview: Game One Tonight as the Tigers Face the Giants in San Francisco: Wednesday October 24th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix: If it’s something you’ve never seen before on baseball’s October...
- 10/24 Baseball Musings: World Series Preview, Tigers Versus Giants: The Tigers and Giants begin the 2012 World Series Wednesday night, the first time these original modern era franchises meet in...
- 10/24 22gigantes.com: Tigers at Giants: World Series Game 1 preview: It’s **** that Giants catcher Buster Posey won the NL Comeback Player of the Year award on Tuesday. His team has been the...
- 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...
- 10/23 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 9 Players who give you a complete Fantasy Baseball Lineup Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
- 10/23 AroundTheFoghorn: Around The Foghorn’s San Francisco Giants / Detroit Tigers World Series Preview: Alas, we’ve reached the apex of the playoff mountain, so to speak. After the Around The Foghorn previews and predictions...
- 10/23 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Taylor Swift: Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of October 21, 2012 …...
- 10/23 Tyler's Think Tank: The Tigers Win the Pennant:
That was easy.
After taking four straight games from the New York Yankees, the Detroit Tigers are World Series bound and...
- 10/23 AroundTheFoghorn: Could Giants’ Left Handed Pitching Play A Big Role Against Tigers In World Series?: When you make it to the World Series, holes to exploit are few are far between. After all, you’re in the Fall Classic for...
- 10/23 The Writer's Journey: The Glory Years of the Detroit Tigers: 1920-1950 by William M. Anderson: The Glory Years of the Detroit Tigers: 1920-1950 by William M. Anderson Wayne State University Press, 2012 480 pages As Miguel...
- 10/22 The Baseball Haven: World Series Preview: With the Giants Game 7 win on Monday night in San Francisco, the world prepares for its series, with Game 1 on Wednesday night...
- 10/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Looking back at preseason predictions can be painful: We all know predictions at the beginning of a baseball season are absolutely meaningless. Yet year after year we continue to try...
- 10/22 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Yankees in the ALCS: Symphony of Self-Destruction:
That “boom” you heard on Thursday evening was the bottom falling out of the Yankees franchise. Make no mistake, if you’re...
- 10/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Managers Traded For Players: To the best of my research, managers have been traded six times in baseball history. It wasn’t always player for manager and...
- 10/22 Kings of Kauffman: Reviewing WARs of the Past: Hitter’s Edition: Wins above replacement (WAR) has been a hot topic as of late. A lot, or all of it, deals with the American League MVP award...
- 10/21 60ft6in.com: The Irony of the Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout MVP Debate: I can’t help but laugh at the AL MVP debate. The irony of it all is just too much. Mike Trout, and his major league leading...
- 10/21 mlbreports.com : An Early Preview of the 2012 World Series: Sunday October 21st, 2012 Sam Evans: With St. Louis and San Francisco in a battle to be the National League representative in...
- 10/20 Motor City Bengals: World Series Schedule Forces Tigers To Get Creative To Stay Sharp: The first game of the World Series doesn’t begin until Wednesday, so the Tigers found themselves with five full days off following...
- 10/20 Eye On the Tigers: Sweeping the ALCS Was a Team Effort: Delmon Young was impressive during the ALCS, hitting .353/.421/.765/1.186 with 2 HR and 6 RBI. He is credited for the game-winning...
- 10/19 My Pinstripes: Yankees Go Gentle Into That Crappy Night:
Wonder if A-Rod hit on her? - photo courtesy of Kansas City Star
The Yankees exited the playoffs on Thursday with the...
- 10/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera sets team record: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera now has a 17-game hitting streak in League Championship Series, and he has reached base in all...[+]
20 playoff games with the team, which is a club record.
- 10/19 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Friday: October 19, 2012:
The playoff picks were 2-0 yesterday and three for three in the last three picks. That is much better for the psyche of the...
- 10/19 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Tigers, Cardinals, and World Series Deja Vu:
“It’s déjà vu all over again.”
-Yogi Berra
Correct me if I am wrong, but I feel like we have been...
- 10/19 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Radio Show – ALCS Game 4: Well, the Yankee season has officially come and gone. The New York Yankees fell to the Detroit Tigers 8-1 in Game 4 of the American...
- 10/19 High Heat Stats: Tigers 8, Yankees 1: The pennant comes to Motown: It came a day late, but there was nothing short about Detroit’s sweeping victory. Max Scherzer supplied the latest stellar...
- 10/19 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Pitching Leads Team to World Series: A look at the Detroit Tigers’ budget might tell you they don’t value pitching much at all. Members of their playoff rotation...
- 10/18 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees swept by Tigers lighting the Hot Stove: The New York Yankees, the American League East Champions were swept tonight by the AL Central Champion Detroit Tigers in the American...
- 10/18 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Sweep Yankees, Win AL Pennant, Reach World Series: Tigers 8, Yankees 1 (box score) Confession time. When the Tigers lost to the Chicago White Sox on Monday, September 17 to fall...
- 10/18 Baseball Jerks: ALCS Game 4: Detroit Tigers Ride Max Scherzer’s Arm To World Series: After enduring a rain out on Wednesday night, the ALCS resumed on Thursday afternoon with CC Sabathia and Max Scherzer squaring...
- 10/18 Baseball News Source: Tigers Hammer Sabathia to Reach World Series: Cabrera launched a 2-run homer in the fourth inning The Detroit Tigers scored a run in the first inning when Delmon Young singled...
- 10/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees season ends as the Tigers sweep the ALCS:
CC Sabathia didn’t have his good command, but it didn’t exactly matter as the Yankees offense continued is no-show...
- 10/18 Baseball Musings: Series Over?: Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta each hits a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth, and Max Scherzer answers with his fifth...
- 10/18 Injury Report: ()
- 10/18 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Stan Musial (MVP): Today, we present to you our 2012 Stan Musial Ballots.The Stan Musial Award is the BBA equivalent of the MLB MVP Award....
- 10/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera managing ankle issueDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (ankle) is still managing an ankle injury....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (ankle) is still managing an ankle injury.
- 10/18 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Thursday: October 18, 2012:
Can you believe it!? A playoff pick here was correct? :::thud::: Amazing. And it was the Cardinals too! The postponement of...
- 10/18 Lasorda's Lair: An Introduction to Advanced Stats: In my opinion, baseball statistics are the greatest collection of data known to man. For the purpose of understanding and discussing...
- 10/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera working on postseason hitting streak: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera carries a club-record 19-game postseason hitting streak into Game 4 of the American League Championship...[+]
Series game Thursday, Oct. 18, against the New York Yankees. Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg held the previous club record of 18 games.
- 10/17 mlbreports.com : Detroit is One Game Away from the World Series: Wednesday October 17th, 2012 Sam Evans: In the first three games of a thrilling ALCS, Detroit showed its dominance over the New...
- 10/17 Yanks Go Yard: ALCS Game 4 Preview: Can Sabathia prevent the Yankees’ elimination?: If you were told that the New York Yankees rotation allowed a total of 6 runs and the team 10 in the first three games of the...
- 10/17 Call to the Pen: Yankees Dying One Swing At A Time: There is a kind of grim, car-accident fascination that comes with watching the New York Yankees’ lineup of vaunted sluggers...
- 10/17 60ft6in.com: FIELDf/x For the Fans: When Miguel Cabrera hit his double in Game 3 of the ALCS: the ball landed in 3.56 seconds (from when it made contact with the...
- 10/17 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: October 17, 2012:
The ridiculously awful performance of these picks in the playoffs continue. How bad is it? If both LCS went full term and...
- 10/17 Bleeding Yankee Blue: GROUNDHOG DAY: YANKEES WASTE DECENT PITCHING & LOSE GAME 3:
Surprise, surprise, the Yankees get good pitching in a playoff game but
fail to capitalize on offense. To be fair, they...
- 10/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera sets several new marks in NLCS: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera put himself in record territory on a pair of streaks with his third-inning walk and fifth-inning...[+]
double Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. His 16-game LCS hitting streak, a run that dates to the Miami Marlins' victory in the 2003 National League Championship Series over the Chicago Cubs, is now the longest in Major League Baseball history. Cabrera has reached base safely in all 19 of his postseason games with the Tigers, which pushes him past Hank Greenberg for the longest streak in franchise history. He is tied with Greenberg with seven doubles, second in franchise history. Cabrera also has 11 career postseason extra-base hits as a member of the Tigers, which trails only Greenberg's 14 for the most.
- 10/17 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander Brilliant Again, Tigers Extend Series Lead To 3-0: Tigers 2, Yankees 1 (box score) Justin Verlander didn’t dominate hitters the same was as he did in the Oakland series when he...
- 10/17 Baseball News Source: Verlander Pitches Tigers to the Brink of World Series: Verlander took a shutout into the ninth inning Justin Verlander pitched into the ninth inning allowing just three hits and one...
- 10/17 My Pinstripes: Tigers Near Pennant Behind Verlander Domination:
Joe Girardi's "Make-a-Wish" lineup actually did worse than when Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher were a part of it. Then...
- 10/16 Baseball Musings: Another Big At Bat: The Tigers keep putting men on base, and Miguel Cabrera comes up in the sixth inning with the bases loaded and one out. They’ve...
- 10/16 Baseball Musings: First Hit: Quintin Berry hits a one-out single in the bottom of the first to get the offensive portion of the evening underway. Miguel Cabrera...
- 10/16 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Trout, Indians, Giambi, Mets: Mike Trout's outstanding rookie season earned him Baseball America's Rookie of the Year award, but that's not all he won. The...
- 10/16 mlbreports.com : 2013 MLB Fantasy Keeper Rankings: Third Base: Tuesday October 16th, 2012 Peter Stein: Now that the 2012 season is over, it is time to start thinking about the 2013. For many...
- 10/16 Yanks Go Yard: What the postseason has said about Yankee pitching: For those of you who are Iron Maiden fans, I’m sure you’re familiar with the song ‘Aces High‘. That title...
- 10/16 Mets360.com: A Met Fan Appreciates Carlos Beltran…Finally: As I write this, the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants are enjoying a well-deserved day off in the midst of their National...
- 10/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Flashback: June 3, 2012: In case you don’t remember, it was a sunny Sunday afternoon in early June, the Yankees were finishing up a three-game series...
- 10/16 Halo Hangout: My 2012 BBA Award Ballot: It’s almost that time of year again. The time of year when baseball writers from the days of yore rave about archaic stats...
- 10/16 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Fight Through Bad Calls, Take 2-0 Series Lead: I’m wholly sick of the coverage that the Yankees get and how their fans seem to react to games and events. As such, I figure...
- 10/15 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions Review: A review of some bold(ish) predictions I made at the end of August.
1. Mike Trout will not win the AL MVP award: CORRECT (probably)
Trout...
- 10/15 Bronx Baseball Daily: Swisher calls out fans, says playing in Yankee Stadium is tough:
Yankee Stadium has been getting bad lately. It’s been non-stop booing from fans who would rather boo struggling players...
- 10/15 Call to the Pen: Tigers Where Fans Thought They Would Be: Monday was a great day to wake up as a Detroit Tiger. Nothing like leading the American League Championship Series 2-0 over the...
- 10/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 World Series Predictions: Tigers and Cardinals Will Meet Again in October: Monday October 15th, 2012 Sam Evans: With the Championship Series just beginning, predicting the two teams that will face off...
- 10/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 5 Farm Fresh Left Side Players Revisited: In February we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come...
- 10/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera ties longtime mark: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera has reached base in all of his 18 playoff games with Detroit, matching Hank Greenberg for the...[+]
longest streak in team history.
- 10/15 Tyler's Think Tank: 12 Predictions for 2012; Review: A review of the dozen bold predictions I made at the end of March for the 2012 baseball season.
1. Prince Fielder will hit...
- 10/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: LIFELESS IN THE BRONX. TIGERS UP 2-0:
It was crunch time for the Yankees coming into this game. The
Yankees had lost their Captain, Derek Jeter, to a season-ending...
- 10/14 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees hit rock bottom, head to Detroit down 2-0 in ALCS: The postseason without Derek Jeter began today and the results were very much what many expected. Another excellent pitching performance...
- 10/14 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Shut Out Yankees To Take Game Two: Tigers 3, Yankees 0 (box score) New York Yankees’ starter Hiroki Kuroda, who was pitching on short rest, took a perfect game...
- 10/14 Baseball Jerks: ALCS Game 2: Yankees Stadium Boo-Birds & Umpire Jeff Nelson: Most of you reading this have watched a lot of baseball. Perhaps you’ve been a fan of the game for a few years, a decade,...
- 10/14 Baseball News Source: Anibal Sanchez Gives Tigers 2-0 Lead in ALCS: Sanchez was rock solid for seven innings against New York Anibal Sanchez pitched what may have been his finest game as a member...
- 10/14 Baseball Musings: Bad Call: With Omar Infante at first, Austin Jackson singles to right. Infante overruns second, and the throw gets him coming back, but...
- 10/14 Baseball Musings: Tiger Threat: Quintin Berry doubles leading off the seventh, and Miguel Cabrera follows with a single to right to put runners on first and third...
- 10/14 Baseball Jerks: ALCS Game 2 Preview: Tigers vs. Yankees, Lineups and Starting Pitchers: It’s unsure which loss was bigger for the New York Yankees, Game 1 or Derek Jeter. Rarely anymore does a Major League basball...
- 10/14 Baseball News Source: American League Central – 2013 Team Needs and Outlook: Editor’s Note: This is the second column in a Baseball News Source division-by-division series that will address what teams...
- 10/14 My Pinstripes: Yankees Get All the Bad Breaks in Game 1 Loss:
Photo courtesy of CNN.com
The Yankees post-season went from the real to the surreal last night and I am still trying...
- 10/14 Call to the Pen: The New York Yankees Have Plenty Of Reasons To Fear The Detroit Tigers: The New York Yankees finished up the regular season at 95-67, a record eight games better than the one their ALCS opponent, the...
- 10/14 Motor City Bengals: And We Think The Tigers Are **** Money Away?: I am not sure why I feel so compelled to talk smack about the Yankees in this series, but I can’t help it. Maybe it just...
- 10/14 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees lose ALCS opener, Jeter out with broken ankle:
The Yankees got a pair of big two-run home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning by Ichiro Suzuki and Raul Ibanez to tie...
- 10/14 Baseball News Source: Tigers Overcome Ibanez Two-Run Blast in Ninth to Win Game 1 of ALCS: Ibanez hit his third home run of the postseason to tie the game in the ninth The Detroit Tigers handed a 4-0 lead to closer Jose...
- 10/14 Baseball Musings: Selective Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera leads off the 12th inning with a walk, and Prince Fielder moves him to second with a ground ball. Delmon Young...
- 10/13 Radical Baseball: Best hitter and pitcher on same team.: The Detroit Tigers have the best hitter and the best pitcher in 2012 in the Major Baseball League (MBL): Miguel Cabrera and Justin...
- 10/13 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: Pre-ALCS: The Detroit Tigers face the New York Yankees in the 2012 American League Championship Series. But first, a few thoughts…...
- 10/13 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Keys To Beating NYY: This isn’t going to be the kind of series preview that plays on the hope and optimism of our Tigers fanbase. It’s...
- 10/13 Bronx Baseball Daily: A quick look at the Tiger’s lineup:
The Tigers finished 11th in runs scored in baseball this season, but despite that their lineup is as feared as anybody’s...
- 10/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES 2012 ALCS PREVIEW:
The Yankees won in dramatic fashion, in a winner-take-all
Game 5 of the ALDS, beating the Orioles with a superb complete...
- 10/13 Baseball Jerks: ALCS Game 1 Preview: Tigers vs. Yankees, Lineups and Starting Pitchers: Tonight the Detroit Tigers play in Game 1 of their second ALCS in two years, this time against the New York Yankees. Doug Fister...
- 10/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHAT THE YANKEES CAN EXPECT FROM THE DETROIT TIGERS:
They’re back...and so are our old foes from postseason past. Fans haven’t forgotten what happened last year, and neither...
- 10/13 PaulLebowitz.com: ALCS Preview and Predictions—New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers: New York Yankees (95-67; 1st place, AL East; defeated Baltimore Orioles 3 games to 2 in the ALDS) vs Detroit Tigers (88-74; 1st...
- 10/13 The Captain's Blog: Beast of Burden: Sabathia Carries Yankees into ALCS: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) With all due respect to Matt Kemp, beast mode resides...
- 10/13 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Saturday: October 13, 2012:
To put it mildly, the ending to the series between the Cardinals and the Nationals was quite interesting. To put it in Fan...
- 10/13 Motor City Bengals: Haven’t The Yankees Had Enough?: It seems the Yankees are a glutton for punishment. If 2006 and 2011 wasn’t enough, they decided to win tonight against the...
- 10/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE NEW YORK YANKEES ARE ALDS CHAMPS!:
It's fate. If you win or if you lose, there's a reason why... really. If you
played hard and lose, the other team played...
- 10/12 Call to the Pen: Verlander Can Carry Tigers to Title: At the beginning of the season the Detroit Tigers figured to be runaway victors in the American League Central Division. They...
- 10/12 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Award Picks—Cy Young Award: Let’s look at the award winners for 2012 starting with the Cy Young Award with my 2012 picks, who I picked in the preseason,...
- 10/12 mlbreports.com : 2013 MLB Fantasy Keeper Rankings: Installment #1: Friday October 12th, 2012 Peter Stein: Now that the 2012 season is over, it is time to start thinking about the 2013. For many...
- 10/12 Yanks Go Yard: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Regular Season Awards – American League Edition: I’m fortunate to maintain membership with the Baseball Bloggers Alliance through my role as senior editor for Yanks Go Yard....
- 10/12 Motor City Bengals: First Thoughts After Tigers’ ALDS Game Five Win: We gave you final thoughts before the game, so I figure this is obligatory. 1. Justin Verlander IS building that legend. The guy...
- 10/12 MLB Dirt: Picking the 2012 MLB Award Winners: With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season...
- 10/12 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander Dominates A’s, Carries Tigers To American League Championship Series: Tigers 6, Athletics 0 (box score) Some will say the Oakland Athletics’ magic ran out after dropping the series finale 6-0 to...
- 10/12 Baseball News Source: Verlander Dominates Oakland to Send Tigers to ALCS: The Tigers now await the winner of the Baltimore-New York series Justin Verlander pitched a four hit complete game shutout, struck...
- 10/12 Baseball Musings: Tigers Extend Their Lead: An Austin Jackson single and a Miguel Cabrera hit by pitch with the bases loaded bring home two more runs, and the Tigers lead...
- 10/11 mlbreports.com : 2012 MLB End of the Year Awards: Predictions: Thursday October 11th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:What a year it has been. With the extra Wild Card and a Triple Crown winner, there...
- 10/11 Yankees Fans Unite: A-Rod is not the problem: As regular as the Yankees being in the playoffs has become, so has the annual jeering of third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Despite...
- 10/11 The Pesky Pole: BBA Awards Ballot:
Every year members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance cast their votes for end of the season awards. Here is my American League...
- 10/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera on RBI droughtDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera has not driven in a run during the current American League Division Series....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera has not driven in a run during the current American League Division Series.
- 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 Talkin Sox with Dan: Handing Out Hardware: With the playoffs well underway, it is a good time to look back on the season that was and pick a few winners. I’m going...
- 10/10 Jays Journal: Edwin Encarnacion Nominated for Hank Aaron Award: The two-year reign for Jose Bautista as the American League winner for the annual Hank Aaron award is about the come to an end....
- 10/10 Swingin' A's: There Will Be Baseball In Oakland Tomorrow: The last 6 games of the regular season saw quite the phenomenon take place. As the Oakland Athletics ran the table to take the...
- 10/10 Baseball Jerks: ALDS Game 3: Detroit Tigers’ Bats Purring in Oakland: The Detroit Tigers dropped Game 3 of the ALDS tonight at the hands of the Oakland Athletics pitching staff feat. Brett Anderson....
- 10/10 Baseball News Source: Brett Anderson Leads A’s Over Tigers in Game 3: Anderson held the Tigers in check for six innings The Oakland Athletics used three old friends, pitching defense and timely hitting,...
- 10/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: The Dear Mr. Fantasy Baseball Podcast: October 8, 2012: The latest episode of the Dear Mr. Fantasy Baseball Podcast is up. Here’s a tweet sent by this week’s guest to announce...
- 10/9 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Rosen was a Missed Base Away from Being Tribe’s Triple Crown Winner: By Vince Guerrieri Last week, the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera became the first major league baseball player to win the offensive...
- 10/9 Eye On the Tigers: 2012 Preseason Predictions Revisited: For the last few years I've been making predictions on the Detroit Tigers forum. At the end of the year, I like to compare...
- 10/9 Dynasty League Baseball: 2012 The Year of the Rookie and the Triple Crown | Preview of the New 2012 Season Player Cards: Mike Trout had as great of a rookie season as we have seen since perhaps Fred Lynn’s MVP Rookie year in 1975. Trout did...
- 10/9 mlbreports.com : Josh Hamilton: Overcoming the Demons or Reliving his Past? The Future of the Rangers Free Agent Superstar: Tuesday October 9th, 2012 Robert Whitmer: We talked in a previous article about the demons that we carry and how they can affect...
- 10/8 MetsToday.com: Mailbag: Dump David Wright: Off the heels of the recent news that Sandy Alderson will “move quickly” on extensions for R.A. Dickey and David Wright,...
- 10/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit shouldn’t celebrate yet; still work to do in Oakland: The regular-season excitement is over. Yes, it’s been since 1934 and 1935 that Detroit has made consecutive playoff appearances....
- 10/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Three for Miguel Cabrera in ALDS Game 2: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera banged out three hits in Game 2 of the American League Division Series Sunday, Oct. 7, as his...[+]
team won 5-4 over the Oakland Athletics.
- 10/7 Baseball News Source: Tigers Walk Off Winners Against Oakland – Lead ALDS 2-0: Miguel Cabrera had three hits for the Tigers After loading the bases in the ninth inning on two base hits, Omar Infante and Miguel...
- 10/7 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: 2012 Royal Wrap-Up:
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- 10/7 Kings of Kauffman: Baseball Bloggers Alliance 2012 Awards Ballot: Kings of Kauffman is part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, an organization set up to foster communication and collaboration...
- 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: Cabrera Versus Balfour: Omar Infante singles with one out in the ninth to bring up Miguel Cabrera against Grant Balfour with the Athletics and Tigers...
- 10/7 Baseball Musings: Crisp Fried: Miguel Cabrera comes up with two on and two out in the bottom of the seventh inning against Sean Doolittle. Doolittle gets Miguel...
- 10/7 Baseball Musings: Cabrera Giveth, and Cabrera Taketh Away: Miguel Cabrera doubled in his first at bat against Oakland Sunday afternoon, but was left on base. In the top of the third, he...
- 10/7 Call to the Pen: Sunday’s Playoff Starting Pitchers: I was glancing through the scheduled starting pitchers for today’s four playoff games, two of which will be the first games...
- 10/7 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Sunday October 7th: Sunday October 7th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
- 10/7 Swingin' A's: A’s Drop Game 1 As Verlander K’s 11, Pat Neshek Rises Above It All: Frankly it’s difficult to be too upset about the A’s dropping game 1 when they were facing off against one of the...
- 10/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Tigers Game One ALDS: The Tigers beat the A’s 3-1 to take a 1-0 lead in the best of five division series. Justin Verlander was outstanding as...
- 10/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Triple Crown winner goes hitless: Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera was hitless in three at-bats with a walk in Game 1 of the American League Division Series Saturday,...[+]
Oct. 6, against the Oakland Athletics.
- 10/6 Baseball News Source: Tigers, Verlander Take Game One in ALDS: Verlander dominated the A’s in Game 1 Justin Verlander gave up a leadoff home run to Oakland A’s outfielder Coco Crisp,...
- 10/6 The Baseball Page: Paralysis By Analysis: A Look At Statistics In Modern Day Baseball:
Mike Trout was the best player in baseball this season. You know, I...
- 10/6 The Baseball Haven: 2012 MLB Awards: The Second Annual Baseball Haven “I’m Always Right Before the Media Figures It Out” Awards are officially ready, just one...
- 10/6 El Maquino: OFFDAY: WHY YOU’RE WRONG AND TROUT’S THE MVP; CARDS NEGLIGENTLY DOWNGRADE PLAYOFF BULLPEN: THE BIG PIECE It’s the Triple Crown: for over a century the uncontested highest level of offensive achievement a player...
- 10/6 Yanks Go Yard: How do the Yankees match up against each remaining playoff team?: Congrats, Yankees fans! We have survived the dog-days of August and our favorite team has emerged from the grind of 162 games...
- 10/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young?: Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young? Now that the regular season is over it’s time to ask. Who wins the 2012 AL...
- 10/6 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Leave Brennan Boesch Off Playoff Roster: The Detroit Tigers announced their playoff roster for the ALDS versus the Oakland Athletics earlier this morning. As promised,...
- 10/6 Redlegs Review: Five reasons the Reds will win the World Series:
The road to the World Series starts tonight for the Reds as they take on the Giants in San Francisco in game one of the...
- 10/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Jacoby Ellsbury: Fantasy Baseball MVP for 2012 Revisited: In March we ran a series of predictive posts as a Countdown to the 2012 fantasy baseball season. Those predictions have come and...
- 10/6 The Baseball Page: MLB: Scalding-hot hitters like Cano will try to carry their clubs in October: Robinson Cano #24 of the New York Yankees hits a two run home run against the Boston Red Sox during the fourth inning...
- 10/6 mlbreports.com : Where Does Miguel Cabrera’s Season Rank All-Time?: Saturday October 6th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix: This season, Miguel Cabrera has accomplished what few hitters have ever done, the...
- 10/6 Swingin' A's: Showdown in Motown: T-minus 15 Hours And Counting: First it was reaching the .500 mark, then it was grabbing hold of a playoff spot, then playing meaningful games in September,...
- 10/6 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Hello Offseason: Chris Iannetta gets an extension, Torii Hunter hopes for a decision soon and, Mike Trout is still at the center of baseball. What...
- 10/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics—ALDS Preview and Predictions: Oakland Athletics (94-68; 1st place, AL West) vs Detroit Tigers (88-74, 1st place, AL Central) Keys for the Athletics: Get depth...
- 10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: My Award Ballot:
AL MVP
Mike Trout
Miguel Cabrera
Josh Hamilton
Robinson Cano
Justin Verlander
Adrian Beltre
Prince Fielder
Albert...
- 10/5 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Playoff Power Rankings and Predictions 2012: Friday, October.5/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): In what could be one of the most exciting days in MLB History, we present...
- 10/5 WasWatching: Is Ben Zobrist The Best Player In Baseball Over Last 4 Years?: According to the leaders in WAR, over the last four seasons combined, he is: Rk Player WAR/pos From To Age G PA OPS Pos Tm 1 Ben...
- 10/5 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: The 2012 MLB Awards Voting - Per B3P:
The 2012 Major League Baseball season was certainly an
eventful year. From an improbable run by the...
- 10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Heroes of Game 162:
Here's a list of some players who were at the top of their game on the season's final day:
Gavin Floyd blanked the Indians...
- 10/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: AROUND THE MAJORS & KATE UPTON:
Miguel Cabrera: Holy crap this guy is a monster. Congratulations to Miggy for winning the Triple Crown, the first...
- 10/5 Rays Colored Glasses: Who Should Rays Fans Root For In the 2012 Postseason?: The Rays are out. That is extremely disappointing for every Rays fan. But while a good portion of Rays fans are just about done...
- 10/5 BoSox Injection: Putting Miguel Cabrera’s Triple Crown in Historical Context: For the first time in 45 years, Major League Baseball has a Triple Crown winner. In 2012 Miguel Cabrera did what no player since...
- 10/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Ball’s playoff preview: Top chefs in the playoff kitchen: Well, that sure was one heck of a playoff race, huh? Though nothing will top last year’s drama, this year we were given...
- 10/5 Motor City Bengals: It’s Tough To Hate The Oakland A’s: Coaches and players preach “one game at a time” in the regular season, and perhaps they have that mentality, but the season...
- 10/5 Baseball Reality Tour: Postseason Brackets: Sitting in my office, minding my own business, and messing around with 2012 Park Factors, my colleague asks me for help filling...
- 10/5 The Writer's Journey: New TWJcards on tumblr: XFL running back “He Hate Me,” Doctor Who, and Dexter have all been featured on TWJcards on tumblr over the past couple...
- 10/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): Postseason Awards In The Statistical Funhouse: It is perhaps appropriate that the 2012 MLB season ended on the night of the first debate of the 2012 presidential election. It...
- 10/5 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 22: Find a Happy Place: I’m going to start with some shameless self-promotion. Are you worried that the baseball season’s end will also deprive...
- 10/5 Baseball Musings: Award Voting: I voted for the IBWAA post-season awards. Since there is sometimes confusion about this, this is a group of internet writers,...
- 10/4 Tyler's Think Tank: Cabrera Wins Triple Crown:
Cabrera mashed his way to the Triple Crown in 2012 (SBNation)
Miguel Cabrera accomplished something no baseball player...
- 10/4 Kings of Kauffman: Who is most valuable?: Another season of Royals baseball has ended short of the playoffs. All the talk will now be about the postseason or arguing over...
- 10/4 El Maquino: THE MORNING AFTER: REGULAR SEASON ENDS WITH A WIN, BERKMAN SAYS GOODBYE, AND THE CASE OF THE DELETED STRAUSS TWEETS: THE BIG PIECE The Cardinals dealt a catastrophic blow to Post-Dispatch writer Joe Strauss‘ ego when they shut the media...
- 10/4 Eye On the Tigers: My Hypothetical AL MVP Vote : 1. Mike Trout - .326/.399/.564, 30 HR, 49 SB, .422 wOBA, 175 wRC+, 10.4 fWAR, 10.7 rWAR2. Miguel Cabrera - .330/.393/.606,...
- 10/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: Here in the great Northeast, the leaves are changing colors and the temperatures are falling. The MLB playoffs are set, and...
- 10/4 Baseball Jerks: Miguel Cabrera Wins First Triple Crown Since ’67: Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers has sealed the Triple Crown tonight in Kansas City, forever excusing him for being drunk...
- 10/4 The Baseball Haven: What Makes an MVP – The 2012 AL MVP: What is it that makes you the Most Valuable Player to your league? Is it where you help your team finish? Is it how much better...
- 10/4 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 162: Win Over Marlins: Mets 4 Marlins 2 Wait till next year! Mets Game Notes The Mets salvage the final game of the series to avoid a season-ending sweep....
- 10/4 For Baseball Junkies: Cabrera, Playoffs and What To Look Forward To: Last night, while the First Presidential Debate of this year's election was going on, baseball history was being made. Miguel...
- 10/4 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera’s Triple Crown a Real Rarity: Most baseball players who make it to the big leagues would be happy to lead either the American or National League in any major...
- 10/4 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Going Out With A Whimper Edition: LaTroy Hawkins talks about his career with Fangraphs, more Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout debate and, who’s to blame, well,...
- 10/4 AroundTheFoghorn: Just One Fan’s Postseason Predictions: All the teams are set, and we have a Postseason ready to be played. Don’t know who’s in and who’s not? Don’t...
- 10/4 Motor City Bengals: Austin Jackson Finishes 2012 with a .300 Batting Average: Perhaps lost in yesterday’s hubbub of Triple Crown awards and playoff opponent reveal parties was the fact that Austin Jackson’s...
- 10/4 The Writer's Journey: Congratulations, Miguel Cabrera!: For the first time in 45 years, one player finished as the leader in his league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted...
- 10/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): On the A.L. MVP question:
I feel like I'm obligated to say something about this, but keep putting it off because a) I don't have the energy or the interest...
- 10/4 WasWatching: 2012 A.L. MVP Debate: To be honest, I cannot decide on one between these two: Rk Player OPS+ Year G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB GDP SB BA OBP SLG 1 Mike...
- 10/4 B-R Blog: What if I Think Defensive Measures and Replacement Level Measures are Meaningless?: If you think all defensive measure are bunk and no better than random noise, use oWAR. It is every part of WAR, but assumes everyone...
- 10/3 Baseball News Source: Miguel Cabrera Wins Triple Crown – First Since 1967: Cabrera finished 2012 with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBI Miguel Cabrera became the first player to win a Triple...
- 10/3 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes (such sweet sorrow edition): @Athletics 12, Rangers 5: The turnabout’s complete. Call it comeback or collapse, the AL West is draped in gold and green....
- 10/3 Jays Journal: Encarnacion Caps Career Season With Injury: Whether it was the decimation of the pitching staff, the wrist issues for Jose Bautista, or just the general wear and tear experienced...
- 10/3 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera Wins Triple Crown: He didn’t sit the final game out, though you could have hardly blamed him if he did, and he didn’t add to his impressive resume,...
- 10/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera wins Triple Crown: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera went 0-for-2 during the game Wednesday, Oct. 3, against the Kansas City Royals, but it was good...[+]
enough to end up batting .330. With his 44 home runs and 139 RBIs, he ended up claiming Major League Baseball's first Triple Crown since 1967 when Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox won it in 1967.
- 10/3 Baseball Musings: Season Over: The Tigers and Padres win within second of each other, and the 2012 regular season comes to an end. Miguel Cabrera goes 0 for...
- 10/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: League, Tracy, Upton, Blue Jays:
Brandon League told reporters that he has informed the Dodgers that he would like to re-sign this winter, writes Mark Saxon...
- 10/3 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: The St. Louis Cardinals Are Playoff Bound: The St. Louis Cardinals are a team ready for post-season play. With the end of the 2012 regular season quickly approaching,...
- 10/3 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera Should Sit Tonight: As of now, when I started writing this, it still wasn’t decided whether or not Miguel Cabrera was going to play against...
- 10/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera playing: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera is in the starting lineup in the regular season finale Wednesday, Oct. 3, as he attempts to win...[+]
the Triple Crown.
- 10/3 For Baseball Junkies: Final Day of the Regular Season - What to Watch: The 2012 MLB regular season is nearing its end. Each team plays 162 games so the season is certainly a marathon of epic...
- 10/3 Call to the Pen: Yoenis Cespedes for American League Rookie of the Year: No one is talking about the American League Rookie of the Year race and this is a gross injustice that needs to be rectified....
- 10/3 Call to the Pen: Ben Zobrist Deserves Some MVP Consideration: Sensing the angry mob that is building after simply reading the title above, I think it is prudent to clarify a little bit before...
- 10/3 Motor City Bengals: Predicting the Detroit Tigers’ Postseason Roster: I’m going to make two assumptions in predicting the roster that Jim Leyland will select for the American League Division Series....
- 10/3 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Mike Trout went one for five Tuesday night, and Josh Hamilton did not hit a home run, making Miguel Cabrera‘s triple crown...
- 10/2 Baseball News Source: Cabrera Gets Two Hits, Two RBI Before Departing: First Triple Crown winner since Boston’s Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 ? Nursing a sore ankle and playing in every game since...
- 10/2 Baseball Musings: Cabrera Out: Miguel Cabrera came out of the Tigers game after going 2 for 3. With Josh Hamilton and Mike Trout yet to play tonight, Cabrera’s...
- 10/2 Baseball Musings: Solidifying His Lead: Miguel Cabrera is two for two against the Royals tonight, his second single driving in two runs. He’s now hitting .331,...
- 10/2 Baseball Musings: Eckersley on Cabrera: Dennis Eckersley came down on the side of Miguel Cabrera for MVP on the Red Sox pre-game show on NESN. Amazingly, Dennis agrees...
- 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...
- 10/2 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Miguel Cabrera, Ryder Cup, Justin Bieber: Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Zach Pennington, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar, Glen Hentz The hottest topics for the week...
- 10/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera to play Wednesday: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said 3B Miguel Cabrera plans to start in the season finale Wednesday, Oct. 3, as he tries to...[+]
finish off his pursuit of the Triple Crown. He currently leads the American League with 44 home runs, 137 RBIs and a .329 batting average.
- 10/2 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera Leads Tigers to Playoffs: The Detroit Tigers came into the night on Monday needing either a win over Kansas City or a White Sox loss to Cleveland. Chicago took...
- 10/2 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout – Taps edition: Mike Trout becomes youngest member of the 30-30 club, Torii Hunter is on his way to his first .300 season and, C.J. Wilson to...
- 10/2 Through The Fence Baseball: These top prospects could be grabbing headlines in 2013: Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Yu Darvish and Yoenis Cespedes sure gave us a serious look at the next generation of ballplayers this...
- 10/2 Motor City Bengals: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera Takes AL Home Run Lead: There are lots of reason to celebrate in Detroit right now when it comes to Tigers baseball. The club, of course, clinched their...
- 10/2 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Despite Mike Trout equaling Miguel Cabrera‘s four for five night, Miguel’s chance to winning the triple crown is sky...
- 10/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera continues to mashDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera went 4-for-5 with his 44th homer and 137th RBI Monday, Oct. 1....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera went 4-for-5 with his 44th homer and 137th RBI Monday, Oct. 1.
- 10/1 Baseball News Source: Tigers Clinch AL Central – Cabrera Adds to Triple Crown Numbers: Triple Crown leader Miguel Cabrera, who was 4-for-5 with his 44th home run While the American League East and American League...
- 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...
- 10/1 Baseball Musings: Tentative Triple Crown Update: As things stand at 11:45 PM EDT, Miguel Cabrera‘s probability of winning the triple crown is up to .92, or 92%. That doesn’t...
- 10/1 Baseball Musings: Tigers Clinch: Miguel Cabrera goes four for five with a home run and an RBI as the Tigers beat the Royals 6-3 and clinch the AL Central division...
- 10/1 mlbreports.com : MLB: Final Fantasy MMXXII: Monday October 1st, 2012 Peter Stein: Although the past week may have marked the end of your fantasy season, in many of the...
- 10/1 Kings of Kauffman: Tigers-Royals Series Preview Q&A with Motor City Bengals Matt Snyder: Tonight is the beginning of the end for the Kansas City Royals (71-88) who return to the K for their last series of the season....
- 10/1 The Biz of Baseball: Top 20 Top-Selling MLB Jerseys, Once Again, Sees Derek Jeter At #1:
Derek Jeter (yet again) is MLB's top-selling baseball jersey
Today, MLB and the MLBPA released information on...
- 10/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: It’s clinching Monday as five teams can clinch a division or wild card berth. The Phillies travel to Washington with the...
- 10/1 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE CAPTAIN LEADS US:
The Yankees have had one amazing season so far. They have been hit
with injury after injury and it seems like they just...
- 10/1 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Joe Mauer put pressure on Miguel Cabrera in the race for the batting title, Joe going 3 for 4 on Sunday while Miguel went 0 for...
News -- September 2012
- 9/30 Baseball News Source: Detroit’s Cabrera Still in Position for Triple Crown: Cabrera remains in contention for first Triple Crown since Yastrzemski in 1967 Miguel Cabrera was hitless in three at-bats in...
- 9/30 Motor City Bengals: Prince Fielder’s 30th Home Run Helps Tigers Clinch Extra Baseball: Tigers 2, Twins 1 (box score) First things first: the Tigers won and the White Sox lost, so the Tigers lead in the American League...
- 9/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My IBWAA voting just about done, join now to have your vote count: I'm hoping to be a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America someday. But until that time, I'm a member of Internet...
- 9/30 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Trout, Ventura, Peavy, Twins, Playoffs: Rookie outfielder Mike Trout hit his 30th home run in the opener of the Angels-Rangers doubleheader this afternoon to become...
- 9/30 Baseball Musings: Tigers on the Edge: Prince Fielder hit a two-run homer in the top of the eighth inning, giving the Tigers a 2-1 comeback victory against the Twins....
- 9/30 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Trout, Ventura, Peavy, Twins: Rookie outfielder Mike Trout hit his 30th home run in the opener of the Angels-Rangers doubleheader this afternoon to become...
- 9/30 Call to the Pen: You Really Can’t Say Enough About Chipper Jones: All season long the retirement tour of Atlanta Braves star Chipper Jones has been at the forefront of the baseball news cycle,...
- 9/30 Motor City Bengals: Equating Triple Crown With MVP Is Ridiculous: Miguel Cabrera hit home run number 43 on the season in the eighth inning of Saturday’s win over the Minnesota Twins....
- 9/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Triple Crown Winners and the MVP: The reason the Triple Crown is getting such attention is that it’s so unknown to most everyone because it hasn’t happened...
- 9/29 Baseball Jerks: Francona and the Indians: Don’t Do It, Terry: Terry Francona is slotted to interview for the managerial position in Cleveland next week, according to Nick Camino of WTAM 110....
- 9/29 High Heat Stats: Saturday game notes (long division edition): Tigers 6, @Twins 4 / Rays 10, @White Sox 4: Each Central challenger had their ace on the hill for the last time in the regular...
- 9/29 Motor City Bengals: Verlander Mows Down Twins, Tigers Expand Division Lead: Tigers 6, Twins 4 (box score) With the division lead down to a single game, the Tigers turned to Justin Verlander to carry them...
- 9/29 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera solidified his RBI lead with a three run homer against the Twins as he went 1 for 4 in his quest to win the triple...
- 9/29 Baseball Musings: WAR For Trout: Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times uses WAR to make the MVP case for Mike Trout. I also heard Michael Kay and Al Leiter...
- 9/29 Baseball Musings: 43 for Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera just hit his 43rd home run of the season, tying Josh Hamilton for the AL lead in the category. Once again, Miguel...
- 9/29 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (gratuitous no-hit edition): Reds 1, @Pirates no-no: Carl Hubbell (1929), Sam Jones (1955), Bob Gibson (1971): These were the only men to baffle the...
- 9/29 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: How about we just call this version of Link Hangout as the “Jered Weaver gets to 20 wins with a little bit of Torii Hunter...
- 9/29 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera extended his lead in the batting average race with a 2 for 4 night while Joe Mauer went 0 for 2 with two walks....
- 9/28 Yanks Go Yard: Derek Jeter Loves 1st Base: It’s no secret that Derek Jeter is leading baseball in total hits, and it’s not particularly close. His 208 hits leads...
- 9/28 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Antonetti, Ortiz, Royals: One year ago today, the Red Sox and Braves completed their September collapses on the final day of the regular season. Boston...
- 9/28 Diamond Ring: The Great Debate: The 2012 AL MVP: People are sick of this debate? This is what baseball is all about! Miguel Cabrera has a shot at winning the coveted Triple Crown....
- 9/28 Baseball Analytics: The Triple Crown watch (overall and post-All Star break):
AL Batting Average
RkPlayerBA
1
Miguel Cabrera
.326
2
Joe Mauer
.323
3
Mike Trout
.320
4
Derek Jeter
.318
5
Adrian...
- 9/28 Puckett's Pond: Twins face Tigers in home finalé, batting race goes head-to-head: The Minnesota Twins begin their final homestand Friday, facing the AL Central division leading Detroit Tigers. The Twins enter...
- 9/28 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: The main players in Miguel Cabrera‘s quest for the triple crown did not have good days. Miguel went 1 for 4, but did not...
- 9/27 Baseball Analytics: The Triple Crown Watch:
Today, we not only look at where Miguel Cabrera stands, but how each of Miggy’s competitors in each category...
- 9/27 The Pesky Pole: Triple Crown Clout:
Carl Yastrzemski was the last player to win the Triple Crown. Miguel Cabrera is looking to change that. As the season winds...
- 9/27 Halo Hangout: Fun With WAR: Mike Trout vs Miguel Cabrera: I realize WAR (wins above replacement) isn’t for everybody and is widely considered a nerdy, sabermetric crutch. While most...
- 9/27 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees-Blue Jays (9/27-9/30): The New York Yankees didn’t make it easy, but with their offensive bats led by Nick Swisher and company, they were able...
- 9/27 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera and his competitors did nothing positive on Wednesday. Miguel, Mike Trout, and Joe Mauer all took oh fors, while...
- 9/27 Baseball Jerks: Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout Don’t Care About Your Opinions: I’m going to leave the stats out of this one, for the time being. Who is the American League’s most valuable player? Personally,...
- 9/26 Baseball Musings: Power Jackson: Austin Jackson continues to shine in September as his two hits, a double and a home run help the Tigers to a 5-4 win over the...
- 9/26 Reviewing the Brew: Brew Crew Online: Episode 23: Welcome again to Brew Crew Online. In episode 23, Colin and I discuss the last week of the season for the Milwaukee Brewers, which...
- 9/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Your American League MVP Checklist: Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout are locked in a duel for the American League Most Valuable Player. In a way, it’s a factional...
- 9/26 Baseball Jerks: Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera and Why it Doesn’t Matter: Forget about “old-time stats” and sabermetrics. Forget about the Triple Crown, for now. Ask: who has been more valuable to...
- 9/26 Baseball Jerks: Jim Leyland, Jose Valverde, Detroit Tigers: Jerk of the Day: Yesterday, the Tigers were swept by the Minnesota Twins in a day-night doubleheader, leaving them one game behind the Chicago...
- 9/26 Baseball Jerks: Triple Crown (Loser) Watch: Update: The coveted Triple Crown is being sought by Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera, and there is much debate about whether if he...
- 9/26 Baseball Analytics: The Miguel Cabrera Triple Crown Watch (and some MVP numbers too): AL 2012 Numbers
Batting Average
RkPlayerBA
1
Miguel Cabrera
.329
2
Joe Mauer
.326
3
Mike Trout
.324
4
Derek Jeter
.321
Provided...
- 9/26 Puckett's Pond: Twins beat Yankees; Mauer inches toward batting title: The Minnesota Twins beat the New York Yankees on Tuesday to bring the season-series to a 3-3 tie. The Yankees scored first...
- 9/26 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Joe Mauer is now giving Miguel Cabrera a run for his money in the batting title race. Mike Trout is still a threat as he went...
- 9/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera hit streak over at 14Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera saw his 14-game hitting streak snapped on Tuesday, Sept. 25....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera saw his 14-game hitting streak snapped on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
- 9/25 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: The Dear Mr. Fantasy Baseball Podcast: September 23, 2012: This week’s fantasy baseball podcast features the return of The Fantasy Doctor. The show also welcomes Jonathan Mitchell...
- 9/25 mlbreports.com : Miguel Cabrera: Baseball Royalty is Ready to Take the AL Triple Crown and a Spot in Cooperstown: Tuesday September 25, 2012 Alex Mednick: 1967 was the year that boxer Muhammad Ali was stripped of his boxing world championship...
- 9/25 Baseball Musings: Tigers Tie: Anibal Sanchez spins a shutout against the Royals as the Tigers take the game 2-0. Sanchez earns his fifth career shutout in his...
- 9/25 Radical Baseball: Triple Crown: With Miguel Cabrera so close, so late in the season I thought this research from August 2011 might be of interest.
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1f1UWQ6f9nK9tlJv2onAoGhMzzaDoyzl-vlnsVVSlPoc
Here...
- 9/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Which Teams Should the Yankees Be Rooting For?: It is obvious that the first goal for the Yankees is to lock up the AL East. The Yankees need to avoid that one game playoff at...
- 9/25 Baseball Analytics: The 40-homer club:
Minus his homers, Curtis Granderson is hitting .171
The 40-homer club is pleased to welcome it’s newest members:
Curtis...
- 9/25 Through The Fence Baseball: NL MVP: the case for Ryan Braun: The best way to quiet your critics and prove your innocence in sports is to do it with your play. Amid allegations of PED use...
- 9/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin Link: Latino players likely to impact postseason play: The 2012 major league season is coming to a close, and so is Hispanic Heritage Month. Latinos will still be in the news,...
- 9/25 The Flagrant Fan: The transformation of Prince Fielder:
Whether or not the Detroit Tigers make it to the playoffs when the season ends a week from now, Prince Fielder has not been...
- 9/25 MLB Injury News: Durability Another Reason the San Diego Padres Should Value Chase Headley:
The San Diego Padres have managed to extend five key players since the end of last season; Cameron Maybin, Nick...
- 9/25 Baseball Analytics: The Miguel Cabrera Triple Crown Watch: Batting Average
Miguel Cabrera's 2012 season
RkPlayerBA
1
Miguel Cabrera
.331
2
Mike Trout
.323
3
Derek Jeter
.322
4
Joe...
- 9/25 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Trout versus Miguel Cabrera (again), even more Mike Trout and, Right now, it’s about trust. With the A’s losing...
- 9/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera extends to 14Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera extended his hitting streak to 14 games Monday, Sept. 24....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera extended his hitting streak to 14 games Monday, Sept. 24.
- 9/24 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers Monday Morning Manager:
Last Week: 3-4
This Week: KC (9/24-27); at Min (9/28-30)
So, What Happened?
Just...
- 9/24 Halo Hangout: Mike Trout’s Pink Teddy Bear: If you see Mike Trout gallivanting around Orange County with a big, pink teddy bear, it’s not an homage to the pink bear...
- 9/24 Motor City Bengals: Awards Are Great But…: Come on Tigers fans. The Tigers are in the midst of a pennant race and I am beginning to wonder if anyone has noticed, or more...
- 9/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera at 14 games and counting: Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera went 1-for-4 with a run scored Monday, Sept. 24, against the Kansas City Royals to push his hitting...[+]
streak to 14 games.
- 9/24 Radical Baseball: I had not thought the Triple Crown possible with one week to go.: Miguel Cabrera is proving me wrong. I had done extensive research and concluded that a batter leading his league/conference...
- 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 For Baseball Junkies: Could Another Triple Crown Winner Lose MVP?: Since 1901, the baseball hitting Triple Crown has only been accomplished 13 times by 11 different players. The hitting Triple...
- 9/24 mlbreports.com : Robert Whitmer’s 2012 MLB Playoff Predictions: Wild Cards to the World Series: Monday September 24th, 2012 Robert Whitmer: There comes a point in everyone’s life when they must choose path that they...
- 9/24 Baseball Musings: Josh Hamilton Picked a Bad Time to Give up Amphetamines: Josh Hamilton‘s problems were caused by caffeine. He will be back in the Rangers lineup tonight to try to prevent Miguel...
- 9/24 The Flagrant Fan: It's raining cats and dogmas:
Or a dogma and pony show. Couldn't decide on which was the best pun...
The American and National...
- 9/24 MLB Injury News: Josh Hamilton Update: Rangers Still Unsure of Slugger's Availability:
Josh Hamilton has not played since September 18th. He has been battling a sinus infection and blurred vision which...
- 9/24 The Baseball Page: Sexiness of CF hurdle for Cabrera:
It has been the location of baseball’s glamour profession, the real...
- 9/24 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: This week it’s all about the playoff races and Miguel Cabrera on the verge of accomplishing something that hasn’t...
- 9/24 Puckett's Pond: This Week in Twins: September 24-30: Last week was a pleasant surprise for the Twins. Not only did they win a pair of series against division rivals, including a Tiger...
- 9/24 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees-Twins (9/24-9/26): The New York Yankees ended their homestand on a wild note with this series against the Oakland Athletics. It felt like a playoff...
- 9/24 WSJ Daily Fix: The MVP Case for Mike Trout: The Count: Forget Miguel Cabrera's chase for the triple crown. More advanced stats show Trout to be having a demonstrably stronger...
- 9/24 Mets360.com: Mets Minors: Wilmer Flores … the next Miguel Cabrera?: At Age 20: Player A: 69 Games, 266 ABs, 29 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 10 HRs, 46 Runs, 59 RBIs, 31 BBs, 49 Ks, 1.038 OPS Player B: 66 Games,...
- 9/24 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Endgames: With ten days left in the season, Miguel Cabrera leads the American League in batting average, home runs, and RBI. He’s...
- 9/23 Baseball Musings: Tigers Swept: The Twins win the night-cap of their double header with the Tigers as Denard Span leads off the tenth inning with a pinch-hit...
- 9/23 Baseball Musings: A New Hope: Joe Mauer went 3 for 4 in game one of the Twins/Tigers double header, raising his batting average to .326, pushing him slightly...
- 9/23 Tyler's Think Tank: Miguel Cabrera Threatening Triple Crown:
Cabrera's torrid hitting has him on the verge of making baseball history (CBS)
The Detroit Tigers mauled the Minnesota...
- 9/23 Puckett's Pond: Twins Weekly Web Review: A weekly look at must-read articles on the Minnesota Twins and MLB. MINNESOTA TWINS NEWS AND NOTES Scott Diamond currently the...
- 9/23 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: Miggy, Twins/Tigers: Yesterday’s thumping of the Minnesota Twins included taking advantage of the opposition’s lack of command, offense...
- 9/23 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera went one for four with a home run and an RBI on Saturday. His competition for the batting title, Mike Trout, went...
- 9/22 Baseball News Source: Orioles Reaping the Benefits of Trading for Adam Jones: Jones has developed into one of baseball’s best players At the time, it seemed like a good idea. The Seattle Mariners wanted...
- 9/22 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister’s Gem Saves Bullpen, Lifts Tigers Over Twins: Tigers 8, Twins 0 (box score) The Tigers’ win over the lowly Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon was obviously huge from a...
- 9/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Melky Cabrera Forfeits Batting Title:
Thanks for giving up the batting title, Melky. How about that All-Star Game MVP?
In an unprecedented but well-received...
- 9/22 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Position: Miguel Cabrera hit home run 42 Saturday afternoon to extend the Tigers lead over the Twins to 8-0 in the bottom of the fourth....
- 9/22 Puckett's Pond: WAR Games: Should they stay or should they go?: When most people think of the word “war”, they think of either of the World Wars, violence, disputes over land or...
- 9/22 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera Nearing Triple Crown: Miguel Cabrera is approaching a historic feat that hasn’t been accomplished since 1967—finishing the season leading the league...
- 9/22 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera did not play Friday night as rain postponed the Tigers game. His competition for the batting title, Mike Trout,...
- 9/21 Baseball Analytics: McCutchen joins the 30-homer club; Pirates join the sub-.500 club:
You can't say enough about Andrew McCutchen's season for the fading Pirates:
McCutchen has indeed been a hitting star at .339...
- 9/21 Call to the Pen: Chicago White Sox Might Pull Off Division Title: At the start of the season I thought the chances of the White Sox contending for the American League Central Division title were...
- 9/21 Halo Hangout: I Can Be Close Minded Too: Earlier this week, Jon Morosi posted this story at Fox Sports, and subsequently sent Angels fans on Twitter into a frenzy, as...
- 9/21 The Flagrant Fan: BBA Linkfest - around the horn in general:
Hey! Got a few minutes? Hope so because what follows is a group of links to some of the best baseball writing on the...
- 9/21 Eye On the Tigers: Win Probability Added: The Case for Trout as MVP : Who has put their team in a better situation to win, Miguel Cabrera or Mike Trout? Well, one way to answer that question...
- 9/21 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Triple Crown Talk Needs To Start With Yaz:
In a three-legged race, the secret to victory is unison. All three components must work simultaneously in order for victory...
- 9/21 Call to the Pen: Josh Hamilton Leaves Team Due to Sinus Infection: Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton has been dealing with a sinus issue that has, at times, caused blurred vision. As a result,...
- 9/21 Swingin' A's: The Legend of A.J. Griffin: As the legend goes, the griffin was a regal creature of ancient times with the body of a lion and the wings and head of...
- 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Mike Trout is the AL MVP — and it’s only kinda close: First of all, let me be clear: I intend no disrespect to Miguel Cabrera, Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre or even Yoenis Cespedes...
- 9/21 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Watch: Miguel Cabrera went one for four with a walk Thursday afternoon. His competition for the batting title, Mike Trout, went 0 for...
- 9/20 High Heat Stats: Wednesday whatsits: Orioles 3, @Mariners 1 (11): Well, naturally. A noted philosopher‘s comment on Don Larsen‘s WS perfecto applies...
- 9/20 Baseball Analytics: Tigers win behind Verlander and Cabrera:
Justin Verlander (15-8) threw 122 pitches in six scoreless innings allowing five hits and three walks while striking out...
- 9/20 Baseball Analytics: 30-homer hitters: Last night, Alfonso Soriano and Adam Jones became the 15th and 16th players this season to hit 30 homers.
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- 9/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Premature adulation – the MVP and Cy Young Awards go to …: There are still a couple of weeks left to play in the season, and the wild card races are getting pretty intense as we...
- 9/20 Bronx Baseball Daily: American League playoff predictions:
The Yankees are in a good position to make the playoffs. Their magic number –to win the AL East– sits at 13 right...
- 9/20 Baseball News Source: Brett Anderson Leaves Game with Strained Right Oblique: Oakland A’s starter Brett Anderson left his start against the Detroit Tigers in the second inning with a strained right...
- 9/20 StanGraphs: Placing Value on the Triple Crown: After an insane tear over the past couple of weeks, renowned baseball destroyer Miguel Cabrera has strengthened his case to the...
- 9/20 Call to the Pen: Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera Have Been Equal Offensive Forces: There is an American League MVP debate currently raging out there. And it’s exhausting. There are two major favorites for...
- 9/20 Swingin' A's: Everything Goes Wrong As A’s Drop 2nd Game in Detroit: After last night’s downright brutal beatdown at the hands of the Detroit Tigers it was really important for the A’s...
- 9/20 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: We got buckets full of Mike Trout and his MVP chase, Vernon Wells disappearing behind a wall and, Ozzie Guillen backing up Yunel...
- 9/20 Yanks Go Yard: Derek Jeter is mentioned in MVP race because he’s Derek Jeter: Plain and simple the reason New York Yankees captain is Derek Jeter is being mentioned and promoted (granted mostly by Yankees...
- 9/20 Rays Colored Glasses: AL Wild Card Roundup: Orioles Win in Extras, A’s and Angels Fall: The Rays are not out of the AL playoff picture yet. Hopefully their big win Wednesday is the start if an incredible run to end...
- 9/20 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Update: Miguel Cabrera went one for three with a home run and an RBI Wednesday night. His competition for the batting title, Mike Trout,...
- 9/19 Cubbies Crib: Kane County Cougars Officially Join Chicago Cubs Organization: When I was a child, my family and I would frequent Kane County Cougars’ games on a regular basis. Personally, I can remember...
- 9/19 Baseball Musings: AL Central Tightens Up: The Tigers beat the Athletics for the second night in a row, pulling them to five games out in the AL Wild Card race. Miguel Cabrera...
- 9/19 Baseball Analytics: Miguel Cabrera’s race for the Triple Crown:
Prior to the start of the season, if you had to pick one player who had the best chance to win the Triple Crown, many pundits...
- 9/19 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera Shouldn’t Need Triple Crown to be MVP: Midway through August in 2011, Miguel Cabrera and Detroit Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon were standing around the batting...
- 9/19 mlbreports.com : Alex Rios: Comeback Player of the Year and Ready For One More Big Contract?: Wednesday September 19th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix: Considering his disappointing 2011 campaign, Alex Rios has been a superstar and...
- 9/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Miggy or Trouty? The AL MVP race isn’t really that close: A month ago, the answer seemed pretty clear cut by most. Mike Trout was taking the baseball world by storm and seemed to be the...
- 9/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Derek Jeter And The AL MVP: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) At this point it’s getting hard to find a positive adjective...
- 9/19 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Race: Miguel Cabrera, with two home runs Tuesday night, is now just two home runs behind Josh Hamilton for the AL home run lead. Cabrera...
- 9/19 MLB Injury News: Tigers' Play-Off Hopes Fading With Late Season Injuries:
The Detroit Tigers were the po**** pick to reach the World Series before this season began. They already had the MVP-caliber...
- 9/19 Full Spectrum Baseball: Random, Possibly Intriguing, Mostly Useless Information: Yeah, I'm a baseball nerd and I wholeheartedly admit and accept this. One of the things I love about baseball is that there are...
- 9/19 MLB Dirt: MVP? Buster Posey May Not Even Be the Best Catcher in the NL This Season: Recently a groundswell of support has pushed Buster Posey to the forefront of the 2012 National League MVP race. After all, he...
- 9/19 Swingin' A's: Tigers Maul Griffin, A’s Start Roadtrip In Ugly Fashion: It’s pretty safe to say this was about as far from how the A’s hoped to kick off this ultra important roadtrip as...
- 9/19 Crashburn Alley: Mike Trout and False Equivalence: I love it when I wake up and The Internet, or at least that very small, strange, baseball-related corner of The Internet that...
- 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera with big night: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera hit two homers and drove in six runs Tuesday, Sept. 18. He's hitting .333 with 40 homers and...[+]
129 RBI. He leads the league in average and RBI, but is two homers shy of the lead.
- 9/18 Baseball News Source: Miguel Cabrera Muscles up Against Oakland – 2 HRs 6 RBI: American League MVP race – advantage Cabrera Miguel Cabrera slugged two home runs and knocked in six runs as the Detroit...
- 9/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: New Schedule, Same Value: Clave and I recently had a bit of a conversation, trying to figure out if the Astros move to the American League next year will...
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- 9/18 Baseball Musings: Minimum for Max: Max Scherzer lasted just two innings Tuesday night against the Oakland Athletics. He allowed just one run, but his velocity dropped,...
- 9/18 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: September 18, 2012:
Short schedule days like yesterday are usually troublesome because there is not enough games to make up for bad picks....
- 9/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera hitting well lateDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera is hitting .344 with 14 homers and 35 RBI in the seventh inning or later this season....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera is hitting .344 with 14 homers and 35 RBI in the seventh inning or later this season.
- 9/17 Motor City Bengals: A.L. Central Race Far From Over: After today’s 5-4 defeat at the hands of Central division leading Chicago, Detroit now stands 3 games behind Chicago for...
- 9/17 Yanks Go Yard: Who is the MVP of the Yankees? The Case for Cano: In recent weeks, the “Derek Jeter for MVP” movement has exploded. While Jeter is certainly having a spectacular season,...
- 9/17 The Baseball Page: Monday Morning Manager: Week 24:
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- 9/17 Call to the Pen: Blown Save Robs Miguel Cabrera of Signature Moment: You hear it talked about every year, though usually a few months later than this: that signature moment. In college football,...
- 9/17 Puckett's Pond: This Week in Twins: September 17-23: Is the season over yet? The Twins sure played like it was last week. They won a game against the Indians to tie for fourth place,...
- 9/17 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review: The White Sox went into last week coming off a frustrating series against the Royals but still sitting on a two game lead...
- 9/17 WahoosOnFirst: On the Cleveland Indians’ Lack of Passion: On July 29th, 2011, Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco gave up a grand slam home run to Royals outfielder Melky Cabrera....
- 9/17 WahoosOnFirst: Lonnie Chisenhall’s Walkoff Lifts Tribe Over Tigers, 7-6: The Indians got some late-inning heroics Sunday afternoon as Lonnie Chisenhall‘s walkoff base hit off Detroit closer Joe...
- 9/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Wins In Walkoff Fashion; Indians 7, Tigers 6: By David Roberts The Indians took the field on this sunny Sunday afternoon in hopes to stop the sweep at the hands of the Detroit...
- 9/16 Motor City Bengals: A Season Full of Mistakes Show Up Sunday: The Detroit Tigers today, showed why that they aren’t a viable playoff team. The results were ultra sloppy. The Tigers lost...
- 9/16 High Heat Stats: Saturday snippets: @Dodgers 4, Cardinals 3: Twice down to their last strike, LA rallied to tie on Andre Ethier‘s single and a double by Friday’s...
- 9/16 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #147: Detroit Tigers (77-67) at Cleveland Indians (60-86): By Bob Toth Detroit Tigers’ starter Anibal Sanchez faced the minimum and kept the inept Cleveland Indians’ offense hitless...
- 9/16 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Chapman, Hamilton, WBC, Billy Corgan and Neiko Johnson: Sunday September 16th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
- 9/16 PaulLebowitz.com: American League Central—2012 Present and 2013 Future: I recently looked at the AL East, how they’re faring now and their prospects for the future. Now let’s look at the AL Central....
- 9/16 WahoosOnFirst: Anibal Sanchez Dominates Tribe in 5-3 Tigers Win: Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter into the seventh inning while Justin Masterson got knocked out of the game in the fifth Saturday...
- 9/15 mlbreports.com : Pedro Alvarez: Finally Meeting The Hype in Pittsburgh: Saturday September 15th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Pedro Alvarez is starting to turn the corner. Taking the next step. But, early...
- 9/15 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Sanchez Flirts With No-no: Anibal Sanchez‘s first few starts with his new ballclub were rather rocky. He’s since settled down and has had some...
- 9/15 High Heat Stats: Friday game nibbles: Rays 6, @Yankees 4: Three runs in the 5th (aided by 2 wild pitches) and a typical Price-is-right performance against the Bombers helped...
- 9/15 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #146: Detroit Tigers (76-67) at Cleveland Indians (60-85): By Mike Brandyberry Friday evening the Detroit Tigers and Justin Verlander shutout the Cleveland Indians 4-0. Corey Kluber stuggled...
- 9/15 WahoosOnFirst: Tigers Strike Early To Back Verlander, Tigers Defeat Indians 4-0: The Tigers spotted their ace Justin Verlander an early lead and he and the Tigers corner infield defense (there’s something...
- 9/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera strong against Cleveland : Since 2008, Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera is batting .338 (113-for-334) with 22 homers and 76 RBIs in 86 games against the...[+]
Cleveland Indians.
- 9/14 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Early Offense is Enough: Justin Verlander was staked to an early lead, and he did the rest as the Tigers won tonight’s series opener vs the Cleveland...
- 9/14 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera Doesn’t Feed Trolls: Prior to a game in Chicago earlier this week, Detroit Tigers star third baseman Miguel Cabrera was signing autographs for fans...
- 9/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: DEREK JETER FOR MVP? CONSIDER IT:
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- 9/14 Call to the Pen: Giancarlo Stanton: The Slugger We Deserve: I’m fairly certain I’ve always wanted to write something that focused solely on Giancarlo Stanton and how he hits...
- 9/13 For Baseball Junkies: Marlins All-Time Team v.2012: Last year's squad can be seen here.Since we made these lists, the Marlins have switched cities and constructed one of...
- 9/13 Call to the Pen: 2012: The $20 Million Club: In the 2012 season, 13 players in Major League Baseball earned a total of $20 million or more for their services. As it turns...
- 9/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Robinson Cano’s 2012 season:
Mike Trout is going to win the Most Valuable Player Award. He is a lock. And it is not even close. But what would have happened...
- 9/12 Eye On the Tigers: The Tigers Aren't Hitting Enough Home Runs: It seems weird to hear when Miguel Cabrera is 4th in the league with 36 HR, 3 away from a career best, and is also in serious...
- 9/12 Baseball Analytics: Giancarlo Stanton is in the zone: Last night, Giancarlo Stanton hit his 34th home run of the season, tying for the second-most homers in a season in Marlins...
- 9/12 Call to the Pen: Tigers Win a Game They Had To, Pull Within Two of Chicago: The Detroit Tigers faced a three game deficit in the AL Central after dropping the first of a four-game set with the White Sox...
- 9/11 mlbreports.com : Mike Trout Is Still The Favorite For The A.L. MVP and ROY Awards: Tuesday September 11th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Mike Trout has arubably been the biggest difference maker in all of baseball. When...
- 9/11 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: How does Jered Weaver‘s injury impact the AL playoff picture, 2012 season award prediction and even more Mike Trout. The...
- 9/11 Call to the Pen: Time Running Out for Tigers After Opening Loss in Chicago: The Detroit Tigers hosted the Chicago White Sox just 11 days ago, staring at a three-game deficit in the AL Central. Three Tigers...
- 9/10 Southside Showdown: Quintana’s Resurgance and Rios’ Power Lead White Sox Over Tigers: Jose Quintana escaped the 2nd inning, and that was a moral victory for Sox fans. When he lasted through the 4th, it was longer...
- 9/10 Baseball Jerks: Detroit Tigers Offense: Jerks of the Day: Here is a team with the fifth largest payroll in baseball ($132.2 MM), three superstars (Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Prince...
- 9/10 Baseball Reality Tour: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances: Look in the mirror. You'll see a person who would click on an article titled: Wins Above Replacement / 600 Plate Appearances.Anyone...
- 9/9 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes: Yeah, I know. I wish I could have gotten this out sooner — say, before Saturday’s games. But as the saying goes, life...
- 9/9 Puckett's Pond: Scott Diamond: Poor Man’s Buehrle? Homeless Man’s Glavine?: Scott Diamond is the Twins best pitcher this season, but his solid 2012 performance seems to have come out of nowhere. At first...
- 9/8 High Heat Stats: Who will be the next 400 HR hitter?: This season, Paul Konerko, David Ortiz and Adam Dunn have joined the 400 HR club that now boasts 50 members. But, it’s not...
- 9/8 Baseball Analytics: Derek Jeter has another three hit game: The Yankee captain's season
On a recent radio appearance, I was asked if I was surprised at the season that Derek Jeter is...
- 9/8 Baseball Analytics: How many 30+ homer hitters will we have this season?:
Ryan Braun hit his 38th homer of the season last night as the Brewers damaged the Cardinals 5-4, in 13 innings.
Edwin Encarnacion hit...
- 9/8 Tyler's Think Tank: Reynolds Red Hot:
Mark Reynolds is locked in at the plate (ESPN)
Look out, New York Yankees. The Orioles are hot on your trail, and (with...
- 9/8 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: It’s a big weekend for American League baseball, Chris Iannetta is not acting like your typical Angels catcher and, there...
- 9/7 Baseball News Source: Fred Lynn Understands What it’s Like to be Mike Trout: If there is anyone better equipped to understand the exhilarating highs and the dramatic challenges that Mike Trout is experiencing...
- 9/7 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Detroit Comes To Town: The Los Angeles Angels gauntlet continues as they return home to take on the Detroit Tigers in a three game weekend series. The...
- 9/7 Baseball Analytics: Bill Chuck's Friday Nine to Know - with a lot of Beltre: Positive thoughts and best wishes to Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy who is alert after having surgery for a skull...
- 9/7 MLB Dirt: An Interview with Dean Green: No matter how much baseball changes teams still love having a big slugger in the middle of their lineups. The visual of a big...
- 9/6 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Nationals 9, Cubs 1: Through Monday, 387 games had been played at Nationals Park, and only one team had ever hit 5 HRs there....
- 9/6 WahoosOnFirst: Ubaldo’s Solid Start Not Enough as Tigers Beat Indians 7-1: Ubaldo Jimenez was on top of his game Wednesday night, but the Tigers’ late rally and a strong start from Doug Fister boosted...
- 9/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Early Homer and Late Insurance Runs Help Detroit Avoid Sweep; Tigers 7, Indians 1: By Bob Toth A first inning home run and a five-run eighth helped the Tigers avoid a series sweep, despite one of Ubaldo Jimenez’s...
- 9/5 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Forget Football, There is Still Baseball to be Played:
That's right all you blasphemers out there. You are all ready to walk away from our national past-time for the 18-week...
- 9/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #137: Cleveland Indians (58-78) at Detroit Tigers (72-63): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians used doubles by Michael Brantley and Asdrubal Cabrera to paint opposite foul lines...
- 9/5 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Orioles catch Yankees with win over Toronto: Orioles now tied With Yankees Baltimore 12 – Toronto 0 - Mark Reynolds hit a three-run homer, Zach Britton pitched...
- 9/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Early Doubles Give Tribe Second Straight Win In Motown; Indians 3, Tigers 2: By Craig Gifford Apparently the Indians magic elixir is the Detroit Tigers. Cleveland has had its share of struggles since the...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: Jim Leyland Brings Anger From Fans Upon Himself: For all the disgust and flack that Jim Leyland has gotten over the years from fans regarding his lineups, we here at Motor City...
- 9/4 Blog Red Machine: Who Are the Cincinnati Reds? Part 2: The Heart of the Matter: I started out a couple of days ago to dissect what makes these Cincinnati Reds tick, to discover what the 2012 version of this...
- 9/4 Eye On the Tigers: My August Awards: American League:Player of the MonthPrince Fielder - .370/.491/.663/1.154, 7 HR, .476 wOBA, 206 wRC+The Tigers had...
- 9/4 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings: Who Is Your # 1?:
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- 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...
- 9/4 Nolan Writin': Game 134: Rangers Roll, Reach New High-Water Mark: Now that we’re in the final month of the season, it doesn’t take fantastic leaps of hyperbole to create storylines....
- 9/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: The Strasburg decision, individual honors races, and the playoff picture as MLB enters its last month. Strasburg Shutdown The...
- 9/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Early Detroit Miscues Help Tribe To Victory; Indians 3, Tigers 2: By Mike Brandyberry For once, it wasn’t the Indians making mistakes and giving away runs. Monday afternoon, the Cleveland Indians...
- 9/3 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Detroit Tigers: There was a time in Wahooland when this series would have meant the world for the team and its fans. Then the All-Star Break happened,...
- 9/3 The Baseball Page: Tigers Proving That Winning Divisions Only Easy on Paper:
It wasn’t supposed to go down like this.
As August turns to September...
- 9/2 Southside Showdown: Verlander’d…Again.: ESPN probably wept tears of joy when it became clear that the headliners for the White Sox at Tigers Sunday Night Baseball matchup...
- 9/1 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Tigers beat White Sox to close AL Central Gap: Chicago 1 - Detroit 5 - Max Scherzer pitched eight solid innings striking out nine and allowing just four hits to lead the...
- 9/1 Southside Showdown: Liriano Doesn’t Do White Sox Any Favors With Free Passes: Would you like to take a walk with Francisco Liriano? If you are a member of the Detroit Tigers, you most likely answered yes...
News -- August 2012
- 8/31 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Orioles Shut Down Yankees: Baltimore 6 – New York 1 – Miguel Gonzalez pitched seven shutout innings and struck out nine as the Baltimore...
- 8/31 Call to the Pen: Tigers Add Avisail Garcia a Day Early, DFA Jeff Baker: The Detroit Tigers had been planning on recalling highly touted prospect Avisail Garcia on Saturday when the rosters expand. In...
- 8/31 i70baseball.com: Tigers ‘tamed’ in Kansas CityThe sweep of the Detroit Tigers Thursday sealed up a winning month of August for the Kansas City Royals....
- 8/30 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions for the Rest of the Season:
I don't necessarily believe all of these will happen, but there exists the possibility that they could happen. A...
- 8/29 Baseball Jerks: Jemile Weeks, Justin Smoak and Drew Stubbs: This Week’s Jerks: We all know the best players (Josh Hamilton, Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera) but at Baseball Jerks we’d like to celebrate something...
- 8/29 Full Spectrum Baseball: Free Chase Headley!: In baseball, and I guess life itself, it's always fun to play the "What if.." game. What kind of gaudy numbers would Miguel Cabrera...
- 8/29 WahoosOnFirst: Five Potential Trade Destinations for Casey Kotchman: The July 31 non-waiver trade deadline gets on the attention, but there’s another big day coming up soon. Major League teams...
- 8/29 Kings of Kauffman: Close Call: Royals Beat Tigers in Wild Slugfest: A close call in the top of the ninth saved the Royals in a back and forth matchup against Detroit. Greg Holland was trying...
- 8/28 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 21:
Last Week: 5-1
This Week: at KC (8/28-30; CWS 8/31-9/2)
So, What Happened?
It’s...
- 8/28 Baseball Reality Tour: Who Should Win the MVP?: Buster Olney got it started early this morning...In the wide open AL Cy Young race, the frontrunners from here look to be: 1....
- 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...
- 8/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Victor Martinez now a mystery after being shut down for season: Remember Victor Martinez last season? He was that guy who posted a .330 average, the fourth best in the American League, and had...
- 8/27 Crashburn Alley: The Kevin Frandsen Illusion: Kevin Frandsen went 2-for-4 with two singles in yesterday’s series finale with the Washington Nationals, raising his average...
- 8/27 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: What Can Josh Beckett Provide the Dodgers?: For all of the earth-shattering moves the Dodgers have made lately in an attempt to win now, there’s still this stark reality:...
- 8/26 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Tigers Grind Out Series Win: The Tigers got a solid outing from Max Scherzer this afternoon, going 7 strong innings, giving up just 1 run on 4 hits, 2 walks,...
- 8/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera not in lineup Sunday: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (ankle) is not in the lineup against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Sunday, Aug. 26. He had...[+]
served as the designated hitter because of a sore right ankle Friday, Aug. 24, and Saturday, Aug. 25.
- 8/26 Redlegs Review: Ryan Ludwick one of five veterans driving playoff races:
Where would the Reds be without Ryan Ludwick this season. He has carried more than his fair share of the load since Joey...
- 8/26 Nolan Writin': Adrian Beltre Is Still Underappreciated: When Adrian Beltre signed with the Seattle Mariners, big things were expected from him. There were rumblings, though, about how...
- 8/25 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Rangers Beltre Hits for Cycle Against Minnesota: Beltre Stays Hot Minnesota 0 – Texas 8 - Adrian Belte continued his torrid hitting, hitting for the cycle and backing up...
- 8/25 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Greinke And Kendrick Lead Way As Angels Extend Winning Streak To Four: Now this is the Zack Greinke we all thought we were getting at the deadline. Greinke pitched 7.2 innings of one-run ball and Howard...
- 8/24 Motor City Bengals: Life Without Miguel Cabrera: If you are a Tigers fan, you probably felt the room start to spin in the second inning of yesterday’s game when Miguel Cabrera...
- 8/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera may not play 3B Saturday: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said it is very questionable that 3B Miguel Cabrera (ankle) will be able to play third base...[+]
Saturday, Aug. 25.
- 8/24 Nolan Writin': Lost And Found: The Story of Rangers Hitting and Pitching: After taking 2 of 3 against Baltimore to start this most recent home stand, the Rangers bats again put on a show, piling 10 runs...
- 8/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: Jeter could earn an extra $2 mil in 2014 with recent performance:
As part of Derek Jeter‘s current contract, he has a 2014 player option that is worth at least $8 million and can increase...
- 8/23 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Rays 5, Royals 3 / @White Sox 2, Yankees 1: I went to a coronation, and a pennant race broke out! Tampa’s surge has shaved...
- 8/23 Rays Colored Glasses: Understanding Each MLB Team’s Performance in the Context of Its Ballpark Part 1: One interesting thing in baseball is that every stadium is different. Unlike any of the other four major sports, there are no...
- 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera hopes to return Friday: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (ankle) hopes to return to the lineup Friday, Aug. 24. He said he turned his right ankle last...[+]
week during an at-bat.
- 8/23 Bronx Baseball Daily: Is Derek Jeter a MVP candidate?:
If I were told to vote right this minute for the AL MVP, my pick would be Derek Jeter. No other player has done more to...
- 8/23 YankeeAnalysts.com: The MVP and Derek Jeter: No one predicted that Derek Jeter would be the best hitting shortstop of 2012, but so far, the 38 year old has outproduced prime...
- 8/22 Southside Showdown: Reason to Worry?: Chris Sale is having probably the best season by a White Sox pitcher since Esteban Loaiza’s 2003 campaign, for...
- 8/22 Through The Fence Baseball: AL MVP race: Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera in battle to the finish: As we near the end of the regular season, trophy talks are on the rise. This year, another Tiger is in the AL MVP race: Miguel...
- 8/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Will Tigers overcome White Sox in AL Central battle?: If we learned anything this season, Detroit and Chicago are going to battle it out until the very end. As of Tuesday, Detroit...
- 8/22 It's About the Money (Stupid): What does Rick Sutcliffe think about drinking and driving?:
I really have no intention of pounding this story about Rick Sutcliffe calling for Melky Cabrera to be deported into the ground...
- 8/21 BoSox Injection: The Hundred Million Dollar Man: We can rebuild him…we have the economy. This week Red Sox star left fielder and owner of a $142,000,000 dollar contract...
- 8/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: What We’re Reading: Tuesday Afternoon’s Links: Happy Tuesday everyone. I hope you’re having a good day. Here are some links for you to look at before the game. This afternoon,...
- 8/21 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Stock Watch: Nick Swisher: After eight-plus seasons in the Major Leagues Nick Swisher is just a few months away from hitting free agency for the first time....
- 8/21 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 20:
Last Week: 3-3
This Week: TOR (8/21-23; LAA 8/24-26)
So, What Happened?
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- 8/21 Yanks Go Yard: DUI Arrest Won’t Affect Michael Pineda’s 2013 Performance: Michael Pineda, injured starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, was recently arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol...
- 8/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Which MVP candidate will fade down the stretch? Vote now!: Josh Hamilton – AL Mike Trout – AL Miguel Cabrera – AL Andrew McCutchen – NL Buster Posey – NL Carlos...
- 8/20 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review: The White Sox went into last week with a 2 game lead over Detroit. Given that the Sox were heading out for a 7-game road...
- 8/20 Baseball News Source: Top Five Third Base Prospects In Baseball: Though he has not remotely made the same impact on his team as Manny Machado has with the Baltimore Orioles, Mike Olt provides...
- 8/18 Baseball Musings: Off to the Races: The American League Central tightened up a bit on Friday as Detroit beat Baltimore 5-3 and Chicago loses to Kansas City 4-2. Tommy...
- 8/17 WasWatching: A.L. Batting Leaders: Here they are, as of this morning. Can Derek Jeter win the batting title this year? Or, is it between Trout and Cabrera? Rk...
- 8/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Cabrera, Hamilton Power Up: Joey Votto is the better pure hitter. Adam Dunn, Jose Bautista and Giancarlo Stanton have more raw power. Robinson...
- 8/16 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: Belatedly, and most imperfectly…. @Orioles 5, Red Sox 3: For 5-1/3 innings, all Baltimore could do with Aaron Cook‘s...
- 8/16 Motor City Bengals: AL MVP Race: Mike Trout vs. Miguel Cabrera: There is much discussion right now in Detroit going on right now about the A.L. MVP race, fueled in part by Tigers manager Jim...
- 8/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: David Phelps’ Big Chance: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) I’ve written about David Phelps a pretty fair amount this season. ...
- 8/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera sets franchise markDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera became the first Tiger to hit 30 homers in five straight seasons Wednesday, Aug. 15....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera became the first Tiger to hit 30 homers in five straight seasons Wednesday, Aug. 15.
- 8/15 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Cabrera Sets Team Record with 30th Home Run to Lead Tigers: Detroit 5 – Minnesota 1 - Miguel Cabrera hit his 30th home run, to become the first player in Tigers history to hit 30...
- 8/15 Baseball News Source: Tigers Prospect Nick Castellanos Learning from Al Kaline: Blocked by the slugging Miguel Cabrera at the Major League level, Detroit Tigers prospect Nick Castellanos is trying to make the...
- 8/15 Baseball Musings: Thirty at 29: For the eighth time in his ten seasons, Miguel Cabrera reached the 30 home run mark. His shot Wednesday afternoon helped the Tigers...
- 8/15 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Orioles Blast Red Sox’ Beckett: Boston 1 - Baltimore 7 - Mark Reynolds connected on pair of home runs and had four RBI to lead a rout of the Boston Red Sox...
- 8/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Breaking down Head-to-Head vs. Roto: Writer’s Note: I don’t know why I went with a picture of Einstein here. I guess I just knew that this would involve...
- 8/15 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes: Shutouts, shutouts everywhere…. @Yankees 3, Rangers 0: Hiroki Kuroda lost his no-no on an infield single in the 7th when...
- 8/15 Baseball Reality Tour: Grading the Trade Deadline of 2008: Everyone says you can't judge trade deadline, or draft class, winners and losers immediately, but baseball pundits still crank...
- 8/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera first to 100 RBIs: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera became the first major leaguer to reach 100 RBIs this season with a run-scoring single Tuesday,...[+]
Aug. 14. The Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 8-4.
- 8/13 Call to the Pen: Tigers Promote Alex Avila to Five-Hole: The Detroit Tigers have used eight different hitters in the five-hole this season and another 11 in the sixth spot. Tonight, as...
- 8/13 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review: Going into last week, every White Sox fan anti**** the return of Chris Sale, after his previous start was skipped due to...
- 8/13 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: You’ll have to excuse any vitriol that I might display today. There was this weird looking “L” next to Jered...
- 8/12 Motor City Bengals: The Re-emergence of Andy Dirks: Andy Dirks didn’t start the season with the Detroit Tigers, and he didn’t start the second half of the season....
- 8/10 Baseball News Source: Mike Trout – Miguel Cabrera – Subjects of AL MVP Debate: One is a 29-year-old slugger who hits for average and power, and has belted more than 300 home runs in his 10-year Major League...
- 8/10 Baseball Musings: The New Top: The last time I looked at Batter Rankings, a way of telling who is the best batter in the game right now, Joey Votto was on top....
- 8/10 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera, Mike Trout, and the AL MVP Award: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland recently said in a radio interview that he feels Miguel Cabrera, his team’s incredible...
- 8/10 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Blue Jays (8/10 – 8/12): The Yankees’ road trip started off rocky in Comerica Park and had chances to become a disaster. However, the New York Yankees...
- 8/10 Nolan Writin': Scott Feldman An Unlikely Hero: As the Rangers (65-45) head into a home series against the surging, we-knew-they’d-turn-it-around Tigers (60-52), I had...
- 8/9 High Heat Stats: Miggy, Henry & the Judge: Miguel Cabrera is in his 10th season. Just for fun, I compared his 10-year totals (projecting his 2012 rates to a full season)...
- 8/9 Yanks Go Yard: Hindsight is 20/20: Granderson vs. Jackson Edition: Recently, a friend of mine who’s a Detroit Tigers fan (first mistake there) rants and raves about how getting rid of Curtis...
- 8/8 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks Win An Ugly One, CC Wins 12th Game Of The Season: I really don’t even know where to begin with this recap other than saying, “Phew!” This game had it all: good...
- 8/8 Bleeding Yankee Blue: CLOSE DOESN'T CUT IT YANKS... TURN IT AROUND:
It was a tough night for the Yankees, having come so close to a dramatic
come-from-behind win, but it was just short of...
- 8/8 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Miguel Cabrera And The Detroit Tigers Hold On Against The New York Yankees: AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Tigers 6, New York Yankees 5 After falling behind 6-3, the Yankees scored two runs in the top of the ninth...
- 8/8 FanSided: Matt Holliday: Good Hitter, Baseball Player: Pop quiz, hot shot: Name Matt Holliday‘s best offensive season. Unless you’re a filthy cheater, or are strong of intuition...
- 8/8 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees’ rally falls short in ninth as slide continues: Since the All-Star break the Yankees have been unable to put together a streak to remind everyone how good of a team they really...
- 8/7 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Dempster Earns First Victory as a Ranger: Texas 6 - Boston 3 - Ryan Dempster earned his first victory as a Ranger pitching into the seventh inning, allowing no earned...
- 8/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees lose to Tigers again, 6-5:
This is one of those game recaps where the urge to rant is stronger than the urge to report what happened in the game. Let's...
- 8/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Yankees Are Big Fat Teases, Drop Two In Row To The Tigers: Why must the Yankees do that to us? They make us think that somehow, they’ll be able to pull off an exciting ninth inning...
- 8/7 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes – expanded: Added games are above the solid line. @Orioles 3, Mariners 1: Chris Tillman won his 4th straight start, beating the team that...
- 8/7 Yanks Go Yard: The Yankees and the month of August: So clearly, it’s been noted that the New York Yankees have had somewhat of an unusual trend of losing games lately. Since...
- 8/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 109 – Time to end the Tigers’ winning streak: With the sounds of howling hawks in my ears, it is time to prepare for the second game of the series between the New York Yankees...
- 8/7 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Justin Verlander Dominates As Detroit Tigers Roll Over New York Yankees: AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Tigers 7, New York Yankees 2 Justin Verlander took care of one of baseball’s best lineups with ease,...
- 8/7 Yanks Go Yard: Nova can’t hang with Verlander; Tigers beat Yankees 7-2: The New York Yankees knew going in that scoring runs off Justin Verlander was going to be tough. They were going to need a strong...
- 8/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): Ivan the Not-So Good:
Ivan Nova had another bad outing last night, his latest in a string of poor starts. In fact, since the All-Star break Nova...
- 8/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Some Glimmers Of Light In The Injury-Filled Prospect Darkness: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) This has not been a good season for the Yankee farm system. EJ****...
- 8/6 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Verlander Dominant In Win Over Yankees: DETROIT – Justin Verlander struck out 14 New York Yankees and threw 132 pitches in the process. Prince Fielder and Miguel...
- 8/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Nova struggles again as Tigers beat Yankees: What a difference a year makes. This time last season, Ivan Nova was making his return to the big leagues after a brief stint...
- 8/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks Have No Answer For Verlander, Lose 7-2: I’ll be the first to admit, I didn’t have high hopes for tonight’s game but I really wanted to be proven wrong....
- 8/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #109: Minnesota Twins (47-61) at Cleveland Indians (50-58): By Mike Brandyberry Yesterday the Indians completed their nine game road trip with possibly the most gut-wrenching loss of the...
- 8/6 Tyler's Think Tank: AL Paces: We're two-thirds of the way through the baseball season, so that means it's time for more fun with on-pace numbers. I'll...
- 8/6 High Heat Stats: Game notes is back — tanned, rested & ready: Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the interwebs…. @Tigers 10, Indians 8: Three runs down, two outs and none...
- 8/6 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review: The White Sox acquired Kevin Youkilis, Brett Myers, and Francisco Liriano in advance of last Tuesday’s trade deadline,...
- 8/6 WahoosOnFirst: Tigers Walk Off in 10-8 Tribe Loss, Indians Drop Ninth Straight: A valiant comeback attempt ended up to be for naught Sunday afternoon as the Cleveland Indians dropped their ninth straight game...
- 8/5 Baseball News Source: Tigers Acquire Jeff Baker – Add More Punch Against Lefties: Looking for a left-handed bat to bolster their bench, the Detroit Tigers acquired the versatile Jeff Baker from the Chicago Cubs...
- 8/5 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – 5 Run Rally Helps Tigers Stun Indians: Detroit – Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Tigers handed the Cleveland Indians...
- 8/5 Baseball Musings: Walk Off Win Day: Four games so far on Sunday ended with the home team walking off with a win. The Indians and Tigers scored 10 runs in the first...
- 8/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Sees Victory Slide Right Through Their Fingers; Tigers 10, Indians 8: By Christian Petrila The nightmare just continues for the Indians. They dropped their ninth straight game in gut-wrenching fashion...
- 8/5 Full Spectrum Baseball: Top And Bottom 5 BABIPs In The MLB: For those of you unfamiliar with BABIP, it is short for Batting Average on Balls In Play. Simply put, BABIP equals a player's...
- 8/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Quietly Awesome (AL Hitters): To see the NL edition, scroll down or go here.
Austin Jackson (.316/.405/.500)
The 2010 AL Rookie of the Year runner-up endured...
- 8/4 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #107: Cleveland Indians (50-56) at Detroit Tigers (56-50): By Mike Brandyberry Friday evening the Indians fell behind quickly and never caught up. Justin Masterson was unable to stifle...
- 8/4 WahoosOnFirst: Tigers Destroy Masterson and Indians 10-2: Well, the Indians have officially graduated from struggling to total free fall without a parachute. After being swept by both...
- 8/3 Tyler's Think Tank: Quietly Awesome (NL hitters): These guys are flying under the radar or have been grossly underrated, but are quietly enjoying great seasons.
Ryan...
- 8/3 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/2:
You win some, you lose some. Now we hope the Boston Red Sox don't fall back into a rut.
The Red Sox saw their four-game winning...
- 8/2 Baseball News Source: Mike Trout – AL Player of the Month – Rookie of the Month: Mike Trout became the first American League player to win the American League player of the month and rookie of the month in the...
- 8/2 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/2:
You win some, you lose some. Now we hope the Boston Red Sox don't fall back into a rut.
The Red Sox saw their four-game winning...
- 8/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera tormenting pitchersDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera is hitting .347 with 19 homers and 65 RBIs since early May....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera is hitting .347 with 19 homers and 65 RBIs since early May.
- 8/1 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Peavy Strikes Out Eight Twins – White Sox Win: MINNEAPOLIS – Jake Peavy struck out eight over eight innings in the Chicago White Sox used another strong pitching performance...
- 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/1:
After winning 4-1 in a rain-shortened contest last night, the Boston Red Sox look for the sweep tonight in the finale of a three-game...
- 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/1:
A win is a win no matter how you slice it. It doesn't matter if it takes nine innings or six innings. Of course if you're the...
- 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/31:
After taking the first game 7-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series tonight in the second game of a three-game...
- 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/31:
The so called "aces" of the Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester and Josh Beckett, have combined for 10 wins this season. Daniel Bard,...
- 8/1 Eye On the Tigers: My July Awards: American League:Player of the MonthMike Trout - .392/.455/.804, 10 HR, .534 wOBA, 248 wRC+It wasn’t even that close, Trout...
- 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 8/1:
After winning 4-1 in a rain-shortened contest last night, the Boston Red Sox look for the sweep tonight in the finale of a three-game...
- 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/1:
A win is a win no matter how you slice it. It doesn't matter if it takes nine innings or six innings. Of course if you're the...
- 8/1 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Albert Pujols Goes Deep Twice To Help The Los Angeles Angels Down the Texas Rangers Again: AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 6, Texas Rangers 2 The Angels have improved themselves greatly by adding Zack Greinke to their...
- 8/1 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Have Lady Luck On Their Side In Wash-Out Win: Call it fate, call it destiny, call it about **** time the Red Sox caught a break. That is exactly what happened on Tuesday night...
- 8/1 It's About the Money (Stupid): Scott Boras is not impressed with your austerity:
Not that I'm looking to revisit this topic from yesterday, but Joel Sherman spoke to Scott Boras about Robinson Cano's contract...
News -- July 2012
- 7/31 Cubbies Crib: REPORT: Soriano to stay for now; waiver period next: With just under thirty minutes until the Trade Deadline, the Cubs and Tigers are still discussing a potential deal involving outfielder...
- 7/31 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/31:
After taking the first game 7-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series tonight in the second game of a three-game...
- 7/31 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/31:
The so called "aces" of the Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester and Josh Beckett, have combined for 10 wins this season. Daniel Bard,...
- 7/30 MLB Message Boards: Season Previews, Part 31: 2012 Full Season Preview: Well, the results are in. Every team has been previewed, so now it's time to show you how it all works together. For...
- 7/30 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Detroit TigersThe Advanced Scout refreshes his Twitter constantly for trade news as he analyzes the Detroit Tigers...
- 7/30 Motor City Bengals: Is Andy Dirks Who We Think He Is?: This year, despite their off-season purchase of Prince Fielder, the Detroit Tigers’ offense has often been disillusioning and...
- 7/30 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/30:
After taking two-of-three in the Bronx, the Boston Red Sox return home to historic Fenway Park for a 10-game homestand. Tonight,...
- 7/30 Rays Colored Glasses: The History of the Rays as Sellers at the Trade Deadline Part 8: In 2006, in his first season as Rays general manager, Andrew Friedman made three trades in a seller vein that helped define the...
- 7/29 Motor City Bengals: Do The Tigers Need To Keep Up With The White Sox Activity?: Watching the Chicago White Sox wheel-and-deal in the last week or so has had some wondering: Can’t the Tigers add better...
- 7/29 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #102: Cleveland Indians (50-51) at Minnesota Twins (42-58): By Mike Brandyberry Saturday evening the Indians fell apart in the fourth inning and never recovered. They allowed the Minnesota...
- 7/28 Motor City Bengals: Everybody Panic! Again!: In the wake of today’s 5-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, it seems that our wonderfully rabid, knee-jerking Detroit Tigers...
- 7/27 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Athletics Rally Against Orioles – Teams Combine for 31 Hits and 23 Runs: BALTIMORE – The Oakland A’s scored six runs in the ninth-inning to stun the Baltimore Orioles14-9 . The two teams...
- 7/27 Tyler's Think Tank: Karma's A-****: What goes around comes around.
We've all heard that one before. It's a simple lesson that's been drilled...
- 7/27 Baseball News Source: MLB’s Second-Half Leaders and Losers: With just a handful of days left before the trade deadline, the buyers and sellers of the market have come more clearly into focus....
- 7/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Waiver Wire Additions in the Outfield: Nash, Need a guy or 2 to spark my outfield production, any hidden gems I should be looking at?! Aaron Well Aaron, I always...
- 7/27 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes (light schedule): Mets 3, D-backs 1: Matt Harvey was 4 for 15 with a HR at Buffalo, so I guess he’s not just kidding around up there....
- 7/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Four Run Seventh Off Verlander Secures Win and Series for Tribe; Indians 5, Tigers 3: By Bob Toth After being held in check by Detroit’s starter Justin Verlander for six innings, Cleveland’s offense erupted...
- 7/26 mlbreports.com : A Story of MLB Free Agency: Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols: Thursday July 26th, 2012 John Burns: Two of baseball biggest sluggers Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder both signed $200 million...
- 7/26 Jays Journal: Jays Redeem Themselves as Tough Series With A’s Ends: With just over 39,000 fans piling into Rogers Centre, the Jays did not disappoint. They managed to score double digits in the...
- 7/26 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Suggested Sponsors for MLB Teams: The latest kerfuffle in baseball involves the suggestion that MLB could allow corporate sponsorships of teams, and those sponsors...
- 7/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Allen Blazes Through Minors To Indians Bullpen: By Mike Brandyberry It isn’t supposed to be easy. However, Indians relief pitcher Cody Allen has made his progression through...
- 7/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Scherzer Stymies Tribe Offense; Tigers 5, Indians 3: By Christian Petrila For the seventh consecutive game, the Indians couldn’t break that magic number of three runs. For the...
- 7/26 WahoosOnFirst: Asdrubal’s Errors Haunt Tribe in 5-3 Loss to Tigers: Derek Lowe struggled with his command and Asdrubal Cabrera made a pair of costly errors Wednesday night as the Tigers evened the...
- 7/25 High Heat Stats: Tuesday tidbits: @Phillies 7, Brewers 6: It was 1-1 through 5. Four HRs later, Cliff Lee was staring at a 1-7 record. But one bullpen acid flashback...
- 7/25 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Billy Beane’s Oakland A’s Continue To Roll With Win Over Toronto Blue Jays: AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland Athletics 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2 That’s six straight wins for the red-hot Oakland Athletics. The...
- 7/25 MLB Dirt: Chatting with Tigers Next Great Prospect Danry Vasquez: Although the MLB draft receives more media coverage, international free agent signings have increasingly become a more glamorized...
- 7/25 WahoosOnFirst: Ubaldo Jimenez Shuts Down Tigers in 3-2 Tribe Victory: Ubaldo Jimenez held the Tigers scoreless for six innings and one of the weirdest rallies of the year led to the game-winning run...
- 7/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Ubaldo Shines and Tribe Squeezes Out Victory; Indians 3, Tigers 2: By Mike Brandyberry Last July the Cleveland Indians traded for Ubaldo Jimenez with the intention of him becoming the leader of...
- 7/24 Motor City Bengals: Why Ryan Raburn Survived Cut, Should Again: In an instant Monday evening, the Detroit Tigers markedly improved the short-term outlook for their club by procuring starter...
- 7/24 SOX & Dawgs: Adrian Gonzalez Named AL Player of the Week:
I guess there's a silver lining in everything as Boston Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was named the AL Player of the...
- 7/24 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Detroit Tigers: The thing about the Detroit Tigers is, they’re really good. They can hit as well as anyone in the league, they pitch well enough...
- 7/24 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Ichiro Suzuki, Chad Ochocinco, Carly Rae Jepsen: The hottest topics for the week of July 22, 2012 … Blockbuster trade: New York made a surprise trade with Seattle...
- 7/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Where Do the Marlins Go From Here?: This Marlins group is not a “team”. It’s a glued together collection of individuals whose mutual interests—of the front...
- 7/23 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Detroit Tigers Trade Update and How it Impacts Fantasy Baseball: It should come as no surprise that the Detroit Tigers are moving guys before the deadline. They went “all in” in the offseason...
- 7/23 SOX & Dawgs: Adrian Gonzalez Named AL Player of the Week:
I guess there's a silver lining in everything as Boston Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was named the AL Player of the...
- 7/23 The Baseball Page: Monday Morning Manager: Week 16:
Last Week: 6-1
This Week: at Cle (7/24-26); at Tor (7/27-29)
So, What...
- 7/23 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes: Belated additions above the line: Dodgers 8, @Mets 3 (12): “LITROD” — Luck is the residue of design. Ramon...
- 7/23 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: The breaking out of the brooms was the story that dominated MLB this week as the 2012 MLB season passes the 60% threshold. Sweeps...
- 7/23 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Better All-Around During Winning Stretch: The Detroit Tigers are 13-2 over their last fifteen games, dating back to Justin Verlander’s Independence Day victory over the...
- 7/22 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 94: Another day game home run for Pedro Alvarez:
The Miami Marlins spent a ton of money in the offseason in hopes of creating a contender in the competitive NL East. They...
- 7/22 Baseball Musings: Humber’s Homers: Quintin Berry and Miguel Cabrera go back-to-back in the first inning against Phil Humber as Detroit gets out to a 3-1 lead over...
- 7/21 Kings of Kauffman: Alex Gordon and the Magic Leadoff Spot: Sports are weird. Baseball is weird. Athletes are weird. Take a player like Melky Cabrera. For years, he floundered to be an average...
- 7/20 Southside Showdown: White Sox Get Verlander’d: Another installment of the Friday night pitching duel series is in the books. The first couple innings rolled along as expected,...
- 7/20 Tyler's Think Tank: Belated First Half Awards: The second half of the baseball season is now a week old, but here are my belated midseason awards. Better late than never!
AL...
- 7/20 Motor City Bengals: The Intangibles Of Prince Fielder: When the Tigers signed Prince Fielder and excited almost the entire nation of Tigers fans, the signing was more about productivity...
- 7/19 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights-Fister Shuts Down Angels: For whatever reason, it seems that anytime a team scores a ton of runs one day, the next day they get shut down. It’s one...
- 7/18 Seedlings to Stars: Slow Down, Dave!: Ironically, as I type this, Detroit Tigers’ star- prospect Jacob Turner is in the midst of allowing seven earned...
- 7/18 The Baseball Page: Tigers Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Trade Prospects Like Castellanos:
Twenty-five years later people in Detroit are still talking about John...
- 7/17 Motor City Bengals: Deadline Central: Detroit Tigers: As the trade deadline approaches and the rumors begin to fly, I thought I would take a team by team look at the A.L. Central,...
- 7/17 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 15:
Last Week: 2-1
This Week: LAA (7/16-19); CWS (7/20-22)
So, What Happened?
Justin...
- 7/17 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bullpen Falters Again: What once was a strength is now a weakness post all-star break so far. The bullpen can’t hold the lead for the Angels. This...
- 7/16 Southside Showdown: Olney Says Tigers’ Weakness Actually Strength: Buster Olney is a great reporter. If you want to find out what’s going on around the league he’s absolutely someone you should...
- 7/16 For Baseball Junkies: MLB Survey - the Existence of Clutch: I was contacted by Double G Sports, a BBA Affiliate, about parti**** in a brief five question survey. Five questions......
- 7/16 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Bourjos, Dempster, SFX: The Angels have told some teams that Peter Bourjos is unavailable and offered the outfielder to other teams for relief help,...
- 7/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Crackerjack Readers Fantasy Baseball League: A Midseason Update: At the onset of this season, Clave thought it would be a really good idea to start a traditional one year 5×5 roto fantasy...
- 7/16 Motor City Bengals: Discussing Nick Castellanos: Recently, as regular readers of this site know, we here have named Nick Castellanos as the Tigers top prospect, overtaking Jacob...
- 7/15 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: Tigers vs Orioles: Two out of three’s not bad, right? That’s what the Tigers left Baltimore with in the win column, after today’s...
- 7/14 i70baseball.com: Meet Your (Future) Royals All StarsCan we get the All Star Game to come back in, say, 2016?...
- 7/13 Call to the Pen: Five Bold Predictions for the Second Half of the 2012 Season: Baseball’s two day hiatus is finally over, and I bet all of you are extremely excited to get back to some baseball action....
- 7/13 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Mid-Season Leaders: As we wait for the second-half of the 2012 season to get going this evening, I thought it might be fun to go through the...
- 7/12 Motor City Bengals: Five Keys To The Tigers Second Half: Recently, MCB writer Brian Sakowski offered his bold predictions for the second half. While I don’t mind going bold myself...
- 7/11 Diamond Ring: Royals Fail at Pitching Management: In Sunday's nail-in-the-coffin defeat at the hands of Detroit, Yost seems to have done everything wrong that was possible with...
- 7/11 Diamond Ring: Making a case out of it: The All Star game is coming up in less than 2 weeks. We know for sure that the Royals will have at least 1 player on the...
- 7/11 The Baseball Page: 2012 Midseason Fantasy Baseball Lester Awards:
With baseball taking a break for the Mid-summer Classic, it is time...
- 7/11 The Baseball Page: 2012 Midseason Fantasy Baseball Lester Awards:
With baseball taking a break for the Mid-summer Classic, it is time...
- 7/11 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Mid-Season Grades: The Outfield: Another day, another series here on MCB. Of course, when it gets to the All-Star break, it’s natural for sites like this to...
- 7/11 D'Backs Venom: Marc Krauss Is Having a Fantastic Season for AA Mobile: LF Marc Krauss slipped on most prospect lists after a so-so campaign with Mobile in 2011 (.779 OPS). But in 2012, Krauss has...
- 7/11 Rising Apple: National League Wins Third Straight All Star Game, 8-0: The National League used the strength of two big innings, one in the first and one in the fourth, to seal their third straight...
- 7/10 Baseball Musings: Trout Time: R.A. Dickey comes into the game in the bottom of the sixth. Mike Trout leads off against him and singles, then steals second....
- 7/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: BBD’s midseason awards:
Since not much is going on in Yankee land this week…besides the cordial treatment of Robinson Cano by all the classy fans...
- 7/10 WahoosOnFirst: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Preview: American League Edition: Don’t be fooled by the fact that the All-Star Game is a glorified exhibition game. Yes, home field advantage is at stake,...
- 7/9 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Second Annual TVPRCRP All-Star Teams: I still hate the All Star Game. When I was a kid it was exciting, you got to see the National League play the American League...
- 7/9 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians All-Star Futures Game Prospect Aguilar Shows Big Power and Big Potential: By Steve Eby The All-Star Futures Game made its debut in 1999 when the Midsummer Classic was held in Boston. Most of the who’s-who...
- 7/9 MLB Dirt: Meet Joe Rogers: The Detroit Tigers Closer of the Future: The Detroit Tigers are known for mega stars like Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, and Justin Verlander, but they can’t rely only...
- 7/8 High Heat Stats: A handful o’ game notes from Friday/Saturday: Saturday: @Mets 3, Cubs 1: Ike Davis had the big hit — a 2-out (of course), 2-run, 0-and-2 HR on a splitter that never...
- 7/8 RoxPile: Rockies Almost Log As Many Errors As Hits, Lose To Nats: The Colorado Rockies committed four errors in yesterday’s loss to the Washington Nationals. They scored just one run on...
- 7/8 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Mid-Season Grades: The Infield: Another day, another series here on MCB. Of course, when it gets to the All-Star break, it’s natural for sites like this to...
- 7/7 Motor City Bengals: Prince Fielder Has His First Tigers Moment: A couple days ago, Prince Fielder stepped up to bat in the 8th inning of a tie game with the Minnesota Twins. There were two runners...
- 7/6 StlSportsMinute.com: Poll: Should fans be allowed to vote for MLB All-Star starters?:
St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina was left out of the Major League Baseball All-Star game starting lineup by the fans,...
- 7/6 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Time To Free Carlos Gonzalez:
If I can pause here for a second, I would like to grab my helmet to protect myself from the Rockies fans' outrage.
Okay,...
- 7/6 MLB Dirt: American League Position All-Star Starters: The other day I revealed my starting position players for the National League and today I give you my American League starters....
- 7/6 Kings of Kauffman: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Greatness: In today’s know-everything-first, savior-in-the-making, prospect pleasure land, people tend to over-hype everything. Media allows...
- 7/5 High Heat Stats: July 4th game notes: @White Sox 5, Rangers 4 (10): One day after swatting his first HR in his new stockings, Kevin Youkilis got his first game-winning...
- 7/5 i70baseball.com: Country Breakfast is being served at the 2012 All-Star GameSurprised Billy Butler is going to the All-Star Game? I was, at first....
- 7/5 Royally Speaking: Jeff Francoeur And Playing Time: Everybody knows Jeff Francoeur oozes leadership. We know this because Royals management and the KC media repeatedly mention what...
- 7/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera hits two outDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera hit two homers Wednesday, July 4....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera hit two homers Wednesday, July 4.
- 7/3 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Fail To Reach .500 – Again: We here at MCB don’t do game recaps. That’s a conscious decision – other, bigger, outlets do those far better...
- 7/3 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins: Former Marlins star pitcher Dontrelle Willis Retires: Yesterday was a sad day for Florida Marlins fans and it’s history. A huge part of the Marlins 2003 World Series Championship...
- 7/3 Bronx Baseball Daily: BBD’s 2012 All-Star Game ballot:
I completely understand what the All-Star game is all about. It’s set up for the fans, by the fans, but the definition...
- 7/3 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Tampa Bay Rays Edge New York Yankees on Late Error: AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay Rays 4, New York Yankees 3 The New York Yankees took an early lead off Matt Moore thanks to run-scoring...
- 7/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Lee, Lino, Hamels, Trade Market:
Some links to sift through as your Monday night winds down...
Carlos Lee is remaining quiet on the potential Astros-Dodgers trade...
- 7/1 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB All-Star Reserves & Pitchers: Shortly after the starters were announced for the 83rd Major League All-Star Game, the reserves and pitchers were selected by...
- 7/1 11th and Washington: From ND to MLB: Aaron Heilman: Aaron Heilman during the 2000 Big East Tournament in Bridgewater, N.J.This post is about 11 months too late. I won't bore you...
- 7/1 Kings of Kauffman: Billy Butler Headed For Career Power Year: Billy Butler has drawn flack in the past for being a singles hitter in a slugger’s body. A small but vocal group of fans...
News -- June 2012
- 6/30 Kings of Kauffman: All-Star Credential Check with Mike Moustakas: The Major League Baseball All-Star teams will be announced tomorrow at 1 p.m., and speculation is swirling about who will represent...
- 6/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Underdogs unite: Can Detroit’s Quintin Berry defy the laws of BABIP?: Let’s all just agree to disagree, shall we? Everyday player? Better off the bench? Sparkplug? False hope? Five tools? Just one?...
- 6/29 High Heat Stats: “Quiz”: Guess that WPA!: This isn’t really a quiz, just a wry chuckle about the limitations of Win Probability Added (WPA) for measuring a player’s...
- 6/29 Yankees Fans Unite: My 2012 AL All- Star Roster: The MLB All-Star break is fast approaching signaling the end of the first half and the All-Star game. Like it or not the All-Star...
- 6/29 Seedlings to Stars: Tigers’ Eugenio Suarez Continues Breakout Season: It’s not a secret that the Detroit Tigers have had poor infield defense this season. The acquisition of Prince Fielder...
- 6/29 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins: Time to let Hanley be Hanley?: If you ask a lot of experts around baseball about the key for the Miami Marlins, they would tell you, “The Marlins will...
- 6/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Two with four hitsDetroit Tigers OF Austin Jackson and 3B Miguel Cabrera had four hits each Thursday, June 28....[+]
Detroit Tigers OF Austin Jackson and 3B Miguel Cabrera had four hits each Thursday, June 28.
- 6/28 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 All-Star Ballot: OCP Selections: All-Star balloting ends tonight - if you haven't submitted your ballot yet, you should do that (#voteforchooch). Looking...
- 6/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 76: Rays Continue To Slide, Fall To Tigers: Rays starter James Shields tied a Tampa bay pitching record tonight. Unfortunately, this was not a positive. Miguel Cabrera...
- 6/28 Motor City Bengals: Strange Seasons For Fielder and Cabrera: When it comes to the Tigers underwhelming offense* Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera don’t tend to receive the share of...
- 6/28 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central All-Stars (Maybe): Rosters for the 2012 All-Star Game will be announced next week. MLB keeps adding more and more players to each team, there...
- 6/28 i70baseball.com: Royals All-Star Update: With less than two weeks until the All-Star game, the Kansas City Royals have many players deserving of a spot on the roster....
- 6/28 Nolan Writin': Game 76: Moments that Mattered: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to about 4 plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
- 6/27 Baseball Analytics: My All Star Starters: AL 3B: While voting for the All-Star game ends tomorrow, I will still be producing these articles to discuss who I believe should have...
- 6/27 mlbreports.com : Roy Oswalt Working Back to True Form: Wednesday June 27, 2012 Bryan Sheehan (MLB Writer): Fourteen months ago, Roy Oswalt took a leave from the Philadelphia Phillies...
- 6/27 Marlin Maniac: Giancarlo Stanton to parti**** in State Farm Home Run Derby: Giancarlo Stanton has not garnered a lot of votes for the All-Star game thus far. Maybe that is because he is still virtually...
- 6/27 Nolan Writin': Game 75: Moments that Mattered: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to about 4 plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
- 6/26 Motor City Bengals: Breaking Down Tigers’ Offense by Order and Position: The Detroit Tigers have not lived up to expectations offensively and have thus fallen under heavy scrutiny all season. In this...
- 6/26 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Robinson Cano Stays Hot As New York Yankees Drub Cleveland Indians: AMERICAN LEAGUE New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 1 Robinson Cano‘s extra-base hit binge continued Monday against the...
- 6/26 BoSox Injection: Is David Ortiz A Legitimate MVP Candidate?: There’s been quite a bit of writing concerning Will Middlebrooks as a potential AL Rookie of the Year candidate. However,...
- 6/26 Nolan Writin': Game 74: Moments that Mattered: I’ve heard it said that the outcome of any given game comes down to about 4 plays. I’ll do my best to pinpoint those plays...
- 6/25 StanGraphs: Cardinal Analogies: Pop Culture Edition: Another series, another series loss. The Tigers managed to win a game in which Kyle Lohse was very difficult to hit, and that’s...
- 6/25 Red Sox Maineiacs: Red Sox All-Star Prospectus Update:
(Updated 6/23)
34 players will make the AL All-Star team to be played July 10th in Kansas City. The 9 Starters and the...
- 6/25 Motor City Bengals: Don’t Sell The Farm: Over the past few weeks I have seen some varying reactions to trade talk on Twitter and fan-sites (including here at MCB)....
- 6/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera in mini-slump: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera has only two hits in his last 20 at-bats over the last five games. He was hitting .325 as recently...[+]
as June 6 but his average has dropped to .301.
- 6/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: Justin Verlander (barely) out-duels Kevin Correia and Chris Resop: Justin Verlander pitched his way to a complete game victory over the Pirates for the second time in as many tries, but this one...
- 6/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: Lincoln leads way to another win: The Pirates sent another full house home happy on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Tigers 4-1 for the second straight game. They...
- 6/23 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Tigers Bats Quiet vs Lincoln: The Pittsburgh Pirates ran out Brad Lincolnvs the Tigers today to give him a chance to be the starter Clint Hurdle and the team...
- 6/23 Motor City Bengals: The Detroit Tigers of August: Despite a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night, the Detroit Tigers are no longer reeling—no longer fighting off the...
- 6/23 Raise the Jolly Roger: Burnett’s bunt (and pitching) defeats Detroit: The Pirates grabbed hold of an early lead on Friday night and hung on to it the rest of the way, defeating the Tigers 4-1 in front...
- 6/21 STLCardinalBaseball: Game 70: Walked off in the Motor City: The Cardinals headed into the rubber game facing the St. Louisan Josh Turner and the Detroit Tigers. Kyle Lohse was near masterful...
- 6/20 Red Sox Maineiacs: The Market for Kevin Youkilis:
I have chosen June 15th for this article on a possible landing place for the oft-rumored trade candidate, Kevin Youkilis....
- 6/20 mlbreports.com : Paul Konerko is Playing Like An MVP in 2012: Wednesday June.20/2012 Douglas ‘Chuck’ Booth(Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024 on twitter)- Paul Konerko is a...
- 6/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Mid-Season Trade Candidates—Kevin Youkilis: Name: Kevin Youkilis Tale of the tape: 1B/3B; 33-years-old; bats right; throws right; 6’1”; 220 lbs. Contract status: $12...
- 6/19 Bus League Baseball: The Game-Used Ball and the Power of the Internet: I attended Rockies-Tigers game with Chris and Billy on Saturday afternoon, bringing my major league ballpark tally to ten* since...
- 6/19 Tyler's Think Tank: Time to Cut Bait (Hitters): For ESPN standard leagues. Hopefully by now you have alread sent these guys packing to the waiver wire. But if you've...
- 6/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Offensive clustering is a Mark Reynolds trademark: Sometimes, Mark Reynolds can be so bad – the swings, the misses, the errors etc. — you wonder how they even allow...
- 6/12 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Detroit Tigers (28-32) at Chicago Cubs (20-40): The Tigers were the easy favorite to dominate the mediocre AL Central. They added Prince Fielder to a team that won the division...
- 6/11 mlbreports.com : 2012 American League All-Star Voting: Who Should be in the AL Starting Lineup?: Monday June 11, 2012 DEDRICK HENDRIX: The mid-season classic is almost here ladies and gentleman. As a baseball fan you have...
- 6/11 The Rays Today: Go Vote For The All Star Game: Posted in UncategorizedNobody wants to see an all Rangers All Star Game, Evan Longoria is ranked 3rd for third basemen and B.J....
- 6/9 Baseball Musings: Triple Crown Year: With I’ll Have Another pulling out of the Belmont Stakes, there will be not triple crown in horse racing this year. We might...
- 6/8 FanSided: The Utility Player: Chapman, Frazier, Votto, More!With last night's 5-4, 10 inning loss, Reds fans witnessed more than they thought. Not only did you witness ...
- 6/8 FanSided: MLB Gane Recaps: R.A. Dickey's Knuckleball Holds Off Washington NationalsThe Mets and the Nationals are battling for the National League East. Let me repeat that: The Mets and the
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- 6/7 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Detroit Tigers: OK…let’s get one of the big franchises out of the way. The Tigers are another team that joined MLB in 1901 (although...
- 6/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Early Motown Offense Keeps Tribe’s Brooms in Closet; Tigers 7, Indians 5: By Craig Gifford All streaks eventually come to an end in baseball. For the Indians, their five-game winning streak against the...
- 6/7 Baseball Musings: New Holaday: Just to make your life more difficult, the Tigers added a player whose name sounds like holiday, but is spelled differently. Bryan...
- 6/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Brantley Homers, Damon Returns, Tribe Wins In Motown; Indians 9, Tigers 6: By Evan Matsumoto When somebody calls, you answer. That’s exactly what Cleveland and Detroit did for nine innings as the Indians...
- 6/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Jimenez Shines, Tribe Triples to Win Series Opener; Indians 4, Tigers 2: By Christian Petrila The Indians waltzed into Detroit, Ubaldo Jimenez found his 2010 form for the night, and the Indians beat...
- 6/5 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Josh Worn Talks Detroit Tigers: The Cleveland Indians head to Detroit tonight to kick off a three-game series against the Tigers. In order to get an expert’s...
- 6/5 FanSided: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers: Two weeks ago, the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers kicked off what seemed like a pivotal early series in the race for the...
- 6/4 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Waiver Wire Additions for the Week of June 4: Welcome back to Dixon’s Picks. This is a rough week for pitchers, as there aren’t many going twice that I would genuinely...
- 6/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees slap Verlander around, beat Tigers 5-1: Don’t get me wrong, Justin Verlander is very, very good. I don’t like facing him. I’d take him on my team in...
- 6/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES LOSE TO TIGERS IN BOTTOM OF 9TH:
Okay Yankee fans, it's multiple choice time! The Yankees lost to the Tigers tonight 4-3 because..
A) ...
- 6/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera successful against Phil Hughes: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera is 7-for-14 with a double, three home runs and six RBIs in his career against New York Yankees...[+]
SP Phil Hughes.
- 6/1 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB takes Fan Cave experience to the next level in 2012: So, as many of our readers know, one of our writers was a finalist for the MLB Fan Cave this year, and we tried to get him in...
- 6/1 Roto Think Tank: Valuation to Date: A.L. Hitters: Today I conclude my series on valuation to date for Rotisserie League, mono league scoring formats with American League hitters.Top...
News -- May 2012
- 5/31 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/31:
After sealing the series with their third straight win, the Boston Red Sox look for the sweep tonight in the final game of a...
- 5/31 Baseball Musings: Reaching Double Digits in Triples: Prince Fielder tripled in the Tigers 7-3 win over the Red Sox. He’s hit two over the last three seasons, but now has reached...
- 5/31 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/31:
After sealing the series with their third straight win, the Boston Red Sox look for the sweep tonight in the final game of a...
- 5/30 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/30:
After taking their last two games to get over .500, the Boston Red Sox look to seal a series win tonight in the third game of...
- 5/30 Baseball Musings: A Dozen Hits, Two Dozen Bases: The Red Sox defeat the Tigers 6-4 Wednesday night. Both teams collected 12 hits, but the Red Sox, by way of three home runs, collected...
- 5/30 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/30:
After taking their last two games to get over .500, the Boston Red Sox look to seal a series win tonight in the third game of...
- 5/29 FanSided: Sox, Tigers Recap: Beating The Odds - Bard Bests Verlander, Sox Roll 6-3:
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- 5/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees face a pair of potential playoff opponents this week:
This week the Yankees are squaring off with the rising Angels for a three game set in Anaheim, followed by an off day on Thursday,...
- 5/28 FanSided: Quintin Berry: Detroit's New Offensive Spark Plug This year, the Detroit Tigers offense is predicated on Austin Jackson leadin......
- 5/28 SOX & Dawgs: Memorial Day Red Sox Delight:
After losing two-of-three to the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox welcome to the Detroit Tigers to Historic...
- 5/28 High Heat Stats: Sunday summary: Rays 4, @Red Sox 3: Back at ya, BoSox — The day after Salty‘s come-from-behind 2-run walk-off that broke up Fernando...
- 5/28 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Miguel Cabrera’s Blast Leads Detroit Tigers to Victory: Miguel Cabrerahas ben solid this year, but he hasn’t quite been his MVP self. His .312 batting average and 9 home runs...
- 5/28 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Detroit TigersAfter finishing two sausage and peppahs, The Advanced Scout analyzes the Detroit Tigers....
- 5/28 SOX & Dawgs: Memorial Day Red Sox Delight:
After losing two-of-three to the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend, the Boston Red Sox welcome to the Detroit Tigers to Historic...
- 5/27 Baseball Musings: Good Day for M. Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera and Melky Cabrera each had good days at the plate on Sunday. Miguel hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth...
- 5/25 FanSided: Nick Castellanos and Dave Dombrowksi's Position Player Draft Record: Of the 108 years the Detroit Tigers had been playing ball, this charter member of the American League may have never found themselves...
- 5/25 FanSided: Detroit Tigers Offense: Cool When It Counts?: The Detroit Tigers offense has struggled this year—they’re factually performing below pre-season expectations, below their...
- 5/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Masterson Trumps Detroit Ace and Helps Sweep Series; Indians 2, Tigers 1: By Craig Gifford If the Cleveland Indians were looking to make a statement in their three-game series with the Detroit Tigers,...
- 5/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Pestano’s Bases-Loaded Escape Fuels Tribe To Victory; Indians 4, Tigers 2: By Ryan Hohman Vinnie Pestano escaped a no-out, bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning and Jason Kipnis scored the go-ahead...
- 5/22 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #42: Detroit Tigers (20-21) at Cleveland Indians (23-18): By Mike Brandyberry Tonight begins the biggest series of the season to date for the Cleveland Indians. If all goes as planned,...
- 5/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Leave Josh Beckett Alone:
Beckett's taking more of a beating from fans and media than he is from opposing hitters
Josh Beckett, who I identified as...
- 5/21 El Maquino: Three Points To Address After The Sweep: Stick with me through tonight’s column. It will be tough, but there’s some serious stuff that needs to be touched...
- 5/20 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 40: Pirates vs. Tigers Recap:
Not facing Justin Verlander is always a good thing when it comes to facing the Detroit Tigers. After the Pittsburgh Pirates...
- 5/20 i70baseball.com: Ned Must GoI had almost gotten to the point where I felt guilty about writing this. Almost. ...
- 5/20 The "Mc" Effect: McLouth, Correia, and Questionable Decisions: The Pirate are in Detroit wrapping up a three games series today. They managed to ride Andrew McCutchen to a victory last night...
- 5/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Cutch carries Bucs: The Pirates Andrew McCutchen defeated the Tigers on Saturday by a score of 4 to 3. McCutchen homered twice–both two run...
- 5/18 Operation Shutdown: Verlander loses no-hit bid in 9th, BUCS LOSE: (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) Verlander pitches a one-hit shutout, Tigers win 6-0WP: Justin Verlander (5-1)LP: Charlie...
- 5/18 Buccos Buzz: Pirates at Detroit Tigers Series Preview: Interleague Play Begins: Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers - The Pittsburgh Pirates (18-20) visit Detroit to take on the Tigers (18-20) for the finale...
- 5/16 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Florida Marlins: Here’s another toughie, as most of the great players for this franchise didn’t stick around for more than a few years....
- 5/16 FanSided: Too many Brooks in the kitchen:
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- 5/15 High Heat Stats: Tuesday tidbits: Just a few notes tonight, alas. Feel free to fill in the gaps! Indians 5, @Twins 0: Derek Lowe‘s improbable season reached...
- 5/15 Baseball Musings: The Wheels Come Off: Jake Peavy was cruising down the road, shutting out the Tigers for five innings, when suddenly everything went wrong. In the sixth...
- 5/15 i70baseball.com: #OurTime to have more than one All-Star again?: It has been 12 years since the Royals have had multiple players in the MLB All-Star Game, but this could be the year that streak...
- 5/12 Baseball Musings: Ks in the Middle: Brandon McCarthy created quite a breeze Saturday night as he struck out ten Tigers without walking a batter. He was particularly...
- 5/12 Bronx Baseball Daily: Contracts Can Kill: Mark Teixeira:
To celebrate the inauguration of a brand new, $1.3 billion dollar stadium back in 2009, Brian Cashman went out and purchased...
- 5/11 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Tigers @ A’s Game 33: Tom Milone takes the hill for the Athletics tonight in the second of four games versus the visiting Tigers. Milone leads the A’s...
- 5/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera adjusts stance, catches fire at plate: Detroit Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon had told 3B Miguel Cabrera his hands were too high for a few days but Cabrera couldnt...[+]
quite make the adjustment at the plate. After some physical adjustment Cabrera's new stance paid off. Cabrera had two hits in the second inning and finished 4-for-5 with three RBIs, snapping an 0-for-14 slump at the plate Thursday, May 10, in a 10-6 win over the Oakland Athletics.
- 5/11 Baseball Musings: Four Hit Tigers: Detroit 2-3 hitters Andy Dirks and Miguel Cabrera each recorded a four hit game as the Tigers pounded the Athletics 10-6. Dirks...
- 5/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera, Delmon Young weak in Seattle series: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera was 0-for-13 in the three-game series against the Seattle Mariners that concluded Wednesday,...[+]
May 9. OF Delmon Young was 2-for-11.
- 5/8 FanSided: Brennan Boesch - Lectured by Tigers to RelaxAccording to reports, namely Lynn Henning of th......
- 5/7 FanSided: Brennan Boesch and the O-Swing% DifferenceThis winter, you could have put together a lengthy links roundup every week comprised solely of pundits lauding ...
- 5/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Albert Pujols: Strange things are afoot at the Big A: Do you remember the time you bought a bunch of Doc Gooden rookie cards because you knew he was a sure-fire Hall of Famer?...
- 5/4 Baseball Musings: Acting! Brilliant!It looks like Miguel Cabrera will have a second career when he’s done with baseball.
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- 5/2 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Today in Tribe History: May 2, 2011: Compiled by Jason Kaminski Indians outfielder Shin Soo Choo is arrested on su**** of driving under the influence in Sheffield...
- 5/1 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Ryan Braun, Delmon Young, Rajon Rondo: The hottest topics for the week of April 29, 2012 … His and herpes: Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun slugged three home...
- 5/1 NY Baseball Digest: David Phelps Should Not Be a Short-Term Solution: I was in the midst of writing a “Girardi Needs to Yank Garcia from the Rotation” piece when the Yankees announced Sunday that...
News -- April 2012
- 4/29 It's About the Money (Stupid): Sabathia Goes Eight, Yankees Cruise In 6-2 Win Over Tigers:
On the day that Alex Rodriguez passed Willie Mays for 8th place on the all-time RBI list, the most impressive performance--and...
- 4/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: April 29, 2012, Tigers vs. Yankees (Rubber Match!): The last two Yankee games have been as exciting as any this season. Friday the Yankees rallied back twice to win it in the 9th....
- 4/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: LATE YANKEE RALLY NOT ENOUGH; TIGERS BEAT YANKS TODAY:
A three-run rally in the bottom of the 9th today in the Bronx was still not enough to dig the Yankees out of Freddy Garcia's...
- 4/28 It's About the Money (Stupid): Freddy stinks, Yankees’ comeback falls short, Tigers win 7-5:
The Yankees could have tapped C.C. Sabathia to start today's game after having a day off on Thursday, but instead manager...
- 4/28 Baseball Musings: Young RBIs: Miguel Cabrera became the sixth youngest player to reach 1000 RBI Friday night: The only players younger than Cabrera to reach...
- 4/28 The Baseball Page: Pujols Should Play Third BasePujols Should Play Third Base...
- 4/28 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers: what the hell is going on around here?: We’ve learned an awful lot about the Detroit Tigers over the past 4 days. Here’s a quick breakdown: They aren’t playing...
- 4/28 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees get to Verlander, come back for 7-6 victory:
When the opposing starter is Justin Verlander, you don't expect to get a lot of room for error from your own pitching staff....
- 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera reaches milestoneDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera recorded his 1,000th career RBI Friday, April 27....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera recorded his 1,000th career RBI Friday, April 27.
- 4/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game 19: Beat Verlander: The last time the Tigers met up with the Yankees was last year’s American League Division Series, and things didn’t...
- 4/27 High Heat Stats: April is now “Offend the Locals Month” in MLB: First, Ozzie Guillen torched his relationship with Miami’s ethnic Cuban community (among many others). Then, Bobby Valentine...
- 4/27 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEES HAVE REVENGE ON THEIR MINDS:
The Detroit Tigers (10-9) roll into the Bronx this evening to play the first of a three game series. The Yankees...
- 4/27 Brotherly Glove: Dear Phillies: Steer Clear of Inge: Given the uncertainties surrounding both Chase Utley and Ryan Howard, the Phillies were interested in just about every conceivably...
- 4/27 Bus League Baseball: Bus Leagues Express: April 27: Top stories Brandon Weeden selected in first round: It wouldn’t be an NFL draft without some connection to baseball, and...
- 4/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera goes yard: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera slugged his sixth home run of the season in a losing effort Thursday, April 26. He went 1-for-4...[+]
with a run and two RBIs in the game.
- 4/26 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Release Brandon Inge: 4:47pm: Inge made it clear that he wants to continue playing, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com (via Twitter).
3:05pm:...
- 4/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit’s changing of the guard: Hockeytown to Tigertown: Since the mid-1990s, everyone has known who owns the city of Detroit. With Stanley Cup titles in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008, the...
- 4/24 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners Play a Solid Game in 7-4 Win over the Tigers: The Mariners played what I thought was there most solid game of the year tonight beating the powerful Detroit Tigers 7-4 to snap...
- 4/22 FanSided: Random Thoughts: Mid-April Edition: A few thoughts following the Tigers disappointing 3-2 extra innings loss to the Rangers:
The offense is a little stagnant.
The...
- 4/20 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Giants, Damon, Red Sox: Six years ago today, Julio Franco hit a pinch-hit home run for the Mets against the Padres in Petco Park. At 47 years and 240...
- 4/19 The Daily Catch: Where the Tigers Stand After Two Weeks: This article is courtesy of our friends at Tiger Tales Written by: Lee Panas After a sweep of the Royals at Kansas City, the Tigers...
- 4/19 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Jason Hammel adjusted nicely to sea level. Photo: © Joy R. Absalon-US PRESSWIRE The Orioles try to stay in first place in the...
- 4/19 Baseball Daily Digest: Visions of 2012: The truth is, I was destined to be special from birth. I was delivered by a midwife on our old couch in the living room. It was...
- 4/18 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Happy Birthday Henderson Alvarez!: Henderson Alvarez, a right hander in the Toronto Blue Jays organization is 22 today. The Venezuelan signed as an undrafted fee...
- 4/18 High Heat Stats: Happy birthday Miguel Cabrera: Hall of Famer & career projections: Miguel Cabrera turns 29 years old today. It’s hard to believe that he’s so young, given that he’s already had...
- 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera snaps skidDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera snapped an 0-for-22 hitless string Tuesday, April 17....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera snapped an 0-for-22 hitless string Tuesday, April 17.
- 4/17 High Heat Stats: Matt Kemp Is Off to One of the Best Power Starts Ever: Led by their marquis slugger Matt Kemp, the Dodgers have the best record in baseball 10 games into the season. Kemp’s 6...
- 4/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Replacing Jacoby Ellsbury: Last week I wrote about how I disagreed with Jacoby Ellsbury being touted as an MVP type fantasy baseball player. Even though...
- 4/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Two players in deep slumpDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera and 2B Ryan Raburn are both hitless in their last 18 at-bats....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera and 2B Ryan Raburn are both hitless in their last 18 at-bats.
- 4/15 FanSided: The Competition: Los Angeles Angels: This is the fifth installment of our ongoing series here on MCB comparing the Detroit Tigers position-by-position to the other...
- 4/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: When the time comes, should Robinson Cano and the Yankees … part ways?: The assumption has always been that it is only a matter of time and dollar bills before the Yankees and Robinson Cano come to...
- 4/13 Twinstrivia.com: How they will finish in 2012: With the 2012 baseball season just around the corner, if you don’t count that stupid two game series that the A’s...
- 4/11 The Baseball Page: MLB: AL Roundup – Tigers remain undefeated, beats Rays 5-2MLB: AL Roundup – Tigers remain undefeated, beats Rays 5-2...
- 4/11 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers – Monday Morning ManagerDetroit Tigers - Monday Morning Manager...
- 4/10 Baseball Musings: Tigers Stay on Top: Detroit becomes the only undefeated team in the American League as they beat the Rays 5-2. Rick Porcello allowed just one walk...
- 4/10 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers offense masks pitching concernsDetroit Tigers offense masks pitching concerns...
- 4/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Roll Back 7 Years: Who were the top fantasy baseball performers seven years ago? Since it’s my wife and my 7th wedding anniversary today, I...
- 4/9 Talkin Sox with Dan: Trying to Keep a Level Head: Disinfectant It took awhile, but all of the puke is cleaned up. No, I’m not talking about the vomit that derived from the...
- 4/9 FanSided: Don’t Turn Off The TV On These Tigers: Yesterday, what with it being Easter and family in town (and using that extra man-power to get some odd jobs done around my house)...
- 4/9 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/9:
It's hard for some people not to panic over the 2012 Boston Red Sox when you look at the start they had last year going 0-6...
- 4/9 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 4/9:
It's hard for some people not to panic over the 2012 Boston Red Sox when you look at the start they had last year going 0-6...
- 4/8 FanSided: Your New Look Cardiac Cats: So the Tigers opened up the 2012 regular season in style: 3 games, 3 wins. No one will ever complain about that.
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- 4/8 FanSided: The Competition: Tampa Bay Rays: Continuing our 5 part series "The Competition" comparing the Tigers to other likely AL playoff teams, today we look at Tampa Bay...
- 4/8 Fragile Freddy's: Weekend Recap: As Sunday dawned I knew there would be one of two predictable lines in place to start the piece. The one I wanted to use...
- 4/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Tigers thrown a curveball with Fister’s injury: This wasn’t how this was supposed to go. Doug Fister was just heating up in the fourth inning of his first start when he missed...
- 4/8 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 4/8:
Is this a case of here we go again for the Boston Red Sox and Josh Beckett?
Last year the Red Sox started the season 0-6....
- 4/8 PaulLebowitz.com: MLB Opening Week Madhouse: Let’s recap the lunacy of the first half-week of the 2012 season, disorder by disorder; mental issue by mental issue. Mariano...
- 4/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera homers twice Saturday: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera went 2-for-5 with a pair of home runs and three RBIs against the Boston Red Sox Saturday, April...[+]
7. It was his 21st career multihomer game.
- 4/8 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 4/8:
Is this a case of here we go again for the Boston Red Sox and Josh Beckett?
Last year the Red Sox started the season 0-6....
- 4/8 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/7:
After falling on Opening Day on walkoff hit, the Boston Red Sox look to pick up their first win of the season in game two of...
- 4/7 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox get Rocked: After a day off yesterday to recover from their heartbreaking defeat on Opening Day, Boston barely showed up to play this afternoon...
- 4/7 Baseball Musings: Twisted Fister: Doug Fister injured himself in the Tigers 10-0 blowout of Boston Saturday afternoon. Detroit right-hander Doug Fister is headed...
- 4/7 Talkin Sox with Dan: Commentary and Thoughts 4/7/12 – Red Sox vs. Tigers: Middle of the 8th (not that it matters) – 10-0 Motown. Fluttering between overreaction and disappointment. Grabbing this...
- 4/7 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/7:
After falling on Opening Day on walkoff hit, the Boston Red Sox look to pick up their first win of the season in game two of...
- 4/7 Bus League Baseball: Forty Is The New Thirty: Opening Day 2012 Update: “Forty Is The New Thirty” is one of those ongoing series that I get around to updating every once in a while, when the mood...
- 4/6 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers opening day observationsDetroit Tigers opening day observations...
- 4/6 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2012 BYB AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTIONS: Every baseball blog site is posting their MLB predictions. I’ve never been a huge fan of predictions because the game is simply...
- 4/6 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Evaluating the Biggest Contracts in MLB History: I owe you dear readers a qualifier. This is really about some of the largest contracts in baseball history that were signed...
- 4/5 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 Opening Day Red Sox Delight:
The Boston Red Sox will open up the 2012 season this afternoon with the first game of a three-game set against the Detroit Tigers...
- 4/5 For Baseball Junkies: MLB Offense-Only Rankings: I'm stealing this idea from Corey Seidman at Phillies Nation (he wrote a piece titled Ranking the Offenses: 30-1). Here is how...
- 4/5 Full Spectrum Baseball: Keeping The Experts Honest: Baseball's spring training never lacks for unsolicited and solicited prognostications from nearly every baseball "expert" on the...
- 4/5 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: 2012 MLB & Pirates Projections: Baseball season opens up today and what would the start of a new season be without some predictions that are sure to go wrong....
- 4/5 Fragile Freddy's: Opening Day!!!: And away we go.After a too-long off-season that followed a terribly disappointing season the Red Sox will look to get things rolling...
- 4/5 Mastersball.com: A Different Kind of NFBC League:
I again have a team in the NFBC but this is a little different. It’s a satellite league with a different set of rules than...
- 4/5 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 Opening Day Red Sox Delight:
The Boston Red Sox will open up the 2012 season this afternoon with the first game of a three-game set against the Detroit Tigers...
- 4/5 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Detroit Tigers:
Welcome to Opening Day! The Advanced Scout will be a regular feature on Fire Brand of the American League that will present...
- 4/4 FanSided: Prelude to a Season: After what feels like a long and tedious offseason, and a month + of Spring Training baseball we have finally come to what all...
- 4/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: Preseason PredictionsThe season is just about to start so I thought I would share my Preseason Predictions with you....
- 4/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Staff Predictions on the 2012 AL Awards: Yesterday we revealed the staff’s predictions for the American League and the World Series. Today it is the staff’s picks...
- 4/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Staff Predictions for the 2012 MLB Season: The MLB season starts tomorrow (not including those ridiculous Japan games) and the Yankees Fans Unite staff has made their predictions...
- 4/4 FanSided: 2012 MLB Division Preview: AL Central: In 2011, the Tigers won the AL Central handily by 15 games, after a hot start from the Indians made Cleveland look like the team...
- 4/4 Through The Fence Baseball: TTFB staff picks Tigers, Phillies to dominate; Gonzalez, Votto as MVPs: Through The Fence Baseaball is pleased to announce its 2012 preseason picks and awards. Twenty-six writers parti**** to help us...
- 4/3 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding Keepers: Detroit TigersDetroit made some upgrades and seems to be a very strong team going into 2012....
- 4/3 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Top Player at Every Position: We do a lot of advice based on realistic scenarios here, but that’s not the goal here. No, this is an absolute Dream Team for...
- 4/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Don’t jump the gun on the Montero-Pineda trade just yet: Shortly after Michael Pineda ended his miserable 2.2 innings against the Phillies, Yankees fans were horrified to learn that...
- 4/3 FanSided: AL Central Predictions: Tigers In A Landslide
- 4/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Who ‘dat? Spring training leaders to ponder: Spring training 2012 has finally come to an end. Teams are packing up their gear in Florida and Arizona and heading back to their...
- 4/3 Roto Think Tank: Might I Interest You In Being Bored to Tears While I Discuss My Home League? (A.L. Edition): In addition to the CBS Analysts League and Tout Wars, I play in a couple of long standing home leagues. I wasn't going to spend...
News -- March 2012
- 3/31 i70baseball.com: Gordon Signs ExtensionFour-Year Guaranteed Contract Also Includes Player Option for 2016...
- 3/31 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 MLB Award Predictions: American League
MVP-Adrian Gonzalez
Fresh off winter shoulder surgery, Gonzo claims that he can now "drive through the...
- 3/31 Philly Phanatics: MLB season preview: American League Central: Ron Opher doesn't pull any punches as he previews each Major League Baseball division. Instead of giving us a bunch of "ifs,"...
- 3/31 Baseball Press: Our Best Predictions For the 2012 Season:
Will Joey Votto win another National League MVP Award in 2012? (US Presswire)The 2012 baseball season has arrived, and the Baseball...
- 3/30 The Baseball Page: AL Central PreviewAL Central Preview ...
- 3/30 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Riding the Pine in Head-to-Head Leagues: Head to head leagues are a completely different monster when it comes to building a fantasy baseball team, and requires you to...
- 3/30 SpreadStumpers: MLB Season Props: Who will hit the most HR’s in the 2012 Regular Season? Jose Bautista 13/2 Albert Pujols 9/1 Giancarlo Stanton 9/1...
- 3/30 i70baseball.com: 2012 Key Players: Moustakas hopes to establish himself in year two: When Mike Moustakas banged a homer in just his second game as a big leaguer, hopes soared. And when he had a .385 average with...
- 3/30 Tyler's Think Tank: 12 Bold Predictions for 2012: MLB Edition: Here are 12 bold predictions for the 2012 season. I will do six from the AL and six from the NL. Enjoy!
1. Prince Fielder...
- 3/30 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB preseason power rankings: Since the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 World Series, there has been a great bit of activity in the baseball world. Any idea...
- 3/30 The Daily Catch: Ryan Howard: Worst Contract Ever?: The last few years, the Phillies have wheeled and dealed themselves from obscurity to the pinnacle of baseball. They have...
- 3/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Recap: Dodger blogger and fan fantasy baseball draft: I parti**** in a fantasy draft with some Dodger fans and bloggers this morning. Needless to say, it was an interesting draft.Among...
- 3/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Jim Leyland’s Enemy Within: The dueling personality traits of Jim Leyland are on bold display as if he’s replicating the twin personae from the Star Trek...
- 3/30 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Preview Podcast Appearance: I was a guest with Mike Silva last night on his New York Baseball Digest Podcast. You can listen below, download from I-Tunes...
- 3/30 NY Baseball Digest: Yankees Finding New Ways to Kill Young Pitching: So reports indicated that Michael Pineda is pitching for a rotation spot today. What I thought was a silly media meme to make...
- 3/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: TYA Predictions: Bold predictions for 2012: Thanks for tuning in this week; I’ll be sure to bump these threads months from now so we can all point and laugh. Matt...
- 3/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: TYA Predictions: MVP: Brad Vietrogoski: AL) Albert Pujols- He’s motivated to show St. Louis and everybody else that his 10-year contract won’t...
- 3/24 Tyler's Think Tank: Fantasy Baseball Guys I'm Avoiding: C Mike Napoli
Last year was a career year for him, and his Mike Piazza-esque numbers were inflated by a torrid second half...
- 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
- 3/23 The "Mc" Effect: 3/23 Recap | Tigers 7 Pirates 2: The Pirates were leading the Tigers 2-1 heading into the 9th inning when Daniel McCutchen took the mound for his second inning...
- 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Make Or Break Year: Kendrys Morales: Kendrys Morales has proven himself as an above-average MLB hitter and he's still just 28 years old. He appeared in yesterday's...
- 3/23 High Heat Stats: Stat Challenge scoring and projections: Every fantasy league has different rules, and here’s how FanDuel.com scores it for hitters: 1B = 1pt 2B = 2pts 3B = 3pts...
- 3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera itching to get back: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (eye) is already itching to get back on the field, but he's being ordered to avoid all physical...[+]
activity since undergoing surgery on his right orbital bone Monday, March 19. 'The swelling is down and there's a little discoloring,' manager Jim Leyland said of Cabrera, who needed eight stitches to close the wound but had no vision issues. 'But he feels good. He was ready to play today, and he told Dave that.' He will be re-examined Tuesday, March 27.
- 3/23 Dynasty League Baseball: Greatest Regular Season Day in MLB History? | Preview of the new 2011 season player cards: September 28, 2011 arguably goes down in MLB history as the Greatest single day in regular season history with a finish so unlikely...
- 3/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Friday Fantasy Roundup: Mad Men, women and drafts: This weekend is going to be absolutely insane. Four games of NCAA March Madness Friday, two games Saturday and two games Sunday...
- 3/22 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Outfield PreviewThe outfield position has a lot to offer fantasy owners. 10 outfield-eligible players hit 30 or more home runs in......
- 3/22 Full Spectrum Baseball: Go to Your Corners and Keep Your Gloves UpThe Tigers could conceivably score 850 or more runs this season. ...
- 3/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Day six: The baseball gods are with me: Always stuck in the back of your mind at a baseball game is how you would react if a ball is hit your way. If you’re in...
- 3/21 FanSided: Is Alex Gordon the Royals Best Option to Leadoff?: [caption id="attachment_12513" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Royals will likely ask Gordon to leadoff and aggressively...
- 3/21 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 Predictions: Part Two: McAL/NL MVP: Miguel Cabrera / Jose ReyesAL/NL CY: Jered Weaver / Josh JohnsonAL/NL MOY: Mike Scioscia / Ozzie GuillenAL/NL...
- 3/21 MLB Dirt: 2012 Detroit Tigers Preview2012 DETROIT TIGERS PREVIEW...
- 3/21 Obstructed View: Discredited Draft Review: Last night was our second annual Discredited Fantasy Baseball draft. I'm posting the results here for people to vote on who...
- 3/21 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera Sustains Orbital Fracture: The Detroit Tigers were hoping that the bad hop that found its way to Miguel Cabrera’s right eye didn’t cause serious damage. ...
- 3/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Day five: Doubling the pleasure, doubling the fun: I’ve been wearing my Detroit Tigers gear everywhere I go on this Grapefruit League tour. Most of my conversations...
- 3/20 Call to the Pen: Picks of the Pen: Miguel Cabrera and the Dark Side of Spring: It’s never too long before something truly awful happens in Spring Training, and now that Miguel Cabrera has been hit in...
- 3/20 The Baseball Page: MLB Spring Training Roundup: Cardinals win against Braves 4-3MLB Spring Training Roundup...
- 3/20 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Spring Training Watch: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not?: Hot: Delmon Young Do yourself a favor and keep a close watch on Delmon Young. This is the perfect example of a player that will...
- 3/20 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Andy Pettitte, Bryce Harper, Peyton Manning: The hottest topics for the week of March 18, 2012 … No country for old men: Andy Pettitte has come out of retirement...
- 3/20 Motor City Bengals: Miguel Cabrera out “a couple of weeks” with small fracture: Yesterday, Miguel Cabrera took a ground ball to the face off of the bat of … [visit site to read more]Miguel Cabrera out...
- 3/20 Baseball Musings: Cabrera Broken: Miguel Cabrera sustained a broken bone in his collision with a baseball: Detroit Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera suffered...
- 3/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera expects to play opening dayDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (eye) has every intention of playing on opening day....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (eye) has every intention of playing on opening day.
- 3/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera needs stitches: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (eye) needed eight stitches to close a cut underneath his right eye Monday, March 19, and he...[+]
also fractured a small bone under his eye that will keep him out at least a couple of weeks. The team said his vision is fine.
- 3/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera expects to be readyUpdating earlier reports, Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (eye) said he fully expects to be ready for Opening Day....[+]
Updating earlier reports, Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (eye) said he fully expects to be ready for Opening Day.
- 3/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | More on Miguel Cabrera: Updating an earlier report, Detroit Tigers president Dave Dombrowski said 3B Miguel Cabrera (eye) has a non-displaced fracture...[+]
of the orbital floor, but his vision is fine. Dombrowski said there's no question Cabrera's sunglasses helped protect his eye.
- 3/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera has small fracture: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (eye) has a small fracture under his right eye and received eight stitches. He's only expected...[+]
to miss a couple of weeks, but that puts his status for the season opener in question.
- 3/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera cut by sunglasses: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera's (eye) cut underneath his right eye was actually caused by his sunglasses after he was hit by...[+]
a ground ball in the Grapefruit League game Monday, March 19. The team will likely use a combination of INFs Don Kelly and Danny Worth at the hot corner if Cabrera misses extended time.
- 3/19 Baseball Musings: Ball for an Eye: Miguel Cabrera took a ball off the face at third base on Monday: Miguel Cabrera left Monday’s game with a bloody face after...
- 3/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Tigers spring training numbers: One more time with meaning: 11-1. That’s the Detroit Tigers record going into Sunday’s preseason game. Throw in a few ties – three, to be exact –...
- 3/18 i70baseball.com: Jaime Garcia still needs maturity to become top-tier pitcher: St. Louis Cardinals projected No. 3 starter Jaime Garcia could become one of the best pitchers in Major League Baseball, but his...
- 3/17 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 5 - Detroit Tigers: For this year’s forecast I will look at each team on a daily basis. I think you will find the format pretty self-explanatory.Note...
- 3/16 The Baseball Page: Mid-Spring Leaders: We’re midway through Spring Training and here are the players doing best in the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues. Hitting:...
- 3/16 NY Baseball Digest: Time to End the Charade and Name Nova and Pineda to the Starting Rotation: Well, Michael Pineda and Ivan Nova just completed their third spring training appearances. Lucky for Nova, his consisted of...
- 3/15 PaulLebowitz.com: Radio Appearance with Breakin’ the Norm: Here’s my appearance from Tuesday with Les Norman on Breakin’ the Norm on 810 WHB in Kansas City talking about the...
- 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera OK: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera (wrist) is OK after taking a ball off his left wrist during batting practice Thursday, March...[+]
15. He had his wrist taped before the spring game and he remained in the lineup.
- 3/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: Auction league hidden gems: If you have spent much time playing auction draft fantasy baseball leagues, then you understand the value of finding an inexpensive...
- 3/15 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 American League Central Predicted Standings: Wins Losses GB 1. Cleveland Indians 91 71 — 2. Detroit Tigers* 88 74 3 3. Kansas City Royals 81 81 10 4. Chicago White Sox...
- 3/14 Crashburn Alley: Chase Utley Most Important Player in MLB: David Schoenfield asked for suggestions of Major League Baseball’s most important players going into the 2012 season. He,...
- 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: Johnny Damon Talks Free Agency, Yankees, Tigers: The 2012 regular season officially starts two weeks from today when the Mariners and Athletics meet in Tokyo, but Johnny Damon...
- 3/14 The Baseball Page: 2012 Fantasy Baseball AL Only Third Base Rankings2012 Fantasy Baseball AL Only Third Base Rankings...
- 3/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Yet 3 More Fantasy Baseball Auction Tips: Well, I shared 3 fantasy baseball auction draft tips, then I shared 3 more, but then I realized I had more in me. So let’s...
- 3/13 High Heat Stats: Not my fault: players who performed well when their team lost: Here are the 2011 leaders for most games with at least 0.10 WPA in team losses: Rk Player Year #Matching 1 Carlos Lee 2011 21...
- 3/13 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 Baseball Guide Radio Appearance: I’ll be a guest tonight at 8 PM Eastern Standard Time on Breakin’ the Norm with former big leaguer Les Norman on 810 WHB talking...
- 3/13 Marlin Maniac: 1997 v. 2003: Staff Ace Results: Last week I asked you guys, who was the better Marlins World Series ace, Kevin Brown or Josh Beckett. We will look at the results...
- 3/12 The Baseball Page: Mike Shannon Did It – Why Not Hanley & Miguel?Mike Shannon Did It - Why Not Hanley & Miguel?...
- 3/12 The Baseball Page: 2012 Fantasy Baseball AL Only First Base Rankings2012 Fantasy Baseball AL Only First Base Rankings...
- 3/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: I Got 99 Problems But Third Base Ain’t One: I never really understood what Jay-Z’s 99 problems were. If anything, he has it all! Money, fame, Beyonce, great clothes,...
- 3/12 Ramblings of Baseball: Quick Reference – The RomoBall Top 100 Picks – Fantasy 2012: 1. Albert Pujols, 1B – LAA. 2. Matt Kemp, OF – LAD. 3. Jacoby Ellsbury, OF – BOS. 4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B – DET. 5. Jose...
- 3/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Player Profile: Jay Bruce: With very few exceptions, no players have the raw power of Reds’ right fielder Jay Bruce. At 25 years old, Bruce has established...
- 3/10 PaulLebowitz.com: Smothering Pineda: For a pitcher the Yankees are counting on to a be a top of the rotation force and cost them Jesus Montero—who GM Brian Cashman...
- 3/10 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Third Base PreviewThird base is arguably the deepest position in fantasy baseball in 2012. It will get even deeper two weeks into......
- 3/10 Roto Think Tank: Calculating Bids: What You Shouldn't Do: Yesterday, I shared my valuation formulas for 2011 earnings in Rotisserie-style formats. Rob asked:Can this be...
- 3/10 Baseball Musings: Holding Out to Get More Work: Jim Leyland kept Miguel Cabrera out of Friday’s exhibition game due to a lack of ground balls to third: Leyland, who put...
- 3/9 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball 2012: Who to Draft and Who to Avoid Drafting: Offense EditionWho to Draft and Who to Avoid Drafting for 2012 Fantasy Baseball...
- 3/9 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Hafner, Verlander, Cabrera: Every AL Central team except the Royals has won the division at least once since 2007. Here are the latest AL Central links as...
- 3/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Steward on Mora, Closer Job, Arbitration Clocks, Carter, Ynoa, Figueroa and Doolittle: Yesterday Carl Steward of the Bay Area News Group did a live chat. The A’s maybe don’t have too many fans or perhaps...
- 3/8 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Learn To Draft and Enjoy Winning: By Mitch Charette . So you want to impress your friends this year by drafting the best team and owning the coveted bragging rights...
- 3/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Steward on Mora, Closer Job, Arbitration Clocks, Carter, Ynoa, Figueroa and Doolittle: Yesterday Carl Steward of the Bay Area News Group did a live chat. The A’s maybe don’t have too many fans or perhaps...
- 3/8 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Detroit Tigers: Prince Fielder should be a big reason the Tigers score more runs this season. Photo: Cliff Welch/Icon SMI The series on team offense...
- 3/8 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Looking Ahead: April Series’ that will Radically Alter Fantasy Standings: While the season is long, a game in April counts just as much as a game in September does, especially in fantasy. 3-for-4 with...
- 3/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers spring training, here we come!: As I sit packed and ready to leave for Lakeland, Florida, to cover the Tigers for five days, I keep double-checking that all our...
- 3/8 YankeeAnalysts.com: April and the Rotation: The trickiest thing when managing a starting rotation is attempting to strike the ever delicate balance of rest and optimization....
- 3/7 MLBTradeRumors: Who Could Be Released This Year?: Oliver Perez, Luis Castillo, and Carlos Silva suffered the indignity a year ago of being paid to go away, as the three were...
- 3/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera working on range: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera said he wants to work on his range to his left at third base, and he's willing to play in B games...[+]
to work on it.
- 3/7 MetsToday.com: As Goes Johan, So Will Mets: Remember when the theory was that the Mets would go as far as Jose Reyes would take them? I.e., “as goes Reyes, so goes...
- 3/6 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Sleepers – Hitters In the early rounds of your draft you want to try to just avoid disaster. Owners that drafted Hanley......
- 3/6 Marlin Maniac: 1997 v. 2003: Staff Ace: Now that we have completed everything with the position players, here is a look at the Marlins All-World Series Team: Catcher: Ivan...
- 3/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Keeper Emails: This week I’m going to show you some keeper emails I recently received, plus my responses. Then I’ll going to add...
- 3/6 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Detroit Tigers: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
- 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera changed diet: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera changed his diet in the offseason by cutting out the unhealthy foods that he was eating. 'It's...[+]
kind of helped me a little bit,' Cabrera said of his new diet. 'You know, you've got to sacrifice, you've got to do it, and you've got to work hard to get better. That's what I want, to get better every day and try to do my best.'
- 3/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Hannahan Provides Tribe With Veteran Glove At Third Base: Each week through Spring Training the DTTWLN staff will profile and break down the players in camp for the Indians at Goodyear,...
News -- February 2012
- 2/29 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview. Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its key...
- 2/29 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS A.L.-Only Results: First Base: There was no position where prices dropped more in the CBS auction environment this year than at first base. Last year's...
- 2/29 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview. Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its key...
- 2/28 Marlin Maniac: 1997 v. 2003: Optimizing the Marlins Lineup: We have completed the position player portion of the 1997 v. 2003 Florida Marlins All-World Series team. Before we move into the...
- 2/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Draft: Steps That Must be Taken to Bring Success: In fantasy baseball there are steps that need to be taken if you want success. And while some of these steps may seem obvious,...
- 2/27 MLBTradeRumors: The Oldest $100MM Players: Kevin Brown signed the first nine-figure deal in baseball history after the 1998 season. 33 at the time, Brown had just logged...
- 2/26 North and South of Royal Brougham: Kyle Seager’s Future with the Mariners: The day the Mariners drafted Kyle Seager I thought he could be a major leaguer. I thought he’d be a very good utility infielder,...
- 2/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Who Should Be The Fifth Starter?: On the evening of January 13th Yankee GM Brian Cashman emerged from a winter slumber of inactivity with two moves that sent a...
- 2/25 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 First Base PreviewChances are pretty good that the first overall pick in your fantasy league will be a first baseman. The best......
- 2/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Who Should Be The Fifth Starter?: On the evening of January 13th Yankee GM Brian Cashman emerged from a winter slumber of inactivity with two moves that sent a...
- 2/25 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBSSports.com A.L.-only Analysts League: The Patton and Company Team: Yesterday, I parti**** in the CBS Analysts League A.L.-only auction on behalf of Patton & Company. This is the ninth year...
- 2/24 11th and Washington: From ND to MLB: Brad Lidge: Brad Lidge is one of two baseball players whose time at Notre Dame coincided with mine. He pitched from 1996-98, putting together...
- 2/24 Through The Fence Baseball: Team-wins over/under analysis: AL Central: In part two of this six-part series, we’re taking a look at the AL Central, which doesn’t figure to be too competitive...
- 2/24 Motor City Bengals: Expect a Bounce-Back Year from Delmon Young: As the first full-squad workout takes place for the Detroit Tigers today, the club begins Spring Training with only a few questions...
- 2/23 Crashburn Alley: 2012 Predictions with the Crashburn Staff: It’s the most fun time of the year. Oh, did I say fun? I meant excruciatingly painful. Televised baseball is still weeks...
- 2/23 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – Eighth Edition (71-80): Of all the statistical categories we are targeting on draft day, saves are usually the most attainable in-season. Our strategy...
- 2/22 MLB Dirt: 2012 – The Year of the Laboratory?: There are a surprising number of experiments going on in Major League Baseball for this coming season. Players are trying out...
- 2/21 Baseball Musings: Fast Friends: Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera hit it off on their first day as teammates: Or maybe it was the way Fielder and Cabrera seemed...
- 2/20 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Links: Castellanos, Royals, Sabathia: Here's a round-up of news from the AL Central...
With Miguel Cabrera taking over at the hot corner for the Tigers, John...
- 2/20 Marlin Maniac: 1997 v. 2003: Right Field Results: We have already taken a look at the catcher, first base, and second base, third base, and short stop, and left field, and...
- 2/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera takes part in informal workout: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera took part in an informal workout Saturday, Feb. 18. He is at the team's spring facility well...[+]
in advance of the official reporting date for position players which is Thursday, Feb. 23. The team's first full-squad workout is set for Friday, Feb. 24.
- 2/18 Through The Fence Baseball: In ballparks this summer — Detroit Tigers: The movie: What a difference a torn ACL makes. There we were, just dragging ourselves through the dreary, tired and uneventful Detroit offseason,...
- 2/17 Tyler's Think Tank: AL Central Preview: 1st Place-Detroit Tigers
2011 Record: 95-67
2011 Pythagorean: 89-73
2012 Projected: 97-65
Word on the street is that they...
- 2/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Tigers numbers crunch: best bats on paper: Below are some production numbers to think about, so long as the Tigers lineup looks this way in 2012. Keep in mind I am leaving...
- 2/17 Motor City Bengals: Brandon Inge Has a Real Shot to Win Tigers’ Second Base Job: For the third time in his career, Detroit Tigers veteran Brandon Ingehas been bumped from a starting position. In each instance,...
- 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: The Remains of Willis and Cabrera: Shortly after news broke of the Marlins' most recent transaction - trading Burke Badenhop to the Tampa Bay Rays for minor league...
- 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Inge, Royals, Heredia, Twins: Here's the latest from around the AL Central...
Brandon Inge will be given a chance at the Tigers' second base job during...
- 2/15 Ramblings of Baseball: RomoBall Fantasy Preview – Sixth Edition (51-60): Having a game plan on draft day is generally a good thing (it means you have done some prep) but it can also be dangerous. We...
- 2/15 MetsToday.com: Mets Spring Training Question 6: Wilmer Flores: With six days left before pitchers and Molinas report, let’s look at question #6 to be answered in Port St. Lucie this spring:...
- 2/15 Fragile Freddy's: Key Players - American League: Today I want to look at a different group of players. These are players who are perhaps “X” factors, players who can...
- 2/15 Marlin Maniac: 1997 v. 2003: Right Field: We have already taken a look at the catcher, first base, and second base, third base, short stop, left field, and center...
- 2/15 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Gr33nazn’s 2012 Fantasy Baseball Guide: Since “Gr33nazn’s 2011 Fantasy Baseball Guide” was incredibly po**** with all 3 of our loyal readers, I felt...
- 2/15 Baseball Musings: Changes, Detroit Tigers: The Detroit Tigers finished 2011 95-67, good for first place in the AL Central. They lost to the Texas Rangers in the ALCS. Detroit...
- 2/13 SFPandaBlog: Anyone else watch MLB Networks Top 10 Right Now on Sunday 2/12?: MLB Network on it’s show Top 10 Right Now (Third Basemen) had Pablo Sandoval ranked #7 by the Shredder?!?! Only 7th! At...
- 2/13 SFPandaBlog: The Negatives – Overweight: Is Pablo Sandoval overweight again? According Giants skipper Bruce Bochy he is. If you haven’t yet, please read this...
- 2/13 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 AL Central Preview: Sleepers and ProspectsThe Detroit Tigers ran away with the AL Central in 2011 and they appear ready to do so again in......
- 2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: AL third basemen: Editor’s Note: Fantasy Baseball Focus is a breakdown of each league, position by position. Each team receives a fantasy analysis...
- 2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Prince on board, but Tigers still have needs: Yes, the Tigers have Prince Fielder. They have Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera. They do not have Victor Martinez. Let’s...
- 2/13 Marlin Maniac: 1997 v. 2003: Center Field Results: We have already taken a look at the catcher, first base, and second base, third base, and short stop, and left field positions. Here...
- 2/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: AL third basemen: Editor’s Note: Fantasy Baseball Focus is a breakdown of each league, position by position. Each team receives a fantasy analysis...
- 2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera expected to arrive earlyDetroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera is likely to arrive to spring training early, probably sometime next week....[+]
Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera is likely to arrive to spring training early, probably sometime next week.
- 2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera dedicated to weight loss: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera dedicated himself to a strict workout regimen early in the offseason, before he found out about...[+]
his move across the diamond to third base. He has been working with personal trainer Radhi Muhammad, who also works with free-agent OF Magglio Ordonez (Tigers) and Miami Marlins 3B Hanley Ramirez. Cabrera focused on his agility and range early in the offseason as well, and of course, his weight.
- 2/10 YankeeAnalysts.com: Is the cellar door locked?: A couple of weeks ago I went over the Toronto Blue Jays and their prospective chances for 2012 and beyond. In a division dominated...
- 2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera has lost weight: Detroit Tigers C Alex Avila said Friday, Feb. 10, that 3B Miguel Cabrera has lost 25 pounds this offseason and is excited about...[+]
moving from first base to third base in 2012. Avila and Cabrera are working out together this offseason.
- 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Emilio Bonifacio Beats Marlins In Arbitration: Emilio Bonifacio beat the Marlins in their arbitration hearing, tweets Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald. The Wasserman Media...
- 2/7 Release Points: Predicting Votto’s Free Agency: With the recent offseason signings of Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols, Joey Votto is the last standing, the lone elite...
- 2/7 The Daily Catch: Tigers Fan 2012 Hopes & Fears: This article is courtesy of our friends at Bless You Boys Written by: johnmoz As a baseball fan, I regularly mix wild optimism...
- 2/7 Marlin Maniac: 1997 v. 2003: Center Field: We have already taken a look at the catcher, first base, and second base, third base, short stop, and left field positions. Here...
- 2/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Prince on board, but Tigers still have needs: Yes, the Tigers have Prince Fielder. They have Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera. They do not have Victor Martinez. Let’s...
- 2/6 Motor City Bengals: 1967: Another Milestone Year In Reach For Miguel Cabrera: It seems that we here at Motor City Bengals are at least inspirational to each other lately. Piggybacking on two previous posts...
- 2/5 Motor City Bengals: Chasing ’41: What Miguel Cabrera Could Aspire To: Imagine a career year from Miguel Cabrera – the kind of year where he simply runs away with the MVP like Justin Verlander...
- 2/4 PaulLebowitz.com: The Tigers Go Big Ticket; the Indians Go Smart: The Tigers spent $214 million to create a mess with their manager insisting he’s going to harm their defense in the face of...
- 2/3 Motor City Bengals: 1961: What Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder Can Aspire To: Oct 15, 2011; Arlington, TX, USA; Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera (24) follows through on a home run during the first...
- 2/1 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Prince Fielder, Moneyball, Demi Moore: The hottest topics for the week of January 29, 2012 … Prince among men: With Prince Fielder joining the Tigers, the...
News -- January 2012
- 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Tigers, Blanton, Bartlett, Kazmir: As ESPN.com’s Jayson Stark points out, the NL Central will look considerably different in 2012, now that Prince Fielder, Albert...
- 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Cabrera, Floyd, Royals: The Indians made a trade today, acquiring 2011 International League MVP Russ Canzler from the Rays. It wouldn't be surprising...
- 1/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Unlikely to shift Miguel Cabrera to 3B?: Several scouts and executives from other teams think it's highly unlikely that the Detroit Tigers go through with moving 3B Miguel...[+]
Cabrera over to third base to make room for 1B Prince Fielder. 'I'm not buying into it at all. I think Jim (Leyland) is saying exactly what he has to say. I saw this guy play third base as a kid. I even saw him play shortstop in the minor leagues. And his body control as a youngster was pretty good. But the build he's got now creates long actions. Everything takes a long time, and that's not good at that position. So I don't think it's going to happen. In fact, I'll be shocked,' one scout said.
- 1/31 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: American League first basemen: Editor’s Note: Fantasy Baseball Focus is a breakdown of each league, position by position. Each team receives a fantasy...
- 1/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Leyland’s “Principled” Charade: It’s best to take what a manager says in January and pretty much ignore it. Because of that, when Jim Leyland insists that Miguel...
- 1/30 i70baseball.com: I Don’t Know Is On Third: The Kansas City Royals have been quiet this week, only announcing their slogan. Our Time. Well Royals fans had thought for...
- 1/30 WasWatching: 4+ Seasons Before Age 29 With 60+ XBH & .300+ BA: Here is the list of guys to do it - Rk Yrs From To Age 1 Albert Pujols 8 2001 2008 21-28 Ind. Seasons 2 Hank Aaron 7 1955...
- 1/30 Baseball Musings: Solving a Long Term Problem: Since the departure of Troy Glaus after the 2004 season, the Angels failed to find a third baseman to fill his offensive shoes....
- 1/29 Kings of Kauffman: Calling the Race so Soon?: Frankly, I don’t see what all the hoopla’s about. The Tigers signed Prince Fielder, and ESPN and every Royals blogger are...
- 1/29 Motor City Bengals: Brace for Bunting: The folks at Baseball Info Solutions–John Dewan and Bill James among others–do fantastic work. Thanks in part to their...
- 1/29 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Dodgers, Ethier, Red Sox, Cubs, Orioles: As demonstrated by the Red Sox last year, "winning" December and January doesn’t necessarily translate into winning when it...
- 1/28 Tyler's Think Tank: Prince Fielder Reaction: At first glance, Victor Martinez tearing his ACL and missing the entire 2012 season looked like it would deal a substantial blow...
- 1/28 Yankees Fans Unite: An interview with Seedlings 2 Stars: Our friends over at Seedlings 2 Stars were kind enough to answer a couple questions about the 2012 Prospect list they put out. ...
- 1/28 Baseball Analytics: Porcello, Fister Should Fear Detroit's Infield D: The Detroit Tigers' decision to put $214 million man Prince Fielder at first base instead of DH and move Miguel Cabrera, who last...
- 1/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY I'LL TAKE TEX & AROD OVER PRINCE & CABRERA: A few nights ago I was listening to Justin Verlander, the 2011 CY Young Award winner, being interviewed on ESPN Radio. Verlander...
- 1/28 Puckett's Pond: The Twins need more TV money.: Earlier this week, the Detroit Tigers stunned baseball by signing Prince Fielder to a nine year deal worth almost $24 million...
- 1/28 Kings of Kauffman: Cornering The Market: Kansas City's Alternative to Fielder-Cabrera Photo Credit: Jerry Lai-US PRESSWIRE When the Tigers signed Prince Fielder this...
- 1/28 Baseball Press: Three Up, Three Down - 2012 First Basemen:
Everyone loves Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer. (Icon SMI)Baseball Press presents a returning miniseries entitled "Three Up,...
- 1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Cabrera, Cardinals, Hamilton: In today's Insider-only blog post, ESPN's Buster Olney says he hasn't spoken to a single talent evaluator who believes Miguel...
- 1/27 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Links: Indians, Fielder, Span, Thome: Happy birthday to right-hander Gavin Floyd, who is 29 years old today. With the number of Floyd trade rumors we've heard this...
- 1/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Skipper doesn't want Miguel Cabrera too lightDetroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland doesn't want 3B/1B Miguel Cabrera lighter than 255 pounds....[+]
Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland doesn't want 3B/1B Miguel Cabrera lighter than 255 pounds.
- 1/26 The Daily Catch: Prince Fielder to the Tigers: This article is courtesy of our friends at Ranting About Cleveland Written by: Dan Tuesday afternoon, Prince Fielder, Scott...
- 1/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Miguel Cabrera is Not Going to Play Third Base: Here’s Jim Leyland’s quote when the Tigers signed Victor Martinez: “He’s going to catch and not be a total DH....
- 1/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Jim Leyland confirms Miguel Cabrera to 3B: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland confirmed that 3B Miguel Cabrera will move to third base this year to accommodate 1B Prince...[+]
Fielder at first base.
- 1/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera to shed weight: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said 3B Miguel Cabrera plans to shed weight before spring training to facilitate his move to...[+]
third base.
- 1/26 SoDo Mojo: Things I Missed, While I Was Out: First and very foremost, a big shout out to the incomparable Keith Myers, whom kept the lights burning strong while I was out...
- 1/26 Puckett's Pond: Thursday Links: The big news from the past week was Prince Fielder signing with the Detroit Tigers (Also, this video which is a serious Video...
- 1/26 WahoosOnFirst: Is the Prince Fielder Signing Good for the Indians?: The Detroit Tigers made the second-biggest splash of the offseason this week when they signed free agent first baseman Prince...
- 1/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Miguel Cabrera to third may have bunters salivating when playing Tigers: I’ve been overloaded with fantasy baseball analysts yipping at how Miguel Cabrera will regain his third base eligibility...
- 1/26 Motor City Bengals: Prince Fielder and the New Detroit Defense: On first base for your Detroit Tigers; the Michelin Man, Prince Fielder! At second base; the man with the iron glove, Ryan Raburn!...
- 1/26 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Joey Votto: With Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols off of the market, Joey Votto is officially the next MVP-caliber first baseman scheduled...
- 1/25 High Heat Stats: Miggy & the Prince: There will be no shortage of talk about the size of the contract Detroit gave to Prince Fielder ... not to mention the size of...
- 1/25 Reviewing the Brew: Was Detroit the right choice for Fielder?: Earlier today, Prince Fielder finally signed his long-awaited monster deal. It came with an unexpected team, the Tigers, who came...
- 1/25 Motor City Bengals: Goodbye Payroll Flexibility, **** Red Ink: Much has been made of the length of the Prince Fielder contract and the likelihood (or lack thereof) that Fielder will still be...
- 1/25 More Mariners: Prince Fielder Doesn’t Sign with Seattle Mariners: Prince Fielder Doesn’t Sign with Seattle MarinersFollow @MoreMariners
The Mariners and Prince Fielder will never be. Prince...
- 1/25 For Baseball Junkies: Prince a Tiger: Who's the Fielder?: Well the relatively quiet Prince Fielder rumor-mill got incredibly loud yesterday before the news broke that he was heading to...
- 1/25 Bleeding Yankee Blue: NOW DETROIT HAS A BAD CONTRACT TOO: I see what the Detroit Tigers did yesterday and I admire it. They went out and bought a big bat for the “now.” With Prince...
- 1/25 MetsToday.com: Fielder Follows Father’s Footsteps, Foregoes Flushing: For the second consecutive day, the Mets are left holding the bag. Still smarting from being spurned by Cody Ross the Mets received...
- 1/25 WahoosOnFirst: Will Tigers Win AL Central Thanks to Prince Fielder?: News broke Tuesday afternoon that the Detroit Tigers had inked free agent first baseman Prince Fielder to a nine-year deal worth...
- 1/25 The Daily Catch: Fielder Pushes Dunn Deal Off List of Division’s Biggest Contracts: This article is courtesy of our friends at South Side Sox Written by: Jim Margalus In his evaluation of the Prince...
- 1/25 PaulLebowitz.com: Prince Fielder Cannonballs Into Detroit: All the interpretations and projections are meaningless. What the Tigers defense is going to look like with Prince Fielder at...
- 1/25 Baseball Musings: Cespedes Available: Here’s a scene from a baseball front office: Owner: Prince Fielder was our last hope. GM: No, there is another. Yoenis Cespedes,...
- 1/24 Royally Speaking: Prince Fielder Is A Tiger:
"Justin Verlander might win 20 games with the staggering run support he is likely to receive, because there are days when...
- 1/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: 214,000,000 Reasons to be Thankful: This crazy off-season just got that much crazier. In a move that absolutely no one could have anti**** the Tigers today s****...
- 1/24 MLB Dirt: Fielder Helps Tigers in 2012 but Binds Them Beyond: If you haven’t heard by now the Detroit Tigers, who have an owner who is always willing to open his wallet if it means winning...
- 1/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays News and Notes: Fielder, Cordero find new homes: The AL Central just got very interesting. In a deal that was somewhat surprising, Prince Fielder finally ended his search...
- 1/24 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun, Kyle Williams: The hottest topics for the week of January 22, 2012 … Prince Fielder signs: The Detroit Tigers signed Fielder moments...
- 1/24 Through The Fence Baseball: The Prince Fielder Experiment is headed to Detroit: As reports come swarming in about Prince Fielder reportedly agreeing to a nine-year, $214 million dollar deal, I can’t help...
- 1/24 Bronx Baseball Daily: Prince Fielder joins Tigers on 9-year $214 million deal:
Prince Fielder finally found a team, the Detroit Tigers, as the two sides reached an agreement on a nine-year and $214 million...
- 1/24 Baseball Musings: Back to Third: Miguel Cabrera says he is indeed moving back to third base: Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera told a Spanish-language website...
- 1/24 Baseball Musings: Moving Cabrera to Third: The Tigers moved Miguel Cabrera off third base after 14 games in 2008. Miguel’s play was horrible in those 14 games, and...
- 1/24 Baseball Musings: Prince Finds a Home: The Tigers reached an agreement with Prince Fielder on a nine-year contract: Now more tweets are coming in confirming Brown’s...
- 1/24 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY MOTOWN HAS A NEW PRINCE:
FOXsports.com is reporting that free-agent slugger Prince Fielder has agreed to a deal with the Detroit Tigers. ...
- 1/24 Fragile Freddy's: Prince and Cody on the Move: Some things happening around Major League Baseball this week, let’s touch on them;Item: Prince Fielder signs with Detroit Tigers...
- 1/24 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Prince Fielder agrees to 9-year deal with Tigers: Well, that just happened.Prince Fielder, the man who would have been perfect hitting behind Matt Kemp, just agreed to a 9-year,...
- 1/24 El Maquino: REJOICE! PRINCE FIELDER LEAVES THE LEAGUE: Out of nowhere the Detroit Tigers swept down and landed Prince Fielder, by far the best free agent on the market for months now....
- 1/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Prince Fielder Just Broke the Internet: As has been reported by every outlet short of smoke signal and carrier pigeon over the last thirty minutes, Prince Fielder has...
- 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers To Sign Prince Fielder: Prince Fielder, who hit baseballs out of Tiger Stadium as a 12-year-old, is on his way back to Detroit, where his father, Cecil...
- 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers, Prince Fielder Nearing Nine-Year Deal: The Tigers are "very close" to a nine-year deal with Prince Fielder, Yahoo's Tim Brown tweets. Fielder will join Miguel Cabrera...
- 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera back to 3B?With the Detroit Tigers' signing of 1B Prince Fielder, there is a chance that 1B Miguel Cabrera shifts back to third base....[+]
With the Detroit Tigers' signing of 1B Prince Fielder, there is a chance that 1B Miguel Cabrera shifts back to third base.
- 1/24 For Baseball Junkies: Spring Training Dates and Knowing Our Roll: I don't know about you, but with baseball just around the corner, I've got a serious case of Baseball Fever! For my...
- 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: There was no shortage of news this week but MLBTR also delivered a great deal of original content and reporting..
The Nationals...
- 1/21 Puckett's Pond: Wilkin Ramirez: Twins Non-Roster Invitee: The Detroit Tigers won the division last year, so maybe it’s by design that the Twins are bringing so many former Tiger...
- 1/20 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Tigers, Pineda, Dodgers, Rockies, Angels: On Tuesday the Tigers learned that they'll be without Victor Martinez for the 2012 season and the club won't be able to truly...
- 1/20 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Tigers | Interview Series: Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League. To do this,...
- 1/20 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Tigers | Interview Series: Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League. To do this,...
- 1/20 Motor City Bengals: Tampa Bay Rays To Sign Carlos Pena: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports is reporting that the Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to terms with free agent slugger and former Detroit...
- 1/20 Motor City Bengals: Are The Tigers Considering Johnny Damon?: When the news of Victor Martinez‘ ACL injury came out, I wouldn’t say a panic rolled through Tigertown, but certainly...
- 1/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Never too early for a 2012 fantasy baseball preview: I do realize it’s only January. I know you’re probably sitting back and relaxing with a nice warm cup of hot chocolate...
- 1/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Searching For The Next Great Yankee Bat: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) While the Yankees’ shoddy track record of developing young...
- 1/18 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Jorge Posada, Miguel Cabrera, Justin Bieber: The hottest topics for the week of January 13, 2012 … Something fishy: First there was the Miami Vice logo and now...
- 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Falling Arbitration Records: Back in April, I outlined the arbitration records for catchers, other position players, and starting pitchers. As expected,...
- 1/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Bobby V from Stamford: We’re seeing the Bobby Valentine package exposing itself in his comments about the Yankees and it’s not a good look for him....
- 1/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Yankees-Mariners-Stupidity: You can find analysis of the trade that sent Jesus Montero and Hector Noesi from the Yankees to the Mariners for Michael Pineda...
- 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Dombrowski On Tigers' DH Options: Representatives for free agent hitters have started calling the Tigers, who will probably play the 2012 season without one of...
- 1/17 Motor City Bengals: Victor Martinez Not Easily Replaced: In an off-season where many fans of the Detroit Tigers have been just short of begging for interesting news, we’ve just...
- 1/17 Baseball Press: Clinical Notes: Victor Martinez Tears ACL:
The Tigers could be without Victor Martinez for all of 2012. (Icon SMI)The official baseball season hasn't even seen it's first...
- 1/17 Baseball Musings: Tearing a Tiger: The Tigers may have lost Victor Martinez for the 2012 season: Tigers catcher Victor Martinez could miss the season because of...
- 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Avoid Arbitration With Jacoby Ellsbury: The Red Sox avoided arbitration with center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury on a deal worth $8.05MM, tweets MLBTR's Ben-Nicholson-Smith....
- 1/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: A closer look at the new Yankee pitcher, Michael Pineda: Setting aside what it says about me and my priorities, I will never forget where I was during certain key moments in Yankees’...
- 1/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY I HAVE MIXED EMOTIONS REGARDING MONTERO FOR PINEDA: All off-season long fans were craving for the much needed number two starter. Well, you guys got it, and that's Michael Pineda,...
- 1/14 High Heat Stats: Jesus was a carpenter; now he's a Mariner: Jesus Montero has been traded by the Yankees to the Mariners for Michael Pineda, with Hector Noesi and Jose Campos also switching...
- 1/14 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Ray Chapman: An Indians Legend: By Matthew Van Wormer January 15 marks the birthday of a great Indian; Raymond Johnson Chapman. Born in 1891, Ray...
- 1/14 Motor City Bengals: Man….I Can’t Stand The Fricken Yankees: I was working last night when I received a text from a friend of mine informing me of a big trade involving the Mariners and Yankees....
- 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Met With Ortiz's Agent:
David Ortiz accepted Boston's arbitration offer last month, and yesterday GM Ben Cherington met with Fern Cuza, Ortiz's agent,...
- 1/13 MLBTradeRumors: Analysis And Background Of The Montero/Pineda Deal: It's not every day that two of baseball's best young stars are swapped for each other, but the Mariners and Yankees pulled off...
- 1/10 Roto Think Tank: Bargains and Busts: 2011 A.L. Hitters: The most expensive hitters in the American League have been so inconsistent that they're downright consistent.Ten Most Expensive...
- 1/8 Royally Speaking: The Consistently Good Billy Butler: Nothing gets the Royals section of twitter raging like a good old fashion Billy Butler debate. Due to his great second half the...
- 1/5 Baseball Musings: Cabrera’s Case Ends: Miguel Cabrera‘s plea bargain over his DUI became official today: Cabrera received one year of probation but will be eligible...
- 1/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera pleads no contest: Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera pleaded no contest to driving while under the influence in Florida back in February of 2011....[+]
He will not serve any jail time. Cabrera received one year of probation and will be eligible for early termination following six months. He will have to pay $1,436.23 and his license will be revoked for six months.
- 1/5 High Heat Stats: Hit or sit: guys who rarely do anything other than get a hit or make an out: "What?? Why should I bother walkin'if sooner or later, the ball's gonna go rightthrough the first baseman's legs?" - totally fabricated...
- 1/2 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander On the Road to Cooperstown: Last summer, I almost witnessed history. On an oppressively hot Sunday afternoon, I watched along with my dad and about 37,000...
News -- December 2011
- 12/31 Baseball Daily Digest: Deadly Accurate: NL East:
The review of BP2k11 continues with the NL East, a division that is undergoing a dramatic shift in the fortunes of several franchises....
- 12/24 High Heat Stats: The most valuable batters of 2011: The most valuable batter of 2011Icon SMIFollowing on from the top pitchers post, here are the top batters of 2011 using the same...
- 12/22 Puckett's Pond: Twins Sign Jason Marquis. Bad Idea or Terrible Idea? You be the Judge.: Sometimes I think that the Minnesota Twins front office is intentionally playing tricks on me. I think I must have done something...
- 12/22 Dropped Strike Three: BBA and My First Mock Draft of the Year: Ahh, the Winter Meetings are a distant memory and spring training is a mere 90 days (give or take) away! You can almost smell...
- 12/21 Motor City Bengals: Center Field Battle Royale: How Austin Jackson Stacks Up: Curtis Granderson entered his prime this year. In doing so, he became a legitimate candidate for the American League Most Valuable...
- 12/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Is Miguel Cabrera the best hitter in baseball?: On Sunday I ran a post that examined baseball’s largest contracts. One of the things that caught me off guard in the post...
- 12/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: Taking another look at baseball’s largest contracts: About two weeks ago Albert Pujols and the Angels shocked the baseball universe with the news that the perennial MVP was changing...
- 12/17 El Maquino: NEW DEVELOPMENTS MAY PUSH CARDS TOWARDS FIELDER: > The Cardinals knew, with the differentia-tion between their interests and future Hall of Fame first baseman Albert Pujols‘...
- 12/16 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Braun, Felix, Hanley: Eight years ago today, the Orioles signed Miguel Tejada to a six-year contract worth $72MM, the richest deal in franchise history....
- 12/13 B-R Blog: B-R: HoF Candidate – Juan Gonzalez: Juan González Juan Alberto (Vazquez) Gonzalez (Juan Gone or Igor) Position: Outfielder Bats: Right, Throws: Right Height: 6'...
- 12/13 MLBTradeRumors: Venezuelan Notes: Zambrano, Hanley, Vizquel: The Venezuelan Winter League's annual home run derby took place last night at City University (Ciudad Universidad) in Caracas,...
- 12/13 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Sign Dontrelle Willis: Per Jim Salisbury and Jerry Crasnick, the Phillies have signed left-handed pitcher Dontrelle Willis to a one year contract for...
- 12/13 MLBTradeRumors: Marlins Notes: Hanley, Buehrle, Badenhop: The Marlins non-tendered Clay Hensley and traded Burke Badenhop last night, eliminating any doubt that their bullpen will look...
- 12/12 House of the Bluebird: Anthopoulos' Blue Jays Christmas List: In Blue Jays beat writer Gregor Chisholm's most recent blog post he talked to Blue Jays General Manager Alex Anthopoulos...
- 12/12 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Offseason Swap Series: New York Yankees: By Matthew Van Wormer Today, we finish off the American League East in our Offseason Swap Series as I spoke with Mike...
- 12/12 High Heat Stats: Win Probability Added (Jose Bautista posts an all-time great season): Here's a look at Win Probability Added (WPA) leaders in 2011. Turns out we saw a little bit of history. Rk Player WPA ...
- 12/12 Through The Fence Baseball: What the 2005 MLB draft would look like with a do-over: The 2005 amateur baseball draft is widely considered to be one the best of all time. With a two-time Cy Young winner, four Rookie...
- 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Interpreting Scott Boras' Comments On Prince Fielder: There’s more finesse to Scott Boras’ sales pitch than there is to Prince Fielder’s swing, but neither man holds back. In...
- 12/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Manager considering lineup changes : Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is looking through his lineup once again and deciding whether to bat OF Brennan Boesch in the...[+]
second hole and 1B Miguel Cabrera third.
- 12/8 Motor City Bengals: Tigers’ Big Contracts Provide Great Value: Today, the Los Angeles Angels signed Albert Pujols for $254 million over ten years. They followed that up almost immediately by...
- 12/8 Tyler's Think Tank: Marlins Buy Buehrle: Since when are the Miami Marlins the New York Yankees?
After a decade of penny-pinching, years of waving good-bye to franchise...
- 12/4 Fire Brand of the American League: 2011 Player Review: Dustin Pedroia:
When Terry Francona was released/fired/not re-upped/left on his own accord, the question of the offseason for the Boston Red...
News -- November 2011
- 11/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Miguel Cabrera: AL's Answer to Albert Pujols: Albert Pujols is an elite offensive performer, a hitting robot who's track record of consistent excellence has earned...
- 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....
- 11/26 MLB Dirt: Best Pure Hitters In Baseball: This is all Jonathan Mitc**** fault. His fabulous post on the nastiest pitches in baseball has now spawned not just one post from...
- 11/23 Through The Fence Baseball: AL’s lack of star-power explains Verlander’s MVP: Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander was announced on Monday as the American League’s Most Valuable Player Award winner....
- 11/23 Mets360.com: How I Stopped Worrying About Jose Reyes: I read the papers, same as the next guy. I hear all the doom and gloom from my favorite Mets MSM writers: Adam Rubin, Steve Popper,...
- 11/23 Fungoes.net: Verlander is no Bob Gibson: The BBWAA selected Detroit pitcher Justin Verlander as the American League Most-Valuable Player. The last Cardinal pitcher to...
- 11/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Verlander Steals MVP:
Verlander won the AL Cy Young and MVP
Justin Verlander is a great pitcher, possibly a future Hall-of-Famer, who enjoyed...
- 11/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Verlander Casts A Spell: When Roger Maris had the infamous asterisk* attached to his home run record because of the extra 8 games played in Maris’s...
- 11/21 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Cabrera, Martinez, Verlander : Miguel Cabrera, Alex Avila and Victor Martinez collected MVP votes this year, but none topped the winner of the award, Tigers...
- 11/21 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL MVP Award:
It's been a long time since a starting pitcher had won the American League MVP Award, 1986 to be exact. But that changed on...
- 11/21 Baseball Analytics: Cy Verlander MVP, Too: Justin Verlander added the 2011 AL Most Valuable Player Award to his rapidly expanding trophy case on Monday, becoming the first...
- 11/21 Yanks Go Yard: Granderson, Cano Finish Top-10 in MVP Voting: The AL MVP votes are in and Justin Verlander topped Jacoby Ellsbury for top honors this year. Curtis Granderson finished fourth...
- 11/21 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL MVP Award:
It's been a long time since a starting pitcher had won the American League MVP Award, 1986 to be exact. But that changed on...
- 11/21 MLBTradeRumors: How The Top AL MVP Finishers Were Acquired: None of the top ten finishers in this year’s AL MVP balloting joined their teams via the free agent market. Five were obtained...
- 11/21 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Verlander Wins AL MVP: Justin Verlander won the American League MVP award, according to the Baseball Writers Association of America. Verlander took...
- 11/21 Baseball Musings: AL MVP Day: The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) announces the AL Most Valuable Player at 2 PM EST Monday afternoon. It seems...
- 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Return to Fall Classic: As much as I hate to pat myself on the back, I will acknowledge that I correctly predicted on this blog the Rangers would defeat...
- 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: League Championship Series Both 3-2: The ALCS currently stands with the Texas Rangers poised to repeat as American League champs, as they hold a 3-2 advantage over...
- 11/16 High Heat Stats: Extremes in 2011 BAbip vs. Established Norms: I compared batters' 2011 BAbip (batting average on balls in play) to their established norms, which I defined as their combined...
- 11/15 High Heat Stats: 2011 Leaders and Trailers in BABiP (Batting Average on Balls in Play): Just out of curiosity I wanted to look at BABiP leaders and trailers (among both hitters and pitchers) in 2011.Here are the batters...
- 11/14 Marlin Maniac: What to expect at the Winter Meetings in Milwaukee: The annual General Managers meetings are set to take place in Milwaukee starting tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15th and continue...
- 11/13 Fungoes.net: 2011 ESPN SweetSpot Awards: As part of the benign oligarchy that is the group of ESPN SweetSpot bloggers, we occasionally parti**** in group votes. Today...
- 11/11 High Heat Stats: 4 HRs in a Double-Digit Loss: The Detroit Tigers' season ended in a disappointing 15-5 game six ALCS loss, despite home runs from Jhonny Peralta, Austin Jackson and...
- 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...
- 11/10 Fungoes.net: Pay Pujols for 10 years, more than $200 million?: [Today's United Cardinal Bloggers roundtable question comes from El Maquino, appropriately about El Maquino himself, Albert Pujols.]
SI’s...
- 11/9 High Heat Stats: 180 OPS+ with a max of 30 HRs: Miguel Cabrera became the first qualifying hitter since 1995 to have an OPS+ of at least 180 while hitting no more than 30 HRs....
- 11/8 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Potential Trade Target: Starling Marte: Most of the talk surrounding the Tigers’ off-season has centered around players to fill the sizable holes the club has at second...
- 11/7 Chicken Friars: Re-Visiting the Cameron Maybin Trade: One year ago next week, the San Diego Padres acquired centerfielder Cameron Maybin from the Florida Marlins in exchange for a...
- 11/6 High Heat Stats: Maybe Miguel Cabrera ISN'T overrated: I often feel that Miguel Cabrera slips under the radar despite posting pretty amazing numbers.Through 2011, his Age 28 season,...
- 11/5 High Heat Stats: The most productive batters of 2011: There are lots of ways to look at productive batters. For me, I like efficiency.Here are the 16 hitters who, in 2011, generated...
- 11/3 SpreadStumpers: 2012 World Series Champion Odds: After taking a look at the 2012 MLB World Series Champion odds, a few things jumped out at me. Here is the complete list, courtesy...
- 11/3 Motor City Bengals: Analyzing the Market: Who’s On Second? Who’s On Third?: Everyone reading this probably knows that the Tigers could use some help at second and third base. It’s also pretty widely known...
- 11/3 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL & NL Silver Slugger Awards: While awards won't ease the pain of what happened to the 2011 Boston Red Sox, it is nice to see some of them being honored.
Last...
- 11/2 C70 At The Bat: Why Albert Pujols Will Stay In St. Louis: We heard it a lot. At the end of September and during every playoff series, we heard "this could be the last time Albert...
- 11/2 SOX & Dawgs: 2011 AL & NL Silver Slugger Awards: While awards won't ease the pain of what happened to the 2011 Boston Red Sox, it is nice to see some of them being honored.
Last...
- 11/2 MLB Dirt: 2011 American League Awards: First off, I would like to apologize for my disappearance over the last few weeks. I’ve just been very busy but a break should...
- 11/2 Through The Fence Baseball: GM Dombrowski shares insight into Tigers offseason plans: Detroit Tiger General Manager Dave Dombrowski held a near-hour-long session Tuesday with local media talking on the past, present...
News -- October 2011
- 10/31 YankeeAnalysts.com: How good would Robinson Cano be if he took more pitches?: On Friday I wrote a post asking if we actually over rate Robinson Cano. The premise of the post is that while Cano is a great...
- 10/28 22gigantes.com: Kemp, Bautista win BBA’s 2011 Stan Musial Awards: There were some outstanding performances this year in Major League Baseball. However, one clearly stood out from the pack. Los...
- 10/27 Kings of Kauffman: Matt Kemp, Jose Bautista Named BBA’s Stan Musial Award Winners: KEMP UNANIMOUS PICK FOR NL Stan Musial AWARD Bautista holds off Ellsbury in American League There were some outstanding performances...
- 10/27 i70baseball.com: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Announces Player Of The Year AwardsJose Bautista and Matt Kemp receive honors....
- 10/26 Chicken Fried Baseball: Fear of Failure vs. the Desire to Succeed:
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- 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...
- 10/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: MSTI’s 2011 in Review: Starting Pitchers, Part 1: Today we start the pitching reviews, and the rotation is split into three sections. With the exception of the fact that Clayton...
- 10/23 Motor City Bengals: Boesch and Young: Similar Approach, Different Results: This morning, Jacob Peterson of Beyond the Box Score posted an interesting analysis piece; ‘Rating Hitters By Passiveness And...
- 10/22 Motor City Bengals: Fun With Free Agents: Part 1: This is the first of a multi-part look at possibilities (whether realistic or really far-fetched) of possible targets from this...
- 10/21 Roto Think Tank: 2011 BBA American League Stan Musial (MVP) Award: After running through the analysis for this year's Baseball Bloggers Alliance Stan Musial Award, my two biggest dilemmas...
- 10/21 The Golden Sombrero: BBA Stan Musial Award (American League MVP): How we voted for American League MVP: Me: 1) Ellsbury 2) Bautista 3) Verlander 4) Granderson 5) Cabrera Griff: 1) Bautista ...
- 10/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: CHOOSE THE 2011 MVP: GRANDERSON OR CANO?: Curtis Granderson had a terrific season, there’s no denying it and while his average was lower than anyone wanted, he had...
- 10/20 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Awards: Stan Musial Award: The final award given out by the Baseball Bloggers' Alliance is for best overall player. There has been a hotly contested debate,...
- 10/20 Kings of Kauffman: Miguel Cabrera Nominated by KC Chapter for BBA’s Stan Musial AwardMiguel Cabrera, the key offensive cog in Detroit’s playoff machine, has been … [visit site to read more]...
- 10/20 MLB Dirt: Stan Musial Award – American League MVP: In one of the tougher awards to decide from, I had to choose between Jose Bautista and Jacoby Ellsbury at the top of my American...
- 10/20 FanSided: Mike Ilitch Appears Willing To Expand Payroll for 2012 Tigers: After carrying an opening day payroll of around $106 million, the team’s lowest mark since 2007, Tigers’ owner Mike Ilitch...
- 10/20 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Potential Free Agent Target: Jamey Carroll: Speculation is already starting to simmer regarding what the Tigers should do about filling their second and third base positions...
- 10/20 The Golden Sombrero: BBA Stan Musial Award (American League MVP): How we voted for American League MVP: Me: 1) Ellsbury 2) Bautista 3) Verlander 4) Granderson 5) Cabrera Griff: 1) Bautista ...
- 10/18 Puckett's Pond: Call to the Pen Names Players of the Year: Call to the Pen has finished the postseason awards with the Player of the Year (the Fansided equivalent of the MVP). Read...
- 10/18 Through The Fence Baseball: World Series: Texas Rangers may not have upper hand: When the Texas Rangers ended the 2010 season, it was in the most painful way possible. They watched as the San Francisco...
- 10/18 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CURTIS GRANDERSON CONTINUES TO IMPRESS: Just when you thought Curtis Granderson couldn’t be any cooler, he does something else to impress. Now comes word from Mark...
- 10/18 PaulLebowitz.com: World Series Preview—Texas Rangers vs St. Louis Cardinals: Texas Rangers vs St. Louis Cardinals — Keys for the Rangers: Knock the Cardinals starters out early, hit the bullpen; maintain...
- 10/18 The Captain's Blog: Don’t Let the Big Man Beat You; The Genius of Ron Washington: Ron Washington’s decision to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera with the bases empty in the bottom of the eighth was the kind...
- 10/17 WSJ Daily Fix: Runs, Runs and More Runs: The Count: David Freese and Nelson Cruz led two offense-minded teams into the World Series after a pair of league championship...
- 10/17 Chicken Fried Baseball: 2011 American League Awards:
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- 10/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Return to Fall Classic: As much as I hate to pat myself on the back, I will acknowledge that I correctly predicted on this blog the Rangers would defeat...
- 10/16 mlbreports.com : The Texas Rangers are Heading Back to the World Series: Sunday October 16, 2011 MLB reports – Sam Evans: On Saturday night, Nelson Cruz and the Rangers advanced...
- 10/16 Fragile Freddy's: LCS Update: Congratulations to the Texas Rangers on earning their second consecutive World Series berth!ALCS – Texas 4 – Detroit 2- After...
- 10/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Do or die is Tigers specialty: You probably knew it would come to this. If you watched the Tigers at all this year. If you had the slightest bit of hope. If...
- 10/15 Tyler's Think Tank: League Championship Series Both 3-2: The ALCS currently stands with the Texas Rangers poised to repeat as American League champs, as they hold a 3-2 advantage over...
- 10/15 Baseball Musings: Cabrera Clout: Miguel Cabrera refuses to go quietly. He hits a blast deep into the leftfield bullpen for his second homer of the game. He winds...
- 10/15 Baseball Musings: Revolution Number Nine: The Tigers got out to an early 2-0 lead over Texas on a solo home run by Miguel Cabrera in the first and Jhonny Peralta in the...
- 10/15 Climbing Tal's Hill: Jordan Schafer’s future with the Astros: It’s been almost two weeks since Jordan Schafer was arrested in Florida for marijuana possession. To my knowledge, the Astros...
- 10/15 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Rangers play their second match point as they return to Texas to host Detroit in game six of the ALCS. Max Scherzer faces...
- 10/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY I IMAGINED MIGUEL CABRERA IN PINSTRIPES: The way the Yankees lost to the Tigers in the ALDS still has me a bit aggravated. The Yankees had a number of opportunities...
- 10/14 Baseball Analytics: A Little Bit of Luck: There is always a certain degree of luck involved with balls put in play. This was perhaps most evident last night when...
- 10/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHAT THE YANKEES NEED TO DO FIRST: So, by now, we’ve all realized something very simple: we lost. We can whine, moan, and blame it all on Alex Rodriguez all we...
- 10/14 mlbreports.com : Tigers Stay Alive and NLCS Tied Up: Recap of MLB Playoffs and Notes: Friday October 14, 2011 MLB reports – Jonathan Hacohen: The Rangers had a chance on Thursday to advance to the...
- 10/14 Fragile Freddy's: Baseball is Awesome: OK, so the title is a bit juvenile but seriously, baseball really is awesome. If the frustration of the ending of the...
- 10/14 Motor City Bengals: Baseball Gods Smile Upon The Tigers: In a game 5 that saw a lot of guts and grit from the Tigers, it may have been the baseball Gods smiling down on the Tigers and...
- 10/13 Through The Fence Baseball: New Mr. October is spoiling Detroit’s World Series plans: When Texas Ranger right fielder Nelson Cruz made that rocket throw to prevent the go ahead run in the bottom of the eight, I instantly...
- 10/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers using dramatics for another ALCS win: The Texas Rangers continue to surprise and continue to do the improbable. Just when you think the momentum had shifted...
- 10/13 The Captain's Blog: Don’t Let the Big Man Beat You; The Genius of Ron Washington: Ron Washington’s decision to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera with the bases empty in the bottom of the eighth was the kind...
- 10/13 Baseball Musings: Tigers Come to Life: After escaping a bases loaded jam in the top of the sixth, the bottom of the inning belongs to the Tigers offense. The first four...
- 10/13 Baseball Musings: Still Scared of Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera draws another walk leading off the bottom of the fourth inning. That was his sixth walk of the series and 11th...
- 10/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEES NEED THE HUNGER AGAIN: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
- 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...
- 10/13 B-R Blog: Lance Berkman & Jacoby Ellsbury are comeback players of the year: Lance Berkman and Jacoby Ellsbury have each been awarded their league's comeback player of the year award. Those 2 guys were among...
- 10/12 Baseball Musings: Scared of Cabrera: With one out and none on in the bottom of the eighth, Ron Washington intentionally walks Miguel Cabrera. I hate this move, and...
- 10/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Tigers doing their best to “Restore the Roar”: There’s an old Detroit Lion’s saying: “Restore the Roar.” I shouldn’t have to explain why the saying...
- 10/12 Baseball Musings: Inge Hits: Brandon Inge breaks up Matt Harrison‘s no-hitter with one out in the third, just like David Murphy did in the top of the...
- 10/12 mlbreports.com : Tigers get the “Purr-fect” Comeback: Recap of Game 3 of ALCS: Wednesday October 12, 2011 April Whitzman (Blue Jays Writer – MLB reports): After losing the first two games...
- 10/11 Baseball Musings: Tigers Back in the Series: The Tigers defeat the Rangers 5-2 as game three goes as scripted. Doug Fister pitched a great game, allowing just two runs in...
- 10/11 Baseball Musings: Top of the Ninth: Jose Valverde comes on to pitch the ninth inning with the Tigers holding a 5-2 lead over the Rangers. Josh Hamilton leads off....
- 10/11 Baseball Musings: Cabrera Clout: Miguel Cabrera continues to have a big night at the plate. He homers leading off the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the...
- 10/11 Baseball Musings: Tigers Burning: With two out in the bottom of the fifth, a pair of singles put Tigers at first and third for Miguel Cabrera. It looks like Victor...
- 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...
- 10/10 Fragile Freddy's: LCS Update: Both LCSes are in full bloom. Let’s check in;ALCS – Texas 2 – Detroit 0- People who complained regularly about Terry...
- 10/10 Baseball Musings: Bottom of the Ninth: Adrian Beltre just misses a home run as he hits a double off the wall in left-center. He’s 2 for 4 on the day, both doubles....
- 10/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers are clicking on all cylinders: After a solid start by the Texas Rangers in game one of the American League Championship Series, complete with handing Justin...
- 10/10 Baseball Musings: Last Second Hit: With two out in the top of the ninth, Ramon Santiago singles. That chases Alexi Ogando in favor of Michael Gonzalez in a tie game,...
- 10/10 Baseball Musings: Tigers Get in the Swing: Miguel Cabrera hits a one-out double to right-center. It’s the first extra base hit of the game for the Tigers. Like the...
- 10/10 Baseball Musings: ALCS Game Two Underway: Austin Jackson leads off for the Tigers against Texas and Derek Holland. Jackson works the count full, then draws a walk. So much...
- 10/10 MLBTradeRumors: Jocketty: We Haven't Talking About Trading Votto: A few days ago we heard the Reds were willing to listen to offers for first baseman Joey Votto, though they weren't actively...
- 10/9 Through The Fence Baseball: Latin players playing key roles during postseason: The St. Louis Cardinals are both lucky and deserving to be in the National League Championship Series. The Red Birds are...
- 10/8 SoDo Mojo: Fansided/BBA Manager of the Year obligatory post…: As being a member of the BBA I have an annual vote in the Manager of the Year category. Last year I kind of let it go to waste,...
- 10/8 Baseball Musings: Tigers on the Board: After the rain delay, Austin Jackson hits a one-out double to drive in Ramon Santiago from second. The Rangers now lead 3-1 in...
- 10/8 Baseball Musings: No Shutdown?: After the Rangers give him a two-run lead, C.J. Wilson walks Ryan Raburn leading off the third. Detroit trails 2-0. He gets Miguel...
- 10/8 Baseball Musings: ALCS Underway: C.J. Wilson starts Austin Jackson with a strike, and the ALCS is underway. Jackson strikes out on three pitches. Update: Ryan...
- 10/8 Fragile Freddy's: Post-season Update: What an amazing day of baseball as the Milwaukee Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals reached the NLCS with dramatic one run victories. ...
- 10/7 Dropped Strike Three: Award Season Is Upon Us: As a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, I am duty bound to provide my own take on the post season awards. Rather than go...
- 10/7 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 ALCS: Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers set to do battle in Arlington: The 2011 ALCS is set, and it begins on Saturday when the Detroit Tigers make the trip south to Arlington, Tex., to take...
- 10/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): ALDS Game Five: Tigers 3, Yankees 2:
The Playoffs returned to the Bronx on Thursday, as the Yankees and Tigers played the deciding game of the ALDS. Ivan Nova...
- 10/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Requiem for a Season: Tigers end Yanks’ season for second time in six years, win 2011 ALDS three games to two. The 2011 Yankees were a great offensive...
- 10/6 Baseball Musings: Nova Done: My box score shows Phil Hughes in the game. I wonder if Ivan Nova was hurt? Update: Hughes strikes out Austin Jackson to start...
- 10/6 Baseball Musings: Game Five Underway: Austin Jackson strikes out on four pitches to start the game. Nova then throws a curve ball that drops right into Don Kelly‘s...
- 10/6 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Tigers Playoff Game Thread Five -2011: Starting Lineups Detroit Tigers Austin Jackson CF Don Kelly 3B Delmon Young LF Miguel Cabrera 1B Victor Martinez DH Magglio Ordonez...
- 10/6 Baseball Analytics: Nova's Super Slider: With a trip to the ALCS up for grabs, Ivan Nova starts for the Yankees tonight. The 24-year-old righty, who was originally signed...
- 10/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys To Tigers-Yankees, Game 5: Pitching. Ivan Nova and Doug Fister are essentially the same guy. Neither strikes out a lot of hitters; neither allows many homers;...
- 10/6 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Tigers and Yankees play the decisive game five Thursday night with Doug Fister facing Ivan Nova. They weer supposed to be...
- 10/5 For Baseball Junkies: Pitchers for MVP Argument: OCP Rebuttal: Hersh wrote a post here explaining why he feels like pitchers should be given an even shot at winning the MVP award....
- 10/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): One more on A-Rod: There was a funny moment in last night's game when, after Alex Rodriguez collected his first hit of the ALDS, Tigers' first baseman...
- 10/5 It's About the Money (Stupid): ALDS Game Four: Yankees 10, Tigers 1:
With the Yankees facing elimination, their playoff hopes rested with A.J. Burnett, whose struggles this season had many wondering...
- 10/5 NY Baseball Digest: An MVP, Not Burnett, Saved the Yankees Season: What is an MVP? We debate this throughout each season in the world of stat-overload. A couple of years ago Joe Mauer brought the...
- 10/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Relentless Yankees force decisive Game 5 in the Bronx following 10-1 blowout of Tigers: In perhaps the most unanti**** turn of events in a year full of them, with the Yankees’ season on the line A.J. Burnett...
- 10/4 Baseball Musings: Burnett Through Five: A.J. Burnett completed five innings, giving up three hits and four walks, but only one run. Should the Yankees take him out? He...
- 10/4 Baseball Musings: Early Trouble: Rick Porcello retires the Yankees in order in the top of the first, but A.J. Burnett walks the first batter he faces. Update:...
- 10/4 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2011 ALDS YANKEES VS. TIGERS GAME 4 PREVIEW: I said last night wasn't a must win. You know why? Because if the Yankees lost, which they did, there's still a tomorrow, which...
- 10/4 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Tigers Playoff Game Thread 4: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Robinson Cano 2B Alex Rodriguez 3B Mark Teixeira 1B Nick...
- 10/4 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap Monday October 3rd: Tuesday October 4, 2011 April Whitzman (Blue Jays Writer – MLB reports): With the National League taking the night...
- 10/4 Yankees Daily: Yankees 3-5 Hitters come up empty as Yankees lose to Tigers 5-4: DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander struck out 11 in eight gritty innings and Jose Valverde stopped a New York Yankees rally...
- 10/3 The Beanball: The Past, Present, and Future of Cameron Maybin: Not too long ago, the name “Cameron Maybin” meant big things. Picked tenth overall by the Detroit Tigers in the 2005...
- 10/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2011 ALDS YANKEES VS. TIGERS GAME 3 PREVIEW: Game 2 yesterday sucked. The Yankees couldn't hit Max Scherzer who has been terrible, to say the least, on the road this season....
- 10/3 Yankees Daily: Yankees at Tigers Playoffs Game Thread 3: Starting Lineups New York Yankees Derek Jeter SS Curtis Granderson CF Robinson Cano 2B Alex Rodriguez 3B Mark Teixeira 1B Nick...
- 10/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Super Nova steals show from Sabathia in Yankees win: Technically, it was a relief appearance. But no matter how it was officially recorded, Ivan Nova‘s first playoff...
- 10/3 Baseball Musings: IBWAA AL MVP: Curtis Granderson wins the IBWAA AL MVP. I’m a bit disappointed in the vote, as I had Justin Verlander at the top of my...
- 10/3 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap Sunday October 2nd: Monday October 3, 2011 Sam Evans (Intern – MLB reports): The first Sunday of postseason baseball didn’t have any letdowns...
- 10/3 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Division Series Sunday Recaps: Friends and visitors, let's try something a little different today.
Tigers 5, Yankees 3
Series tied 1-1
Heroes: Max Scherzer silenced...
- 10/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): ALDS Game Two: Tigers 5, Yankees 3:
For the third day in a row, Yankee Stadium saw playoff baseball as the Tigers and Yankees played Game 2 of the ALDS. Detroit...
- 10/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Story of a Season: Mark Teixeira: Russell Martin It was quite a season for Mark Teixeira. Like I said last week, it was either the best bad season ever or the worst...
- 10/2 Bleeding Yankee Blue: ONE GAME AT A TIME: (Photo: AP)The Yankee Stadium crowd was hushed today by Max Scherzer, doing his best Cy Young impersonation. Look, Scherzer is...
- 10/2 My Pinstripes: Scherzer Keeps Yankees Offense Below Their Max: It was an ugly day in the Bronx Sunday afternoon and I'm not talking about the two hard downpours of rain that took place during...
- 10/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Scherzer dominates Yankees once again as Tigers knot ALDS at one game apiece: The tone of the second game of the Yankees-Tigers 2011 ALDS was set almost immediately, as Miguel Cabrera blasted an opposite...
- 10/2 Yankees Daily: Tigers win 5-3 as comeback falls short for Yankees in Ninth: NEW YORK (AP) — This is no time for the New York Yankees to stop hitting. Justin Verlander is on deck for Detroit, and...
- 10/2 Baseball Musings: Dinner Rally: In the time it took me to eat dinner, the Yankees scored two run in the bottom of the ninth, cutting the Tigers lead to 5-3. New...
- 10/2 Baseball Musings: Three for Cabrera: Miguel Cabrera drives in his third run of the game and the third run for the Tigers as he singles in the top of the sixth. A Derek...
- 10/2 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2011 ALDS YANKEES VS. TIGERS GAME 2 PREVIEW: (Photo: AP)Last night's resumption of Game 1 was awesome. Ivan Nova proved to everyone he can pitch on the big stage against...
- 10/2 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Tigers ALDS Playoff Game Two -2011: Starting Lineups Detroit Tigers Austin Jackson CF Magglio Ordonez RF Delmon Young LF Miguel Cabrera 1B Victor Martinez DH Alex...
- 10/2 MLB Dirt: Playoff Predictions: Yes I know the post-season has already begun but that isn’t stopping me from posting my predictions. I would like to start off...
- 10/2 Fragile Freddy's: Sunday Notes - Awards: Like everyone else I have to jump in on my end of season award winners;American League MVPJustin Verlander – The big righty...
- 10/2 Motor City Bengals: Observing the Tigers and Yankees… Fan Base: Oh, it’s been an interesting night. Okay, most of my interaction with fans from any sport these days comes from the wonderful...
- 10/2 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2011 MLB Awards ballot: The 2011 Major League Baseball season has come to a close and the Dodgers are not playoff-bound for the second consecutive year....
- 10/2 Bay City Ball: My postseason rooting order: The Giants aren’t playing October baseball, and that stinks, but that won’t stop me from watching. The postseason...
- 10/2 Baseball Musings: Finding the Short Fence: Miguel Cabrera powers a high line drive the other way, finding the stands just inside the foul pole in right to give the Tigers...
- 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 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Tigers ALDS Playoff Game One -2011 (Continued): Starting Lineups Detroit Tigers Austin Jackson, CF Magglio Ordonez, RF Delmon Young, LF Miguel Cabrera, 1B Victor Martinez, DH...
- 10/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: Tigers vs. Yankees — Game 1 Cont’d, 10/1/2011 (8:37PM EST on TBS): The rain came along and disrupted baseball last night. Let’s see if we can give this another go today in the continuation...
- 10/1 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2011 ALDS YANKEES VS. TIGERS GAME 1 PREVIEW: Mother Nature has been a pain to the Yankees all season long. With the postponement of yesterday's Game 1 due to rain--the Yankees...
News -- September 2011
- 9/30 Neurotic Sports Fan: ALDS Preview: New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers: At the beginning of December, the Yankees were one game behind the Red Sox, but barring a Bostonesque meltdown, which didn’t...
- 9/30 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2011 ALDS: BYB YANKEES NOTES: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
- 9/30 For Baseball Junkies: 2011 ALDS Predictions: The MLB postseason kicks off tonight and we're giving you our predictions because we love to make ourselves look bad. Enjoy!Yankees...
- 9/30 Yankees Daily: Yankees vs. Tigers ALDS Playoff Game One -2011: Starting Lineups Detroit Tigers Austin Jackson, CF Magglio Ordonez, RF Delmon Young, LF Miguel Cabrera, 1B Victor Martinez, DH...
- 9/30 It's About the Money (Stupid): ALDS Game 1 Lineups (and Game Thread): New York Yankees
1. Derek Jeter SS
2. Curtis Granderson CF
3. Robinson Cano 2B
4. Alex Rodriguez 3B
5. Mark Teixeira...
- 9/30 Yankees Fans Unite: Comparing Tigers vs. Yankees Hitters: Just an article all about stats. I’m going to show you the stats for the main hitters for both teams thanks to baseball-reference.com ...
- 9/30 Yankees Daily: Yankees – Tigers ALDS 2011 Series – Scouting the match ups: Game matchup Starting Pitching: Justin Verlander vs. C.C. Sabathia Justin Verlander: He finished the season going 24-5 with a...
- 9/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: 2011 Division Series Preview: Way back on March 30th, I made my predictions for the 2011 season. Let’s just say they were a bit off as I correctly picked...
- 9/30 Bronx Baseball Daily: A Quick Look at the AL MVP Possibilities:
For about a month now Yankees fans have been chanting ‘MVP, MVP’ during most of Curtis Granderson‘s at bats...
- 9/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2011 ALDS Preview, Part 4 | Tigers’ Starting Lineup: For previous TYA 2011 ALDS Preview pieces, please see the following: Part 1: The 2011 Yankee Offense, Top to Bottom Part 2: Head-to-Head...
- 9/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Who fared better in September, the Tigers or the Yankees?: Earlier this season, I ran a post explaining that the playoff teams that go the farthest in October are the ones that do the best...
- 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 PaulLebowitz.com: My 2011 MLB Award Winners (And They Should Be Yours Too): Here are my 2011 Award Winners along with the other contenders listed 1-5. Also my pre-season picks are included. American League...
- 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...
- 9/27 Motor City Bengals: Miguel is on Fire: Mustafa’s quote in Zoolander should have been “ Hansel Miggy, so hot right now.” Miguel Cabrera is locked in. Actually,...
- 9/27 B-R Blog: Race recap for Monday 9/26/11: The art of fiction is on life support: -- Orioles 6, Red Sox 3: It's a 2-game season for Boston and Tampa. (Unless....) Chris Davis drove in the tying run in the 5th...
- 9/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview: Cleveland (80-79) vs. Detroit (92-67): By Matt Van Wormer The Indians closed out the home portion of their 2011 season with a loss to the Minnesota Twins, but even so,...
- 9/26 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CANO KNOWS MVP: ESPN did an interview with Robinson Cano and asked him about the MVP award. Sure, he could have sat there and named names and...
- 9/26 Motor City Bengals: If Not Justin Verlander, it’s Tigers Teammate that Makes Best Case for MVP: This morning, Mickey Brignall of Call to the Pen wondered if Jacoby Ellsbury‘s extra-inning home run last night might have...
- 9/26 B-R Blog: Recapping Sunday 9/25/11: SOX WIN!!! (a game … at last): -- Red Sox 7, Yankees 4 (2nd game): The ominous words from Michael Kay -- "Scott Proctor has not pitched well for the Yankees"...
- 9/25 B-R Blog: Saturday 9/24/11: Night of the Living Dead Wild-Cards: Every time we think they're out, the leaders pull them back in.... Both wild-card races tightened up, as the quarry went down...
- 9/24 PaulLebowitz.com: The AL/NL MVP Dichotomy: On one side, you have a pitcher who has to deal with the dogmatism of the self-involved voters who feel as if they’re the...
- 9/22 B-R Blog: Quick coverage of a few games (Wednesday 9/21/11): Yankees 4, Rays 2 (2nd game): Deja vu all over again. The Yankees had clinched a playoff berth in the opener with an 8th-inning...
- 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Jed’s picks for Cy Young and MVP: Well, folks, it’s that time of year when I tell you which players should win the big awards for the season. Yeah, I’m doing...
- 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: American League MVP: Vouching for Verlander: Naturally, baseball fans have a tendency to take special interest in individual award races when a player from their favorite...
- 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: The Latin Link: Cabrera holds the cards in Detroit: When the Detroit Tigers captured the American League Central Division crown last week, media-types overwhelmingly pointed to star...
- 9/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Expect Tigers to contend for few more years: The Detroit Tigers have clearly reinvented themselves in 2011. The team has a different personality from the 2006 gang. Detroit...
- 9/21 Motor City Bengals: How do you plug in a DH in an NL Park?: Yesterday Lynn Henning of the Detroit News had a very interesting article regarding Jim Leyland’s dilema with Victor Martinez....
- 9/20 Baseball Analytics: Two-Strike Survivors: When a hitter gets two strikes against him, odds are he's toast. The league average Weighted On-Base Average (wOBA) with two strikes...
- 9/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Jed’s picks for Cy Young and MVP: Well, folks, it’s that time of year when I tell you which players should win the big awards for the season. Yeah, I’m doing...
- 9/20 Fungoes.net: Sabermetric MVP update: AL top 20:
It’s close enough to the end of the season for us to feel comfortable unveiling a leaderboard for our so-called sabermetric...
- 9/19 Through The Fence Baseball: American League MVP: Vouching for Verlander: Naturally, baseball fans have a tendency to take special interest in individual award races when a player from their favorite...
- 9/19 The Captain's Blog: Should Team Record in a Pitcher’s Starts Be MVP Criterion?: Justin Verlander continued his late season run of dominance by recording his 12th consecutive victory in Sunday’s 3-0 triumph...
- 9/19 B-R Blog: Plays and Notes from Games of Sunday, 9/18/11: Tampa 8, Boston 5: I'm exhausted just from following this series online. Matt Joyce had his first 3-RBI game since April, and...
- 9/18 Through The Fence Baseball: The Latin Link: Cabrera Holds The Cards In Detroit: When the Detroit Tigers captured the American League Central Division crown last week, media-types overwhelmingly pointed to star...
- 9/17 Baseball Musings: Tigers Champs: The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-1 Friday night to capture the first division win of 2011. Don Kelly homered...
- 9/17 B-R Blog: Recap for Friday, 9/16/11, part I: “And the first team to clinch its division IS…”: Champagne flowed in the Tigers' clubhouse, but stayed on ice in Philly.... -- In Oakland, Doyle Alexander ... er, Doug Fister...
- 9/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Expect Tigers to contend for few more years: The Detroit Tigers have clearly reinvented themselves in 2011. The team has a different personality from the 2006 gang. Detroit...
- 9/16 B-R Blog: Quick recap for Thursday 9/15/11: Rays win, but will they run out of time?: -- Evan Longoria kick-started Tampa's assault on Fenway with a 2-out, 3-run HR in the 3rd. A couple weeks ago, the Mets' outstanding...
- 9/15 Motor City Bengals: A Quiet Miguel Cabrera: The 2011 season started all too loudly for Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers, when Cabrera, the Tigers best player and perennial...
- 9/12 Baseball Analytics: Top 20 Hitters on Pitches Within the Strike Zone: Top 20 Hitters on Pitches Within the Strike Zone
(Min. 500 pitches in the Strike Zone - click image to enlarge)
While Adrian Gonzalez's...
- 9/10 MLBTradeRumors: Marlins Notes: Infante, Sanchez, Beinfest: While their new ballpark is "80 percent complete," the Marlins are trying to avoid the NL East basement. Here's the latest from...
- 9/10 B-R Blog: Recapping games of Friday, 9/9/11: -- Angels 2, Yanks 1, on the 16th game-ending sac fly this year (3rd by the Halos). Angels remain 2.5 GB the Rangers, Yanks 2.5...
- 9/9 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Twins, Tigers, Cabrera: Links from the AL Central before the Tigers host the Twins and the White Sox host the Indians...
The Twins fired Triple-A...
- 9/8 Fire Brand of the American League: Sox Are the Best Fastball Hitting Team in Baseball:
Last week, Darryl Johnston wrote an outstanding piece on Adrian Gonzalez‘s ability to smash fastballs. After watching...
- 9/8 Marlin Maniac: What should Marlins fans do with September?: My good friend and fellow Marlins blogger Strip Club With Stanton mentioned some of the things that he suggested fans do while...
- 9/7 B-R Blog: Quick recap – Early games of 9/7/11, etc.: Games of Wednesday, 9/7/11: -- Oakland's Guillermo Moscoso no-hit the Royals for 7.2 innings before a single by rookie catcher...
- 9/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tigers Swe