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Doug Fister
Douglas Wildes Fister
Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 8", Weight: 210 lb.
Born: February 4, 1984 in Merced, CA
High School: Golden Valley HS (Merced, CA)
Schools: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA), Merced College (Merced, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 7th round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 2006.
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Debut: August 8, 2009 (Age 25)
vs. TBR 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Tigers 2009-2013
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$4M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.058, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: PSI Sports Management [*]
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News -- May 2013
- 5/23 TheFantasyFix.com: The Rubber, Week Eight: Potential K% Surgers and Losers: We all know there is a strong correlation between swinging strike rate (SwStr%) and strikeout rate (K%). But how strong is it?...
- 5/22 Seedlings to Stars: Top-5 Check In: Detroit Tigers: Now that we’re more than a month in to the 2013 minor league season, it’s a good time to check in on how the top prospects...
- 5/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Texas Rangers: A case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: If you didn’t know any better, you would have thought the Texas Rangers had an alter ego. After taking three of four...
- 5/22 Motor City Bengals: Max Scherzer Pushing Justin Verlander: The Detroit Tigers will have their ace on the mound tonight against the Cleveland Indians. That’s Justin Verlander, owner of...
- 5/21 numberFire: Sell Arizona Diamondbacks SP Patrick Corbin Right Now: Did you really think that 1.44 ERA and 0.98 WHIP would be sustainable? Not even close.See More Patrick Corbin Gio Gonzalez Matt...
- 5/20 KC Kingdom: AL Central Update – 5/20/13: Cleveland Indians On Fire And In First: The AL Central has spread itself out just a bit in the past week, due mainly to the Cleveland Indians being red hot and a couple...
- 5/20 We Talk Fantasy Sports: We want Moore. Like, you really like it. You want Moore: Matt Moore moved to 8-0 in 9 starts this season as the Rays swept the Orioles this weekend at Camden Yards. Moore lasted...
- 5/20 Nolan Writin': Video Game Rangers Beat Video Game Tigers, 11-8: Last season’s American League MVP Miguel Cabrera stole the show with a 3-HR performance, but it was the Rangers who bested...
- 5/20 Baseball News Source: Miguel Cabrera Hits 3 Home Runs In Tigers Loss: Miguel Cabrera hammered three home runs and had five RBI in a 11-8 loss to the Texas Rangers in Arlington. Cabrera was 4-for-4...
- 5/19 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers – Random Ramblings: We all know what they say about excuses – but between coaching Little League, catching up on yardwork, playing rec-league...
- 5/19 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: How long can Matt Moore stay undefeated? Photo: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports The Mariners and Indians start the day with Felix...
- 5/18 The Flagrant Fan: Chris Sale is quietly terrific: The Chicago White Sox' Chris Sale might be the quietest superstar in baseball. Whether it is because his team gets little national...
- 5/17 Billy-Ball.com: A dozen starters who have given up no more than two homers all season: Justin Verlander was battered by the Rangers but the most damaging blow was a three-run homer by Geovany Soto. That was just the...
- 5/16 Baseball Musings: Price to the DL: The Rays placed David Price on the disabled list. “It just felt (like) tightness,” Price said. “It wasn’t...
- 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 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 44 Observations: Dodgers 2, Nationals 0 Clayton Kershaw: In a rare sight, Kershaw threw 94 pitches on Tuesday night… for strikes....
- 5/14 numberFire: MLB Daily Fantasy Helper: Tuesday 5/14/13: I'm still not buying the Barry Zito comeback train, which makes Edwin Encarnacion a top hitting option tonight.See More Doug...
- 5/14 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: May 14, 2013: The new edition of Lee Sinins’ Complete Baseball Encyclopedia is now available and can be ordered here. AL Mariners (Felix...
- 5/14 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Tuesday: May 14, 2013: Monday started off in good shape as both ends of the Yankees - Indians double-header were called correctly. But the day only...
- 5/14 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: May 14: DraftKings.com Team of the Day As always, I’m playing in the Double Up! contest on DraftKings. Don’t forget to get your deposit...
- 5/11 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated Two Start Pitchers for week 7 – fantasy baseball 2013 – waiver wire SP – streamer options: There were still a number of rainouts in week 6 as we press on into the month of May, meaning there were plenty of rotation changes...
- 5/10 District On Deck: Moments That Mattered: The Heart Of The Order Beats Strong: Source: FanGraphs With the exception of one small mistake, all phases of the game were great for the Nats today. Dan Haren threw...
- 5/10 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Cleveland Sweeps and Thursday’s Box Scores: Many wondered if the 2013 A’s could recapture the mojo from their 2012 playoff run. The A’s came out of the box strong, but...
- 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy Daily: Mark Reynolds, Patrick Corbin, Oscar Taveras: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Taking...
- 5/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers starting rotation is dominating the AL: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Miguel...
- 5/10 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Friday: May 10, 2013: Thursday was a pretty good day. I did not expect the Mets to win. Ryan Vogelsong was winning and then suddenly blew up for...
- 5/10 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 39 Observations: Pitchers: Nationals 5, Tigers 4 Doug Fister: Fister’s afternoon started rough, with the first six batters in Washington’s...
- 5/9 District On Deck: Offense Continues Its Resurgence As Nats Sweep Tigers: I could get used to this offense. Seven of eight offensive starters reached base, the bats knocked Doug Fister out after just...
- 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 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Thursday: May 9, 2013: Yesterday's pick started off 8-0 and I was like, whoa. I was thinking that the day could be historic. But then the Red Sox could...
- 5/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers starting rotation is dominating the AL: Through The Fence Baseball | Through The Fence Baseball - Baseball news, discussion, rumors, and stats from around MLB.Miguel...
- 5/8 Jays Journal: When Will It Be Enough For Major League Baseball To Change The Rules?: In case you missed the news, J.A. Happ suffered a terrible head injury after Desmond Jennings hit a line drive to the mound. He...
- 5/7 District On Deck: Inclement Weather Postpones Tonight’s Game: Due to rain in DC, tonight’s game against the Tigers has been postponed to 4:05 PM on Thursday, which had previously been...
- 5/7 District On Deck: Series Preview: Nationals Head Home To Tackle Tigers: Winners of four of their last five, the Nationals will begin a short five-game homestand with two games agains the AL Central-leading...
- 5/7 fantasyteamadvice.com: Pitching Planner for the week ahead – Two start pitchers for week 6: Lets get those pitching rotations set for the week ahead shall we? This article will deal with the two start pitchers for week...
- 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...
- 5/3 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: May 3, 2013: Great series all weekend AL Twins (Pedro Hernandez) at Indians (Justin Masterson), 7:05 A’s (A.J. Griffin) at Yankees (C.C....
- 5/1 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Claim Casper Wells Off Waivers From Blue Jays: It is hard to feel sympathetic to professional baseball players. Virtually anyone who reads this blog probably would love to be...
- 5/1 TheLeadoffWalk: April All Stars: Pitchers: Starting Pitcher: Adam Wainwright, Cardinals It’s hard to overstate Wainwright’s candidacy for the...
News -- April 2013
- 4/29 Swingin' A's: Casper Wells Struggle To Play: Casper Wells was designated for assignment Sunday to make room on the roster for Yoenis Céspedes. Céspedes was coming off the...
- 4/29 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 28 Observations: Pitchers: Yankees 3, Blue Jays 2 Phil Hughes: Though a whopping 25 foul balls doomed his pitch count, Hughes had yet another...
- 4/28 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Beat Rain, Atlanta Braves to Complete Series Sweep: Tigers 8, Braves 3 (box score) It was more of the same for the Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves: lots of strikeouts by Detroit...
- 4/28 Braves Journal: Tigers 8, Braves Disappointing: ESPN Box Score An appropriate way to cap the weekend. In yet another case where the absurdities of the unbalanced schedule necessitated...
- 4/28 Motor City Bengals: Casper Wells Designated For Assignment By Oakland Athletics: Casper Wells was designated for assignment by the Oakland Athletics today. It’s the third time he’s been DFA this...
- 4/28 Tomahawk Take: Braves Sunday Lunch Chop: A quick roundup of Braves news from around the web. Washington Post Medlen struggles for Braves in 7-4 loss to Tigers; Atlanta...
- 4/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Just as a side note, David Price and Doug Fister both pitch today. This means we have a chance of getting the most commercial...
- 4/27 fantasyteamadvice.com: Top starting pitcher options for streaming for Sunday April 28th, 2013 (waiver wire): So you have worked all week to win your matchup, and it all comes down to this… Sunday, week 4, 2013 and you need to find...
- 4/27 Tomahawk Take: Morning Chop: Braves News 4/27: Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers 10, Atlanta Braves 0: Anibal Sanchez’s 17 strikeouts new team record Anibal Sanchez...
- 4/26 MLBTradeRumors: GM Notes: Future Candidates, Zduriencik: ESPN's Jim Bowden, a former GM of both the Reds and Expos/Nationals, recently took a look at Frank Wren's rise to general manager...
- 4/26 Atlanta Bullpen: Braves Throw 3M Company Against Tigers: The Atlanta Braves will send Paul Maholm, Kris Medlen, and Mike Minor (3M Company) to the mound this weekend when they tangle...
- 4/24 Mets Merized: Featured Post: Should Pitchers be **** with Protection While on the Mound?: Last night, while watching the highlights of the Mets game, I saw the comebacker that struck Jon Niese on the right leg and caused...
- 4/23 The War Room: Gaining Ground: The Upcoming Phillies Schedule: by: Chris CreightonFollow him on Twitter @WarRoomPHLChris by clicking hereWatch the latest episode of the War Room on UStream...
- 4/22 Billy-Ball.com: HBF – Hit By Fister: Doug Fister is hitting a lot of batters this season. Doug Fister has now hit six batters in 27 IP after hitting seven in 161.2...
- 4/19 Mariners Latest: Series Review: Emerald City No Match for Motor City: The Mariners continued with their lack of offensive punch against a powerful Tigers team. The power the Tigers have...
- 4/18 Jays Journal: Back To Normal For Blue Jays Starters: It’s been rough going early on in the season. After 15 games, the Blue Jays’ record is at 6-9 and are 4.5 games back...
- 4/16 MLBTradeRumors: AL Notes: Santana, Royals, Mariners, Fister, Valverde: Jim Callis of Baseball America presented the assigned bonus pool values for each club's selections over the first ten rounds of...
- 4/16 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: April 16, 2013: AL Rays (Roberto Hernandez) at Orioles (Jake Arrieta), 7:05 Red Sox (Felix Doubront) at Indians (Ubaldo Jimenez), 7:05 White Sox...
- 4/15 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Designate Casper Wells For Assignment: The Blue Jays designated outfielder Casper Wells for assignment, according to a team press release. The Jays made the move...
- 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...
- 4/12 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 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Greinke Breaks Collarbone in Brawl, Tigers Crush Jays, Nats Sweep White Sox: The Dodgers and Padres share a state and a division and on Thursday, they shared ejections too. Leading off the top of the sixth...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: Solving the Detroit Tigers Bullpen Problem: Eight games into the season, the Tigers bullpen committee is proving to be as effective as Congress compiling the Federal budget....
- 4/11 Billy-Ball.com: MLB Schedule – April 11, 2013: The new edition of Lee Sinins’ indispensable Complete Baseball Encyclopedia is now available and can be ordered by clicking...
- 4/11 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Thursday: April 11, 2013: Despite two postponed games, two bullpen disasters and a two-game winning streak by the Houston Astros, Wednesday turned out...
- 4/10 MLBTradeRumors: Blue Jays Claim Casper Wells: The Blue Jays have claimed Casper Wells off waivers from the Mariners, according to Peter Gammons of the MLB Network (on Twitter)....
- 4/9 Jays Journal: Blue Jays/Tigers Preview: 4/9/2013: The Toronto Blue Jays and the Detroit Tigers were able to get well acquainted this spring, as the teams split four exhibition...
- 4/9 Motor City Bengals: Series Preview: Detroit Tigers vs. Toronto Blue Jays: After taking a series from the Yankees, the Detroit Tigers look to continue their winning ways as the Toronto Blue Jays come to...
- 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...
- 4/7 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR during the first week of the 2013 season: MLBTR was the...
- 4/6 Baseball News Source: Drew Smyly’s Four-Inning Save Provides Tigers Much Needed Relief: While it wasn’t a feat that is as rare as a hitter going for the cycle or a pitcher throwing a perfect-game, Drew Smyly...
- 4/6 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Gordon, Getz Bases Loaded Triples; Escobar Homers; Hosmer Has 4 Hits: It took three and a half games for the the Kansas City Royals’ bats we witnessed in Arizona to finally thaw out. The Royals...
- 4/6 MLB Injury News: Yankees’ Eduardo Nunez suffers bruised biceps: New York Yankees infielder Eduardo Nunez was hit by a pitch in yesterday’s contest against the Detroit Tigers, forcing him...
- 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 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES LEFT DAZED & CONFUSED IN MOTOWN: (In Photo: Shawn Kelley) The Yankees stink, what else can I really say about it? I know the Tigers are good, but ...
- 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 Bleeding Yankee Blue: EDUARDO NUNEZ, JAYSON NIX & I'M PSYCHIC: Eduardo Nunez left today's game after being pegged on the chest or shoulder area by Doug Fister. He was in pain, or, that's...
- 4/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: Now batting second for the Yankees Robinson Cano?: (Syndicated from Gotham Hub Baseball). Robinson Cano batted second in Game Two of the ALCS against Detroit and went 0-for-4....
- 4/5 Motor City Bengals: Opening Day Series Preview: Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees: After three games on the road – three games about which we absolutely don’t want to talk– the Detroit Tigers will head home...
- 4/5 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Friday: April 5, 2013: Eric Stults, I apologize. I said some disparaging remarks about him starting for the Padres yesterday and I was all wrong as...
- 4/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Andy proves Dandy as Yanks avoid sweep with 4-2 victory over Red Sox: If you made a bet with someone that Andy Pettitte was going to be the first Yankees pitcher to lead the Yankees to victory, then...
- 4/3 MLBTradeRumors: Transaction Retrospection: The Doug Fister Trade: The Tigers opened the 2011 season with a rotation that consisted of Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello, Phil Coke...
- 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,...
- 4/2 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...
- 4/1 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: Detroit Tigers Predictions and More on Opening Day: Five bold predictions for the Tigers’ 2013 season — Bless You Boys Every year, there are players that surprise, others...
- 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners Designate Casper Wells For Assignment: The Mariners have designated outfielder Casper Wells for assignment, tweets Greg Johns of MLB.com. The Mariners now have ten...
News -- March 2013
- 3/29 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Set Pitching Rotation Order For Opening Week: I think we’re all aware that the actual order of pitchers doesn’t really matter. What you really hope is that, by the end...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: Bruce Rondon Optioned To Toledo, Darin Downs Wins Final Bullpen Spot: According to Tigers beat writer Jason Beck (and every other beat writer as well), the Tigers have optioned Bruce Rondon to the...
- 3/28 Puckett's Pond: Previewing the AL Central: Detroit Tigers: As Opening Day gets closer, I’ve been taking a look at the teams in the AL Central. You can see my write up of the White...
- 3/27 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Spring Training Stats: The 22 Worst Performers: Positive spring training stats don’t mean anything, but poor spring performances can mean the world. Just ask Ricky Romero....
- 3/27 MLB Dirt: Which Fantasy Players to Trade Away…And to Trade For: Draft Them Then Trade Them – These players start out quickly, then slow down during the season. These are the players...
- 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...
- 3/25 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Guthrie Rolls; Francoeur Shows Life; Gordon Belts 5th: The pitching stiffened and the bats stayed hot as the Kansas City Royals took out division rival Chicago White Sox 8-2 on Sunday,...
- 3/24 Motor City Bengals: Angels Finally Get Rid of Vernon Wells: Yes, of course, this is a Tigers site. Not a general baseball site or a Yankees site. We spend most of our time delving into minutiae...
- 3/24 Tyler's Think Tank: AL Central Preview: 1st Place--Detroit Tigers 2012 Record: 88-74 2012 Pythagorean: 87-75 2013 Projected: 92-70 The reigning American League champs...
- 3/22 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...
- 3/21 StanGraphs: Wake Up! 2013 Fantasy Baseball Pitching Sleepers: The 2013 Major League Baseball season is less than two weeks away from enveloping me in its comfy web, and I don’t want...
- 3/21 Motor City Bengals: Could Doug Fister’s Spring Troubles Affect Rick Porcello?: Detroit Tigers’ fans and media greatly dissected Bruce Rondon‘s struggles earlier this spring. This is understandable...
- 3/20 Baseballhotcorner.com: Detroit Tigers 2013 Season Preview: The 2012 season ended in utter disappointment for the Detroit Tigers, as they saw their chance for a World Series pennant swept...
- 3/20 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Detroit could keep Rick Porcello, Drew Smyly: There has been speculation throughout the offseason that the Detroit Tigers will trade one of their extra arms – Rick Porcello...
- 3/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Luke Scott Finally Back in The Groove (Almost), Matt Joyce Appreciates How Far He’s Come: If you look at Luke Scott, you’ll immediately notice that something is missing: the Wolverine-esque facial hair that became...
- 3/20 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers, Padres Pursuing Rick Porcello: The Rangers and Padres are the teams most actively discussing potential Rick Porcello trades with the Tigers, Ken Rosenthal and...
- 3/20 Rays Colored Glasses: Luke Scott Helps Power Rays Past Tigers: Last season was a disappointment for Luke Scott. Thus far during Spring Training, he is doing his best to put 2012 behind him....
- 3/19 Motor City Bengals: Rotation Speculation: Not only is Jim Leyland being challenged by **** 6 starters into 5 rotation slots, he also needs to decide in what order to deploy...
- 3/18 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Rangers, Padres interested in Rick Porcello: The Texas Rangers are just one of the team’s discussing Detroit Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello, as Ken Rosenthal of FOX...
- 3/13 We Talk Fantasy Sports: RotoBaller - Starting Pitching Tier Rankings: This article originally appeared on www.RotoBaller.com: RotoBaller.com Rankings: 2013 Starting Pitcher Rankings with ADP ComparisonRotoBaller.com...
- 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 fantasyteamadvice.com: Doug Fister: Doug Fister 2013 Starting Pitcher – Detroit Tigers Fantasy baseball analysis Doug Fister isn’t one of the top strikeout...
- 3/8 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Yahoo Fantasy Baseball ADP Mock Draft: Understanding Average Draft Position is a key element to a great draft. You may feel that other people have players ranked...
- 3/6 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Detroit wants to trade for closer: Earlier this week it was reported that the Detroit Tigers were not interested in adding another closer, as the team was prepared...
- 3/5 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Rangers interested in Rick Porcello: The Texas Rangers are still attempting to determine who their No. 5 starter will be this season, causing them to inquire about...
- 3/3 Baseball Jerks: After the Trade: Granderson, Jackson, Kennedy: On December 8th, 2009, the Detroit Tigers sent Curtis Granderson to New York in a three-way deal with the Diamondbacks and Yankees....
- 3/2 Motor City Bengals: Infante’s Encore: Omar is back, due to the incumbent ineptitude of the Bengals second-sackers considerably more than his aptitude at the position....
News -- February 2013
- 2/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers look forward to an even better finish in 2013: Entering spring training, many speculated whether the Detroit Tigers would have a different demeanor entering camp. It certainly...
- 2/22 North and South of Royal Brougham: King Felix and Decreased Velocity: Part One: It’s no secret that maintaining fastball velocity is important for a pitcher’s sustained success—or in the case of some, sustained...
- 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 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 Motor City Bengals: Rick Porcello To Start Detroit Tigers’ Spring Opener: According to Tom Gage of the Detroit News, the Detroit Tigers have announced the starting pitcher for Friday’s spring opener,...
- 2/18 Full Spectrum Baseball: Head injuries in football are well documented, but what about baseball?Catchers have masks. Batters are helmets. What about pitchers though?...
- 2/17 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Is This Finally the Year of the Tiger?: Is this finally the year of the Tiger, will the Two-Time defending American League Central Division Champions finally reach...
- 2/12 North and South of Royal Brougham: 2013 Seattle Mariners Prospect No. 10: Francisco Martinez: Francisco Martinez, 3B/CF, Jackson Generals (AA, average age 24.3 in 2012) 6-2, 210 lbs, 22 years old Bats: Right, Throws: Right Acquired:...
- 2/6 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 10 Spot Start Pitchers Ready for Jump to Next Level: This isn’t the first or last time you’ll hear this from me, but drafting the game’s elite pitchers early in...
- 2/5 MLB Dirt: Seattle Mariners’ Prospect Scott DeCecco Talks Baseball: The Seattle Mariners have done well in recent years developing young pitchers, with Felix Hernandez, Doug Fister and Blake Beavan...
- 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...
- 2/2 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: 2013 Detroit Tigers Preview from a Minnesota Twins fan: Let's take a look at the competish, shall we? The Detroit Tigers were in the World Series last season. That is pretty...
- 2/2 Eye On the Tigers: Tigers payroll looking ahead: 2014 and beyond: If the Tigers wish to contend beyond their "win now" window of 2011 through 2014, they need to make some moves that sell high...
News -- January 2013
- 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Kobayashi, Rangers, Trout, Wells: The Rangers and Nationals are waiting to hear if Nelson Cruz or Gio Gonzalez could face disciplinary action from Major League...
- 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Rangers, Mike Trout, Casper Wells: The Rangers and Nationals are waiting to hear if Nelson Cruz or Gio Gonzalez could face disciplinary action from Major League...
- 1/27 Motor City Bengals: The Detroit Tigers Have Better Options If Rick Porcello Isn’t Traded: Yesterday, at the Detroit News, Lynn Henning wrote that the “Tigers have options if Rick Porcello is traded”. His point is...
- 1/24 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ 2013 ZiPS Projections Released: Dan Szymborski, creator of the computer generated ZiPS projections, is releasing his projected statistics this year in partnership...
- 1/23 MLB Injury News: Tigers Rumors: Detroit Not Close to Trading Rick Porcello: Trade rumors have been swirling around Detroit Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello for much of the offseason, but the team doesn’t appear...
- 1/21 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Starters Not Injury Risks: Let me start by recommending that you all read the articles over at Fangraphs by Jeff Zimmerman upon which these are based (Here’s...
- 1/19 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Sign Six Arbitration Players, Exchange Salary Figures With Max Scherzer: The deadline for teams to exchange salary figures with their arbitration eligible players came yesterday — a day that is...
- 1/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Three avoid arbitration: The Detroit Tigers avoided arbitration with OF Austin Jackson, SP Doug Fister and C Alex Avila Friday, Jan. 18, by agreeing to...[+]
- 1/17 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: 61st through 80th: Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not...
- 1/15 WahoosOnFirst: Indians Really Can (and Should) Trade Ubaldo Jimenez: I went with my wife to see the Indians play the Tigers on Labor Day 2011. The Tigers were in the midst of pulling away from the...
- 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 North and South of Royal Brougham: Nobody, Not Even Edgar Martinez Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame: There comes a point in just about every man’s life when he has to begin to prioritize things that he cares about. We don’t...
- 1/8 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Would Do Well To Keep Drew Smyly In The Minor Leagues: As Chris wrote yesterday, the Detroit Tigers need to think long and hard about trading a pitcher. It still appears as though...
News -- December 2012
- 12/31 Motor City Bengals: With Sanchez, Tigers Rotation Could Make History: Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer ranked first and second respectively on the major league strikeout leaderboard this past season....
- 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)....
- 12/30 MLBRandomFandom: Problem Solving: Tigers Bullpen: By Nick CesareThroughout the history of baseball, pitching has often been the main reason why a team was successful or not. ...
- 12/27 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...
- 12/23 Baseball News Source: Anibal Sanchez Reaches Agreement with Tigers: Five Years $80 Million: him Sanchez opted to re-sign with the Tigers instead of the Cubs The Detroit Tigers and free-agent righthander Anibal Sanchez...
- 12/21 MLB Injury News: Tigers Rumors: Orioles, Mariners Interested in Rick Porcello: The Detroit Tigers have been fielding calls on right-hander Rick Porcello, and the Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners are...
- 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...
- 12/19 The Daily Fungo: 2012 Top 10 Stories: #7 Tigers Trade for Sanchez and Infante: Based on Number Eight in this completely subjective Top 10 list (The Black Hole at Second Base), Number Seven should come as no...
- 12/18 MLB Injury News: Tigers Rumors: Detroit Listening on Drew Smyly: While it’s been reported that the Detroit Tigers are expected to trade starting pitcher Rick Porcello following the signing...
- 12/18 Roto Think Tank: 2012 A.L. Starting Pitchers: Part I: 0 0 1 436 2489 Roto Think Tank 20 5 2920 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
- 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Taking Calls On Drew Smyly: The Tigers are reportedly receiving interest in Rick Porcello, and according to Danny Knobler of CBS Sports the team is also...
- 12/16 Motor City Bengals: Why The Detroit Tigers Should Wait To Trade Rick Porcello: We don’t yet know for sure that the Detroit Tigers want to trade Rick Porcello, but they now have six capable big league starting...
- 12/15 MLBTradeRumors: Angels In Contact With Tigers About Rick Porcello: The Angels have been in contact with the Tigers about Rick Porcello, reports Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com. The Pirates, Padres,...
- 12/15 Eye On the Tigers: Sanchez was a good signing: While perusing some of the message boards in the aftermath of the Anibal Sanchez signing, I was confounded by the grumbling about...
- 12/15 MLB Injury News: Tigers Rumors: Pirates, Padres Interested in Rick Porcello: Now that the Detroit Tigers have re-signed right-hander Anibal Sanchez, the team is making Rick Porcello available in trade....
- 12/14 Southside Showdown: Ranking The AL Central’s Starting Rotations: The AL Central has made a few pitching acquisitions lately, with the Royals vastly overpaying for James Shields and Wade Davis...
- 12/14 Call to the Pen: Anibal Sanchez Re-Signs with Tigers: The Detroit Tigers were given an opportunity by one of their free agents that the Texas Rangers weren’t given by Josh Hamilton....
- 12/14 Splash Hit Blog: A Yesterday/Today Post: Two Major Blocks Off the FA Market: I had this article sitting on ice yesterday. Was just waiting for a certain pitcher to get off the market, but didn’t happen...
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers To Sign Anibal Sanchez: The Tigers have agreed to sign free agent right-hander Anibal Sanchez to a five-year, $80MM contract, Bob Nightengale of USA...
- 12/13 Motor City Bengals: Chicago Cubs Reportedly Close To Signing Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers Apparently Still Involved: Multiple reports have floated out this afternoon concerning Anibal Sanchez and how close he is to signing a deal with the Chicago...
- 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...
- 12/12 MLB Injury News: Tigers Rumors: ‘Lots of Interest’ in Rick Porcello: “Plenty of teams are interested” in trading for Detroit Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello, reports Danny Knobler of CBS...
- 12/12 Motor City Bengals: Were the Detroit Tigers Prepared To Ship Out Nick Castellanos For James Shields?: Former New York Mets general manager Jim Duquette just tweeted out an interesting bit of news: I was just told by a top major...
- 12/11 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Pursued James Shields: The Tigers seriously pursued James Shields before the Royals acquired him, Jim Duquette of MLB Network Radio and Danny Knobler...
- 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Tigers Will Win the World Series: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
- 12/8 Motor City Bengals: Greinke Sets the Market: The news that Zach Greinke is in line to sign a monster, record setting deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers; reportedly for 6 years,...
News -- November 2012
- 11/27 Eye On the Tigers: Tigers TV revenue and payroll sustainability: In this edition of Eye on the Tigers, I want to take a look at the projected revenue increase the Tigers are reported to be in...
- 11/27 Motor City Bengals: Reviewing The Detroit Tigers Recent Trades: I’m only going to go back a few years here – no need to drag up that Jair Jurrjens giveaway or crow about getting...
- 11/21 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...
- 11/18 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 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Potential Free Agent Target: Brandon McCarthy: I’ve outlined the need the Tigers have for starting pitching depth yesterday. That need especially becomes clear if the...
- 11/17 Motor City Bengals: Starting Rotation Depth A Concern For Tigers: Starting pitching isn’t a concern for the Tigers. Even if they don’t re-sign the much sought after Anibal Sanchez,...
- 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers are next in our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series. Matt Swartz's salary projections are below. First time: Doug...
- 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 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers will look for corner outfield help and consider signing a starter. Guaranteed Contracts Prince Fielder,...
- 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...
- 11/12 Rum Bunter: Can Success, Failure of Two Pittsburgh Pirates Pitchers Predict Future?: Max Scherzer, Sergio Romo, Tommy Hanson, Bud Norris, Jason Vargas, Kris Medlen, Bobby Parnell, Phil Hughes, Doug Fister, Drew...
- 11/12 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: MadBum: Madison Bumgarner gave up TEN earned runs in two disastrous playoff starts: an LDS Game Two loss (4-1/3, 7 H, 4 R) to the Reds...
- 11/12 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Tigers Will Win the World Series: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
- 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 Eye On the Tigers: Top 10 Most Exciting Tigers Wins of 2012: I wanted to do some kind of recap on the 2012 season but I wanted to do something different than the other blogs. I’m...
- 11/8 Yankees Fans Unite: Yankees Offseason Notes: Red Sox interested in Kuroda, Martinez, GIBBY Awards, Roster Rules, Pitcher Protection?: Good evening everyone. With the GM Meetings happening in California there has been news coming from the Yankees organization all...
- 11/2 StanGraphs: AL Central Review: 2012 AL Central Predicted Standings 1. Detroit Tigers 2. Kansas City Royals 3. Cleveland Indians 4. Chicago White Sox 5. Minnesota...
- 11/1 Southside Showdown: Tigers May Be Tougher In ’13: James has already pointed out that the Tigers have gotten rid of Delmon Young – and that this portends badly for the White Sox....
- 11/1 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 RoxPile: Are We Headed Towards Helmets For Pitchers?: The two scariest incidents that involved pitchers getting hit in the head in the past two seasons both have Colorado connections....
News -- October 2012
- 10/31 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Detroit Tigers: The World Series may have ended in bitter fashion for the Detroit Tigers – getting swept in painful fashion by the San Francisco...
- 10/30 Motor City Bengals: Assessing The Detroit Tigers’ Payroll Situation: A lot of us said that there would be no money last offseason to spend on big-name free agents, but the Tigers surprised everyone...
- 10/29 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers: Re-Load, Stand Pat or Scrape By?: Going into this offseason the Detroit Tigers have a strong core, a lot of payroll obligations and a choice of three distinct paths....
- 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister scheduled to start Game 6: Updating previous reports, Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (head) is scheduled to start Game 6 of the World Series against the San...[+]
- 10/28 Injury Report: ()
- 10/28 MLB Injury News: Tigers Injury News: Doug Fister OK After Comebacker: Detroit Tigers right-hander Doug Fister is showing no signs of a concussion after being hit in the head by a line drive Thursday,...
- 10/28 MLB Injury News: World Series Update: The San Francisco Giants took a 1-0 lead in the World Series last night, and they did so in dominant fashion. They knocked...
- 10/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: MLB | Considering protective gear for pitchers: Major League Baseball is looking at ways to protect pitchers from being injured by batted balls such as the one that struck Detroit...[+]
- 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...
- 10/27 MLB Injury News: Tigers Injury News: Doug Fister OK After Comebacker: Detroit Tigers right-hander Doug Fister is showing no signs of a concussion after being hit in the head by a line drive...
- 10/27 Motor City Bengals: Game Three Not Technically A “Must Win” For the Detroit Tigers: Let’s not talk about “must win” games until the team is truly in a must win scenario. The Tigers have backed themselves...
- 10/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister is OK: Detroit Tigers trainer Kevin Rand claimed that SP Doug Fister (head) was fine after being hit in the line drive during the second...[+]
- 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....
- 10/26 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister to undergo tests: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (head) will undergo tests on his head Friday, Oct. 26, after being struck in the head by a line...[+]
- 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister OK: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (head) was struck in the side of the head by a liner in Game 2 of the World Series, but remained...[+]
- 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 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister takes ball to head, stays in game: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (head) took a ball off his head that was hit by San Francisco Giants OF Gregor Blanco during Game...[+]
- 10/26 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 2: Madison Bumgarner Silences the Detroit Tigers: It took six innings for either team to score on Thursday night, and even then the run was scored on a Brandon Crawford bases loaded...
- 10/26 Baseball News Source: Bumgarner, Giants Shut-Out Tigers – Take 2-0 Series Lead To Detroit: Bumgarner, who lost both his starts in the NL playoffs, struck out eight Madison Bumgarner pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, Brandon...
- 10/26 Baseball Musings: The Pitching: Madison Bumgarner figured out his problems and pitches seven shutout innings against the Tigers in game two of the 2012 World...
- 10/25 AroundTheFoghorn: World Series Game 2 – Giants Win & Take 2-0 Series Lead: The San Francisco Giants beat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0 in Game 2 of the World Series at AT&T Park tonight, giving them a...
- 10/25 Baseball Musings: Doug Done: Doug Fister gives up a single to Hunter Pence leading off the bottom of the seventh, and Jim Leyland goes to the bullpen. He threw...
- 10/25 Baseball Musings: Dueling Two-Hitters: At the end of five innings, the Tigers and Giants remain scoreless as Doug Fister and Madison Bumgarner spin two-hitters. Madison...
- 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 General Upside Region of the Head: The Giants have a threat in the bottom of the second. Buster Posey singles to start the inning, then with two out, Grego Blanco...
- 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 High Heat Stats: World Series — Game 1 notes, Game 2 chat: Including the postseason, the Giants have four 3-HR games at home this year. The last three have come in support of Barry Zito....
- 10/25 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: Doug Fister tries to even the World Series at one game apiece as his Tigers take on the Giants and Madison Bumgarner. Early injuries...
- 10/25 For Baseball Junkies: Sandoval Hits 3 Home Runs in Game One of 2012 World Series: Pablo Sandoval etched his name in the baseball history books last night, becoming the fourth player in baseball history to hit...
- 10/25 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Thursday: October 25, 2012: Yes, October baseball is always unpredictable. In the first game of the 2012 World Series, Barry Zito easily out-pitched Justin...
- 10/25 MLB Injury News: World Series Update: The San Francisco Giants took a 1-0 lead in the World Series last night, and they did so in dominant fashion. They knocked...
- 10/25 mlbreports.com : Giants vs. Tigers: Who Will Win the 2012 World Series?: Thursday October 25th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer): Who Has The Edge In The Starting Pitching Department? The Tigers’...
- 10/25 Call to the Pen: Giants Thrash Tigers in Game One Win: In a match up of former Cy Young winners, not many had given left hander Barry Zito or his San Francisco Giants against the...
- 10/25 AroundTheFoghorn: World Series: San Francisco Giants Win Game 1: The San Francisco Giants won Game 1 of the World Series against the Detroit Tigers tonight at AT&T Park. The game, by all...
- 10/24 mlbreports.com : Marco Scutaro: The Best 2012 Trade Deadline Deal And NLCS MVP: melk Wednesday, October.24/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I am pleased to always write about a player that has appeared...
- 10/24 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: 2012 World Series Starts Tonight!: The stage is set for the start of the 2012 World Series. The Detroit Tigers are representing the American League and the National...
- 10/24 StanGraphs: 2012 World Series Preview: Detroit Tigers vs. San Francisco Giants: Times have been dark for the past day or so around the StanGraphs camp; the Cardinals team we chronicled so painstakingly all...
- 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 Philly Phanatics: World Series preview: The Tigers are red hot - and so are the Giants...once they spot their opponents a 2-game series lead. Ron Opher previews the...
- 10/23 Tyler's Think Tank: The Tigers Win the Pennant: That was easy. After taking four straight games from the New York Yankees, the Detroit Tigers are World Series bound and...
- 10/22 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 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Set World Series Starting Pitching Rotation: Jim Leyland announced his World Series starting rotation last night, and it wasn’t quite what I had predicted. From James Schmehl...
- 10/20 Motor City Bengals: Tigers’ Right-Handed Pitching Staff Will Be Big Advantage in World Series: Barry Zito and the San Francisco Giants came away with an improbable victory last night to extend the series versus the St. Louis...
- 10/20 Eye On the Tigers: Sweeping the ALCS Was a Team Effort: Delmon Young was impressive during the ALCS, hitting .353/.421/.765/1.186 with 2 HR and 6 RBI. He is credited for the game-winning...
- 10/19 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...
- 10/18 Motor City Bengals: World Series Schedule and Tigers’ Projected Starting Pitching Rotation: We don’t know who the Tigers will be facing in the World Series, but we do know that they won’t have home field advantage...
- 10/18 Baseball News Source: Tigers Hammer Sabathia to Reach World Series: Cabrera launched a 2-run homer in the fourth inning The Detroit Tigers scored a run in the first inning when Delmon Young singled...
- 10/17 The Beanball: The Top Five Control Artists in 2011: One of pitching coach’s least favorite things in the world are walks. Walks lead to base runners, and base runners often...
- 10/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: Playing With House Money: You could use the gritting term that keeps coming up this offseason, playing with house money, to describe the entire 2012 season....
- 10/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit pitchers still cautious, even with Derek Jeter out: The Oakland series showed us how good Detroit’s pitching really is. Let’s take a look: G1 (W): Justin Verlander, 7.0 IP, ...
- 10/16 Full Spectrum Baseball: Dear Yankee Fans … I might have spoken too soon.Remember, when I said “Dear Yankee Fans…. Chill Out”? Maybe, I spoke too quickly....
- 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 Bronx Baseball Daily: Girardi: baseball needs instant replay: The Yankees are down 0-2 in the ALCS against Detroit, but it is easy to wonder where they might be if two bad calls had gone...
- 10/15 It's About the Money (Stupid): I guess the Yankees get the number one pick then?: Far be it from me to say anything positive about the Yankees' offense right now, but I think we can at least agree to not draw...
- 10/15 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Tigers, Valverde, Twins: The Tigers, now just two wins away from advancing to the World Series, have the day off before hosting the Yankees in Detroit...
- 10/15 Motor City Bengals: Weekend MVP: Jhonny Peralta: The first two games of the American League Championship Series have not lacked intrigue. Neither were fans of the Detroit Tigers...
- 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 Bleeding Yankee Blue: PATHETIC AT THE PLATE: sac ri fice [sak ruh fahys] noun, verb: the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of something...
- 10/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: NIGHTMARE IN THE BRONX: In spite of the fact that destiny in the person of Raul Ibanez's heroics has helped to push the Yankees to the ALCS...
- 10/14 Climbing Tal's Hill: Yankees lose Jeter for remainder of post-season: The New York Yankees lost more than just a ballgame last night. They lost their captain. Derek Jeter suffered a fractured left...
- 10/14 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Sunday: October 14, 2012: Last night's game between the Yankees and the Tigers was crushing. It was not crushing because the Yankees lost. Teams lose...
- 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 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees fight back on Ibanez heroics, but lose in extras; Jeter fractures ankle: Game 1 of the American League Championship Series was a game of lost opportunities, a wicked roller coaster ride and while losing...
- 10/14 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees lose ALCS opener, Jeter out with broken ankle: The Yankees got a pair of big two-run home runs in the bottom of the ninth inning by Ichiro Suzuki and Raul Ibanez to tie...
- 10/14 Baseball News Source: Tigers Overcome Ibanez Two-Run Blast in Ninth to Win Game 1 of ALCS: Ibanez hit his third home run of the postseason to tie the game in the ninth The Detroit Tigers handed a 4-0 lead to closer Jose...
- 10/14 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Ex-Mariners Star in Yankees-Tigers ALCS Game 1: I thought Watching ex-Mariner Doug Fister shut down the Yankees tonight through six and a third innings was surreal enough until...
- 10/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: igers | Doug Fister has great effort wasted: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister worked around six hits and four walks allowed in 6 1/3 scoreless innings in Game 1 of the American...[+]
- 10/13 Baseball Musings: Fister Done: Doug Fister gives up a one-out single to Ichiro Suzuki in the bottom of the seventh. That ends his night. Fister was a bit wild...
- 10/13 Baseball Musings: Mr. 200: Derek Jeter follows up his 200 hit regular season with his 200th hit in the post season. Derek singles in the second with two...
- 10/13 Baseball Musings: Wild First: Doug Fister walked three of the first five Yankees batters he faces in game one of the ALCS. The Detroit starter is known for...
- 10/13 Bronx Baseball Daily: A quick look at the Tiger’s pitching staff: The Tigers might have three of the best hitters in baseball, but the best player on their team is possibly Justin Verlander....
- 10/13 My Pinstripes: ALCS, Hmmm: Opponents are in trouble when the Big Man roars. Due to extenuating circumstances I missed almost the entire game yesterday....
- 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 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 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees beat Orioles to advance to the ALCS: The Yankees offense has struggled lately so their ace starter CC Sabathia put them on his back and carried them past the Orioles...
- 10/13 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHAT THE YANKEES CAN EXPECT FROM THE DETROIT TIGERS: They’re back...and so are our old foes from postseason past. Fans haven’t forgotten what happened last year, and neither...
- 10/13 PaulLebowitz.com: ALCS Preview and Predictions—New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers: New York Yankees (95-67; 1st place, AL East; defeated Baltimore Orioles 3 games to 2 in the ALDS) vs Detroit Tigers (88-74; 1st...
- 10/13 Motor City Bengals: New York Yankees ALCS Starting Rotation Prediction: Major League Baseball had to compress the playoff schedule this season to fit in the new Wild Card game at the last minute. One...
- 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...
- 10/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister to work in Game 1: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister has been named as the starting pitcher for Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against...[+]
- 10/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: CELEBRATE WITH THE ALDS CHAMPS, THE YANKEES!: Congrats to CC Sabathia and the Yankees! Tomorrow night it's Andy Pettitte vs. Doug...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: How the Detroit Tigers’ Starting Pitchers Line Up for the ALCS: The Tigers weren’t able to escape Oakland while also lining up Justin Verlander for the American League Championship Series...
- 10/9 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Could Keep Sanchez Over Porcello: When the Detroit Tigers acquired Anibal Sanchez at the trade deadline, fans and pundits perceived him as a rental. General manager...
- 10/9 Motor City Bengals: Deadline Deal With Marlins Paying Off For Tigers: We in the baseball media, as well as fans of baseball, have an obsession. Perhaps our obsession is a societal phenomena, ingrained...
- 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 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 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Experience Reigns Over Youth In Full Day Of Division Series: Yesterday, we had a full slate of division series games with all teams in the American League and National League battling it...
- 10/8 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Starters Have Stymied Oakland Hitters: It takes a total team effort to make a deep run in the playoffs, but it was well known that the Tigers would be relying heavily...
- 10/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister impressive in ALDS no-decision : Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings and struck out eight during Game 2 of the American...[+]
- 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 High Heat Stats: Talk about the LDS: Quadruple-header Sunday!: Eye-opening play at the plate to limit Oakland’s damage in the 3rd: Rookie RF Avisail Garcia needed a perfect throw to...
- 10/7 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Use Unconventional Scoring To Top A’s, Take 2-0 Series Lead: Tigers 5, Athletics 4 (box score) For as much as Game 1 went according to script – Justin Verlander mowed down A’s hitters...
- 10/7 Baseball Musings: Walking to Victory: Doug Fister issues his second walk to Seth Smith leading off the seventh. A sacrifice and a Cliff Pennington single later, and...
- 10/7 Baseball Musings: Control Game: The Athletics and Tigers remain tied at one at the end of six. Tommy Milone and Doug Fister are showing why they are known as...
- 10/7 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Sunday: October 7, 2012: You have to give credit to Dusty Baker and the Reds for not panicking when Johnny Cueto came up lame. The way the situation...
- 10/7 Call to the Pen: Sunday’s Playoff Starting Pitchers: I was glancing through the scheduled starting pitchers for today’s four playoff games, two of which will be the first games...
- 10/7 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Sunday October 7th: Sunday October 7th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
- 10/7 Swingin' A's: A’s Drop Game 1 As Verlander K’s 11, Pat Neshek Rises Above It All: Frankly it’s difficult to be too upset about the A’s dropping game 1 when they were facing off against one of the...
- 10/7 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Athletics and Tigers turn things around quickly with a noon EDT start on Sunday, Tommy Milone taking on Doug Fister. Milone...
- 10/6 Baseball Jerks: ALDS Game 1: Oakland Swings and Misses: Yeah, yeah, Verlander Shmerlader. We get it. He’s lights out, but tonight’s Oakland lineup made themselves ripe for...
- 10/6 Baseball News Source: Tigers, Verlander Take Game One in ALDS: Verlander dominated the A’s in Game 1 Justin Verlander gave up a leadoff home run to Oakland A’s outfielder Coco Crisp,...
- 10/6 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Ride Justin Verlander to ALDS Lead: Tigers 3, Athletics 0 (box score) It’s a relief to have game one go more or less according to plan for the Tigers. We count...
- 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 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Series Preview: Tigers vs. A’s American League Division Series: The A’s today released their roster for the ALDS and will face the Detroit Tigers today at 3PM PT. Here is how the series...
- 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...
- 10/5 Motor City Bengals: MCB’s Tigers Pre-Season Top 50 Prospects Review: 10-1: Last November, myself and ex-Motor City Bengals contributor James Chipman, provided everyone with a top 50 prospects list. Well,...
- 10/4 Motor City Bengals: The BEST Reason To Run 12+ Pitchers in the ALDS: Ever heard of a guy named Collin Cowgill? No? You’re not alone. Jim Leyland has already made it clear that he intends to...
- 10/4 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Houston Astros: The Astros kick off our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series. Matt Swartz's salary projections are below. First time: Bud...
- 10/3 Motor City Bengals: Verlander Needs To Step Up This Post-Season: After winning the MVP as well as the Cy Young awards last season, there’s not much more for Justin Verlanderto accomplish...
- 10/3 Baseball News Source: Final Day of the Regular Season Provides Options for the Yankees: Yankees need only beat Boston one more time to win AL East Crown One hundred and sixty one games into the regular season and the...
- 10/2 Roto Think Tank: No Hope, No Hope, At the End of My Rope: 0 0 1 582 2616 Roto Think Tank 62 23 3175 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
- 10/2 Motor City Bengals: Texas Rangers Might Not Be A Completely Horrible ALDS Matchup After All: We’re only two days away from the regular season, but it’s still quite unclear who the Tigers will face in the first round...
- 10/1 Baseball News Source: Tigers Clinch AL Central – Cabrera Adds to Triple Crown Numbers: Triple Crown leader Miguel Cabrera, who was 4-for-5 with his 44th home run While the American League East and American League...
- 10/1 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Top Royals, Celebrate AL Central Championship: Tigers 6, Royals 3 (box score) Like a stubborn husband who found himself in the wrong neighborhood and refused to ask for directions...
- 10/1 SoDo Mojo: Seattle’s Future at Third Base: In my shortstop article, I said that the shortstop position has the best minor league depth of any spot in the field. However,...
- 10/1 Kings of Kauffman: Tigers-Royals Series Preview Q&A with Motor City Bengals Matt Snyder: Tonight is the beginning of the end for the Kansas City Royals (71-88) who return to the K for their last series of the season....
- 10/1 Motor City Bengals: If Healthy, Max Scherzer Should Start Game Two of ALDS: Assuming the Tigers can win one of three versus Kansas City the next three days, or Chicago drops one game against the Indians,...
News -- September 2012
- 9/30 Kings of Kauffman: September in a Nutshell: Going into the last full month of the season, the Royals had some nice momentum and the phrase “.500″ was even starting...
- 9/30 Kings of Kauffman: Unwanted Fame: There are lots of different ways that people can frustrate you when they’re talking about baseball. Whether it be an analyst...
- 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 MLB Injury News: Max Scherzer Injury Update: Tigers' Pitcher 50-50 on Next Start: With the Detroit Tigers losing last night and the Chicago White Sox winning, the Tigers saw their lead in the American League...
- 9/29 Motor City Bengals: No One Saw Doug Fister Coming: When the Detroit Tigers acquired Doug Fister at the trade deadline a year ago, the thought was that they were getting a starter...
- 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 Baseball Analytics: Fister's Command Key to AL Consecutive K Record: It's not terribly surprising that a Detroit Tigers starting pitcher set an American League record by recording nine straight strikeouts...
- 9/28 Call to the Pen: Doug Fister’s Fluke Strikeout Record: Detroit Tigers pitcher Doug Fister was throwing lightning the other day when he struck out an American League record nine consecutive...
- 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...
- 9/28 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Starters Have Been Dominant in September: Doug Fister’s final ERA line from Thursday afternoon won’t raise eyebrows on its own, but he pitched much better than his...
- 9/27 Kings of Kauffman: Royals Are Limping to the Finish Line: In Thursday’s game in Detroit, Eric Hosmer dove for a ball and injured his shoulder. Later in the game, Alcides Escobar...
- 9/27 Call to the Pen: Doug Fister Sets American League Record for Consecutive Strikeouts: Detroit Tigers pitcher Doug Fister set a new American League record on Thursday by striking out nine consecutive batters during...
- 9/27 Motor City Bengals: Fister sets strikeout record, Tigers complete sweep of Royals: Tigers 5, Royals 4 (box score) For the second consecutive day the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals thanks to an RBI...
- 9/27 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister Sets American League Record for Consecutive Strikeouts: The American League Central race isn’t the only excitement going on at Comerica Park today as the Tigers take on the Kansas...
- 9/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister sets AL record: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister set an American League record against the Kansas City Royals Thursday, Sept. 27, by striking out...[+]
- 9/24 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers Monday Morning Manager: Last Week: 3-4 This Week: KC (9/24-27); at Min (9/28-30) So, What Happened? Just...
- 9/24 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review: The White Sox went into last week coming off a sweep of the Twins in Minnesota, up two games on Detroit even after losing...
- 9/23 Tyler's Think Tank: Miguel Cabrera Threatening Triple Crown: Cabrera's torrid hitting has him on the verge of making baseball history (CBS) The Detroit Tigers mauled the Minnesota...
- 9/23 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander in Line to Start Tiebreaker Game if Necessary, Game One of ALDS if Not: It has turned out to be nothing that couldn’t be figured out with a calendar, a pen, and a five-beaded abacus but, according...
- 9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister hurls shutout for big win over Minnesota: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister gave up seven hits for his first career shutout Saturday, Sept. 22, as the Tigers topped the Minnesota...[+]
- 9/22 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister’s Gem Saves Bullpen, Lifts Tigers Over Twins: Tigers 8, Twins 0 (box score) The Tigers’ win over the lowly Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon was obviously huge from a...
- 9/21 Diamond Ring: Division Needs, Tigers: This is an evaluation of the AL Central going to into next year. Using Cot's Contracts I've figured the amount...
- 9/18 Baseball News Source: Detroit’s Scherzer departs after two innings: Max Scherzer pulled after two innings because of shoulder fatigue Fighting to remain in the American League Central race, the...
- 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister drops to .500: Chicago White Sox SP Doug Fister worked four-plus innings in defeat Monday, Sept. 17, and he was charged with eight hits and five...[+]
- 9/17 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Monday: September 17, 2012: September continues to thwart the Game Picks. A second straight 7-8 day in a row now leaves September's combined record...
- 9/17 The Baseball Page: Monday Morning Manager: Week 24: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results="...
- 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 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Tigers and White Sox make up their rain-out from last week as Doug Fister takes on Jose Quintana Monday afternoon. Fister...
- 9/16 Motor City Bengals: A Season Full of Mistakes Show Up Sunday: The Detroit Tigers today, showed why that they aren’t a viable playoff team. The results were ultra sloppy. The Tigers lost...
- 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: September 5, 2012: An 8-7 record for the Game Picks on Tuesday is not going to get the month and the week out of its deep hole. But at least it...
- 9/12 Southside Showdown: (Another) Return of Gavin Floyd – Lineups 9/12: As much as I am prone to complain about in-game management and the wasting of outs, the White Sox main issue in Tuesday night’s...
- 9/12 Motor City Bengals: Two Aces? The Tigers Have Three.: MLB.com has an article (previewing tonight’s game in Chicago) about Max Scherzer, whose reemergence has given the Tigers...
- 9/12 Call to the Pen: Tigers Win a Game They Had To, Pull Within Two of Chicago: The Detroit Tigers faced a three game deficit in the AL Central after dropping the first of a four-game set with the White Sox...
- 9/11 Southside Showdown: No More Mr. Nice Guy – Lineups 9/11: Even after the victory in game one of this series stretched the division lead to 3 games, tonight’s contest is still being treated...
- 9/11 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays take on the Orioles in the first of six games between the teams, three now in Baltimore and three in Tampa Bay at the...
- 9/6 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Nationals 9, Cubs 1: Through Monday, 387 games had been played at Nationals Park, and only one team had ever hit 5 HRs there....
- 9/6 WahoosOnFirst: Ubaldo’s Solid Start Not Enough as Tigers Beat Indians 7-1: Ubaldo Jimenez was on top of his game Wednesday night, but the Tigers’ late rally and a strong start from Doug Fister boosted...
- 9/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Early Homer and Late Insurance Runs Help Detroit Avoid Sweep; Tigers 7, Indians 1: By Bob Toth A first inning home run and a five-run eighth helped the Tigers avoid a series sweep, despite one of Ubaldo Jimenez’s...
- 9/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #137: Cleveland Indians (58-78) at Detroit Tigers (72-63): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians used doubles by Michael Brantley and Asdrubal Cabrera to paint opposite foul lines...
- 9/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Early Doubles Give Tribe Second Straight Win In Motown; Indians 3, Tigers 2: By Craig Gifford Apparently the Indians magic elixir is the Detroit Tigers. Cleveland has had its share of struggles since the...
- 9/4 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 22: Last Week: 3-3 This Week: CLE (9/3-5); at LAA (9/7-9) So, What Happened? If...
News -- August 2012
- 8/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister expects to make next start: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (groin) threw a bullpen session Tuesday, Aug. 28, and feels like he will make his next scheduled...[+]
- 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 Eye On the Tigers: Tigers September Call-up Options: On Saturday, September 1st, ML rosters can expand to include anyone from the 40-man roster. Here’s my take on the...
- 8/27 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers are right on playoff course: Did anybody notice that the Detroit Tigers just went 5-1 this past week?...
- 8/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Drew Smyly to remain with club: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said SP Drew Smyly will remain with the parent club regardless of whether or not SP Doug Fister...[+]
- 8/24 WahoosOnFirst: Who Should Indians Trade Before August 31 Deadline?: July 31 is far behind us, but there’s another, less-hyped trade deadline on the horizon. Teams can still trade players,...
- 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister scratchedDetroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (groin) was scratched from his start Saturday, Aug. 25. SP Drew Smyly will start in his place....[+]
- 8/22 Eye On the Tigers: Batted Ball FIP: Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) is an ERA estimator. It attempts to show what a pitcher’s ERA should look like given...
- 8/22 Call to the Pen: Tigers’ Doug Fister Could MIss Next Start: The Detroit Tigers have maintained that right hander Doug Fister is on schedule to make his next start, which is supposed to come...
- 8/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Drew Smyly could make spot start: Detroit Tigers SP Drew Smyly could be recalled from Triple-A Toledo if SP Doug Fister (groin) is forced to skip his start against...[+]
- 8/22 The Baseball Page: 7 reasons why the Detroit Tigers won’t win it all in 2012: Heading into play on Tuesday, the Detroit Tigers are 2 full games back...
- 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister has strain: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister's (groin) MRI exam revealed an adductor strain of his groin. Fister felt the issue during his last...[+]
- 8/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister could miss next startDetroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (groin) is dealing with a right groin injury and could miss his next start....[+]
- 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 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review: The White Sox went into last week with a 2 game lead over Detroit. Given that the Sox were heading out for a 7-game road...
- 8/20 Motor City Bengals: September Call Ups? Can anyone really help?: The Tigers philosophy, well, mainly manager Jim Leyland’s, has been to limit September call ups when the rosters expand...
- 8/20 Diamond Ring: Division Needs, Tigers: This is an evaluation of the AL Central going to into next year. Using Cot's Contracts I've figured the amount...
- 8/19 Motor City Bengals: My Bad Everybody: I knew it as soon as I said it that only bad could come from it. Let me set the scenario for you all. You see, sometimes while...
- 8/19 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Orioles and Tigers play the rubber game of their series Sunday afternoon with Chen Wei-Yin facing Doug Fister. A Tigers win...
- 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...
- 8/15 Eye On the Tigers: The Margin of Error: Player A has hit for a .302 AVG and Player B has hit for a .300 AVG. Player A has been "slightly better" than Player B in...
- 8/15 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Orioles Blast Red Sox’ Beckett: Boston 1 - Baltimore 7 - Mark Reynolds connected on pair of home runs and had four RBI to lead a rout of the Boston Red Sox...
- 8/15 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes: Shutouts, shutouts everywhere…. @Yankees 3, Rangers 0: Hiroki Kuroda lost his no-no on an infield single in the 7th when...
- 8/15 Puckett's Pond: Willingham joins the Twins’ 30 HR club: Josh Willingham hit a three run home run off Tiger pitcher Doug Fister last night. It was Willingham’s 30th home run of...
- 8/13 The Baseball Page: Two start pitchers for week 21 of fantasy baseball 2012 (August 20th – August 26th, 2012): The time has come for owners to start considering their rotations for...
- 8/13 Baseball Musings: Mister Fister: David Laurila talks with Doug Fister about Doug’s pitching philosophy. Fister appears to have a Jedi approach to the game:...
- 8/12 mlbreports.com : White Sox or Tigers: Who Wins the Central?: Sunday August 12th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: The American League Central division is shaping out to be one of the tightest races...
- 8/10 Yanks Go Yard: Teixeira and Chavez homer on consecutive pitches to rally Yankees over Tigers: The New York Yankees took a step in the right direction yesterday winning their second straight game, salvaging a split with the...
- 8/9 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees earn series split with finale win: For the second consecutive game, the Yankees' bullpen made things interesting late. Today, however, the drama came in the bottom...
- 8/9 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks Win A One-Run Game, Earn A Split With The Tigers: Wow…That game was something, wasn’t it? To be honest, I’m still catching my breath and trying to come up with...
- 8/9 Baseball Musings: Two Pitches: Mark Teixeira and Eric Chavez hit home runs on consecutive pitches in the top of the eighth that turned a 3-2 Tigers lead into...
- 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...
- 8/6 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Tigers – August 6 – 9, 2012: After taking two of three from the Seattle Mariners in the final series of a nine-game homestand the New York Yankees set off...
- 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?: Game #108: Cleveland Indians (50-57) at Detroit Tigers (57-50): By Mike Brandyberry Saturday evening Doug Fister gave the Indians fits, not allowing a base runner until the sixth inning, and...
- 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 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Felix Hernandez Tosses two-hit shutout at Yankees: NEW YORK – Felix Hernandez pitched his third shutout of the season, allowing only two hits to a powerful New York Yankees...
- 8/4 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #107: Cleveland Indians (50-56) at Detroit Tigers (56-50): By Mike Brandyberry Friday evening the Indians fell behind quickly and never caught up. Justin Masterson was unable to stifle...
- 8/2 Motor City Bengals: Trade Deadline Winners And Losers: Every deadline has winners and losers, we just don’t really know probably until the end of the season which teams fit into...
- 8/1 MLBTradeRumors: Deadline Reaction: Dodgers, Angels, Mets, Phillies: After last year’s non-waiver trade deadline passed I was asked on various radio shows to break down the day’s winners and...
News -- July 2012
- 7/30 The Baseball Page: Monday Morning Manager: Week 17: Last Week: 2-4 This Week: at Bos (7/30-8/1); CLE (8/3-5) So, What Happened? What...
- 7/30 WahoosOnFirst: This Week In Indians Baseball: Week 17: After wrapping up a series with the Baltimore Orioles, the Indians played host to the Detroit Tigers, taking two of three including...
- 7/29 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Tigers Salvage Series: The Detroit Tigers managed just enough offense off of one bat and some good pitching off of one arm to avoid the sweep north of...
- 7/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: It’s new team debut day as Anibal Sanchez starts the festivities as he takes the mound for the Tigers against Henderson...
- 7/26 Eye On the Tigers: Trade Reaction: Jacob Turner, Rob Brantly and Brian Flynn for Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante: The Marlins and Tigers also swap competitive balance lottery draft picks. So now the Tigers get the 6th pick after the first...
- 7/26 District On Deck: Around the NL East: Miami Trades Infante, Sanchez to Detroit: Washington’s division rivals started to revamp their rosters late Monday afternoon as the Miami Marlins completed the first...
- 7/25 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Billy Beane’s Oakland A’s Continue To Roll With Win Over Toronto Blue Jays: AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland Athletics 7, Toronto Blue Jays 2 That’s six straight wins for the red-hot Oakland Athletics. The...
- 7/25 WahoosOnFirst: Ubaldo Jimenez Shuts Down Tigers in 3-2 Tribe Victory: Ubaldo Jimenez held the Tigers scoreless for six innings and one of the weirdest rallies of the year led to the game-winning run...
- 7/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #97: Detroit Tigers (52-44) at Cleveland Indians (48-48): By Mike Brandyberry Monday evening the Indians used seven and one-third innings from Justin Masterson and a two-run home run...
- 7/24 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Cameron Scott Talks Detroit Tigers: The AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers come to town tonight to kick off a hugely important three-game series that could end either...
- 7/23 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #2 7/23: Ichiro in Pinstripes, Anibal and Omar to the Tigers?: Monday July 23rd, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Over the past few hours, a couple of big trades have gone down. Here’s my take...
- 7/23 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Acquire Omar Infante, Anibal Sanchez: 4:59pm: The teams also swap the picks they obtained in last week's competitive balance lottery, Peter Gammons of MLB Network...
- 7/23 The Baseball Page: Monday Morning Manager: Week 16: Last Week: 6-1 This Week: at Cle (7/24-26); at Tor (7/27-29) So, What...
- 7/23 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Better All-Around During Winning Stretch: The Detroit Tigers are 13-2 over their last fifteen games, dating back to Justin Verlander’s Independence Day victory over the...
- 7/22 Call to the Pen: Matt Garza Rumors: Matt Garza fell off the radar for a short – and I mean short - period of time as the Cubs focused on moving Ryan Dempster....
- 7/22 Motor City Bengals: Rumor Mill Focused on Starting Pitching: There are a lot of good starting pitchers that are at least potentially available right now. Not a lot of second basemen (if any...
- 7/22 High Heat Stats: Saturday game notes: @Cardinals 12, Cubs 0: We’ve seen a 12-run inning before (right?) — but in the home 7th of a scoreless game? It began...
- 7/21 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: TJ, Curse of the Reports, WBC, Japan Boycott, Morneau and Brock, Coors Effect and the Havana A’s: Saturday July 21st, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen: Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
- 7/19 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes & gnawings: Giants 9, @Braves 4 (11): Mere box-score trolling could never capture the extra-inning loop-de-loops of this wild ride. Instead,...
- 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...
- 7/19 Motor City Bengals: And Then There Was Two…: Before the season started, it was a given that the Detroit Tigers were going to be in the midst of the American League Central...
- 7/18 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- T&T Explode in Detroit as Angels Rout Tigers: The 2012 Angels are really the Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo story. Trout leads the AL in batting average by 27 points and Trumbo...
- 7/18 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Actively Seek Pitching: The Tigers are actively pursuing starting pitching with less than two weeks remaining before the July 31st trade deadline, MLB...
- 7/16 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Urkel in Baseball, Batting Stance Guy, Beane, Future of Dempster, Hamilton’s Speed, Gathright Released and Rating Prospects: Monday July 16th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen: Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
- 7/16 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 7/8/12 - 7/14/12: With the non-waiver trading deadline quickly approaching, let's catch up on the week that was here at MLBTR... MLB upheld the...
- 7/12 Motor City Bengals: Five Keys To The Tigers Second Half: Recently, MCB writer Brian Sakowski offered his bold predictions for the second half. While I don’t mind going bold myself...
- 7/12 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners Sign David Pauley: The Mariners have signed David Pauley to a minor league deal, reports Shannon Drayer of 710 ESPN Radio Seattle (Twitter link). ...
- 7/12 BoSox Injection: Potential Starting Pitchers Red Sox Could Target at Trade Deadline: As the second half of the season is set to get under way, the Boston Red Sox need starting pitching help. It’s obvious...
- 7/11 MLBTradeRumors: Potentially Available Starting Pitchers: Starting pitching is in demand every summer. And as fans of Doug Fister and the 2011 Tigers know, it’s not always the biggest...
- 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...
- 7/7 Motor City Bengals: Live. Arms.: Tigers pitchers struck out 11 last night against the Royals to rise to 699 on the season – good for 3rd in the league behind...
- 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...
- 7/5 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Mid-Season Grades: Starting Pitchers: Another day, another series here on MCB. Of course, when it gets to the All-Star break, it’s natural for sites like this...
- 7/3 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Fail To Reach .500 – Again: We here at MCB don’t do game recaps. That’s a conscious decision – other, bigger, outlets do those far better...
News -- June 2012
- 6/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: It’s rookie day at Yankee Stadium as Jose Quintana of the White Sox faces Adam Warren. Quintana’s major league career...
- 6/28 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Los Angeles Angels Dominate Baltimore Orioles To Win Third Straight: AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 13, Baltimore Orioles 1 The Los Angeles Angels remain ultra-hot, as they crushed the Baltimore...
- 6/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: First place teams battle in New York as the White Sox send Dylan Axelrod against Ivan Nova. Axelrod allowed three home runs in...
- 6/28 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: The Rangers matched the Angels in wins and runs Wednesday night as they beat Detroit 13-9. It was a good day to be named D. Murphy...
- 6/27 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Playoff Math: The Tigers after last night’s loss to Texas are now 74 games into the season, and still struggling to get to that elusive...
- 6/27 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees go for a sweep of the Indians as Ubaldo Jimenez faces Andy Pettitte. Ubaldo allowed six runs in his last four starts,...
- 6/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Cliff Lee—Desperately Seeking A Win?: Where is this headed? Are the Phillies, so desperate to get Cliff Lee a victory on the season, going to insert him into a blowout...
- 6/25 The Baseball Page: Tiger Trader Rumors: It’s almost July, and in the world of the Detroit Tigers and Major League Baseball that means that trade talks are about to...
- 6/25 The Baseball Page: Tiger Trade Rumors: It’s almost July, and in the world of the Detroit Tigers and Major...
- 6/25 Motor City Bengals: Don’t Sell The Farm: Over the past few weeks I have seen some varying reactions to trade talk on Twitter and fan-sites (including here at MCB)....
- 6/23 High Heat Stats: Friday mini-recap: @Orioles 2, Nationals 1: After Washington equalized on an error in the 5th, J.J. Hardy answered with a 2-out scoring double...
- 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...
- 6/22 North Side Notch: Rod Barajas scores from first base on bunt; Pirates win: Final: Pirates 4, Tigers 1 WP: A.J. Burnett (8-2, 3.24 ERA) LP: Doug Fister (1-4, 2.72 ERA) SV: Joel Hanrahan (18, 2.33 ERA) You...
- 6/22 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 69 Recap - Pirates 4, Tigers 1: The Pirates just keep playing solid baseball and took advantage of some bad Tigers defense and got a win for A.J. Burnett for...
- 6/22 Baseball Musings: Strange Game Indeed: The Pirates beat the Tigers 4-1, it what proved to be a very strange game for Detroit starter Doug Fister. He walked one and struck...
- 6/22 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 69 - Tigers: Pirates (36-32) vs Tigers (34-35)7:05 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsPNC Park - Pittsburgh, PAStarting PitchersPittsburgh - A.J. Burnett...
- 6/22 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Tigers: Tigers (34-35) at Pirates (36-32) 7:05 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The Bucs...
- 6/22 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: There are so many good match-ups Friday night, I’m tempted to a ~(Games of the Day). Jordan Zimmermann faces Jason Hammel...
- 6/22 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers – Game 69: What a game last night. What a performance by J-Mac. What a performance by the offense. Mellie has more in her recap than...
- 6/21 Motor City Bengals: A Seller’s Market: When baseball announced this past off-season that an extra wild card spot for the 2012 playoffs would be added, reactions were...
- 6/20 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Candidate: Jason Vargas: In a trade market that’s expected to feature some effective but expensive left-handed starters, Jason Vargas could have considerable...
- 6/17 FanSided: Tigers Churn Roster - Win: What we're seeing so far isn't the big additions and subtractions that a lot of fans are craving right now - just more roster...
- 6/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister impressive in return: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) was impressive in his first start since coming off the 15-day disabled list Saturday, June...[+]
- 6/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister activated: The Detroit Tigers activated SP Doug Fister (side) from the 15-day disabled list Friday, June 15. Fister is tentatively scheduled...[+]
- 6/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister throwsDetroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) threw a side session and felt really good Wednesday, June 13....[+]
- 6/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister to start SaturdayDetroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) has been named the starter Saturday, June 16....[+]
- 6/11 FanSided: Two In A Row! Time For Optimism: With as bad as things have seemed to be in Tiger-land, any sort of improvement is notable. Two wins in a row against a talented...
- 6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister will not start Wednesday: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Sunday, June 10, that SP Doug Fister (side) will not come off the 15-day disabled list...[+]
- 6/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister, Andy Dirks getting better: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) will have a throwing session Saturday, June 9. OF Andy Dirks (Achilles') was feeling better...[+]
- 6/7 MLBTradeRumors: Platform Years For First-Time Eligible Starters: Clayton Kershaw's salary jumped from $500K to $7.5MM this year, and it wasn't just because of his Cy Young performance. Kershaw...
- 6/4 60ft6in.com: Leyland: “Hold People (Umpires) Accountable” In 10 Seconds: Jim Leyland‘s words should be heard by those that run the game. Last week he said, “We’re all accountable in this business....
News -- May 2012
- 5/31 FanSided: Doug Fister, 2nd Base, And Other Tigers Topics: There seems to be quite a bit going on with the Tigers these days, and instead of padding my posting stats, I figured I would...
- 5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Not rushing Doug Fister: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister's (side) MRI exam 'showed something,' according to manager Jim Leyland, and the team will not bring...[+]
- 5/31 Call to the Pen: Doug Fister to DL; Tigers Call Up Casey Crosby: Doug Fister has returned to the Detroit Tigers disabled list after aggravating the injury that shelved him for a month earlier...
- 5/31 Motor City Bengals: Scouting Casey Crosby: The Tigers put Doug Fister on the disabled list yesterday and called up … [visit site to read more]Scouting Casey Crosby...
- 5/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister to DL: The Detroit Tigers placed SP Doug Fister (side) on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday, May 30, and they will recall SP Casey Crosby...[+]
- 5/30 Baseball Musings: Fister Hurt AgainDoug Fister returns to the disabled list for Detroit, further delaying any chance for a matchup against David Price. ...
- 5/29 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Not Expecting To Pursue A Starting Pitcher: Despite inconsistent performances from Rick Porcello (5.21 ERA) and Max Scherzer (5.67), the Tigers do not expect to pursue...
- 5/29 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: May 28 – June 3This week's AL two-starters features the reigning Cy Young/MVP as well as Detroit's other ace....
- 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister suffers loss: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister allowed six runs on 11 hits in five innings against the Boston Red Sox Monday, May 28, to suffer...[+]
- 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...
- 5/28 SOX & Dawgs: Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 5/28-5/31: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Monday, May 28 @ 1:35 PM Doug Fister, RHP (0-2, 1.84) vs Felix Doubront, LHP...
- 5/27 SOX & Dawgs: Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 5/28-5/31: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Monday, May 28 @ 1:35 PM Doug Fister, RHP (0-2, 1.84) vs Felix Doubront, LHP...
- 5/23 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview #43: Detroit Tigers (20-22) at Cleveland Indians (24-18): By Mike Brandyberry Tuesday evening the Indians used a gritty effort by Ubaldo Jimenez and timely hitting from Shin-Soo Choo,...
- 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...
- 5/17 Baseball Musings: Back with a Bang: Justin Morneau doubled in his return to the Twins lineup Wednesday night, and now he and Trevor Plouffe go back-to-back in the...
- 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...
- 5/8 High Heat Stats: Mets-centric Monday notes: While most New York sports fans were transfixed by the latest overtime drama between the Rangers and Capitals in D.C., another...
- 5/8 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Doug Fister Doesn’t Miss Seattle a Bit: Last July Jack Zduriencik traded Doug Fister and David Pauley to the Detroit Tigers for Casper Wells, Charlie Furbush and...
- 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...
- 5/8 Baseball Musings: Don’t Ask Dotel: Doug Fister returned from an injury to pitch seven strong innings for the Tigers against the Mariners, allowing no runs and no...
- 5/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister back, Brayan Villarreal out: The Detroit Tigers activated SP Doug Fister (side) from the 15-day disabled list, and he will make the start Monday, May 7. The...[+]
- 5/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rangers continue their tour of playing first-place teams as they travel to Baltimore to meet the Orioles. Matt Harrison takes...
- 5/6 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: King Felix and Kyle “The Kid” Seager Crush the Twins 7-0!: King Felix Hernandez and Kyle “The Kid”Seager came to Safeco tonight with their A-Games and the two Mariners...
- 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister to return Monday: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) will return from the disabled list to start against the Seattle Mariners Monday, May 7. RP...[+]
- 5/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: First place teams collide in Cleveland as the Rangers and Colby Lewis take on the Indians and Jeanmar Gomez. Lewis posted a great...
- 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...
- 5/3 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister Makes Rehab Start…And It’s Good: Tonight in Toledo, an increasingly important looking player to the Tigers success, Doug … [visit site to read more]Doug...
News -- April 2012
- 4/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister could start next week: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) will throw 75 pitches in his rehab outing with Triple-A Toledo Wednesday, May 2, and his...[+]
- 4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister to make rehab start Wednesday: Updating previous reports, Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) will make a minor league rehab start with Triple-A Toledo Wednesday,...[+]
- 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...
- 4/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister might face hitters soon: The Detroit Tigers are hopeful that SP Doug Fister (side) will be able to return from the 15-day disabled list soon. He might...[+]
- 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)....
- 4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister throwsDetroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) played catch Wednesday, April 25, and will throw off a mound Thursday, April 26....[+]
- 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister has no timetable for returnDetroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) said he still has no specific timetable for his return from the 15-day disabled list....[+]
- 4/22 FanSided: Random Thoughts: Mid-April Edition: A few thoughts following the Tigers disappointing 3-2 extra innings loss to the Rangers: The offense is a little stagnant. The...
- 4/20 MLBTradeRumors: 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 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball WEEK 4Fantasy Baseball WEEK 4...
- 4/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister to be cautious with rehab: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (abdomen) said the team will take a cautious approach to his rehab after feeling some soreness during...[+]
- 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...
- 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister has more pain: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (abdominal) encountered abdominal pain after throwing 12 pitches off a mound Tuesday, April 17....[+]
- 4/17 MLBTradeRumors: List Of Top Young Pitchers Without Extensions: MLB teams are working to keep their best pitchers off of the open market with contract extensions, and fewer elite arms are hitting...
- 4/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister throws: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) threw 10 fastballs off a mound Monday, April 16, but he's unlikely to come off the disabled...[+]
- 4/14 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball Week 2 (4/9 – 4/15)the week in review for fantasy baseball...
- 4/13 Twinstrivia.com: How they will finish in 2012: With the 2012 baseball season just around the corner, if you don’t count that stupid two game series that the A’s...
- 4/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: The Waiver Wire: Drew SmylyPick up Smyly as a spot starter this week and be prepared to make him a stable part of your rotation going forward....
- 4/11 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers – Monday Morning ManagerDetroit Tigers - Monday Morning Manager...
- 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | No timetable for Doug Fister: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) is eligible to come off the 15-day disabled list April 23, but the team has not indicated...[+]
- 4/10 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers offense masks pitching concernsDetroit Tigers offense masks pitching concerns...
- 4/10 FanSided: Tigers Notes: Wilk Gets the Nod, Inge to Rehab, Santiago SickLynn Henning set the Tigers corner of Twitter on its ear with a cryptic tweet this morning. Lots of nervous activit......
- 4/9 Fragile Freddy's: Perspective: I'd prefer not to come home 0-6 thisthis year boys.With the Sox 0-3 panic can easily settle in. There are many reasons to...
- 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 Call to the Pen: Doug Fister Placed on DL; Tigers recall Brayan Villarreal: Following his early exit from yesterday’s contest against the Boston Red Sox, Doug … [visit site to read more]Doug Fister...
- 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 Motor City Bengals: Fister’s Hurt, But No Worries: Doug Fister (right) with Alex Avila, Trainer Kevin Rand, and Jim Leyland - Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-US PRESSWIRE The Tigers...
- 4/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister lands on 15-day DL: The Detroit Tigers will place SP Doug Fister (side) on the 15-day disabled list Sunday, April 8, due to a left costochondral strain....[+]
- 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister leaves start early: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (side) left his start Saturday, April 7, because of a left side strain. He will undergo further...[+]
- 4/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Brandon Morrow and Ubaldo Jimenez face off in Cleveland as the Blue Jays battle the Indians. Morrow pitched extremely well in...
- 4/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game One: A New Hope: Believe it or not, it’s been half a year since the Yankees played a real baseball game. Back on October 6th, the Yankees...
- 4/6 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2012 BYB AMERICAN LEAGUE PREDICTIONS: Every baseball blog site is posting their MLB predictions. I’ve never been a huge fan of predictions because the game is simply...
- 4/6 The Pesky Pole: Predicting the 2012 Season: I was lucky enough to receive a very early copy of Out of the Park Baseball 13 and the first thing I did was simulate the...
- 4/5 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers Pitching Matchups: 4/5-4/8: Thursday, April 5th @ 1:05 PM Jon Lester, LHP (0-0, -.-- ERA) vs Justin Verlander, RHP (0-0, -.-- ERA) TV: NESN, ESPN2,...
- 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: Detroit Tigers season preview – the pitchingDetroit Tigers season preview – the pitching...
- 4/4 The Baseball Page: MLB Preview: AL Central Breakdown, playoff teams and awardsMLB Preview: AL Central Breakdown, playoff teams and awards...
- 4/4 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers Pitching Matchups: 4/5-4/8: Thursday, April 5th @ 1:05 PM Jon Lester, LHP (0-0, -.-- ERA) vs Justin Verlander, RHP (0-0, -.-- ERA) TV: NESN, ESPN2,...
- 4/3 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finding Keepers: Detroit TigersDetroit made some upgrades and seems to be a very strong team going into 2012....
News -- March 2012
- 3/30 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Starting Pitching Preview: There’s no need for an intro. Let’s get right to the players. Six Starting Pitchers I Love Zack Greinke, MIL......
- 3/30 The Captain's Blog: Do Spring Training Stats Matter After All?: Spring training stats mean nothing. At least that’s what most people seem to think. However, a recent correlation analysis published...
- 3/30 Pitchers Hit Eighth: UCB 2012 AL Predictions: When a deadline approaches for members of the United Cardinal Bloggers, we take it seriously. Once the deadline passes, and...
- 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Sign David Pauley: The Angels have signed David Pauley to a minor league contract, reports Mike DiGiovanna of The Los Angeles Times (on Twitter)....
- 3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Doug Fister leaves start: Detroit Tigers SP Doug Fister (finger) left his start early Friday, March 23, with right middle finger soreness. He's being listed...[+]
- 3/22 North and South of Royal Brougham: Seattle Mariners Rotation Announced: As the Mariners season opener in Japan rapidly approaches, the team has announced a part of their opening day roster today as...
- 3/18 FanSided: Panicked About Jacob Turner? Don't Be.: [caption id="attachment_3960" align="alignright" width="300" caption=" Credit: Andrew Weber-US PRESSWIRE"]...
- 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)...
- 3/15 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 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 Sleepers: PitchersIn the early rounds of your draft you want to try to just avoid disaster. Owners that drafted Josh Johnson......
- 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: First-Time Arbitration Eligible For 2013: Some pre-arbitration eligible players have already signed million dollar extensions, but arbitration eligibility represents the...
- 3/13 Seedlings to Stars: What Can We Expect Robbie Erlin To Do?: February 20, 2012; Peoria, AZ, USA; San Diego Padres pitcher Robbie Erlin (75) leads drills during camp at Peoria Sports Complex....
- 3/12 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: A's, Pridie, Napoli, Pauley: Here's the latest from the AL West... Two investment groups have expressed interest in buying the Athletics and keeping the...
- 3/12 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Release David Pauley: The Tigers released right-hander David Pauley, the team announced. The 28-year-old Octagon client is now a free agent. The Tigers...
- 3/11 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Gregg, Ordonez, Mariners: On this day in 2002, the Yankees released outfielder Ruben Rivera, who allegedly stole teammate Derek Jeter's glove from his...
- 3/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Ask Nash: Head-to-Head Pitchers: I am relatively new to the game of fantasy baseball. My cousin is helping me understand the game better and has invited me to...
- 3/8 Baseball Musings: Objective PMR, Pitcher Support: One nice thing about the Probabilistic Model of Range (PMR) is that it can be used to explore more than fielding skill. Applied...
- 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...
- 3/7 MLBTradeRumors: Dombrowski Talks Rotation, Inge: The Tigers don’t have an established fifth starter, so there’s been some speculation about their interest in potentially available...
- 3/7 Baseball Musings: Objective PMR, Pitchers: The series on objective probabilistic model of range (PMR) continues by looking at pitchers. Like catchers, range is a small component...
- 3/6 The Baseball Page: Seattle Mariners: 3 Up and 3 Down: 2011 was a baseball season that gave Seattle Mariners’ fans hope. Past the halfway point of the season, the Mariners were 43-43...
- 3/6 North and South of Royal Brougham: Chance Ruffin: Future Seattle Mariners Closer?: There were some opinions amongst baseball experts when the Mariners acquired Chance Ruffin to complete the Doug Fister trade,...
- 3/6 More Mariners: Mariners Do Little Things, Get Big Hits: Mariners Do Little Things, Get Big HitsThe Seattle Mariners edged out the San Diego Padres 13-7 in front of 3,628 on Monday afternoon....
- 3/6 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 2/26/12 - 3/3/12: It's time to take a look back at the week that was here at MLBTR.. Washington agreed to terms on a new $100MM, six-year contract...
- 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 MLB Dirt: 2012 Seattle Mariners Top 16 Prospects: The Seattle Mariners have a stacked system with a top six that is unmatched by just about any team in the league and tons of upside...
News -- February 2012
- 2/29 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview. Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its key...
- 2/29 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2012 MLB preview. Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its key...
- 2/28 Baseball Musings: Changes, Seattle Mariners: Jesus Montero hopes to perform a miracle with the Mariners offense. Photo: Anthony J. Causi/Icon SMI The Seattle Mariners finished...
- 2/27 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Haven't Ruled Out Trading For Pitcher: The Tigers have a strong rotation, with Doug Fister, Max Scherzer, and Rick Porcello behind reigning AL Cy Young and MVP Justin...
- 2/27 MLBTradeRumors: Which Starting Pitchers Will Be Traded This Summer?: Five veteran starting pitchers were traded last summer: Edwin Jackson of the White Sox, Jason Marquis of the Nationals, Erik...
- 2/26 Baseball Musings: Fister Fires: Jeff Seidel discusses how Doug Fister‘s training with guns helped him gain his amazing control: Fister doesn’t throw...
- 2/25 North and South of Royal Brougham: Mariners Prospect No. 4: Francisco Martinez: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
- 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...
- 2/22 Fragile Freddy's: The Rotation: Every now and then I start out looking for one piece of information and wind up finding a completely different piece of information. ...
- 2/22 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy 30 to 1: Number 29 - Seattle Mariners: 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...
- 2/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Duane Below, Doug Fister report early: Detroit Tigers SPs Duane Below and Doug Fister threw long toss to each other Sunday, Feb. 19, at the team's spring training facility,...[+]
- 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...
- 2/13 FantasySportsKings.com: 2012 AL Central Preview: Sleepers and ProspectsThe Detroit Tigers ran away with the AL Central in 2011 and they appear ready to do so again in......
- 2/13 Through The Fence Baseball: 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...
- 2/7 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: Prince on board, but Tigers still have needs: Yes, the Tigers have Prince Fielder. They have Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera. They do not have Victor Martinez. Let’s...
- 2/6 Fragile Freddy's: Looking Back at Myself: In the next few weeks I will be running my “Players to…” series as I look at players to watch, not watch and key players...
News -- January 2012
- 1/31 More Mariners: Is Hector Noesi the next Cliff Lee?: Is Hector Noesi the next Cliff Lee?Follow @MoreMariners Hector Noesi, acquired with Jesus Montero for Michael Pineda and Jose...
- 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 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...
- 1/27 SoDo Mojo: A Post I Was Going To Write Until It Backfired On Me: I appreciate snark. To various degrees and put more aptly, when it’s done in a way that doesn’t generate a rise out...
- 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 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...
- 1/23 Roto Think Tank: Is xFIP useful to predict future performance?: One of the sabermetricians favorite metrics is xFIP. By now, most of you should have at least a rough idea of what xFIP is, but...
- 1/20 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Tigers | Interview Series: Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League. To do this,...
- 1/20 More Mariners: Mariners Preseason Preview: Starting Rotation: Mariners Preseason Preview: Starting RotationFollow @MoreMariners The Mariners Preseason Previews will be continue today with...
- 1/20 Yankees Fans Unite: Previewing the 2012 Tigers | Interview Series: Over the course of the next month or two, we will be previewing the Yankees’ competition in the American League. To do this,...
- 1/19 NY Baseball Digest: Is Wright a Fit for Detroit? I Think So: The reality of trading David Wright is you probably won’t get the type of haul the Rangers received for Mark Teixeira back...
- 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Max Scherzer: The Tigers and Max Scherzer agreed to a 2012 salary of $3.75MM yesterday, but the negotiations won’t necessarily end there,...
- 1/18 More Mariners: Mariners Preseason Preview: Starting Rotation: Mariners Preseason Preview: Starting RotationFollow @MoreMariners The Mariners Preseason Previews will be continue today with...
- 1/12 SoDo Mojo: AL West Prospect breakdown: Mr. Nathaniel Stoltz just finished his top-100 prospects over at Seedlings to Stars and is now doing his divisonal review with...
- 1/10 Motor City Bengals: The Real Matt Garza: A little over a week ago, chatter linking Matt Garza to the Detroit Tigers began. I, as many others, blew it off as highly unlikely...
- 1/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Tim Lincecum Trade Pa-Troll: Reading the teaser headline and you’d automatically take the “news” on a slow day as an inviting and irresistible lure to...
News -- December 2011
- 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...
- 12/27 Motor City Bengals: Do We Really Know David Pauley?: Let me start by introducing you to my inspiration for this post. His name is Jim Bouton, former major league pitcher and author...
- 12/24 High Heat Stats: Do-over: The most valuable pitchers of 2011: (Thanks very much to Sky Kalkman who provided extremely useful feedback to improve my approach to this analysis.)Yesterday, I...
- 12/22 High Heat Stats: The most valuable pitchers in 2011: The most valuable pitcher of 2011Icon SMIHere's a look at the pitchers who provided the most value relative to their salaries...
- 12/17 Motor City Bengals: Does The Al Alburquerque Injury Affect The Tigers View On Joel Zumaya?: We reported yesterday that Al Alburquerque is going to have elbow surgery, putting him out until at least the middle of the 2012...
- 12/16 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Interested In Joe Saunders: The Tigers are interested in free agent left-hander Joe Saunders, according to Jim Bowden of MLB Network Radio and ESPN.com (on...
- 12/14 Motor City Bengals: The Tigers And Jimmy Rollins: It seems like we have seen this before. The Tigers name has been thrown out again to be in the mix for another player. This time...
- 12/13 Neurotic Sports Fan: Cleveland Indians 2012 BOLD Predictions: So yesterday, I’m in class with Mitch the editor and I tell him that I believe the Indians have the second-best rotation...
- 12/8 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Make Solid Rule 5 Pick in Brad Meyers: The Yankees elected to select Washington RHP Brad Meyers during this morning’s Rule 5 draft. The likelihood of Meyers...
- 12/2 Mets360.com: 2012 Mets ZiPS chat with Dan Szymborski: Fans tend to be either overly optimistic or pessimistic. That is why it is important to look at unbiased, systematic approaches...
News -- November 2011
- 11/29 Motor City Bengals: Is Mark Buehrle A Good Idea For The Tigers?: Any time the Tigers talk to a players agent, we of course are going to cover it. Even if it is just through the rumor mill. A...
- 11/28 Through The Fence Baseball: Food … football … Verlander?: I can’t remember the last time we talked baseball over Thanksgiving dinner. And, this time, we weren’t even reliving the past....
- 11/28 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Inquire On Mark Buehrle: The Tigers' rotation hasn't been considered a major concern, with Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Doug Fister, and Rick Porcello...
- 11/24 PaulLebowitz.com: MLB CBA—The Draft Changes Explained In Plain English: The changes to the draft are complicated and their understanding is fluid—the reactions to the announcement of the changes...
- 11/22 Tyler's Think Tank: Verlander Steals MVP: Verlander won the AL Cy Young and MVP Justin Verlander is a great pitcher, possibly a future Hall-of-Famer, who enjoyed...
- 11/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Verlander Casts A Spell: When Roger Maris had the infamous asterisk* attached to his home run record because of the extra 8 games played in Maris’s...
- 11/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Seattle Mariners 2012 starting rotation preview: There’s hope on the horizon for Seattle Mariners fans. A slew of fine young players have begun to make their way to the big...
- 11/13 Roto Think Tank: A.L. Home League Recap Part III: Results: Last time out I looked at my strategy in-season after what turned out to be an excellent auction. How did I actually do?2011...
- 11/13 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Seattle Mariners: 67-95, 4th place, 29 GBFragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues today with the Seattle Mariners. Each day (except...
- 11/11 Fragile Freddy's: Freddy's Two-a-Days: Detroit Tigers: 95-67, 1st place, 15 GA (won ALDS 3-2 over Yankees, lost ALCS 4-2 to Texas)Fragile Freddy’s “Two A Days” series continues...
- 11/9 MLB Dirt: Pitchers With Good Stuff: Jonathan Mitc**** posts here a few days ago on the worst pitches in baseball and the best pitches of 2011 has to be this writer’s...
- 11/3 SpreadStumpers: 2012 World Series Champion Odds: After taking a look at the 2012 MLB World Series Champion odds, a few things jumped out at me. Here is the complete list, courtesy...
- 11/2 FanSided: The Epic, Grand, Amazing King For A Day: Off-Season Edition: Below you are about to be absorbed into my own little world. One that I’ve taken the better half of … oh well… let’s just...
- 11/2 SoDo Mojo: The Epic, Grand, Amazing King For A Day: Off-Season Edition: Below you are about to be absorbed into my own little world. One that I’ve taken the better half of … oh well… let’s just...
News -- October 2011
- 10/25 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers have openings at second base, the back of the rotation and in the bullpen, but the AL Central champions' core will...
- 10/25 Motor City Bengals: Would You Trade Rick Porcello?: When Motor City Bengals editor John Verburg charted the most trade-friendly Tigers last week, Rick Porcello topped his list. The...
- 10/23 i70baseball.com: Verlander Unanimous Selection For Walter Johnson AwardJustin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw named Walter Johnson Award winners by the Baseball Bloggers Alliance....
- 10/21 The Beanball: The Top Five Control Artists in 2011: One of pitching coach’s least favorite things in the world are walks. Walks lead to base runners, and base runners often...
- 10/19 Baseball Musings: World Series Preview: The Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals meet in the World Series starting Wednesday night in St. Louis. The Rangers finished...
- 10/17 Roto Think Tank: 2011 BBA American League Walter Johnson (Cy Young) Award: There isn't really much of a write-up that needs to be done this year for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance Walter Johnson Award...
- 10/16 Through The Fence Baseball: “Motown Magic” foiled, Tigers fans already looking forward to next year: The offesason has arrived in Detroit, along with cold weather. The likely Cy Young Award winner and AL batting champion couldn’t...
- 10/16 Through The Fence Baseball: Do or die is Tigers specialty: You probably knew it would come to this. If you watched the Tigers at all this year. If you had the slightest bit of hope. If...
- 10/15 PaulLebowitz.com: Shifting The Moneyball Goalposts Yet Again: As much as Moneyball tried to paint the picture that “this is the way to build your team and if you ignore it you’re...
- 10/13 Through The Fence Baseball: New Mr. October is spoiling Detroit’s World Series plans: When Texas Ranger right fielder Nelson Cruz made that rocket throw to prevent the go ahead run in the bottom of the eight, I instantly...
- 10/13 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Facing Elimination, Turn to Justin Verlander: The Detroit Tigers are facing a steep climb, now down three-games-to-one in the ALCS. Only four American League clubs have ever...
- 10/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Tigers doing their best to “Restore the Roar”: There’s an old Detroit Lion’s saying: “Restore the Roar.” I shouldn’t have to explain why the saying...
- 10/12 Baseball Analytics: Rangers Can't Resist Fister's Fastball: Doug Fister pitched the Tigers into the win column in the ALCS last night, surrendering two runs in 7.1 innings while...
- 10/12 60ft6in.com: Fister Pounds Rangers in Game Three: Doug Fister threw an impressive Game Three for the Detroit Tigers last night in the ALCS. He beat the Rangers by allowing just...
- 10/12 mlbreports.com : Tigers get the “Purr-fect” Comeback: Recap of Game 3 of ALCS: Wednesday October 12, 2011 April Whitzman (Blue Jays Writer – MLB reports): After losing the first two games...
- 10/11 Baseball Musings: Tigers Back in the Series: The Tigers defeat the Rangers 5-2 as game three goes as scripted. Doug Fister pitched a great game, allowing just two runs in...
- 10/11 Baseball Musings: Fister Done: Doug Fister lasts 7 1/3 innings, leaving with a 5-1 lead over the Rangers and a man on third base. Joaquin Benoit comes in to...
- 10/11 Baseball Musings: Cold Stone Colby: Colby Lewis pitches a perfect first inning, striking out two batters and inducing a foul pop out. He threw 12 of 15 pitches for...
- 10/11 Baseball Musings: ALCS Game Three Underway: Ian Kinsler pulls the first pitch from Doug Fister through the shortstop hole for a single to start game three of the ALCS. Update:...
- 10/11 Motor City Bengals: Colby Lewis is Very Beatable: Tonight isn’t a “must win” game, but it’s the closest thing to it. The pitching matchup seems to be in the Tigers’ favor,...
- 10/11 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Ex-Mariner Doug Fister set to try and stop Rangers Machine: I just got back from my trip to Italy yesterday afternoon and finally got to watch some playoff baseball after trying to follow...
- 10/11 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap for Monday October 10th: Tuesday October 11, 2011 Sam Evans (Intern – MLB reports): Monday was a fun day of baseball. These two...
- 10/11 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The ALCS moves to Detroit in as close to a non-elimination must game as there is for the Tigers. Detroit’s rotation gave...
- 10/10 MLB Dirt: Walter Johnson Award – American League: The Walter Johnson award is given, you guessed it, to the top pitcher in each league. The American League was fairly easy for...
- 10/10 Chicken Fried Baseball: Underdog Tigers?: player id matches. Leave this as is or search for "results=" to select a desired player/id pairing. You...
- 10/9 mlbreports.com : Preview of MLB Playoffs for Sunday October 9th and Rangers Take Game 1 ALCS: Sunday October 9, 2011 Jonathan Hacohen (Lead Baseball Columnist - MLB reports): And then they were down to four. ...
- 10/9 NY Baseball Digest: Yankees Offseason: Sabathia, Swisher, and A-Rod Key Decisions: The hot stove began early here in New York, so it’s time to start planning for what the Yankees can do to improve their ballclub...
- 10/9 Baseball Musings: No Action Late: All the hitting that happened before the second rain delay disappeared once the bullpens got involved from the fifth inning on....
- 10/8 SoDo Mojo: Fansided/BBA Manager of the Year obligatory post…: As being a member of the BBA I have an annual vote in the Manager of the Year category. Last year I kind of let it go to waste,...
- 10/8 Baseball Reality Tour: Quick Look at the Final Four: Just a few weeks ago, it was a widely believed that baseball's Final Four would include the Yankees, Red Sox, Phillies and a team...
- 10/8 Philly Phanatics: League Championship Series previews: You can't blame us here at PhillyPhanatics.com for not wanting to write this piece and for not caring very much about who wins...
- 10/8 Baseball Musings: ALCS Preview, Tigers Versus Rangers: The Detroit Tigers take on the Texas Rangers starting Saturday (tonight) in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers finished 96-66, first...
- 10/7 mlbreports.com : Tigers advance to ALCS, Yankees Go Home and Ventura Named White Sox Manager: Friday October 7, 2011 Jonathan Hacohen (Lead Baseball Columnist - MLB reports): Thursday was an exciting day in the world...
- 10/7 Yankees Daily: Yankees’ Season ended because of their hitting Inconsistency: The Yankees lost last night by a score of 3-2. That’s not exactly a game where the pitchers had no control. After Ivan Nova...
- 10/7 Yankees Daily: Yankees lost to the Tigers and their Season is over in 2011: NEW YORK (AP) — The Detroit Tigers survived a tense trip back to Bronx, with Jose Valverde and the bullpen holding on time and...
- 10/7 Fragile Freddy's: LDS Update: Two Game Fives tonight on the heels of a terrific Game Five last night. Let’s take a look at the state of things. ...
- 10/7 Motor City Bengals: Who Starts Game 2?: With the A.L. Division series now finished up, and Jim Leyland saving his best pitcher in Justin Verlander for Game 1 of the Championship...
- 10/7 Motor City Bengals: The Texas Rangers Have Been Silent But Deadly: Going into the League Championship Series, I have to admit, I have somewhat dismissed the Texas Rangers as a serious obstacle...
- 10/7 Chicken Fried Baseball: ALCS Schedule: Game Date Road Starter Home Starter Network Time (CST) Game 1 DET @ TEX Saturday, October 8 Justin Verlander C.J. Wilson FOX 6:30:00 Game...
- 10/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Requiem for a Season: Tigers end Yanks’ season for second time in six years, win 2011 ALDS three games to two. The 2011 Yankees were a great offensive...
- 10/7 MLBTradeRumors: How The Tigers Acquired Their Newest Additions: A year after finishing with a disappointing .500 record, the Tigers won 95 regular season games and have advanced to the American...
- 10/6 Baseball Musings: Making His Mark: Mark Teixeira hits a ground-rule double in with one out in the second inning for the first Yankees hit of the game. Update: Doug...
- 10/6 Baseball Musings: Fister Fine: Doug Fister retired the Yankees in order in the bottom of the first, striking out one. The Tigers still lead the Yankees 2-0. ...
- 10/6 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2011 ALDS YANKEES VS. TIGERS GAME 5 PREVIEW: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
- 10/6 My Pinstripes: Nova Ready To Shine?: I had faith, albeit blind faith, in A.J. Burnett going into Tuesday's make or break Game 4 of the ALDS. Down two games to one,...
- 10/6 Baseball Analytics: Can Fister Expand the Zone vs. the Yankees?: Doug Fister surely hopes that his second ALDS appearance goes more smoothly than the first. Fister, making a quasi-start...
- 10/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Impatience could determine who wins the ALDS.: When I previewed the first Doug Fister v. Ivan Nova matchup, I hypothesized that aggression, though not the natural tendency...
- 10/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys To Tigers-Yankees, Game 5: Pitching. Ivan Nova and Doug Fister are essentially the same guy. Neither strikes out a lot of hitters; neither allows many homers;...
- 10/6 NY Baseball Digest: Is Robinson Cano Establishing Himself as the Best 2B Ever?: Is Robinson Cano positioning himself to be the best second baseman in the history of baseball? It was a topic discussed yesterday...
- 10/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: All hands on deck for Game 5: Following their comfortable victory in Game 4, the Yankees return to the Bronx for a decisive Game 5, with Ivan Nova taking on...
- 10/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2011 ALDS Game 5 Preview | Ivan Nova vs. Doug Fister, the sequel: Matt already previewed Ivan Nova and Doug Fister, tonight’s do-or-die ALDS Game 5 starters, in his preview piece last weekend,...
- 10/6 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Tigers and Yankees play the decisive game five Thursday night with Doug Fister facing Ivan Nova. They weer supposed to be...
- 10/6 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Seattle Mariners: Jack Zduriencik is back and he’ll have to improve Seattle’s tepid offense for the Mariners to be relevant all season long...
- 10/5 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister and Paul Bunyan…..Folk Heroes: On Thursday, the Tigers play for the playoff lives against the Yankees, and it is trading deadline acquisition Doug Fister that...
- 10/5 Yankees Daily: Granderson and Burnett help Yankees smash Tigers 10-1: DETROIT (AP) — Curtis Granderson made two spectacular catches against his former team and A.J. Burnett came through when the...
- 10/5 Motor City Bengals: Game 5 lineup Considerations and thoughts on Attacking Nova: Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, the Tigers will battle the Bronx Bombers for the right to play Texas in the ALCS. Doug Fister...
- 10/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: Game 5: Nova to Start, Sabathia Available Out of Bullpen: The Yankees beat the Tigers last night to force an ALDS game five back at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night. After Tuesday’s...
- 10/5 Bronx Baseball Daily: Back to the Bronx: AJ Burnett Saves the Yankees Season: Despite a shaky first inning and a homer to Victor Martinez, A.J. Burnett actually pitched a pretty good game, even if it...
- 10/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: A brief reflection: I find it’s particularly easy at times to get lost in the vastness of baseball. The regular season goes on seemingly forever;...
- 10/5 Baseball Musings: Yankees Force a Game Five: The Yankees defeat the Tigers 10-1, evening their AL division series at two games apiece. That sends the series back to New York...
- 10/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2011 ALDS YANKEES VS. TIGERS GAME 3 PREVIEW: Game 2 yesterday sucked. The Yankees couldn't hit Max Scherzer who has been terrible, to say the least, on the road this season....
- 10/3 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Best In-Season Trade By A Playoff Team: The Yankees and Rays combined to make one minor trade this season, but the other six playoff teams were active on the trade market...
- 10/3 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Division Series Sunday Recaps: Friends and visitors, let's try something a little different today. Tigers 5, Yankees 3 Series tied 1-1 Heroes: Max Scherzer silenced...
- 10/3 NY Baseball Digest: Yanks Need that “Extra Gear” From Girardi in Game 3: Back in August, Bob Klapisch of The Record talked about the failures of Joe Girardi as a manager. He believed that “Girardi...
- 10/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Scherzer dominates Yankees once again as Tigers knot ALDS at one game apiece: The tone of the second game of the Yankees-Tigers 2011 ALDS was set almost immediately, as Miguel Cabrera blasted an opposite...
- 10/2 Yankees Daily: Cano slams Tigers as Yankees win first Game 9-3: NEW YORK (AP) — No national anthem, all Yankees. Robinson Cano hit a grand slam and drove in six runs, rookie Ivan Nova...
- 10/2 MLB Dirt: Playoff Predictions: Yes I know the post-season has already begun but that isn’t stopping me from posting my predictions. I would like to start off...
- 10/2 My Pinstripes: Cano and Yankees Have A Blast: I had to admit I was more tense before the continuation of Game 1 than I was before the actual start. Even though Justin Verlander...
- 10/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees win Game 1 of ALDS for third year in a row; pound Tigers 9-3: Game 1 of the 2011 ALDS resumed Saturday night following Friday night’s postponement after 1.5 innings, and it looked like...
- 10/2 Bay City Ball: My postseason rooting order: The Giants aren’t playing October baseball, and that stinks, but that won’t stop me from watching. The postseason...
- 10/2 B-R Blog: Cano’s slam off Alburquerque a reminder that the playoffs are a whole new season: [And that's why superstitious folks hate to carry a long streak into the postseason....] If you've been to this blog a few times,...
- 10/1 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2011 ALDS YANKEES VS. TIGERS GAME 1 PREVIEW: Mother Nature has been a pain to the Yankees all season long. With the postponement of yesterday's Game 1 due to rain--the Yankees...
- 10/1 FanSided: The Implications Of Doug Fister’s Start: via annarbor.com I don’t deny the rapport that general managers must build with each other to be successful in this industry. ...
- 10/1 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Fister, Pence, Cubs: A few items of note regarding teams from MLB's Central divisions, as the Cards fall behind the Phils in Game 1 of the NLDS. The...
- 10/1 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY SATURDAY NIGHT IS A YANKEE GUY'S NIGHT: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
- 10/1 Call to the Pen: Doug Fister vs. the Yankees – A Key to the Series: Due to Friday’s rainout, Doug Fister will take the mound as game one resumes Saturday night. This also means, Fister will...
- 10/1 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: ALDS Day One Recap: Saturday October 1, 2011 Sam Evans (Intern – MLB reports): Going into the day, the opening day of playoffs had some pretty...
- 10/1 SoDo Mojo: The Implications Of Doug Fister’s Start: via annarbor.com I don’t deny the rapport that general managers must build with each other to be successful in this industry. ...
- 10/1 It's About the Money (Stupid): Saturday’s Gunslingers: Who the heck is Doug Fister?: Did you know Doug Fister had the same fWAR as Jered Weaver? Would you have guessed he had a lower walk rate than Cliff...
- 10/1 Bronx Baseball Daily: Doug Fister Was The One That Got Away for Yankees: Like they always are, the Yankees were looking to add pitching at this trade deadline. Their main focus was on Ubaldo Jimenez,...
- 10/1 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rain in the Bronx: Game one of the American League Division Series was suspended in the middle of the second inning with the Yankees and Tigers...
- 10/1 NY Baseball Digest: Rain, MLB Incompetence, and Jack Zduriencik Will Decide ALDS: MLB worries about how a one-game Wild Card playoff will impact the integrity of a 162 game schedule. What I worry about more is...
- 10/1 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: I have to run to Boston to take care of a family matter, so here’s a very quick look at today’s games. Ian Kennedy...
- 10/1 B-R Blog: Now the Tigers-Yankees series is all messed up: The Tigers took a big hit last night when rain suspended Game 1. Now Justin Verlander won't pitch again until Game 3 and will...
- 10/1 MLBTradeRumors: How The AL Playoff Starters Were Acquired: As important as it is during the regular season, starting pitching becomes even more crucial in the postseason. Rotations are...
News -- September 2011
- 9/30 Neurotic Sports Fan: ALDS Preview: New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers: At the beginning of December, the Yankees were one game behind the Red Sox, but barring a Bostonesque meltdown, which didn’t...
- 9/30 Bleeding Yankee Blue: RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY: Obviously, you know by now tonight's game was rained out. The game was tied 1-1 and the Yankees were to come up to bat in the...
- 9/30 For Baseball Junkies: 2011 ALDS Predictions: The MLB postseason kicks off tonight and we're giving you our predictions because we love to make ourselves look bad. Enjoy!Yankees...
- 9/30 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: DTTWLN Staff Makes Their Playoff Predictions: By Craig Gifford Following a baseball season that was as unpredictable as any other, it’s only **** that the postseason...
- 9/30 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game One Gunslingers: The best ALDS pitchers duel ever?: Last year, on the occasion of Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum matching up in Game 1 of the NLCS, I wrote about how exceedingly...
- 9/30 PaulLebowitz.com: Detroit Tigers vs New York Yankees: Detroit Tigers (95-67; 1st place, AL Central) vs New York Yankees (97-65; 1st place, AL East) — Keys for the Tigers: Score...
- 9/30 NY Baseball Digest: Tigers-Yanks Evenly Matched, But Verlander is Why Detroit Will Take Series: The Yankees and Tigers open the ALDS tonight at the Stadium. After two consecutive years where we have seen the Yanks treat the...
- 9/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2011 ALDS Preview, Part 3 | Game 1 Starters: CC Sabathia vs. Justin Verlander: For previous installments of TYA’s 2011 ALDS Preview, please see the following: Part 1: The 2011 Yankee Offense, Top to...
- 9/29 Motor City Bengals: Tigers vs. Yankees ALDS Preview Part Two: As promised, here’s part two of my Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees ALDS Preview (read part one here). Thanks to the fact...
- 9/29 Bronx Baseball Daily: A Quick Look at the Detroit Tigers: After all is said and done with the regular season, the Yankees have drawn the Detroit Tigers as their first round opponent...
- 9/29 My Pinstripes: Friday Night Lights: Sabathia vs. Verlander: A wild night of baseball ended moments ago when Robert Andino doubled off of Jonathan Papelbon with two outs in the 9th to give...
- 9/29 MLBTradeRumors: In-Season Trades By The 2011 Playoff Teams: It's hard to fake your way through 162 games, so most MLB playoff teams have earned the right to play in October. Once every few...
- 9/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Mariners Game 162: 8:51PM PDT: Gio Gonzalez strikes out the side. He is looking good now after a shaky start and with that he hits the 200...
- 9/27 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview: Cleveland (80-80) vs. Detroit (93-67): By Matt Van Wormer The Indians did not get the outing they had hoped for from Ubaldo Jimenez as he struggled mightily and ended...
- 9/27 Roto Think Tank: End of the Line: The drama in my A.L.-only home league will never end.But that's not true. It either ends tomorrow night or Thursday night....
- 9/27 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners Win 4-2 over A’s on my Final Visit to the Safe in 2011: I made my final trek of the year from Fremont down to Safeco Field tonight and was rewarded with a pitching gem by Jason Vargas...
- 9/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: “Who would you rather face?”: I hate this question. However, it’s an inevitable one that baseball fans will continue to ask because until you know who...
- 9/27 B-R Blog: Race recap for Monday 9/26/11: The art of fiction is on life support: -- Orioles 6, Red Sox 3: It's a 2-game season for Boston and Tampa. (Unless....) Chris Davis drove in the tying run in the 5th...
- 9/26 Baseball Musings: Four Times the Score: The Tigers blew out the Indians 14-0 Monday night behind another great performance by Doug Fister. He pitched eight shutout innings,...
- 9/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview: Cleveland (80-79) vs. Detroit (92-67): By Matt Van Wormer The Indians closed out the home portion of their 2011 season with a loss to the Minnesota Twins, but even so,...
- 9/24 My Pinstripes: AL Playoff Rotations Forming: The Yankees' Joe Girardi knows he has CC Sabathia to start Game 1 of the ALDS against either the Detroit Tigers or Texas Rangers...
- 9/22 Roto Think Tank: Answer Your Questions? I Can't Even Think Straight Right Now: Eight days of regular season left coming into yesterday. One point ahead of the second place team in my A.L.-only, home 4x4...
- 9/22 Motor City Bengals: A Royal Pain: The Detroit Tigers just finished up their season series with the Kansas City Royals by defeating them 6-3 on Wednesday...
- 9/22 B-R Blog: Quick coverage of a few games (Wednesday 9/21/11): Yankees 4, Rays 2 (2nd game): Deja vu all over again. The Yankees had clinched a playoff berth in the opener with an 8th-inning...
- 9/20 Chicken Fried Baseball: Indifference?: So the Angels didn’t go undefeated over their final ten, and are now a full five games back in the West, and the Rangers...
- 9/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview: Seattle (63-89) vs. Cleveland (75-75): By Matt Van Wormer After a successful weekend against the Minnesota Twins, the Indians start their final home stand of...
- 9/17 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners lose 7-6 battle on Fan Appreciation Day 2011: It was nice of the Mariners Organization to slot today’s Fan Appreciation Day game for 4:10 today so as to allow me to watch...
- 9/17 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister – the Gentle Giant: The 6’ 8’’ Doug Fister pitched another gem last night, as his performance was the driving force aiding his team to a 3-1...
- 9/17 Neurotic Sports Fan: Debate #3: Team to beat in the AL?: Mitc**** into the 2011 Season, the AL favorites were the Usual Suspects, the Red Sox and Yankees, along with last years AL Champs,...
- 9/17 Call to the Pen: Doug Fister’s Breakout Year: It was Doug Fister, not Justin Verlander, who spun a gem to capture the Tigers’ first AL Central title since 1987. To put...
- 9/17 Puckett's Pond: Detroit Tigers Clinch AL Central: For the first time ever, the Detroit Tigers have won the American League’s Central Division. Detroit bested the Oakland...
- 9/17 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Clinch–What Now?: Your playoff-bound Detroit Tigers have just eleven games remaining after clinching a postseason spot early Saturday morning. They...
- 9/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Watch Another Team Clinch – Again: Last year, the Texas Rangers clinched their American League West crown at the Coliseum. This year the A’s got to watch the...
- 9/17 Baseball Musings: Tigers Champs: The Detroit Tigers defeated the Oakland Athletics 3-1 Friday night to capture the first division win of 2011. Don Kelly homered...
- 9/17 B-R Blog: Recap for Friday, 9/16/11, part I: “And the first team to clinch its division IS…”: Champagne flowed in the Tigers' clubhouse, but stayed on ice in Philly.... -- In Oakland, Doyle Alexander ... er, Doug Fister...
- 9/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Dan Haren leads the Angels into Baltimore as they try to keep pressure on the Rangers. Tommy Hunter takes the hill for the Orioles....
- 9/16 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Notes: Fister, Harden, Adams, Orioles: The odds say the Red Sox have a 94.5% chance of making the playoffs, but I'm guessing that's not going to console most Red Sox...
- 9/14 The Golden Sombrero: Changeups and **** A Southpaw’s Perspective for 9/14/11: - Congrats to Tim Wakefield on his 200th win. Dude is 45 (2nd oldest pitcher to ever record 200 wins btw) and throws a flippin’...
- 9/12 For Baseball Junkies: Early September Twists- Red Sox Plummeting, Rays Streaking and Giants Are "Awful": Wanted to take a quick look back at our piece discussing the best storylines heading into September... that was ten days ago and...
- 9/11 Baseball Musings: Fister’s Golden Share: Doug Fister brought the Tigers a little closer to the playoffs with seven shutout innings Sunday afternoon as the Tigers beat...
- 9/10 B-R Blog: Recapping games of Friday, 9/9/11: -- Angels 2, Yanks 1, on the 16th game-ending sac fly this year (3rd by the Halos). Angels remain 2.5 GB the Rangers, Yanks 2.5...
- 9/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview: Detroit (79-62) vs. Cleveland (70-68): By Matt Van Wormer Things did not go as planned for the Tribe on Labor Day as one bad pitch gave the Tigers all they needed...
- 9/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview: Detroit (78-62) vs. Cleveland (70-67): by Matt Van Wormer The Indians have won seven of their last ten games as they try to claw their way back to the top of the Central...
- 9/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Great AL Playoff Rotation Cluster F: For months now, the acrimony over the Yankees playoff rotation has been deafening. Despite the best effort of the sunshine fans,...
- 9/6 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Strasburg, Pujols, Wilken: Weather permitting, Nationals phenom Stephen Strasburg will make his 2011 MLB debut tonight, almost one year from the day of...
- 9/6 Baseball Analytics: Fister Fans a Baker's Dozen: A Tigers righty fanned 13 hitters on Labor Day. It wasn't Justin Verlander. Not Max Scherzer, either. Rather, Doug Fister, the...
- 9/5 B-R Blog: Labor Day notes: Lee’s 6th shutout; rook’s near-perfect game: -- Cliff Lee, who was lifted after 8.2 scoreless innings in last start, got his 6th shutout of the year Monday, stopping Atlanta...
- 9/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Summer Ended; Tigers 4, Indians 2: By Mike Brandyberry Monday the weather cooled, the skies became gray and Cleveland seemed to have the feel that summer had ended...
- 9/5 Baseball Musings: Uncle Fister: The Tigers take another step toward winning the AL Central as Doug Fister delivers again in a 4-2 win over Cleveland. Doug may...
- 9/5 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: White Sox, Guillen, Tigers, Royals: Let's take a look at a few items out of the American League Central division.. It's time for the White Sox to move on from...
- 9/5 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Indians trail the Tigers by 6 1/2 games as they host Detroit in a three came series. Mid-season acquisitions Doug Fister and...
News -- August 2011
- 8/31 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister Showing His Worth for Tigers: Detroit Tigers’ hurler Doug Fister is making a habit out of perfection. In his previous start, Fister retired the first...
- 8/29 The Beanball: Casper Wells Ain’t No Friendly Ghost: Most people assumed Chance Ruffin and Charlie Furbush were the main reasons the Seattle Mariners parted ways with control artist...
- 8/29 The Beanball: Doug Fister, The Next Great Control Artist: Doug Fister has never won more than six games in a single season, and has already been saddled with twelve losses this year. The...
- 8/29 SoDo Mojo: Series Preview: Angels at Mariners: The Mariners won three of four games in Cleveland, gaining a game in the standings. The Mariners then were swept in a three game...
- 8/27 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Weaver, Cano, Thome: Four years ago today, Astros owner Drayton McLane fired GM Tim Purpura and manager Phil Garner. Houston was 58-73 at the time,...
- 8/26 SoDo Mojo: Series Preview: White Sox at Mariners: If I were going to do a series preview about the White Sox visiting Safeco Field to play our Mariners, it would likely look like...
- 8/26 B-R Blog: Random recap for Thursday 8/25: Light schedule today. Let's see how long we can ignore the White Elephant in the Stadium.... -- Pop quiz: For 2010-11 combined,...
- 8/25 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Escape Tampa with Series Win: The Detroit Tigers blanked the Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon behind seven innings of five hit ball from Doug Fister and a bit...
- 8/25 Baseball Musings: Like Kissing Your Fister: Doug Fister posts his second consecutive fine outing for the Tigers as he pitches seven shutout innings against the Rays as the...
- 8/21 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 8/14/11 - 8/20/11: A look back at the week that was here at MLBTR ... Monday's deadline to sign selections from June's draft came and went,...
- 8/21 Roto Think Tank: Where Can Pitchers Improve?: After reading what I had to say about young pitchers and future success, T.J. made a good point that I hadn't considered:I...
- 8/20 Baseball Musings: Iron Fister in a Velvet Glove: Doug Fister abandonded pitching to contact Saturday night as he struck out seven Indians in seven innings as Detroit pounded Cleveland...
- 8/20 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Home Runs Take Down Tribe; Tigers 4, Indians 1: By Mike Brandyberry Josh Tomlin has been credited for his consistency all season long. However, part of that consistency has...
- 8/20 Baseball Analytics: Fister Chasing a Dream: Doug Fister of the Detroit Tigers ranks as one of the best pitchers in 2011 at getting batters to chase pitches outside the strike...
- 8/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Indians try to gain a game back from the Tigers as David Huff faces Doug Fister in Detroit. Huff pitched lights out so far,...
- 8/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series Preview: Cleveland (62-58) vs. Detroit (65-58): By Matt Van Wormer The Indians left Chicago last night after winning their first series against the White Sox this year. With...
- 8/18 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister is Not Ubaldo Jimenez, So Don’t Expect Him to Be: This morning, our own Chris Hannum laid out all the reasons for skepticism that Doug Fister will succeed in Detroit. For the most...
- 8/17 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners Acquire Ruffin To Complete Tigers Deal: The Mariners announced that they have acquired Chance Ruffin from the Tigers to complete the trade that sent Doug Fister and...
- 8/16 SoDo Mojo: Buy, Sell, Hold. Taking Stock Of The Current Roster: There are many different ways to look at the players that currently make up the Seattle Mariners. Statistics, contract, value;...
- 8/15 SoDo Mojo: From Stem to Stern:: Boston came to town with the AL’s best record, and yet our currently last place Mariners took 2 out of 3, and realistically...
- 8/15 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Kosuke ****: Bottom 1: Kosuke **** grounded out to short against Doug Fister Bottom 4: **** struck out swinging against Duane Below Bottom...
- 8/10 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Bullpen Mafia Survives A Marathon; Indians 3, Tigers 2: By Mike Brandyberry Mafias normally band together, become their strongest, when they are pushed into a corner, with no...
- 8/10 B-R Blog: Random recap for Tuesday 8/9: -- James Shields threw his 4th shutout, tying Derek Holland for the AL lead, and his 8th CG, tops in MLB by 2. He's the first...
- 8/9 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series Preview: Detroit (61-53) vs. Cleveland (56-56): By Matt Van Wormer The Indians return home with a .500 record after a tough road trip that saw the Indians lose four of the seven...
- 8/9 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister Can Prove He is Division’s Best Pickup Tonight: I was critical of the deadline deal that the Tigers put together for Doug Fister and David Pauley. I understood it, but Casper...
- 8/8 For Baseball Junkies: Free Agent Class of 2012: C.J. Wilson: The Rangers are one of the hottest teams in baseball and yet their pitching often gets overlooked. If I asked fans outside of...
- 8/8 Motor City Bengals: Tigers, Indians Set for AL Central Showdown: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland probably won’t admit it, given that these two clubs will face off a dozen more times...
- 8/7 SoDo Mojo: From Stem to Stern: Angelic pitching duels: The Mariners went to LA for a weekend series after sweeping aside the Oakland A’s. I was really hoping that things would...
- 8/4 Through The Fence Baseball: The Bombers Blast: Why doing nothing was the right move for the Yankees: Everyone is stunned. The Yankees didn’t make any moves by this year’s trade deadline. Well, actually, not everyone is stunned....
- 8/4 NY Baseball Digest: Beware Verlander, The Future Starting Rotation, Munson and Teixeira HOF Credentials: The dog days of August start to build separation in the standings. In the AL Central, both Detroit and Cleveland made deadline...
- 8/4 B-R Blog: Random Recap: Games of Wednesday, 8/3: A late bulletin from the corner of First Time for Everything and the Boulevard of Broken Streaks.... -- Jacoby Ellsbury had...
- 8/4 Blogging From The Bleachers: Trade Deadline Recap: Tigers Acquire Fister, Pauley: With all of the teams in need of starting pitcher, perhaps the one searching for an extra arm the most quietly was the Detroit...
- 8/4 mlbreports.com : E-MAILBAG: Ask the Reports, Wednesday August 3rd: Thank you for reading the E-mailbag. Please send all your questions to mlbreports@gmail.com and please include your first...
- 8/2 NY Baseball Digest: MLB’s Trade Deadline: Fan Fantasy Frenzy: When I was a kid growing up in New Jersey, we used to celebrate a little-known holiday called St. Nicholas Day. It falls on December...
- 8/2 MLBTradeRumors: M's Acquire Chance Ruffin To Complete Fister Trade: The Mariners will receive right-hander Chance Ruffin from the Tigers as the final piece of the Doug Fister trade, reports Jason...
- 8/1 mlbreports.com : Summary of all Trades- 2011 MLB Trade Deadline Report and Analysis: Monday August 1, 2011 MLB reports: Another hectic MLB trade deadline is in the books. This year’s trade market...
- 8/1 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: August 1, 2011: Colby Rasmus $45. Other bids: $39, $27, $22, $17, $17, $11, $8, $5. A non-contender snagged Rasmus with this bid, presumably...
- 8/1 The Captain's Blog: Did Yanks Lose the Deadline? How Potential American League Playoff Rotations Stack Up: (In addition to appearing at The Captain’s Blog, this post is also being syndicated at TheYankeeAnalysts.) By most objective...
- 8/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: Did Yanks Lose the Deadline? How Potential American League Playoff Rotations Stack Up: (The following is being syndicated from The Captain’s Blog). By most objective standards, the Yankees have the best pitching...
News -- July 2011
- 7/31 mlbcoverage.com: Trade Deadline: Non-Blockbuster Saturday Moves & Deals: As we’ve broken down most of the more significant deals the last couple days, here are the smaller deals that occurred on...
- 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Trades: Everyone in the AL West made a trade this month, with the exception of the Halos.. Angels No trades completed. Athletics Acquired...
- 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Trades: Here are this month's trades in the AL Central, headlined by the deal that brought Ubaldo Jimenez to the Indians.. Indians Acquired...
- 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Hunter, Thornton, Rauch, Indians: The American League Central welcomed a handful of new players this week - most notably right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez. Yet many...
- 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: Trade Reaction: Ubaldo, Rangers, Furcal, Mariners: We've seen dozens of deals completed this month. To help you make sense of it all, here are some reactions to the moves from around...
- 7/30 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Pineda Leads Mariners over Rays 3-2 as Fister and Pauley move on: Michael Pineda pitched a brilliant game today going 6 1/3 innings and allowing only one hit to go along with a career...
- 7/30 Call to the Pen: Tigers Add Doug Fister and David Pauley: The Detroit Tigers have been looking for help in their rotation and bullpen, and were able to swing a deal to fill both needs...
- 7/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Fister and Pauley to the Tigers: I woke up three minutes after Danny Knobler announced (on Twitter) that the Tigers had acquired Doug Fister and David Pauley for...
- 7/30 SoDo Mojo: Doug Fister Traded?Early reports are indicating that Doug Fister along with...
- 7/30 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Acquire Doug Fister, David Pauley from Mariners: It appears as if the long wait is over. Weeks after speculation began that the Detroit Tigers would be in the market for starting...
- 7/30 PaulLebowitz.com: MLB Trade Deadline Stories 7.30.2011: Beware GMs/Managers on the hotseat…if they’re your employees. The Tigers acquired Doug Fister and David Pauley from...
- 7/30 Baseball Press: Trading Places: Doug Fister Joins the Tigers: Doug Fister hopes for run support in Detroit. (Icon SMI)With the July 31 trade deadline right around the corner, the Detroit...
- 7/30 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Acquire Doug Fister, David Pauley: The Tigers added pitching today, acquiring starter Doug Fister and reliever David Pauley from the Mariners for third baseman...
- 7/30 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Acquire Doug Fister, David Pauley: 10:40am: Larry Stone of the Seattle Times tweets that the Mariners will also get a player to be named later, and it could be a...
- 7/29 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Oliver, Marquis, Fister: The Tigers are looking for starters and relievers. Here's the latest on their trade talks: Scouts tell Yahoo's Jeff Passan...
- 7/29 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BYB YANKEE TRADE RUMORS: PART 3: New day and a new list of updates and names of players the Yankees may or may not interested in and my thoughts on some as well....
- 7/29 Call to the Pen: Tigers Interested in Jason Marquis: The guys over at Fox Sports have reported that the Tigers and Nationals are discussing a deal that would send starting pitcher...
- 7/29 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Discussing Deal For Jason Marquis: The Tigers are discussing a trade for Jason Marquis, according to Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. Detroit GM...
- 7/29 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Fister, Mets, Giants, Rangers : With less than three days until the trade deadline, here are the latest rumors and notes from around MLB... Kevin Goldstein...
- 7/28 MLB Dirt: Why I Hate Pitcher Win-Loss Records: After looking through the box scores from last night’s game I couldn’t help but resurface the feelings I have for...
- 7/27 B-R Blog: Doug Fister can’t buy a win: Seattle finally won a game Wednesday, erupting for 9 runs against the Yankees. It's no surprise that it happened the day after...
- 7/27 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY CC MONSTER SHINED THROUGH THE RAIN: (Photo: Ron Antonelli/NY Daily News)Man, CC Sabathia is amazing isn't he? It was just another dominating start where he simply...
- 7/27 Through The Fence Baseball: Tigers at the deadline: Jacob Turner for Ubaldo Jimenez?: Ah, the trade deadline. When grown men and women spend hours talking/writing/swearing about things that will never come to pass....
- 7/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: Sabathia Sabathias hapless Mariners, striking out career-high 14: As you can see by the title of this post, I’ve run out of words to describe CC Sabathia‘s awesomeness. Sabathia has...
- 7/26 Yankees Daily: Sabathia strikes out 14 as Yankees beat Mariners 4-1: By HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Seattle Mariners flailed away helplessly against CC Sabathia in their...
- 7/26 My Pinstripes: CC Brings Out The Beast: It didn't take long to realize that the Seattle Mariners were in for a very long night at Yankee Stadium this evening. CC Sabathia...
- 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners Notes: Fister, Bedard, Felix, League: Brendan Ryan singled in the seventh to break up C.C. Sabathia's perfect game bid, but that didn't stop the Yankees from extending...
- 7/26 Motor City Bengals: Erik Bedard Added to Tigers’ Shopping List, Ubaldo Remains at the Top: The Seattle Mariners are mired in a 16-game losing streak despite featuring on of baseball’s better pitching staffs. With...
- 7/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Mijares, Tigers, Phillies, Nimmo: Michael Cuddyer pitched a shutout inning in Texas tonight, but the Rangers didn't have trouble scoring against Minnesota's other...
- 7/25 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Fister, Rangers, Pena: On this date last year, the Angels acquired Dan Haren from Arizona for Patrick Corbin, Tyler Skaggs, Rafael Rodriguez and...
- 7/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Mariners II: One Guaranteed Loss: Starting tonight the Yankees get three more games at home against another light-hitting American League counterpart, only this...
- 7/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Upton, Webb, Inge, Mariners, Reds: With nine days remaining before the trade deadline, the biggest trade chips in baseball are arguably Carlos Beltran (latest rumors)...
- 7/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Mariners, Slowey, Phillies: Here are some late night links as Thursday turns into Friday... Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports spoke to...
- 7/22 B-R Blog: A rare tough loss for Sabathia in pinstripes: Thursday night, CC Sabathia allowed 2 runs in a CG (8-inning) loss to the Rays. It was the first time as a Yankee that Sabathia...
- 7/21 COSFBA: Made-Up Statistic: The Super Start: Recently, I approached my friend and fellow blogger, William Tasker of The FlagrantFan, with an idea of how to make the seemingly-meaningless...
- 7/21 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Doug Fister and Ricky Romero face off in a battle of pitchers with identical ERAs as the Mariners finish their series with the...
- 7/20 Baseball Moves: Spot Starters June 21Check daily for suggested spot starts and analysis. ...
- 7/19 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners Rumors: Felix, League: The Mariners are sellers, and they might be willing to part with decent pitching. Here's the latest... Mariners GM Jack...
- 7/18 SoDo Mojo: Vargas and Fister: The Challenge: Today the following popped up on MLBtraderumors. Talk that the Mariners could be floating both Jason Vargas and Doug Fister around...
- 7/18 MLBTradeRumors: Knobler On Tigers, Vargas, Fister, Marlins: Danny Knobler of CBS Sports has the latest on the market for starters, from Miami to Detroit to Seattle. Here’s the latest: Though...
- 7/16 B-R Blog: Rangers have 3 straight shutouts: Colby Lewis shut down the Mariners on 4 hits over 8.2 IP Friday, and Neftali Feliz got the last out for the Rangers' 3rd straight...
- 7/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: JETER’S HIT MILESTONES: You tend to forget just how good Derek Jeter is and what he’s accomplished over his career. So we decided to put out his hit...
- 7/15 Nolan Writin': Texas Rangers (52-41) at Seattle Mariners (43-49) Game 2 of 4 Preview (9:10 pm CT): What a fantastic night last night for Derek Holland. The young lefty’s fourth career shutout. He has definitely gained momentum....
- 7/14 COSFBA: The SABR Spotlight: Jair Jurrjens: **** Blogosphere! I'm excited to begin contributing to this community and starting some heated debates! A quick bit about me,...
- 7/12 Baseball Reality Tour: Player of the Fortnight: It's been over two months since we gave out any hardware, so we're overdue for another edition of Player of the Fortnight. For...
- 7/12 YankeeAnalysts.com: Addressing the Yankees’ Areas of Need: Pitching: Last year at the All-Star break I did a three-part series taking a look at the Yankees’ perceived areas of weakness and...
- 7/4 The Friarhood: San Diego Offense Asleep as They Drop Critical Series in Seattle: The Padres hitting was dominated by the Mariners pitching during the weekend series, as it had been throughout the interleague...
- 7/3 B-R Blog: Sunday Smorgasbord – games of Saturday, July 2: [A Whitman's sampler of Saturday action, with neither leaves nor grass....] -- White Sox 1, Cubs 0 ... for the first time in MLB...
- 7/3 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Fear the Mustache! Is Eric Wedge Finally Our Guy?: By Scott Rinear Happy 4th of July weekend! Hopefully most of you in the region were able to get out and enjoy a picture perfect...
- 7/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Roy Halladay and Carlos Villanueva get Saturday off to a good start as the Phillies continue their series in Toronto. It’s...
- 7/1 Baseball Moves: Spot Starters July 2Check daily for suggested spot starts and witty analysis. ...
News -- June 2011
- 6/28 B-R Blog: Two surprising rotations in 2011: Through Sunday, two teams -- one in each league -- have 4 pitchers with an ERA+ of at least 100 (and qualify for the ERA title)....
- 6/27 Baseball Musings: Insult on Injury: Not only does a concert force the Marlins to play a home series in Seattle, but the final game doesn’t get seen by most...
- 6/27 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Mariners Win Rubber Game at “Home” Versus Marlins in Extra Frames: By Scott Rinear The first ever Seattle Mariners road series at Safeco Field came to an end in tonight’s first ever 7:10pm...
- 6/25 Baseball Moves: Spot Starters June 26Check daily for suggested spot starts and analysis. ...
- 6/22 Brotherly Glove: Wedge pulls Fister after 8 opening the door for a Nightmare finish: An hour ago I was preparing my post for tonight feeling quite smug as the Seattle Mariners were up 5-1 on the Washington Nationals...
- 6/21 Baseball Musings: Line to the League: Brandon League just took a line drive off the calf of his right leg. After making some pitches, the Mariners took him out of the...
- 6/21 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Mariners and Nationals are separated by just two games in the standings, but Seattle finds themselves one game out in the...
- 6/21 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Braves, Mariners, Balfour, Posting System: Today the Diamondbacks purchased the contract of Wily Mo Pena with the aim of employing him in the middle of their order...
- 6/15 Cut Four: The Mariners: ****: The Seattle Mariners were supposed to be terrible this year. Most projections — including mine — pegged the Mariners...
- 6/13 Baseball Moves: Spot Starters June 14Check daily for suggested spot starts and analysis....
- 6/10 MLB Dirt: Boxscore: Game 63: Sure, Eric Wedge didn’t really help himself in that game last night. But, those guys out on that field were pretty helpless...
- 6/9 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Red Sox go for their second sweep in New York this season as Josh Beckett faces CC Sabathia. Beckett leads the AL in ERA at...
- 6/8 Giants Nirvana: Draft Day III: Rounds 31-50: Since 2001, only three players drafted by the San Francisco Giants post-round-30 have made the majors (so far, at least). One...
- 6/5 MLB Dirt: 30-28 Game summary: Rumor has it that Brett lives under the right field seats at Safeco. If that’s true I’m pretty jealous. I only get...
- 6/4 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Red Sox moved their game against Oakland to 1 PM EDT as Trevor Cahill faces Josh Beckett. Cahill’s road ERA is 0.6 runs...
- 6/3 Baseball Moves: Spot Starters June4Check daily for suggested spot starts and analysis. ...
News -- May 2011
- 5/31 MLB Dirt: Boxscore: Game 53: Well, sorry for the blog being so empty over the past few days. But I’ve enjoyed my weekend and the time with my family....
- 5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister racks up nine strikeouts: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister allowed three earned runs, seven hits and a walk over 7 1/3 innings in a win Monday, May 30, against...[+]
- 5/30 Baseball Musings: Well Pitched in Seattle: Doug Fister gave the Mariners another good start, holding the Orioles to three runs in 7 1/3 innings of work as Seattle takes...
- 5/29 Baseball Moves: Spot Starters May 30Check daily for suggested spot starts and analysis. ...
- 5/29 Baseball Moves: Week 9 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 9. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
- 5/25 MLB Dirt: Boxscore: Game 48: The Mariners had their chances but in reality winning 8 of their last 10 is an awesome start and it’s hard to be too down...
- 5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister roughed up: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister allowed four runs and nine hits with six strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings in a loss Tuesday, May 24,...[+]
- 5/24 Through The Fence Baseball: The Best of the Overlooked: The first third of 2011: Almost 50 games in, and the frenzy of the start of the season has all but died out. Hot and cold streaks are beginning to balance,...
- 5/20 MLB Fantasy Recon: Notes on Thursday's Action from Sons of Roto: FistedAndrew Holm over at Sons of Roto runs through Thursday's action for us, here's some of the highlights;Doug Fister grabs...
- 5/20 MLB Dirt: Boxscore: Game 43: Dear Torii Hunter, Thank you, Signed every Seattle Mariner fan. ——————————–...
- 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister strong in no-decision : Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister allowed a solo home run in eight strong innings against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in a...[+]
- 5/19 Baseball Musings: The Sun Shines on the Mariners: The Angels and Mariners played the bottom of the ninth tied at one, and got a runner to third with two out. Carlos Peguero had...
- 5/19 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Pittsburgh and Cincinnati finish up their two-game series with James McDonald facing Johnny Cueto. McDonald is off to a poor start...
- 5/19 Giants Nirvana: Giants Draft Picks You Might Not Remember: In my research of past San Francisco Giants' drafts, I've come across a few interesting names. Guys I didn't know the Giants ever...
- 5/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister outstanding in no-decision: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister allowed two earned runs, four hits and a walk over eight innings in a no-decision Friday, May...[+]
- 5/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister tagged with loss Saturday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister (2-4) allowed five runs on 14 hits over 5 2/3 innings in a loss to the Chicago White Sox Saturday,...[+]
- 5/8 Baseball Musings: Two More Shutouts: The west coast saw two shutouts Saturday night as the White Sox defeated the Mariners and the Diamondbacks downed the Padres,...
- 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister's next start likely Saturday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister is likely to make his next scheduled start Saturday, May 7. 'As of right now, that's what we are...[+]
- 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister earns second victory: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister allowed five hits and five walks in 5 2/3 scoreless innings in a win Saturday, April 30, against...[+]
News -- April 2011
- 4/30 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/30: After falling last night to the Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox to escape their dismal month of April with a win in the...
- 4/30 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/30: After falling last night to the Seattle Mariners, the Boston Red Sox to escape their dismal month of April with a win in the...
- 4/29 MLB Fantasy Recon: Buy, Sell, or Hold - Starting Pitcher Edition from FB 365: 2011 Josh Beckett for sale at 2009 pricesCharlie Saponara over at Fantasy Baseball 365 did a great thing and took BABIP, K/BB%,...
- 4/29 SOX & Dawgs: Seattle Mariners @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 4/29-5/1: Friday, April 29th @ 7:10 PM Jason Vargas, LHP (0-2, 5.53) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP (2-2, 4.09) TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio:...
- 4/29 SOX & Dawgs: Seattle Mariners @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 4/29-5/1: Friday, April 29th @ 7:10 PM Jason Vargas, LHP (0-2, 5.53) vs Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP (2-2, 4.09) TV: NESN, MLB.tv Radio:...
- 4/25 MLB Fantasy Recon: Monday Morning Notes from MDS: Raise the Shields, Mr Chekov!Million Dollar Sleeper takes a stroll through Sunday's action with a few gems of advice he exhumed...
- 4/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Mariners Game 22: 1:21PM PDT: Hideki Matsui drives in Coco Crisp from second and the A’s lead 1-0. Good to see the A’s get on the board...
- 4/23 MLB Fantasy Recon: Sunday Streaming Options - H2H Special: Wolf should be your dog on SundayJust in time for those of you who need streamers to make up ground in those head to head leagues,...
- 4/22 Motor City Bengals: The Sports Pages: Charlie Furbush Tosses One-Hitter, Plus the Links: “I always turn to the sports pages first, which records man’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.”...
- 4/18 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball preview: April 18-April 24: This is the first of what I hope will be a weekly feature. I’ll highlight some good two-start pitchers, players to start, players...
- 4/18 Baseball Moves: Week 3 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 3....
- 4/15 Fantasy Sports Information: Two Start Pitchers – Week 3: Deeper into April we go as our week three projected two start pitchers is ready to go. Roy Halladay tops the list this week as...
- 4/15 Diamond Hoggers: Your day after wrap & recap: The notables from yesterday’s action in baseball…. Florida Marlins 6, Atlanta Braves 5 I watched this game in its entirety...
- 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister suffers loss Saturday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister (0-2) allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits over six innings in a loss to the Cleveland Indians...[+]
- 4/5 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Don’t Look Now But the Mariners Could They…?: Yesterday the A’s earned their first win of the season against the 2010 cellar dweller Seattle Mariners. The M’s,...
- 4/3 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Mariners @ A’s Game 3: 1:39PM PDT: Inning over as Mark Ellis grounds out but to go back Matsui wasn’t particularly smart testing Ichiro’s...
News -- March 2011
- 3/27 The Golden Sombrero: Prospect Buzz Part I: Julio Teheran, Dustin Ackley, Brent Morel, and Jordan Lyles: Scouting the Sally provides an in-depth scouting report on Atlanta Braves’ right-hander Julio Teheran...
- 3/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister roughed up Thursday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister allowed six earned runs, seven hits and three walks in six innings Thursday, March 24 against...[+]
- 3/15 Baseball Musings: Fister’s BallsAt Baseball Analytics, I look at how Doug Fister is needlessly falling behind in the count. ...
- 3/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Starting rotation set: It appears as though the Seattle Mariners' starting rotation will consist of SPs Felix Hernandez, Jason Vargas, Doug Fister,...[+]
- 3/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister sharp in Wednesday's outing: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister allowed just one earned run and two hits while walking none and striking out four in a Cactus...[+]
- 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Pitching schedule set for Wednesday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister will start Wednesday, March 9, with Ps David Pauley, Brandon League, Garrett Olson, Dan Cortes...[+]
- 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister hits rough patch in spring outing: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister, projected as the third starter in the Mariners rotation, allowed two runs on three hits over...[+]
News -- February 2011
- 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Top three spots of rotation are set: The Seattle Mariners know SPs Felix Hernandez, Jason Vargas and Doug Fister will be their top three pitchers in the rotation,...[+]
- 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Impressed with Doug Fister: Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge likes what he's seeing from SP Doug Fister this spring, according to MLB.com's Greg Johns....[+]
- 2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Agree to deals with 16: The Seattle Mariners agreed to deals for the 2011 season with P Doug Fister, P Jose Flores, P Cesar Jimenez, P Josh Lueke, P Yorvis...[+]
- 2/17 Call to the Pen: Breaking Down the Non-Roster Invitees: Seattle Mariners: When handing out minor league contracts/spring invites this winter, it seems the Seattle Mariners decided to go with the "throw...
- 2/15 It's About the Money (Stupid): 2011 American League Preview: Seattle Mariners: (Today we continue our series previewing each team in the American League ahead of the 2010 season, starting with our first...
News -- January 2011
- 1/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Hardball Times Has A’s Winning 88: Hardball Times has a projection (as of 1/19/2011) that states the A’s will finish in second place winning 88 games. The...
News -- October 2010
- 10/17 Call to the Pen: The Top 100 MLB Prospects 2010: #60-51: Welcome to the October 16, 2010 edition of This Week in Prospects! The column has now been permanently moved to Saturdays, for...
- 10/1 Baseball Musings: Planning for the Future: Looking over today’s starting pitchers, I just want to say I’m looking forward to the day Zach Kroenke faces Zack...
News -- September 2010
- 9/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Busy day, so a quick games of the day. Texas send Derek Holland against Oakland and Gio Gonzalez. A Texas win clinches the AL...
- 9/19 Baseball Musings: Reverse Fister: Doug Fister pitched well over all this season, but coming into Sunday’s Mariners game against the Rangers, Doug had allowed...
- 9/14 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 9/13: After a tough weekend in Oakland, the Boston Red Sox head to Safeco Field in Seattle tonight to finish up their final west coast...
- 9/13 SOX & Dawgs: Evening Red Sox Delight - 9/13: After a tough weekend in Oakland, the Boston Red Sox head to Safeco Field in Seattle tonight to finish up their final west coast...
- 9/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: CC Sabathia goes for his 20th win of the season as the Yankee host Baltimore and Jake Arrieta. Unlike the other Orioles starts,...
- 9/3 MLBTradeRumors: The Mariners' 2011 Rotation: Felix Hernandez may be the best pitcher in baseball, but you won't mistake any other Mariners starters for aces. Next year, some...
- 9/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister's slide continues: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister (4-11) took the loss Thursday, Sept. 2, in a 6-3 defeat against the Cleveland Indians. Fister...[+]
News -- August 2010
- 8/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister loses Saturday despite solid outing: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister (4-10) gave up one run and six hits in seven innings Sunday, Aug. 28, according to Gregg Bell...[+]
- 8/28 Baseball Musings: Mariners Blackburned: Nick Blackburn threw eight shutout innings against the Mariners Saturday afternoon, which lowered his ERA to 6.02. He allowed...
- 8/24 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Delight - 8/23: After taking two-of-three from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox will close out their nine-game homestand with a three-game...
- 8/23 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox Delight - 8/23: After taking two-of-three from the Toronto Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox will close out their nine-game homestand with a three-game...
- 8/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview: Yankees vs. Mariners III: The Mariners return to Yankee Stadium tonight to play the back-in-sole-possession-of-first-place Yankees (thank you A's and thank...
- 8/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: State of the Yankees 1/3rd of the Way Through: The book Moneyball is many things to many people, but one of the things I took away from the book that I always liked was...
News -- July 2010
- 7/25 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 25, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
- 7/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Alex Rodriguez after a home run at Dodger Stadium one of his 598 long balls. He sits two away from becoming the youngest player...
- 7/16 Baseball Musings: Fister Not Fine: The Angles kept pace with the Rangers, drubbing the Mariners 8-3. They knocked out twelve hits off Doug Fister. This was Fister’s...
- 7/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Second-half rotation set: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister will start the team's first game of the second half of the season Thursday, July 15, followed...[+]
- 7/15 Baseball Daily Digest: Roto Lunch – July 15: Back from fake baseball, and time to get ready for the next six weeks, which are often decisive in fantasy leagues. With the...
- 7/10 MLBTradeRumors: What's Next For The Mariners?: The Mariners cashed in their biggest chip yesterday, dealing Cliff Lee to the Rangers for Justin Smoak and three prospects. With...
- 7/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Rotation staying the same: Seattle Mariners SPs Ryan Rowland-Smith, Doug Fister and Jason Vargas will start the next three days, the Tacoma News Tribune's...[+]
- 7/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister struggling since return from DL: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister is 0-1 with a 9.35 ERA in two starts since being activated from the disabled list, according to...[+]
- 7/2 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Yankees host a rare Friday afternoon game as Toronto sends Brett Cecil against A.J. Burnett. The Blue Jays are in a bit of...
News -- June 2010
- 6/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees vs. Mariners series preview and historical results in the unbalanced schedule era: Hooray for Interleague Play being over! I realize there are certain aspects of Interleague that are enjoyable to fans, but unless...
- 6/27 Call to the Pen: Roster Moves (6/25): Domonic Brown mashes his way to Triple-A: June 25th will be forever remembered by 6 players. One was traded from Toronto to San Diego, one signed his first professional...
- 6/26 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Johan Santana faces his old team for the first time today as the Twins send New York favorite Carl Pavano against the Twins. Santana...
- 6/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister activated: The Seattle Mariners activated SP Doug Fister (shoulder) from the 15-day disabled list Friday, June 25, according to The Sports...[+]
- 6/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister to return Saturday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister (shoulder) will return from the disabled list and start against the Milwaukee Brewers Saturday,...[+]
- 6/23 B-R Blog: 8+ IP 0 CG: Andy's post earlier this evening made reference to the fact that Doug Fister has pitched at least 8 innings in 4 of his starts...
- 6/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister to make rehab appearance Sunday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister (shoulder) will throw 50 to 60 pitches for Triple-A Tacoma Sunday, June 20, according to Jim Street...[+]
- 6/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister expected to return next weekend: Updating previous reports, Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu said SP Doug Fister (shoulder) is on track to start a game next...[+]
- 6/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister to return June 22: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister (shoulder) has been tabbed to start the team's series opener June 22, according to MLB.com's Gina...[+]
- 6/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister placed on 15-day disabled list: The Seattle Mariners have placed SP Doug Fister (shoulder) on the 15-day disabled list because of a sore right pitching shoulder,...[+]
- 6/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister to miss start Saturday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister (shoulder) will not make his scheduled start against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Saturday,...[+]
- 6/5 TetreaultVision: Take Me Out to the Ballgame June 5, 2010: Recaps are in the works, but the previews needed to go up prior to first pitch in Toronto. New York Yankees at Toronto Blue...
News -- May 2010
- 5/31 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Memorial Day features a reduced schedule, but three important division games and two excellent pitching match-ups. An early afternoon...
- 5/31 Baseball Press: The 606 - May 31, 2010: Jimenez and Linecum provide an electric matchup in San Francisco. (AP) Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look into the three...
- 5/28 WasWatching: Girardi’s Call On All-Star Pitchers: I was just looking at the best starting pitchers in the A.L., to date, this season: Rk Player ERA+ Age Tm GS W L W-L% IP BB SO ERA 1 Doug...
- 5/26 Baseball Musings: Uncle Fister: Doug Fister may be as strange a pitcher as Uncle Fester was a person: Fester has a strange ability to conduct electricity. He...
- 5/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: There’s a western flavor to games of the day this Tuesday as four of the five games take place west of the Mississippi....
- 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister earns win Friday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister (3-1) allowed one run on four hits over five innings Friday, May 14, in a win against the Tampa...[+]
- 5/14 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Ubaldo Jimenez leads the NL in ERA. Photo: Icon SMI There are almost too many good games today. The first pits the Twins against...
- 5/12 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: For those who love slugfests, the first first two games of the day offer pitchers with high ERAs and three good offensive teams....
- 5/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister hurls quality start Saturday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister allowed three runs on eight hits over seven innings Saturday, May 8, against the Los Angeles Angels...[+]
- 5/8 B-R Blog: Bibbidi Bobbidi BAbip: Batting Average on balls put into play (BAbip) is a pitcher's batting average allowed on batted balls ending a plate appearance...
- 5/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister flirts with no-hitter in no-decision: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister didn't allow a hit until the sixth inning Sunday, May 2, and threw eight shutout innings against...[+]
News -- April 2010
- 4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Mariners | Doug Fister hurls quality start Saturday: Seattle Mariners SP Doug Fister allowed two runs on eight hits over eight innings Saturday, April 24, against the Chicago White...[+]
- 4/21 MLBTradeRumors: Starting Pitching Trade Candidates: As usual, starting pitching questions abound for many teams. The Dodgers, for example, have to be concerned about the majority...
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