Bruce Rondon

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 255 lb.

Born: December 9, 1990 in Valencia, Carabobo, VE

Major League Stats

• 4/26 Seedlings to Stars: Cliff Notes: Brian Flynn Moving Up, Mason Williams Arrested. and Kyle Gibson Speaks: At this point, I’m not sure we shouldn’t just re-name the site “We Love Miguel Sano dotcom.” I mean, I...
• 4/25 Call to the Pen: Jose Valverde Rescued From Oblivion: Well, this was unlikely. Jose Valverde, who became so contagious during the playoffs in October that no other member of the Detroit...
• 4/25 Baseball Musings: Thumbs Down: I just heard on the Tigers broadcast that Justin Verlander was removed from the game against the Royals with cracked skin on his...
• 4/25 MLBTradeRumors: Prospect Rumor Roundup: Welcome to the first edition of the weekly Prospect Rumor Roundup here at MLBTR... Jackie Bradley, OF, Boston Red Sox: Both...
• 4/24 Seedlings to Stars: Bruce Rondon Joins Tigers, But Won’t be the Closer: Right hander Bruce Rondon was all but given the job as closer of the reigning AL Champion Detroit Tigers even before pitchers...
• 4/24 FFLockerRoom: Detroit Tigers Recall Young Phenom Bruce Rondon: MLB News: The Detroit Tigers recalled Bruce Rondon on Tuesday from Triple-A Toledo to fill the void left when the organization...
• 4/24 FFLockerRoom: Detroit Tigers Place Pitcher Octavio Dotel On Disabled List: MLB News: The Detroit Tigers placed right hander Octavio Dotel on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday due to right elbow inflammation....
• 4/24 Baseballhotcorner.com: Jose Valverde Returns for Lead Role in an Old Script: It’s a tried and true TV and movie formula. The aging guy trying to hang on. He’s past his prime but still feeling as though...
• 4/24 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: Jose Valverde is Back With the Detroit Tigers: Jose Valverde named closer – REMAIN CALM, ALL IS WELL! – Al Beaton – Bless You Boys With the bullpen by committee...
• 4/23 Call to the Pen: Jose Valverde, Bruce Rondon Both Join Detroit Tigers Bullpen: Having entered the season as the po**** favorite in the AL Central, the Detroit Tigers find themselves in the middle of the pack...
• 4/23 Baseball News Source: Tigers Octavio Dotel to The DL, Bruce Rendon Recalled: The Detroit Tigers have placed reliever Octavio Dotel on the disabled list with elbow soreness and inflammation retroactive to...
• 4/23 Motor City Bengals: Octavio Dotel Hits DL, Detroit Tigers Recall Bruce Rondon: The Detroit Tigers’ official website is showing that the team has placed Octavio Dotel on the 15-day disabled list with right...
• 4/22 Seedlings to Stars: Cliff Notes: Victor Roache Homers in Pro Debut, Miguel Sano Ejected for Taunting: After a lengthy hiatus, Cliff Notes, the semi-recurring series where we give you a quick look at some of the best content from...
• 4/16 Motor City Bengals: An Update On The Tigers Top Ten Prospects…And Then Some: Doing the Tigers Top 50 prospects list can be quite a c**** It’s a c**** that I like to tackle every year, and following...
• 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....
• 4/10 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Minor League Recap 4/10/13: Dean Green, Jordan Lennerton Homer: AAA Indianapolis 7, Toledo 2 Jordan Lennerton (2-4, 2 SO) and Danny Dorn (1-3, SO) went deep for the Mud Hens in today’s...
• 4/10 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Beat The Rain But Lose To Blue Jays 8-6: Blue Jays 8, Tigers 6 (box score) The start of this game was delayed for approximately two and a half hours due to a storm system...
• 4/10 Motor City Bengals: Making A Case For Darin Downs: The Tigers, and more importantly manager Jim Leyland, can’t seem to decide who their closer is going to be for the 2013...
• 4/6 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Minor League Recap 4/5/13: Whitecaps Win Again: AAA Louisville 6, Toledo 4 The Toledo Mud Hens fell to 0-2 on the young season with their second straight loss to the Louisville...
• 4/5 Baseballhotcorner.com: Tigers Sign Jose Valverde To Minor League Deal: The man they call “Papa Grande” is on his way back to Detroit. Well, maybe. Jose Valverde, the 2011 MLB Delivery Man of the...
• 4/5 Motor City Bengals: Don’t Read Too Much Into the Timing of the Jose Valverde Signing: We see the timeline as this, and we assume the two events are related: Wednesday: Phil Coke blows a save. Thursday: Detroit Tigers...
• 4/5 MLB Injury News: Jose Valverde back with the Tigers - kind of: After the Detroit Tigers' short-lived and **** (if you're a Tigers fan at least) experiment with the closer by committee approach,...
• 4/4 Call to the Pen: Jose Valverde Returns to Detroit, Signs Minor League Deal: One of the last remaining free agents has finally signed a contract and landed with a new team, only in this case that new team...
• 4/4 PaulLebowitz.com: Valverde’s Signing Was Inevitable: Jim Leyland tried the soft approach. He tried to gently discuss how uncomfortable he was with the Tigers’ decision to go cheap...
• 4/4 Baseball News Source: Detroit Tigers Resign Jose Valverde To Minor League Deal: Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski announced early Thursday afternoon that Jose Valverde will be rejoining the organization...
• 4/4 Baseball Jerks: Detroit Tigers Hit Panic Button, Sign Former Closer Jose Valverde to Minor League Contract: The Detroit Tigers have brought back their former closer, Jose Valverde, and signed him to a minor-league contract, according...
• 4/4 Seedlings to Stars: Spring Disappointment a Likely Blessing for Tigers’ Bruce Rondon: One of the biggest storylines of the offseason was the Detroit Tigers and their insistence that they didn’t need to add...
• 4/4 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Sign Jose Valverde: After an off-season of denial, a spring training of uncertainty, and one blown save, the Detroit Tigers have signed former closer...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Sign Jose Valverde: The Tigers signed reliever Jose Valverde to a minor league deal, tweets Patrick Reusse of 1500 ESPN.  The team confirmed the...
• 4/3 Baseball News Source: Tigers News: Bullpen Blows Save, Reed Claimed From Miami: And here we go again – The Detroit Tigers may have a bigger problem on their hands than they had anti**** when finalizing...
• 4/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Across the AL: Opening Day Recap: The date is April 2, 2013, which means Opening Day has come and gone.  The 2013 Major League Baseball season has finally begun...
• 4/1 TheLeadoffWalk: Spring Training Recap: The audience at The Leadoff Walk is growing by the day, and with most of the attention being paid to the work being published...
• 4/1 TheFantasyFix.com: Fantasy Baseball Week 1 Waiver Wire: 3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep: Welcome to fantasy baseball’s answer to “Marry, Bop, Kill” – “3 to Cut, 3 to Catch, 3 to Keep”. Each week, I’ll...
• 4/1 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 Fantasy Baseball: The Closer Report: Welcome to the Fantasy Fix Closer Report, our weekly look at closer situations around the league. I hope to provide you with pertinent...
• 4/1 Baseball Jerks: Teams Finalize Rosters as Opening Day Nears: Spring training is where much of the early part of the infamous 1989 Major League is set. Even in Hollywood, fictitious Cleveland...
• 4/1 Baseballhotcorner.com: Random 2013 Predictions for the Detroit Tigers’ Fanbase: Last night the 2013 MLB season kicked off with a victory by the Houston Astros over the Texas Rangers. The Astros have been the...
• 4/1 Seedlings to Stars: Spring Disappointment a Likely Blessing for Tigers’ Bruce Rondon: One of the biggest storylines of the offseason was the Detroit Tigers and their insistence that they didn’t need to add...

• 3/30 Motor City Bengals: The View from Lakeland, Part One: This past week I was lucky enough to be able to spend two days in Lakeland to watch the Tigers take on the Braves and the Phillies,...
• 3/29 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - Pre Opening Day: Carlos Ruiz is worth stashing in two-catcher leagues. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press will be providing some "under...
• 3/29 The Baseball Continuum: 2013 MLB Preview part 4: 162 Things Guaranteed to Happen in the 2013 MLB Season (Part 3): Part one can be found here. Part two can be found here. Go below the jump for even more… 82. Johan Santana will not throw...
• 3/29 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Perez & Cain Muscle Up; Gordon Bangs 7th HR: Thirty-three down, one more spring game to go. In this Spring Training that has seemingly gone on forever, the Kansas City Royals...
• 3/29 MLB Injury News: Jose Valverde throwing for scouts…in the Dominican: While Jose Valverde wants to land a gig with a Major League club, he is back home in the Dominican Republic trying to prepare...
• 3/29 Kings of Kauffman: Spring Q&A with Motor City Bengals: In the final edition of our Kings of Kauffman Spring Q&A’s with our friends around the AL Central we chat with the Detroit...
• 3/29 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: The Tigers as the Best Team in Baseball and Closer Conundrums: 2013 Positional Power Rankings: Wrap-Up – Dave Cameron – FanGraphs By this measure, the Tigers are the best team in...
• 3/29 Baseballhotcorner.com: No Closer To A Closer In Motown: The big news today out of Lakeland, FL is that the Detroit Tigers are sending Bruce Rondon and Luis Marte to their minor league...
• 3/29 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Headed North With Improved Bullpen: While some believe the Detroit Tigers could still add a designated closer, their delaying of Bruce Rondon’s major league arrival...
• 3/29 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Headed North With Improved Bullpen: While some believe the Detroit Tigers could still add a designated closer, their delaying of Bruce Rondon’s major league arrival...
• 3/29 Motor City Bengals: Jose Valverde and the Detroit Tigers: As Detroit Tigers management told us Thursday morning, Bruce Rondon will start the season as the closer at Triple-A Toledo. Now...
• 3/28 Baseball News Source: Detroit Tigers Option Bruce Rondon, Closer By Committee?: The Detroit Tigers will face at least one shaky situation heading into the American League title defense this season. Bruce Rondon,...
• 3/28 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 Presented Detroit Tigers With No-Lose Option: I think we might be looking at the Bruce Rondon situation backwards. One line of thought that’s out there – a thought that’s...
• 3/28 Motor City Bengals: Bruce Rondon Optioned To Toledo, Darin Downs Wins Final Bullpen Spot: According to Tigers beat writer Jason Beck (and every other beat writer as well), the Tigers have optioned Bruce Rondon to the...
• 3/27 Baseball Jerks: Detroit Tigers Leave Camp Without a Closer: Early this year, Tigers GM David Dombrowski announced that 22 year-old Bruce Rondon would get a chance to be the Tigers closer...
• 3/27 The Baseball Haven: 2013 Predictions and Useless Guesses: I did this last year and it was interesting, as they were mostly useless guesses as opposed to valuable predictions. However,...
• 3/26 StanGraphs: 2013 AL Central Preview: 1. Detroit Tigers We correctly predicted the utter slam dunk that was the Tigers wrapping up the AL Central a year ago, and we’re...
• 3/26 Baseballhotcorner.com: Rick Porcello named Detroit’s Fifth Starter: Entering the 2013 MLB season, the Detroit Tigers had a pretty convenient problem on their hands: they had too many starting pitchers....
• 3/26 Motor City Bengals: Your Very Probable Opening Day Tigers: This morning, the Detroit Tigers made a flurry of announcements concerning their 2013 roster. As of today, we finally have a short-term...
• 3/26 Motor City Bengals: Rick Porcello Wins Fifth Starter Spot, Drew Smyly to Pitch in Relief For Tigers: According to Matthew B. Mowery of the Oakland Press (and many others), the Detroit Tigers have answered a few of their remaining...
• 3/26 MLB Injury News: MLB rumors: Francisco Rodriguez, Jose Valverde to sign soon: Agent Scott Boras expects two of his late-inning reliever clients – Francisco Rodriguez and Jose Valverde – to sign soon,...
• 3/26 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Roster Trimmed to 30 With Latest Round of Cuts: Nothing “new” has been officially decided yet, but the Tigers announced another round of cuts this morning that trimmed their...
• 3/26 StlSportsMinute.com: MLB 2013 Preview: Breaking down the American League Central division: The Detroit Tigers, powered by the bats of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder and the arm of ace Justin Verlander, comfortably...
• 3/26 Obstructed View: Jim Leyland Just Wants to Chillax: From the "some of us suspected this all along" department: The Tigers have yet to name a closer for the upcoming season....
• 3/24 MajorLeagueDigest.com: Major League Digest Fantasy Baseball 2013: Deep Sleepers: by Adam JenkinsMLDigest Fantasy EditorAs important as a good draft is to a successful fantasy season, every experienced fantasy...
• 3/22 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Detroit Tigers: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
• 3/22 Baseball News Source: Detroit Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski Denies Rick Porcello Deal To San Diego Padres: According to Jim Bowden of ESPN, the Detroit Tigers presented the San Diego Padres with a few different trade offers trying to...
• 3/22 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Final Bullpen Spot May Come Down To Kyle Lobstein: As Chris wrote just the other day, the Detroit Tigers appear to be answering their bullpen questions so that really only one question...
• 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 On The Way Home: Aroldis Chapman Wants To Close For Reds: About a month and a half ago, I talked about the situation involving the Reds moving Aroldis Chapman to the ... keep readingThe...
• 3/18 We Talk Fantasy Sports: RotoBaller - Relief Pitching Tier Rankings: This article originally appeared on www.RotoBaller.com: RotoBaller.com Rankings: 2013 Closer (RP) Rankings + The Dos and Don'ts...
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Weighing Trade Options: The Tigers have uncertainty in their bullpen, and they could use a right-handed hitting outfielder. They also have six starters...
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers signed two significant free agents to bolster a roster that already included its share of impact players. Major League...
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Red Sox, Aceves, Hicks, Tigers, Jones: Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com feels that the Red Sox should part ways with the volatile Alfredo Aceves, but it doesn't seem like...
• 3/12 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Giants, Cabrera, Rangers, Rondon, Tigers: Despite reports to the contrary, the Giants never discussed nor offered a deal to Melky Cabrera in the range of $75-85MM prior...
• 3/12 fantasyteamadvice.com: Closer rankings for fantasy baseball 2013 – Free MLB Draft Kit: These rankings were updated March 9th, 2013 Rank Name Team SV SO ERA WHIP 1 Craig Kimbrel ATL 45 122 1.56 0.81 2 Sergio Romo SF...
• 3/10 Crashburn Alley: No Reason to Worry about Jonathan Papelbon: Closer Jonathan Papelbon has an ugly 27.00 ERA through three spring training appearances spanning two and two-thirds innings....
• 3/9 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Tigers, Rondon, Sale, Inge: Yesterday, Bruce Rondon made his fifth appearance of the spring and delivered his best performance to date.  While the Tigers...
• 3/9 mlbreports.com : Rondon’s Struggles Continue For Tigers, Valverde And Wilson Rumors Emerge: Like us on Facebook here Saturday, March.09/2013 By Matthew Lafave (Tigers Correspondent) Panic in Motown? Not quite yet. But...
• 3/8 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Tigers, Twins, Hicks, Indians: Here's a look at tonight's news out of the AL Central.. Tigers right-hander Bruce Rondon struck out two and did not issue...
• 3/8 Motor City Bengals: Bruce Rondon Is Who We Thought He Was: Expectations were exceedingly high and everyone – even nationally – was interested in what the hard-throwing pitcher would...
• 3/8 Baseball Jerks: 2013 Spring Training Position Battles: March 8th: We are now just over a week into March and a little more than three weeks from Opening Day, which means the time is now for players...
• 3/8 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Sale, Detwiler, Rondon, A's: On this date in 1930, Babe Ruth inked a two-year deal with the Yankees worth $160K which renewed his status as the highest paid...
• 3/8 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ eternal question: Closer or no closer: My daughter has a very important test at school this morning. She was nervous that if she did not do well, she would not be able...
• 3/7 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Tigers, Sale, Indians, Morneau: Here's the latest from around the AL Central... Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski admitted to reporters (including Lynn Henning of...
• 3/7 Motor City Bengals: Dave Dombrowski Downplays Detroit Tigers’ Closer Search: Yesterday evening, Jon Heyman posted this tweet suggesting that the Tigers were in the midst of a mad search to acquire a closer....
• 3/6 MLB Injury News: Cubs rumors: Carlos Marmol likely to be traded: Several teams are taking a “hard look” at Chicago Cubs reliever Carlos Marmol, and Bruce Levine of ESPN Chicago expects...
• 3/6 PaulLebowitz.com: The Tigers’ Options At Closer (AKA Coffee, Cigarettes And Baseball): Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland is openly and passive aggressively letting it be known that he’s unhappy with the concept of Bruce...
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Verlander, Closers, Porcello: Justin Verlander is mostly sticking to comments made two weeks ago that he'd like to be the first pitcher in baseball to sign...
• 3/5 MLBTradeRumors: Carlos Marmol Drawing Trade Interest: Closer Carlos Marmol doesn't appear long for the Cubs and is likely to start the season elsewhere, writes Bruce Levine of ESPNChicago.com....
• 3/5 MLBTradeRumors: East Notes: Red Sox, Ellsbury, Santana, Nationals: Here's a look at items out of the AL and NL East.. Jacoby Ellsbury insists that the Red Sox aren't evaluating him differently...
• 3/5 Motor City Bengals: Tigers “Pushing Hard” to Trade for Closer: Four Bruce Rondon appearances and some wild Jose Valverde rumors into spring training, Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com has reported...
• 3/5 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Looking To Trade For Closer: The Tigers raised eyebrows across baseball this offseason with their decision to install rookie Bruce Rondon as their closer....
• 3/5 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Detroit Tigers: Starting Pitching Key: Justin Verlander It’s easy to say, “pencil Verlander in for 18-24 wins; 240 innings; 250 strikeouts;...
• 3/4 Baseball News Source: Tigers News: Bruce Rondon, Closer Situation Causing Concern For Leyland: Bruce Rondon has made four appearances this spring spanning 3-2/3 innings: three runs, five hits, five walks, six strikeouts....
• 3/4 Call to the Pen: Detroit Tigers Should Grab Jose Valverde: The other night I was eating dinner with an old friend talking about the upcoming Major League baseball season. He is not a Tigers...
• 3/4 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Detroit not targeting another closer: Detroit Tigers closer Bruce Rondon has struggled so far this spring. Still, the club has said it’s not targeting other potential...
• 3/4 MLBTradeRumors: Relief Rumors: Valverde, Tigers: MLB relievers combined to post a 3.66 ERA with nearly one strikeout per inning pitched (8.4 K/9) in 2012. Here are the latest...
• 3/3 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Royals, Indians, Tigers: The Royals' unbeaten streak to open Cactus League play has people talking, although some (twitter link) would advise not...
• 3/3 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Garza, Tigers, Hart, Royals: Cubs manager Dale Sveum told reporters, including MLB.com's Carrie Muskat, that Matt Garza will most likely miss the first month...
• 3/2 Call to the Pen: Leyland Wants Valverde Back in Detroit: Joel Sherman of the New York Post has reported that Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland is interested in re-signing free agent...
• 3/2 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Tigers, Cubs, Rondon, Valverde: The Tigers would love to lock Justin Verlander up for the long-term, but it may take a while for the two sides to find middle...
• 3/1 MetsToday.com: Mets Spring Training Game vs. Tigers: Mets 6 Tigers 2 Yeah, it’s only spring training, but it’s nice to say your team beat the 2012 AL Champions and their...

• 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/27 Baseball News Source: Tigers News: Bruce Rondon Wild In Early Spring Appearance: New Detroit Tigers closer to  be,  Bruce Rondon  threw 22 pitches yesterday in an outing against the Houston Astros in Kissimmee,...
• 2/27 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/24 Crashburn Alley: Phillies Prospect Conversation: Keith Law (ESPN): Keith Law and I have interacted with each other a total of three times. Once was during my first trip to the Arizona Fall League...
• 2/24 MLBTradeRumors: Cafardo On Yankees, Sanchez, Lohse, Red Sox: In today's column, Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe has some extremely kind words about MLBTR and founder Tim Dierkes.   "Call...
• 2/23 Jays Journal: Jays Jots: Spring Training Game 1: Well, the first game of the spring is officially in the books and things broke out the way you would expect for the first organized...
• 2/22 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Detroit uninterested in Jose Valverde: The Detroit Tigers have had nothing but good things to say about former closer Jose Valverde this offseason, but the team hasn’t...
• 2/20 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Detroit Tigers Closer: Team Joaquin Benoit: Jim Leyland won’t name a closer for the upcoming 2013 season. It seems that would-be rookie Bruce Rondon will be given every...
• 2/19 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Detroit Tigers Closer: Team Al Alburquerque: There’s just something about the cavalier words of Jim Leyland that makes a Tiger fan uneasy. Whether it was how he’d talk...
• 2/17 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Is This Finally the Year of the Tiger?: Is this finally the year of the Tiger, will the Two-Time defending American League Central Division Champions finally reach...
• 2/17 Baseball Jerks: Five Players to Watch: 2013 Detroit Tigers: Things are not hunky dory in Foxtown. Owner Mike Ilitch (Pizza, pizza) has gone all-in on the Tigers and they’ve failed...
• 2/15 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Top 20 Detroit Tigers Prospects: First of all, I’m not an expert on prospects.  Therefore, I have to rely on scouting reports and other lists to come up...
• 2/13 The Baseball Haven: Seven Battles to Watch This Spring: Spring training is an exciting time for baseball nerds. We get to hear stories about how so many players are in the greatest shape...
• 2/13 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 5 Prospects that will have fantasy value as early as 2013Every fantasy baseball player is itching for the next Mike Trout or Bryce Harper ever since Trout had a season More......
• 2/13 MLB Dirt: 2013 Detroit Tigers Top 16 Prospects: The Detroit Tigers have been drafting and signing high upside talent recently and their system is very heavy with prospects in...
• 2/12 Billy-Ball.com: The Bill Chuck Files: Two for Tuesday: Jon Lester’s fastball has barely decreased from 93.5 mph in 2009 to 92 in 2012. But of what should be of real concern is that...
• 2/12 Motor City Bengals: Spring Training Roundtable: Detroit Tigers Story Lines To Follow: With pitchers and catchers reporting today and actual fake baseball just around the corner, we thought it would be a good time...
• 2/11 Motor City Bengals: Danny Worth Could Play Some Outfield for Detroit Tigers: MLB.com beat writer Jason Beck had some news and notes from Dave Dombrowksi in a blog post on Sunday evening. A large chunk of...
• 2/10 Motor City Bengals: AL Alburquerque is the Detroit Tigers’ Best Backup Plan at Closer: Dave Cameron (managing editor of FanGraphs) wrote an article for ESPN yesterday in which he derides the Tigers for not having...
• 2/10 PaulLebowitz.com: American League Breakout/Rebound Candidates (Or Cheap Gets For Your Fantasy Team): Let’s look at some of the lesser-known players or rebounding veterans in the American League that are likely to play more than...
• 2/9 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Tigers, Twins, Podsednik, Wainwright: The Tigers are showing a lot of faith in 22-year-old Bruce Rondon by making him the frontrunner for the closer role, but Detroit...
• 2/7 Motor City Bengals: Joaquín Benoit: The Detroit Tigers’ Other Bullpen Question Mark: As Spring Training approaches, and Hot Stove chatter winds down, one issue that the Detroit Tigers will have heading into Lakeland,...
• 2/5 Motor City Bengals: Baseball Prospectus Releases Detroit Tigers Top 10 Prospect List: We have sort of an affinity for prospects and prospect rankings here at Motor City Bengals. John Verburg has been the curator...
• 2/1 Motor City Bengals: In Which A Jose Valverde Rumor Surfaces: Just yesterday Garrett Craig wrote a piece about the big-name relievers that were still on the market – specifically highlighting...

• 1/31 Motor City Bengals: Big-Name Relievers Still Available: Former Detroit Tiger Jose Valverde is on a long list of relief pitchers left unsigned with merely a week and a half until spring...
• 1/30 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Land Two Players On MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospect List: MLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo unveiled his Top 100 prospect list on Tuesday night; included in his list were two members of the Detroit...
• 1/28 Pinstripe Pundits: Imagining a Mid-Season Fire Sale: Picture this worst case scenario for the Yankees: 10 to 15 games behind the division pace in mid-July. Injuries, underwhelming...
• 1/28 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Hot Stove – Closure on The Closer?: “I totally disagree with people who don’t think you need a closer to win. Most teams that win have a truly dominant...
• 1/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Not anointing Bruce Rondon as closer: The Detroit Tigers management are calling RP Bruce Rondon the leading candidate for the closer's job, but they are not anointing...[+] him as the closer just yet. 'We do have some others who can do the job if he needs a break, but to me, the leading candidate is Rondon,' general manager Dave Dombrowski said.
• 1/24 The Flagrant Fan: Plenty of closer candidates for the Tigers: The Papa Grande era in Detroit is over. And that is probably for the best. Despite his 110 saves from 2010 to 2011 and despite...
• 1/24 MLB Injury News: Tigers High on Bruce Rondon as Their Closer: With Jose Valverde's struggles last season and in the playoffs, it quickly became clear that the Detroit Tigers would go another...
• 1/21 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Yankees, Marlins, Valverde: MLBTradeRumors readers will be sure to note that longtime MLBTR writer Mike Axisa has become the newest contributor to the Eye...
• 1/21 Seedlings to Stars: 2013 Seedlings to Stars Top Prospects: #101-115: It’s time once again to start unveiling the top prospects heading into the 2013 season across Major League Baseball. Keep in...
• 1/20 Motor City Bengals: Do Dave Dombrowski, Detroit Tigers NEED to shop for Closer?: Lions quarterback, Red Wings goaltender, Tigers closer…if you plan on putting one of these positions on your resume’,...
• 1/17 Motor City Bengals: Are Detroit Tigers’ fans expecting too much from the return of Victor Martinez?: With pitchers and catchers reporting to the gleaming baseball oasis of Lakeland, Florida in less than a month, several questions...
• 1/17 Motor City Bengals: Brayan Villarreal Shut Down Is Concerning: Recently, the Tigers announced that right handed reliever Brayan Villarreal has been shut down for the duration of the winter...
• 1/16 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Not Secretly In On Closer Rafael Soriano After All: The Detroit Tigers can’t possibly be content with sending rookie Bruce Rondon out to close games, can they? Scott Boras will...
• 1/16 MLB Injury News: Orioles Rumors: Trade Jim Johnson for Tigers’ Rick Porcello?: While the Baltimore Orioles have said they’re not interested in trading shortstop J.J. Hardy to the Detroit Tigers in exchange...
• 1/15 Seedlings to Stars: Tampa Bay Rays’ Jake McGee A Cautionary Tale for Bruce Rondon, Detroit Tigers: All offseason, the Detroit Tigers have been adamant that they’re not going to sign a veteran closer like Rafael Soriano...
• 1/14 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #25 Detroit Tigers: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...
• 1/12 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Internal Bullpen Options: Dave Dombrowski has been adamant that the Detroit Tigers are comfortable with rookie Bruce Rondon serving as the team’s...
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Boras Talks Bourn, Soriano, Lohse: Though many have expressed doubts that Michael Bourn, Rafael Soriano and Kyle Lohse will find lucrative free agent contracts,...
• 1/11 Baseball News Source: Do the 2013 Detroit Tigers Need a “Proven” Closer?: Bruce Rondon is considered the favorite to become the Tigers closer After closing for the Detroit Tigers for the past three seasons,...
• 1/11 Motor City Bengals: The Market For Justin Upton Appears To Be Set: Earlier, MLB Trade Rumors reported that the Mariners and the Diamondbacks agreed on a deal to send talented RF Justin Upton to...
• 1/9 MLB Injury News: Tigers Need Some Luck in 2013: There are some big questions heading into 2013 for the Tigers and I think they might need a little luck to get over that last...
• 1/2 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Don’t Have Enough Trade Chips to Land Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton: The Miami Marlins have recently stated that they’re willing to listen to offers on disgruntled outfielder Giancarlo Stanton....
• 1/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Reds, Yankees, Hamilton, Dodgers: Congratulations to our own Ben Nicholson-Smith on being named one of the 100 most influential Canadians in baseball by Bob Elliott...
• 1/1 Seedlings to Stars: Myers, Rondon Among Bowden’s Biggest Risks: ESPN.com’s Jim Bowden kicked off the new year by outlining some of the biggest risks that teams across Major League Baseball...
• 1/1 Motor City Bengals: Jose Valverde Not Receiving Any Interest This Off-Season:   Jose Valverde‘s name hasn’t come up in any of this off-season’s rumors or speculations and it appears...

• 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. ...
• 12/29 Motor City Bengals: Bullpen Banter Releases Their Tigers Top 15 Prospects: For some reason, the guys over at Bullpen Banter seem to get lost in the mix in the world of baseball prospects. For my money,...
• 12/28 Motor City Bengals: FanGraphs Releases Detroit Tigers Top 15 Prospect List: John Verburg does a nice job of maintaining a Detroit Tigers Top 50 prospect list here at Motor City Bengals, but multiple opinions...
• 12/27 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers May Be Counting On Bruce Rondon A Year Too Early: By all accounts Bruce Rondon has filthy stuff. A fastball that regularly crosses 100-mph and a potentially devastating slider...
• 12/25 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Don’t Really Need Late Inning Bullpen Help: In an ESPN MLB Rumors ($) update a couple of days ago – an update that again mentioned that the Tigers could trade Rick Porcello...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: MLB Trend: The Shrinking Closer Market: The market for high salaried closers is shifting Once upon a time, closers like Rafael Soriano were in high demand. Draft picks...
• 12/21 Seedlings to Stars: S2S 2013 Team Top 12 Prospects: New York Yankees: The prospect lists I have created are based solely on my perspective as a baseball fanatic and nothing more, ultimately attempting...
• 12/20 Baseball News Source: MLB Trends: The Shrinking Closer Market: The market for high salaried closers is shifting Once upon a time, closers like Rafael Soriano were in high demand. Draft picks...
• 12/19 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Trade Rumors: Another Day, More Joel Hanrahan Speculation:     Another day, another Pittsburgh Pirates trade rumor surrounding Joel Hanrahan to relay to everyone.  Today, Rob...
• 12/18 Motor City Bengals: Taking Bruce Rondon Deep: As we consider whether Bruce Rondon is ready – or perhaps even “good enough” – to take over the Tigers...
• 12/17 The Daily Fungo: And There Goes Plan B (Or Was It Plan A?): Not sure I speak for the majority of Tigers fans, but I’ve given up hope that anyone but Jhonny Peralta would be the Opening...
• 12/16 MLB Injury News: Tigers Rumors: Pirates, Rangers, Angels Fits for Rick Porcello?: With their surplus of pitching after re-signing Anibal Sanchez, the Detroit Tigers are expected to trade one of their extra arms,...
• 12/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Bruce Rondon playing winter ball: Detroit Tigers RP Bruce Rondon, who will enter spring training as the favorite for the closer job, is pitching in winter ball,...[+] and he's been effective in 12 of his 13 outings entering last weekend. He was dominant in more than half of them, and he faltered in only one, giving up five runs and five hits Nov. 24. Rondon rebounded his next time out with a perfect inning and a save. He has only five walks and 14 strikeouts this winter over 12 2/3 innings, and just three of those walks have come over his last 10 outings. There will be no innings limit on him in winterball, but they don't want to overwork him. 'I'll get a pulse for him in spring training, what I feel about him, his makeup,' manager Jim Leyland said. 'The one thing that (former closer Jose) Valverde was very good at is he could turn the page pretty quickly, and a closer has to be able to do that. When you get a young guy, I don't know for sure how a guy's going to respond. You don't know if you give somebody an opportunity, and those things happen.'
• 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...
• 12/10 MLBRandomFandom: Top 10 Impact Prospects for 2013: By Brian CarrOne of my mottos is that it is never too soon to start thinking about the upcoming baseball season. In fact, there...
• 12/7 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Targeting Late-Inning Relief: The Tigers are targeting relievers capable of closing in trade talks, ESPN.com's Buster Olney reports (on Twitter). Jose Valverde...
• 12/6 MLBTradeRumors: Free Agent Notes: Rafael Soriano, Thome, Lannan: MLBTR's Ben Nicholson-Smith and Jason Martinez of MLB Depth Charts discussed suitors for Zack Greinke and the developing...
• 12/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Jim Leyland prefers one closer: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he prefers if the team has one established closer as opposed to a closer-by-committee...[+] approach. RP Bruce Rondon is considered the favorite to open as the closer next year, but nothing is settled yet. 'I know the guys who are on our team . . . Rondon is certainly a possibility to get an opportunity. I'll get a pulse for him in spring training - what I feel about him, his makeup.'
• 12/3 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Trade Target: Chris Perez (and Friends): Let’s get one thing clear: the Tigers brass hasn’t said or done anything this offseason to suggest that they are less...
• 12/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Some hesitation to go with Bruce Rondon: There are some within the Detroit Tigers' organization that are hesitant to anoint RP Bruce Rondon the closer given his lack of...[+] experience and the team's high expectations.
• 12/3 Call to the Pen: Tigers Rumors: Rafael Soriano, Stephen Drew, Asdrubal Cabrera: There have been rumors swirling around the Detroit Tigers all off-season. Since coming to terms with Torii Hunter, rumors have...
• 12/3 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Drew, Cabrera, Hairston: The latest on the Tigers from Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports.. There has been a great deal of talk about...
• 12/1 Motor City Bengals: MCB’s Detroit Tigers Top Five Prospects: When compiling any list, it is essential to keep in mind these things tend to be very subjective, especially in the world of prospects....

• 11/30 Seedlings to Stars: Detroit Tigers’ Bruce Rondon Looks to Go From A-Ball to Closer in Just One Year: The Detroit Tigers will let closer Jose Valverde leave as a free agent this offseason after an enigmatic season capped off by...
• 11/30 Southside Showdown: Tigers Done with the Proven Closer Thing?: The White Sox started 2012 without a “proven” closer. That bothered some people, but Ventura and the White Sox moved forward...
• 11/30 Motor City Bengals: Despite Potential, Questions Surround Bruce Rondon: The Detroit Tigers, absent one Jose Valverde, will have a new closer when the 2013 season begins. Unless Dave Dombrowski simply...
• 11/29 Seedlings to Stars: Detroit to Give Rondon Opportunity to Close: Po**** belief across baseball is that the Detroit Tigers would prioritize signing a free agent closer on the open market this...
• 11/29 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Bruce Rondon, Anibal Sanchez: The Tigers must decide by tomorrow whether they’ll offer Brennan Boesch arbitration or non-tender him. The outfielder has drawn...
• 11/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Not looking for closer: Detroit Tigers president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said the team isn't pursuing a closer, and the team intends to give RP...[+] Bruce Rondon every shot to win the job.
• 11/28 Eye On the Tigers: The Tigers Don’t Need Rafael Soriano: A few weeks ago, Dave Dombrowski said that the Tigers weren’t interested in Rafael Soriano to be the Tigers closer, praising...
• 11/28 Motor City Bengals: The Tigers And Rafael Soriano: It’s the story of a big money reliever, an aging owner with a win at all costs attitude, and the business relationship between...
• 11/27 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Potential Free Agent Target: Kyle Farnsworth: Saturday, I made a case that the Detroit Tigers should add another arm to their current bullpen mix. This off-season’s pool...
• 11/27 Call to the Pen: Tigers Have Spoken to Scott Boras About Rafael Soriano: The Detroit Tigers made it through the American League playoffs in 2012 without the use of a traditional closer. Their stated...
• 11/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Won't pursue closer: The Detroit Tigers won't be pursuing a free-agent closer in the offseason, instead feeling comfortable trying out RP Bruce Rondon...[+] early in the year.
• 11/1 Seedlings to Stars: Los Prospectos: A Winter League Update on Flores and Ruf: Wilmer Flores Mets positional prospect Wilmer Flores has returned to his native Venezuela this winter to play in the Liga Venezuela...

• 10/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Bruce Rondon could serve as closer: Updating a previous item, Detroit Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski won't rule out RP Bruce Rondon serving as the team's...[+] closer at some point next season. 'I do not discount Bruce Rondon being our closer next season,' Dombrowski said. 'We really contemplated on Sept. 1 bringing Rondon up. … If I had known how things with Valverde would have gone, we would have considered it.'
• 10/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Bruce Rondon could be in the mixDetroit Tigers RP Bruce Rondon could be in the mix for next season, according to general manager Dave Dombrowski....[+] Detroit Tigers RP Bruce Rondon could be in the mix for next season, according to general manager Dave Dombrowski.
• 10/3 Motor City Bengals: MCB’s Tigers Pre-Season Top 50 Prospects Review: 20-11: Last November, myself and ex-Motor City Bengals contributor James Chipman, provided everyone with a top 50 prospects list. Well,...

• 9/25 Motor City Bengals: Season Review: Erie Seawolves: I continue my series looking at the season of the Tigers minor league affiliates. I didn’t have much faith in Erie from...
• 9/9 Motor City Bengals: The Arizona Fall League Seven: The Tigers announced a couple weeks ago the players that they would be sending to the Arizona Fall League. The AFL is widely considered...

• 8/12 Motor City Bengals: The Somewhat Quiet Emergence Of Bruce Rondon: With Nick Castellanos dominating high A ball this season in Lakeland, he has dominated the talk of the minor league system for...
• 8/12 Rays Colored Glasses: The Undercards: Extra Inning Games Highlight Action:   The minor leagues worked a lot of overtime on Saturday, with a double header and three extra inning games. Here is today’s...

• 7/19 Motor City Bengals: Down On The Farm: Minor League Update: It’s been a little bit since I went through the Tigers system and did an update for everyone. Some good, and some bad stuff...
• 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...
• 7/12 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Brantly, Castellanos, Pitching: The Tigers could use an upgrade at second base and they could also consider corner outfielders and starting pitchers between now...
• 7/11 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Mid-Season Top 30 Prospects: 5-1: As with any ranking system, this list is subjective to the author. I will say that my rankings tend to lean more towards the ceiling...
• 7/4 Motor City Bengals: Minor Moves (Actually Pretty Major), Adelin Santa Released: The Tigers have made a couple of moves in their minor league system in the past couple of days that are of some significance for...

• 6/26 Motor City Bengals: Where Has All The Pitching Gone?: For those of you that follow the Tigers minor league players as much as I do, or at least casually, one thing that has been apparent...
• 6/22 Seedlings to Stars: Breaking Down the World Roster for the 2012 MLB Futures Game: Part 1, The Pitchers: The MLB Futures Game is a very exciting event as part of All-Star weekend as we get to see some of baseball’s top prospects...
• 6/22 Motor City Bengals: Futures Game And Other Minor League News: One of the more po**** things about All-Star week in recent years has been the Futures Game. Before the big league All-Stars take...

• 5/27 FanSided: Live Chat Recap: In case you missed it, MCB held its first live chat on Friday at 4 PM. We have another one scheduled for Monday, June 4 around...

• 12/30 MLB Dirt: Revisiting the 2011 Baseball America Prospect Handbook: AL Edition: Yesterday I posted my article on the National League teams and today we have the American League. I have taken the projected breakout...

• 7/28 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Rumors: Starting Pitchers: The Tigers acquired Jhonny Peralta a year ago today, but this year they're trying to hold off the Indians rather than make trades...