Prince Fielder
Prince Semien Fielder
(twitter: @RealPFielder28)
Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 275 lb.
Born: May 9, 1984 in Ontario, CA
High School: Eau Gallie HS (Melbourne, FL)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 2002.
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Debut: June 13, 2005 (Age 21)
vs. TBD 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Tigers 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2020, 9 yrs/$214M (12-20) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.068, Free Agent: 2021 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Relatives: Son of Cecil Fielder
About biographical information
News -- May 2013
- 5/24 Through The Fence Baseball: Buy or sell: Brett Lawrie, Victor Martinez, Yoensis Cespedes, Jacoby Ellsbury, Miguel Montero: Since Monday (May 20), Josh Willingham is 5-for-15 with three home runs and five RBI. You may be asking, “What does...
- 5/24 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball, Week 8 Tools of the Trade: Catch A (Mike) Trout?: TheFantasyFix.com’s “Tools of the Trade” is a unique guide for owners to use while attempting to make an even trade with...
- 5/24 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins Offensive Woes Can Be Traced to Corner Infield Ineffectiveness: Baseball is unique for one very interesting reason unlike any other sport defensive position determines offensive output. That...
- 5/24 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Friday: May 24, 2013:
When there are only five games on the schedule, there is not much to work with and just a couple of wayward picks can sink the...
- 5/24 Baseball News Source: Miguel Cabrera Continues Assault on Major League Pitching: Miguel Cabrera homered for the fourth consecutive game and finished with three RBI and the Detroit Tigers rallied to beat the...
- 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 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 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 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...
- 5/21 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 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 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......
- 5/19 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 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Hart, Choo, Arroyo, Cardinals: Brewers GM Doug Melvin indirectly shed some light on the philosophical differences which led to trading Brett Lawrie to the Blue...
- 5/18 Baseball Analytics: Go Upstairs vs. Goldschmidt at Your Own Peril: Last night, Miami pitcher Kevin Slowey discovered that throwing Paul Goldschmidt a high pitch is a good way to test whether...
- 5/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Chris Sale, Paul Goldschmidt, Matt Kemp: Taking a look around the league, here’s a recap of last night’s action and suggestions for your fantasy baseball team. Mr....
- 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 Baseballhotcorner.com: Classic Catch: Reed Johnson Robs Royalty Of Grand Slam: Chicago Cubs web gem extraordinaire Reed Johnson robs royalty in the likes of Prince Fielder of a grand slam by scaling the...
- 5/15 mlbreports.com : From the 2011 MLB Fancave Phenomenon: Ode To Ryan Wagner – ‘Thickish’ Players from 1986 – 2011: In 2011, Ryan Wagner and Mike O ‘Hara were part of the 1st season of the MLB Fancave. As part of their introduction...
- 5/15 mlbreports.com : Current Top 5 MLB Home Run Leaders in the AL + NL: Home Runs Hit May 14th: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday May 15th, 2013 DH on our home site pages – Stands for Daily HR Hitters in the Majors....
- 5/15 Mets Merized: Can Ike Davis Still Save His Career?: One of the more frustrating things so far about the 2013 season for the Mets, has to be the ongoing struggles of first baseman...
- 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 Replacement Level Red Sox Blog: Feeling A Draft: Yup, getting a little drafty in here, Rule IV baseball drafty that is! (wooo, that is comedy gold right there!). This is not an...
- 5/14 Beyond the Scorecard: WAR by Age--An Analysis: I posted recently on one way to measure change in player performance as they age. As I was writing that, different ideas popped...
- 5/14 mlbreports.com : Current Top 5 MLB Home Run Leaders in the AL + NL: Home Runs Hit May 13th: Like us on Facebook here Monday May 13th, 2013 DH on our home site pages – Stands for Daily HR Hitters in the Majors. We...
- 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...
- 5/13 mlbreports.com : Current Top 5 MLB Home Run Leaders in the AL + NL: Home Runs Hit May.12th: Like us on Facebook here Monday May 13th, 2013 DH on our home site pages – Stands for Daily HR Hitters in the Majors. We...
- 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 Baseball Analytics: AL Homer & Strikeout Percentage Leaders: I wanted to spend a few moments looking at ultimate results, all or nothing, homers vs. strikeouts.
There are 20 players in AL...
- 5/13 Obstructed View: A look at Anthony Rizzo’s new contract: The Cubs signed Anthony Rizzo to a contract last night. GW wrote about it in the wee hours of the morning today. Let's recap...
- 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...
- 5/13 Sultan of Squat: Accountability (Week 6 report card): It's report card time here at The Sultan of Squat. The baseball season is six weeks in the books and it's time to measure up my...
- 5/12 Baseballhotcorner.com: Carl Yastrzemski’s Grandson Mike Leads Vanderbilt Commodores: There has been no shortage of family involvement in Major League Baseball over the years; the Alou family, Phil and Joe Niekro,...
- 5/11 The Writer's Journey: Fun Cards: 2013 Topps Ted Kluszewski: I’m kinda proud of this one. I took an old black and white photograph and colorized it in Photoshop. It’s not perfect,...
- 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 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?: Tigers’ Early Lead Too Much for Tribe; Tigers 10, Indians 4: A battle between two of the top offenses in the American League was won by the Detroit Tigers Friday night, as they defeated the...
- 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...
- 5/9 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 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Mailbag: Cardinals, Dodgers, Cano: I answered over forty questions in Tuesday's hourlong chat; here are a few I didn't get to.
What will the Cardinals' trade deadline...
- 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...
- 5/8 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...
- 5/7 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 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...
- 5/6 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 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 Blog Red Machine: Week 5 Trends: A Cubbie A Day Keeps The Critics Away: The only thing that can make a 162-game season feel even longer is losing more baseball games than you win. In about the span...
- 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...
- 5/6 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Verlander Dominates Astros, Rangers Finish Sweep of Red Sox: Justin Verlander held the Houston Astros hitless until the seventh inning and the Tigers swamped the Astros 9-0. Verlander...
- 5/6 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 35 Observations: Hitters:
Blue Jays 10, Mariners 2
Melky Cabrera:
It took 137
plate appearances, but Melky Cabrera finally hit his first...
- 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 Beyond the Scorecard: 5/4/13 Box Score Ephemera: The infinite jest that were the Saturday, May 4th, 2013 box scores. But first, some thoughts on last night's Bulls game. As I...
- 5/5 Jewish Baseball News: Padres prospect Cody Decker: far from average: Help keep Jewish Baseball News free! Use our Amazon.com link ————————————————————————...
- 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...
- 5/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series #10 – Minnesota Twins (12-12) at Cleveland Indians (12-13): The Minnesota Twins make their first of three different appearances to Progressive Field this season starting Friday evening with...
- 5/3 Puckett's Pond: Twins lose 2 of 3 to Detroit; 1-0 in May: The Twins’ Mike Pelfrey labored through the first game, before giving up a 3-run home run to Prince Fielder in the bottom...
- 5/3 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.03/2013: Dominic Brown went 3-4 including a home run and an RBI single leading the Phillies past the Marlins, 7-2. Dan Haren threw...
- 5/2 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.02/2013: Clay Buchholz pitched 7 shutout innings, striking out 8 and collected his sixth win as the first place Red Sox man handled the...
- 5/1 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated May.01/2013: Edwin Encarnacion of the Toronto Blue Jays hit a pair of home runs including the go ahead shot in the 7th inning against first...
- 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 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...
- 5/1 Sultan of Squat: April MLB breakdown (Accountability Week 4) Part 2: Welcome back. In case you missed it, I broke down the first month (minus a day or two) of the American League season. Today, we...
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...
- 4/30 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Monday Win Diverts from 2013 Script: Halfway through the Detroit Tigers’ game with the Minnesota Twins on Monday night, it appeared the Tigers were on their...
- 4/30 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Astros Rough Up Pettitte, A’s Down Angels in 19: After losing four games to Boston the Houston Astros found the Bronx more to their liking and pounded New York Yankees starter...
- 4/30 mlbreports.com : Anthony Rizzo: Impact On The Chicago Cubs: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday April 30th, 2013 By Bernie Olshansky (MLB Reports Writer): Over the past few years, Chicago...
- 4/30 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 29 Observations: Hitters:
Tigers 4, Twins 3
Prince Fielder:
Though
Fielder only had one hit, it was a massive one that put the Tigers up...
- 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 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.29/2013: Giancarlo Stanton hit a pair of homers and delivered an RBI double as the Marlins got a very rare win. Clayton Kershaw threw...
- 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...
- 4/28 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.28/2013: Travis Hafner homered and tripled as the Yankees overcame shaky pitching to beat the Toronto Blue Jays. Matt Moore of the Rays...
- 4/28 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On Robinson Cano: While there is nothing new to report on negotiations (or lack thereof) between Robinson Cano and the Yankees, there is still...
- 4/27 MLBTradeRumors: Epstein On Cubs Rebuilding Plan: In an interview with Chicago's The McNeil and Spiegel Show earlier this week (hat tip to Bleacher Nation), Cubs president of...
- 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 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 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cano, Phillies, Royals, Moore: Anibal Sanchez recorded a club-record 17 strikeouts over eight shutout innings in the Tigers' 10-0 win over the Braves tonight,...
- 4/26 Beyond the Scorecard: 4/16/13 Box Score Ephemera: ***NOT THE WAY TO START***Down 4-2 in the 7th inning of the Mariners-Tigers game, the Mariners brought in Bobby LaFromboise,...
- 4/26 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Alex Gordon Hits GS; James Shields Outlasts Justin Verlander: The Kansas City Royals (11-8) defeated the Detroit Tigers (10-10) in 1o innings on Thursday. For years, if a Royal starter didn’t...
- 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......
- 4/26 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.26/2013: Clay Buchholz of the Red Sox dominated the Astros and improved to 5-0. Alex Gordon of the Royals smashed a grand slam that sunk...
- 4/25 Mets Merized: Here Comes The Throw, Here Comes The Play At The Plate… Not.: For those of you that missed it, there was a strange play that took place during the Detroit Tigers’ 7-5 win over the Kansas...
- 4/25 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated In Season Rankings – First Base (1B) – Rest of season rankings (ROS): Be sure to sign up for a free account while here, and join the fantasy baseball chat in the forums >>> Rest of Season...
- 4/25 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated Apr.25/2013: Last night was another wild and loopy night of baseball with come from behind wins, dramatic homers and dominating pitching. But...
- 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 mlbreports.com : Who Owns Baseball – Updated April.24/2013: Lots of terrific performances in baseball last night, and none by the Red Sox, whose only positive quality was seeing their...
- 4/24 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Taking Advantage of Every At Bat: Fantasy Sports are so much fun because of the strategy that is involved. Do you go for the power hitter to dominate the...
- 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 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated First Baseman rankings based on April performance and preseason projections – fantasy baseball 2013 – In Season Ranks: The cream always rises to the top, and that is especially true in fantasy baseball over the course of a long arduous season. While...
- 4/24 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated First Baseman rankings based on April performance and preseason projections – fantasy baseball 2013 – In Season Ranks: The cream always rises to the top, and that is especially true in fantasy baseball over the course of a long arduous season. While...
- 4/23 mlbreports.com : Who owns baseball? Updated for April 22, 2013: But here we are in late April and already it is a laundry list that takes longer to read than the school cancellations on the...
- 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...
- 4/22 Mets Merized: Reversing the Trend of Late Inning Mets Collapses: You know that feeling when Scott Rice walked the first two batters in the 8th inning yesterday with the Mets clinging to a 2 run...
- 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 Mets Merized: How Not to Lose and Reversing the Trend of Met Bullpen Meltdowns: You know that feeling when Scott Rice walked the first two batters in the 8th inning yesterday with the Mets clinging to a 2 run...
- 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 Sultan of Squat: Accountability of Predictions (Week 3): Hey everyone, happy Sunday to you all. What a great week of baseball we have had. The Rockies went streaking, the Braves stopped...
- 4/21 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Angels: Day 21 Observations:
Angels 4, Tigers 3
Mark Trumbo: It took 13 innings
to get there, but Mark Trumbo delivered for the Angels with a...
- 4/21 Fire Brand of the American League: 3 Up 3 Down: After a tumultuous week in which sports took a backseat, here is a look at who impressed and who did not over the past week for...
- 4/21 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 21, 2013: On today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I ask if Don Mattingly‘s job as Dodger manager is in danger?...
- 4/21 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Ep #3: Wil Myers, Mets + Baseball’s Importance To The World: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, April.18/2013 People in this Podcast: Chuck Booth – Guest (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website...
- 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 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 20, 2013: Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I talk about how the Red Sox are a symbolic healing of Boston. They need to also offer...
- 4/19 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 19, 2013: On today’s episode, I make a plea to the many eccentric billionaires who listen to The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast: Please...
- 4/18 mlbreports.com : 2 And A Hook Podcast Ep #3: Wil Myers, Mets + Baseball’s Importance To The World: Like us on Facebook here Thursday, April.18/2013 People in this Podcast: Chuck Booth – Guest (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website...
- 4/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: What to make of Francisco Cervelli’s hot start?:
(Syndicated from Pinstripe Pundits).
Heading into spring training, the Yankees’ catching situation was in disarray. The team...
- 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 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 18, 2013: Today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast was taped during the San Jose Giants and Stockton Ports game played...
- 4/18 Splash Hit Blog: Prince Fielder struck out five times last night against King Felix and his bullpen: The Detroit Tigers have a pretty good set of names on their roster, and amongst those names is Prince Fielder, a pretty good hitter,...
- 4/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: Max Scherzer and Felix Hernandez Duel In 14-inning K-Fest: The Emerald City was put on notice early on Wednesday night that a wind storm could be emanating from Safeco Field. Why? Felix...
- 4/18 Blog Red Machine: Three Up, Three Down – 4/18/13 (Reds vs Marlins): Well Reds fans, there’s nothing like a sweep to cure the headache of being swept. Told you not to jump off the wagon just...
- 4/18 Motor City Bengals: Seattle Mariners 1-2 Detroit Tigers: Dreams and Nightmares: Let’s talk about sports as a blanket. You know what I’m talking about. When you’re a kid you know that no matter how scary...
- 4/18 mlbreports.com : Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 17, 2013: On today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I look at the negative things in our life that we can express as...
- 4/18 Rontrarian Report: Tigers, Mariners Strikeout 40 Times Combined . . . → Read More: Tigers, Mariners Strikeout 40 Times Combined...
- 4/18 Twinstrivia.com: Interesting tidbits: After last nights win over the Angels the Twins announced that they have placed outfielder Darin Mastroianni on the 15-day disabled...
- 4/17 Pinstripe Pundits: What to Make of Cervelli’s Hot Start?: Heading into spring training, the Yankees’ catching situation was in disarray. The team was set to split the catching duties...
- 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 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated first base ranks (1B) fantasy baseball 2013 – sleeper first basemen emerging: A couple things to note before viewing the rankings. For each position we rank the player based on that position, so for a guy...
- 4/16 Motor City Bengals: Tigers After 12: A Statistical Roundup: Below is a smattering of notable Detroit Tigers statistics through 12 games played to a 7-5 record. Some you’ve inevitably...
- 4/16 Fire Brand of the American League: Want to Make People Uncomfortable? Speculate on Race!: Jackie Bradley, Jr. is the only African American on the Boston Red Sox in 2013. Just how big of a problem is that? Noted sociologist...
- 4/16 MLBTradeRumors: Each Team's Highest-Paid Player: When calculating the amount of the Qualifying Offer, MLB and the players' union find the average salary of the 125 highest-paid...
- 4/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Dealing With Elite Players: Writer’s Note: Monday was obviously a really strange and sad day for everyone. What happened in Boston was an absolute...
- 4/16 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: April 16, 2013: DraftKings.com Team of the Day Today I’m playing the Daily Dollar contest over at DraftKings. You just risk $1 with the chance...
- 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 mlbreports.com : MLB (R) Weekly Power Rankings – Week 2: Like us on Facebook here Monday Apr.15/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Well, the Atlanta Braves are...
- 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...
- 4/15 Blog Red Machine: Three Up, Three Down – 4/15/13 (Reds vs Phillies): Well, the ole’ wagon feels a lot lighter today, doesn’t it? The Reds are a terrible team. We should all stop watching....
- 4/15 Diamond Ring: The $100 Milion Club: I sometimes find myself unfairly annoyed when we baseball writers neglect all the zeros on numbers and replace them with the word...
- 4/15 Baseballhotcorner.com: Detroit Tigers’ Offense Cools Down Athletics in Playoff Rematch: The Detroit Tigers ventured into o.co Coliseum (great name….**eye roll**) to take on the red hot Oakland A’s this weekend....
- 4/14 Sultan of Squat: Accountability of predictions (Week 2): Hey everyone, happy Sunday to you all. What a great week of baseball we have had....especially for us Braves fans. We've had some...
- 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 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Tigers @ A’s Game 11: Wrap: Oakland 4, Detroit 3 (12 innings). A’s 9-2 (1st Place, 2 games ahead) The A’s just can’t be stopped. Winners...
- 4/14 mlbreports.com : Rickie Weeks’ Impact On The 2013 Milwaukee Brewers: Like us on Facebook here Sunday April 14, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): 2012 was a long year for Rickie Weeks and...
- 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 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Yankees Win Fourth Straight, Indians Walk-Off With Win, Astros Blank Angels: The New York Yankees took advantage of an error to Adam Jones to score 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh and went on to beat...
- 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...
- 4/13 The Sports Critic: Ten-Game “Who’s Hot / Who’s Not” in MLB: As of April 13, most MLB teams have played 10 games. Any 10-game stretch serves as a strong reference for a “Who’s Hot-Who’s...
- 4/13 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Athletics: Day 12 Observations:
Athletics 4, Tigers 3
Josh Donaldson: In a game in
which Josh Reddick made his return from injury and both Coco...
- 4/13 Call to the Pen: Oakland Athletics Injury News: Coco Crisp, Yoenis Cespedes: The Oakland Athletics were able to squeak by Max Scherzer, Prince Fielder, and the Detroit Tigers 4-3 thanks to a walkoff home...
- 4/13 Swingin' A's: Bringer of Pie! Donaldson Walk Off Sends Streak to 9: We all knew that the A’s were going to have a tough time with the bats tonight against Detroit Tigers starter Max Scherzer,...
- 4/12 Billy-Ball.com: Nine to Know: Batters who have been Hit By Pitches most frequently since 2006/2008: Nine to Know Batters who have been HBP most frequently since 2006 Rk Player HBP 1 Chase Utley 134 2 Carlos Quentin 116 3 Rickie...
- 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 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (April 11): Bryce Harper: Going 2-3 with 2 RBIs and 2 walks, Bryce Harper helped pace the Washington Nationals to a 7-4 win over the White Sox. Honorable...
- 4/12 mlbreports.com : The Baseball Struggles of Tall/Heavy Players After 30: Is Prince Next?: Like us on Facebook here Friday, Apr.12/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): I am still astounded when...
- 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 Billy-Ball.com: Brandon Moss joins this season’s 5+ RBI Club: Former Red Sox and current Oakland A’s Brandon Moss tied a career high with five RBI, including his second home run in...
- 4/11 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Daily Fantasy Baseball Value Players for April 11th, 2013: by Adam JenkinsFantasy Editor@awj101Paul Konerko, Photo: Keith Allison, Flickr.comDaily Fantasy Baseball Value Hitter of the...
- 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...
- 4/10 Motor City Bengals: Catching Up with Former Detroit Tigers: The 2013 season has entered its second week and we all know the story of the current crop of Detroit Tigers: a so-so 4-3 record...
- 4/10 Billy-Ball.com: Adam LaRoche joins this season’s multi-homer club: Adam LaRoche ended his 0-for-15 start by going deep in consecutive at-bats against the White Sox last night in the Nationals...
- 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 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 MLBTradeRumors: Ranking Agencies By 2012 WAR: Which agency's players have the most MLB talent? One way of answering that question is to rank the agencies by 2012 wins above...
- 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 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series #3 – New York Yankees (2-4) at Cleveland Indians (3-3): By Bob Toth A beat up New York Yankees squad heads to Cleveland to take on the Indians for four games to open Progressive Field...
- 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 We Talk Fantasy Sports: This is R.A. Dickey-lous: R.A. Dickey has pitched just 10.2 innings for the Toronto Blue Jays, and fans are already booing him! He has not been good,...
- 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 Sultan of Squat: Accountability of predictions (Week 1): I know it's early, but every Sunday I will own up to my predictions by looking at the the current records and what record they...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Can’t Complete The Sweep, Drop Finale To Yankees 7-0: Yankees 7, Tigers 0 (box score) You always like your chances when Justin Verlander takes the mound, but the offense couldn’t...
- 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 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees drop another in 8-4 loss to the Tigers:
Things looked optimistic for the Yankees early, but they unraveled quickly as they were held to just six hits and Phil Hughes...
- 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...
- 4/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Video game review — MLB 2K13 vs. MLB 13 The Show: Opening day has come and gone, yet many debates still linger: Who is the best pitcher? Who will have an MVP-type of season? What...
- 4/6 The Baseball Continuum: The MVP of Yesterday (April 5, 2013): Chris Davis: The MVP of Yesterday- and a good leader for MVP of the whole first week of play- is Chris Davis of the Orioles, who’s 8th...
- 4/5 Baseball News Source: Tigers News: Prince Fielder King For The Day, Launches Two Bombs: Opening Day is always a special event around the city of Detroit and today was no exception. Despite a chilly feel to the crisp,...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Worse Than I Thought: The Tigers defeated the Yankees Friday afternoon 8-3, as the Yankees fall to 1-3. I’m not that surprised New York started...
- 4/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: Ivan Nova mauled by the Tigers in an 8-3 loss:
Ivan Nova couldn’t make it out of the fifth inning Prince Fielder hit a pair of home runs off the Yankees bullpen as they...
- 4/5 TheLeadoffWalk: Yankees vs. Tigers: Day Five Observations:
Tigers 8, Yankees 3
Doug Fister: Despite owning
a career-walk rate of just 4.8%, Fister isn’t someone who throws...
- 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 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 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Thursday (4/4/2013) Game Thoughts: Trevor PlouffePlouffe had a nice game offensively and defensively. His throws from third were a little off-line in the...
- 4/4 Baseball Jerks: Detroit Tigers Hit Panic Button, Sign Former Closer Jose Valverde to Minor League Contract: The Detroit Tigers have brought back their former closer, Jose Valverde, and signed him to a minor-league contract, according...
- 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...
- 4/4 fantasyteamadvice.com: Waiver wired – Hot and cold first baseman – fantasy baseball 2013: 3 days in to the fantasy baseball season, and I am coming at you with a complete list of the hot and cold first basmen of 2013....
- 4/3 Sultan of Squat: 2013 MLB Predictions (Full List): Hello there Loyal Subjects. I attempted to write a simple and short snippet for every team in my predictions/preview this year...
- 4/3 StoopSports.com: The Decline of Scott Boras: Mike Klaum- Robinson Cano has now become the third high-profile Yankees player in three years to fire Scott Boras, arguably the...
- 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 District On Deck: Is Scott Boras Changing His Ways?: The recent news of Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus’ 8-year, $120M extension came as quite a surprise. Andrus is represented...
- 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 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 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Opening Day Game Thoughts: I'm not going to write about every game or every day of the season. However, I watched a lot of baseball yesterday and I...
- 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 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...
- 4/1 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Top Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Opening Day: It’s easy to freak out on opening day. A win sets up a season full of rainbows and smiles, but a loss spells doom for all...
- 4/1 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 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 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...
News -- March 2013
- 3/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Jeremy Hellickson Gets Hammered Again in Rays Loss: Even though Joe Maddon is not concerned about Jeremy Hellickson‘s rough Spring, there may be reason for worry soon. Hellickson...
- 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 Bleeding Yankee Blue: KAY TO YANKEE FANS: "YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!":
Listening to Michael Kay today, I was shocked. Look, I love Kay. I love Don La Greca and as far as I'm concerned, they...
- 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...
- 3/29 Raising Matt Cain: Boch, Sabes, and Gordo: "The glory days of the franchise are now."--Larry BaerCan't argue with that. In a thoroughly expected move, the Giants extended...
- 3/29 Kings of Kauffman: Spring Q&A with Motor City Bengals: In the final edition of our Kings of Kauffman Spring Q&A’s with our friends around the AL Central we chat with the Detroit...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Spring Training: Detroit Tigers at Washington Nationals (3/22): Final Score: 4-3 Tigers Melbourne, Florida has been the home of the Expos/Nationals since 2002, the same year that Prince Fielder...
- 3/28 Through The Fence Baseball: ¿Estoy loco? Three bold predictions for the upcoming MLB season: Blues guitarist Leo Kottke once said, “I will literally open my mouth not knowing what is coming out.” In the next several...
- 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 Reviewing the Brew: Could Blake Lalli Be the Brewers Next Casey McGehee?: Entering camp, Blake Lalli was just a non-roster invitee buried in a deep pool of catchers, with Jonathan Lucroy and Martin Maldonado...
- 3/27 Reviewing the Brew: Division in Milwaukee: A Look at why Many Fans are Negatively Overreacting with the Additions of Kyle Lohse and Yuniesky Betancourt: Okay. The Brewers have a flair for the dramatic. We all get that, and we all saw it coming from a mile away. It had to happen...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Phat Fat: Pablo Sandoval may be in the best shape of his life: The other is that he’s a remarkable hitter, preternaturally gifted...
- 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 fantasyteamadvice.com: Picking 6th in a 12 team snake draft – who to take early and as a late round sleeper: All owners would love to have one of the top 3 picks in fantasy baseball 2013, but lets face it, the majority of our readers will...
- 3/25 We Talk Fantasy Sports: RotoBaller - Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy Tips: This article originally appeared on www.RotoBaller.com: RotoBaller's 2013 Fantasy Baseball Draft Day StrategyIt seems like we...
- 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 Crashburn Alley: 2013 Bold Prediction: Bill Baer: Throughout the week, the Crashburn staff will be unveiling their bold predictions for the 2013 season. Chase Utley will log at...
- 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...
- 3/23 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the tenth pick in 10 team formats for 2013 fantasy baseball – late round sleepers: No one really wants to have to pick last on draft day, but the fact remains someone will draw the short straw, and if that someone...
- 3/23 District On Deck: Spring Training Game 26: Detroit Tigers 4, Washington Nationals 3: In an over-long Spring Training, players and fans alike are just playing out the string, counting down the days until the games...
- 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Beltway Notes: Wieters, Jurrjens, Gonzalez, Rizzo: One Scott Boras client created a tense moment for another today as Prince Fielder lined a ball off the left hand of Stephen ...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Baseball Jesus Nailed: Prince Fielder hit a line drive off Stephen Strasburg‘s left wrist: Well, the good news is it was his non-throwing hand…and...
- 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....
- 3/21 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...
- 3/20 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...
- 3/19 Eye On the Tigers: Spring Training in Lakeland: Observations after two games at Joker Marchant Stadium-Game 1 vs Toronto March 15-Overflowing crowd of 9400, which seemed to include...
- 3/19 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,...
- 3/18 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Major League Digest Fantasy Baseball 2013: First Base Rankings: by Adam JenkinsMLDigest Fantasy EditorNote: This article is part of a series of player rankings for the upcoming MLB fantasy baseball...
- 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 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Teixeira Out of The World Baseball Classic With Injury: by Josh AdamsMLDigest ColumnistMark Teixeira/excelsm.comThe New York Yankees have had a spring training where they might consider...
- 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 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...
- 3/16 Baseball Musings: Team Offense, Milwaukee Brewers: Aramis Ramirez proved a good replacement for Prince Fielder in 2012. Photo: Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports The series on team offense...
- 3/16 The Captain's Blog: Changes Needed After USA Loss, but Baseball Is the Big Winner in WBC: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The World Baseball Classic is moving on to San Francisco,...
- 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 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 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 Justin Jabs: Fielder, Sosa and more with “Googly Eyes”: I love Twitter. This afternoon the hashtag “#baseballplayerswithgooglyeyes” was started by Milwaukee Brewers fan @lesabotage,...
- 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 Bush League Chronicle: Car trouble causes Prince Fielder to miss spring training game: It isn't uncommon for players to drive themselves to and from road games during spring training. The thought of traveling in their...
- 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 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 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 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 Inside the Dodgers: Daily Distractions: Picking a new WBC favorite; Cactus League attendance down; Mike Piazza ads.: I started toying with this mental exercise last night: What if the state of California had a team in the World Baseball Classic?...
- 3/11 MLBTradeRumors: Transaction Retrospection: The First Greinke Trade: Zack Greinke made quite a few headlines this offseason by becoming the highest-paid right-handed pitcher in Major League history...
- 3/10 District On Deck: Fantasy Preview: Adam LaRoche: Arguably the top offensive contributor on the Nationals last season, first baseman Adam LaRoche had a career season. He hit .271/.343/.510...
- 3/10 mlbreports.com : The Corey Hart Dilemma In Milwaukee: Like us on Facebook here Sunday March. 10/2013 By Ryan Dana (MLB Reports Writer): Corey Hart, 1st Baseman for the Milwaukee...
- 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...
- 3/10 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Creating First Base Scarcity: Three years ago I was asked to join a very competitive league that was not short on smack talk or prize money. As the newbie to...
- 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 The Writer's Journey: 2013 TWJ cards…updated daily (so far): Are you following TWJ Cards on tumblr? A new card is being posted daily (at least so far). We have seen Chris Heisey, Yonder Alonso,...
- 3/8 Baseball Analytics: Top 16 Fantasy Baseball First Basemen: Below are my pre-season top 16 first baseman rankings:
Joey Votto, CIN
Prince Fielder, MIL
Albert Pujols, LAA
Edwin Encarnacion,...
- 3/8 EDSBaseball: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Top 30 First Basemen: Before signing a mega contract with the Angels last offseason, Albert Pujols was "El Hombre" and "machine-like" during his 11...
- 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...
- 3/7 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...
- 3/6 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 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Eric Hosmer to Replace Mark Teixeira on Team USA WBC Roster: After a wrist injury forced Mark Teixeira to drop out of the World Baseball Classic, the team needed to add a first baseman to...
- 3/6 Mets Merized: Mets’ Ike Davis Doesn’t Make Team USA, Wasn’t Asked: Updated by John Delcos on 3/6 at 9:15 AM Ike Davis was on the WBC reserve list but wasn’t asked when Mark Teixeira was injured. Teammate David...
- 3/6 Fire Brand of the American League: Wednesday’s Links – Silly Spring StatisticsAlways trying to trick people into taking them seriously. Tsk tsk....
- 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 MLB Injury News: Team USA Loses Mark Teixeira to Wrist Injury:
The New York Yankees’ injury list continues to grow. First
baseman Mark Teixeira is the latest entry. Teixeira was Team...
- 3/5 MLB Injury News: Brewers’ Aramis Ramirez Out 7 to 10 Days with Sprained Knee:
The
Milwaukee Brewers can breathe a sigh of relief. Power-hitting third baseman
Aramis Ramirez underwent an MRI on his sprained...
- 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 numberFire: MLB Fantasy Preview 2013: Older is Better at 1B: Fantasy owners may be high on young first basemen like Craig or Goldschmidt, but give me the established names of Teixiera or...
- 3/5 Blog Red Machine: 2013 Milwaukee Brewers Preview: Heading into last season, the Milwaukee Brewers were viewed as a team that could potentially repeat as NL Central Champs. Yes,...
- 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 Mets Merized: Will Ike Davis Be Seeing Stars In 2013?: Is there a chance that we could see two Mets all-stars this summer at Citi Field? The more I think about it, the more I am beginning...
- 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 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Preseason Prediction #3 – Prince Fielder: When Prince Fielder signed with the Tigers last off-season, there were two assumptions that almost everyone was making. ...
- 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 Mets Merized: MMO Fan Shot: The World Baseball Classic Is Not A Nuisance: In the wee hours of Saturday morning, righthander Chien-Ming Wang tossed six shutout innings to lead Chinese Taipei to a 4-1...
- 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 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...
News -- February 2013
- 2/28 mlbreports.com : Remembering Baseball’s African – American Pioneers: Like us on Facebook here Thursday Feb.28th, 2013 By Haley Smilow (MLB Reports Junior Reporter and Writer): February is black...
- 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 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 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 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 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 mlbreports.com : Ranking the Top 10 Hitters In The MLB Right Now: Part 2 (6-10): Like us on Facebook here Below is Part 2 of the Top 10 hitters in baseball. You can read Part 1 here. Tuesday February.26, 2013...
- 2/26 Billy-Ball.com: I’m Walking: It’s Fats Domino‘s 85th birthday and since it always comes back to baseball, here are some walk stats in honor of...
- 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...
- 2/25 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 Sports are a Game: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: First Base: Below are my first base rankings for 2013.Joey Votto (BA, R, HR, RBI) Albert Pujols (BA, R, HR, RBI) *also eligible...
- 2/23 Jays Journal: Jays Jots: Spring Training Game 1: Well, the first game of the spring is officially in the books and things broke out the way you would expect for the first organized...
- 2/23 Tyler's Think Tank: Players Entering Age 27 Seasons: The general consensus among baseball pundits is that a player's prime covers his age 25-29 seasons, even if the steroid era has...
- 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,...
- 2/23 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Justin Verlander seeking $200 million contract: Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander told Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports that “of course” he wants to become Major...
- 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: Trout and Trumbo’s Bag Of TricksCareful. Do not look directly in Mike Trout’s eyes for too long or risk being sucked into his vortex....
- 2/22 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins: Logan Morrison Still Thinks Chicks Dig The Long Ball?: Editors Note: Excited to announce the addition of Placido Estevez to our Marlin Maniac family. Placido has been a loyal MM follower...
- 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...
- 2/21 Halo Hangout: How The Los Angeles Angels Stack Up…First Base: Let’s continue with our look around the division with first baseman. As I said in the past, I’m going off of MLB depth...
- 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 Reviewing the Brew: Is Mat Gamel Finished as a Milwaukee Brewer?: If there’s a baseball player with worse luck than Mat Gamel, I have yet to find him. The Brewers first baseman is set to...
- 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...
- 2/19 Blog Red Machine: NLC First Baseman Rankings: King Votto Reigns Supreme: As Reds fans, we’ve been blessed in many ways. We’ve been blessed with some of the best drafting and player development in...
- 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...
- 2/19 Baseball Analytics: The Fantasy Baseball Diary: Buster Posey: Buster Posey
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- 2/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013 Player Profiles: Jacoby EllsburyLet’s get this out in the open right away. If you’re new to the site, you probably don’t know that More......
- 2/19 Call to the Pen: The Detroit Tigers Offseason: Top Cats in the AL Central: After being swept in the 2012 World Series by the San Francisco Giants, the Detroit Tigers have a 1-8 record in the Fall Classic...
- 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....
- 2/17 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 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 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,...
- 2/13 Tyler's Think Tank: Bourn Settles for Cleveland:
With spring training only days away and another long winter without baseball drawing to a close, Michael Bourn has found...
- 2/13 Billy-Ball.com: Prince Fielder is BIG: Prince Fielder is listed at 5′ 11″and weighing 255 pounds, but he’s small compared to his baseball card. The...
- 2/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Cleveland Indians land Michael Bourn at bargain price: With spring training only days away and another long winter without baseball drawing to a close, Michael Bourn has found a home...
- 2/11 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers To Raise Ticket Prices; Now it IS Your Money: The Detroit Tigers posted their new ticket pricing on their official website today for all the world to see, but didn’t make...
- 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...
- 2/8 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 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Will Bourn Get An Identity in 2013?:
It seems somewhat of a mystery why Michael Bourn is still on the free agent market at this stage of the winter. MLBtr had...
- 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,...
- 2/5 Kings of Kauffman: Remember When the Royals Traded Away Cecil Fielder?: Player evaluation is never an exact science. Often, a team makes a trade that looks completely inconsequential at the time and,...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Positional Analysis: Left Field: Finally, I have decided to wrap up the Tigers positional analysis with the left field position. Since it’s been a while,...
- 2/4 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #12 Chicago Cubs: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...
- 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 Blog Red Machine: The signing of Manny Parra: The Reds Could Have Done Better: The Reds’ recent signing of southpaw pitcher Manny Parra is interesting if not mis-guided. In the comments section of a...
- 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...
- 2/3 El Maquino: LET’S DO THE REAL TOP TEN AT EVERY POSITION: MLB Network is doing their top ten players at each position. Like most things on MLB Network, the lists are nonsense. EM will...
- 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...
News -- January 2013
- 1/31 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball First Basemen Rankings: First base is slowly starting to become a dominate position in fantasy baseball again. Last year 6 of the top 50 players...
- 1/31 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So Much For That Exciting January: On the final day of December, I wrote that “the Dodger offseason isn’t close to being over” and that between...
- 1/31 D.C. Baseball Yesterday and Today: Farewell to two old friends: Brian Schneider and Nick Johnson: Two members of the team that brought baseball back to Washington have hung up their spikes. Nick Johnson is calling it a career...
- 1/30 Reviewing the Brew: Lyle Overbay Back With the Brewers?: It’s entirely possible, according to Adam McCalvy, Ken Rosenthal (first!) and MLB Trade Rumors. According to the reports,...
- 1/30 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball 2013: Milwaukee Brewers Hitting-Pitching Projections: Milwaukee Brewers — Predicted Finish: Third Place, AL Central The Brewers are always one of my favorite teams to root for,...
- 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 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Spring Training: What to Monitor and how to do it: Spring Training is almost here. I’ll repeat that again, baseball fans. Spring Training is almost here. That means that your...
- 1/27 MLB Injury News: Corey Hart's Injury and its Impact to the Brewers: This is a guest post by reader Raymond Bureau. If you are interested in contributing a guest post and having your work featured...
- 1/27 Mets360.com: Michael Bourn vs. #11 pick: A 100-player sample: The debate rages on whether or not the Mets should forfeit their first-round pick, the #11 selection overall, in order to sign...
- 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...
- 1/26 MLB Injury News: Brewers Corey Hart Has Knee Surgery After All:
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- 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Mets may be able to sign Michael Bourn and keep draft pick: The offseason has not gone well for Michael Bourn, so far. It appears the speedy center fielder and his agent, Scott Boras, expected...
- 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 Call to the Pen: Delmon Young On Skim Milk Diet: If Delmon Young so much as sets foot into a Golden Corral some Philadelphia Phillies fan will bust him with a phone camera picture...
- 1/24 Baseball Analytics: The Bill Chuck Files: Three for Thursday:
Since he became a full-time starter in 2008, Jacoby Ellsbury has played in 548 games, tied with Dexter Fowler for 156th most...
- 1/24 Billy-Ball.com: The Bill Chuck Files: Three for Thursday: Since he became a full-time starter in 2008, Jacoby Ellsbury has played in 548 games, tied with Dexter Fowler for 156th most in...
- 1/21 Redlegs Review: Ranking the top ten first basemen in big league baseball:
by: Chase Fitzgerald
Staff Writer
I made up this list by asking a couple of people to send me their top ten players...
- 1/19 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: 21st through 40th: Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not...
- 1/19 Reviewing the Brew: Mat Gamel Has The Chance To Prove Himself Yet Again: With the recent news that Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Corey Hart is in need of knee surgery and will be sidelined for 3-4...
- 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 Bronx Baseball Daily: Mike Morse traded to the Seattle Mariners:
The Yankees have missed out on yet another player that could upgrade their team in 2013 when the Seattle Mariners landed outfielder...
- 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 Seedlings to Stars: MLB Prospect Mining: 8 (Fairly) Simple Rules — Rule 5: Rule 5: Hunting for “sleepers”? Try the “Low-K Power Guy” and the “Plate Skills Technician”...
- 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...
- 1/15 Roto Think Tank: Bargains and Busts: 2012 N.L. Hitters: 0 0 1 1134 6469 Roto Think Tank 53 15 7588 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
- 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...
- 1/14 Motor City Bengals: Marcus Thames Retires As Player, Gets Hired As Minor League Hitting Coach: Former Detroit Tigers outfielder Marcus Thames has decided to call it a playing career after spending parts of 10 seasons in the...
- 1/13 Baseball Press: The Baseball Press 2013 Pre-Season Rankings:
Will Mike Trout be your number one pick in March? (US Presswire)Each year, Baseball Press releases their pre-season rankings....
- 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...
- 1/13 Birds Watcher: Baltimore Orioles 2013 Roster: The Case for Standing Pat: First of all, would anyone agree with me that the idiom “standing pat” is totally stupid? What does it mean and where did...
- 1/13 MLB Injury News: Tigers' Victor Martinez to be 100% for Spring Training: Can you imagine the Detroit Tigers' offense had they had Victor Martinez healthy last year? Well, for 2013 you won't have...
- 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 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...
- 1/10 Jays Journal: What If?: Yu Darvish. Prince Fielder. Gio Gonzalez. If those names sound familiar to you it’s because last offseason those were the players...
- 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 Pinstripe Pundits: Teixeira’s Loss of Balance Statistically and Mechanically: Mark Teixeira has always been slightly better hitting from the right side, but his rapid decline from the left side the past three...
- 1/9 Motor City Bengals: Is Michael Bourn A Possibility For The Tigers?: The Tigers have been relatively silent this off-season since the signing of Torii Hunter to bolster both their corner outfield...
- 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 Kings of Kauffman: Scouting Royals Lefty Specialists: With a shaky rotation rendered even more unstable after injuries to Danny Duffy and Felipe Paulino, the Royals bullpen had to...
- 1/8 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Hunter Pence: Over the next few weeks, I will be
discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely
partly on...
- 1/7 Motor City Bengals: How Prince Fielder’s Contract Looks One Year Later: This month will mark the one year anniversary of the signing of Prince Fielder’s nine year, $214 million contract. At the time...
- 1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Chase Headley: Over the next few weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on my...
- 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 Tyler's Think Tank: 2012 All Breakout Team (AL): C Jarrod Saltalamacchia
In his age 27 season, Salty finally started to make good on the promise that made him a highly regarded...
- 1/6 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Will Bourn Get An Identity in 2013?:
It seems somewhat of a mystery why Michael Bourn is still on the free agent market at this stage of the winter. MLBtr had...
- 1/5 MLBRandomFandom: Five Title Contenders to Watch Out For: By Kyle RotondoA lot of people have been speculating who will win the World Series in 2013. In my opinion there are five teams...
- 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 mlbreports.com : Ryan Braun: Setting His Sights As An ALL-Time Brewers Great: Like us on Facebook here Thursday January 3rd, 2013 Ben Dobson ( Baseball Writer and Brewers Correspondent): 1982….Mention...
- 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...
- 1/2 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Buster Posey: Over the next few
weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration
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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 More Than A Fan: The Day the MLB Financial System Died: A Guest Post By Marcus Seeley December 18, 2008. That’s the day in which I became extremely cognizant of the financial landscape...
- 12/30 mlbreports.com : Carlos Gonzalez: Committing Superstar Fraud in Colorado: Like us on Facebook here Sunday December 30th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen (Baseball Writer and Website Founder): Today I tackle...
- 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)....
- 12/27 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...
- 12/27 Phillies Nation: Reconsidering Michael Bourn: The Phillies made something of an effort to sign B.J. Upton and pushed hard for Angel Pagan before trading Vance Worley and Trevor...
- 12/27 Obstructed View: 2012 in Review: January – When We Were Stupidly Kind of Optimistic About Stuff: 2012 was pretty painful to live through as a Cubs fan, and even more so as a Cubs blogger who felt obligated to pay even more...
- 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 Pinstripe Pundits: Teixeira's Loss of Balance Statistically and Mechanically: Mark Teixeira has always been slightly better hitting from the right side, but his rapid decline from the left side the past...
- 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 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...
- 12/24 Rum Bunter: Joel Hanrahan, Pittsburgh Pirates Fans Thank You for the Memories: Joel Hanrahan will never be forgotten in Pittsburgh. The hard throwing right hander gave Pittsburgh Pirates fans a reason to...
- 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...
- 12/23 Birds Watcher: Baltimore Orioles: Takes two to tango: On Friday I wrote about the possibility of the Baltimore Orioles trading for Detroit pitcher Rick Porcello. It’s unclear...
- 12/23 The Baseball Haven: Guest Article: The Great DH Debate: I’m going to introduce myself real quick. My name is Jackson Johnson and I am currently a junior at Jacksonville State University...
- 12/22 Pinstripe Pundits: Cano's Open Market Value: Scott Boras thinks Cano is worth $200M over 10 years.After discussing what life might be like without Robinson Cano, let's focus...
- 12/21 Call to the Pen: Rangers Showing Interest in Michael Bourn: The Texas Rangers might just be the team Scott Boras was waiting for. Free agent outfielder Michael Bourn was thought to be the...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Being Ken Phelps: A few days ago, I wrote about evaluating hitters with three metrics, Bayesian versions of BABIP. One was the classic batting average...
- 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...
- 12/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Mitch Moreland has had his opportunity; time for Rangers to move on: Following the heartbreaking loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2011 World Series, the Texas Rangers had a contingency plan...
- 12/20 Rum Bunter: As Pirates Trade Rumors Swirl, Don’t Forget Joel Hanrahan’s Dominance: As the days disappear toward the holiday season, the clock seems to be ticking on our memories of Pittsburgh Pirates closer Joel...
- 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 The Daily Fungo: Recapping the Return of Anibal Sanchez: Detroit fans have been spoiled rotten by Mike Ilitch‘s generosity with the Red Wings for 30 years and the Tigers for the...
- 12/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: First Place Value on Last Place TeamsFantasy baseball is unlike any other pretend sport in the world. There are 30 teams with eight or nine offensive More......
- 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...
- 12/14 North and South of Royal Brougham: Hamilton to Halos Isn’t the End of the World: As Thursday progressed I’ve had the opportunity to hear and read many reactions to the Josh Hamilton signing ambush that...
- 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Bourn, Swisher, Red Sox, Alvarez, Diaz: It's been another major day of hot stove news, headlined by Josh Hamilton's deal with the Angels and Anibal Sanchez's forthcoming...
- 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 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...
- 12/10 Swingin' A's: Farewell Brandon McCarthy: I guess growing up an Oakland Athletics fan you tend to get used to the notion that some, or many, or all of your favorite players...
- 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 ...
- 12/7 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pondering a Potential Post-Greinke Existence: For months, we’ve assumed that the Dodgers were going to sign Zack Greinke; at times, it was more of a “when”...
- 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 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 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Ridiculous Trade Target: Jeff Francoeur: Now, now, hear me out. He was indeed one of the worst players in the majors last year – and his career as a whole isn’t...
- 12/3 Birds Watcher: Baltimore Orioles: Winter Meetings begin today: Let the rumors begin, be they surrounding the Baltimore Orioles or anyone else! Today starts the annual Major League Baseball...
- 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...
- 12/1 Motor City Bengals: MCB’s Detroit Tigers Top Five Prospects: When compiling any list, it is essential to keep in mind these things tend to be very subjective, especially in the world of prospects....
News -- November 2012
- 11/30 Kings of Kauffman: Then and Now: Bautista for Huber: With the winter meetings coming up, trade rumors are spreading around like wildfire and it gets me in the mood to relive history...
- 11/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Moore Signed to MiLB Deal: 29-year old Scott Moore, a former eighth overall pick in the 2002 amateur draft is the newest Oakland Athletic. Signed a minor...
- 11/28 Eye On the Tigers: The Tigers Don’t Need Rafael Soriano: A few weeks ago, Dave Dombrowski said that the Tigers weren’t interested in Rafael Soriano to be the Tigers closer, praising...
- 11/28 Swingin' A's: A’s Find Themselves All Over the Gibby Awards: Just when you thought all the postseason awards had been handed out, the nominations for the 2012 Gibby Awards (Greatness in Baseball...
- 11/27 Southside Showdown: Sensible moves: Scott Merkin’s piece on the White Sox mindset entering next week’s Winter Meetings is titled “Hahn, White Sox...
- 11/27 Call to the Pen: Tigers Have Spoken to Scott Boras About Rafael Soriano: The Detroit Tigers made it through the American League playoffs in 2012 without the use of a traditional closer. Their stated...
- 11/27 mlbreports.com : The Most Important Offseason of Josh Hamilton’s Future: Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 Sam Evans (Baseball Writer): Whether he deserves it or not, Josh Hamilton is one of the most controversial...
- 11/27 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How to Choose the Right Fantasy Baseball Projections: Did you know that Andrew McCutchen will hit 27 HRs, steal 24 bases, and hit at a .298 average for More...The post How to Choose...
- 11/26 Southside Showdown: Is Gordon Beckham bad at defense? I don’t think so…: It’s better to just come out and state my influences, rather than just be exposed for cribbing ideas later. Jim Margalus’...
- 11/26 Nolan Writin': Ranger Brain Trust Playing it Close to the Vest: Nolan Ryan, Jon Daniels and the rest of the Rangers brain trust have done an incredibly good job at keeping secrets. I know that...
- 11/26 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Josh Hamilton: MLB officials don’t have a clear sense of where Josh Hamilton will sign, ESPN.com’s Buster Olney writes. Hamilton, who is...
- 11/26 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Carlos Gonzalez Fantasy: OF Must Stay in Colorado to Remain Elite: I drafted Carlos Gonzalez in 2010 in an auction draft for $22. People scoffed at what I paid. This was More...The post Carlos...
- 11/25 Behind the Plate: 2013 First Baseman Rankings: Aidan Flynn 5. [...] ...
- 11/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Paying Josh Hamilton: By this point in time, Rays fans are familiar with the saga of Josh Hamilton. How Hamilton was the first overall pick of the 1999...
- 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...
- 11/22 Southside Showdown: Five Things White Sox Fans Can Be Thankful For: Less Smug Looks from Kenny Williams Every time a move was made and a question was asked we had to view the smug smirk of Kenny...
- 11/22 Yanks Go Yard: Smoke Signals: What if the Steinbrenners Sold the Yankees?: Since George Steinbrenner, “The Boss,” bought the team in the 1973, there has been no baseball team more deeply connected...
- 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 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 ...
- 11/18 Blog Red Machine: The Search for “It”, Day Three // BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE: This is part two of my attempt to find a true “It” factor on the Cincinnati Reds 40 man roster. Each article in the series...
- 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...
- 11/17 Yanks Go Yard: Grading the Yankees: Cody Eppley & Clay Rapada: One of the most important components of success for the Yankees over the 2012 season was the bullpen. With Mariano Rivera out...
- 11/16 MLBTradeRumors: Zduriencik: Mariners Unlikely To Pursue Hamilton: Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik wasn't optimistic about his team's chances of signing Josh Hamilton, telling MLB.com's Greg Johns...
- 11/16 Behind the Plate: MVP Vote: An Excuse for Hypocrisy [...] ...
- 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 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 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 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 Fire Brand of the American League: The Cafardo Mailbag: The Inmates Running the Asylum EditionAll hail the triumphant return of the Cafardo mailbag!...
- 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...
- 11/15 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 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 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 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 Call to the Pen: The (Small) Market for Josh Hamilton: Milwaukee, Baltimore, Seattle. Is this really the market for Josh Hamilton? The 2012 free agent class is admittedly thin. Last...
- 11/15 That Ball's Outta Here: Despite Being Really Bad For Years, Phillies Have Won Some Awards: You know what’s been a LOT of fun over the last few weeks? The American League MVP debate. Yeah, it’s been a blast....
- 11/15 MLB Injury News: Tigers Sign Free Agent Outfielder Torii Hunter: The Detroit Tigers have reached an agreement with free agent
outfielder Torii Hunter on a two-year, $26 million contract, reports...
- 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...
- 11/14 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 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 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 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista Fantasy Owners Rejoice: If you are a fantasy owner of either Edwin Encarnacion or Jose Bautista and were wondering if they are indeed More...The post...
- 11/14 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers will look for corner outfield help and consider signing a starter.
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- 11/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista Fantasy Owners Rejoice: If you are a fantasy owner of either Edwin Encarnacion or Jose Bautista and were wondering if they are indeed More...The post...
- 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...
- 11/13 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 Diamond Ring: The Problem With Advanced Defensive Metrics: The recent Fielding Bible Awards and Gold Glove Awards spawned multiple articles and discussions about advanced fielding metrics....
- 11/13 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: The LOOGYS: Jose Mijares had his two big LOOGY moments in two big 8-3 wins. The first was Game Four of the LDS in Cincinnati. The Giants...
- 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 Baseball Ruminations: The 2013 Free Agent All-Star Team!: Each year as leaves begin to change color from autumn-gold to winter-grey the baseball world gets to experience the magic of free...
- 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 Jerks: Tigers Front-Runners in Torii Hunter Race: In a report by Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com, Torii Hunter wants a ring. That gives Hunter only a couple of options. He can sign...
- 11/12 Baseball Ruminations: The Texas Rangers’ Happy Quandry: The Texas Rangers are in an interesting position headed into the 2013 season. Not many teams have all-star players at both shortstop...
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Signing Elite Free Agents: Some free agents are franchise changers -- players who alter the look of the team immediately and, more often than not, expensively....
- 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 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: Eric Hosmer: Fluke or Fraud?: In 2011, Eric Hosmer was third in the American League Rookie of the Year balloting. This season, Kansas City’s first More...The...
- 11/9 Reviewing the Brew: The Rangers Just Did the Brewers a HUGE Favor…: Look, I am not in any way condoning the Brewers making a move to acquire Josh Hamilton. HOWEVER!!!! If the price is right...
- 11/9 Baseball Jerks: Predicting Where Josh Hamilton Will End Up: Josh Hamilton has lived a hard life. This is a guy who went from top draft pick, to nearly destroying himself in a North Carolina...
- 11/9 Call to the Pen: Rangers Won’t Go Past Three Years for Josh Hamilton: USA Today‘s Bob Nightengale cites sources inside the Texas Rangers organization saying that the club will offer a “lucritive”...
- 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 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....
- 11/8 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 For Baseball Junkies: Brewers All-Time Team v.2012: Today, we're taking a look at the Brewers All-Time team.Last year's inaugural team can be seen here. As part of our roster revamping...
- 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 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 Bronx Baseball Daily: The Yankees will not spend like they used to this offseason:
Back during your father’s days, nothing would stop the Yankees from improving their teams during the offseason. But...
- 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 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...
- 11/6 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...
- 11/5 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: Angel and the Outfield: Angel Pagan and Hunter Pence are the only two Giants to play all 144 innings of the post-season. They started and finished every...
- 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 mlbreports.com : Ryan Madson to the Tigers: The Whispers Are Getting Louder: Monday November 5th, 2012 Kyle Holland: When the Detroit Tigers announced after the World Series that they would not re-sign...
- 11/5 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Eric Hosmer: Fluke or Fraud?: In 2011, Eric Hosmer was third in the American League Rookie of the Year balloting. This season, Kansas City’s first baseman...
- 11/3 Chicken Friars: Everth Cabrera signs with Super Agent Scott Boras: Everth Cabrera is in for a hefty payday in 2013. First the Padres shortstop qualifies as a Super Two, then he goes and hires super...
- 11/2 District On Deck: 2012 Season Review: Adam LaRoche: Adam LaRoche entered this season with a lot of disfavor in D.C. He was widely rumored to be on his way out in exchange for marquee...
- 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 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 mlbreports.com : Josh Hamilton Ready to Return to the Tampa Bay Rays?: Thursday November 1st, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: What a great story it would be to see Josh Hamilton return to the team that drafted...
- 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 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...
- 11/1 Blog Red Machine: Which Free Agents Could the Reds Pursue?: Place emphasis on “could”. A short time ago, it was reported that the Cincinnati Reds might not be big players within...
News -- October 2012
- 10/31 High Heat Stats: Never Got a Ring – The All-Time Non-World Series Team: The 2012 World Series has come and gone, with a number of players on both teams (Joaquin Benoit, Jose Valverde, Prince Fielder, Marco...
- 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 mlbreports.com : Josh Hamilton: Three Reasons To Believe That He Could Sign With The Brewers: Tuesday October 30th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: This year’s free agent market may be slim on depth, but it does not lack a main attraction...
- 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 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...
- 10/30 Motor City Bengals: Signing Anibal Sanchez Could Affect Off-Season Strategy: Baseball is a funny game. In the blink of an eye, things can change. It wasn’t long ago that the Tigers were probably thinking...
- 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 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 The Flagrant Fan: Intangibles and x-factors:
Players of the World Series Champion, San Francisco Giants, were celebrating last night after the sweep was completed. Such...
- 10/29 Call to the Pen: Jim Leyland: Tigers His “Last Stop”: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland worked through the final season on his contract in 2012 and now will discuss his future with...
- 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 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...
- 10/28 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 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 Baseball Analytics: Prince Loses Patience During Postseason Slump: Prince Fielder is a big dude, but it's still shocking that Miguel Cabrera's tag team partner has failed to slug...
- 10/28 MLB Injury News: Why Justin Verlander is Worth Every Penny the Tigers Haven't Paid Him: Justin Verlander is better than me. His name is equally awesome, but he is better. There's no doubt about that. When...
- 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 | Big hitters nearly silent in World Series: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera and 1B Prince Fielder are a combined 3-for-19 against the San Francisco Giants in the World Series....[+]
- 10/28 The Flagrant Fan: The Tigers have become the Yankees and yet they're not:
After the first three games of the 2012 World Series, the Detroit Tigers have become a parallel universe from what happened...
- 10/28 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Can’t Score, Can’t Win: The Detroit Tigers came into the World Series this week boasting some fantastic starting pitching, something that could have easily...
- 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: Pence, a Baes at a Time: Hunter Pence walks to lead off the top of the second with the Giants and Tigers tied at 0. With one out Pence steals second, then...
- 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 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 Tyler's Think Tank: San Fran Shuts Out Detroit:
Bumgarner fired seven shutout innings to help give the Giants a 2-0 Series edge
In the wake of the offensive fireworks...
- 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 mlbreports.com : 2012 World Series Game 2 Recap: Giants Shut Out the Tigers For a 2-0 Lead: Friday October 26th, 2012 Kyle Holland: What can you say about game 2 in the World Series? Fantastic, amazing, and a thriller....
- 10/26 Baseball Analytics: Nine to Know: The Giants win 2-0, Up 2-0: 1. Just a thought for Tigers fans - The Giants won Game 2 of the World Series and held the Tigers to two hits and won...
- 10/26 Call to the Pen: Bruce Bochy Makes Right Choice In Madison Bumgarner: There have always generally been two po**** schools of thought when it comes to which players to start in the postseason. The...
- 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 MetsToday.com: San Francisco Wins with Giant Ball: The San Francisco Giants won the second game of the 2012 World Series via an old-fashioned method called “execution.”...
- 10/26 MLB Injury News: Why Justin Verlander is Worth Every Penny the Tigers Haven't Paid Him:
Justin Verlander is better than me. His name is equally awesome, but he is better. There's no doubt about that....
- 10/26 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Bumgarner Wins Duel In San Francisco: The Giants have continued their epic run of late, winning their fifth straight playoff game last night to give them a 2-0 advantage...
- 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...
- 10/25 Baseball Jerks: Photo: Prince Fielder Thrown Out at Home – Game 2 MLB World SeriesPrince Fielder is out at home on a throw by Marco Scutaro – H. Darr Beiser/US PRESSWIRE...
- 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: The Ground was Rumbling: Prince Fielder is hit by a pitch, doing little damage to his upper arm. Photo: H. Darr Beiser-USA TODAY Sports Prince Fielder...
- 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 BoSox Injection: Runs, Hits and Errors: What A Week “Away” From Baseball Means: I spent some time with family this week in Sarasota, Florida. We celebrated both my mother-in-law’s return home after surgery...
- 10/25 Rays Colored Glasses: Who Should the Rays Root for in the World Series?: Who Rays fans root for in this World Series is a difficult but somewhat irrelevant. Neither the Tigers or Giants has any Rays...
- 10/25 Call to the Pen: San Francisco Giants In Killer Mode: When a team does everything right, when a team gets exceptional pitching, when a team gets clutch hitting, and when a team makes...
- 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 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 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 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 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 …...
- 10/22 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 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 Bleeding Yankee Blue: ARE RAFAEL SORIANO DAYS AS A YANKEE NUMBERED?: After getting
swept by the Detroit Tigers in the ALCS, the Yankees head into the
winter with many questions. One of those...
- 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...
- 10/19 Reviewing the Brew: BBWAA Present Brewers Post-season Awards: Earlier this week, the Milwaukee chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America presented the Brewers with their post-season...
- 10/19 Baseball News Source: Yankees Go Quietly – Now The Postseason Really Begins: Yankees on the wrong side of four-game sweep in the ALCS When Jayson Nix‘s pop up settled into Prince Fielder‘s...
- 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 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 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 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....
- 10/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: The absolute best of the worst in 2012: Last night, I had a really bad dream. I was working at a corporate office in the downtown area – those two aspects are...
- 10/17 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Milwaukee Brewers: The Brewers' offense is as good as it gets, so they're expected to seek pitching this coming offseason.
Guaranteed Contracts
Ryan...
- 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 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 MLB Injury News: Postseason Injury Recap: Derek Jeter, Marco Scutaro, Jeremy Affeldt:
Have you caught your breath yet? This season may not have ended with the exact same bang as 2011 had, but the postseason...
- 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 StanGraphs: NLCS Game Two: St. Louis Cardinals (88-74) at San Francisco Giants (94-68): 10:07 PM Another big hit by the Giants, this time off the bat of former Cardinal Ryan Theriot. San Francisco’s second basemen...
- 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 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #4: 1B James Loney: (w/ LA) .254/.302/.344 359pa 6hr 0.0 fWAR F 2012 in brief: Yet another disappointing season was mercifully cut short in August...
- 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 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Milwaukee Brewers: Continuing our look back at 2012, the next installment comes to us as a guest post via the Editor of Reviewing the Brew, appropriately...
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 It's About the Money (Stupid): 2012 ALCS preview: Yankees vs. Tigers: The Orioles pushed the Yankees literally as far as they could in 2012, but when all was said and done the Yankees managed to fend...
- 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 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 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...
- 10/11 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Cespedes, Boesch, Francona, Soria: As the Tigers prepare to face the A's in the deciding game of their ALDS series, here's the latest from the AL Central...
The...
- 10/11 Baseball Jerks: Detroit Tigers’ Jose Valverde: Jerk of the Day: The Detroit Tigers lost game 4 of the ALDS Wednesday in Oakland, and there’s no one else to blame besides Jose Valverde....
- 10/11 Baseball News Source: Oakland Storms Back to Beat Tigers: Oakland walkoff victory sends series to game five The Oakland Athletics rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the...
- 10/10 PaulLebowitz.com: The Rangers Have More Options Than Josh Hamilton Does: The Rangers announced decision to let free agent outfielder Josh Hamilton test the market before coming back to them is reminiscent...
- 10/10 The Flagrant Fan: Tired of offensive scapegoating in the playoffs:
How do teams get to the playoffs? They usually get there by hitting the ball reasonably well and pitching the ball well. Each...
- 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,...
- 10/10 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Can’t Close Out A’s, Drop ALDS Game Three In Oakland: Athletics 2, Tigers 0 (box score) A funny thing happens when a team doesn’t get any hits: they don’t get any runs. That was...
- 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...
- 10/8 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 MLB Injury News: Josh Hamilton: Injuries and History Make for a Unique Free Agent:
The Texas Rangers had a great season that ended in disappointment. It would be easy to say the year itself was a disappointment...
- 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 Tyler's Think Tank: My All 2012 Team: C-Buster Posey
Tough call between him and Yadier Molina, but I'll go with the likely NL MVP and his superior offensive numbers....
- 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 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...
- 10/6 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 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 MLB Injury News: Tigers Injury News: Alex Avila, Max Scherzer Healthy:
The Detroit Tigers, while finishing with a worse record than the Baltimore Orioles and Texas Rangers got to sit home and watch...
- 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 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 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 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...
- 10/4 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 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 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 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 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 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....
- 10/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder playing: Detroit Tigers 3B Miguel Cabrera and 1B Prince Fielder are both in the lineup Tuesday, Oct. 2, despite locking up the American...[+]
League Central title Monday, Oct. 1.
- 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 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 Chicken Friars: Final Series in Milwaukee Brings Back Bad Memories of 2007 for This Padres Fan: When I first looked at the Padres’ 2012 schedule, I will admit, I did not read into it too closely. I mean, I looked for...
News -- September 2012
- 9/30 Seedlings to Stars: Southsiders Waiting For Dayan Viciedo To Reach Full Potential: With just a few games left to go in the 2012 season, the fans on the South Side of Chicago have, for the most part, been pleasantly...
- 9/30 Kings of Kauffman: Revisiting My Bold Predictions for 2012: Before the season started, I made 5 bold predictions that I believed could very well come true. With only 3 games to go I want...
- 9/30 Reviewing the Brew: Arizona Fall League Profile: Hunter Morris: Through the next week or so, we will be profiling the players from the Milwaukee Brewers taking the field as the Phoenix Desert...
- 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 Southside Showdown: White Sox Fall Three Games Back With Three To Play: The White Sox were absolutely reeling coming into today, two games back on Detroit with only 4 games left to play. The game got...
- 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....
- 9/29 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 mlbreports.com : A Positive Outlook on The Seattle Mariners Rebuilding Process: Saturday September 29th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix: After a pair of errors in Friday’s 8-2 loss to the A’s, the Mariners...
- 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...
- 9/28 Mariners Latest: Vargas: To Trade or Not To Trade?: Vargas is the Mariners biggest trade chipJason Vargas has been very reliable this season and continued his display of that reliability...
- 9/28 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes (getting down to cases edition): @Rangers 9, Athletics 7: Oakland bashed 5 HRs, but Texas grabbed a 5-0 lead in the 1st and matched Oakland’s rallies in...
- 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 Reviewing the Brew: Former Brewers Abound In Playoff Races: Major League Baseball is coming down the home stretch in this year’s playoff race. And it’s every bit as exciting...
- 9/26 Reviewing the Brew: Does Nori Aoki Deserve A New Contract?: Yup!! Now, this is coming from a guy who has made a lot of crazy calls and claims in his time writing on this site. But there...
- 9/26 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes (not-dead-yet edition): Indians 4, @White Sox 3 / @Tigers 2, Royals 0: All you zombies, show your faces! The race that will not die staggers hungrily...
- 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: 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 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 Rays Colored Glasses: AL Wild Card Roundup: A’s Win In Extra Innings, White Sox Fall Into Wild Card Hunt: The Tampa Bay Rays continued their hot streak, winning their sixth consecutive game Monday night. However, they were unable to...
- 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 i70baseball.com: 2013?A young man's look at the Royals through advanced statistics....
- 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 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...
- 9/24 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander and Prince Fielder Do Their Things, Tigers Top Royals: Tigers 6, Royals 2 (box score) The boring thing about Justin Verlander is that he takes all the drama out of games. You could...
- 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...
- 9/23 Mets Merized: Contract Predictions For Top 10 Free Agents This Winter: Jon Heyman of CBS Sports, spoke with an American League executive who gave him his predictions on what the top ten free agents...
- 9/22 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal's Full Count: Greinke, Dodgers, Pirates: Here's the latest from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports, via his Full Count video...
The Dodgers did not try to acquire Zack ...
- 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 Reviewing the Brew: Is Aramis Ramirez Having His Best Year Ever?: At age 34, you aren’t exactly expected to go through a renaissance period in your baseball career. Just don’t tell...
- 9/20 MLB Injury News: Alex Avila Injury: Tigers C Out with Concussion-Like Symptoms:
Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila is out of the club’s starting
lineup once again, and manager Jim Leyland has listed...
- 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...
- 9/19 Baseball News Source: Milwaukee Brewers Peaking at the Right Time: Milwaukee Brewers 2½ games back in Wild Card race National League wild card chase, meet your newest parti**** After their 6-0...
- 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 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 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 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Possible Manager, GM Turnover: What began as a season that figured to have little managerial and front-office turnover at its conclusion has gone in the opposite...
- 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...
- 9/18 Reviewing the Brew: Ryan Braun Hits 200th Home Run: Ranking His 20 Most Memorable Blasts: Ryan Braun hitting his 200th home run in 2012 was against the odds. Then again, so was him winning his appeal of the positive...
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Central Links: Hafner, Leyland, Astros: The Tigers are holding their collective breath after righty Max Scherzer exited Tuesday night's start prematurely because of...
- 9/18 High Heat Stats: Stupid stuff from Monday’s games: Orioles 10, @Mariners 4: It’s the first time any team has scored 10+ runs at Safeco Field since 2011-08-30. The total of...
- 9/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Brewers in the postseason? Ryan Braun a second MVP?: With only two weeks left in the season, the discussions about MVP and Cy Young awards are beginning to heat up. Recent debates...
- 9/18 MLB Injury News: Alex Avila Injury: Tigers Catcher Out with Headache:
Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila was not available for
Monday’s contest against the Chicago White Sox after developing...
- 9/18 Call to the Pen: Ryan Braun Great Again, But No MVP: Somehow Ryan Braun became the first Major League player to wiggle out of a drug policy violation accusation shortly after he...
- 9/18 Southside Showdown: All the Small Things: Baseball’s regular season is 162 games long; even playing almost every day it takes six months to play out. Even...
- 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 Reviewing the Brew: Ryan Braun hits his 200th home run: So it was really only a matter of time until this happened right? Ryan Braun has been on absolute tear this year and last year’s...
- 9/17 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agents Who Cost Teams Draft Picks: In some instances the decision to make a player a qualifying offer is not so much a choice as a formality. Is there any doubt...
- 9/17 MLB Injury News: Tigers' Alex Avila Injured in Collision:
Alex Avila was hurt in a big collision with teammate Prince Fielder Sunday afternoon. The Detroit Tigers' All-Star...
- 9/17 The Baseball Page: Monday Morning Manager: Week 24:
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- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Hamilton, Tigers, Posey: MLB executives don’t question Josh Hamilton’s ability on the field, but they’re hesitant to commit long-term to the outfielder,...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Design and Luck: The White Sox took a two-game lead in the AL Central as they pounded the Twins 9-2, while the Tigers lost to the Indians 7-6....
- 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....
- 9/15 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Flirt with Being No-Hit, Fall to Detroit; Tigers 5, Indians 3: By Steve Eby How close is the battle for the American League Central Division crown? After the Detroit Tigers beat the Indians...
- 9/15 Call to the Pen: Pirates Take NL On Roller Coaster: Of all the adventure stories that played out during the entire Major League baseball season, few can match the Pittsburgh Pirates’...
- 9/14 Crashburn Alley: The Guys Hardly Anyone Talks About: Hey, a non-Phillies column. Whaddaya know? I was perusing highlights on MLB.com and happened upon this home run hit by Josh Willingham...
- 9/14 Rising Apple: Series Preview: New York Mets @ Milwaukee Brewers: David Wright and the Mets head out on the road to Miller Park, once again mired in a slump after a dismal home stand. They’ve...
- 9/13 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: Tigers 8, @White Sox 6: The good news for Detroit is that the one team they must beat is the one team they can beat. Max Scherzer continued...
- 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 Call to the Pen: Max Scherzer Leads Tigers Past White Sox and to Within One of Division Lead: Prince Fielder was riding an 0-for-18 slump when he stepped into the box against southpaw Leyson Septimo on Wednesday night...
- 9/13 Baseball Musings: Saving the Season: The Tigers held on for a big win Wednesday night as they defeated the White Sox 8-6. A loss would have put them three games back...
- 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 mlbreports.com : Was Edwin Jackson The Most Valuable Free Agent Signing During The Offseason? Smart Move By The Nationals: Wednesday September 12th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: During all the chaos that surrounded Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder during the...
- 9/12 Call to the Pen: Don’t Look Now: Phillies and Brewers Back in NL Wild Card Race: The Philadelphia Phillies hadn’t seen .500 since June 4. Aty the July Trade Deadline, they shipped off their starting center...
- 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 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Angels Look To Keep Their Winning Ways Going Vs A’s: This is the time when baseball is really fun. When everything is on the line and every pitch and every call is important. This...
- 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...
- 9/9 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Get To Verlander Early for 10th Win in 11 Games: When you’re hot, you’re hot and right now the Angels are absolutely on fire. The Angels earned their 10th win the...
- 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: 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 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Callaspo Delivers Pinch Hit Game-Winning Hit: Anytime you can win on a walk-off it’s a good night. The Angels did just that as they earned their ninth win in their last...
- 9/8 Baseball Musings: Late Night Braun: The Cardinals/Brewers game did not end until 2 AM CDT due to rain delays and extra innings. Ryan Braun broke a 4-4 tie in the...
- 9/7 Motor City Bengals: Boesch Needs To Earn His Spot: When this season, we looked forward to good things (offensively) from a few Tigers that, as you are more than aware, have not...
- 9/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: What if Modell Owned the Indians?: By Craig Gifford The past couple days have not been kind to Cleveland sports owners, past and present. On Wednesday afternoon...
- 9/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: How Valuable is Stephen Strasburg?: Nash I’m in a 5×5 head to head keeper league where I am set to make the playoffs. I currently have Stephen Strasburg and...
- 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 WahoosOnFirst: Why the Indians Should Sign J.P. Howell: Earlier this week, we made the case for the Cleveland Indians to sign Brandon McCarthy and Melky Cabrera in the upcoming offseason. Today...
- 9/6 Reviewing the Brew: What Is the Verdict on Rickie Weeks?: Milwaukee second baseman Rickie Weeks has been covered over the course of his nine seasons in the Major Leagues equally...
- 9/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Pure Rage Rants On, This Time Against Organization: By Bob Toth Prior to Wednesday evening’s series finale in Detroit, a column broke from Jon Paul Morosi of FOXSports.com, summarizing...
- 9/6 WahoosOnFirst: A Rebuttal to Chris Perez’ Attacks on the Indians: When news spread Wednesday afternoon that Fox Sports’ Jon Paul Morosi had written an article featuring some inflammatory...
- 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Managing different stretch run scenarios: The season is winding down in some ways, but for those of you in the heat of a playoff run or at the end of a tight Roto race,...
- 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 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...
- 9/3 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 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Monthly Power Rankings: September 2012: Monday, September.3/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): To say that this year has been a good year for baseball is an...
- 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 Musings: Players of the Month: Two hitters produced outstanding months of August. Prince Fielder and Buster Posey hit for average, got on base at an incredible...
News -- August 2012
- 8/31 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Braun's 2012 Season May Be Vindicating:
2011 was a huge year for Ryan Braun. The 28-year-old star left fielder for the Milwaukee Brewers was coming...
- 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 Reviewing the Brew: Gamel To Fall League?: Maybe. That is the less than official word coming from Milwaukee’s front office today, via Adam McCalvy’s blog. The...
- 8/30 Redbird Rants: Matt Holliday and the MVP race: Matt Holliday is going to likely finish in the top ten voting for the National League MVP Award for the second time in his Major...
- 8/30 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Which AL GM Made The Best Offseason Moves?: Baseball’s 30 general managers complete hundreds of transactions every offseason as they look for ways of improving their respective...
- 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...
- 8/29 Fire Brand of the American League: One Last Look Before Turning the Page: Before turning the page on the next great era that never was, Chip tries to make sense of what will happen going forward for the...
- 8/28 High Heat Stats: Adam Dunn, meet David Letterman: Adam Dunn’s most unusual season is an endless source of quirky statistical curiosities. Dunn launched two more bombs Friday...
- 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...
- 8/27 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes (just in time!): Cardinals 8, @Reds 2: With a 17-hit fusillade, St. Louis captured the rubber game of a series in which each winner scored 8 runs,...
- 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 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Scherzer Shuts Down Angels: Good pitching stops good hitting. Yesterday the Angels ran into some really good pitching. Max Scherzer was on his game for the...
- 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:...
- 8/27 MLBTradeRumors: Adam LaRoche’s 2013 Option: Adam LaRoche’s first year in Washington featured unproductive play, shoulder surgery and a constant stream of Prince Fielder-related...
- 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 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bullpen Falters As Angels Win Streak Ends: Well this looks like the Angels team from a week ago. Get lead. Starter pitches okay. Bullpen can’t hold it. This describes...
- 8/25 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Looking at the Dodgers' return in the potential trade with the Red Sox: With the blockbuster Dodger-Red Sox trade expected to be announced today, I'm going to look at just what the Dodgers are getting...
- 8/24 Baseballhotcorner.com: Fan Fuel- Best And Worst Signings Of 2012: As the 2012 baseball season gains full steam heading into the stretch drive there are still teams jockeying for the final playoff...
- 8/24 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball: Examining Values of PED Players:
As Melky Cabrera has reminded us, we can’t believe that everything...
- 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Examining Values of PED Players: As Melky Cabrera has reminded us, we can’t believe that everything we see on the baseball diamond is legit. As a fan of...
- 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 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Place Adrian Gonzalez on Trade Waivers, Any Takers?: The Red Sox announced Wednesday that they have placed first baseman, Adrian Gonzalez on trade waivers according to Sean McAdam...
- 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 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So When Do We Get to Be Worried About Andre Ethier?: In 2010, Andre Ethier had a monster first half for the Dodgers, hitting .324/.379/.553 (.932) before the All-Star break. He tailed...
- 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 Reviewing the Brew: Can Ryan Braun Win the 2012 NL MVP Award?: In early February, the Brewers were beginning to face the possibility of losing reigning MVP Ryan Braun for the first fifty...
- 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?
Never...
- 8/20 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (47-73) at Milwaukee Brewers (54-66): Somehow I thought the Brewers were closer to .500 than this. By Pythag they should be a 59-61 team. The last time they were at...
- 8/20 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Sunday action: Rays 8, @Angels 3: For the first time in their 52-year history, the Angels were swept in a 4-game series while allowing 7+ runs...
- 8/18 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Tigers Can’t Invade Britton: The Detroit Tigers had their chances, early, often, even late. But they couldn’t solve Zach Britton. Britton, who...
- 8/18 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Fielder Hits Two Home Runs to Lead Tigers over Orioles: Baltimore 3 – Detroit 5 - Prince Fielder him hit two home runs, had four RBI and scored two runs to lift the Detroit Tigers...
- 8/18 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes – very briefly: I ran out of steam. Wanna help fill in the gaps? @Royals 4, White Sox 2: Chris Sale, the AL’s SO/BB leader, tied a career...
- 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 Call to the Pen: Victor Martinez Will Not Return in 2012: It was always a long shot, though at times it seemed almost likely that DH Victor Martinez could re-join the Detroit Tigers this...
- 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...
- 8/17 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes: It ain’t easy keeping up with the Joneses…. @Braves 6, Padres 0: It’s still hard to believe he’s retiring,...
- 8/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Brewers | Ryan Braun joins Prince Fielder in record book: With his 30th home run of the season Thursday, Aug. 16, Milwaukee Brewers OF Ryan Braun has joined former 1B Prince Fielder as...[+]
the only players in Brewers franchise history with five seasons of 30 homers or more.
- 8/16 Motor City Bengals: 2012 Draft Getting Off To A Strong Start: Coming into 2012, the Tigers once again didn’t have a first round pick. They lost that when they signed free agent Prince...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: Surprise Help Could Come From Avisail Garcia: The Tigers have some clear issues on their 2012 squad, as I think we all know by now. Among them are rotation inconsistency, back...
- 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...
- 8/14 Reviewing the Brew: Best Milwaukee Lefties: Today is Left-Handers day, a special day to celebrate those of us who suffer long and hard under the rule of right-handers. So,...
- 8/13 Reviewing the Brew: It’s Unfair to Blame Ron Roenicke for 2012: As a game, baseball is unfair. Not just on the field, but on the business end as well. Sometimes, heads have to roll. One...
- 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 Yanks Go Yard: A Primer on the Newest Yankees: We are about two weeks removed from the trade deadline which allows us to speculate how the newest Yankees will perform over the...
- 8/13 Reviewing the Brew: Series Six Pack: Brewers face struggling Rockies: Perhaps for the Milwaukee Brewers (52-61), Sunday’s win on the road will provide some confidence going forward. Yesterday’s...
- 8/13 High Heat Stats: Sunday summary: @White Sox 7, Athletics 3: H.R. Pierzynski broke a tie in the 6th with his 23rd HR, touching off a 5-run uprising, and Chris...
- 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...
- 8/12 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....
- 8/12 Nolan Writin': Game 112: Olt’s Well That Ends Well As Rangers Beat Tigers: Mike Olt has had a tough start to the Major Leagues. But one thing he has been able to do is get the key hit when given the opportunity...
- 8/11 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes: Wild-card contenders: [I couldn't finish last night and had tech troubles this morning, so here it is for whatever it's worth by now.] @Angels 6, Mariners...
- 8/11 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Manny Machado Hits 2 HR’s in Orioles Win over Royals: Playing in only his second major league game, Manny Machado slammed a pair of home runs and had four RBI to help the Orioles...
- 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 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 Cubbies Crib: Were The Critics Right About Bryan LaHair?: Chicago Cubs right fielder turned first baseman Bryan LaHair has had a roller coaster season for the Cubs during 2012. The ride...
- 8/9 The Baseball Page: Sports - Dynamic Duos:
The Detroit Tigers are on fire in the American League breathing down...
- 8/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: IT WAS A YANKEE RUN PARADE IN MOTOWN:
Game three in the series with the Detroit Tigers had more twists,
turns, and subplots than space or time will allow us to...
- 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...
- 8/9 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees swing big sticks, hold off Tigers 12-8: The New York Yankees ended a two-game losing streak by rapping out 18 hits in a 12-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Yanks...
- 8/8 Baseball News Source: Josh Hamilton – Rangers Face Tough Decision: Should the Texas Rangers commit nine or 10 years and at least $200 million to Josh Hamilton when his current deal expires at the...
- 8/8 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees avoid disaster, hold on for win over Tigers: The Yankees entered tonight's game having lost 12 of their last 18 games, but they had their ace on the mound and were due for...
- 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 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball: Staying Interested Through the Drag of August:
I hate deadbeat owners. No, I don’t hate owners who always finish...
- 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 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Staying Interested Through the Drag of August: I hate deadbeat owners. No, I don’t hate owners who always finish towards the bottom of the standings because they don’t...
- 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...
- 8/6 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 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 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 MLBTradeRumors: Chipper Jones Won't Reconsider Retirement: Chipper Jones told reporters, including David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he is not having any second thoughts...
- 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...
- 8/5 WahoosOnFirst: Doug Fister Throws a Gem as Indians Fall 6-1: Can someone please let me know when this ride comes to an end? I’d like to get off now, please. Actually I’m pretty...
- 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 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Upton, Jennings and Moore Lead Rays Win Over Orioles: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla – B.J. Upton hit his 100th career home run, and rookie Matt Moore pitched into the sixth inning, allowing...
- 8/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Outshined, Embarrassed in Detroit, Suffers 7th Straight Loss; Tigers 10, Indians 2: By Mike Brandyberry You can change the location, or the team, but the story remains the same. The Cleveland Indians continue...
- 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 Broad Street Believers: The Ryan Howard Contract: One of our most dedicated “BSBelievers,” has been asking for quite some time now for a post about Mr. Howard, and...
- 8/2 Broad Street Believers: 2012 MLB Preview: BSB-Style: The beginning of April gives us one of best sports “transitions” of the calendar year. With the promise of spring...
- 8/2 Broad Street Believers: 2011 MLB Season Preview: BSB-Style: (UPDATE: BSB is about to begin the 2012 MLB Preview, so we figured it would be a good time to look back at the 2011 Preview...
- 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 Crashburn Alley: **** in Both Rollins and Galvis: Jim Salisbury tweeted this earlier and I figured it is worth explaining why this is a good thing: Fans have become very fond of...
- 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: 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 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...
- 7/30 MLB Message Boards: Season Previews, Part 27, Milwaukee Brewers: 2011 Record: 96-66Pythagorean Record: 90-72Won Division2011 Recap2011 was a great year in Milwaukee. GM Doug Melvin pulled no...
- 7/30 Obstructed View: Geovany Soto traded to Texas Rangers for Jacob Brigham, Johnson and Paul Maholm traded to Braves for Arodys Vizcaino and Jaye Capman ***UPDATED***: According to Tim Brown of Yahoo, Geovany Soto has been traded to the Texas Rangers. Soto has been traded to Rangers. —...
- 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 The Baseball Page: Baseball's Huckster:
He was once a used car salesman...then team owner, turned baseball boss.
MLB...
- 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...
- 7/28 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...
- 7/28 Call to the Pen: Zack Greinke Trade Analysis: With the biggest move in the books, let’s take a look at what each team received. The Angeles sent Jean Segura, Ariel...
- 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 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 WahoosOnFirst: Indians Rally Against Justin Verlander, Tigers in Huge 5-3 Comeback: Sometimes at the end of the year, you look back on a certain game that—for better or worse—set the tone and forged a path...
- 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 Tyler's Think Tank: Hamels Hauls in $144 Million: The Philadelphia Phillies, still wallowing at the bottom of the NL East nine games below .500, just locked up Cole...
- 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 Reviewing the Brew: Series Six Pack with District on Deck’s Aaron Somers: The beaten, bloody and bruised Milwaukee Brewers (44-53) may have just lost the spark in what was supposed to be a turnaround...
- 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...
- 7/26 The "Mc" Effect: Small Market Teams and the Trade Deadline: I've wrote about this before and have been tweeting about it a lot recently. Everyone is fired up that the trade deadline is approaching...
- 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Examining The Turner-Sanchez-Infante Trade: The Tigers were willing to trade top prospect Jacob Turner to reinforce their roster with Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante in...
- 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 Baseball Press: Trading Places: Tigers Deal For Sanchez, Infante:
Omar Infante should fill Detroit's hole at second base. (US Presswire)Monday afternoon kicked off the MLB trade season with...
- 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 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: Still A Lot Of Baseball Left: For a good part of the last 2 months I have been very down on the Tigers. I could not pinpoint what it was but they just were...
- 7/22 Motor City Bengals: Unsung Hero: Gerald Laird: Back when Gerald Laird signed in the off-season, a collective groan around the state of Michigan and from Tigers fans everywhere...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Dollars for Greinke: The Brewers are rumored to have made Zack Greinike a large offer: The quiet Greinke offer, which is said to have come more than...
- 7/20 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Williams Struggles as Angels Lose Three of Four in Detroit: The Angels will head into this weekend’s Texas series losers of four of five as the they lost the finale of their series...
- 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 Yankees Fans Unite: Teixeira Turning It Around: Mark Teixeira’s season so far has gone true to form. It started out with his usual slow April and he has had a very hot summer...
- 7/18 Call to the Pen: Injury Update: Jose Buatista, David Ortiz: Jose Bautista fell to the ground in agony. David Ortiz limped off the field after scoring on a home run. Both superstars injured...
- 7/18 Baseball Musings: Crawford on Starts: Via BBTF, Carl Crawford talks about why he felt it was important to get off to a hot start: “I look around baseball and...
- 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 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 Call to the Pen: Brewers’ Ryan Braun Playing Like Old Self: The drug rumor nightmare is behind him. He is in a zone. Right now there is not much of a statistical divide between 2011 Ryan...
- 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 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals need Octavio Dotel-type reliever for pennant race: The St. Louis Cardinals entered play Sunday with a 46-41 record, just one game behind their record at this point last season....
- 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...
- 7/14 The Baseball Page: MLB - Act 2:
At baseball's half-way point "experts" say it's the time of season that...
- 7/14 SoDo Mojo: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: Mariners Edition: You are 17.5 games out of first place. To build a team capable of taking the AL West, skip ahead three years. To abandon all hope...
- 7/14 Yankees Fans Unite: All-Star Break Recap: When the final out was made in the 1st half of the season, it was the time of year that fans were all waiting for; the All-Star...
- 7/13 Operation Shutdown: Trade Deadline: Proposed Pirate trades: The 2012 Non-waiver trade deadline is 18 days away, ending at 4pm EST on July 31st. The Pirates have been said to be looking to...
- 7/13 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 14: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
- 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...
- 7/13 Cubbies Crib: Chicago Cubs Shopping Bryan LaHair: July 10, 2012; Kansas City, MO, USA; National League player Bryan LaHair (6) of the Chicago Cubs before the 2012 All Star Game...
- 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...
- 7/12 Puckett's Pond: Puckett’s Pond 2012 Predictions, half a season later.: Back in April the Puckett’s Pond staff all sat down and wrote up some predictions for the 2012 season, a quick look at the...
- 7/11 Diamond Ring: Booing Robinson Cano: I knew nothing of the home run derby. I didn't even know Cano was captain. I didn't care. I still don't. When I woke up on All-Star...
- 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 StanGraphs: NL Central Second Half Outlook: Can you believe the first half of the 2012 season is already past us? Why, it seems like only yesterday StanGraphs was in its...
- 7/11 Baseball Musings: AL Central at the All-Star Break: The AL Central comes next in graphical analysis: Powered by Tableau The very good news for White Sox fans is that Chicago underperformed...
- 7/11 mlbreports.com : MLB All-Star Break: Second Half Fantasy Baseball Targets and Flops: Wednesday July 11th, 2012 Peter Stein (Fantasy Baseball Analyst – MLB reports): As we sit at the All-Star break, the first...
- 7/11 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Attendance Trends: Since the All-Star Game is the proverbial midway point of the season, let's take a look at per game attendance trends of each...
- 7/10 Operation Shutdown: Gameday - 2012 All Star Game: American League vs National League8:00 PM ETTV: FOXKauffman Stadium - Kansas City, MOStarting Pitchers American - Justin...
- 7/10 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Delight:
The American and National League All-Stars will do battle tonight to see who gets home field advantage for the World Series...
- 7/10 Yankees Fans Unite: All-Star Game Lineups: Lineup vs. National League: Derek Jeter SS Robinson Cano 2B Josh Hamilton LF Jose Bautista RF Prince Fielder 1B Adrian Beltre...
- 7/10 Tyler's Think Tank: Derby Recap/ASG Predictions: Derby Recap
-Just as I predicted, Prince Fielder outlasted Jose Bautista to win the State Farm Home Run Derby. While...
- 7/10 mlbreports.com : The Prince is Crowned Yet Again! Fielder Wins Another Home Run Derby Title: Tuesday July 10th, 2012 John Burns: Kauffman Stadium was electric Monday night from the top sluggers in baseball putting on...
- 7/10 District On Deck: The Home Run Derby is a Bore: Everyone loves the long ball. The fans love to see them, the sports media focuses on who is hitting them, our sluggers are celebrated...
- 7/10 Rising Apple: Valentino Pascucci Wins Triple-A Home Run Derby: While Prince Fielder was busy winning the 2012 MLB Home Run Derby against Jose Bautista in Kansas City, Valentino Pascucci was...
- 7/10 Lasorda's Lair: Corey Seager’s Journey to the Majors Begins in Ogden: While baseball fans were enjoying the 2012 Home Run Derby Monday, minor league baseball was still being played. Matt Kemp,...
- 7/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Robinson Cano forgot to have fun at the Home Run Derby: Robinson Cano forgot. Not that he made some “promise” to a city. Not how to hit home runs – though it might seem...
- 7/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: Thoughts on the All-Star game:
Growing up, I thought it was a fact of life that the American League was simply better than the National League every single...
- 7/10 StlSportsMinute.com: Carlos Beltran hits 12 home runs in Home Run Derby:
KANSAS CITY, MO - JULY 09: National League All-Star Carlos Beltran #3 of the St. Louis Cardinals at bat in the first round...
- 7/10 PhoulBallz.com: Ryan Howard 's Busy All-Star Break: Phillies slugger Ryan Howard was spotted all around Kansan City, the host city for the MLB All-Star Game, on Monday, spending...
- 7/10 i70baseball.com: 2012 All Star Lineups: The 2012 All-Star Game managers, Tony La Russa and Ron Washington of the Texas Rangers, have announced their starting lineups...
- 7/10 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees News: Robinson Cano booed by Kansas City faithful, zeroes out in HR Derby: New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano knew he was going to endure some jeers from the Kansas City Royals fans in attendance...
- 7/10 BoSox Injection: Robinson Cano Humiliated in Home Run Derby While a Prince Gets Crowned: The often entertaining and always dragged out home run derby, sponsored by StateFarm saw a Prince get crowned a king on Monday...
- 7/10 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Reggie Jackson, Kate Upton, Kourtney Kardashian: The hottest topics for the week of July 8, 2012 … Start me up! Tony LaRussa chose Matt Cain to start the All-Star...
- 7/10 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Delight:
The American and National League All-Stars will do battle tonight to see who gets home field advantage for the World Series...
- 7/9 StanGraphs: Live Blog: 2012 Home Run Derby: 9:43 PM Fielder hit a million home runs in the final round and each one was like a sharp stab into a voodoo doll of poor Jose...
- 7/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: PRINCE FIELDER WINS THE HOME RUN DERBY:
My man Robinson Cano was out the first round after going homerless tonight. No biggie. It's all for fun right? ...
- 7/9 Kings of Kauffman: Prince Fielder Litters Kauffman Stadium With Baseballs, Wins 2012 Home Run Derby: Prince Fielder was the last American League player added to the 2012 Home Run Derby, but was also the last one standing in the...
- 7/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Prince Fielder wins 2012 Home Run Derby: Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder won the 2012 Home Run Derby in Kansas City Monday, July 9, beating Toronto Blue Jays OF Jose...[+]
Bautista, 12-7, in the finals. It was his second title in four years.
- 7/9 MLBTradeRumors: East Links: Hamels, Beltran, Mets, Bourn: Some links pertaining to MLB's two eastern divisions as Prince Fielder is crowned Home Run Derby champion for the second time...
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- 7/9 Baseballhotcorner.com: Fan Fuel: Should Blue Jays be buyers or sellers?: The Toronto Blue Jays sit in the basement of the toughest division in baseball with a respectable record of 42-40 and 7.5 games...
- 7/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: All Star Repost: How to Value Your Roster: During the Baseball All-Star break we’ll be reposting some of our “All-Star” articles. This is a repost of a...
- 7/9 Operation Shutdown: 2012 All-Star Game - Home Run Derby: Kauffman Stadium will be the site of monster home runs tonight at the annual State Farm Home Run Derby. The Derby will start at...
- 7/9 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WILL ROBINSON CANO REPEAT AS HOME RUN DERBY CHAMP?: Robinson Cano will be defending his home run derby title against the following players tonight. Can he repeat? Who...
- 7/9 For Baseball Junkies: MLB All Star Game -: When it comes to All-Star Games in professional sports, I believe that Major League Baseball sets the bar. It might not...
- 7/9 The "Mc" Effect: Home Run Derby Primer: Chicks dig the long ball. It's true. I know that because I'm a singles hitting slow pitch softball shortstop and get very...
- 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: Sunday game notes … and 3 days to catch our breath: “Who am I?” In my 9th year, and 3 years after being jettisoned by my original team, I currently have career highs...
- 7/8 mlbreports.com : 2012 State Farm MLB All-Star Home Run Derby Preview: Sunday July 8th, 2012 Ryan Ritchey (Baseball Writer): The Mid-Summer Classic is upon us and this is the time for some of the...
- 7/8 Baseball Musings: Princely Month: July is turning out to be Prince Fielder month. In his eight games, Prince is 9 for 28, .321 with five walks, three homers and...
- 7/8 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts Pre All Star Break: Alas, half of the 2012 baseball season is over, and as we all head to the All Star break, a few thoughts. ———-...
- 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 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 BoSox Injection: 2012 All-Stars vs. 1962 All-Stars–Close Call: Are the 2012 All-Stars as good as the 1962 All-Stars? My memories of 63 years say “no,” but let’s look...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: Under Pressure: The Almost .500 Rundown: If the third time’s a charm, then maybe the third time to the third power is triply charming. This may not be the most sound...
- 7/6 Call to the Pen: Giving Middle Relievers Their Due: As is the case every year when All-Star rosters are announced, a flurry of articles filled the pages of baseball blogs across...
- 7/6 Call to the Pen: Phillies’ Ryan Howard Set to Return Friday: According to Danny Knobler of CBS Sports, Ryan Howard will likely return to the Phillies’ lineup Friday. He was expected...
- 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...
- 7/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: 2012 Fantasy All-Stars: American League Edition: With the All-Star Break looming, let's take a look at the players who have separated themselves as the best of the best in Fantasy...
- 7/4 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees represented by 4 at All-Star Game:
The Yankees will be well represented at the 2012 All-Star Game in Kansas City this year as Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson,...
- 7/4 Kings of Kauffman: Royals MidYear Preseason Prediction Update: We all know how most predictions work out. You’ve probably heard of Dewey vs Truman, the 1980 US Olympic Hockey team vs...
- 7/4 Through The Fence Baseball: All-Star snubs due to lack of performance in previous season?: Every year, deserving players do not make the cut to play in the All-Star Game. Looking at this year’s lineup of the missing,...
- 7/3 Tyler's Think Tank: Home Run Derby Teams: The two teams for the 2012 State Farm Home Run Derby were unveiled over the past two days. The American League team is the...
- 7/3 Baseball Musings: Advice for Votto: Joey Votto took advice from two players to help improve his hitting. He learned selectivity from Barry Bonds, but Prince Fielder...
- 7/3 Redbird Rants: What about Craig?: I’m sure everyone is just about sick of hearing about all-star talk, but I can’t help but write one more article about...
- 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...
- 7/2 Kings of Kauffman: Billy Butler Left Out of Home Run Derby: Billy Butler is on pace for a career year in home runs. He’s got more home runs than Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder and Mark...
- 7/2 Blog Red Machine: 2012 All Star Ballots are in and the Losers are…the Voters: Part 1 The American League: The ballots have been tallied both online and in each of the 32 stadiums hosting Major League Baseball. As expected, the voters...
- 7/2 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Biggest Small Market All-Star Snubs:
We need to face facts folks. The All-Star game, with voting starting just a few weeks into the season, is a po**** contest...
- 7/2 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins @ Milwaukee Brewers Series Preview: Chat with Colin Bennett of Reviewing the Brew: After starting their last home stand at 1-4, the Marlins were able to win four consecutive games to salvage the home-stand with...
- 7/2 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Teams:
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- 7/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | AL Home Run Derby participants named: New York Yankees 2B Robinson Cano announced the Home Run Derby participants for the American League Monday, July 2. Toronto Blue...[+]
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- 7/2 Lasorda's Lair: Carlos Lee Deal Falls Through: After Carlos Lee took his sweet time to contemplate accepting a trade to Los Angeles, the Dodgers pulled the plug on the potential...
- 7/2 The Friarhood: Rosters for the 83rd All Star Game Announced: We are nine days away from the Summer Classic in Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City and baseball fans have spoken to the tune of...
- 7/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 79: Rays lose 5-3, Drop series to Tigers: Following Friday night’s encouraging 4-2 win over Justin Verlander, in which the Rays hit three home runs, it seemed as if they...
- 7/1 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Starting Lineups: The starters have been announced. It’s time to debate who is deserving and who is not. The debates will rage on further...
- 7/1 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Teams:
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- 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 RoxPile: Situation Normal: Rockies’ Winning Streak Halts at Two: Rockies 4, Padres 8 You knew it was too much to ask that the Rockies win three games in a row. Not these Rockies. Not with this...
- 6/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 78: Rick Porcello Shuts Down Rays On Retro Night: Tonight, the Rays paid homage to the 1970′s with Retro Night, including specially designed “throwback” uniforms....
- 6/30 Yankees Fans Unite: My 2012 NL All-Star Roster: These are my selections for the NL All- Star team. Starters: C- Carlos Ruiz- Phillies: It is not often we have years where there...
- 6/30 Call to the Pen: Should the Milwaukee Brewers Have a Fire Sale?: The Milwaukee Brewers are not exactly one of the more celebrated major league franchises. In fact, if you take the time to sift...
- 6/29 Bus League Baseball: Projected USA 2013 World Baseball Classic Roster: Position Players: Earlier in the week, I revealed who I would pick for the USA pitching staff in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. It’s a bit...
- 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 Nolan Writin': Martin Perez To Start Saturday for Rangers: After his recall this past week and his Major League debut against the Tigers it was announced today that rookie Martin Perez...
- 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 Venom Strikes: D-Backs vs Brewers: Series Preview with Benjamin Orr of Reviewing the Brew: To preview the Arizona Diamondbacks next series starting today against the Milwaukee Brewers I exchanged five questions with Benjamin...
- 6/29 MLBTradeRumors: Checking In On The Latest $100MM Contracts: Every year a few players join baseball’s exclusive $100MM club with free agent deals and mega-extensions. Last offseason was...
- 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 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 PaulLebowitz.com: Mid-Season Trade Candidates—Zack Greinke: Name: Zack Greinke—Milwaukee Brewers Tale of the tape: Right-handed pitcher; 28-years-old (29 in October); 6’2”, 200 lbs....
- 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 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 Tyler's Think Tank: My AL All-Star Ballot: Voting ends tomorrow! All stats through Tuesday, June 26th. I don't care about re**** or past performance; I just...
- 6/27 Call to the Pen: Justin Verlander Just As Good This Year: Justin Verlander was unwordly good for the Detroit Tigers last year, but it’s not his fault that he isn’t quite putting...
- 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 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Yu Darvish Strikes Out 10 As Texas Rangers Down Detroit Tigers: AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas Rangers 7, Detroit Tigers 5 Yu Darvish got hit hard early, but his Texas Rangers still captured the starter...
- 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...
- 6/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Prince Fielder has good dayDetroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder hit his 12th homer and drove in four Tuesday, June 26....[+]
Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder hit his 12th homer and drove in four Tuesday, June 26.
- 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 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB AL All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/25: The final update for the 2012 MLB AL All-Star balloting came out on Monday and unless a major miracle happens before voting ends...
- 6/25 StanGraphs: The StanGraphs Home Run Derby: Since out opinion is of the utmost importance, and since they let you say pretty much whatever you want on the internet, it seems...
- 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 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB AL All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/25: The final update for the 2012 MLB AL All-Star balloting came out on Monday and unless a major miracle happens before voting ends...
- 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...
- 6/23 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 70 Recap - Pirates 4, Tigers 1: It is really starting to feel like in these recaps I am coming on and saying a lot of the same things recently and it feels great...
- 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 Blog Red Machine: Sean Marshall Better as Setup Guy?: The other day I looked at Aroldis Chapman and how it appears that he’s more on the human side than we thought. Something...
- 6/23 Baseball Analytics: My All Star Starters: AL 1B: Next up is my choice for American League First Baseman. Voting totals can be found here.
The first baseman used to be the position...
- 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...
- 6/21 Baseball Musings: Berry Good Win: Quintin Berry singles in the bottom of the tenth to drive home Ramon Santiago, and the Tigers beat the Cardinals 2-1. Berry was...
- 6/21 Seedlings to Stars: Gerrit Cole Takes Another Step Towards The Big Leagues: Pittsburgh Pirates’ fans have not had the easiest time in the past few years. Actually, they’ve been suffering ever...
- 6/21 Redbird Rants: Justin’s All Star Predictions: With only about two weeks to go until the MLB announces it’s preliminary All Star Game rosters, the races for the...
- 6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Prince Fielder might get partial rest Thursday: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Wednesday, June 20, that he is going to check with 1B Prince Fielder about serving as...[+]
the designated hitter Thursday, June 21. If Fielders serves as the DH, 3B Don Kelly would make the start at first base.
- 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 STLCardinalBaseball: GAME 69: Cy Youngbrook: Isn’t the Jake Westbrook mystery carnival fun? He magically becomes a completely different pitcher from start to start (sometimes...
- 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 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/18: The totals for the 2012 MLB American League All-Star Ballot came out on Monday and things aren't looking good for the Boston Red...
- 6/19 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/18: The totals for the 2012 MLB American League All-Star Ballot came out on Monday and things aren't looking good for the Boston Red...
- 6/19 i70baseball.com: All Star Celebrity Softball Game RostersGame Will Be Televised Immediately Following the State Farm Home Run Derby on ESPN on July 9th...
- 6/19 FanSided: A Reminder Of What Might Have Been: With the St. Louis Cardinals coming to town this weekend, a reminder of what might have been is coming with them. No, I am not...
- 6/19 Through The Fence Baseball: All-Star voting indicates fan perception of Albert Pujols changing: While many people deem the All-Star Game as a meaningless exhibition, there are many decisive factors that can be explained through...
- 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...
- 6/15 mlbreports.com : The Milwaukee Brewers: Planning for 2012 and Beyond: Friday June 15th, 2012 ...
- 6/15 Reviewing the Brew: The one man team known as Ryan Braun: I tried to tell myself that losing Prince Fielder wasn’t going to be as bad as we thought. Well, it’s not that bad,...
- 6/15 Fire Brand of the American League: Theo Epstein: Feeding the MonsterChip examines Theo's remarks from his interview with WEEI's Alex Speier....
- 6/14 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: How to Rank Hitting Statistics: Whether you’re ranking players before a draft, trying to make a trade, or deciding what players to pick up in free agency,...
- 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...
- 6/12 MLBTradeRumors: Draft Signings: Beck, Thompson, Copeland, Renda: In a Insider-only blog post, ESPN's Keith Law listed some interesting names for the 2013 draft. College players like Austin Wilson...
- 6/12 Bronx Baseball Daily: A look back at the free agents the Yankees missed out on:
The 2012 free agent pool was fairly decent last offseason and, as usual, there was tons of speculation on who the Yankees...
- 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....
- 6/11 Cubbies Crib: Jorge Soler Makes History With The Chicago Cubs: May 18, 2012; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein in attendance before the game against...
- 6/11 MLBTradeRumors: Brewers To Sign Mitch Haniger: 4:39pm: Haniger will obtain a $1.2MM bonus, Jim Callis of Baseball America tweets.
4:01pm: Supplemental first round draft pick...
- 6/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: Has Prince Fielder Been A Disappointment?: Prince Fielder has been a perennial 30 home run hitter since his first full season in 2006, averaging 34 per season during that...
- 6/11 mlbreports.com : Top Ten Stat of the Week: HRs per AB Career (Active): Monday June.11, 2012 Douglas “Chuck” Booth (Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024 on twitter)- Chicks dig the long ball...
- 6/10 Padres Trail: How Bad is Alonso's Defense?: Yonder Alonso has been one of the few bright spots this season for the San Diego Padres. Acquired in the Mat Latos trade,...
- 6/9 Baseball Musings: Early Exit: For the third start in a row, Justin Verlander fails to pitch seven innings. The Reds worked him for 127 pitches Saturday afternoon,...
- 6/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Prince Fielder's hitting streak snapped: Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder was hitless in four at-bats Friday, June 8, against the Cincinnati Reds, snapping a 14-game hitting...[+]
streak.
- 6/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: Which Yankees deserve an All-Star game nod?:
In typical Yankees fashion, a flip of the calendar from one month to the other means a complete 180 degree turn in the team’s...
- 6/8 MLBTradeRumors: Tag Team Value: Compensation Draft Picks: As a fan, free agent compensation draft picks can feel like an extra slap in the face from Major League Baseball.
"You're losing...
- 6/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Prince Fielder extends hitting streak: Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder went 1-for-3 with a run, RBI and walk to extend his hitting streak to 14 games Thursday, June...[+]
7.
- 6/6 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Quentin, Hamilton: The latest from Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com..
The Padres haven't given up the idea of signing to Carlos Quentin to an extension...
- 6/6 Fire Brand of the American League: Potential Trade Partners for Kevin Youkilis: First BaseChip doubles back to Monday's column, and examines potential first base partners for a potential Kevin Youkilis trade....
- 6/6 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/5: The first wave of results are in for the American League voting totals for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game and the Boston Red Sox find...
- 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 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Ballot Voting Totals - 6/5: The first wave of results are in for the American League voting totals for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game and the Boston Red Sox find...
- 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...
- 6/5 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB Draft: First-round selections and analysis: As usual, the baseball draft remains totally unpredictable. The Houston Astros shocked many from the very start, some high-profile...
- 6/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Mechinical Issues Help Hughes Pitch One of the Best Games of His Career: The first complete game of the year for a Yankee pitcher goes to… Phil Hughes. After giving up 11 hits and 7 earned runs...
- 6/4 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Supplemental Round Results: We’ll track the results of the 2012 supplemental first round right here. Click here for the results of the first round. Now...
- 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...
- 6/4 High Heat Stats: Sunday summary: Yankees 5, @Tigers 1: Derek Jeter hit the game’s first pitch over the wall in right, Phil Hughes tossed a 4-hitter for...
- 6/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: The parity and dominance of the Eastern teams continues, teams who spent big money in the offseason beginning to perform, the...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Full Phil: The Yankees extend Phil Hughes to 123 pitches to get him a complete game win over the Tigers. Phil was still throwing 93 MPH in...
- 6/1 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 51 - Brewers: Pirates (25-25) at Brewers (23-28)8:10 PM ETTV: ROOT Sports Miller Park - Milwaukee, WIStarting PitchersPittsburgh - Kevin...
News -- May 2012
- 5/31 mlbreports.com : Twins: Is it Time to Blow Up the Team in Minnesota?: Thursday May 31st, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: The Twins are sitting at the very bottom of the American League standings with a winning...
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Longest Current Contracts By Team: As the number of long-term contracts and contract extensions increases, teams lock themselves into payroll obligations well into...
- 5/30 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Nathan Eovaldi makes the Dodgers look smart for not signing Roy Oswalt: Look, there's no debating the illustrious career of Roy Oswalt, but perhaps it was a good thing he didn't sign with the Dodgers.
Oswalt...
- 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 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox Finally Crack .500: May is almost over, Memorial Day has come and gone, and for the first time in their rollercoaster season, the Boston Red Sox finally...
- 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,...
- 5/29 Through The Fence Baseball: What’s going on with the Milwaukee Brewers?: The Milwaukee Brewers were two wins away from reaching the World Series in 2011 and possibly winning it all against the Texas...
- 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 The Friarhood: Who's the Padres All-Star?: Each club is supposed to be represented in the All-Star game and sometimes that can result in some dicey decisions having to be...
- 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 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: It’s Time for Cleveland Fans to Put Their Money and Mouth Where it’s Deserved: By Steve Eby First of all, let me say that I love the Cleveland Browns. I love the way that the defense is shaping up (although...
- 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 FanSided: Live Chat Recap: In case you missed it, MCB held its first live chat on Friday at 4 PM. We have another one scheduled for Monday, June 4 around...
- 5/27 Chicken Fried Baseball: Exceptionalism Made Easy:
A phrase like “exceptionalism made easy” could accurately describe Josh Hamilton’s incomparable baseball talent. His powerful...
- 5/26 Baseball Musings: Don’t Let the Fielders Touch the Ball: The Tigers pitching staff struck out 16 Twins Saturday as Detroit defeated Minnesota 6-3. An ealier post noted how the Tigers...
- 5/26 Climbing Tal's Hill: Astros Catcher Situation: When Ed Wade was hired as Astros GM in late 2007, the first thing he did was trade closer, Brad Lidge to the Philadelphia Phillies...
- 5/25 Bronx Baseball Daily: Ranting about the struggling Russell Martin:
Is it just me, or is anyone else getting really sick of Russell Martin? I don’t know about you, but I’m extremely tired...
- 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...
- 5/23 Through The Fence Baseball: These quick cures could help struggling teams bounce back: Here is a list of teams currently underachieving and some players who could quickly help them get back on track … if they...
- 5/23 MLBTradeRumors: 2013 Contract Issues: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers are next in MLBTR’s 2013 Contract Issues series:
Eligible For Free Agency (3)
Delmon Young - Young hasn't...
- 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...
- 5/22 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Josh Worn Talks Detroit Tigers: The Detroit Tigers (20-21) come to town tonight to kick off a three-game series, and while we’ll surely become very familiar...
- 5/22 Through The Fence Baseball: The Daily Single: Prince Fielder a threat to your chips!: The Daily Single is back!!! The Daily Single will feature a funny picture, video, etc that we find to be entertaining. You know,...
- 5/22 Giants Nirvana: Hector Sanchez Powers Giants Over Brewers in Extras: In the first inning of this game, Buster Posey unloaded a monster of a three-run homer into the left field bleachers. It was only...
- 5/21 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Milwaukee Brewers: We turn our attention to another of the 1969 expansion teams, although this one was known as the Seattle Pilots back then. For...
- 5/21 Rising Apple: Series Preview: Mets @ Pirates: After a quick dip into interleague play for the first time in 2012, the Mets and Pirates go back to just a normal, National League...
- 5/20 Operation Shutdown: Strikeouts to the Max, BUCS LOSE: (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)Scherzer fans 15 Bucs, Tigers win 4-3WP: Max Scherzer (3-3)LP: Kevin Correia (1-5)S: Joaquin...
- 5/20 Operation Shutdown: Cutch's Bat, BUCS WIN: Cutch and Harrison throw up the Zoltan (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) For the second time in three games, Cutch parks two....
- 5/20 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game Day 41 Recap - Tigers 4, Pirates 3: Just a frustrating game. The Pirates struck out 17 times in the game. Tigers starter Max Scherzer accounted for 15 of those strikeouts...
- 5/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs whiff in rubber match: The Pirates had a great chance to steal a victory today in Detroit, but a mess of a seventh inning quickly put them on the wrong...
- 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 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...
- 5/19 Tyler's Think Tank: Slow Starts I'm Not Worried About (NL): To see the American League edition, go here
Justin Upton (.234/.342/.359)
This slump dates back to September 11th of last...
- 5/19 Baseball Musings: McCrushen: Andrew McCutchen went deep twice today, driving in all four runs in the Pirates 4-3 win over the Tigers. He gave the team an early...
- 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...
- 5/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Tigers: Pirates (18-20) at Tigers (18-20) 7:05 PM EST—Comerica Park, Detroit Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports Interleague...
- 5/18 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Mixed Leagues:
Wei-Yin Chen lacks hype, but has plenty of pitching talent. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under...
- 5/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Colby Lewis ain’t digging the long ball: Coming in to the 2012 season, if you didn’t know about Colby Lewis and his ability to give up the long ball to opposing...
- 5/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Trio homers in loss: Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder and OFs Brennan Boesch and Andy Dirks all hit solo home runs in a losing effort Thursday, May...[+]
17. Boesch went 1-for-4 with a strikeout to extend his hitting streak to 10 games. Boesch has five homers on the year, Dirks now has four and Fielder has six.
- 5/16 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Tigers, Cardinals, Oswalt: MLB executives are looking ahead to the summer trade deadline and, according to ESPN.com’s Buster Olney, there’s an expectation...
- 5/15 Tyler's Think Tank: Carlos Beltran's Forgotten Excellence:
Beltran's been raking
Matt Kemp dominated the headlines during April, when his dozen dingers helped jumpstart...
- 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 PaulLebowitz.com: Hamilton’s Poised For A Run At The Home Run Record, But Which One?: Josh Hamilton‘s home run binge is making a run at the major league record a legitimate possibility. The question is, which...
- 5/14 Up Along First: Series Preview: Mets Take Their Struggling ‘Pen Back Home to Face Brewers: Tonight, the Mets begin a brief two-game set against the Brewers at Citi Field. The Brewers are a team that has been riddled...
- 5/14 Baseball Analytics: Prince's Power Outage: The Tigers dished out $214 million this past offseason to get Prince Fielder's thunderous bat in the lineup alongside Miguel Cabrera....
- 5/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Prince Fielder in a slumpDetroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder is hitless in his last 22 at-bats....[+]
Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder is hitless in his last 22 at-bats.
- 5/13 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Tigers @ A’s Game 35: Josh Donaldson gets the start at third! As most readers should know, I am a big fan and believer in Donaldson and am excited –...
- 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...
- 5/10 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Tigers Finally get to the Mariners: The Detroit Tigers had lost four straight to the Mariners prior to tonight’s contest but with the 2011 Cy Young winner Justin...
- 5/10 Cubbies Crib: The Year Of LaHair?: May 6, 2012; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs first baseman Bryan LaHair (6) hits a double during the fourth inning against...
- 5/10 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On Rangers, Josh Hamilton: Josh Hamilton provided yet another reminder that he’s one of the game’s elite players last night, hitting four home runs...
- 5/8 FanSided: Brennan Boesch - Lectured by Tigers to RelaxAccording to reports, namely Lynn Henning of th......
- 5/8 The Daily Catch: Mariners Welcome Back Doug Fister With Friendly Prank: This article is courtesy of our friends at Lookout Landing Written by: Jeff Sullivan You might’ve seen this, but the other...
- 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 ...
- 5/7 Through The Fence Baseball: Carlos Pena glad to be back in Tampa Bay: It was a deep free-agent market for first basemen this past winter. So, with most general managers dreaming about landing...
- 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Three hit solo homers: Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder and OFs Austin Jackson and Andy Dirks each hit solo home runs against the Chicago White Sox Sunday,...[+]
May 6. All three ended the game with two hits and one RBI.
- 5/6 MLBTradeRumors: Brewers Near Extensions With Melvin, Roenicke: Brewers owner Mark Attanasio has indicated that he's nearing extensions with general manager Doug Melvin and and manager Ron Roenicke,...
- 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: Closer Options For 2013: Last offseason's Hot Stove was notable for the hefty contracts signed by the likes of Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder, but...
- 5/4 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Rays, Giants, Phillies, Ethier, Nationals: In today's column, Jayson Stark of ESPN.com put together his "All-Most-Immovable team" with help from front office executives...
- 5/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Time Is Running Out Fast On The Brewers: By itself the Brewers’ loss of first baseman Mat Gamel to a torn ACL isn’t all that catastrophic. Gamel wasn’t exactly taking...
- 5/3 Motor City Bengals: Through 24 Games, Tigers Only 1 Game Out Of First: In my first article for MCB, back in July, I spoke about expectations. I stated that the Tigers were in fact meeting expectations...
- 5/2 Roto Think Tank: N.L. Injury Update - Mat Gamel: Gamel broke out in 2011, hitting .310 with 28 home runs and 96 runs batted in. With the departure of Prince Fielder, Gamel...
- 5/1 Baseball Musings: Hitting Ho: The first seven Tigers reach in the bottom of the first inning as Detroit scores five runs off Royals starter Luke Hochevar. Two...
News -- April 2012
- 4/30 FanSided: Is the Brewers 'Beast Mode' Dead?: [caption id="attachment_5008" align="alignright" width="241" caption=""Beast Mode" (Photo: Jeff Hanisch-US PRESSWIRE)"]...
- 4/30 Seedlings to Stars: Arizona Fall League Pitch F/X: Casey Crosby: The Tigers are a team that’s looking to turn into a perennial contender after signingArizona Fall League Pitch F/X: Casey...
- 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: CC Sabathia and Curtis Granderson lead the Yankees past the Tigers, 6-2: Coming into Sunday’s game you got the feeling that the Yankees could put the Tigers away, if the Bombers could just get...
- 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 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 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....
- 4/27 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 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 YankeeAnalysts.com: Special Series Preview: Five Questions with Alexandra Simon: Tonight, the Detroit Tigers come to town for a three game set against the Yankees in a rematch of the (disappointing 2011 ALDS)....
- 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:...
- 4/26 Phillies Nation: Evaluating the Success of the 1B Platoon: It’s early in the season. In fact, it’s really early, 19 games early. But one of the most surprising, and interesting, developments...
- 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...
- 4/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Washington Nationals ahead of timeline for success — will it last?: We all expected the Washington Nationals would compete in the NL East this year, but I don’t think anybody saw them getting...
- 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...
- 4/22 i70baseball.com: Don’t tell me to be patient!Once again the Kansas City Royals are starting the season by solidifying themselves on the Mt Rushmore of baseball futility...
- 4/20 FanSided: Mitch Moreland: No Need To Worry:
Baseball is the greatest game for a lot reasons, but one of the best reason is the ability for every fan to see things...
- 4/20 MLBTradeRumors: Dombrowski On Avila, Pudge, V-Mart: Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski joined Jim Bowden and Casey Stern of MLB Network Radio's on SiriusXM this afternoon. Here are a few...
- 4/20 FanSided: Beyond Busch: MLB Notebook: This week Beyond Busch reviews the first couple weeks of the season in quick notebook fashion for all teams outside of St. L......
- 4/19 FanSided: MLB Power Rankings: Los Angeles Dodgers surprise: The Call to the Pen staff assembled their power rankings and brought them together for our first weekly edition. Each writer ranked...
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Would Like To Add Impact Bat: The Blue Jays dabbled in the Prince Fielder market this past offseason, and today GM Alex Anthopoulos told Jim Bowden on MLB...
- 4/17 The Daily Catch: Why is Brandon Inge still on the Tigers?: This article is courtesy of our friends at Bless You Boys Written by: Tigerdog1 Like a kid with an Oreo cookie, I’m going to...
- 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...
- 4/15 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...
- 4/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Five best moves not made during 2012 offseason: Washington Nationals not signing Prince Fielder Fielder can hit for power and average. He is not an excellent fielder (a naming...
- 4/15 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Greinke, Marcum, Damon, Indians: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe wonders how the Red Sox will approach Jacoby Ellsbury, now that he is injured for the second...
- 4/14 NY Baseball Digest: Is Cano Worth $300 Million?: Robinson Cano batted cleanup yesterday. Although Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher were the offensive heroes in the Yankees...
- 4/13 MLBTradeRumors: Stark On Dodgers, Fielder, Rays, Braves: It’s tempting to assume the Dodgers will spend aggressively on free agents once new ownership is in place, but Jayson Stark...
- 4/12 MLBTradeRumors: Make Or Break Year: Adam Lind: There were more than a few Blue Jays fans disappointed that Adam Lind was still the club's first baseman on Opening Day, given...
- 4/12 The Baseball Page: A Look Around the National League Central DivisionA Look Around the National League Central Division...
- 4/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Jacoby Ellsbury is Not a Fantasy Baseball MVP: Jacoby Ellsbury is not worth fantasy baseball first round pick. Let me first say that I like Jacoby Ellsbury, I always have...
- 4/12 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The AL Central On Facebook: 2012 Season Preview: Each week of the 2012 regular season, DTTWLN will analyze how AL Central teams are stacking up against each other on Facebook....
- 4/12 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Damon Could Provide Spark To Tribe But Isn’t Savior: By Vince Guerrieri Johnny Damon’s 38. Last year he hit .261 for the Tampa Bay Rays, with 16 home runs and 73 RBIs. But he’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...
- 4/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: Prediction: The Pirates will finish .500 or better in 2012In this space last week, I wrote that I wasn't buying the steadfast hype this offseason for the Washington Nationals....
- 4/11 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Ozzie Guillen, Ryan Braun, Bubba Watson: The hottest topics for the week of April 8, 2012 … Lost in translation: After manager Ozzie Guillen said he loved...
- 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 i70baseball.com: Three To Watch: Cardinals at Cincinnati: The defending World Champion St. Louis Cardinals roll into Cincinnati having taken two of three from the division rival Milwaukee...
- 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 The Golden Sombrero: Staff Picks: Ryan’s 2012 MLB Predictions: National League: West: Diamondbacks Central: Cardinals East: Phillies Wild Card: Marlins Wild Card: Giants NLDS: Phillies def....
- 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: When Will The Dodgers Contend?: After the much maligned Frank McCourt sold the team to a group headed by Stan Kasten and Magic Johnson, it's once again a good...
- 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 Call to the Pen: Marlins Park Fun And Mysterious: There is little question that the new Miami ballpark built for the Marlins to play in this season is beautiful, an architectural...
- 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 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Orioles’ Bundy perfect in pro debut, finally gives fans hope for an ace: Orioles fans have been waiting for an ace to call their own ever since Mike Mussina left after the 2000 season and signed with...
- 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 | Prince Fielder homers twice Saturday: Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder went 2-for-3 with a pair of solo home runs against the Boston Red Sox Saturday, April 7. It was...[+]
his 23rd 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...
- 4/7 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rays preview: Tampa Bay is the New Boston (w/o the $$$):
Last September, the Rays staged a miracle comeback versus the Yankees. Down 7-0 in the 7th inning, Evan Longoria homered...
- 4/6 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers opening day observationsDetroit Tigers opening day observations...
- 4/6 Blogging From The Bleachers: Season Preview: American League Central: Opening Day is here and 25-man rosters have been set. It seems as good a time as any to start to preview the upcoming season....
- 4/6 The Baseball Page: 2012 MLB free agency2012 MLB free agency...
- 4/6 i70baseball.com: Three To Watch: Cardinals Meet The Brewers: Opening Day is in the books for the defending champions, now the St. Louis Cardinals will play the remainder of the month against...
- 4/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Red Sox fall to Tigers on Opening Day: In the baseball version of the Cuban Missile Crisis (I'm exaggerating, but bear with me), a pair of superpowers (John Lester...
- 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 Fragile Freddy's: Game One Recap: BOS – 000 000 002 – 2 – 5 – 0 DET – 000 000 111 – 3 – 10 – 1 Day one of the Bobby Valentine era went not so great...
- 4/5 i70baseball.com: Brett to serve as Ambassador for All Star Game: Brett to Parti**** in All-Star FanFest, Taco Bell All-Star Sunday Events and MLB All-Star Game Charity 5K & Fun Run Presented...
- 4/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #1 – Toronto Blue Jays (0-0) vs. Cleveland Indians (0-0): By Matthew Van Wormer It’s Opening Day. The best day of the year in the opinion of many. It’s a clean slate,...
- 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 MLB Dirt: Ten Most Fascinating Stories for 2012: The start of any baseball season is fascinating in and of itself. The teams all start off with identical records and despite a...
- 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 The Daily Catch: Joey Votto Staying In Cincinnati Until 2023; Brandon Phillips Still Waiting: This article is courtesy of our friends at On The Way Home There is no doubt that the news of Reds first baseman Joey Votto...
- 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 The Baseball Page: Cincinnati Reds’ Joey Votto hits the jackpot with $225 million contract extension: There was another huge contract signed in Major League Baseball when the Cincinnati Reds agreed to a 10-year deal with Canadian...
- 4/4 The Baseball Page: MLB Preview: AL Central Breakdown, playoff teams and awardsMLB Preview: AL Central Breakdown, playoff teams and awards...
- 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 Cubbies Crib: Anthony Rizzo or Joey Votto?: March 20, 2012; Mesa, AZ, USA; Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo (44) singles in the fourth inning against the Texas Rangers...
- 4/4 Fragile Freddy's: AL Central - A Look Ahead: OK, with Opening Day today it is time to put pen to paper and lay out some predictions. I covered all thirty teams over...
- 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...
- 4/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Targeting Zack Greinke for Target Field: Zack Greinke, the sometimes cantankerous misanthrope who also happens to be one of the better pitchers in baseball, is set to...
- 4/4 The "Mc" Effect: Big Players, Big Contracts, and the Pittsburgh Pirates: In case you haven't heard, the Cincinnati Reds gave Joey Votto a 12-year, $251.5 million dollar contract earlier this week. That...
- 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Texas Rangers: The Rangers outbid the competition for Yu Darvish in the hopes that the Japanese right-hander can help put them over the top...
- 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Notes: Votto Reaction, Phillips: Here' the latest out of the Queen City, including lots of thoughts about Joey Votto's contract extension...
Votto has full...
- 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Bumgarner, Fontenot, Dodgers: The Giants locked up Matt Cain yesterday and the $112.5MM contract has generated its share of headlines and discussion since....
- 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: How to Value Your Roster: Alright, folks, put your economist hats on for a second. Go to your wallet and grab a dollar bill. Then go to your spare change...
- 4/3 Blogging From The Bleachers: Season Preview: National League Central: With Opening Day in just a few days and 25-man rosters starting to take shape, it seems as good a time as any to start to preview...
- 4/3 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners heading to Peoria without Prince Fielder: Well the suspense is finally over as Prince Fielder and his agent Scott Boras have reportedly just reached a deal with the Detroit...
- 4/3 FanSided: Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds Agree to 10-Year/$225 Million Extension
- 4/3 FanSided: AL Central Predictions: Tigers In A Landslide
- 4/3 The "Mc" Effect: National League Central Preview: by: Drew BrownThe National League Central has taken a major hit this offseason. The World Series champion, St. Louis Cardinals,...
- 4/3 PaulLebowitz.com: The Votto/Cain Contract Extensions: All winter long we heard two consistent storylines regarding Joey Votto and Matt Cain. Votto, due to be a free agent after 2013,...
- 4/3 El Maquino: > VOTTO’S DEAL WAS EXCESSIVE, BUT AT LEAST HE’S STAYING: The Cincinnati Reds didn’t mess around after witnessing the huge in-division divorces of Prince Fielder from the Brewers...
- 4/3 Baseball Musings: Votto a Done Deal: Joey Votto gets ten years, $225 million. It turned out not to be bigger than the Albert Pujols contract, but bigger than the Prince...
- 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Agree To Extend Joey Votto: Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols won't be the only first basemen to cash in with historic contracts this offseason. Joey Votto...
- 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers spent aggressively on veteran free agents and locked up their top position player in their final offseason under...
- 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Reds, Joey Votto Nearing Extension: 5:59pm: It's a ten-year, $225MM contract according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today (on Twitter). The deal eclipses Fielder's nine-year,...
News -- March 2012
- 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,"...
- 3/30 Dynasty League Baseball: Pursuing the Pennant with Milwaukee Brewer Manager Tom Trebelhorn: During spring training this year I had a chance to meet with Milwaukee Brewers Bob McClure and Paul Molitor and reminisce about...
- 3/30 The Baseball Page: AL Central PreviewAL Central Preview ...
- 3/30 The Baseball Page: 4 Bold Predictions: MLB Edition: With spring training games underway and the start of the regular season on the horizon it’s starting to feel warm again,...
- 3/30 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Swing Shift – Welcome to the New American LeagueThe National League overall has over powered the American League over the past century....
- 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 Baseball Analytics: Is Prince Fielder the next King of Motown?: After signing a 9-year, $214 million deal in January to join the Junior Circuit, Prince Fielder vaunted the Tigers to AL Central...
- 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: The Hot Corner: Bobby Valentine, Tim Tebow, Kardashians: The hottest topics for the week of March 25, 2012 … A mouthful: This year, the Texas Rangers ballpark has a $26,...
- 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 Roto Think Tank: Early Auction Call Outs - American League: Below is a list of players that I think might be overvalued based on the expert auction results (CBS, LABR, Tout Wars) in A.L.-only...
- 3/30 C70 At The Bat: UCB Prediction Week, Part V: Postseason And Awards:
OK, we've spent all week figuring out how the divisions are going to go. There's no doubt that every one of those posts...
- 3/30 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Washington Nationals: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
- 3/30 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Toronto Blue Jays: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
- 3/30 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Texas Rangers: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
- 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 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB Predictions – NL Central: Around this same time last year as part of the annual UCB project to make predictions for all 6 divisions, I not-so-boldly picked...
- 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...
- 3/30 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Washington Nationals: The Nationals could contend for the first time since moving to Washington after obtaining two above-average starting pitchers...
- 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 Baseball Analytics: Is Prince Fielder the next King of Motown? Breakdown of Career versus the American League: After signing a 9-year, $214 million deal in January to join the Junior Circuit, Prince Fielder vaunted the Tigers to AL Central...
- 3/23 The Baseball Page: 2012 Fantasy Baseball NL-Only Starting Pitcher Rankings2012 Fantasy Baseball NL-Only Starting Pitcher Rankings...
- 3/23 Motor City Bengals: Time For Inge To Go (Part 2): Back in January, shortly after the surprise signing of Prince Fielder, I suggested that Brandon Inge should ultimately part ways...
- 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 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 Baseball Musings: The Changing Face of Greatness: Rob Neyer examines the ranking of Derek Jeter among the greatest shortstops of all time. I’ll let you decide if Rob is right...
- 3/23 Roto Think Tank: Early Auction Call Outs - National League: I received a good question earlier this month on Twitter about who you should call out early to suck money out of an...
- 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Beeston Talks Fielder, Rogers, Rays, AL East: Blue Jays president Paul Beeston recently discussed the Blue Jays’ path to contention with Stephen Brunt of Sportsnet.ca. Here...
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Los Angeles Links: Kershaw, Fielder, Cantu, Phillies: At least one of the five groups bidding to buy the Dodgers has asked about the possibility of selling the naming rights to Dodger...
- 3/21 The Baseball Page: AD Sportsland: MLB – NL Central PreviewAD Sportsland: MLB – NL Central Preview...
- 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 Pitchers Hit Eighth: Spend Baby Spend: In player payroll alone, the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals cost somewhere around $126.3M, and you may be hard-pressed to find anybody...
- 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...
- 3/21 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Milwaukee Brewers: The Brewers won't replace Prince Fielder's offense in 2012, but they have newcomer Aramis Ramirez at third base and -- despite...
- 3/20 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Shortstop PreviewShortstop is where you can find plenty of speed. Five shortstop-eligible players stole 30 or more bases and 13 stole......
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Toronto Blue Jays: As speculation and rumors about splashy acquisitions continued to swirl, the Blue Jays opted for bullpen improvements this offseason.
Major...
- 3/20 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Miami Marlins: The Marlins quieted skeptics by signing three of the top 20 free agents, improving the chances of a winning season under manager...
- 3/19 Justin Jabs: Position Prerankings: First Base: Note: In the mini-series “Position Prerankings,” I’ll go position-by-position for each team in the NL Central...
- 3/19 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Votto, Twins, Dodgers, Lannan: The Padres signed Hall of Fame outfielder Rickey Henderson on this date in 2001 and the 42-year-old went on to steal 25 bases...
- 3/19 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 3 - Milwaukee Brewers: 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...
- 3/19 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels stole Winter Meetings headlines by signing the offseason's best free agent hitter and pitcher in the course of a few...
- 3/19 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 National League Central Predicted Standings: Wins Losses GB 1. Cincinnati Reds 91 71 — 2. Milwaukee Brewers 87 75 4 3. St. Louis Cardinals 77 85 14 4. Pittsburgh Pirates...
- 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...
- 3/18 Cubbies Crib: The Cubs Were Aggressive On Yoenis Cespedes: Mar. 15, 2012; Surprise, AZ, USA; Oakland Athletics batter Yoenis Cespedes after striking out in the third inning against...
- 3/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Day two: ‘Tis the season for a spring training road trip: Saturday was St. Patrick’s Day at Joker Marchant Stadium in Lakeland, Fla., but it felt like the Christmas holiday to me....
- 3/17 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Best Trade Package For A Young Pitcher:
When the offseason started, we figured it would be headlined by a pair of MVP caliber bats (Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder)...
- 3/17 Roto Think Tank: 2012 CBS NL-Only First Basemen: I knew going in to the CBS N.L.-Only Auction that first base would be a problem, at least at the top. Here is Mike’s chart...
- 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...
- 3/17 The Captain's Blog: Taking Some Early Spring Training Temperatures: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstripe Alley) An old baseball adage warns against trusting numbers...
- 3/16 The Baseball Page: Los Angeles Dodgers: Offense is Left to the MiddleLos Angeles Dodgers: Offense is Left to the Middle...
- 3/16 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Cincinnati Reds: The Reds are going for it in 2012 after acquiring Mat Latos, Ryan Madson and Sean Marshall this past offseason.
Major League...
- 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 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 The Daily Catch: Recap: Spring Training Game 11 – Prince Homers, Mets Lose 7-6: This article is courtesy of our friends at Mets Chronicle Written by: Dominick DiFucci Final Score: Detroit 7, Mets 6 Prince Fielder...
- 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 Venom Strikes: Venom Strikes Staff Predictions: NL Division Champs and Wildcards: The NL lost quite a bit of talent this season as superstars such as Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder opted for the land of the...
- 3/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Cactus League update: Finding fantasy sleepers: Spring training is under way! What better time to snuff out potential fantasy baseball sleepers. Unless you are a walking baseball...
- 3/14 Baseball Musings: Parking a HitterBill Petti examines how moving from Miller to Comerica Park will hurt Prince Fielder.
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- 3/13 Motor City Bengals: Media Pairs Detroit Tigers and John Lannan: Before the Prince Fielder extravaganza, a main talking point of the Detroit … [visit site to read more]Media Pairs Detroit...
- 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 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB mock draft 4.0: Top 58 picks (including supplemental): A day after I wrote this article, Lucas Giolito was put on the shelf for 6-10 weeks with a strained shoulder. Now, while this...
- 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 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...
- 3/12 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Milwaukee Brewers:
In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
- 3/10 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Fielder, Mulvey, Marlins, Elarton: Here's the latest from the NL East...
Prince Fielder said he wouldn't have minded playing for the Nationals, telling media...
- 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...
- 3/8 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 The Baseball Page: Cleveland Indians: 3 Up and 3 Down: The Cleveland Indians surprised a lot of people in the 2011 baseball season. They had finished only ahead of the Royals the previous...
- 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 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Los Angeles Dodgers: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
- 3/7 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Projecting the National League Central Standings: As a follow up to the article I posted back on January 15, where I used projected stats and Bill James' Pythagorean Expectation...
- 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 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding keepers: Milwaukee Brewers: The Milwaukee Brewers are expected to have a good team in 2012, which means that finding keepers on their team may be a bit more...
- 3/6 22gigantes.com: Giants 1, Brewers 1: The San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers played to a 1-1 tie Sunday at Maryvale Stadium in Phoenix. [box score]
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- 3/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Chicago Cubs top 30 prospects for 2012: The Chicago Cubs farm system has ranked among the worst in recent years. However, through trades, international signings and quality...
- 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...
- 3/6 The Daily Catch: Brewers 1, Giants 1: Hart Broke: This article is courtesy of our friends at Brew Crew Ball Written by: Noah J Carlos Gomez drove in Jonathan Lucroy with an RBI...
- 3/6 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers First Base Outlook Improves: While we’re far from saying, “Prince who?”, Mitch Moreland’s spring got off to a good start yesterday. Moreland provided...
- 3/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Players to watch for 2012: NL Central: NL West The NL Central is hardly ever a juggernaut of a division. Many will not hesitate to call it the weakest division in...
- 3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Fielder, Mets, Harper: It's only Spring Training, but Jerry Dipoto's new additions looked good in the Angels’ exhibition contest today, as Mike DiGiovanna...
- 3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Pitching, Contract Renewals: Prince Fielder is already loving things with the Tigers, which bodes well for the club's status as World Series contenders. ...
- 3/1 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 fantasy baseball spring preview: VORP: Baseball season is fast approaching. We have roughly a month to absorb what happened last season, what players are on which teams...
- 3/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: The Projected 2012 Milwaukee Brewers Lineup (with Braun): I was pretty certain that Braun was going to be just fine after the suspension as he has always been a star player in the MLB....
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Notes: Diamondbacks, Padres, Fielder: We’ve checked in on the NL East and the NL Central this evening. Let’s complete the tour of the National League with this...
- 2/29 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Young, Mariners, A’s, Cantu: The Rangers’ deal with Dominican teenager Jairo Beras created a stir today, since MLB and many of its clubs thought the prospect...
- 2/29 Reviewing the Brew: Reasons Why 2012 Is Huge: Having Braun back can make all the difference in the world. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-US PRESSWIRE Let’s face it,...
- 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 Brotherly Glove: Victorino Doesn’t Plan On Leaving: Friend of the ‘Glove Jayson Stark wrote another tremendous blog post on Tuesday, part of which discussed Shane Victorino‘s...
- 2/29 Nolan Writin': 2012 Offseason in Review – What the Rangers Did: This article is Part 1 of a two part series grading the Rangers offseason. Part 1 evaluates the transactions the Rangers completed,...
- 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 Buccos Buzz: Pittsburgh Pirates 2012 Season Preview: Could This Be The Year?: Generally, when the fanbase of a professional sports team asks itself “Could this be the year?” prior to the beginning...
- 2/29 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Cleveland Indians: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
- 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 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB Roundtable: Who is the keeper of “The Cardinal Way”?: Didn’t we just finish one of these epic United Cardinal Bloggers roundtable projects? That pesky World Series has just...
- 2/28 Baseball Musings: Platooning Bats: Brennan Boesch uses two bats, one 1/2 inch shorter than the other: Boesch said he uses two bats — 34 inches and 34 1/2 inches...
- 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 Release Points: Analysis of the 2012 Cleveland Indians: Right Field: Orginally presented on February 4 for the Cleveland chapter of SABR (Society of American Baseball Research), an in-depth player/positional...
- 2/26 MLBTradeRumors: Zimmerman Extension Notes And Reactions:
Ryan Zimmerman became the second $100MM player on the Nationals' payroll earlier today when he inked a six-year, $100MM extension...
- 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......
- 2/24 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Notes: Votto, Madson, Rolen: Much of the recent chatter surrounding the Reds has focused on a possible extension for Brandon Phillips. Here are a few links...
- 2/24 Tyler's Think Tank: NL Central Preview: 1st Place-Milwaukee Brewers
2011 Record: 96-66
2011 Pythagorean: 90-72
2012 Projected: 94-68
No Prince Fielder? No problem. ...
- 2/24 Fungoes.net: Projecting the bullpen: With catchers and pitchers and other players eager to revisit the promise of a new baseball season reporting to spring training,...
- 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 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: A.J. Burnett, Jeremy Lin, Chris Brown and Rihanna: The hottest topics for the week of February 20, 2012 … Salary dump: The Yankees traded A.J. Burnett to the Pirates...
- 2/23 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Seven Reasons for Optimism in 2012: Nearly five months after the disappointing 2011 season ended when a Kenley Jansen-induced flyball off the bat of Arizona’s...
- 2/23 Baseball Musings: Braun Suspension Overturned: Ryan Braun won his fight to overturn a drug suspension: Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting that Ryan...
- 2/23 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Braun, Molina, Crisp, Gimenez: Considerable uncertainty surrounds the Brewers, who don't yet know whether Ryan Braun will miss 50 games after a positive test...
- 2/22 Tyler's Think Tank: AL West Preview: 1st Place Los Angeles Angels
2011 Record: 86-76
2011 Pythagorean: 85-77
2012 Projected: 96-66
Pedestrian offense? The best...
- 2/22 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Updates: Zimmerman, Bourn, Phillips: Extension season generally continues well into Spring Training and the regular season. For example, teams and players agreed on...
- 2/21 SOX & Dawgs: "Sunday MLB on TBS" Returns with Multiple Appearances by the Yankees ...:
The ‘boys of summer’ will return to TBS as the network opens its 26-game Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season schedule...
- 2/21 SOX & Dawgs: "Sunday MLB on TBS" Returns with Multiple Appearances by the Yankees ...:
The ‘boys of summer’ will return to TBS as the network opens its 26-game Major League Baseball (MLB) regular season schedule...
- 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...
- 2/21 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Links: Reds, Greinke, Marcum, LaHair: Here's the latest from the NL Central...
Reds GM Walt Jocketty is "not even considering" signing Roy Oswalt, reports John...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Changes, Milwaukee Brewers: Aramis Ramirez hopes to pick up some of the slack left by the departure of Prince Fielder. Photo: Warren Wimmer/Icon SMI The Milwaukee...
- 2/20 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Fans Have Excitement and Reservation As Tribe Reports To Camp: By Mike Brandyberry The sun is just beginning to rise in Goodyear, Arizona on the first day of Spring Training. Pitchers...
- 2/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Prince Fielder arrivesDetroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder arrived at camp early Monday, Feb. 20....[+]
Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder arrived at camp early Monday, Feb. 20.
- 2/18 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Lone Tribe Finalist Hopes To Move Into MLB Fan Cave: By Mike Brandyberry Tough economical times have lead to competitive job markets, but have you ever been a finalist for a position...
- 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,...
- 2/18 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Two Games May Have Changed Dolan’s View In Fans’ Eyes: By Mike Brandyberry Two games. It seems miniscule in a season, much less in an era, but Friday, Bob Dibiasio discussed how two...
- 2/17 Justin Jabs: Headlines You May Have Missed – February: Note: It’s been almost three weeks since I’ve blogged baseball here. Since then, MichiganGoat has claimed his prize...
- 2/17 Baseball Musings: Pirates Get a Pitcher: The Yankees rid themselves of A.J. Burnett, trading him to the Pirates for two “prospects”. The Yankees will pay $20...
- 2/17 i70baseball.com: The Deadly Sin Of GreedAlex Gordon and his new contract have been the hot topic of the Kansas City Royals off season....
- 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 Roto Think Tank: Math/Schmath: Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder fled the National League for the DH-friendlier confines of the American League. There is panic...
- 2/17 Buccos Buzz: Pittsburgh Pirates Agree on A.J. Burnett Trade From New York Yankees: The A.J. Burnett saga is essentially over. The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired the right-handed starter from the New York Yankees,...
- 2/17 Feelin' Kinda Blue: The Dodgers should enter the Jorge Soler sweepstakes: While some thought Frank McCourt's final present to Dodger fans could have been to sign Prince Fielder to a mega deal (and the...
- 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Coal for the Hot Stove: We did this 367 days ago. It was so much; we had to do it again.Below is our suggestion for a 25-man roster comprised solely of...
- 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Last Year's Best Roster Additions: The final days of December are just a bit past the midpoint of baseball's hot stove season. Many big purchases have...
- 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: AL East Notes: We shared our droning on the NL East a couple of weeks ago. Springing forth in spite of a remarkable lack of creativity,...
- 2/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Random Thoughts, Early November: Theo Epstein and Ben Cherington discussed potential new managers for the Red Sox before Theo left for Chicago. So, they're working...
- 2/17 MLBTradeRumors: Marlins Links: Gaby, Anibal, Reyes, Cespedes, Pudge: Here's the latest from South Beach...
Once Albert Pujols was off the market, the Marlins told Gaby Sanchez and his agent...
- 2/15 STLCardinalBaseball: Previewing the new look NL Central: With spring training just around the corner I think it is time to begin looking ahead towards the future. The NL Central is often criticized for...
- 2/15 Fragile Freddy's: Players to Avoid - American League: Yesterday I looked at the AL and NL players I was expecting nice things from in 2012. Unfortuntaely , it is not always pretty...
- 2/15 Fragile Freddy's: Key Players - National League: Earlier today we looked at key players in the American League, let’s have a look at those players in the National League.Philadelphia...
- 2/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Starting pitching continues to be a challenge for Orioles: Laying new groundwork for any project can be incredibly difficult. The task in front of Baltimore Orioles GM Dan Duquette is probably...
- 2/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Serendipity could propel the Detroit Tigers to a magical championship season: Sports are peculiar. Lots of very strange things happen when a group of men dresses up in similar clothing and assembles for coordinated...
- 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 Fungoes.net: Some of the biggest Cardinal killers now play for them:
Bill Ivie at i70baseball.com recently asked the United Cardinal Bloggers about the biggest Cardinal killers in baseball today....
- 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Outfield help on way for Dodgers: Right now, it’s cold where I live. There also are no good sports to watch on TV to help break up the winter doldrums. Don’t...
- 2/13 Call to the Pen: Yeonis Cespedes signs with Oakland Athletics: Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports tweeted that 26-year-old Cuban outfielder Yeonis Cespedes has agreed to terms with the Oakland Athletics....
- 2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Offseason grades: NL Central: The National League Central took a huge hit this offseason with the loss of star power, making some of the “under the radar”...
- 2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: AL shortstops: 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Offseason grades: NL West: There was a fair amount of movement in this division, particularly by the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres who made interesting...
- 2/13 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Attempting To Look On the Bright Side With James Loney: One of my favorite television moments from when I was a teenager was when Norm MacDonald returned to host Saturday Night Live...
- 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Notes: Napoli, Payroll, Hamilton: Yesterday, the Rangers avoided arbitration with Mike Napoli, agreeing to a one-year, $9.4MM contract for 2012. The 30-year-old...
- 2/11 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers, Mike Napoli Avoid Arbitration:
The Rangers have avoided arbitration with Mike Napoli, agreeing to a one-year, $9.4MM contract for 2012, MLBTR has learned....
- 2/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Grading the 2012 Los Angeles Dodgers off-season: Now that pitchers and catchers are reporting soon and any major transactions will likely wait until the trade deadline, I'll take...
- 2/10 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Hamilton, Tigers, Guthrie: Six years ago today, the Nationals beat Alfonso Soriano in their arbitration hearing after acquiring him from the Rangers. Despite...
- 2/10 North and South of Royal Brougham: How Unlucky is John Jaso?:
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- 2/10 Fire Brand of the American League: Great Moments in Intellectual Dishonesty: As most of you probably know by now, I love to read baseball articles, pick them apart, and respond in kind. Typically, when...
- 2/9 Phillies Nation: How This Offseason Helped the Phillies More Than You Think: We know about the moves the Phillies made themselves to improve, like the additions of Jonathan Papelbon, Ty Wigginton, and Laynce...
- 2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Prospects, Rogers, Tigers: Today we've heard that Rich Harden is out for the year and that Nelson Cruz agreed to a two-year deal with the Rangers. Here...
- 2/9 For Baseball Junkies: An Epic Tragedy Unfolding Before Our Eyes: The Prince and the Pauper: Cecil Fielder has certainly not paved a smooth road to redemption between he and his son, all-star first baseman Prince Fielder. ...
- 2/9 WahoosOnFirst: Breaking Down the Tigers and Indians: The Corner Infielders: Jeff Curry-US PRESSWIRE Now that we’ve all had a chance to settle down and allow the news of the Prince Fielder signing to digest,...
- 2/9 The Daily Catch: MMO Fair or Foul: Which Teams Got Better In The NL East: This article is courtesy of our friends at Mets Merized Online Written by: Joe D This edition of Fair or Foul features Matt Cerrone...
- 2/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Josh Hamilton and Accountability: Josh Hamilton has a new “accountability partner”. Let’s call a thing what it is and say that the “accountability partner”...
- 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Dodgers, Padres, Cespedes, Ramirez: The Dodgers signed 26-year-old right-hander Hideo Nomo on this date 17 years ago. Armed with an exceptionally deceptive delivery,...
- 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Oswalt, Wakefield, Varitek, Ortiz: Last year this time considerable hype surrounded the Red Sox, who had just traded for Adrian Gonzalez and signed Carl Crawford....
- 2/8 Baseball Musings: Generating Interest: The singing of Prince Fielder already paid off at the box office: A by-product of that enthusiasm is the increase in season-ticket...
- 2/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Limited on what they can offer Yoenis Cespedes: Updating a previous report, the Detroit Tigers are not expected to make an aggressive play for Cuban free-agent OF Yoenis Cespedes...[+]
due to the team's $214 million investment in 1B Prince Fielder.
- 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: AL shortstops: Editor’s Note: Fantasy Baseball Focus is a breakdown of each league, position by position. Each team receives a fantasy analysis...
- 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...
- 2/5 Obstructed View: DFP: The Friday Five, 1-27-12: Top Ten Signs the Cubs Might Contend This Year The Cubs aren’t that good. They were bad last year, and they haven’t...
- 2/5 MLBTradeRumors: The Six-Figure Contract Club:
So far this offseason, we have seen whole lot of big money contracts handed out. In early December, Albert Pujols signed...
- 2/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Coors Field Benefactors: It's no secret that Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies since 1995, has been one of the best hitter's parks over the past...
- 2/5 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Lannan, Bourjos, Cespedes, Vazquez: Jason Varitek is facing a very difficult decision, and the catcher has been considering the very difficult reality of retirement,...
- 2/4 MLB Dirt: Important Upcoming Draft for the Brewers: The Milwaukee Brewers had a strong 2011 regular season winning the NL Central. They went 96-66, and those 96 wins were good enough...
- 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...
- 2/4 Baseball Musings: Estranged Family: Cecil Fielder didn’t do much to patch things up with his son Prince Fielder at Cecil’s induction to the Ted Williams...
- 2/3 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers, Hamilton Put Extension Talks On Hold: The Rangers have been discussing long-term contract extensions with several core players this offseason, but talks with one of...
- 2/3 Through The Fence Baseball: Offseason grades: NL West: There was a fair amount of movement in this division, particularly by the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres who made interesting...
- 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...
- 2/3 This is Getting Old: Allow Me To Rain On Your Parade: Now I’m not one to be contrarian but please forgive me for not jumping up and down for joy about Albert Pujols and Prince...
- 2/3 WahoosOnFirst: Casey Kotchman is Great Fit for Indians: I'm assuming Kotchman was about this excited to sign with the Indians. (Steve Mitc**** PRESSWIRE) After months of speculation,...
- 2/3 FantasySportsKings.com: NL Central Preview – Sleepers and ProspectsThe two biggest free agent signings so far this off-season have been at the expense of the NL Central. Both......
- 2/3 Brotherly Glove: Brotherly Bullets: Qualls, Rollins, EJax: It’s been a while since our last installment of the Brotherly Bullets, but this week was rather eventful, and there are...
- 2/3 The Daily Catch: Edwin Jackson’s One Year Deal with Washington: This article is courtesy of our friends at Ranting About Cleveland Written by: Dan This Thursday, two of the top remaining free...
- 2/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Did the Devil Make Josh Hamilton Drink?: Not only has Josh Hamilton’s fall from the wagon into drinking fueled sadness, it’s also spurred horrific, intentionally sappy...
- 2/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Jackson, Fielder, Rollins, Hall, Ortiz:
Here's a wrap-up of news from around the majors on the day that Edwin Jackson and Casey Kotchman both found new teams...
The...
- 2/3 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Jackson, Oswalt, Trout: One year ago today, Andy Pettitte officially announced his retirement from baseball. The southpaw finished his career with a...
- 2/2 Close Call: Nationals announce one-year deal with Edwin Jackson
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The Nationals have announced that they will sign right-handed starting pitcher Edwin...
- 2/2 FantasySportsKings.com: NL First Base RankingsFirst base has always been the deepest position in fantasy baseball. There are always 20 to 25 first basemen that......
- 2/2 Blog Red Machine: Ranking the NL Central First Basemen: Votto and the ‘Others’: Weird to just type that. For the past couple pf years, the NL Central has displayed a trio of excellent first basemen in the forms...
- 2/2 MLBTradeRumors: Indians To Sign Casey Kotchman:
The Indians have agreed to sign Casey Kotchman, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets. Casey Close of Excel Sports Management...
- 2/2 Through The Fence Baseball: Offseason grades: NL Central: The National League Central took a huge hit this offseason with the loss of star power, making some of the “under the radar”...
- 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...
- 2/1 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Don't count out Dodgers' prospect Scott Van Slyke because of his age: It's easy to overlook prospects because of their age. If a guy hasn't done anything by his age-21 or 22 season, he gets pushed...
News -- January 2012
- 1/31 Through The Fence Baseball: Offseason grades: NL East: The Miami Marlins made the most noise of any team in baseball this offseason but that doesn’t mean they’re the big winners....
- 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 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...
- 1/31 Obstructed View: DFP: The Friday Five, 1-27-12: Top Ten Signs the Cubs Might Contend This Year The Cubs aren’t that good. They were bad last year, and they haven’t...
- 1/31 Obstructed View: Tigers sign Prince Fielder to silly contract: The Tigers signed Prince Fielder to a 9 year, $214 million contract yesterday. Scott Boras did his client well in getting him...
- 1/31 PaulLebowitz.com: Ryan Howard’s Contract Doesn’t Look So Bad Now: Will the contract Joey Votto eventually signs make the Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols deals look obsolete? Will it put an exclamation...
- 1/30 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Notes: Fielder, Beltran, Cash: The Blue Jays held their State of the Franchise event tonight and president Paul Beeston, general manager Alex Anthopoulos and...
- 1/30 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Still Favored Over Angels and Tigers to Win it All: Let’s have some fun. I was surfing Sportsbook reviews looking for what the odds makers think about the local teams...
- 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 Nolan Writin': The Prince is in Another Castle: After the Angels signed Albert Pujols, I thought a lot about Prince Fielder. I was never really in on the big man, but from time...
- 1/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Where have all the rock and roll shortstops gone?: Okay, so it’s a whole new year and the baseball season is coming up again. That means it’s time to get serious about baseball....
- 1/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Focus: National 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 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rangers to Meet With Oswalt: The Rangers are scheduled to meet with free agent Roy Oswalt today – news that is more intriguing than exciting. While...
- 1/30 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/22/12 - 1/28/12: It's time to take a look back at the week that was..
The Tigers officially agreed to sign free agent first baseman Prince...
- 1/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Chacin, Orioles, Dodgers, Ramirez: Sunday night links..
No team has been has active as the Rockies over the last five years of locking up young players long...
- 1/29 MLBTradeRumors: Rays Notes: Davis, Niemann, Maddon, Pena: A few items on the Rays courtesy of Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times..
A few months ago it would have seemed unlikely that...
- 1/29 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a look back at the original reporting and analysis produced by our writing staff this week..
This week, MLBTR rolled...
- 1/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Pena Gave Rays “Hometown Discount”: In his recent mailbag article for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Paul Hoynes suggested that the Cleveland Indians offered Carlos...
- 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 Cubbies Crib: The Chicago Cubs Likely Are Not Done Dealing: Sep 15, 2011; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Derrek Lee (25) before the game against the Los Angeles Dodgers...
- 1/29 The Daily Catch: Orioles: Is It Worth Going After Yoenis Cespedes, or Not?; Top 100 Prospects & More: This article is courtesy of our friends at Oriole Post As of today, the Orioles may still be short a slugger in their lineup;...
- 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 Roto Think Tank: (More Expensive) Long Term Contracts: As a follow up to my post on long-term contracts, Jon's in a league where the rules are a little bit different....before...
- 1/28 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Eric Hosmer: This past week was a rough one for the Royals. Not only did they watch the reigning division champs add Prince Fielder, but...
- 1/28 Cubbies Crib: Bidding Farewell To The Houston Astros: Troy Taormina-US PRESSWIRE While most of attention regarding the National League Central division during the 2012 season will...
- 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 AROD AS SOLE DH DOESN'T WORK: You can’t have a guy like Alex Rodriguez be your full time designated hitter. I respect so many of my fellow bloggers who believe...
- 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 District On Deck: Around FanSided: Call to the Pen & That Ball’s Outta Here: One of the goals that we have here at DoD is to become one of the top resources for Washington Nationals news and analysis around....
- 1/28 Nolan Writin': Looking Ahead to the 2013 Free Agent Class: Prince Fielder, the last major potential free agent acquisition for the Rangers, has signed with the Detroit Tigers. The...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: Time For Inge To Go: The Prince Fielder signing this week probably came as a surprise to most, if not all of the Tiger fan base out there. The act...
- 1/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Jim Leyland thrilled with Prince Fielder signing: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Friday, Jan. 27, that the signing of 1B Prince Fielder 'has been the most amazing thing...[+]
that probably has ever happened to me in my career.' Leyland cited the loss of C Victor Martinez (knee) and the sad feeling, only to learn of the big signing later in the week.
- 1/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Victor Martinez to DH in 2013: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Friday, Jan. 27, that C Victor Martinez (knee) will serve as the team's designated hitter...[+]
and bat fifth behind 3B Miguel Cabrera and 1B Prince Fielder when he returns in 2013.
- 1/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Not even close on Prince Fielder: Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Friday, Jan. 27, that the Rangers 'weren't even in the ballpark' with what the...[+]
Detroit Tigers gave to 1B Prince Fielder. 'We were multiple years off,' Daniels added.
- 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 Cubbies Crib: Friday’s Finest-Sveum, Bosio, **** Theriot, and More: Most of Major League Baseball is still dissecting the nine year, $214 million contract that Prince Fielder signed with the Detroit...
- 1/27 Redbird Rants: Bye Bye Prince, **** Division Title Run?: Prince Fielder‘s massive new deal with the Detroit Tigers helps the St. Louis Cardinals in many ways. First, it gets him...
- 1/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Darth Vader, meet Frank McCourt: After hearing about the behind-the-scenes dealings involving Prince Fielder, I almost feel like I just watched “Return of the...
- 1/27 Motor City Bengals: Prince Fielder. Yeah, We’ve Discussed Him.: With Prince Fielder signing, it has been clearly the biggest news of the Tigers off-season, and one of the top stories around...
- 1/27 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Should Put In A Claim On Adrian Cardenas: Earlier this off-season, we here at Motor City Bengals bombarded you all with trade possibilities, and potential free agent targets....
- 1/27 MLBTradeRumors: 2012's Highest-Paid Arbitration Eligible Players: Arbitration eligible players may not get paid like free agents Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder, but the arbitration process...
- 1/27 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Prince, Zimmerman, Scutaro: On this date in 2006, the Cubs and Mark Prior avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year deal worth $3.65MM. Prior invoked...
- 1/27 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEE RUMORS & BYB: PART 28: Hideki Matsui: Since it was reported that the Tigers’ Victor Martinez was hurt and will likely miss a lot of next season,...
- 1/27 WahoosOnFirst: Why Didn’t Indians Sign Omar Vizquel?: Omar Vizquel rounding the basepaths at Progressive Field—but in the wrong uniform. (Eric P. Mull-US PRESSWIRE) The nine-year,...
- 1/27 Yanks Go Yard: Prince Makes The AL Court Much Tougher To Judge: Two weeks ago, people were talking about the New York Yankees as one of the best teams in the American League after their acquisitions...
- 1/27 Fire Brand of the American League: The Hot Stove is Still Burning in Boston: Even though the hot stove has turned luke warm around the rest of the league, it’s still piping hot in Boston. To keep...
- 1/27 The Daily Catch: Color By Numbers: Show Me the Money: This article is courtesy of our friends at Alex Belth’s Bronx Banter Written by: William Juliano ...
- 1/27 The Captain's Blog: Show Me the Money: A Chronological History of Baseball’s Best Paid Players: (The following was originally published at Bronx Banter) Alex Rodriguez stood alone as baseball’s only $200 million man for...
- 1/27 MLBTradeRumors: Phillies Likely To Sign Juan Pierre: 9:55am: The Phillies are likely to sign Pierre, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com tweets. It's expected to be a minor league deal.
9:30am:...
- 1/26 Venom Strikes: Dbacks Paul Goldschmidt Amongst New Power First Baseman in the NL: Oct 4, 2011; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Paul Goldschmidt (44) hits a grand slam against the Milwaukee Brewers...
- 1/26 Motor City Bengals: The Tigers May Not Be Done Now That Yoenis Cespedes Is A Free Agent: Lost in the shuffle of Tuesday’s news about Prince Fielder (hey, did you hear, 9 years, $214 Mill and he is now a DETROIT...
- 1/26 El Maquino: KEEPING VOTTO WOULD BE ‘A CHALLENGE’: Reds CEO Bob Castellini says of keeping Joey Votto after this season, “I think that’s a challenge, but we’ve...
- 1/26 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Prince, Cespedes, Pitching: Here's the latest out of the Motor City regarding Prince Fielder's huge contract and some other items of note ...
Contrary...
- 1/26 High Heat Stats: Trivia Time # 214,000,000: What statistic unites Prince Fielder and Gabby Hartnett as a unique group in the history of major league baseball?The...
- 1/26 Lasorda's Lair: Dodgers made offer to Fielder: I guess Mike Petriello of MSTI, feels the same way as I do. I was happy that we can finally move on from the Prince Fielder story,...
- 1/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Nationals should set their sights on Hamels: While signing Prince Fielder would have upgraded the Nationals offense tremendously, the money saved could be used next year for...
- 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 The Daily Catch: MLB Trade Rumors: Miami Marlins in Hot Pursuit of Yoenis Cespedes: This article is courtesy of our friends at Chicago Baseball Report With as many as six MLB teams reportedly interested in Cuban...
- 1/26 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Report: Dodgers were in on Prince Fielder: Maybe Ned Colletti does read Dodger blogs, as the Dodgers were reportedly finalists for Prince Fielder's services.From Jon Heyman...
- 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 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: The Dodgers Were In On Prince Fielder, and The Last Time We’ll Be Writing About Him For a While: I was really looking forward to not having to discuss Prince Fielder anymore, but how can I ignore a bombs**** like the one Jon...
- 1/26 MLBTradeRumors: Reds Notes: Votto, Phillips, Madson: Joey Votto’s under contract for two more seasons, but recent deals for Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols show it won’t be...
- 1/26 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Offered Fielder Seven-Year Deal: The Dodgers pushed hard for Prince Fielder for weeks and thought they had a legitimate chance of signing him, Jon Heyman of...
- 1/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Bid big for Prince Fielder: The Los Angeles Dodgers were a mystery suitor for Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder earlier this week, pushing hard for weeks to...[+]
sign the slugger. Los Angeles made an offer that guaranteed him seven years and provided a four-year opt-out clause. Their offer called for an average salary of around $26 million for the first four years and something in the low $20 million range for the final three. The total Dodgers' offer is believed to be in the low $160 millions.
- 1/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Have tentative lineup set: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland discussed a tentative lineup during his press conference Thursday, Jan. 26. He would have OF...[+]
Austin Jackson leading off, followed by OF Brennan Boesch, 3B Miguel Cabrera, 1B Prince Fielder, OF Delmon Young, C Alex Avila, SS Jhonny Peralta, a combination of OF Andy Dirks, OF Clete Thomas and INF Don Kelly at designated hitter and 2B Ryan Raburn hitting ninth.
- 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 FanSided: BRM Inbox: National League and the DH?: Yesterday, the inbox for Blog Red Machine received an interesting and provocative e-mail. It was aut**** by reader beeker. The...
- 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 Kings of Kauffman: Prince Fielder Signing Brings Mixed Feelings: Now that Prince Fielder has signed a somewhat ludicrous 9 year (9 YEARS!), $214 million free agent contract with the Detroit...
- 1/26 BoSox Injection: How the Prince Fielder Signing Could Help the Red Sox?: It just sounds crazy doesn’t it? To even think that the Detroit Tigers helped out the Red Sox by signing Prince Fielder...
- 1/26 District On Deck: Gio Gonzalez Formally Introduced: Wednesday afternoon, the Washington Nationals held a formal press conference to introduce Gio Gonzalez to the local media and...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: The “Over-Paying” of Prince Fielder: Recently, my colleague here at MCB, Chris Hannum, wrote about the lack of payroll flexibility now facing the Detroit Tigers in...
- 1/26 Chicken Friars: Projecting Yonder Alonso vs. Prince Fielder: It may seem like an exercise in futility. Projecting a player with 217 plate appearances against a player with 4,210 plate appearances,...
- 1/26 Fungoes.net: Fielder contract welcome news for Cardinals: Seldom does anything that the Detroit Tigers do impact the St. Louis Cardinals (unless it’s fielding in the World Series)....
- 1/26 Baseball Musings: Fielder’s Contract: Prince Fielder‘s contract is not back loaded. He earns $23 million each of the first two years, then $24 million a year...
- 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...
- 1/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Braves, Fielder, Reds, Cespedes, Dodgers: On this day last year, the Rangers traded Frank Francisco and cash considerations to the Blue Jays for Mike Napoli. Toronto...
- 1/26 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On **** Uehara, Orioles, Jackson: A look at the latest from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports..
Kosuke **** wants to remain in the majors, according to a source...
- 1/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | More on Prince Fielder's deal: Updating previous reports, Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder will earn $23 million in 2012 and 2013, and will make $24 million...[+]
each of the next seven years. Fielder would get an additional $500,000 if he's the AL MVP, $200,000 if he's second through fifth and $100,000 if he's sixth through 10th. For each MVP he wins after the first, he would get $1 million. He also would get $100,000 if he's an All-Star starter and $50,000 if he's a reserve, or alternatively $100,000 if he's a Baseball America or Sporting News postseason All-Star. He also would receive $100,000 for a Gold Glove, $100,000 for a Silver Slugger, $100,000 for the Hank Aaron Award, $150,000 for league championship series MVP and $200,000 for World Series MVP. In addition, he gets a hotel suite on the road.
- 1/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Announce Prince Fielder deal: Updating an ongoing story, the Detroit Tigers have officially announced they've signed free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers)...[+]
to a nine-year deal.
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Nationals, Gonzalez, Fielder, Howard: The Nationals were linked to free agent slugger Prince Fielder for quite some time but yesterday the 27-year-old agreed to a...
- 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 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Will any Dodgers make MLB.com's Top 100 prospect list?: Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com is releasing his Top 100 prospects for 2012 tonight, first with a Top 50 show on MLB Network (7 p.m....
- 1/25 Blog Red Machine: The Effects of Prince Fielder and Albert Pujols: Just two months ago, the NL Central was known as the home to three of the game’s elite first basemen. But yesterday, Prince...
- 1/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: Prince Fielder Worth His Weight (just not in projected WAR): (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). Every time a player signs a mega-money deal, there seems to 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 Motor City Bengals: Fielder Contract Easier to Swallow Than Pujols’: As December’s Major League Baseball winter meetings in Dallas, Texas wore on, it seemed increasingly likely that nothing notable...
- 1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Marlins Notes: Hanley, Fielder, Cespedes: It's been busy offseason for the Marlins, who signed Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, and Heath Bell before trading for Carlos ...
- 1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Fielder, Cespedes, Boesch: The Tigers agreed to sign Prince Fielder to the biggest contract in franchise history and the fourth biggest in MLB history less...
- 1/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Asked Miguel Cabrera for approval of Prince Fielder deal: The Detroit Tigers reportedly consulted with 3B Miguel Cabrera before signing 1B Prince Fielder to see if he was OK with being...[+]
forced to change positions, according to an unnamed source.
- 1/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Were never close on Prince FielderThe Washington Nationals were never close to signing Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder this offseason....[+]
The Washington Nationals were never close to signing Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder this offseason.
- 1/25 Ramblings of Baseball: The Prince Diaries: Excerpts from the diary of Prince Fielder from last days in Milwaukee until signing of 9 year contract with Detroit Tigers…...
- 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 FanSided: Prince Fielder Signing A Surprise
- 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 BoSox Injection: Red Sox vs. Tigers on Opening Day just became much more intriguing: Not that members of Red Sox Nation needed an extra reason to call in sick from work and settle onto the couch to watch Opening...
- 1/25 Cubbies Crib: Different look, but much of the same in the Central: Tuesday, Scott Boras finally found a kingdom for first baseman slugger Prince Fielder. In a way, the 27-year old returned home...
- 1/25 District On Deck: Price for Fielder was Too Princely: Many Nationals fans might be disappointed that the team has missed out on signing free-agent first baseman Prince Fielder. After...
- 1/25 Roto Think Tank: The Impact of Fielder and Pujols Leaving: Normal.dotm 0 0 1 779 4442 Roto Think Tank 37 8 5455 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18...
- 1/25 Motor City Bengals: Prince Fielder Signing Leaves Me In Shock: Is this really happening? At 2:53 p.m. on Tuesday, Tim Brown, a long respected baseball writer currently plying his trade for...
- 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 The Daily Catch: No Prince Fielder, Now What?: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Nats Blog Written by: William Yoder When the Detroit Tigers came out of nowhere...
- 1/25 WSJ Daily Fix: Bad Reviews for Fielder’s Megamillions: How to justify $214 million for nine years from the Detroit Tigers. Plus: T.O. in purgatory; Justin Timberlake tries to bring...
- 1/25 The "Mc" Effect: Wednesday 1/25 | News, Notes, and Links: Prince Fielder is officially in the American League, great news for Pirates fans. The Tigers gave him a hefty 9-year, $214 million...
- 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 Chicken Fried Baseball: Mystery Team Strikes Again: Apparently, Prince Fielder’s leverage was just fine. He signed a huge contract with an unexpected suitor, but I don’t necessarily...
- 1/25 The Captain's Blog: Prince Fielder Worth His Weight (just not in projected WAR): Every time a player signs a mega-money deal, there seems to be a very common kneejerk reaction, particularly among saber-friendly...
- 1/25 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Prince Fielder Signs With Detroit:
After a long winter of speculation, Fielder is a Detroit Tiger. (Icon SMI)After lots of speculation and links to several possible...
- 1/25 Crashburn Alley: First Basemen and Outrageous Contracts: Prince Fielder shocked the baseball world yesterday when he agreed to a nine-year, $214 million contract with the Detroit Tigers....
- 1/25 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: So How Good Does Matt Kemp’s Contract Look Now?: Back in November, the Dodgers locked up outfielder Matt Kemp for the next eight years for the enormous sum of $160 million. 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,...
- 1/25 Baseball Musings: The Fielder Worry: Looking at Prince Fielder‘s career, the thing that worries me about his contract is his inconsistency season to season....
- 1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agents Who Cost Draft Picks: The Tigers committed $214MM to sign Prince Fielder yesterday afternoon, but that's not all they gave up -- the Brewers will...
- 1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On Roy Oswalt: Now that Prince Fielder has agreed to terms with the Tigers, Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt are the top unsigned free agents....
- 1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Zimmerman, McCutchen, Cespedes, Sano: MLB has announced that Tony La Russa will manage the NL team during the All-Star Game in 2012, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports...
- 1/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Slight holdup in Prince Fielder deal: Updating previous reports, Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder could have taken his physical Tuesday, Jan. 24, but there is a delay...[+]
with the contract language. That likely means the Tigers demand a weight clause.
- 1/24 Swingin' A's: What’s An A’s Fan To Do?: Not even this guy likes the A's these days...(Photo Credit: Swingin' A's) Prince Fielder just signed with the Detroit...
- 1/24 Cubbies Crib: Yoenis Cespedes Is Officially A Free Agent: The Chicago Cubs have had an interesting off-season. While the team has seen a lot of turnover from end of the 2011 season, the...
- 1/24 Nolan Writin': Why Worry About Center Field: image courtesy of daylife.com Prince Fielder is dead to me after signing with the Tigers therefore I want to look at the...
- 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 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Yoenis Cespedes gains residency in Dominican Republic: According to Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com, Yoenis Cespedes has gained residency in the Dominican Republic, which means it could be...
- 1/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: Tigers sign Prince Fielder: In the latest shocking offseason move, Prince Fielder is headed to Detroit to join the Tigers. He will only cost Detroit $214...
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Links: Red Sox, Jays, Rays, Rivera, Martin: Who would have guessed that two AL teams would hand out $200MM+ contracts this winter, and neither of them would reside in the...
- 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Reactions To The Prince Fielder Signing: Scott Boras did it again. Just when it looked like the market for Prince Fielder had slowed late in the offseason, Boras got...
- 1/24 Talkin Sox with Dan: Catching Our Breath on a Wild Tuesday: My Tuesday sucked. Prince Fielder, Scott Boras, and Tim Lincecum‘s day-after-Monday did not. One large individual signed...
- 1/24 Justin Jabs: Reliving SI Covers: Milwaukee Brewers: Remember, there’s only 8 days left to like Baseblog on Facebook, follow on Twitter or Tumblr and be entered to win ten...
- 1/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tigers’ Big Move Could Force Tribe’s Hand: By Matthew Van Wormer When Victor Martinez went down for the entire 2012 season last week due to a torn ACL, Indians fans...
- 1/24 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners heading to Peoria without Prince Fielder: Well the suspense is finally over as Prince Fielder and his agent Scott Boras have reportedly just reached a deal with the Detroit...
- 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 The "Mc" Effect: Detroit Offers Free Buffet; Fielder Is A Tiger: The wait has finally come to an end. Prince Fielder is officially out of the National League Central.This isn't something we...
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Cespedes Gains Residency In Dominican Republic: Yoenis Cespedes has gained residency in the Dominican Republic according to agent Edgar Mercedes, reports MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez....
- 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Miguel Cabrera plans to play third base: Updating a previous report, Detroit Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera said Tuesday, Jan. 24, that he will move to his original position,...[+]
third base, to accommodate the acquisition of 1B Prince Fielder. 'I will come back to the third base, which is my natural position,' Cabrera said. 'The arrival of Fielder will benefit us.'
- 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Prince Fielder cannot opt outDetroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder's contract does not include an opt-out clause anywhere....[+]
Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder's contract does not include an opt-out clause anywhere.
- 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 Call to the Pen: MLB Free Agents: Detroit Tigers Sign Prince Fielder: In a ridiculous turn of events it’s being reported that the Detroit Tigers have signed free agent first baseman Prince Fielder. ...
- 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 Lasorda's Lair: Prince Fielder Signs with Tigers-World Keeps Spinning: Well Dodger fans, agent Scott Boras got his man alright. News just broke all over the world. Prince Fielder has signed with the...
- 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 | Prince Fielder to play 1B: Detroit Tigers 1B Prince Fielder will play first base for the team, which will likely move 1B Miguel Cabrera to designated hitter....[+]
- 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Prince Fielder joining squadThe Detroit Tigers are bringing free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) on board for nine years and $214 million....[+]
The Detroit Tigers are bringing free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) on board for nine years and $214 million.
- 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Two squads out of Prince Fielder chase: The Miami Marlins and Baltimore Orioles are not in the chase to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers). Also, the Texas Rangers...[+]
are reportedly out of the running as well.
- 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Prince Fielder looking at seven yearsFree-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) is expected to receive at least a seven- or eight-year deal on the market....[+]
Free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) is expected to receive at least a seven- or eight-year deal on the market.
- 1/24 Close Call: Nationals give Michael Morse 2-year extension
The Nationals...: Nationals give Michael Morse 2-year extension
The Nationals signed slugging first baseman/outfielder Michael Morse to a 2-year,...
- 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...
- 1/24 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Fielder Sweepstakes Nearing Conclusion: It may be hard to believe, but it looks like we may finally be nearing the end of the Prince Fielder madness. Ken Rosenthal...
- 1/24 Marlin Maniac: NL East Preview 2012: First Baseman: We will continue today with the NL East Preview of the 2012 first baseman. First base is not a set position in the NL East as...
- 1/24 The Golden Sombrero: A More Positive Way to View Steroid Abuse within Baseball: This week Ryan Braun accepted the National League MVP award amidst perhaps more controversy than has ever before been associated...
- 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Talks May Conclude Today: There's something close to a final four for Prince Fielder at this point in the sweepstakes for the free agent first baseman....
- 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Lincecum, Jackson, Red Sox, Abreu: The Prince Fielder sweepstakes are nearing an end, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports wrote earlier this morning. Click here for the...
- 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Notes: Hamilton, Arb Dates, Fielder: Here's the latest on the two-time defending American League champs...
Josh Hamilton said he hasn't heard any new information...
- 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Could pass on Prince Fielder, aim for CF: The Washington Nationals could opt to pass on signing free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) and focus on signing a center fielder...[+]
in 2013. That would move OF Jayson Werth from center field to right field, OF Mike Morse from left to first base and open a space for OF Bryce Harper in left field.
- 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Out of running for Prince Fielder?: The Texas Rangers think they are out of the running to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), according to a person with...[+]
knowledge of the negotiations. If so, the Washington Nationals appear to once again be the front-runners for his services.
- 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Not close with Prince Fielder: The Washington Nationals continue to talk with free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) but nothing is close. The issue continues...[+]
to be the length of a potential contract, with Fielder looking to something closer to a 10-year pact. However, the Nationals don't want to go more than five or six years, but they are willing to give the slugger a no-trade clause, but it's unknown if they would let Fielder opt out after three years.
- 1/23 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Musser, Young, Marlins, Upton: Long-time Phillies broadcast Andy Musser passed away today at age 74. Throughout his distinguished, 45-year broadcasting career,...
- 1/23 Call to the Pen: Reggie Jackson Gives Yankees Their Monies Worth: It did not take Reggie Jackson nearly as long to be signed as a free agent in 1976 as it is taking first baseman Prince Fielder...
- 1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | On periphery of Prince Fielder chase: The Baltimore Orioles are still interested in free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), but only because he remains unsigned this...[+]
late in the game. Baltimore will not give him a 10-year, $23-million-per-season deal, and they are unlikely to even offer him a $140 million deal for seven years.
- 1/23 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Orioles, Dodgers and the Usual Suspects: News regarding Prince Fielder’s pending free agent contract was fairly slow this weekend, but things are heating up now that...
- 1/23 SoDo Mojo: The Prince Fielder Backup PlanIt seems pretty clear that the Seattle Mariners are in a waiting game in terms of Prince … [visit site to read more]...
- 1/23 The "Mc" Effect: Monday 1/23 | News, Notes, and Links: If you haven't seen already, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com revealed his top ten first base prospects, and Pirates 2011 draft selection...
- 1/23 Chicken Fried Baseball: Fielder’s Leverage Weakening?:
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select a desired player/id pairing. You...
- 1/23 Baseball Musings: Losing Leverage: Chicken Fried Baseball wonders if Prince Fielder lost leverage by holding out too long: Boras has traditionally urged his clients...
- 1/23 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Monday: It's hard to imagine that anything's holding back the market for Prince Fielder at this point. Albert Pujols signed more than...
- 1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | An option for Prince Fielder?: Super agent Scott Boras, the agent for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), is believed to be stalling in hopes of bringing...[+]
the Los Angeles Dodgers into negotiations with his client.
- 1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Still talking to Prince Fielder: Updating an earlier report, one general manager said the Texas Rangers are still pursuing free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers)...[+]
hard.
- 1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Unlikely to land Prince Fielder: While the pursuit of free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) has heated up for a couple of teams, the Texas Rangers aren't one...[+]
of them. Their entire management team is in the Dominican Republic on an annual trip to see academy kids, attend some free agent workouts and build goodwill.
- 1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | No deal with Prince Fielder yet: Updating an earlier report, a good source said there is no deal in place between the Washington Nationals and free-agent 1B Prince...[+]
Fielder (Brewers). There are rumors circulating that Fielder has agreed with the Nationals and is flying to Washington for a physical.
- 1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | Some interest in Prince Fielder: Updating previous reports, some within the Baltimore Orioles' front office is trying to convince owner Peter Angelos to sign free-agent...[+]
1B Prince Fielder (Brewers). Manager Buck Showalter met with Angelos last week asking for money to sign Fielder.
- 1/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Gaining steam with Prince FielderThe Washington Nationals continue to work on a deal to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers)....[+]
The Washington Nationals continue to work on a deal to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers).
- 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/15/12 - 1/21/12: Let's take a look back at a busy week here at MLBTR..
The Rangers agreed to sign Yu Darvish to a six-year deal in the...
- 1/22 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Someone Please Sign Prince Fielder Already: …just so we can finally be rid of the “hey, are the Dodgers secretly trying to go after him?” rumors, ones we’ve...
- 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Fielder, Lee, Nationals, Indians: On this day in 2006, the Mets traded Kris Benson to the Orioles for Jorge Julio and John Maine. Benson, who pitched for five...
- 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Rays, Lee, Fielder, Cubs, Eckstein: At Thursday's Baseball Writers Dinner, Red Sox GM Ben Cherington said that he felt good about his rotation heading into Spring...
- 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Links: Red Sox, Scutaro, Mortensen, Montero: The Red Sox sent Marco Scutaro to the Rockies for Clayton Mortensen and avoided arbitration with Daniel Bard earlier this evening,...
- 1/21 Justin Jabs: Rival Report 1/21: Future first basemen, Madson is official, and Counsell’s career review: MLB.com released its top 10 first baseman prospects list today, which quickly became the top link on many NL Central team’s...
- 1/21 Nolan Writin': Rangers Add First Base Depth, Eye Fielder: Mitch Moreland, photo courtesy http://static2.stuff.co.nz Mitch Moreland must feel like a man hunted. He is coming off a serviceable...
- 1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Orioles Notes: Fielder, Arbitration-Eligibles, Jones: Orioles GM Dan Duquette spoke to fans and the media at Orioles FanFest today, so let's round up the latest news (all links go...
- 1/21 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Carmona Arrest Presents Many Questions About 2012 Tribe: By Mike Brandyberry Thursday morning I left for work, planning to head to Columbus as soon as my day was complete for...
- 1/21 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Nolan Ryan on Rangers Chances: Yesterday’s Prince Fielder related rumors dealt with multiple clubs including the Blue Jays, Nationals, Tigers and Brewers. ...
- 1/21 Baseball Musings: Two Morse: The Nationals signed Michael Morse to a two-year deal worth $10.5 million. Morse is described as the odd-man out if the Nationals...
- 1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Co-Owner Prefers Hamilton To Fielder: With the Yu Darvish contract all wrapped up, the Rangers have found themselves in the middle of the Prince Fielder rumormill...
- 1/20 MLBTradeRumors: Latest On Prince Fielder: Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan said that it would be "pretty hard to think" that a deal with Prince Fielder would develop in an interview...
- 1/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Yu Darvish deal backloaded: Texas Rangers SP Yu Darvish will make $5.5 million this year, $9.5 million in 2013, $10 million from 2014-16 and $11 million in...[+]
2017. The team could have backloaded Darvish's deal in hopes of doing the same to fit free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) into the budget.
- 1/20 Talkin Sox with Dan: Friday’s Notes: AL West, Ortiz, Crawford (again): Many fans in New England have spent most of their time this week thinking about the AFC Championship Game this Sunday in Foxborough....
- 1/20 More Mariners: Mariners Blog: Montero, Darvish, Fielder, Perez, Moyer: Mariners Blog: Montero, Darvish, Fielder, Perez, MoyerFollow @MoreMariners
MARINERS BLOG: A lot has happened in the past 24 hours....
- 1/20 More Mariners: Mariners Roster: Who’s Cut if Another Move is Made?: Mariners Roster: Who’s Cut if Another Move is Made?Follow @MoreMariners
The Seattle Mariners Roster currently sits at 39...
- 1/20 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Blue Jays, Rangers and Tigers Edition: The past few days have offered several tidbits of Prince Fielder-related news, specifically dealing with the Tigers, Brewers,...
- 1/20 Fragile Freddy's: Crazy Sports Radio Style Idea for a Friday: It is commonly said that the Chinese symbol for crisis is a mix of the symbols for danger and opportunity. I am pretty sure...
- 1/20 Fire Brand of the American League: Shaughnessy’s Faux Rage: I’m Not Buying It: If you heard a loud thumping noise a few minutes ago, that wasn’t your imagination. It was me bashing my head against...
- 1/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Are there really several options for Prince Fielder?: It has to end eventually, but there’s time for another stab at who’s in the running for Prince Fielder. The Cubs and Mariners...
- 1/20 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Garza, Braun, Tigers, Jackson: The Rangers are set to introduce the recently signed Yu Darvish at a press conference tomorrow night, reports Jeff Wilson of...
- 1/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Not good bets to land Prince Fielder: Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski said the team is 'probably not a good fit' at this point for free-agent 1B Prince...[+]
Fielder (Brewers). The Tigers would likely have to go the route of a one-year deal with Fielder, something agent Scott Boras is not considering for his client.
- 1/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Hope Prince Fielder will take less money: Updating a previous report, the Texas Rangers haven't ruled out signing free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), according to two...[+]
major league sources. However, they need super agent Scott Boras to yield some from high contract demands, and be willing to get creative in structuring a deal. The team believes Fielder wants to play for them, and hope his desire to play for a winner will lead him to sign for less money.
- 1/19 Nolan Writin': What Prince Fielder Means For Mike Olt: Now that Yu Darvish is officially a Texas Ranger, the next free agent that many Rangers fans would like to be the next new...
- 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: Melvin: Brewers "Way Over" Projected Budget: Coming off their first NLCS appearance in 29 years, the Brewers are looking at the first nine-figure payroll in franchise history...
- 1/19 Call to the Pen: Blue Jays Rumors: Prince Fielder, Rogers Communications, and Free Agency: Toronto Blue Jays president Paul Beeston hit the airwaves this afternoon to discuss the state of his club. Beeston emphasized...
- 1/19 MLB Dirt: The Prince Fielder Market: Post Yu Darvish Signing: The potential suitors for Prince Fielder has been dwindling this offseason, and another one may have just been lost. The Rangers...
- 1/19 WasWatching: Young Power & Eyes: From 1901 to 2011, players with the most seasons where they had 35+ HR, 100+ BB and BB>SO and they were age 27 or younger:...
- 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Fielder, Angels, Darvish, Perez:
The Athletics signed Brian Fuentes to a two-year, $10.5MM contract on this date last year. The veteran left-hander posted...
- 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: Beeston Talks Blue Jays, Fielder, Rogers: Blue Jays president Paul Beeston joined Jeff Blair on Sportsnet Radio FAN 590 in Toronto and said the Blue Jays can compete with...
- 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 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins Off Season Update: Prince Fielder: The Yu Darvish deadline was supposed to clear the air on which team was going to land Prince Fielder. If the Texas Rangers signed...
- 1/19 The "Mc" Effect: Thursday 1/19 News, Notes, and Links: Gonna start trying to get a small post up every morning highlighting some current topics and pointing out some articles from across...
- 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Cabrera, Nationals, Wright: It's been a busy offseason in the NL East and Yoenis Cespedes and Prince Fielder could join the division before the winter's...
- 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: Checking In On The Offseason’s Multiyear Deals: So far this offseason, 33 players have signed multiyear deals. Albert Pujols’ megacontract is worth 100 times as much as Laynce...
- 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Wigginton, Brown, Oviedo, Fielder: Earlier today we heard that the Nationals are discussing a contract extension with Ryan Zimmerman and that the agent for Cole...
- 1/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Viewed as frontrunners for Prince FielderThe Washington Nationals are still viewed by many as the frontrunners to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers)....[+]
The Washington Nationals are still viewed by many as the frontrunners to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers).
- 1/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Still belief Prince Fielder will sign: A rival executive believes the Texas Rangers will still end up signing free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers). 'They're experts...[+]
at playing possum,' the executive said.
- 1/18 More Mariners: Mariners Blog: Montero, Darvish, Fielder, Perez, Moyer: Mariners Blog: Montero, Darvish, Fielder, Perez, MoyerFollow @MoreMariners
MARINERS BLOG: A lot has happened in the past 24 hours....
- 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Notes: Darvish, Fielder, Hamilton: The Rangers officially got their man today, signing Yu Darvish to a six-year, $60MM contract on top of the $51.7MM posting fee...
- 1/18 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Arbitration Signings Send Messages About Team Payroll For 2012: By Mike Brandyberry Yesterday, the Indians signed five players, avoiding salary arbitration, each for reasonable deals....
- 1/18 Motor City Bengals: DH Candidate: Manny Ramirez: According to pretty much anyone you talk to – including Jim Leyland – nobody is going to be able to replace Victor...
- 1/18 Baseball Musings: Rangers and Fielder: The Rangers are only interested in Prince Fielder short term. The Rangers have expressed interest in a shorter-term deal, perhaps...
- 1/18 Baseball Musings: He’s So Heavy!: The Rangers and Yu Darvish agreed on a six-year contract: Japan’s best pitcher and the Texas Rangers agreed before Wednesday’s...
- 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals Talking Extension With Ryan Zimmerman:
The Nationals have been kicking the tires on Prince Fielder and recently locked up Gio Gonzalez long-term, but now they're...
- 1/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Prince Fielder too expensive: Free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) will have to lower his contract demands in order for the Texas Rangers to have a shot at...[+]
signing him.
- 1/18 Yankees Fans Unite: Pineda allows Yanks to spend on offense in future: By now, the Michael Pineda-Jesus Montero trade has been dissected from every angle. But lost in the aftermath of Friday’s...
- 1/18 i70baseball.com: Power In Left: Left Field may not be a power position in the National League Central, but with Matt Holiday, it is shaping up to be one of the...
- 1/18 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB mock draft 3.0: Now with supplemental picks: The MLB amateur draft will be held June 4-6, which is now less than five months away. With team needs becoming more and more clear,...
- 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers To Sign Yu Darvish: The Rangers have agreed to sign Yu Darvish, tweets Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. The sides are wrapping what's expected to be...
- 1/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Yu Darvish deal will get done: The Texas Rangers fully expect to reach an agreement with Japanese SP Yu Darvish before the deadline Wednesday, Jan. 18. As a...[+]
result, Texas is saying that they 'probably' can't sign 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers).
- 1/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | First choice for Prince Fielder?: The Texas Rangers appear to be the first choice for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) over the Washington Nationals. Fielder...[+]
has been willing to wait to see if the Rangers will sign Japanese SP Yu Darvish. It is unknown if Texas can sign both Darvish and Fielder, though.
- 1/18 Talkin Sox with Dan: Wednesday’s Notes: Crawford, Ortiz, Ellsbury: Yesterday was a busy day, especially with a great deal of players around baseball avoiding arbitration and signing on with their...
- 1/18 More Mariners: Mariners Roster: Who’s Cut if Another Move is Made?: Mariners Roster: Who’s Cut if Another Move is Made?Follow @MoreMariners
The Seattle Mariners Roster currently sits at 39...
- 1/18 Fire Brand of the American League: Cafardo Mailbag: The Debbie Downer Edition: People often ask me why I continue to recap the Cafardo mailbag week after week. Really, it’s simple. As the lead writer...
- 1/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: Long-Shot Trade Targets: If we learned anything from last week’s Montero-Pineda swap, it’s that you can’t predict baseball. No one could have foreseen...
- 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Falling Arbitration Records: Back in April, I outlined the arbitration records for catchers, other position players, and starting pitchers. As expected,...
- 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: White Sox, Guerrero, Gonzalez, Hart: By this time tomorrow, we'll know whether the Rangers were able to work out a deal with Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish. In...
- 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Notes: Darvish, Fielder, Hamilton:
It's been nearly a month since the Rangers won the bidding for Yu Darvish, which means the deadline for a deal is approaching....
- 1/17 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers avoid arbitration with Andre Ethier and James Loney: The Dodgers avoided arbitration today with Andre Ethier and James Loney, signing them both to 1-year deals.Ethier will earn,...
- 1/17 District On Deck: Will the Nationals Have a Winning Season? What Recent History Says: For the first time since baseball returned to Washington, optimism surrounds the Washington Nationals. Fans, pundits and sports...
- 1/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Boras Not to Blame for Madson Lowball: When one is considered the epitome of evil, blame follows that person even when it’s unwarranted. Because Scott Boras is considered...
- 1/17 MLBTradeRumors: Phillies Avoid Arbitration With Cole Hamels: The Phillies avoided arbitration with Cole Hamels, agreeing to a $15MM deal with award incentives, tweets Jon Heyman of CBS Sports....
- 1/16 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY A FRANKENSTEIN DH MAKES SENSE: While the Jesus Montero for Michael Pineda trade no doubt disappointed the better half of the Yankees fanbase, I for one am...
- 1/16 Fire Brand of the American League: Analyzing the Yankees Recent Moves: The 2011-2012 off season sure has been a strange one. Let’s quickly recap it.
Ryan Madson went from being on the cusp...
- 1/16 Marlin Maniac: Is Cespedes hurting himself?: More than likely the Miami Marlins are done with free agents this off-season. With the addition of Carlos Zambrano, the pitching...
- 1/16 Chicken Fried Baseball: Rotation and Fielder Rumors: A few interesting storylines have developed in the week leading up to Wednesday’s Yu Darvish signing deadline. I share the...
- 1/16 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rangers, Twins, Gio: Some odds and ends as Sunday night winds down ...
The Rangers can afford to sign both Yu Darvish and Prince Fielder, tweets...
- 1/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cubs | Prince Fielder not in the cards: Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum downplayed the team's chances of signing free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers). 'There haven't...[+]
been any discussions with us for Prince, that's just not going to happen,' Sveum said. 'We have our first baseman in Bryan LaHair and (Anthony) Rizzo waiting in the wings as well. We're doing OK with big power left-handed hitters right now.' Executive Theo Epstein wasn't as quick to shoot down the notion that Chicago could still be in the running for Fielder.
- 1/15 Reviewing the Brew: If You’re Not Afraid of the Reds, You Probably Should Be: In just over a month, pitchers and catchers will report to Arizona for spring training. This ST is going to be one of...
- 1/15 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/8/2012 - 1/14/2012: The Yankees awoke from a relative offseason slumber to pull off a pair of big moves on Friday. In case you missed that or any...
- 1/15 House of the Bluebird: Time to Play the Waiting Game: Depending on who you ask the 2011-2012 offseason for the Jays could be classified as any number of things. On one hand Anthopoulos...
- 1/15 Nolan Writin': Choosing between Fielder and Hamilton: The Rangers appear to have re-entered the Prince Fielder sweepstakes. The free agent first baseman met with the front office yesterday,...
- 1/15 Phillies Nation: Week In Review – Pineiro, Nats, Sixers: UPDATE: According to Jayson Stark of ESPN.com, the Phillies have signed former Mariner and Cardinal hurler Joel Pineiro to a minor-league...
- 1/15 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Mike Stanton: With offense on the decline around the league, power is at a premium these days. Few players have more of it than Mike Stanton,...
- 1/15 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Rangers and Marlins Nationals “Biggest Competition” for Fielder: Yesterday we found out that, along with the Washington Nationals, the Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers were still in the mix for...
- 1/15 Phillies Nation: Week In Review – Beers, Nats, Sixers: When pennant flags are raised in 2015, many people will look back to this offseason as the one that shaped the National League...
- 1/15 Baseball Musings: Gio Synchronous: The Nationals bought out Gio Gonzalez‘s four years of arbitration and his first year of free agency: The Nationals did not...
- 1/15 Call to the Pen: Nationals Rumors: Washington in on Prince Fielder, out on Yoennis Cespedes: The Washington Nationals have found themselves in the midst of much free agent talk this winter involving some of the market’s...
- 1/15 Baseball Musings: Trading Montero: Chad Jennings writes on why the Yankees were willing to take the risk of trading Jesus Montero‘s bat: The Yankees believe...
- 1/15 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Wood, Soriano, Yankees, Moreland, O's: Some links as Saturday turns into Sunday...
Before re-signing with the Cubs, Kerry Wood agreed to a deal with another club...
- 1/14 Nolan Writin': Adding Fielder And Keeping Moreland: Prince Fielder could make the Texas Rangers line up deadly not just through his own ability but through what having him...
- 1/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Oswalt to the Tigers? The $8 million question: Thank you Buster Olney. Finally. Something worth thinking about. On Friday, Olney posted new information on Twitter that created...
- 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Mozeliak On Pujols, Molina, Oswalt, Fielder, Edmonds: Cardinals GM John Mozeliak spoke to fans and media at the team's 16th annual Winter Warm-Up today, touching on a wide range of...
- 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals Still In On Fielder, Out On Cespedes: The Nationals continue to be in on the Prince Fielder sweepstakes, although the club is not willing to give him a ten-year deal...
- 1/14 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners Trade Pineda for Jesus Montero: Just when you thought I was probably done with writing about baseball forever (me to), the Seattle Mariners woke me up...
- 1/14 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Cubs, Nationals and Rangers Edition: Following the flurry of moves that went down last evening, it may have been easy to forget, at least momentarily, that Prince...
- 1/14 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Yankees and M’s Make a Deal and What it Could Mean for the A’s: The Mariners and Yankees made quite a sizeable move this afternoon with the M’s shipping Michael Pineda and pitching prospect...
- 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Saturday: Yesterday it was reported that the Cubs aren't out on Prince Fielder, despite acquiring Anthony Rizzo. Fielder met with the...
- 1/14 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Montero, Cespedes, Indians:
Last night's news was highlighted by the Yankees' signing of Hiroki Kuroda and the four-player trade that sent Jesus Montero...
- 1/13 BoSox Injection: Did the Sox chances for a WS in the next decade just get WORSE? Fielder AND/OR Darvish to Texas?: FLASH !!! FLASH !!! FLASH...
- 1/13 Baseball Musings: Coast to Coast Trade: The Yankees and Mariners are pulling off a blockbuster trade: The Seattle Mariners agreed to trade right-hander Michael Pineda...
- 1/13 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Looking For Hitting, Carlos Pena On "Radar": Now that the Yankees have addressed their pitching issues with two major transactions, the club is looking to add some offense,...
- 1/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | More on Prince Fielder's visit: The Texas Rangers had a handful of club officials meet with free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) in a face-to-face meetings...[+]
at a Dallas-area hotel Friday, Jan. 13, a source confirmed. One baseball executive believes the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers and Washington Nationals might get a contract structure of six years with an opt-out after three years at $22 million to $24 million a year. Fielder is taking a tour of teams, and the Rangers are not necessarily viewed a favorite for his services at this point.
- 1/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | Prince Fielder not scheduled to visit: Free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) is not scheduled to visit the Baltimore Orioles on his current tour of interested teams....[+]
- 1/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Prince Fielder a backup option: The Texas Rangers seem to be looking at free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) as a backup option in case they do not sign Japanese...[+]
League SP Yu Darvish.
- 1/13 The "Mc" Effect: N.L. Central Bill James Projections - Chicago Cubs: We're almost done with the NL Central Bill James comparison series, so check out the other posts with these links:St. Louis CardinalsMilwaukee...
- 1/13 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Friday: Prince Fielder will sign before Spring Training, but he probably won't agree to a long-term deal with the Dodgers or Marlins,...
- 1/13 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Posada, Madson, Fielder: On this date in 2005, the owners unanimously approved the sale of the Brewers from Bud Selig to Mark Attanasio for $223MM. In...
- 1/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Meeting with Prince FielderThe Texas Rangers are meeting with free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) Friday, Jan. 13....[+]
The Texas Rangers are meeting with free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) Friday, Jan. 13.
- 1/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cubs | Not out on Prince Fielder?: A source with ties to the Chicago Cubs is suggesting that the team is not out on free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) despite...[+]
trading for 1B Anthony Rizzo.
- 1/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Several things holding up Prince Fielder deal: The Washington Nationals are the clear favorites to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), but they would prefer to sign...[+]
him to a deal for no more than six years, while Scott Boras, Fielder's agent, is looking for a nine- or 10-year pact. Washington would also like to be able to trade Fielder to the American League if he becomes a reliability at first base. Boras is intent on getting his client a no-trade clause.
- 1/13 BoSox Injection: How Texas Rangers could get in trouble with the law, lose Fielder: Until Prince Fielder officially signs with the Rangers after the Darvish Deadline [next Wednesday, January 18th at 5 p.m. ET],...
- 1/13 Baseball Musings: Sales Pitch: Lookout Landing makes a pitch to the Mariners on signing Prince Fielder: Right now you have a collection of terrible bats. Other...
- 1/12 Reviewing the Brew: Brewers Made 1 Year Offer to Fielder?: According to Bill Shaikin of the L.A. Times, the Brewers recently invited Prince Fielder to return for one season. The logic...
- 1/12 Through The Fence Baseball: DH for hire: Manny Ramirez, Johnny Damon, Vlad Guerrero and Magglio Ordonez: Prince Fielder soaks up the headlines when speaking of remaining free agents available to cash-flush teams. Young Prince has been...
- 1/12 Feelin' Kinda Blue: McCourt 'laughs' at adding Prince Fielder, plus other news: For this being a blog about the Los Angeles Dodgers, I sure am writing about a player with little-to-no-chance of being a Dodger.Anyway,...
- 1/12 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Thursday Notes: Old Money, New Money, and the Unlikely Prince: We have another potential new name in the Dodger bidding war and an update on another, and holy good lord, could these two guys...
- 1/12 MLBTradeRumors: Marlins To Make "Aggressive" Run For Cespedes: The Marlins are prepared to make a strong run for Yoenis Cespedes once he gains his Dominican residency and Major League Baseball...
- 1/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Blue Jays | Not serious about Prince Fielder: The Toronto Blue Jays are not serious suitors for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), according to multiple people in the...[+]
industry.
- 1/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Brewers | Made one-year offer to Prince Fielder: The Milwaukee Brewers reportedly made a one-year offer to re-sign 1B Prince Fielder so that he could position himself for an even...[+]
bigger payday next season. However, Fielder's agent, Scott Boras immediately rejected the proposal.
- 1/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Marlins | Not pursuing Prince Fielder: The Miami Marlins are not pursuing free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) despite reports that owner Jeffrey Loria recently met...[+]
with Fielder's agent, Scott Boras.
- 1/12 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Nationals, Marlins and Rangers Edition: Today’s batch of Prince Fielder rumors includes a lot of talk regarding the favorites to ultimately sign the slugger, the Washington...
- 1/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Optimistic about Yu Darvish: The Texas Rangers are becoming more optimistic that they can reach an agreement to sign Japanese League SP Yu Darvish, according...[+]
to a major league source. If they sign Darvish, it's unlikely that they can afford free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers).
- 1/12 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Costs Too Much: Maybe there is such a thing as too much money in baseball. Can’t blame players or their agents asking for every penny stock-piled...
- 1/12 Marlin Maniac: Free Agency Update:Marlins Owner Meets with Prince Fielder’s agent, Marlins going all in for Cespedes?: The interesting off-season for the Marlins continues. I have some big news on some potential Miami Marlins free agent targets...
- 1/12 PaulLebowitz.com: Boras Not to Blame for Madson Lowball: When one is considered the epitome of evil, blame follows that person even when it’s unwarranted. Because Scott Boras is considered...
- 1/12 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Thursday: While there's no guarantee that Prince Fielder will sign soon, he will be off of the market by Spring Training. Agent Scott Boras...
- 1/12 MLBTradeRumors: Top Ten Remaining Free Agents: Prince Fielder headlines a handful of high-profile Scott Boras clients who remain available in free agency, but most of the offseason’s...
- 1/12 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Ramirez, Lewis, Damon, Pinto, Bowker: The latest links from around MLB as rumors about Prince Fielder and the Nationals continue to swirl...
Manny Ramirez told...
- 1/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Still in on Prince Fielder: Despite a report that said the Washington Nationals were unlikely to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), a person familiar...[+]
with the situation said the Nationals are patiently and aggressively pursuing him. The team met with his agent, Scott Boras, Wednesday, Jan. 11.
- 1/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Marlins | Not serious about Prince Fielder: The Miami Marlins reportedly spoke with the agent for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) Wednesday, Jan. 11, but the team...[+]
is not expected to make a strong push for the lefty swinging first baseman. Miami is more likely to pursue Cuban OF Yoenis Cespedes.
- 1/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Prince Fielder will sign before spring training : Scott Boras, the agent for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), said his client will sign before the first pitch of spring...[+]
training. 'A March signing?' Boras said. 'I think we'll be able to have some things done before that.'
- 1/11 SoDo Mojo: Things We Know And Team Building: So apparently there is an all out war that has been declared on the Mariner ownership that has finally kicked off today. That’s...
- 1/11 District On Deck: Latest on Prince Fielder: There hasn’t been much said the past few days regarding the Nationals’ interest in Prince … [visit site to read...
- 1/11 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Buster Olney thinks the Dodgers should sign Prince Fielder: The Dodgers' ownership flux will be resolved in the next couple months, with Jan. 23 being a big day. And with the the 23rd approaching...
- 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Notes: Fielder, Barrack, Franchise Sale: With no clear frontrunner in the Prince Fielder sweepstakes, ESPN.com's Buster Olney (Insider link) says the Dodgers should step...
- 1/11 Nolan Writin': Fielder, Pujols And The Rangers: Burning Pujols' Jersey There may be no other baseball person who hates the deal that Albert Pujols got more than Prince...
- 1/11 El Maquino: WILL ANYONE TAKE PRINCE FIELDER?: Where the heck is Prince Fielder going? The Cards’ chances at taking the Central are looking pretty good right about now...
- 1/11 District On Deck: The Case For and Against Re-Signing Rick Ankiel: While Mike Rizzo adds talent to the Washington Nationals’ roster and rumors swirl about the Nats and Prince Fielder, the center...
- 1/11 Nolan Writin': Ryan Madson Signs with Reds: Yesterday, Ryan Madson signed what appears to be a one-year, $8.5 million deal with the Cincinatti Reds, where he will be assuming...
- 1/11 Motor City Bengals: If Only We Could Give Prince Fielder a Home: I’m sure Prince Fielder and Scott Boras didn’t expect it to be like this in January. Fielder is a legitimate star,...
- 1/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: For Potential Dodger Owners, How Much Is Too Much?: Somewhat lost in all the ownership hoopla of the last few days was this interesting tidbit buried in Bill Shaikin’s Saturday...
- 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Wednesday: Prince Fielder remains available, but as MLB.com's Tom Singer shows, most elite free agents sign considerably earlier on in the...
- 1/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Unlikely to land Yu Darvish, Prince Fielder: The Texas Rangers are unlikely to sign both Japanese League SP Yu Darvish and free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), according...[+]
to a source with knowledge of the team's finances. The Washington Nationals are the favorites to land Fielder.
- 1/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Prince Fielder may wait for Yu Darvish to sign: Free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) may wait until after the Texas Rangers ink Japanese League SP Yu Darvish to sign his deal....[+]
- 1/11 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Fielder-to-Mariners “Extremely Overblown”: Fans of the Seattle Mariners hoping the club would be in the thick of the Prince Fielder sweepstakes this winter received bad...
- 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Danks, Mariners, Dodgers: The Giants signed Aubrey Huff to a one-year, $3MM deal on this date in 2010. It turned out to be a tremendous move, as Huff posted...
- 1/10 The "Mc" Effect: N.L. Central Bill James Projections - Milwaukee Brewers: Late last night I started a post-series of looking at the projected lineups and pitching rotations for the Pirates National League...
- 1/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Yu Darvish, Ryan Madson, Mitch Moreland: With just nine days left until the January 18th deadline, the Texas Rangers have very little room for error when it comes...
- 1/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Interest in Prince Fielder unfounded: According to an unnamed agent, the Seattle Mariners' interest in free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) is 'extremely overblown.'...[+]
Two agents are saying that Seattle only has $3-4 million left to spend on their roster this year.
- 1/10 BoSox Injection: Will “Fielder’s Choice” keep Red Sox out of the World Series for 10 years?: A “Fielder’s Choice” play could keep the Red Sox out of the World Series for the next decade. Before Red Sox fans assume...
- 1/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Chicago Cubs prospect watch: Daniel Vogelbach: Albert Pujols has it. Mark McGwire had it. Sammy Sosa and Ken Griffey Jr. had it, too. Barry Bondshad it so much that ESPN would...
- 1/10 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers about done with moves, focus on Winter Development Program: To no one's surprise, Ned Colletti said the Dodgers are at their payroll limit, meaning there are not going to be anymore significant...
- 1/9 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Links: Lannan, Fielder, Martinez, Mets: On this date in 2003, the Mets signed Cliff Floyd as a free agent. He went on to hit .268/.354/.478 with 81 homers during his...
- 1/9 MLBTradeRumors: NL West Links: Moorad, Padres, Martinez, Dodgers: Five years ago today, the Diamondbacks re-acquired Randy Johnson from the Yankees for Luis Vizcaino, Ross Ohlendorf, Steven...
- 1/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Dodgers | Likely done spending: Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said the team is unlikely to land any more free agents this offseason because...[+]
'we're at our payroll,' which means they won't be re-signing SP Hiroki Kuroda or inking free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers).
- 1/9 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: If Not the Nationals, Then Who?: January 9th, and still no resolution appears on the horizon for the Prince Fielder situation. Fielder remains a free agent,...
- 1/9 District On Deck: Nats Notes: Innings Limits, Ankiel, Solis, Bullpen, Pudge: In 41 days players will begin reporting to the Nationals’ Spring Training home in Viera, Florida. For the most part it would...
- 1/9 MLBTradeRumors: Position Analysis For The 2013 Free Agent Class:
Plenty has been written about the potential starting pitching depth of the 2013 free agent class, which could include Matt...
- 1/8 MLBTradeRumors: Gammons On Fielder, Madson, Cook: The relative inactivity of the Yankees and Red Sox on the market for expensive free agents has rendered this offseason a strange...
- 1/8 Nolan Writin': Rangers And The Need For Bench Depth: Position player depth may be the weakest link in the Texas Rangers that needs to be talked about. This offseason alone has...
- 1/8 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 1/1/12 - 1/7/12: Lots of transactions this week... let's run down the major ones along with the week's top rumors here:
The Angels and Howie...
- 1/8 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: 1/1/12 - 1/7/12: There was plenty of original analysis and reporting published at MLBTR last week. Here's a look back ...
Tim Dierkes learned...
- 1/8 Phillies Nation: Week In Review: NL East Looking Scary: With the official start of Spring Training a little more than 50 days away excitement levels are high in Philly and other baseball...
- 1/8 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Mariners, Indians, Strasburg: Some afternoon links for a slow-moving Sunday...
The Mariners currently project as a 75-win team, writes Dave Cameron of...
- 1/8 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals Might Not Be Favorite To Win 2012 NL Central: Optimism reigned the day following the St. Louis Cardinals’ 11th World Series championship, but three months later that optimism...
- 1/8 Mets360.com: My 2012 Hall of Fame ballot: While this is a mythical ballot, I still play by the rules of the real Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Last year, there were 12 people...
- 1/7 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Countdown To Pitchers And Catchers: #44 Richie Sexson: Today continues our countdown to the start of Indians pitchers and catchers reporting to Goodyear, Arizona on February 20. We’ll...
- 1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Olney's Latest: Red Sox, Fielder, Cubs, Mariners: In today's Insider-only blog post, ESPN's Buster Olney wrote about how Daniel Bard's potential transition to rotation could turn...
- 1/6 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Dipoto, Hamilton, Mariners, Beane: Here's the latest news and notes out of the AL West...
The Angels have reached their payroll limit and any further moves...
- 1/6 Baseball Musings: Swapping Prospects: The Cubs send pitching prospect Andrew Cashner to the Padres for Anthony Rizzo: The Cubs also acquired pitching prospect Zach...
- 1/6 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB Trade Rumors: Padres Trade Anthony Rizzo to Cubs: The Chicago Cubs have acquired their first baseman of the future, and his name isn’t Prince Fielder. The San Diego Padres...
- 1/6 Phillies Nation: Cubs Trade Boosts Nats’ Chances for Fielder: In a move that increases the Nationals’ odds of signing Prince Fielder — thereby decreasing the Phillies’ chances of...
- 1/6 The Golden Sombrero: The Baseball Show: Ringing in the New Year: On Thursday night The Baseball Show was back with its first episode of the New Year. As usual, I was joined by Clint from DiamondHoggers.com...
- 1/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Of Course Bankruptcy is on the Table for the Mets: The Mets have hired CRG Partners, a consulting firm that assisted the Texas Rangers in their bankruptcy and sale. Naturally, it’s...
- 1/6 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Acquire Anthony Rizzo: The Cubs have acquired first baseman Anthony Rizzo and right-hander Zach Cates from the Padres for right-hander Andrew ...
- 1/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cubs | Out on Price Fielder: The Chicago Cubs are out of the running for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) after they traded for 1B Anthony Rizzo Friday,...[+]
Jan. 6. The Seattle Mariners, Milwaukee Brewers, Washington Nationals and Texas Rangers are the available candidates.
- 1/6 House of the Bluebird: An In-Depth Look at Extending Brandon Morrow: Photo Courtesy of Mirosport.netWith the Blue Jays offseason in a bit of a slump and the Darren Oliver signing being the most...
- 1/6 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Nationals and the Field: With all of the Prince Fielder-to- Nationals rumors that have been released over the past week, you may think we’ve finally...
- 1/6 District On Deck: Looking at the Latest from Buster Olney: ESPN.com’s Buster Olney has been busy lately, counting down a number of rankings to lead off the year across Major League...
- 1/6 Fanspeak.com: Nationals Need To “Follow The Money”: Earlier this week Fox Sports Ken Rosenthal suggested that when it comes to the Prince Fielder rumors you should ‘Follow...
- 1/6 MLBTradeRumors: Potential Teams For Remaining Designated Hitters: Johnny Damon, Vladimir Guerrero, Hideki Matsui, Magglio Ordonez and Luke Scott highlight the list of unsigned designated...
- 1/6 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Friday: Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said yesterday that first base is “settled” in Washington, but acknowledged that Prince Fielder...
- 1/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Passing on Prince Fielder?: The Texas Rangers reportedly are passing on a chance to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) to focus energies on signing...[+]
Japanese League SP Yu Darvish and one more pitcher, this one a reliever.
- 1/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Unlikely to give Prince Fielder long-term deal?: There is skepticism that the Washington Nationals are willing to give free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) a long-term contract....[+]
- 1/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Dark horse candidates for Prince Fielder: While the Washington Nationals are now determined as the favorites to land free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), the Seattle...[+]
Mariners remain the second option. 'GM Jack Zduriencik, who picked Fielder No. 1 when Zduriencik was scouting director in Milwaukee, loves Fielder,' CBSSports.com source Jon Heyman wrote. 'The feeling apparently is mutual. The one question is whether Fielder wants to play 3,000 miles from his Orlando, Fla. home and in a ballpark that isn't conducive to home runs (though it's better for left-handed hitters than righties).'
- 1/5 Tyler's Think Tank: Questionable Baseball MVPs; 2000-2011: This is the first installment of a series that will look at every MVP award in major league history that I disagree with. ...
- 1/5 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Rangers “not Interested” in Fielder: The Washington Nationals have taken over the Prince Fielder rumors of late, but we do have an update from a club not located in...
- 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Thursday: Nationals GM Mike Rizzo says his position on Prince Fielder has not changed since the Winter Meetings, according to Amanda Comak...
- 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...
- 1/5 SoDo Mojo: The Failings In The Incremental Improvement Idea: It seems we have a little bit of a fun blog debate going on here. First the was my initial post and then Harrison’s reply,...
- 1/5 Chicken Fried Baseball: Door Apparently Closing on Rangers and Fielder: Well, I’m getting a little less optimistic that the Rangers will sign Prince Fielder. Reports earlier this week identified...
- 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Fielder, Zambrano, Rays, Garza: There’s been lots of buzz about a possible deal between Prince Fielder and the Nationals this week, so ESPN.com’s Buster...
- 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Checking In On The First Base Market: Prince Fielder news and rumors will likely dominate the coming month at MLBTR, but only one team can sign the powerful 27-year-old....
- 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Fielder, Vazquez, Trumbo, Rockies: Links for Thursday night, starting with a pair of notes on the offseason's top remaining free agent...
The Nationals appear...
- 1/4 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Projecting the Cubs future lineups.: Around this time of year, when there is a lull in the Cubs Hot Stove season, I often find myself thinking of the Cubs future and...
- 1/4 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Notes: Napoli, Fielder, Darvish, Bullpen: Yesterday we heard that Yu Darvish was in the Dallas-Forth Worth Metroplex to see the area as well as the Rangers' operations...
- 1/4 SoDo Mojo: The Cost Of One Win: This morning on Twitter, I had a brief conversation about Mariner’s apparently imminent signing of Hisashi Iwakuma with...
- 1/4 SoDo Mojo: Added Thoughts On The Cost Of A Marginal Win: Keith is one of my best baseball friends. There aren’t too many people that will take the time to listen to me argue with...
- 1/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: Does Opt Out Benefit Interested Suitors As Much As Prince Fielder?: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). It’s been several weeks since Albert Pujols signed a mega-$250...
- 1/4 Red Sox Life: What the Sox Need: Speed: For kicks, I took a look at the team batting stats for 2011. As you can see, the Sox are near the top of every category, but in...
- 1/4 The Captain's Blog: Does Opt Out Benefit Interested Suitors As Much As Prince Fielder?: It’s been several weeks since Albert Pujols signed a mega-$250 million deal with the Anaheim Angels, but Prince Fielder seems...
- 1/4 MLBTradeRumors: Orioles Notes: Jones, Hardy, Fielder, Saunders: Orioles executive VP of baseball operations Dan Duquette recently told Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com that he's not sure if this...
- 1/4 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Joey Votto Impacting Fielder’s Market: Prince Fielder sat back and watched several high-profile players impact his free agent market this offseason. Now, after stars...
- 1/4 District On Deck: Prince Fielder’s Impact on Washington’s Future Payroll Obligations: Over at his Nats Insider blog, Mark Zuckerman (who’s quickly become one of my favorite Nationals writers) took a fairly...
- 1/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Significance of the Matt Garza sweepstakes: Until Prince Fielder ultimately decides where he’ll be playing this upcoming season, his name will continue dominating...
- 1/4 Crashburn Alley: A Lesson in Playing the Market [Addendum]: Last week, I wrote about both Ryan Madson and the Phillies looking less-than-stellar so far this off-season. Madson is a Scott...
- 1/4 Baseball Musings: Backloading an Opt-Out: U.S.S Mariner thinks a back-loaded contract with an opt-out is a way the Mariners could afford to sign Prince Fielder. This is...
- 1/4 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Harden, Wheeler, Padres, Votto, Mets: Links for Tuesday as news and rumors pick up after a holiday lull...
Free agent right-hander Rich Harden is drawing interest...
- 1/3 Reviewing the Brew: RtB Reacts: Fielder to the Nationals?: As I trudged myself out of the pond of slumber this morning, I reached for my phone. This is a very common occurrence...
- 1/3 Call to the Pen: How Different Will 2012 Be?: It is a new year. Everyone has catalogued their resolutions about how to make 2012 a new and improved model over 2011 and man...
- 1/3 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: Matt Cain: Matt Cain got it all started in 2002 when he was the team's number one pick (25th overall). Zack Greinke, Cole Hamels, Nick...
- 1/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Meet with Prince Fielder: The Washington Nationals have met with Scott Boras, the agent for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), and Washington is in...[+]
the most serious pursuit of Fielder. It's believed they're competing with the Chicago Cubs and Seattle Mariners. The Texas Rangers are unlikely to pursue Fielder further. It's unknown how much the Nats are willing to allocate toward his services.
- 1/3 House of the Bluebird: Jays Bolster Bullpen by Bringing Back Frasor: Frasor closing for the JaysOn New Years Day the Jays traded minor league right handers Daniel Webb and Myles Jaye for relief...
- 1/3 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Nationals Emerge as Favorite to Sign Fielder: The Prince Fielder rumor mill had been fairly dormant as we rang in the New Year. But yesterday the mill was back in action...
- 1/3 PaulLebowitz.com: The Nationals Need a Pitcher More Than a (Prince) Fielder: Any team can use a bat that will hit 30-40 homers and get on base 40% of the time, but when that bat is attached to a body of...
- 1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Orioles Rumors: Adam Jones, Tommy Hanson, Fielder: Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun has produced a good amount of Orioles information today; let's discuss the highlights.
The...
- 1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Fielder Seeking Opt-Out Clause?: Yesterday we learned from Scott Boras that "there's a lot of passengers on the PF Flyer," and Prince Fielder is best described...
- 1/3 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Braun, Aoki, Kuroda, Nationals: Links for Monday night, as we await word on Coco Crisp’s next team...
Brewers GM Doug Melvin told Adam McCalvy of MLB.com...
- 1/2 Cubbies Crib: Coco Crisp Decides On A Team….Is It The Cubs?: The off-season for the Chicago Cubs has been filled with many rumors and little action. The biggest changes to take place this...
- 1/2 District On Deck: Should Washington have serious interest in Prince Fielder?: Update, 9:58 PM: Mark Zuckerman now has a new post up addressing the issue. He gets a little more in depth about where the rumors...
- 1/2 El Maquino: THE JEFF BAGWELL PARADOX: “McCarthyism was the practice of making accusations of pro-Communist, anti-American disloyalty, subversion, or treason,...
- 1/2 The Daily Catch: Report: Nationals Favorite to Sign Prince Fielder: This article is courtesy of our friends at The Nats Blog Written by: Joe Drugan After conflicting report after conflicting report,...
- 1/2 Baseball Musings: Kilgore on Fielder: Adam Kilgore does a good job of putting the Prince Fielder to Washington rumors in perspective. I like this Scott Boras quote...
- 1/2 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Offseason Swap Series: Seattle Mariners: By Mike Brandyberry This week we cover the Seattle Mariners, a team certainly ahead of the Oakland Athletics, but clearly...
- 1/2 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals Emerge As Favorite For Fielder?: One MLB official told Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel recently that "word is spreading in the industry that...
- 1/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Emerge as favorites for Prince Fielder: The Washington Nationals have emerged as the favorites to sign free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), according to an MLB official....[+]
- 1/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cubs | Prince Fielder wants to join team: Free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) wants to play for the Chicago Cubs, but the team appears dedicated to a full rebuild in...[+]
2012.
- 1/1 The Daily Catch: Orioles: 2011 Ends with a Whimper: This article is courtesy of our friends at Oriole Post Written by: James Baker 2011 is coming to an end. Mercifully. The Orioles...
- 1/1 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/25/11 - 12/31/11: A pair of notable trades were the highlights of a relatively quiet final week of 2011. Here's a look back at what went down ...
The...
- 1/1 Cubbies Crib: Yoennis Cespedes Could Sign This Week: The Chicago Cubs off-season can still be salvaged. That is not to say that the Cubs’ off-season was ever lost. But with...
- 1/1 El Maquino: BRAUN SUSPENSION IS LIKELY: > I don’t think (undeserving) NL MVP Ryan Braun took performance-enhancing drugs. Maybe that’s naivete and I...
- 1/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Blue Jays, Pena, Padres, White Sox, Braun: Presenting the first edition of Quick Hits for 2012..
Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos told Jason Frasor shortly after the trade...
- 1/1 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Cubs, Nationals, Blue Jays Edition: It’s a new year but at least one thing has carried over from 2011; the Prince Fielder saga. Fielder remains a free agent,...
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....
- 12/31 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Which Team Will Sign Carlos Pena?: It's been a very slow offseason for Carlos Pena, at least in terms of hot stove rumors. The 33-year-old first baseman was understandably...
- 12/31 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Orioles Wary of Asking Price: Yesterday, much of the Prince Fielder buzz involved the Washington Nationals. Many around the game believe the Nationals could...
- 12/30 Through The Fence Baseball: A Dodger fan’s MLB resolutions for the New Year: As 2011 comes to a close and the hope of a brighter 2012 dawns, people are making all sorts of resolutions. Some people vow to...
- 12/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Cincinnati Reds team to beat in NL Central?: So, after ruminating on the deal that dressed Mat Latos in a Cincinnati Reds uniform and taking a holiday trip to the homeland...
- 12/30 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Nationals Still “Shooting” for Prince: The Prince Fielder rumors continued yesterday, and Thursday’s team of interest was the Washington Nationals. Jon Heyman of...
- 12/30 Fanspeak.com: Why I Wouldn’t Read Too Much Into Mike Rizzo’s Statements:: First I want to preface this by saying I have no problem with a G.M. being cagey, or stretching the truth in his public...
- 12/30 The Cardinal Nation Blog: The Cardinal Nation Blog 2011 top story #6: NLCS win over BrewersThe St. Louis Cardinals defeated NL Central rival and 2011 Division champion Milwaukee Brewers in the Championship Series....
- 12/30 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Friday: A player on the Nationals said the team was still in on Prince Fielder yesterday, even though GM Mike Rizzo recently said that...
- 12/30 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Madson, Phillies, Orioles, Hanrahan: It was on this day in 2009 that the Mets signed Jason Bay to a four-year, $66MM contract. The deal was almost immediately panned...
- 12/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | Leery of Prince Fielder: The Baltimore Orioles are leery of pursuing free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) because they don't want to be used as leverage...[+]
for another team like the Washington Nationals. There is the sentiment that they will not pay him $20 million or more for eight years.
- 12/29 Marlin Maniac: MLB Rumors: Prince Fielder, Yoennis Cespedes, Roy Oswalt on Miami Marlins Radar?: The Miami Marlins started the 2011 off season with a loud bang. The Marlins went on a spending spree, spending $191 million dollars...
- 12/29 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Pujols, Wilson, Balfour, Kata: Between the Angels' big signings, the Rangers winning the Yu Darvish bidding, the Athletics' rebuilding, the Mariners' dabbling...
- 12/29 Jays Journal: A Blue Jays fan New Year’s resolution: It has been a disappointing offseason so far for many Blue Jay fans. The Jays’ bid fell short for Yu Darvish, Prince Fielder...
- 12/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Why my Dodgers glass is half full for 2012: I’m a glass is half full kind of guy. I always try to look at the bright side of every situation. Even when the odds are stacked...
- 12/29 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Matt Garza, Prince Fielder, Yu Darvish: With just over a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting to their respective spring training homes, Major League Baseball’s...
- 12/29 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Prince Fielder is ripe for the Dodgers' taking: Here we are on Dec. 29 and one of the biggest (no pun intended) free agents of this off-season is still available.Prince Fielder...
- 12/29 Chicken Fried Baseball: A’s and Red Sox Move; Rangers Wait: The sooner the Rangers complete the Yu Darvish negotiations, the better. Last night, the Red Sox completed a trade for Andrew...
- 12/29 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Fielder, Byrd, Suzuki: The Rangers, Reds and Yankees have some of the top infields in baseball, when offense and defense are considered, ESPN.com's Buster...
- 12/29 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Scott Boras Talks Contract: Interviews came out yesterday in which super-agent Scott Boras discussed two of his well-known clients that remain on the free...
- 12/29 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Thursday: Nationals GM Mike Rizzo said yesterday on MLB Network Radio that there's every reason to expect Adam LaRoche to play first base...
- 12/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quiet Offseason About To Pick Up For Boras Corp.: No offseason is truly quiet at the Boras Corporation, which usually represents a top free agent or two and always prepares for...
- 12/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Nationals | Still in Prince Fielder huntAn unnamed Washington Nationals player said the team is still in the hunt for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers)....[+]
An unnamed Washington Nationals player said the team is still in the hunt for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers).
- 12/28 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Prince Fielder, Van Halen, Kim Kardashian: The hottest topics for the week of December 26, 2011 … Prince among men: It looks like there isn’t much interest...
- 12/28 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Athletics, Fielder, Rangers: The Athletics completed their third major trade of the offseason this afternoon, sending Andrew Bailey and Ryan Sweeney to Boston...
- 12/28 MLBTradeRumors: Scott Boras Talks Prince Fielder: Agent Scott Boras told Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports that Prince Fielder hasn’t signed because the process of acquainting MLB...
- 12/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Scott Boras taking time with Prince Fielder: Agent Scott Boras, the agent for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), is taking his time while trying to sell a long-term deal...[+]
for his client. Boras said Fielder has met personally with a few owners. The Seattle Mariners, Chicago Cubs, Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays have varying degrees of interest. 'It takes a bit longer because these are ownership decisions,' Boras said. 'I've got to sit down with owners. There are a lot of them interested in Prince. That's time-consuming. Respectfully, you have to sit down and meet with these people. You've got to go through the process.'
- 12/28 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Fielder, Boras not Interested in Short-Term Deal: With the market being slow to develop for free agent slugger Prince Fielder, some around baseball wondered if the first baseman...
- 12/28 Fragile Freddy's: Free Agents Still on the Board: I touched on a few of the notable January transactions from recent years in yesterday’s piece. Today I want to look at...
- 12/28 PaulLebowitz.com: Scott Boras, You Just Keep Being You: The problems that Prince Fielder is going to have in securing the contract he wants are many. Without the Yankees, Red Sox and...
- 12/28 MLBTradeRumors: Rizzo On Center Field, First Base: Nationals GM Mike Rizzo joined Mike Ferrin on MLB Network Radio today; here are a few key comments.
On center field:
We see...
- 12/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Prince Fielder wouldn't consider three-year deal: Free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) wouldn't consider a three-year deal worth $26 million per season, according to his agent...[+]
Scott Boras. MLB Network's Peter Gammons reported that several general managers felt Fielder would accept a deal like that and go back on the market at age 30. 'Not only is that inaccurate and delusional, but it seems that some people have gotten into their New Year's Eve stash just a little bit early this year,' Boras said.
- 12/27 Nolan Writin': Prince Fielder, Mitch Moreland and First Base Depth: Once again the rumor mill is spinning as to where Prince Fielder will land. With rumors that Scott Boras is considering...
- 12/27 Motor City Bengals: Remaining Free Agents Don’t Offer Much To Tigers: MLB Trade Rumors put up a post today headlining the remaining top free agents still available on the market. Obviously, the biggest...
- 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Tuesday: MLBTR readers expect Prince Fielder to sign a long-term deal, but some general managers think agent Scott Boras could try something...
- 12/27 Nolan Writin': Scott Boras the Real Star of Prince Fielder Free Agency: No matter how many times nor how many different ways the Texas Rangers deny interest in free agent first baseman Prince Fielder,...
- 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Remaining Free Agent Power Hitters: Offense is becoming harder to find these days, especially power. Only 23 players hit 30 or more home runs in 2011, compared to...
- 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Destinations For The Ten Best Remaining Free Agents:
Baseball executives A.J. Hinch and Kenny Williams each batted around .219 in their big league careers. That may help you...
- 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Extension-Prone Agencies And GMs:
Some agencies are more open to multiyear extensions for their clients than others. The Boras Corporation is notorious for...
- 12/26 Through The Fence Baseball: End-of-year deals land Latinos in news: In a frenzy to curtail fan fallout, the St. Louis Cardinals decided to sign veteran outfielder Carlos Beltran to a fat, two-year...
- 12/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Fielder, Rangers, White Sox, Danks: On this date in 1995, the Orioles acquired David Wells from the Reds for Curtis Goodwin and minor leaguer Trovin Valdez. This...
- 12/25 Cubbies Crib: Could Derrek Lee Be An Option For The Cubs?: The Chicago Cubs are still in the market for a first baseman. Barring an unforeseen change of circumstances, a three way trade...
- 12/25 MLBTradeRumors: Morosi On Blue Jays, First Base, Starters, Cespedes: The baseball world figures to remain relatively quietly until after the New Year, but as Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports writes,...
- 12/25 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/18/11 - 12/24/11: There was plenty of action this week as teams looked to get deals done before the holiday..
This week, the Nationals further...
- 12/25 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Nationals Providing Best Offer?: We’ve received another example of just how murky the market for free agent first baseman Prince Fielder really is this winter. ...
- 12/25 PaulLebowitz.com: Mid-Season Trade Candidates for 2012—Felix Hernandez: Every year at around this time, I pick a few players who normally wouldn’t be available on the trade market and envision...
- 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Saturday: We heard on Friday that the Orioles are in fact interested in Prince Fielder, but not at his current asking price. While O's...
- 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...
- 12/24 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Checking Fielder’s List Twice: Many teams have added free agent first baseman Prince Fielder to their Christmas wish lists, but, unlike toys and other normal...
- 12/24 SoDo Mojo: Can The Mariners Score Runs This Season?: Do you know how hard it is to come up with something to write about, that is Mariner specific, day after day? It gets old. Don’t...
- 12/24 WahoosOnFirst: Weekly Wroundtable: All We Want For Christmas Is…: The holiday season is upon us, and whatever it is that you celebrate—Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa, the winter solstice, the end...
- 12/24 Fanspeak.com: Nats Show Desperation With Gonzalez Deal
- 12/24 Through The Fence Baseball: Fielder in class of his own among remaining free agents: When the MLB offseason first began, all the talk was about which teams would sign Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder, easily the...
- 12/24 SocraticGadfly: #Stlcards bite on Beltran: Well, good thing is that the Cardinals aren't standing pat after not resigning Albert Pujols. MOre to the point, is Carlos Beltran...
- 12/24 The "Mc" Effect: New NL Central Faces - Ramirez, Latos, Beltran: At the beginning of this offseason it seemed that the National League Central was ready to lose some big names. They have done...
- 12/24 Giants Nirvana: Devil’s Advocate: The Cardinals signed Carlos Beltran today to a two-year $25MM deal. It’s an extremely reasonable contract, and one that...
- 12/24 El Maquino: MERRY CHRISTMAS! CARDS LOAD UP BELTRAN: > The Cards made an outstanding move last night, locking up that monster Carlos Beltran for two years and $26 million. With...
- 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Darvish, Latos, Gio, Danks: On this date in 1975, arbitrator Peter Seitz made his landmark ruling that allowed baseball players to become free agents upon...
- 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Links: Marlins, Vazquez, Braves, Nationals: Twelve years ago today, the Mets traded Octavio Dotel, Roger Cedeno, and Kyle Kessel to the Astros for Mike Hampton and Derek...
- 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Friday: Yesterday we heard that Scott Boras is "gunning for" an average annual salary of $25.5MM for free agent Prince Fielder, which...
- 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Beltran, Wren, Padres, Marshall: Cornelius Alexander "Connie" Mack was born on this day in 1862. After an 11-year playing career, Mack went on to become the...
- 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Orioles Notes: Fielder, Second Base, Pitching: The week between Christmas and New Year's tends to be fairly quiet, but Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette cautions...
- 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Rizzo On Gonzalez, Pitching, Center Field, Bench: The Nationals and Athletics made the Gio Gonzalez trade official today, with Derek Norris, Tom Milone, Brad Pea**** and A.J....
- 12/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Orioles | Some interest in Prince FielderThe Baltimore Orioles have interest in free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), but not at the current asking price....[+]
The Baltimore Orioles have interest in free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), but not at the current asking price.
- 12/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Cards add Beltran, still favorites in NL Central: The St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a two-year contract with Carlos Beltran worth $13MM annually. The 34-year-old outfielder hit...
- 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs Planning "Complete And Total Rebuild":
The Cubs are attempting to deal "most of their valuable assets" before Spring Training begins and "a complete overhaul of the...
- 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Links: Red Sox, Cespedes, Danks, Beltran: The Red Sox were one of the finalists for Gio Gonzalez, but GM Ben Cherington was "not motivated" to deal four prospects for...
- 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Astros, Fielder, Red Sox, Bonser: The latest links from around MLB on a big day for the Nationals...
The Astros may not keep Humberto Quintero and Ivan Rodriguez...
- 12/22 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: Yesterday and this morning, a few additional tidbits of information have been released regarding the Prince Fielder sweepstakes. ...
- 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Text Message Alerts: Want to be the first to know where Prince Fielder, Carlos Beltran, and Gio Gonzalez land? MLBTR is already coming at you...
- 12/22 Chicken Fried Baseball: Turning the Page:
I write this with the full understanding that most Ranger fans won’t be happy with my opinion.
The front office has made a...
- 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: Olney On Blue Jays, Fielder, Danks: The Blue Jays appeared to be favored to win the bidding for Yu Darvish, but ultimately lost out to the Rangers. ESPN.com’s...
- 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: NL Central Notes: Fielder, Molina, Lee: The Cubs and Reds agreed to swap left-handed pitchers today in a deal that sends reliever Sean Marshall to Cincinnati for starter...
- 12/21 Redbird Rants: Should the St. Louis Cardinals Be Looking at First Base?: No, I’m not going there. Prince Fielder, as far as St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak is concerned, is not...
- 12/21 El Maquino: CARDS CAN’T LOSE IN THE OUTFIELD: >The Cardinals have been after Carlos Beltran over the past couple weeks, and he has decided to make up his mind between five...
- 12/21 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Are the Cubs becoming a Small Market Team?: OK, I'll admit it. I'm spoiled.
After years of seeing Cubs ownership pocket the profits while the play on the field suffered,...
- 12/21 PaulLebowitz.com: Boras’s Bad Year: From the heights of Scott Boras’s crowning achievement in baseball by getting $126 million for Jayson Werth, it’s come to...
- 12/21 El Maquino: COCO AND THE FIELDER CONSPIRACY: > Carlos Beltran he is not, but the Cards are, according to Steve Henson of Yahoo!, “in discussions to sign Coco Crisp...
- 12/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: With the Darvish drama over, what’s next for the Yankees?: Despite the hopes of many Yankee fans, there was no surprise huge bid for Yu Darvish from the Yankee brass. Instead, to the...
- 12/21 MLBTradeRumors: M's League May Be Available; Teams Interested: Some baseball people believe the Mariners are willing to trade closer Brandon League, according to Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal...
- 12/21 Nolan Writin': Are the Rangers Still in Play for Prince Fielder?: Free agent first baseman Prince Fielder is the last huge name left on the open market. As you might expect, there are several...
- 12/21 BC Sports: Texas Rangers Win Negotiating Rights to Japan's Best Pitcher, Yu Darvish: Yu Darvish, Japan’s Best Pitcher
The Texas Rangers had a plan all the time, it appears. Passing up the opportunity...
- 12/21 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Wednesday: With Carlos Beltran expected to make a decision soon, the gap between Prince Fielder and the second-best hitter on the free...
- 12/21 MLBTradeRumors: Orioles Turned Down Braves' Offer For Adam Jones: The Braves made a run at Orioles outfielder Adam Jones earlier this month, according to Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun. Connolly...
- 12/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Things heating up for Prince Fielder: The Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles seem to be the most interested teams in free-agent 1B Prince...[+]
Fielder (Brewers). The Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins and Milwaukee Brewers could all still be in the mix to some extent.
- 12/20 Redbird Rants: Why Signing Carlos Beltran Would Be A Mistake For The St. Louis Cardinals: As the Cardinals look to fill the void left by former franchise player Albert Pujols, the club has a number of different options...
- 12/20 SoDo Mojo: Making A Splash: Okay, I’ve been fighting the to make a splash all season, all off-season. I’ve been about developing the talent...
- 12/20 Redbird Rants: Can We Get An Impact Bat and World Series DVD Set Winner: Since the dearly departed Albert Pujols left the Cardinals for the sand, surf, and sites of Los Angeles, the number one...
- 12/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Make offer to Prince Fielder?: The Seattle Mariners reportedly have indicated to free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) what they are willing to spend to sign...[+]
him to a contract.
- 12/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Good news Orioles fans: “Double D” is reallocating scouting resources: Dan “Double D” Duquette is making some interesting moves in the Orioles front office. There’s been no real free-agent splash,...
- 12/20 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Tuesday: Seven seasons into his Major League career, Prince Fielder has set a high standard of offensive production. He hits 37 home...
- 12/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rangers | Still looking at Prince Fielder: The Texas Rangers are still considering free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers), even after winning the bidding rights to Japanese...[+]
League SP Yu Darvish.
- 12/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Good news Orioles fans: Double “D” is reallocating scouting resources: Dan “Double D” Duquette is making some interesting moves in the Orioles front office. There’s been no real free-agent splash,...
- 12/20 MLBTradeRumors: Yu Darvish Bidding Reactions: The Rangers won the bidding for Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish last night and while the $51.7MM bid doesn't assure Texas of...
- 12/19 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CARLOS PENA OVER PRINCE FIELDER MAKES SENSE: Well, except for the most obvious reason, that being Mark Teixeira is one of the best defensive first baseman in the American...
- 12/19 MLBTradeRumors: Garza, Marshall Continue Drawing Trade Interest: The Rangers and Blue Jays like Matt Garza and he’s not the only Cubs pitcher about whom other teams are inquiring, Ken Rosenthal...
- 12/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Offseason Swap Series: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: By Matthew Van Wormer The Los Angeles Angels were one of the busiest teams during the annual Winter Meetings and took the baseball...
- 12/19 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Dodgers sign John Grabow to minor-league deal: The Dodgers signed veteran left-handed reliever and local product John Grabow today to a minor-league deal. Well, the announcement...
- 12/19 Cubs Billy Goat Blog : Are the Cubs in or out on Prince Fielder?: Ever since the offseason began, there have been conflicting reports as to whether the Cubs are pursuing Prince Fielder or not.
It...
- 12/19 Call to the Pen: Prince Fielder Rumors: We’ve reached the week before Christmas, and Prince Fielder remains a free agent. While rumors have swirled around the hefty...
- 12/19 Cubbies Crib: Yu Darvish Announcement Coming Tonight: After the bidding period closed on Japanese starting pitcher Yu Darvish last Wednesday, the initial thought was that the Chicago...
- 12/18 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Here's a look back at the original reporting and analysis produced by our writing staff this week..
MLBTR learned that the...
- 12/18 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/11/11 - 12/17/11: Plenty of news to recap from this past week..
The Reds weren't afraid to part with a great deal of talent in order to get...
- 12/18 WasWatching: Most 30+ HR Seasons By LH-Batter Before Age 28: Here is the list - Rk Yrs From To Age 1 Eddie Mathews 7 1953 1959 21-27 Ind. Seasons 2 Prince Fielder 5 2007 2011 23-27...
- 12/18 Cubbies Crib: Anthony Rizzo To The Cubs? An Inevitable Trade: One of the major hurdles blocking the Chicago Cubs from going all in on free agent first baseman Prince Fielder has been the...
- 12/18 22gigantes.com: The Giants should make one last push for Carlos Beltran: Goodbye Albert. **** Carlos? The world champion St. Louis Cardinals, still reeling from the loss of one of the most prolific offensive...
- 12/18 The "Mc" Effect: The Reds Weren't Asleep After All: The Cincinnati Reds made a big trade to get Mat Latos from the Padres yesterday. Latos didn't come cheap however; the Reds gave...
- 12/18 El Maquino: CONFIRMED: FIELDER MAY LESSEN DEMANDS: > A couple days ago, Cubs manager Dale Sveum said of his team’s interest in Prince Fielder, “At this point, I think...
- 12/18 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Sunday: Depending on which reports you read, the Cubs are either one of the favorites to land Prince Fielder or they're not ready to...
- 12/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cubs | Five or six other teams also interested in Prince Fielder: In addition to the Chicago Cubs, there are reportedly five or six teams still in the running for free-agent 1B Prince Fielder...[+]
(Brewers). However, the Cubs may stop pursuing him if they acquire 1B Anthony Rizzo in a potential trade with the San Diego Padres.
- 12/18 Call to the Pen: Mat Latos doesn’t have to be a “No. 1″ for Deal to pan out: With Albert Pujols in Anaheim and Prince Fielder with one foot out the door in Milwaukee, the landscape of the NL Central changed...
- 12/18 Southside Showdown: Michael Cuddyer signs with Rockies: What was once a Minnesota Twins roster of White Sox killers is now dwindling down to just regular everyday guys. First Joe Nathan...
- 12/18 PaulLebowitz.com: Analyzing the Reds-Padres Trade: The Padres traded pitcher Mat Latos to the Reds for a package of four players—top prospect first baseman/outfielder Yonder...
- 12/18 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Sure Is Nice of ESPN Chicago to Let Scott Boras Write Their Articles: Over the last 12 hours or so, I’ve been getting a bunch of questions from people via Twitter and email about the surprising...
- 12/18 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Red Sox, Rays, Cubs, Wandy, Zumaya: In his latest column for the Boston Globe, Nick Cafardo writes that the Red Sox have to be wary of an American League where the...
- 12/17 SoDo Mojo: Mariners Finally Almost, Not Quite Yet, Sign Free-Agent George Sherrill: So… you wanted some type of news, any type of news, you rabid Prince Fielder-to-Mariners monger? Well we signed a left...
- 12/17 Phillies Nation: Amaro’s Patience Saved Phils Money on Rollins: Ruben Amaro is prone to pouncing quickly on players he wants. He inked Jonathan Papelbon for more than $50 million a week before...
- 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‘...
- 12/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cubs | Team still pursuing Prince Fielder: Despite Chicago Cubs manager Dale Sveum stating recently that the team's alleged interest in free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers)...[+]
was 'media talk,' two major league sources close to the negotiations claim that the Cubs are still pursuing him. However, the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Dodgers are reportedly the main suitors for Fielder.
- 12/17 Call to the Pen: Yoennis Cespedes Rumors: With most of the recent focus directed to Yu Darvish and Prince Fielder, it may have been easy to forget that Cuban center fielder...
- 12/17 Nolan Writin': Should the Rangers sign Prince Fielder?: With rumors that the Jays submitted a “monster bid” for NPB pitching sensation Yu Darvish, and the Rangers having lost out...
- 12/17 Nolan Writin': Don’t Panic Ranger Nation: All of a sudden the rivalry with the Los Angeles Angels might be a fair fight. With the Angels shockingly adding Albert Pujols...
- 12/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Is the Pirates starting rotation good enough to compete for NL Central crown?: After a long hiatus to get my grad school career going in a positive way, your favorite Pirates enthusiast is back to write...
- 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Saturday: There have been conflicting reports about the Cubs' interest in Prince Fielder, and the market for him has been slow to develop...
- 12/16 SoDo Mojo: Christmas… What Is Santa Bringing The Mariners?: So the Fansided writers are all getting together and making a list of what every team wants/needs for this coming Christmas. It’s...
- 12/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cubs | Not pursuing Prince Fielder: Chicago Cubs skipper Dale Sveum said the team has not pursued free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) despite reports saying Chicago...[+]
had stepped up their efforts to land the slugger. 'At this point I think it's a lot of media talk, more than us doing anything,' said Sveum. 'We haven't had any talks with Prince, and I haven't had any conversations with him. We haven't initiated any contact at all.' The 10-year deal that Fielder is seeking is not something the Cubs would have interest in.
- 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....
- 12/16 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Friday: The Cubs are the early front-runners to sign Prince Fielder, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. But in the words of one...
- 12/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Who will sign Prince Fielder?: Free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) is believed to be seeking a 10-year deal close to the $254 million Los Angeles Angels of...[+]
Anaheim 1B Albert Pujols received. Fielder also wants an opt-out clause. The Chicago Cubs are believed to be the front runners to sign him, but they are only willing to go six or seven years with him.
- 12/15 MLBTradeRumors: The Latest On Gio Gonzalez: The Gio Gonzalez trade rumors have been vast and varied so far this offseason. Here's the latest on the A's left-hander from...
- 12/15 MLBTradeRumors: Jocketty Discusses Reds' Offseason: After winning the NL Central in 2010, the Reds fell short of the playoffs last season, stumbling to a relatively disappointing...
- 12/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Prince Fielder seeking 10-year deal: Free-agent 1B Prince Fielder (Brewers) is reportedly looking for a 10-year deal similar to the 10-year, $254 million contract...[+]
1B Albert Pujols signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. The Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers are the potential landing spots.
- 12/15 22gigantes.com: What Giants fans want for Christmas: Earlier today, I asked my 2,300+ Facebook fans and 2,500+ Twitter followers what they wanted for Christmas. I even told them I...
- 12/15 MLBTradeRumors: Cubs May Push For Prince Fielder Soon: At least one MLB general manager believes Prince Fielder and agent Scott Boras are looking for a ten-year deal that approaches...
- 12/15 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Fielder, Moreland, Kuroda: Agent Scott Boras hasn’t explicitly stated Prince Fielder’s asking price, but one GM with some interest in the free agent...
- 12/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Cubs | Stepping up pursuit of Prince Fielder?: There have been signs Thursday, Dec. 15, that the Chicago Cubs may be stepping up their pursuit of free-agent 1B Prince Fielder...[+]
(Brewers).
- 12/15 Cubbies Crib: The Chicago Cubs Make A Bid For Yu Darvish: The Chicago Cubs off-season has been relatively quiet. Partially because president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and general...
- 12/15 22gigantes.com: Giants brass talk to fans about payroll, the 2012 season, and Juan Marichal’s magic touch: Giants manager Bruce Bochy, pitching coach Dave Righetti, CEO Larry Baer and general manager Brian Sabean all sat down tonight...
- 12/14 The "Mc" Effect: Different Kind of Offseason: Nothing ever goes right for the Pirates. How else could you explain 19 straight years of losing? I know, it's becoming foolish...
- 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: Prince Fielder Rumors: Wednesday: Approximately nine out of every ten MLBTR readers expect Prince Fielder to sign a deal in the five-to-eight year range, today's...
- 12/14 High Heat Stats: Nick Swisher & Nyjer Morgan like hitting when it's hot @NickSwisher @TheRealTPlush: Among players with at least 60 plate appearances in 2011 in games with a game-time temperature of at least 85 degrees, check out...
- 12/14 Chicken Friars: How Would Prince Fielder Fit With The Padres?: Can you imagine a world where the Padres have a power hitting first baseman? Wait, they had that didn’t they? Well imagine,...
- 12/14 Cubs Stats: Carlos Zambrano: Venezuelan Winter League Stats: Hey, so Carlos Zambrano is pitching in the Venezuela Winter Leagues, a place Quad-A guys and comeback hopers go to keep fresh...
- 12/14 MLBTradeRumors: How Many Years Will Prince Fielder Get?: One team tells Scott Miller of CBS Sports Prince Fielder is looking for a ten-year deal. As Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports writes,...
- 12/13 Tyler's Think Tank: Brewers Buy New Left Side of Infield: In 2011. Milawaukee managed to come within two wins of a World Series berth despite playing a massive black hole in...
- 12/13 Cubbies Crib: From Cheers To Boos; Aramis Ramirez Joins The Milwaukee Brewers: The affect of Milwaukee Brewers’ left fielder Ryan Braun testing positive on a drug test and now facing a 50 game suspension...
- 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: Brewers Notes: Rollins, Ramirez, Fielder: The Brewers grabbed headlines on the trade and free agent market yesterday. Here’s more news from Milwaukee...
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- 12/13 Baseball Analytics: Brewers Sign A-Ram: Sans Prince Fielder, the Brewers will to struggle to stay among the National League's top five clubs in run scoring (and...
- 12/13 Call to the Pen: 2011 MLB Trade Rumors: Rangers Targeting Starting Pitching: After the Los Angeles Angels back-to-back big-time moves last week, the baseball community turned its attention to the two-time...
- 12/13 Redbird Dugout: Cubs to pursue Pujols: Despite the rumors otherwise over the last month, FOX Sports is reporting that the Cubs will pursue Albert Pujols after all. During...
- 12/13 Chicken Fried Baseball: Reserving Judgement: Showtime’s Dexter is one of my favorite shows on TV. Every season invariably gets off to a slow start while the plot develops,...
- 12/13 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers Focused On Trading For Starting Pitching: The Rangers are more focused on trading for a starter than signing Prince Fielder or bidding on Yu Darvish, according to Ken...
- 12/13 MLBTradeRumors: Brewers Notes: Ramirez, Gamel, Green, Braun: GM Doug Melvin confirmed this evening that the Brewers won’t bid on free agent first baseman Prince Fielder. Here are more...
- 12/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Braun Deserves Benefit of the Doubt, but Leak Gives Black Eye to All: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). If Albert Pujols’ decision to head west was a time bomb, Ryan...
- 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 House of the Bluebird: Why Votto, but not Fielder: Photo's by OlympianX and Keith Allison both licensed under Creative CommonsSince the what seems like...
- 12/12 22gigantes.com: Travis Ishikawa signs with Brewers: Former Giants first baseman Travis Ishikawa might have some big enormous shoes to fill. Ishi was signed to a minor league contract...
- 12/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Albert Pujols heads to tinsel town … kinda: Last week, Albert Pujols shook the rafters of baseball and shocked the world when he signed with the Los Angeles Angels...
- 12/12 Through The Fence Baseball: The Latin Link: Pujols, Reyes and other signings: When starting out as an aspiring young scout, I was a “bird dog” for John “Spider” Jorgensen, one...
- 12/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers Notes: Yu Darvish, Prince Fielder, Roy Oswalt: The Texas Rangers are a few days removed from the winter meetings and, to the surprise of most,