Maxwell M. Scherzer (twitter: @Max_Scherzer)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 27, 1984 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Parkway Central HS (Chesterfield, MO)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.
Signed May 31, 2007. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 2008 (Age 23)   vs. HOU 4.1 IP, 0 H, 7 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Diamondbacks 2008-2013
2013 Contract Status: 2nd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$6.73M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 4.079, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2015 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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• 6/1 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Joe Angel’s Call Of Chris Dickerson’s Walkoff Homer Is Amazing: Talk about Orioles Magic. The O’s entered the bottom of the ninth inning trailing the Tigers 5-3 after eight remarkable...

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• 5/31 Motor City Bengals: The Ten Worst Matchups for Detroit Tiger Pitchers: Tonight, as the Detroit Tigers faced the Baltimore Orioles, starter Max Scherzer, otherwise dominant, surrendered two hits, including...
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• 5/31 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: May 31, 2013: As we return to baseball as we know it, 2013 style. AL Red Sox (Jon Lester) at Yankees (C.C. Sabathia), 7:05 Tigers (Max Scherzer)...
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• 5/31 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Friday: May 31, 2013: Yesterday was terrible. The Game of the Day was wrong. The Yankees lost to the Mets...again. The Cardinals blew it in the ninth...
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• 5/29 Baseball Analytics: Third Out Strikeouts - the inning's exclamation point: "He struck him out, and the side is retired!" I'm not a fan of exclamation points but if we could ascribe a punctuation mark to...
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• 5/27 Baseball News Source: Max Scherzer Perfect at 7-0 After Slaying Minnesota: Detroit Tigers gunslinger Max Scherzer entered Comerica Park on Sunday afternoon with a perfect 6-0 record on the season, looking...
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• 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 Baseball Jerks: Major League Baseball Opens New Chapter: The Strikeout Era: I mentioned last week in an article titled MLB: Ringing in the Strikeout Era, that strikeouts are on the rise, to put it lightly....
• 5/8 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 5/7: RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Matt Harvey 24 49.33 33.893 2 Anibal Sanchez 29 39.67 31.995 3 Yu Darvish 26 45.67 31.871 4 Felix...
• 5/6 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Detroit Tigers Pounce on Houston Astros Starters: This weekend the Detroit Tigers outscored the Houston Astros 37-8 in a four game sweep at Minute Maid Ballpark.  Detroit...
• 5/6 The Baseball Continuum: MVP of Yesterday (May 5, 2013): Yu Darvish: Justin Verlander may have had a no-hitter through seven, but Yu Darvish struck out 14 and gave up only 4 hits (although two of...
• 5/6 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 5/5: RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Anibal Sanchez 29 39.67 32.238 2 Yu Darvish 26 45.67 32.183 3 Felix Hernandez 27 50.67 31.962 4...
• 5/6 Nolan Writin': Yu Darvish Is A God Amongst Men: Yu Darvish, your master Here is what I wrote about Yu Darvish on January 23rd: Dan Symborski, who every year runs his ZIPS projection...
• 5/5 Call to the Pen: Detroit Tigers Revving Up: The Detroit Tigers were pretty much awarded the American League Central Division crown by acclamation in the pre-season and events...
• 5/5 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Tigers Unload on Astros, Giants Walk-Off On Dodgers Again: Moving to the American League was never going to be easy for the Houston Astros. Houston (8-23) has the worst record in the majors,...
• 5/3 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 5/2: RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Adam Wainwright 31 44.33 33.436 2 Anibal Sanchez 29 39.67 32.563 3 Yu Darvish 26 38.67 32.385 4...
• 5/2 Ballr: Jake Arrieta May Be Running Out of Chances: The Orioles sent Jake Arrieta down to AAA last Monday. I wouldn’t call this news, per se, as Arrieta has been shuffling...
• 5/2 TheFantasyFix.com: The Rubber, Week 5: Rest of Season Top 75 SP Rankings: This article comes out every Thursday. In previous years it was updated rankings each Thursday, but weekly is too frequent for...
• 5/1 TheLeadoffWalk: April All Stars: Pitchers: Starting Pitcher:   Adam Wainwright, Cardinals It’s hard to overstate Wainwright’s candidacy for the...
• 5/1 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4/30: RANK   PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Adam Wainwright 31 44.33 33.655 2 Yu Darvish 26 38.67 32.603 3 Anibal Sanchez 29 33.67 32.192 4...

• 4/30 Baseballhotcorner.com: Detroit Tigers Offense Starting to Growl: The Detroit Tigers were scuffling a bit offensively through the early weeks of this season. A combination of solid pitching by...
• 4/30 numberFire: Man on Fire: New York Mets SP Matt Harvey: Yes, we think that ludicrous K rate is actually pretty sustainable moving forward. Here's why.See More Matt Harvey Max Scherzer Yu...
• 4/30 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Monday Win Diverts from 2013 Script: Halfway through the Detroit Tigers’ game with the Minnesota Twins on Monday night, it appeared the Tigers were on their...
• 4/30 FFLockerRoom: Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Trading Etiquette and Strategy: “How about Willingham, Moreland and Eduardo Nunez for Miggy?” Is there anything worse in fantasy than seeing you have a trade...
• 4/30 Baseball News Source: MLB Scores: Astros Rough Up Pettitte, A’s Down Angels in 19: After losing four games to Boston the Houston Astros found the Bronx more to their liking and pounded  New York Yankees starter...
• 4/30 TheLeadoffWalk: Day 29 Observations: Pitchers: Tigers 4, Twins 3 Max Scherzer: Scherzer improved to 3-0 on an evening when he wasn’t at his best, but as would...
• 4/29 Motor City Bengals: Prince Fielder Blasts Detroit Tigers Past Twins in Series Opener: Tigers 4, Twins 3 (box score) It looked for a while like it was going to be one of “those” games. “Those”...
• 4/29 Puckett's Pond: Twins at Tigers Series Preview: The Detroit Tigers (13-10) and red-hot Miguel Cabrera will host the Twins for a three game series beginning at 6:08pm tonight....
• 4/29 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 29, 2013: The new edition of Lee Sinin‘s Complete Baseball Encyclopedia is now available. Order it here. AL Astros (Lucas Harrell)...
• 4/29 MLB Dirt: MLBDirt.com’s Baseball Notes for April 29, 2013: The length of a baseball team’s disabled list can have such a strong impact on the outcome of their season. Injuries not only...
• 4/28 The Baseball Haven: Velocity and Value: Once upon a time, Greg Maddux was winning four straight Cy Young awards (1992-1995) and Tom Glavine was painting the corners and...
• 4/27 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated – Two start pitchers for fantasy baseball week 5 2013 (April 29th – May 5th): As expected, the wild weather in week 4 messed with the rotations heading into week 5.  Here are your updated projections for...
• 4/27 Billy-Ball.com: Double digit strikeout performances: Anibal Sanchez now leads the majors with the most strikeouts in a game with 17, topping Yu Darvish‘s 14 whiffs of the Astros...
• 4/27 Tomahawk Take: Braves Saturday Morning Chop: Fearless editor Jeff is out of town and left me to prepare the Saturday Chop.  Lucky you … Fox Sports Braves-Tigers Preview...
• 4/27 Baseball Jerks: MLB: Ringing in the Strikeout Era: If good pitching isn’t your brand of baseball, then these times aren’t for you, and there’s more bad news; it’s...
• 4/27 60ft6in.com: 21 PicKup: With strikeouts reaching a historic level in 2013, could there be an MLB-record 21-strikeout game this season? The average pitcher...
• 4/26 Swingin' A's: The Athletics Are Cowering in the Face of Adversity: I’ve been on somewhat of a hiatus for much of the last week, a first wedding anniversary and 5 days on the go will do that...
• 4/25 RoxPile: Welcome to the Coors Dome: Sit back and let your imagination take over: It’s April 25, 2015. You’re listening to the Colorado Rockies take on...
• 4/24 Motor City Bengals: Jose Valverde Earns Save in 1-2-3 Ninth Inning, Detroit Tigers Beat Kansas City Royals 7-5: Detroit Tigers 7, Kansas City Royals 5 (box score) The story of this game was waiting for the ninth inning because Jose Valverde...
• 4/24 Kings of Kauffman: Early Offensive Struggles: The overall offense numbers for the Royals thus far are eerily similar to last year’s incarnation of the team.  In the first...
• 4/24 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: April 24, 2013: AL Blue Jays (Brandon Morrow) at Orioles (Josh Stinson), 12:35 Indians (Zach McAllister) at White Sox (Jose Quintana), 2:10 Mariners...
• 4/24 Tribe Daily: Morning Rundown: Some Valid Hope to Shock the World: So we meet again. Photo - Chuck Crow via Cleveland.com It has become a little tradition for us to all meet...
• 4/23 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...
• 4/23 Diamond Ring: Tough Enough?: The Royals split three series against tough opposition on the road and now head to Detroit at 4-4 on their current road trip, where...
• 4/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Adam Wainwright is showing Cliff Lee like control this season. Photo: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Royals and Tigers battle...
• 4/23 KC Kingdom: Series Preview: Royals vs. Tigers: The Kansas City Royals will finish off an eight-game road trip by playing a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers. Here...
• 4/23 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 23, 2013: AL A’s (Bartolo Colon) at Red Sox (Alfredo Aceves), 6:35 Blue Jays (R.A. Dickey) at Orioles (Miguel Gonzalez), 7:05 Royals...
• 4/22 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Top50 thru 4/21 (Wandy Rodriguez): RANK PITCHERS AGE IP F12 1 Wandy Rodriguez* 34 16.00 34.174 2 Yu Darvish 26 26.67 34.050 3 Matt Harvey 24 29.00 33.546 4 Adam...
• 4/22 Baseball Jerks: MLB Week 4: A Look Ahead at Key Matchups and Storylines: What a week it has been. Boston became the setting for one of the most heinous acts of terrorism this country has ever seen. And,...
• 4/20 fantasyteamadvice.com: UPDATED – two start pitchers for week 4 – fantasy baseball 2013 – top streamer options for the week ahead: Here is the updated two start pitcher list for week 4 of fantasy baseball 2013.  As expected, the weather from week 3 wrecked...
• 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 Baseballhotcorner.com: Max Scherzer and Felix Hernandez Duel In 14-inning K-Fest: The Emerald City was put on notice early on Wednesday night that a wind storm could be emanating from Safeco Field. Why? Felix...
• 4/18 Seedlings to Stars: Tony Cingrani versus Jose Fernandez is Must-See TV: I’m not sure there has been a pitcher at any level of professional baseball who has been more impressive that left hander...
• 4/18 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Friars Fry Clayton Kershaw: The San Diego Padres got Chase Headley back last night as the Padres swept the Los Angeles Dodgers and beat Clayton Kershaw...
• 4/18 Billy-Ball.com: The Tigers strike out and win: The Tigers defeated the Mariners last night 2-1 in 14 innings and while that tells a lot how terrific the pitching was, you need...
• 4/18 Baseball Musings: High Ks, Low Runs: The Tigers beat the Mariners late Wednesday night 2-1 in fourteen innings. The starters, Max Scherzer and Felix Hernandez both...
• 4/18 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Mariners: Day 17 Observations: Tigers 2, Mariners 1 Max Scherzer: Long before the Tigers prevailed in the 14th inning, Scherzer made the start for...
• 4/18 Rontrarian Report: Tigers, Mariners Strikeout 40 Times Combined . . . → Read More: Tigers, Mariners Strikeout 40 Times Combined...
• 4/17 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 17, 2013: AL Astros (Bud Norris) at A’s (Bartolo Colon), 3:35 Rays (Matt Moore) at Orioles (Chris Tillman), 7:05 Red Sox (Alfredo...
• 4/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for week 4 fantasy baseball 2013 (April 22nd – 28th) Tony Cingrani’s first 2 start week hot waiver wire pickup: The MLB season is now in full swing, and I have compiled a list of the 47 (that’s right, count ‘em, 47!) starting...
• 4/15 Baseballhotcorner.com: Detroit Tigers’ Offense Cools Down Athletics in Playoff Rematch: The Detroit Tigers ventured into o.co Coliseum (great name….**eye roll**) to take on the red hot Oakland A’s this weekend....
• 4/14 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Tigers @ A’s Game 11: Wrap: Oakland 4, Detroit 3 (12 innings). A’s 9-2 (1st Place, 2 games ahead) The A’s just can’t be stopped. Winners...
• 4/13 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Yankees Win Fourth Straight, Indians Walk-Off With Win, Astros Blank Angels: The New York Yankees took advantage of an error to Adam Jones to score 3 runs in the bottom of the seventh and went on to beat...
• 4/13 Call to the Pen: Oakland Athletics Injury News: Coco Crisp, Yoenis Cespedes: The Oakland Athletics were able to squeak by Max Scherzer, Prince Fielder, and the Detroit Tigers 4-3 thanks to a walkoff home...
• 4/13 Swingin' A's: Bringer of Pie! Donaldson Walk Off Sends Streak to 9: We all knew that the A’s were going to have a tough time with the bats tonight against Detroit Tigers starter Max Scherzer,...
• 4/12 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 12, 2013: AL White Sox (Jose Quintana) at Indians (Justin Masterson), 7:05 Orioles (Miguel Gonzalez) at Yankees (C.C. Sabathia), 7:05 Rays...
• 4/12 Swingin' A's: Athletics, A.J. Griffin Make a Statement With Dominant Win to Sweep Angels: Tonight the Athletics had a chance to go for the jugular as they attempted to sweep the Los Angeles Angels in their first meeting...
• 4/11 StoopSports.com: Strong Sale: Ricky Guerra- Chris Sale is a rising star in the majors, and is becoming one of the league’s most elite pitchers. After a great...
• 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....
• 4/9 Roto Think Tank: For the Record: AL Only Home League Results: Here are the round-by-round results from my 27-year-old, 4x4 AL-only keeper league. This is a 12-team league. Inflation was about...
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: How Many Good Players Are Going Year-To-Year?: More than ever, baseball's best players are choosing the security of a multiyear deal as opposed to the higher risk and reward...
• 4/9 MLBTradeRumors: Ranking Agencies By 2012 WAR: Which agency's players have the most MLB talent?  One way of answering that question is to rank the agencies by 2012 wins above...
• 4/8 Vigilante Baseball : I’m Interested: Home: For me, the things I'm most interested in are at home (my wife and son), so this column will be no different. We live in the...
• 4/8 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Series #3 – New York Yankees (2-4) at Cleveland Indians (3-3): By Bob Toth A beat up New York Yankees squad heads to Cleveland to take on the Indians for four games to open Progressive Field...
• 4/8 Motor City Bengals: One Week In, Bullpen A Cause For Concern: The Detroit Tigers have made it through one week and 6 games with what you’d consider the most likely outcome overall: 3-3....
• 4/8 Bronx Baseball Daily: Why Do The Tigers Own The Yankees?: The Detroit Tigers own the New York Yankees. There’s really no way around it. Detroit swept New York in the American...
• 4/7 Baseball News Source: Max Scherzer Leads Tigers To Victory, Yankees Fall To 1-4: Max Scherzer led the Detroit Tigers to a 8-4 victory on Saturday afternoon over the New York Yankees, bringing the team to a...
• 4/6 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Keep Pounding Away, Beat Yankees 8-4: Detroit Tigers 8, New York Yankees 4 (box score) For the second straight day, the Detroit Tigers hung an eight spot on the New...
• 4/6 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Saturday: April 6, 2013: Lessons learned over the past couple of days: Picking the Astros is problematic. Picking the Yankees has become problematic....
• 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 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...
• 4/4 Rontrarian Report: Wednesday’s Observation: Matt Harvey’s Fastball Dominates the Padres . . . → Read More: Wednesday’s Observation: Matt Harvey’s Fastball Dominates the Padres...
• 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 Billy-Ball.com: Yu Darvish’s Near Miss-terpiece: Two outs in the 9th and a ground ball goes through the five-hole and there goes Yu Darvish‘s perfect game. As I watched...
• 4/2 mlbreports.com : Justin Verlander Makes Good On His 1st Start After Signing His Recent 5 Year Extension: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, April.2/2013 By Matthew Lafave (Tigers Correspondent) And there was much rejoicing. No worries,...
• 4/2 MLBTradeRumors: Starting Pitcher Contracts And New Money: Seven years, $180MM!  The largest contract ever signed by a pitcher!  I'm no accountant, but I was slightly annoyed to read...
• 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 BoSox Injection: 2013 Season Preview: Prediction season is once again upon us. Here at BSI, we will be partaking in the festivities as well, with each writer posting...
• 4/1 Motor City Bengals: 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...

• 3/30 Rays Colored Glasses: Jeremy Hellickson Gets Hammered Again in Rays Loss: Even though Joe Maddon is not concerned about Jeremy Hellickson‘s rough Spring, there may be reason for worry soon. Hellickson...
• 3/29 TheLeadoffWalk: 2012's Non-All Star All Star Team: Every year, the All Star teams are announced and there is a generous amount of time dedicated to the ins and outs of any...
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Verlander Signing Reactions: Justin Verlander agreed on Friday to a new $180MM contract with the Tigers that makes him the highest-paid pitcher in the history...
• 3/29 StanGraphs: 2013 AL Awards Preview: Most Valuable Player Award: Yoenis Cespedes, OF, Oakland Athletics Yoenis the Menace! We’re wasting no time jumping on the...
• 3/29 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 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: Former Tigers, Jim Leyland’s Future, and Don Kelly’s Opt-out Clause: The Cutoff Man is a daily feature that brings you fresh Detroit Tigers content from around the internet each morning. Phil Coke’s...
• 3/26 StanGraphs: 2013 AL Central Preview: 1. Detroit Tigers We correctly predicted the utter slam dunk that was the Tigers wrapping up the AL Central a year ago, and we’re...
• 3/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball analysis: Boston Red Sox pitching projections: After posting the worst ERA in team history last year, the Boston Red Sox need to be more effective at keeping their opponents...
• 3/26 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Prediction Time: A.L. Cy Young Winner: Continuing my prediction series, I now turn to individual awards, and the Cy Young is the first one I am going to look at. Last...
• 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...
• 3/24 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...
• 3/22 Baseballhotcorner.com: What Happens When Jim Leyland Gets Punched in the Face?:   The Detroit Tigers are positioned well for the 2013 season to sustain their run of two consecutive AL Central titles and...
• 3/21 Motor City Bengals: Who To Trade, Who To Trade…: No, this isn’t Bleacher Report. We typically pride ourselves on sober and grounded ideas – no crackpot stuff –...
• 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...
• 3/21 Mets Merized: 2013 Annual Preview: American League Central: AL Central At A Glance Detroit Tigers: The odds on favorite to win the World Series, the Tigers aren’t just a big fish in small...
• 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...
• 3/19 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...
• 3/19 District On Deck: Spring Training Game 23 Recap: Washington Nationals 1, Detroit Tigers 5: Spring Training often brings mixed feelings  and it is quite a hypocritical time. You don’t care if your team wins or loses,...
• 3/19 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting with the first (1st) overall pick in 2013 fantasy baseball – ESPN – 10 team – H2H – each category: Almost everyone dreams of getting the first pick in their fantasy drafts, and hopefully if you find yourself reading this article...
• 3/18 District On Deck: Preview And Lineups: Spring Training Game 23 | Detroit Tigers @ Washington Nationals: Whenever somebody points out Spring Training records as if they mean something, all you need to do is show them today’s...
• 3/18 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...
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: How To Win Your Head To Head League Every Time: Due to the fact that I need constant stimulation every 5 seconds, Fantasy Baseball is by far my favourite sport for one reason,...
• 3/15 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Preseason Prediction #8 – Doug Fister: Doug Fister became the poster boy of how a pitcher’s win/loss record can be misleading when he went 3-12 with the Seattle Mariners...
• 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...
• 3/9 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Preseason Prediction #6 – Max Scherzer: Max Scherzer has teased Tiger fans on how good he can be during two separate stretches: GS IP ERA WHIP K/9 BB/9 ...
• 3/7 Baseballhotcorner.com: How To Win Your Head To Head League Every Time: Due to the fact that I need constant stimulation every 5 seconds, Fantasy Baseball is by far my favourite sport for one reason,...
• 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 Tyler's Think Tank: Red Sox Pitching Projections: The hope is that Red Sox pitchers will improve with the return of John Farrell, who served as Boston's pitching coach from 2007...

• 2/26 Motor City Bengals: Can Miguel Cabrera Lead the Tigers to a Championship?: Recent word out of Lakeland is that bullpen vagabond Octavio Dotel questions Miguel Cabrera’s ability to be a “team...
• 2/24 MLBTradeRumors: Analyzing The 2014-15 MLB Free Agent Class: We're always looking ahead here at MLBTR, sometimes way ahead, hence our recent publication of the 2014-15 free agent class.  These...
• 2/24 Behind the Plate: 2013 Rankings: RH Starting PitchersThe precocious ta [...] ...
• 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...
• 2/21 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 MLB Dirt: AL Central Players To Watch: Dan Marino continues his trek through each division in the major leagues and giving you one player he thinks is the: Rookie to...
• 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...
• 2/14 Jays Journal: 2013: The Year of Brandon Morrow: John Gibbons revealed a lot about the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays during the team’s State of the Franchise event, nailing down...
• 2/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: 2012′s Luckiest Pitcher: I may be just a bit too hyperbolic, but this pitcher was darned lucky on the bump in 2012 and it looks like his luckiness may...
• 2/14 PaulLebowitz.com: Fred Wilpon, The Mets, “The” Truth And “A” Truth: I’m waiting for the inevitable conspiracy theories to morph into absurd leaps of logic. How about something fictional to the...
• 2/13 Billy-Ball.com: The Bill Chuck Files: 250 strikeouts is the new mark of pitching dominance: Three hundred strikeouts at one time was the mark of pitching dominance. Yesterday, the terrific duo of Jim Duquette and Mike...
• 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Perez, Scherzer, White Sox, Twins: The latest from the AL Central on the day before Michael Bourn is expected to take his physical with the Indians... Chris...
• 2/12 MetsToday.com: Link Roundup: Frank Frank’s Elbow and the Bourn Reaction: Michael Bourn is an Indian, the Mets still have their 11th overall pick, and Mets fans are reacting.  Many are unhappy that Alderson...
• 2/11 Mets Merized: DiComo: Mets Keep Their Cursed 11th Overall Pick: This comment from Anthony DiComo of MLB.com, kind of put things into perspective for me, or at the very least it gives one pause...
• 2/10 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 2/3/13 - 2/9/13: As we gladly welcome pitchers and catchers reporting to camp in the coming days, let's take a look back at the week that was here...
• 2/6 Full Spectrum Baseball: 2012′s Luckiest Pitcher: I may be just a bit too hyperbolic, but this pitcher was darned lucky on the bump in 2012 and it looks like his luckiness may...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: A Max Scherzer Extension Wouldn’t Cost the Detroit Tigers $20M Per Season: Josh Slagter had an article up on MLive today about Max Scherzer and his future with the Detroit Tigers. Slagter figures the Tigers...
• 2/4 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers, Max Scherzer Avoid Arbitration: 5:01pm: Scherzer's deal will pay him $6.725MM -- the midpoint between the two figures, according to Jon Heyman of CBS Sports (on...
• 2/4 Motor City Bengals: How Good (or Bad) Could The 2013 Detroit Tigers Be?: Hope abounds when spring training begins. Every team is undefeated, every player is in the best shape of his life, and every fan...
• 2/4 MLBTradeRumors: Remaining Arbitration Cases: High-profile players such as Chase Headley and Martin Prado avoided arbitration last week, further reducing the number of unsigned...
• 2/2 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: 2013 Detroit Tigers Preview from a Minnesota Twins fan: Let's take a look at the competish, shall we?  The Detroit Tigers were in the World Series last season.  That is pretty...
• 2/2 Eye On the Tigers: Tigers payroll looking ahead: 2014 and beyond: If the Tigers wish to contend beyond their "win now" window of 2011 through 2014, they need to make some moves that sell high...
• 2/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays History: Matt Garza Pitches The Rays’ First No-Hitter: Opening Day is barely two months away for the Rays, and we are all playing the waiting game. We’re staring at our clocks, wishing...

• 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...
• 1/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Michael Bourn vs. the #11 Pick: Which is Right for the Mets?: Operating under the premises that if the Mets sign Michael Bourn they will: A) not receive a waiver from MLB to switch the number...
• 1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Largest Remaining Arbitration Cases: When the offseason began, MLBTR had projected arbitration salaries for more than 200 players. Most of those players have agreed...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Payroll Could Exceed $150 Million: Through the 2007 season, the Detroit Tigers had never spent $100 million on any major league roster. Their trade for Miguel Cabrera...
• 1/23 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...
• 1/23 Nolan Writin': 30 Rangers In 30 Days: Yu Darvish: This is a new concept to NolanWritin’, but since it’s a fairly common knockoff to the whole 30 Clubs In 30 Days thing,...
• 1/22 The Sports Provocateur: The A.L. Central Dream Rotation; Verlander and Sale and Pray for Hail?: The American League Central has two aces headlining its staff.  The number three man is an 11 year veteran while the fourth...
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Filing Numbers: Many players will avoid arbitration today, and dozens of others exchanged figures with their teams in anti**** of hearings. Most...
• 1/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer exchanges figuresDetroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer filed at $7.4 million for salary arbitration, and the Tigers countered at $6.05 million....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer filed at $7.4 million for salary arbitration, and the Tigers countered at $6.05 million.
• 1/15 Motor City Bengals: Trading Max Scherzer Not That Dumb: Every once in a while I have been known to put a withering critique of columns written for the Detroit News, today I’ll...
• 1/15 MLB Injury News: Tigers Rumors: Mariners, Diamondbacks Discussing Rick Porcello: The Detroit Tigers have discussed right-handed starting pitcher Rick Porcello with the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks,...
• 1/13 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: A look back at the original reporting and analysis found on MLBTR this past week: Tim Trafficanda, the agent for Adam Kennedy, told...
• 1/13 The Baseball Haven: Who is Ian Kennedy?: Ian Kennedy has posted some pretty solid numbers over his career, going 46-30 with a 3.76 ERA over 112 games (110 starts). Having...
• 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...
• 1/9 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: Max Scherzer: Over the next few weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on...
• 1/8 Mets Merized: Alderson Shoots Minaya A Zinger…: For some strange reason I keep posting about stuff and then it’s in the news the next day (not my post, the subject). So...
• 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...
• 1/8 Mets Merized: Mets Have The No. 11 Pick In The Draft, But What Is It’s Value?: Dave Cameron of FanGraphs had an interesting post last week in which he discussed the value of draft picks. Considering how much...
• 1/5 Nolan Writin': Dissecting Darvish: Let’s cut to the chase: Yu Darvish was undeniably dominant for certain stretches during the 2012 season. With such a wide and...

• 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 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 The Daily Fungo: 2012 Top 10 Stories: #3 – Max Scherzer Arrives: Three years ago, the Tigers acquired Max Scherzer in a megatrade and the club envisioned him as part of a high-octane one-two...
• 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 Roto Think Tank: 2012 A.L. Starting Pitchers: Part II: 0 0 1 1512 5553 Roto Think Tank 793 784 6281 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE...
• 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...
• 12/18 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 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 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Have Two Unaddressed Problems: The Tigers entered the offseason with a good core but three significant problems that hurt them in 2012. The first of those (though...
• 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 ...
• 12/9 MLBTradeRumors: Zack Greinke Signing Reaction: Zack Greinke's record-setting six-year, $147MM contract with the Dodgers will have a ripple effect throughout baseball. MLB.com's...
• 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,...
• 12/5 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Should Win 95+ Games In 2013: I know, I know. We said the same thing last year (and also in 2008) and the team never panned out to be the division dominators...
• 12/5 MLBTradeRumors: Rays, Rangers, Indians, D-Backs Talking Trades: 7:46am: The D-backs and Indians have discussed the framework of a deal centering around Cabrera and Trevor Bauer, Anthony Castrovince...

• 11/30 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Non-Tender Daniel Schlereth: According to MLB Trade Rumors the Tigers have announced that they are not going to tender relief pitcher Daniel Schlereth a contract...
• 11/29 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Building an Elite Staff With Pitchers that aren’t: Clave and I recently spoke about pitchers, we have both noticed that the “elite” guys are slim this year. VERY More...The...
• 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...
• 11/23 Motor City Bengals: Building The Detroit Tigers For The Long Haul: I already put a simple piece up this month covering what the Tigers should do if the goal is to build for the short term and short...
• 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...
• 11/17 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,...
• 11/16 Behind the Plate: MVP Vote: An Excuse for Hypocrisy [...] ...
• 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...
• 11/15 Call to the Pen: Tigers Shift Attention to Anibal Sanchez: The Detroit Tigers have been one of the biggest spending teams in baseball over the past three years. In 2013, their payroll figures...
• 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,...
• 11/14 MLB Dirt: Mike Trout Is The 2012 AL MVP Any Way You Look At It: WAR, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing; at least within the confines of this article. While they aren’t the end-all,...
• 11/14 Tyler's Think Tank: Harper, Trout Top Rookies: The Rookie of the Year results were announced on Monday, and there weren't too many surprises. Bryce Harper and Mike Trout,...
• 11/13 Motor City Bengals: Assigning Blame For The Detroit Tigers Defense: We have hemmed and hawed about the Tigers poor defense for a whole season and now we get to do the same for at least a big chunk...
• 11/13 District On Deck: A Look Back At The Gio Gonzalez Trade: Back on December 23, the Washington Nationals and Oakland Athletics made a trade that few could have seen being beneficial to...
• 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 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Cy Young: Justin Verlander: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/12 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Tigers Will Win the World Series: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 11/9 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: Buster Posey: Buster Posey became the Giants full-time catcher in 2010 and the team went on to claim the world championship. Buster was hurt...
• 11/9 Motor City Bengals: Anibal Sanchez’s Contract Demands: Recently Jon Paul Morosi reported that Anibal Sanchez has set his contract parameters: somewhere around 6 years and $90 million....
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Washington Nationals: The Nationals are next in our 2013 Arbitration Eligibles series.  Matt Swartz's salary projections are below. First time:...
• 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 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...

• 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 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: Matt Cain: Twenty-five Giants played sixteen post-season games to claim the 2012 World Series Championship. One of those players was Matt...
• 10/30 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers: Top Moments of 2012: The Detroit Tigers’ season ended in deflating fashion, but it’s unfair to forget some of the incredible moments this...
• 10/30 Motor City Bengals: Assessing The Detroit Tigers’ Payroll Situation: A lot of us said that there would be no money last offseason to spend on big-name free agents, but the Tigers surprised everyone...
• 10/30 Motor City Bengals: Signing Anibal Sanchez Could Affect Off-Season Strategy: Baseball is a funny game. In the blink of an eye, things can change. It wasn’t long ago that the Tigers were probably thinking...
• 10/29 Tomahawk Take: 2012 Review: Brandon Beachy: Coming into the 2012 season, fans were wondering if Brandon Beachy could repeat his great 2011 K/BB ratio while gaining some efficiency....
• 10/29 Tyler's Think Tank: Giants Sweep Tigers: The Giants waited 52 years to bring their first World Series title to San Francisco after abandoning their home in the Polo...
• 10/29 Call to the Pen: Giants Deliver Knockout Blow: One by one Jim Leyland could have sent hitters up to the plate in games from now to December without anybody he could hire getting...
• 10/29 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....
• 10/29 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 4: San Francisco Giants Sweep the Detroit Tigers: The San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers went into game four of the World Series with the series being dominated by Giants...
• 10/29 Baseball News Source: Giants Complete Sweep of Tigers in Extra Innings – Win World Series: The Giants claimed their second World Series crown in three years The San Francisco Giants closed out a four-game sweep of the...
• 10/29 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Giants Complete Magical Run, Win World Series: It’s over, folks. The San Francisco Giants are your 2012 World Series champions after a 94-68 regular season and then a...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Scherzer Done: Max Scherzer gives up a single to Gregor Blanco leading off the seventh, and advances to second on a hit and run ground out. That’s...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Walk, CS: Max Scherzer walks Brandon Belt, but Gregor Blanco strikes out as Belt is caught stealing to end the inning. Max has now struck...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Low Runs: The Tigers have scored three runs so far in the World Series as they bat in the bottom of the third of game four. Only two teams...
• 10/28 Raising Matt Cain: Max Pitching:                                                   ...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Game Four About to Begin: I’m set to hunker down for Sandy. Work is already closed for tomorrow, so my wife and I are sipping kamikazes and I’ll...
• 10/28 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 4 Preview: Giants Sweep, or Tigers Claw Back?: This one is difficult. Either the Giants will complete a four-game sweep of the 2012 World Series, or the Tigers will make it...
• 10/28 obsessivegiantscompulsive: Your 2012 Giants: Game 4 of the World Series: Wow, again, the epicness continues.  Ryan Vogelsong with his shutout performance continued some epic threads which I'll...
• 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 22gigantes.com: Giants at Tigers: World Series Game 4 preview: Matt Cain and the San Francisco Giants look to sweep the Detroit Tigers in Game 4 of the World Series tonight at Comerica Park...
• 10/28 Call to the Pen: Nothing Can Stop Giants: It was nice seeing you, Detroit. Shut the lights off on your way out of the playoffs. By definition, any team that can come back...
• 10/28 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: In what could be the last day of the 2012 season Matt Cain faces Max Scherzer as the Giants go for a sweep of the Tigers. After...
• 10/28 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Sunday: October 28, 2012: Yesterday's pick was a case of this game picker outsmarting himself. The logic was right there in the form of the ALCS in which...
• 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 MLB Injury News: Tigers Injury News: Max Scherzer Starting Game Four As a Precaution: Max Scherzer could very easily have been the Tigers' Game One starter in the World Series.  He has has been dominant in...
• 10/28 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Giants Shut Out Tigers Again, Take Commanding 3-0 Lead: If the Tigers were going to win a game in this postseason, this one had to be it. Anibal Sanchez (1-1, 1.35) had ben excellent...
• 10/28 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Can’t Score, Can’t Win: The Detroit Tigers came into the World Series this week boasting some fantastic starting pitching, something that could have easily...
• 10/28 Baseball News Source: Giants Shut-Out Tigers Again – Lead World Series 3-0: Giants are one win away from winning the 2012 World Series The San Francisco Giants took a 3-0 lead in the 2012 World Series...
• 10/27 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Special World Series Edition: Saturday October 27th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
• 10/27 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Count On Home Field Advantage: Matt Snyder wrote here at MCB today that – for all the hyperbole – game 3 isn’t technically a must-win game...
• 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 Bleeding Yankee Blue: HE WAS OUR PHIL COKE FIRST!: Yeah, Phil Coke is the happiest guy alive right now.  He's in the World Series and the Yankees are home, but let's not...
• 10/25 Baseball Reality Tour: Pitching Under the Radar in 2012: Armed with a 97 mph fastball, Pedro Strop achieved the 2nd highest Groundball rate and 3rd highest GB/FB rate ratio among 263...
• 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 MLB Injury News: Tigers Injury News: Max Scherzer Starting Game Four As a Precaution: Max Scherzer could very easily have been the Tigers' Game One starter in the World Series.  He has has been dominant...
• 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Tigers eye the big prize after sweeping Yankees in ALCS: No one thought the Tigers would be contending for the World Series title. It’s true. Detroit did not live up to the hype that...
• 10/19 My Pinstripes: Yankees Go Gentle Into That Crappy Night: Wonder if A-Rod hit on her? - photo courtesy of Kansas City Star The Yankees exited the playoffs on Thursday with the...
• 10/19 Yanks Go Yard: Grading the Curtis Granderson trade: Back in December of 2009, the Yankees fresh off their 27th World Series Championship dealt for the then Tigers’ Curtis Granderson....
• 10/19 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Tigers, Cardinals, and World Series Deja Vu: “It’s déjà vu all over again.” -Yogi Berra Correct me if I am wrong, but I feel like we have been...
• 10/19 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Radio Show – ALCS Game 4: Well, the Yankee season has officially come and gone. The New York Yankees fell to the Detroit Tigers 8-1 in Game 4 of the American...
• 10/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer sparkles in ALCS win: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed just one run on two hits and struck out 10 over 5 2/3 innings of work in an 8-1 win over...[+] the New York Yankees to complete a four-game American League Championship Series sweep. He walked two, and didn’t allow his first hit until the sixth, when Yankees INF Eduardo Nunez led off with a triple.
• 10/19 High Heat Stats: Tigers 8, Yankees 1: The pennant comes to Motown: It came a day late, but there was nothing short about Detroit’s sweeping victory. Max Scherzer supplied the latest stellar...
• 10/19 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Pitching Leads Team to World Series: A look at the Detroit Tigers’ budget might tell you they don’t value pitching much at all. Members of their playoff rotation...
• 10/18 Bleeding Yankee Blue: SEASON OVER: PUNCHLESS YANKEES DONE IN DETROIT: Well, that was depressing. Following three losses through the first three games of the ALCS in which the Yankees had chances...
• 10/18 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees swept by Tigers lighting the Hot Stove: The New York Yankees, the American League East Champions were swept tonight by the AL Central Champion Detroit Tigers in the American...
• 10/18 Motor City Bengals: 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 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Leyland, Scherzer, Jackson, Lamont: Congratulations to the Detroit Tigers, who clinched their 11th American League pennant with today's 8-1 win over the Yankees in...
• 10/18 The Baseball Haven: The Value of a Trade: The Yankees wanted Curtis Granderson to play centerfield for them after he averaged 29 doubles, 13 triples, 23 home runs, 16...
• 10/18 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Sweep Yankees, Win AL Pennant, Reach World Series: Tigers 8, Yankees 1 (box score) Confession time. When the Tigers lost to the Chicago White Sox on Monday, September 17 to fall...
• 10/18 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees swept. Tigers are American League Champions: The batting woes of the New York Yankees continued as Max Scherzer and three relievers held the Yankees to just one run and...
• 10/18 Baseball Jerks: ALCS Game 4: Detroit Tigers Ride Max Scherzer’s Arm To World Series: After enduring a rain out on Wednesday night, the ALCS resumed on Thursday afternoon with CC Sabathia and Max Scherzer squaring...
• 10/18 Baseball News Source: Tigers Hammer Sabathia to Reach World Series: Cabrera launched a 2-run homer in the fourth inning The Detroit Tigers scored a run in the first inning when Delmon Young singled...
• 10/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees season ends as the Tigers sweep the ALCS: CC Sabathia didn’t have his good command, but it didn’t exactly matter as the Yankees offense continued is no-show...
• 10/18 Baseball Musings: Convincing Victory: The Tigers beat the Yankees 8-1 to capture the 2012 American League pennant. Team team with the worst record among the five to...
• 10/18 Baseball Musings: Series Over?: Miguel Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta each hits a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth, and Max Scherzer answers with his fifth...
• 10/18 Baseball Jerks: ALCS Game 4: Max Scherzer Rolling Early: Max Scherzer is doing his best Justin Verlander impression by striking out four of the first six batters he faced so far in game...
• 10/18 Bronx Baseball Daily: A-Rod and Granderson still on the bench: The rain may have forced the Yankees and Tigers to delay Game 4 of the ALCS, but it didn’t do anything to get Joe Girardi...
• 10/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: ALCS Game 4: Let’s Try This Again: Take 2: CC Sabathia versus Max Scherzer. Scherzer is awful against lefty hitters. And that works out well because the Yankees...
• 10/18 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Tigers just need to win one of the next four games to advance to the World Series. CC Sabathia will try to stop them on Thursday...
• 10/18 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Thursday: October 18, 2012: Can you believe it!? A playoff pick here was correct? :::thud::: Amazing. And it was the Cardinals too! The postponement of...
• 10/18 Yanks Go Yard: Unexpected off-day brings more questions for Yankees: The New York Yankees live to see another day, but only by the grace of the weather in Detroit, as Game 4 of the American League...
• 10/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: ALCS Game 4: One Game At A Time: There’s a 7% chance the Yankees win the ALCS. That’s a pretty low numbers, but if you go game by game, the Yankees...
• 10/17 mlbreports.com : Detroit is One Game Away from the World Series: Wednesday October 17th, 2012 Sam Evans: In the first three games of a thrilling ALCS, Detroit showed its dominance over the New...
• 10/17 Yanks Go Yard: ALCS Game 4 Preview: Can Sabathia prevent the Yankees’ elimination?: If you were told that the New York Yankees rotation allowed a total of 6 runs and the team 10 in the first three games of the...
• 10/17 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The weather report looks bad for game three of the series between the Giants and the Cardinals in St. Louis. They’ll try...
• 10/17 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Postgame Radio Show – ALCS Game 3: The New York Yankees are one step away from getting swept out of a playoff series for the first time since 1980. The Yankees once...
• 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....
• 10/17 Baseball News Source: Verlander Pitches Tigers to the Brink of World Series: Verlander took a shutout into the ninth inning Justin Verlander pitched into the ninth inning allowing just three hits and one...
• 10/16 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 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Bullpen Doesn’t Need Valverde: Jose Valverde is going to be spending a while on remedial instruction with Jeff Jones trying to fix his delivery and get both...
• 10/16 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 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 It's About the Money (Stupid): Off day roundup: The best of seven rounds of the baseball playoffs are a lot like a three act play, with the acts broken up by the off days...
• 10/14 Swingin' A's: The Content of Their Character: Throughout this season we have seen the A’s fall in heartbreaking fashion, and we’ve seen them rise from the ashes...
• 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 mlbreports.com : 2012 ALCS Preview: Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees: Can the Yanks Survive the Loss of Jeter?: Sunday October 14th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto:  The Yankees’ offense is limping into the series, while Detroit is riding Justin...
• 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...
• 10/13 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 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 Bronx Baseball Daily: 5 Completely Random Post ALDS Observations: A “great” series is one in which the Yankees not only play well, but in which they post a “W”. By that standard, the...
• 10/13 Baseball Musings: ALCS Preview, Tigers Versus Yankees: The Yankees host the Tigers in the 2012 ALCS starting Saturday evening (tonight). The Yankees are the only favorite to win an...
• 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...
• 10/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer set for Game 4: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer will make his next scheduled start in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series against...[+] the New York Yankees Wednesday, Oct. 17.
• 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 The Flagrant Fan: Strikeouts came back to bite Athletics: Back in early September, the one worry presented in this space for the Cinderella Oakland Athletics was their prestigious...
• 10/12 Yanks Go Yard: Baseball Bloggers Alliance Regular Season Awards – American League Edition: I’m fortunate to maintain membership with the Baseball Bloggers Alliance through my role as senior editor for Yanks Go Yard....
• 10/12 Motor City Bengals: 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...
• 10/11 Motor City Bengals: Jose Valverde Blows Save, Detroit Tigers Now Face Elimination: Athletics 4, Tigers 3 (box score) For eight and a half innings the game went nearly as well as the Tigers could have scripted....
• 10/11 Baseball Jerks: Detroit Tigers’ Jose Valverde: Jerk of the Day: The Detroit Tigers lost game 4 of the ALDS Wednesday in Oakland, and there’s no one else to blame besides Jose Valverde....
• 10/11 Baseball News Source: Oakland Storms Back to Beat Tigers: Oakland walkoff  victory sends series to game five The Oakland Athletics rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the...
• 10/10 Motor City Bengals: Know Your Enemy: A.J. Griffin: The Tigers will be sending Max Scherzer to the mound for game 4 in Oakland tonight. Questions abound concerning Scherzer at this...
• 10/10 Motor City Bengals: Max Scherzer Versus the Athletics is a Compelling Matchup: What do you get when the American League leader in strikeout rate – who also has a history of being homer prone – squares...
• 10/10 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: October 10, 2012: The 2012 playoffs continue to elude this game picker as both picks yesterday were wrong. The Giants struck out sixteen times...
• 10/10 Swingin' A's: There Will Be Baseball In Oakland Tomorrow: The last 6 games of the regular season saw quite the phenomenon take place.  As the Oakland Athletics ran the table to take the...
• 10/10 Baseball News Source: Brett Anderson Leads A’s Over Tigers in Game 3: Anderson held the Tigers in check for six innings The Oakland Athletics used three old friends, pitching defense and timely hitting,...
• 10/10 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Can’t Close Out A’s, Drop ALDS Game Three In Oakland: Athletics 2, Tigers 0 (box score) A funny thing happens when a team doesn’t get any hits: they don’t get any runs. That was...
• 10/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer to face rookie in Game 4: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer will start in Game 4 of the American League Division Series Wednesday, Oct. 10, against the Detroit...[+] Tigers, and he will be opposed by rookie SP A.J. Griffin. Scherzer was 1-0 with a 3.24 ERA with 13 strikeouts in just 8 1/3 innings against the Athletics during the regular season.
• 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 Eye On the Tigers: 2012 Preseason Predictions Revisited: For the last few years I've been making predictions on the Detroit Tigers forum.  At the end of the year, I like to compare...
• 10/9 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: ALDS Off-Day: A few things to cloud your mind, as we Tigers fans sit and wait patiently for Game 3 of the ALDS… The Tigers did their job...
• 10/8 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Starters Have Stymied Oakland Hitters: It takes a total team effort to make a deep run in the playoffs, but it was well known that the Tigers would be relying heavily...
• 10/6 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 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...
• 10/6 Eye On the Tigers: My Hypothetical AL Cy Young Vote : 1. Justin Verlander – 2.64 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 9.03 K/9, 2.27 BB/9, 2.94 FIP, 3.31 xFIP, 6.8 fWAR, 7.5 rWAR2. David Price –...
• 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 MLB Injury News: Tigers Injury News: Max Scherzer Returns for Detroit: Yesterday morning it was reported that Detroit Tigers right-hander Max Scherzer had been scratched from Wednesday’s start....
• 10/3 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes (such sweet sorrow edition): @Athletics 12, Rangers 5: The turnabout’s complete. Call it comeback or collapse, the AL West is draped in gold and green....
• 10/3 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer startingDetroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (ankle, shoulder) will start in the regular season finale Wednesday, Oct. 3....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (ankle, shoulder) will start in the regular season finale Wednesday, Oct. 3.
• 10/3 MLB Injury News: Tigers Injury News: Max Scherzer Scratched: The Detroit Tigers thought they’d be getting right-hander Max Scherzer back from a shoulder injury to pitch the final...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer won't pitch Wednesday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder, ankle) was tentatively scheduled to throw five innings in the season finale Wednesday,...[+] Oct. 3, but now he won't throw at all after twisting his right ankle in the team's on-field celebration Monday, Oct. 1. SP Drew Smyly may pitch an inning Wednesday, but nothing more.
• 10/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer ready to pitch in postseason: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) threw a bullpen session Monday, Oct. 1, and everything went fine. It's not clear if...[+] Scherzer will start the final game of the regular season Wednesday, Oct. 3, and manager Jim Leyland said Scherzer won't go if the game doesn't play a factor in the pennant race. 'I should be fine,' Scherzer said about a possible postseason start. 'I have my full range of motion. I feel good where I'm at.'
• 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 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,...

• 9/30 MLB Injury News: Tigers' Max Scherzer Could Pitch Wednesday if Necessary: Max Scherzer injury updates seem to come by the hour.  He can pitch again.  He can't pitch again.  He won't...
• 9/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer could start Wednesday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) played catch Saturday, Sept. 29, without any issues and could start the team’s regular-season...[+] finale Wednesday, Oct. 3. Scherzer will do a long-toss session on Sept. 30.
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Drew Smyly expected to start regular-season finale: Detroit Tigers SP Drew Smyly is expected to pitch the final game of the regular season Wednesday, Oct. 3, in place of SP Max Scherzer...[+] (shoulder). 'Mark this down and take it to the bank: Scherzer won't pitch unless he is physically ready to pitch, under any circumstances,' manager Jim Leyland said.
• 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...
• 9/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer feeling betterDetroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) is feeling better Friday, Sept. 28, but he's not ready to resume throwing....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) is feeling better Friday, Sept. 28, but he's not ready to resume throwing.
• 9/28 MLB Injury News: Max Scherzer Injury: Tigers RHP Scratched with Shoulder Fatigue: The Detroit Tigers have scratched right-hander Max Scherzer from today’s start against the Minnesota Twins as he continues...
• 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 Call to the Pen: Tigers’ Max Scherzer Shelved with Strained Deltoid: Detroit Tigers right hander Max Scherzer is enjoying perhaps the finest season of his still-young career. Unfortunately, it...
• 9/27 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Scratch Max Scherzer From Friday Start: Max Scherzer gave Tigers fans a scare when he left his start on September 18 with shoulder fatigue just two innings into the game....
• 9/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Hoping Max Scherzer can make another start: The Detroit Tigers are hopeful that SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) can make one more start this season, which would likely come Wednesday,...[+] Oct. 3, the last day of the regular season.
• 9/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer updateUpdating an earlier report, Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) was scratched due to a right deltoid strain....[+] Updating an earlier report, Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) was scratched due to a right deltoid strain.
• 9/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer scratchedDetroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer was scratched from his start Friday, Sept. 28. SP Drew Smyly will start in his place....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer was scratched from his start Friday, Sept. 28. SP Drew Smyly will start in his place.
• 9/26 Release Points: Curtis Granderson: Turning an above-average bat into a league average starter: In one of the more evenly made three-team deals in recent memory, the Yankees acquired All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson...
• 9/26 Baseball Jerks: Jim Leyland, Jose Valverde, Detroit Tigers: Jerk of the Day: Yesterday, the Tigers were swept by the Minnesota Twins in a day-night doubleheader, leaving them one game behind the Chicago...
• 9/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer wasn't sharp: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer said his fastball wasn't as sharp in his last outing Sunday, Sept. 23, because he wasn't on his...[+] normal between-starts routing due to right shoulder fatigue. He's hoping he'll be back to full strength for his next start.
• 9/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Which Teams Should the Yankees Be Rooting For?: It is obvious that the first goal for the Yankees is to lock up the AL East. The Yankees need to avoid that one game playoff at...
• 9/24 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...
• 9/23 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Suffer Doubleheader Sweep In Pathetic Fashion: Twins 10, Tigers 4 (box score) Twins 2, Tigers 1 (10 innings) (box score) Well, this series didn’t end the way I would have...
• 9/23 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Sunday: September 23, 2012: Saturday was a good game picking day, but that fact was somewhat ruined by the unexpected shutout thrown by Blake Beavan...
• 9/23 MLB Injury News: Max Scherzer Injury: Tigers' Starter Cleared to Start First Game of Doubleheader: Max Scherzer's shoulder feels well enough for him to take the hill for Detroit in the first game of their doubleheader against...
• 9/23 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: Miggy, Twins/Tigers: Yesterday’s thumping of the Minnesota Twins included taking advantage of the opposition’s lack of command, offense...
• 9/23 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...
• 9/22 Motor City Bengals: Doug Fister’s Gem Saves Bullpen, Lifts Tigers Over Twins: Tigers 8, Twins 0 (box score) The Tigers’ win over the lowly Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon was obviously huge from a...
• 9/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer, Drew Smyly to start Sunday: Updating previous reports, Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) will start the first game of a doubleheader against the Minnesota...[+] Twins Sunday, Sept. 23, with SP Drew Smyly starting the nightcap.
• 9/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer expects to start: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) had a successful throwing session on flat ground Friday, Sept. 21, and he'll repeat...[+] the process Saturday, Sept. 22, where he'll throw all of his pitches before the team makes a final decision on if he'll make his start Sunday, Sept. 23. 'I'm expecting I should be able to make the start, seeing how my arm is responded to the treatment and the medicine,' Scherzer said. 'I'm getting the inflammation out. This wasn't a structural damage thing.' SP Drew Smyly will be on hold the next few days in case he has to step in Sunday.
• 9/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer throwing: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) is testing his right shoulder by doing some throwing Friday, Sept. 21. It's unknown...[+] if he'll make his next scheduled start Sunday, Sept. 23.
• 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...
• 9/20 Bronx Baseball Daily: American League playoff predictions: The Yankees are in a good position to make the playoffs. Their magic number –to win the AL East– sits at 13 right...
• 9/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Drew Smyly likely to start Sunday: Detroit Tigers SP Drew Smyly is the likely starter against the Minnesota Twins Sunday, Sept. 23, in place of SP Max Scherzer (shoulder)....[+]
• 9/20 mlbreports.com : 2012 MLB Playoffs: Predicting All of the Division and Wild Card Champions: Thursday September 20th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: As the season wraps up, the divisional races become tighter. Some races are close...
• 9/19 Call to the Pen: Brett Anderson Leaves Start with Injury: It’s a dangerous thing to be a starting pitcher in Detroit these days. One night after the Tigers’ Max Scherzer left...
• 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer questionable for next start: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) remains questionable for his next start against the Minnesota Twins Sunday, Sept. 23,...[+] after experiencing right shoulder fatigue in his last start. 'It's hard to say right now,' said Scherzer. 'Really, I just need a couple days of not throwing, ice and taking it easy. If everything works out with the plan, we'll re-evaluate and hopefully I can make my next start.' He plans to throw in the next few days to test his arm out.
• 9/19 MLB Injury News: Quintin Berry Injury: Tigers' Outfielder Day-to-Day With Contusion: When Quintin Berry dove for a ball in last night's Tigers' win, the initial fear was that he had separated his shoulder....
• 9/19 MLB Injury News: Tigers' Play-Off Hopes Fading With Late Season Injuries: The Detroit Tigers were the po**** pick to reach the World Series before this season began.  They already had the MVP-caliber...
• 9/19 MLB Injury News: Max Scherzer Injury: Tigers RHP Exits with Shoulder Fatigue: Detroit Tigers right-hander Max Scherzer left last night’s 12-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics after two innings with...
• 9/19 Call to the Pen: Max Scherzer Leaves Start Early: The Detroit Tigers already had a tough hill to climb, down three games in the division with just 16 games to go. The Tigers opened...
• 9/19 Swingin' A's: Tigers Maul Griffin, A’s Start Roadtrip In Ugly Fashion: It’s pretty safe to say this was about as far from how the A’s hoped to kick off this ultra important roadtrip as...
• 9/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | No structural damage for Max Scherzer: Updating a previous report, an MRI on the shoulder of Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) showed no structural damage. Scherzer...[+] will not throw for a few days and he will be re-evaluated later.
• 9/18 Baseball News Source: Miguel Cabrera Muscles up Against Oakland – 2 HRs 6 RBI: American League MVP race – advantage Cabrera Miguel Cabrera slugged two home runs and knocked in six runs as the Detroit...
• 9/18 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 Baseball Musings: Minimum for Max: Max Scherzer lasted just two innings Tuesday night against the Oakland Athletics. He allowed just one run, but his velocity dropped,...
• 9/18 MLBTradeRumors: Central Links: Hafner, Leyland, Astros: The Tigers are holding their collective breath after righty Max Scherzer exited Tuesday night's start prematurely because of...
• 9/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer leaves game: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (shoulder) left his start early with right shoulder fatigue Tuesday, Sept. 18. He will head for...[+] an MRI exam.
• 9/18 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: September 18, 2012: Short schedule days like yesterday are usually troublesome because there is not enough games to make up for bad picks....
• 9/17 Motor City Bengals: A.L. Central Race Far From Over: After today’s 5-4 defeat at the hands of Central division leading Chicago, Detroit now stands 3 games behind Chicago for...
• 9/14 Baseball Analytics: Bill Chuck’s Friday Nine to Know:   From the day of Andy Pettitte’s first start May 13th (a loss) through his last game (a win) on June...
• 9/13 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: Tigers 8, @White Sox 6: The good news for Detroit is that the one team they must beat is the one team they can beat. Max Scherzer continued...
• 9/13 Call to the Pen: Max Scherzer Leads Tigers Past White Sox and to Within One of Division Lead:   Prince Fielder was riding an 0-for-18 slump when he stepped into the box against southpaw Leyson Septimo on Wednesday night...
• 9/13 Baseball Musings: Saving the Season: The Tigers held on for a big win Wednesday night as they defeated the White Sox 8-6. A loss would have put them three games back...
• 9/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer continues domination: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer earned his sixth win in his last seven starts against the Chicago White Sox Wednesday, Sept. 12,...[+] giving up four hits, one run and no walks. He struck out seven in six innings to increase his major league leading strikeout total to 220.
• 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...
• 9/10 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Max Benefits Still Paying Off For Tigers in Granderson Trade: On December 8, 2009, Detroit Tigers fans were shocked to learn that the team's most likable player, Curtis Granderson,...
• 9/10 Call to the Pen: Francisco Liriano Demoted to White Sox Bullpen: With the return of right hander Gavin Floyd from injury, Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura announced that Floyd would...
• 9/9 mlbreports.com : Was Ian Kennedy’s 2011 Cy Young Caliber Season Just A Fluke?: Sunday September 9th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Ian Kennedy has had an up and down six-year career in the major leagues so far. He...
• 9/9 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes: Yeah, I know. I wish I could have gotten this out sooner — say, before Saturday’s games. But as the saying goes, life...
• 9/8 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Callaspo Delivers Pinch Hit Game-Winning Hit: Anytime you can win on a walk-off it’s a good night. The Angels did just that as they earned their ninth win in their last...
• 9/7 High Heat Stats: Thursday game snippets: @Orioles 10, Yankees 6: It took just 4 pitches to erase all the momentum of New York’s 5-run, game-tying 8th. David Robertson meant...
• 9/7 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Detroit Comes To Town: The Los Angeles Angels gauntlet continues as they return home to take on the Detroit Tigers in a three game weekend series. The...
• 9/7 Rays Colored Glasses: Birthday Boy Wade Davis An X-Factor for the 2012 Rays: At the end of spring training, Jeff Niemann was named the Rays’ 5th starter with Wade Davis heading to the bullpen. Since...
• 9/6 Halo Hangout: No Time to Rest: The Angels got a rest day, but now is no time for them to rest on their recent domination of the A’s. I wrote here before...
• 9/6 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Sweep Oakland: Well, this is certainly a different Angels team we are seeing than the one that was on the field a couple of weeks ago. Winning...
• 9/4 MLB Injury News: What's Wrong With the Diamondbacks' Ian Kennedy?: Ian Kennedy was legitimately in the running for the National League Cy Young award last season.  He was a big reason...
• 9/4 Eye On the Tigers: My August Awards: American League:Player of the MonthPrince Fielder - .370/.491/.663/1.154, 7 HR, .476 wOBA, 206 wRC+The Tigers had...
• 9/4 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 22: Last Week: 3-3 This Week:  CLE (9/3-5); at LAA (9/7-9) So, What Happened? If...
• 9/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: The Strasburg decision, individual honors races, and the playoff picture as MLB enters its last month. Strasburg Shutdown The...
• 9/2 High Heat Stats: Saturday AL Summary: A quick rundown of games from today’s AL action involving the leading teams. Tigers 5, White Sox 1 – Detroit closed...
• 9/1 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Tigers beat White Sox to close AL Central Gap: Chicago 1  - Detroit 5 - Max Scherzer pitched eight solid innings striking out nine and allowing just four hits to lead the...
• 9/1 Southside Showdown: Liriano Doesn’t Do White Sox Any Favors With Free Passes: Would you like to take a walk with Francisco Liriano? If you are a member of the Detroit Tigers, you most likely answered yes...

• 8/29 Kings of Kauffman: Luke Hochevar – A Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside an Enigma: Riddle me this Royals fans – How does the guy who faced 12 batters and gave up 7 embarrassing earned runs in the first inning...
• 8/27 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes (just in time!): Cardinals 8, @Reds 2: With a 17-hit fusillade, St. Louis captured the rubber game of a series in which each winner scored 8 runs,...
• 8/27 Motor City Bengals: Max Scherzer and BABIP History: Garrett Craig made an interesting point today in his piece “Max Scherzer & Strikeout History” here on MCB: Scherzer...
• 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?...
• 8/27 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Scherzer Shuts Down Angels: Good pitching stops good hitting. Yesterday the Angels ran into some really good pitching. Max Scherzer was on his game for the...
• 8/27 Motor City Bengals: Max Scherzer and Strikeout History: Sunday afternoon, the heterochromatic Max Scherzer downed nine Los Angeles Angels on strikes–eight of them swinging–to...
• 8/26 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Tigers Grind Out Series Win: The Tigers got a solid outing from Max Scherzer this afternoon, going 7 strong innings, giving up just 1 run on 4 hits, 2 walks,...
• 8/26 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bullpen Falters As Angels Win Streak Ends: Well this looks like the Angels team from a week ago. Get lead. Starter pitches okay. Bullpen can’t hold it. This describes...
• 8/22 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 High Heat Stats: It happened on Tuesday: Giants 4, @Dodgers 1: Down by 4 in the 6th, with no outs and the meat of the order coming up, you take no baserunning chances...
• 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 | Max Scherzer on fireDetroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer is 3-0 with a 2.52 ERA this month. He has struck out 35 batters in 25 innings as well....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer is 3-0 with a 2.52 ERA this month. He has struck out 35 batters in 25 innings as well.
• 8/21 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Scherzer, Jackson lead Tigers past Toronto: Toronto 3 – Detroit 5 –   Max Scherzer struck out eight and allowed one run in seven innings of work for the Tigers. Austin...
• 8/21 Motor City Bengals: Toronto Struggling In A Once Hopeful Season: Teams and their fans often focus on their own situations, which is normal because that is who we watch every day, and who the...
• 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...
• 8/17 Call to the Pen: Stephen Strasburg Who? How the Nationals Will Be Fine Without Their Ace – Part One: What if I were to tell you the Washington Nationals could – and should – be World Series favorites even after the...
• 8/16 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: Belatedly, and most imperfectly…. @Orioles 5, Red Sox 3: For 5-1/3 innings, all Baltimore could do with Aaron Cook‘s...
• 8/16 The Baseball Page: Felix Hernandez Perfect: King for a Day, Perfect Forever Felix Hernandez Throws a Perfect Game   Felix...
• 8/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer deals: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed four hits and two walks while fanning 10 in seven shutout innings to beat the Minnesota...[+] Twins Wednesday, Aug. 15.
• 8/15 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Starter Re-Writing Tigers Record Book: Justin Verlander is easily one of the best pitchers in the game. It’s a good argument to have, after all, Felix Hernandez...
• 8/15 The Baseball Page: A.L. Cy Young watch, August: After a hot July, the MLB season has now gone into August.  With the...
• 8/15 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers – Game 117: Positive Recap From Mellie. You will get not get a positive outlook from me. I know most people disagree with my assessment, even...
• 8/13 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Stats that are Hard to Believe: 1. Mike Trout has scored 88 runs in 92 games played 2. 36 year-old David Ortiz, just one of many Red Sox to land on the DL...
• 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...
• 8/11 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes: Wild-card contenders: [I couldn't finish last night and had tech troubles this morning, so here it is for whatever it's worth by now.] @Angels 6, Mariners...
• 8/11 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Manny Machado Hits 2 HR’s in Orioles Win over Royals: Playing in only his second major league game, Manny Machado slammed a pair of home runs and had four RBI to help the Orioles...
• 8/10 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Detroit Tigers (60-52) @ Texas Rangers (65-45): The Detroit Tigers had struggled through the early part of the season but seem to have put something together. However, after...
• 8/10 Nolan Writin': Scott Feldman An Unlikely Hero: As the Rangers (65-45) head into a home series against the surging, we-knew-they’d-turn-it-around Tigers (60-52), I had...
• 8/6 High Heat Stats: Game notes is back — tanned, rested & ready: Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the interwebs…. @Tigers 10, Indians 8: Three runs down, two outs and none...
• 8/6 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review:   The White Sox acquired Kevin Youkilis, Brett Myers, and Francisco Liriano in advance of last Tuesday’s trade deadline,...
• 8/6 WahoosOnFirst: Tigers Walk Off in 10-8 Tribe Loss, Indians Drop Ninth Straight: A valiant comeback attempt ended up to be for naught Sunday afternoon as the Cleveland Indians dropped their ninth straight game...
• 8/5 Baseball News Source: Tigers Acquire Jeff Baker – Add More Punch Against Lefties: Looking for a left-handed bat to bolster their bench, the Detroit Tigers acquired the versatile Jeff Baker from the Chicago Cubs...
• 8/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Tribe Sees Victory Slide Right Through Their Fingers; Tigers 10, Indians 8: By Christian Petrila The nightmare just continues for the Indians. They dropped their ninth straight game in gut-wrenching fashion...
• 8/5 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...
• 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/31: The so called "aces" of the Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester and Josh Beckett, have combined for 10 wins this season. Daniel Bard,...

• 7/31 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 7/31: The so called "aces" of the Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester and Josh Beckett, have combined for 10 wins this season. Daniel Bard,...
• 7/30 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Detroit TigersThe Advanced Scout refreshes his Twitter constantly for trade news as he analyzes the Detroit Tigers...
• 7/30 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/30: After taking two-of-three in the Bronx, the Boston Red Sox return home to historic Fenway Park for a 10-game homestand. Tonight,...
• 7/30 SOX & Dawgs: Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 7/30-8/1: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Monday, July 30 @ 7:10 PM Max Scherzer, RHP (10-5, 4.49) vs Clay Buchholz,...
• 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...
• 7/30 SOX & Dawgs: Detroit Tigers @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups: 7/30-8/1: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Monday, July 30 @ 7:10 PM Max Scherzer, RHP (10-5, 4.49) vs Clay Buchholz,...
• 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...
• 7/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer on a roll: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer is 5-1 with a 2.77 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 52 innings in his last eight starts, and he allowed...[+] just two runs in seven innings in a win Thursday, July 26. 'Max has started to figure some things out and correct some things in flight,' manager Jim Leyland said. 'I think that's helped him. I think he's a little more mature now.' Scherzer is averaging 94 mph with his fastball and his slider has been more consistent recently.
• 7/26 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Cardinals 3, Dodgers 2 (12): Rafael Furcal had the game-winning hit, giving him 2 of their 4 walk-offs this year. But my focus...
• 7/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #98: Detroit Tigers (52-45) at Cleveland Indians (49-48): By Mike Brandyberry Tuesday evening the Indians used six dominant innings from Ubaldo Jimenez and a squeeze play bunt by Aaron...
• 7/26 WahoosOnFirst: Asdrubal’s Errors Haunt Tribe in 5-3 Loss to Tigers: Derek Lowe struggled with his command and Asdrubal Cabrera made a pair of costly errors Wednesday night as the Tigers evened the...
• 7/26 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...
• 7/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer on a hot streak: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer won his fourth straight decision Wednesday, July 25. He allowed two runs in seven innings and struck...[+] out eight to defeat the Cleveland Indians. He has won nine of 11 decisions and has struck out 35 in 32 innings during his four-game winning streak.
• 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 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 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...
• 7/20 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Williams Struggles as Angels Lose Three of Four in Detroit: The Angels will head into this weekend’s Texas series losers of four of five as the they lost the finale of their series...
• 7/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer picks up victory : Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed one run on three hits in seven innings against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Thursday,...[+] July 19, to pick up his ninth win of the season. He struck out nine batters and walked four in the game.
• 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 MLBeef.com: Baseball: The week that was…July 17th, 2012: Posted on July 15, 2012 by Taylor We might as well play the trade deadline out on a game show. Despite only 3 days of games...
• 7/19 District Sports Page: Fantasy baseball: Second half targets and pickups: As we come out of the All-Star break, it is time to reassess where our teams are. Do we have a chance to get into the money? Do...
• 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....
• 7/15 Seedlings to Stars: Salvador Perez: Another Piece of KC’s Puzzle Falls Into Place: For several years now, it seems as though baseball talking heads on TV  always argue the Royals are a “young club loaded...
• 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...
• 7/10 The Cardinal Nation Blog: Barret Browning’s historic perfect start: To begin his MLB career, the St. Louis Cardinals reliever has gone four games of 4 1/3 innings without allowing a single baserunner,...
• 7/8 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes … and 3 days to catch our breath: “Who am I?” In my 9th year, and 3 years after being jettisoned by my original team, I currently have career highs...
• 7/8 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts Pre All Star Break:   Alas, half of the 2012 baseball season is over, and as we all head to the All Star break, a few thoughts. ———-...
• 7/7 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 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Interested In Matt Garza: The Tigers have interest in Matt Garza, Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports reports (Twitter links). The Cubs recently scouted Detroit's...
• 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...
• 7/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer doing better: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (hamstring) played 'more than light catch' Tuesday, July 3, and he was feeling much better. Scherzer...[+] said he was strong enough to make the start, but the team made the move to skip him as a precaution. He'll make his next start against the Kansas City Royals Sunday, July 8.
• 7/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer will not start Tuesday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (hamstring) will not start Tuesday, July 3, due to a sore left hamstring. He is still scheduled...[+] to work Sunday, July 8, against the Kansas City Royals.

• 6/28 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 76: Rays Continue To Slide, Fall To Tigers:   Rays starter James Shields tied a Tampa bay pitching record tonight. Unfortunately, this was not a positive. Miguel Cabrera...
• 6/25 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tiger Monday Morning Manager: Last Week: 3-3 This Week: at Tex (6/25-27); at TB (6/28-7/1) So, What Happened? Interleague play is done for 2012, and for the...
• 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: Detroit Tiger Monday Morning Manager: Last Week: 3-3 This Week: at Tex (6/25-27); at TB (6/28-7/1) So, What...
• 6/25 The Baseball Page: Tiger Trade Rumors: It’s almost July, and in the world of the Detroit Tigers and Major...
• 6/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: Lincoln leads way to another win: The Pirates sent another full house home happy on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Tigers 4-1 for the second straight game. They...
• 6/23 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 70 Recap - Pirates 4, Tigers 1: It is really starting to feel like in these recaps I am coming on and saying a lot of the same things recently and it feels great...
• 6/23 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Tigers Bats Quiet vs Lincoln: The Pittsburgh Pirates ran out Brad Lincolnvs the Tigers today to give him a chance to be the starter Clint Hurdle and the team...
• 6/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer pitches well after tough week: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer made his scheduled start Saturday, June 23, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He allowed three earned...[+] runs, three hits and a walk while striking out seven batters over six innings in the loss. Scherzer was pitching with a heavy heart after his 24-year-old brother Alex passed away earlier this week.
• 6/23 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Tigers: Tigers (34-36) at Pirates (37-32) 4:05 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports Early start...
• 6/23 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 70 - Tigers:  Pirates (37-32) vs Tigers (34-36)4:05 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsPNC Park - Pittsburgh, PAStarting PitchersPittsburgh - Brad Lincoln...
• 6/23 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers – Game 70: Things you need to read. First off you need to read Mellie’s interview with Clint Hurdle.  Then you should read her recap...
• 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 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 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 68 Recap - Pirates 9, Twins 1: My oh my, that was a fun game to watch. I know I have said this a couple times already this season maybe and I am sure I will...
• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer electric in win: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed seven hits and no walks while fanning 12 in eight shutout innings to beat the Colorado...[+] Rockies Sunday, June 17.
• 6/17 High Heat Stats: Sunday supplement — now with 60% game coverage!: Orioles 2, @Braves 0: A day after Jason Hammel‘s 1-hitter left him at 7-2, Wei-Yin Chen attained the same record with...
• 6/17 Baseball Musings: Max K: Max Scherzer strikes out 12 Rockies as he pitches eight shutout innings as the Tigers win 5-0. Max did not walk a batter and allowed...
• 6/13 High Heat Stats: Tuesday tidbits: Nationals 4, @Blue Jays 2: Jose Bautista homered, doubled, and reached in all 4 trips — but the rest of the Jays got just...
• 6/12 Obstructed View: Series Preview: Detroit Tigers (28-32) at Chicago Cubs (20-40): The Tigers were the easy favorite to dominate the mediocre AL Central. They added Prince Fielder to a team that won the division...
• 6/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: June 11 – June 17This week's AL pitching planner features a lot of decent options and only a couple risky ones....
• 6/7 High Heat Stats: A smattering of Wednesday games: Wish I had more time for this. Here I try to cover some of the teams that don’t always make it into the roundup. @Diamondbacks...
• 6/7 WahoosOnFirst: Indians Outslug Tigers in 9-6 Victory: Cleveland’s bats came alive Wednesday night as the Indians clobbered Max Scherzer and the Tigers 9-6 at Comerica Park Wednesday...
• 6/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Brantley Homers, Damon Returns, Tribe Wins In Motown; Indians 9, Tigers 6: By Evan Matsumoto When somebody calls, you answer. That’s exactly what Cleveland and Detroit did for nine innings as the Indians...
• 6/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #55: Cleveland Indians (29-25) at Detroit Tigers (25-30): By Mike Brandyberry After an eight day layoff, Ubaldo Jimenez looked like the pitcher the Indians traded for eleven months ago...

• 5/31 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/31: After sealing the series with their third straight win, the Boston Red Sox look for the sweep tonight in the final game of a...
• 5/31 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/31: After sealing the series with their third straight win, the Boston Red Sox look for the sweep tonight in the final game of a...
• 5/31 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Most teams get this Thursday off, with only three games on the schedule. The Tigers and Red Sox finish their series with Max Scherzer...
• 5/31 Baseball Musings: Talking to Scherzer: David Laurila talked to Max Scherzer about his high BABIP: “I’m aware of the luck in [BABIP], but at the same time, you can’t...
• 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...
• 5/28 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: 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...
• 5/27 FanSided: Live Chat Recap: In case you missed it, MCB held its first live chat on Friday at 4 PM. We have another one scheduled for Monday, June 4 around...
• 5/26 Baseball Musings: Defensive Inefficiency: Josh Worn writes about the poor Tigers defense: Defensive efficiency measures the percentage of batted balls in play that are...
• 5/24 FanSided: MLB Power Rankings: Boston Red Sox in top half: The Call to the Pen staff assembled their power rankings and brought them together for another addition of our weekly rankings....
• 5/24 Motor City Bengals: The Detroit LOBsters: As the famous (fictional) Michigander Karl Welzein would say “sick of this, you guys”.  Watching last night’s...
• 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...
• 5/21 Throw the Challenge Flag: Pittsburgh Pirates Quarter Season Review: Opening Day seems like just days ago but that is not the case. We are a quarter of the way through baseball season and it's time...
• 5/20 Operation Shutdown: Strikeouts to the Max, BUCS LOSE: (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images)Scherzer fans 15 Bucs, Tigers win 4-3WP: Max Scherzer (3-3)LP: Kevin Correia (1-5)S: Joaquin...
• 5/20 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game Day 41 Recap - Tigers 4, Pirates 3: Just a frustrating game. The Pirates struck out 17 times in the game. Tigers starter Max Scherzer accounted for 15 of those strikeouts...
• 5/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs whiff in rubber match: The Pirates had a great chance to steal a victory today in Detroit, but a mess of a seventh inning quickly put them on the wrong...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer strikes out 15 in victory: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed two runs on four hits in seven innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday, May 20, to...[+] pick up his third win of the season. He struck out a career-high 15 batters and walked one in the game.
• 5/20 Baseball Musings: Maxed Out: Max Scherzer strikes out 15 Pirates in seven innings, walking just one as the Tigers squeak by the Pirates 4-3. He’s now...
• 5/20 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Pirates, Manny, Luebke, Luhnow: Some links from around the league on a day when Max Scherzer became the first pitcher since 1988 to induce 15 swinging strikeouts...
• 5/20 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 41 - Tigers: Pirates (19-21) at Tigers (19-21)1:05 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsComerica Park - Detroit, MIStarting PitchersPittsburgh - Kevin Correia...
• 5/20 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers – Game 41: Yesterday was a pretty good game if you’re a Pirates fan.  Minus the Jason Grilli hiccup the bullpen was good, the Pirates...
• 5/20 The "Mc" Effect: McLouth, Correia, and Questionable Decisions: The Pirate are in Detroit wrapping up a three games series today. They managed to ride Andrew McCutchen to a victory last night...
• 5/20 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Tigers: Pirates (19-21) at Tigers (19-21) 1:05 PM EST–Comerica Park, Detroit Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The Pirates...
• 5/18 Buccos Buzz: Pirates at Detroit Tigers Series Preview: Interleague Play Begins: Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers - The Pittsburgh Pirates (18-20) visit Detroit to take on the Tigers (18-20) for the finale...
• 5/18 FanSided: MLB Power Rankings: Cleveland Indians rising: The Call to the Pen staff assembled their power rankings and brought them together for another addition of our weekly rankings....
• 5/17 FanSided: Demand More Than Average, But Don’t Bail Yet : Frustrating, average, disappointing, stale, depressing, awful, unpredictable, disgraceful, inexcusable, and plain old bad—just...
• 5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer posts terrible stat line: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed six runs - five earned - and eight hits with three walks in just four innings in a no-decision...[+] Tuesday, May 15, against the Chicago White Sox. He needed 99 pitches to record the 12 outs. 'When he's really trying to make a nasty pitch, I think he has the tendency to overthrow it,' manager Jim Leyland said. 'Fortunately, we came back and picked him up.'
• 5/13 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: May 14 – May 20: Like their NL counterparts, the AL also has a full slate of games for all its teams, giving you numerous two-start choices for...
• 5/11 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Tigers @ A’s Game 32: I was in Baltimore to watching the Baltimore Orioles fall to the Texas Rangers, but in Oakland the A’s fell to the Detroit...
• 5/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer cruises to Thursday win: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed two runs on five hits over 6 1/3 innings, with nine strikeouts, in a 10-6 win over the...[+] Oakland Athletics on Thursday, May 10.
• 5/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer hurls quality start Saturday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed one run on four hits over seven innings in a no-decision against the Chicago White Sox...[+] Saturday, May 5, with no walks and nine strikeouts.
• 5/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Found flaw in Max Scherzer's delivery: Detroit Tigers pitching coach Jeff Jones believes he found a flaw in SP Max Scherzer's delivery that contributed to his seven...[+] walks in his start over the weekend. 'We're trying to get him to keep his hands more in the middle of his body as opposed to taking them behind him,' Jones said. 'He's gotten into a little bit of a habit of carrying them behind his body too far. That affects his lead arm getting on the target and staying there long enough.'

• 4/30 Motor City Bengals: No Precedent For Drew Smyly’s First Four Starts: The Detroit Tigers pitching staff is floundering. As I write this, Max … [visit site to read more]No Precedent For Drew...
• 4/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer won't be sent downDetroit Tigers skipper Jim Leyland said the team will not be sending SP Max Scherzer to the minors....[+] Detroit Tigers skipper Jim Leyland said the team will not be sending SP Max Scherzer to the minors.
• 4/30 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Scherzer, Jackson, Inge: The Orioles no-hit the Tigers on this date in 1967, but Detroit walked ten times and still managed a 2-1 win. Here are some Tigers-related...
• 4/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: CC Sabathia and Curtis Granderson lead the Yankees past the Tigers, 6-2: Coming into Sunday’s game you got the feeling that the Yankees could put the Tigers away, if the Bombers could just get...
• 4/29 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: April 29, 2012, Tigers vs. Yankees (Rubber Match!): The last two Yankee games have been as exciting as any this season. Friday the Yankees rallied back twice to win it in the 9th....
• 4/28 YankeeAnalysts.com: PITCHf/x Scouting Report: Max Scherzer: The Tigers will send right handed pitcher Max Scherzer to the mound for the rubber game of this matchup. The 27 year old was...
• 4/27 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY THE YANKEES HAVE REVENGE ON THEIR MINDS: The Detroit Tigers (10-9) roll into the Bronx this evening to play the first of a three game series.  The Yankees...
• 4/27 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit’s changing of the guard: Hockeytown to Tigertown: Since the mid-1990s, everyone has known who owns the city of Detroit. With Stanley Cup titles in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008, the...
• 4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer's struggles continue: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed five runs on 10 hits and two walks while fanning six in five innings in his loss to the...[+] Seattle Mariners Tuesday, April 24. He's now 1-2 with an 8.24 ERA.
• 4/23 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: April 23 – April 29: With 3 weeks in the books, we are starting to get a feel for which teams have good offenses (Texas, Yankees, Cleveland and Toronto)...
• 4/22 The Golden Sombrero: Golden Sombrero: Adam Dunn (4/13/2012): Date: April 13, 2012 vs. Detroit Tigers Bottom 1: Adam Dunn struck out swinging against Max Scherzer (8 pitches) Bottom 4: Dunn...
• 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...
• 4/19 The Daily Catch: Where the Tigers Stand After Two Weeks: This article is courtesy of our friends at Tiger Tales Written by: Lee Panas After a sweep of the Royals at Kansas City, the Tigers...
• 4/19 Baseball Daily Digest: Visions of 2012: The truth is, I was destined to be special from birth. I was delivered by a midwife on our old couch in the living room. It was...
• 4/17 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 High Heat Stats: Monday morning action & random stuff: In the annual Patriots Day game in Fenway, Daniel Bard issued 7 walks (a new game high for this year) in 6.2 innings. His last...
• 4/14 FanSided: Tigers Try To Even Up Series Today: It was bound to happen. The Tigers questionable defense reared it's ugly head in the 8th inning yesterday, helping put a close...
• 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...
• 4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer fans 11 in loss: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer gave up five hits and three runs while striking out 11 and walking one to lose to the Chicago White...[+] Sox in six innings Friday, April 13.
• 4/13 Baseball Musings: Dealing In Chicago: Through 4 1/2 innings, Max Scherzer of Detroit and Jake Peavy of the White Sox have combined for 15 K without issuing a walk....
• 4/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer feeling great: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (illness), who has been fighting an upper-respiratory illness this week, said he's feeling great...[+] and will make his start versus the Chicago White Sox Friday, April 13.
• 4/11 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers – Monday Morning ManagerDetroit Tigers - Monday Morning Manager...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer trying to fix flaw: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer's disappointing first start of the season was due to the fact that he's still in the process of...[+] trying to fix a flaw in his mechanics that he noticed in his final spring start. 'He hadn't had to pitch out of the stretch basically all spring, because he threw the ball well,' C Alex Avila said. 'And that just kind of got him out of sync. He was falling behind guys, walking guys, and that just kind of carried over. We just weren't able to make the adjustment.'
• 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......
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Two flipped: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer was moved up a day and will pitch Friday, April 13. SP Adam Wilk will start Saturday, April 14....[+]
• 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 FanSided: Your New Look Cardiac Cats: So the Tigers opened up the 2012 regular season in style: 3 games, 3 wins. No one will ever complain about that. [caption id="attach......
• 4/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer roughed up: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer was pounded for seven runs on eight hits and two walks in just 2 2/3 innings in a no-decision Sunday,...[+] April 8, against the Boston Red Sox. 'He just had a horrible day,' manager Jim Leyland said. 'He was way out of sync, making bad pitches, his control wasn't good. He just had one of those days. There's really no explanation for it. Sometimes it just isn't your day, and today certainly wasn't his day.'
• 4/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Tigers thrown a curveball with Fister’s injury: This wasn’t how this was supposed to go. Doug Fister was just heating up in the fourth inning of his first start when he missed...
• 4/8 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 4/8: Is this a case of here we go again for the Boston Red Sox and Josh Beckett? Last year the Red Sox started the season 0-6....
• 4/8 Talkin Sox with Dan: Pre-game Notes on Easter Sunday: —I wonder if Tito thinks it is as funny as I do that Nick Punto will be batting in the leadoff this afternoon in Detroit....
• 4/8 SOX & Dawgs: Morning Red Sox Delight - 4/8: Is this a case of here we go again for the Boston Red Sox and Josh Beckett? Last year the Red Sox started the season 0-6....
• 4/8 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Today’s post should be brought to you by Scrabble®. Clay Buchholz returns from an injury shortened 2011 to face Max Scherzer...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer might start Friday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer might be moved up one day to pitch Friday, April 13, against the Chicago White Sox in place of...[+] the injured SP Doug Fister (side).
• 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...
• 4/5 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 Fragile Freddy's: AL Central - A Look Ahead: OK, with Opening Day today it is time to put pen to paper and lay out some predictions.  I covered all thirty teams over...
• 4/4 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....

• 3/31 Philly Phanatics: MLB season preview: American League Central: Ron Opher doesn't pull any punches as he previews each Major League Baseball division. Instead of giving us a bunch of "ifs,"...
• 3/30 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB preseason power rankings: Since the St. Louis Cardinals won the 2011 World Series, there has been a great bit of activity in the baseball world. Any idea...
• 3/30 The 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...
• 3/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How To Defeat the Autopick in an Auction Draft: You are 3 picks away from you turn, and the player that you want is the 2nd best player listed. You look at the teams in front...
• 3/21 Through The Fence Baseball: Day five: Doubling the pleasure, doubling the fun:   I’ve been wearing my Detroit Tigers gear everywhere I go on this Grapefruit League tour. Most of my conversations...
• 3/14 The Daily Catch: Recap: Spring Training Game 11 – Prince Homers, Mets Lose 7-6: This article is courtesy of our friends at Mets Chronicle Written by: Dominick DiFucci Final Score: Detroit 7, Mets 6 Prince Fielder...
• 3/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer sharp in longest spring outing yet: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed just one hit and no runs in 3 1/3 innings of work in a Grapefruit League start against...[+] the Philadelphia Phillies Friday, March 9. It was his longest outing of spring training so far.
• 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...
• 3/6 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...

• 2/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer changed routine: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer started throwing earlier this offseason. Normally, he doesn't start throwing until New Year's Day,...[+] but this year he started throwing Dec. 1 to keep his arm loose. 'I'm so much further ahead than I was last year,' Scherzer said.
• 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...
• 2/24 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...
• 2/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer looks to add two-seam fastball: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer dedicated the entire offseason re-learning a pitch he has struggled to command since he came out...[+] of college, the two-seam fastball. 'I've just never had control over it or a feel for where it would end up,' Scherzer said. 'I knew I needed to dedicate a whole offseason and just throw it every single day. If I can hit you in the chest, I'm getting a feel for it.' Scherzer possesses an electric fastball, slider and changeup. He said the goal is to throw two-seamers inside to right-handed hitters in an effort to jam batters and induce ground balls.
• 2/17 Tyler's Think Tank: AL Central Preview: 1st Place-Detroit Tigers 2011 Record: 95-67 2011 Pythagorean: 89-73 2012 Projected: 97-65 Word on the street is that they...
• 2/17 Bus League Baseball: All-Time MLB Draft: Round 23 (Picks 1101-1150): At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history,...
• 2/13 Fragile Freddy's: Players to Watch - American Leage: Today I start my two week long look around the game with a look at the American League’s Players to Watch.  These are players...
• 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...
• 2/12 Tyler's Think Tank: Players Entering Age 27 Seasons: The general consensus among baseball pundits is that a player's prime covers his age 25-29 seasons, even if the steroid era has...
• 2/7 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...

• 1/25 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Fielder, Cespedes, Boesch: The Tigers agreed to sign Prince Fielder to the biggest contract in franchise history and the fourth biggest in MLB history less...
• 1/25 YankeeAnalysts.com: For Those Who Dissent, Our Fifth Starter Should Be AJ Burnett: Despite all that I’ve found, all that I’ve read, and all the optimistic data I’ve calculated, there is nothing that will...
• 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...
• 1/22 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: There was no shortage of news this week but MLBTR also delivered a great deal of original content and reporting.. The Nationals...
• 1/19 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...
• 1/19 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Damon, Cespedes, Turner: The Tigers announced this week that Victor Martinez is likely to miss the 2012 season with a torn ACL and though GM Dave Dombrowski...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer termsUpdating a previous report, Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer signed a one-year, $3.75 million deal....[+] Updating a previous report, Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer signed a one-year, $3.75 million deal.
• 1/17 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Avoid Arbitration With All Eligible: Over the last two days, the Detroit Tigers have signed all of Rick Porcello, Phil Coke, Don Kelly, Delmon Young, and Max Scherzer...
• 1/16 Baseball Daily Digest: Deadly Accurate: AL Central: Our review of Baseball Prospectus’ 2011 PECOTA projections continues with the hits and misses of the American League Central,...
• 1/16 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Avoid Arbitration With Rick Porcello: The Tigers avoided arbitration with starter Rick Porcello, MLBTR has learned, agreeing to a one-year deal worth $3.1MM.  Porcello...
• 1/7 The Daily Catch: Porcello, Scherzer, Coke, Kelly and Young Due To Submit Arbitration Numbers: This article is courtesy of our friends at Bless You Boys Written by: Tigerdog1 Five Tigers are eligible for arbitration this...
• 1/2 MLBTradeRumors: Extension Candidate: Justin Masterson: The Indians have extended starting pitchers C.C. Sabathia, Jake Westbrook, Cliff Lee, and Fausto Carmona in the last decade,...

• 12/29 Raising Matt Cain: Twelve for 2012: The Freak: Tim Lincecum was the tenth player taken in the 2006 June amateur draft and took the hill for the Giants in 2007 after only 13...
• 12/27 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligible Extension Candidates: From Matt Moore to Chris Carpenter, extensions for players not eligible for arbitration happen all the time.  More commonly,...
• 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 Phillies Nation: Tigers Don’t Have the Money for Jimmy: UPDATE, 4:22 pm: Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com says the rumors that the Tigers were involved in talks for Rollins are untrue. Hilarious...

• 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 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...
• 11/22 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...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Return to Fall Classic: As much as I hate to pat myself on the back, I will acknowledge that I correctly predicted on this blog the Rangers would defeat...
• 11/16 Tyler's Think Tank: League Championship Series Both 3-2: The ALCS currently stands with the Texas Rangers poised to repeat as American League champs, as they hold a 3-2 advantage over...
• 11/8 i70baseball.com: Giavotella Named to Topps Triple-A All-Star TeamStorm Chasers’ second baseman adds to season of accolades...

• 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...
• 10/18 The Captain's Blog: Learning on the Fly: A Look at Starters in Their Postseason Debut: The Yankees and Tigers resume their ALDS showdown with what should have been the series opener, but has now developed into a pivotal...
• 10/16 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Return to Fall Classic: As much as I hate to pat myself on the back, I will acknowledge that I correctly predicted on this blog the Rangers would defeat...
• 10/16 mlbreports.com : The Texas Rangers are Heading Back to the World Series:   Sunday October 16, 2011     MLB reports – Sam Evans:  On Saturday night, Nelson Cruz and the Rangers advanced...
• 10/16 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 Tyler's Think Tank: League Championship Series Both 3-2: The ALCS currently stands with the Texas Rangers poised to repeat as American League champs, as they hold a 3-2 advantage over...
• 10/15 B-R Blog: Penny for your thoughts, Jim Leyland: Are Joaquin Benoit, Jose Valverde and Al Alburquerque all hurt? There can be no other excuse for Jim Leyland bringing Brad Penny...
• 10/15 Call to the Pen: What a Max Scherzer Victory in game 6 would mean…other than game 7: The big three-team deal of 2009 involving the Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks and New York Yankees has probably been analyzed...
• 10/15 mlbreports.com : Tony La Russa Manages the Cards to One Win Away From the World Series: Saturday October 15, 2011   MLB reports – Jonathan Hacohen:  Only one game on the schedule last night- but it was a big...
• 10/15 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Rangers play their second match point as they return to Texas to host Detroit in game six of the ALCS. Max Scherzer faces...
• 10/13 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...
• 10/11 My Pinstripes: Baseball Digest | Cruz Missile Puts Texas In Command: The baseball post-season is all about do-overs. You can have a rotten regular season and then become a hero in October. You can...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: That Hurt:     I’m glad the Lions are 5-0 now, and doubly glad that they provided something to cheer me and all the other...
• 10/10 Fragile Freddy's: LCS Update: Both LCSes are in full bloom.  Let’s check in;ALCS – Texas 2 – Detroit 0- People who complained regularly about Terry...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: One Batter Too Many: Max Scherzer comes out for the seventh, and gives up a lead-off home run to Nelson Cruz. The ball hit high up on the foul pole...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Texas Threat: Elvis Andrus and Josh Hamilton walk and single to start the bottom of the sixth inning. The Rangers have men on first and second...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: End of Five: Things settled down since the big inning by the Tigers in the top of the third. Scott Feldman has not allowed a hit or a walk...
• 10/10 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap for Sunday October 9th and MLB Notes: Monday October 10, 2011   Sam Evans (Intern – MLB reports):  There turned out to only be one game on Sunday, nonetheless...
• 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...
• 10/10 My Pinstripes: Baseball Digest | Tigers Need Max Effort From Scherzer In Game 2: Max Scherzer has been here before, in fact less than a week ago. Detroit Tigers’ ace Justin Verlander pitched one inning...
• 10/10 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Tigers and Rangers play game two of the ALCS a day late in Arlington with Max Scherzer facing Derek Holland. Max made three...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: Round Up The Cougars, Clete Thomas Could Be Back:   Along with the cancellation of game 2 today, out came the news that Magglio Ordonez is done for the season after re-breaking...
• 10/9 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: Cardinals and Brewers open the NLCS with a 4:05 PM EDT start in Milwaukee. Jaime Garcia and Zack Greinke square off in game one....
• 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 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE DAY THE LAUGHTER DIED: We were in the Bronx. We were with our family, in pinstripes, bleeding blue, ready for the Yankees to beat the Tigers and advance...
• 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 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 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...
• 10/6 Baseball Musings: Scherzer In: The Tigers go to a starter out of the bullpen as Max Scherzer enters the game in the bottom of the sixth with a 3-1 lead over...
• 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...
• 10/4 It's About the Money (Stupid): I also believe in A. J. Burnett. Here’s why.: 1.) He's due to pull a Max Scherzer. While Scherzer might be a tad bit younger (like, 7 years), these are not dissimilar pitchers....
• 10/4 My Pinstripes: Young Homer Puts Season On Arm Of A.J.: First cliche of the day - the Yankees have their backs to the wall. That's because Monday night, the Detroit Tigers' Delmon Young...
• 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 The Captain's Blog: Learning on the Fly: A Look at Starters in Their Postseason Debut: The Yankees and Tigers resume their ALDS showdown with what should have been the series opener, but has now developed into a pivotal...
• 10/3 mlbreports.com : 2011 MLB Playoffs: Recap Sunday October 2nd: Monday October 3, 2011 Sam Evans (Intern – MLB reports):  The first Sunday of postseason baseball didn’t have any letdowns...
• 10/3 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Bullpen at Disadvantage for Game Three: After the completion of Game One on Saturday, the Detroit Tigers were facing a daunting task. They were offering up right hander...
• 10/3 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Division Series Sunday Recaps: Friends and visitors, let's try something a little different today. Tigers 5, Yankees 3 Series tied 1-1 Heroes: Max Scherzer silenced...
• 10/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): ALDS Game Two: Tigers 5, Yankees 3: For the third day in a row, Yankee Stadium saw playoff baseball as the Tigers and Yankees played Game 2 of the ALDS.  Detroit...
• 10/3 El Maquino: ‘PEN AND CLUTCH BATS SAVE TLR’S EXPERIMENT: > Tony LaRussa took a major risk in starting Chris Carpenter on only three games’ rest, and after the first two innings,...
• 10/2 Bleeding Yankee Blue: ONE GAME AT A TIME: (Photo: AP)The Yankee Stadium crowd was hushed today by Max Scherzer, doing his best Cy Young impersonation. Look, Scherzer is...
• 10/2 Call to the Pen: We’re Going to Detroit – Keys for games 3 and 4: Robinson Cano’s six RBIs in game one catapulted the Yankees to a victory in game one, while a brilliant effort from Max Scherzer...
• 10/2 My Pinstripes: Scherzer Keeps Yankees Offense Below Their Max: It was an ugly day in the Bronx Sunday afternoon and I'm not talking about the two hard downpours of rain that took place during...
• 10/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Scherzer dominates Yankees once again as Tigers knot ALDS at one game apiece: The tone of the second game of the Yankees-Tigers 2011 ALDS was set almost immediately, as Miguel Cabrera blasted an opposite...
• 10/2 Yankees Daily: Tigers win 5-3 as comeback falls short for Yankees in Ninth: NEW YORK (AP) — This is no time for the New York Yankees to stop hitting. Justin Verlander is on deck for Detroit, and...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Dinner Rally: In the time it took me to eat dinner, the Yankees scored two run in the bottom of the ninth, cutting the Tigers lead to 5-3. New...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Scherzer Exits: In the bottom of the seventh, the Yankees start the inning with a walk and a single, and Max Scherzer departs in favor of Joaquin...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Cano Connects: Robinson Cano dumps a single into shallow left field near the foul line for the first hit of the game for the Yankees. That breaks...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Wild in the Fifth: Max Scherzer gets Nick Swisher looking leading off the fifth, but then walks Jorge Posada and hits Russell Martin. The Yankees...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Scherzer Holds Yankees Hitless: Max Scherzer walked two batters in the first inning, but that’s all the base runners the Yankees earned so far. Through...
• 10/2 Bleeding Yankee Blue: 2011 ALDS YANKEES VS. TIGERS GAME 2 PREVIEW: (Photo: AP)Last night's resumption of Game 1 was awesome. Ivan Nova proved to everyone he can pitch on the big stage against...
• 10/2 Yankees Daily: 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 Motor City Bengals: Game 2 Thoughts: Yes, being down 0-1 isn’t as ideal as winning the 1st game. But let’s give credit where it is due, and Ivan Nova was...
• 10/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Rain Doesn’t Stop the Yankees from Grabbing ALDS Lead: The rain may have slowed them, but it won’t stop them as the Yankees took two days to beat the Tigers 9-3 to jump out...
• 10/2 It's About the Money (Stupid): Sunday Gunslingers: Which Max Scherzer is it?: Their seasons have been superficially similar: But while The Chief has been the picture of consistency, Max Scherzer still...
• 10/2 It's About the Money (Stupid): ALDS Game 2: Freddy’s Big Game: Every game is important in a playoff series, especially a best-of-five series, but Game 2 might be the most important one. It's...
• 10/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2011 ALDS | Game 3 2 Preview | Freddy Garcia vs. Max Scherzer: Note: This was obviously written prior to Friday’s rainout, and so you’ll have to disregard anything about Garcia...
• 10/2 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Tigers and Yankees play game two of their best of five series a day late due to rain. Max Scherzer and Freddy Garcia take...
• 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 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 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...

• 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 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...
• 9/29 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 It's About the Money (Stupid): Garcia to start Game 3 of ALDS: Speculate no longer, friends, after last night's unbelievably amazing conclusion loss, manager Joe Girardi confirmed that Freddy...
• 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...
• 9/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview: Cleveland (80-81) vs. Detroit (94-67): By Matt Van Wormer One-hundred sixty-one down, one to go.  The Cleveland Indians will wrap up the 2011 campaign trying to hold...
• 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 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...
• 9/25 Future Closers: Identifying potential future closers: Baseball America: One valuable tool that I have used over the years to identify potential future closers is Baseball America's Prospect Handbook. Each...
• 9/25 mlbreports.com : How Far Will the Yankees Go in the 2011 Playoffs? Prediction Time: Sunday September 25, 2011     Jeff P (Guest Writer – MLB reports):  The Yankees entered the season with a troubled rotation,...
• 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...
• 9/20 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...
• 9/17 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 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...
• 9/16 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: The Tigers winning streak came to an end as they fell to the Athletics 6-1. The A’s exploited Max Scherzer‘s propensity...
• 9/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Tigers @ A’s Game 150: 7:32PM PDT: David DeJesus belts a home run to right center. A’s take a 3-0 lead. Phew. Was worried with how many men were...
• 9/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: Inside Weaver’s outing against the Yankees: Both Jered Weaver and Dan Haren put on respective pitching clinics last weekend while facing the Yankees, combining to hold the...
• 9/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Tampa Bay arrives in Boston for a four game series, and a sweep of the series puts them in a tie for the AL Wild Card. Jeremy...
• 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...
• 9/6 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,...
• 9/5 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Eligibles: Detroit Tigers: So far in our arbitration eligibles series we've covered all of the AL East: the Orioles, Red Sox, Yankees, Rays, and Blue Jays....
• 9/1 YankeeAnalysts.com: TYA: Mailbag – CURTIS!: Thanks for all of your submissions, folks. Please keep them coming; we’ll certainly address each email as quickly as possible!...

• 8/31 Brotherly Glove: Opening Up the 40-Man Roster: Rosters expand this week, allowing teams to increase the number of players in their dugouts. To qualify as part of the roster...
• 8/30 Motor City Bengals: Apparently Chicken Little is a Tigers Fan: An interesting phenomenon took place in the wake of (and during) the Detroit Tigers’ 9-5 loss to Kansas City last night;...
• 8/22 Baseball Analytics: Curtis Granderson, the right man against lefties: December 9, 2009 was a date that has had a profound affect on three teams that are in first place today. On that date, the Detroit...
• 8/22 For Baseball Junkies: Breakdown of Pitching Staff Contenders: There are just about 40 games to go in the 2011 season, and a playoff picture is starting to take shape. Currently, there are...
• 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...
• 8/19 Baseball Musings: Tigers Hit the Ball Farther: The Tigers extend their AL Central lead to 2 1/2 games as they defeat the Indians 4-1. All four Detroit runs came via three homers....
• 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...
• 8/15 MLBTradeRumors: What Lies Ahead For The Boras Corporation: The Boras Corporation regained the top spot last offseason with big deals for Jayson Werth, Adrian Beltre, Carlos Gonzalez,...
• 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...
• 8/7 Baseball Reality Tour: Ugliest Pitcher Wins of 2011: On Friday night, Jered Weaver and Aaron Harang exemplified what pitcher "Wins" are worth. Weaver wound up with a no-decision...
• 8/4 Fragile Freddy's: The State of the Rotation: So the story du jour is of course the formal announcement that Clay Buchholz is not returning anytime soon.  I think even...

• 7/31 Motor City Bengals: We Get Fister… Tribe Gets Ubaldo Jimenez: Who do you think comes out of this one on top??? The asking price for Ubaldo Jimenez has seemed awfully high, with latest reports...
• 7/31 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Brown, Tigers, Bourn, Mets: Let's take a look at some items as we close in on the 3:00pm (CST) deadline.. Even though he received a number of calls on...
• 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: Ubaldo Jimenez Rumors: Saturday: Yesterday we learned that the Tigers have strong interest in Rockies' ace Ubaldo Jimenez, showing a willingness to include top...
• 7/29 Baseball Reality Tour: Change of Pace Update: About 12 weeks ago, the day after the Wedding of the Year, we did this study to see which pitchers have the largest difference...
• 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...
• 7/27 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 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....
• 7/25 Through The Fence Baseball: The fight in the AL Central: And the winner will be …: Although there are still more than 60 games left in the 2011 season, there seems to be a consensus in the American League: The...
• 7/22 Puckett's Pond: Friday Links:   I should not go to Las Vegas.  The past week is proof of that.  Last week I took a look at the current roster, future...
• 7/22 B-R Blog: 25+ QS Since 2007 By Pitcher 25 Or Younger: Since 2007, through yesterday, how many pitchers had 25+ Quality Starts where they were 25 or younger in that game? Here is the...
• 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...
• 7/15 The Pesky Pole: Detroit Tigers: Fantasy Baseball Preview 2011:  The Detroit Tigers were as mediocre as you can get in 2010, finishing with an 81-81 record which was good for third...
• 7/14 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Have Interest In Beltran, Focused On Pitching: The Tigers have interest in Carlos Beltran, but a source tells Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports that the team is still focused on...
• 7/12 B-R Blog: Random Recap: On the brink of the break: -- Yankees (CC Sabathia) 1, Rays (James Shields) 0: The first regulation game since 2002 in which both pitchers went the distance...
• 7/4 Motor City Bengals: Fans Unhappy that Knapp was Only Coach to Go: When the general manager stepped into Jim Leyland’s office after the game on Sunday, you knew something was up. Dave Dombrowski delivered the...
• 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...

• 6/30 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Eye Starters, Not Jose Reyes: The Tigers aren’t pursuing Jose Reyes, but they are looking at the market for starting pitching, according to Jon Paul Morosi...
• 6/19 Through The Fence Baseball: Tigers to Brewers: It’s on … let’s rumble: I love the smell of interleague in the evening. I know it’s unpo**** and I don’t care. For those of us over here in the American...
• 6/19 B-R Blog: Pop quiz … and a few game notes from Saturday, June 18: Pop quiz: Jon Lester allowed 2 runs in the 1st inning tonight on 2 HRs, but only 1 of the runs was earned. Why? How? Imaginary...
• 6/16 Motor City Bengals: Rapid Reactions: Tigers Reclaim Sole Possession of FirstMax Scherzer was anything but sharp today. While his final line … [visit site to read more]...
• 6/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Tigers and Indians play the rubber game of their series this afternoon, the winner claiming first place in the AL Central....
• 6/14 B-R Blog: Some overrated players in 2011: Here are a few quick lists of some players who might be overrated so far in 2011. First, a few pitchers who have ERA+ values over...
• 6/13 Birds Watcher: Lester & Beckett: All-Star Game Starters?: There was no early season struggles or April slump for Jon Lester to start the 2011 season.  Sure he got roughed up a little...
• 6/9 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Detroit Tigers: Fantasy Baseball Preview 2011:  The Detroit Tigers were as mediocre as you can get in 2010, finishing with an 81-81 record which was good for third...
• 6/7 The World's Worst Sports Blog: Cheap Wins So Far: Chad Billingsley‘s cheap win the other night on a tiny 35 game score, matched by Mat Latos‘ 48 game score cheap win...
• 6/5 Baseball Moves: Week 10 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 10. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
• 6/4 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers: The good, the bad and the ugly: What are the Detroit Tigers? Are they good? Or are they bad? As we approach the 60-game mark of the 2011 season, fans are still...
• 6/2 Bus League Baseball: Welcome to the Show: Major League Debuts From May 26-June 1: As seen below, Houston’s Jordan Lyles made his major league debut against the Cubs this week. The catcher charged with handling...
• 6/1 Motor City Bengals: The Sports Pages: Leyland Eats Crow: “I always turn to the sports pages first, which records man’s accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man’s failures.”...
• 6/1 My Pinstripes: Curtis Granderson Crushes Pitcher's Souls: There are certain players whose abilities you truly don't appreciate until you get to see them on a regular basis. Yankees centerfielder...
• 6/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer puts up ugly stat line: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed seven earned runs and nine hits over 6 2/3 innings in a no-decision Tuesday, May 31, against...[+] the Minnesota Twins. Scherzer was able to salvage the line somewhat with seven strikeouts. He has allowed seven earned runs in each of his past two outings, and his ERA has shot up from 2.98 to 4.38 as a result.

• 5/31 Motor City Bengals: Rapid Reactions: Tigers Hold Off Lowly Twins: Tigers 8, Twins 7 (box) I’m about ready for Max Scherzer to stop giving up a billion and a half home runs every time out....
• 5/30 COSFBA: Ask COSFBA: May 30th, 2011: I get asked fantasy baseball questions on Twitter all the time but this one deserves more than a 140 character response: The...
• 5/30 NY Baseball Digest: Where Would the Yanks Be Without Granderson?: I was skeptical about the Yankees acquisition of Curtis Granderson in the winter of 2009. Although he was a good defensive centerfielder...
• 5/28 Motor City Bengals: Ryan Perry Optioned Out, Tigers Recall Andy Oliver: Left hander Andy Oliver was recalled this morning and will make his season debut for the Tigers this evening in place of injured...
• 5/28 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/27: Don't look now but it appears the Boston Red Sox are finally looking like the team general manager Theo Epstein envisioned before...
• 5/27 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/27: Don't look now but it appears the Boston Red Sox are finally looking like the team general manager Theo Epstein envisioned before...
• 5/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer roughed up: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer surrendered a season-high seven runs and seven hits while walking two in just two-plus innings...[+] to lose to the Boston Red Sox Thursday, May 26, for his second loss of the season. He went fewer than five innings for the first time this year and has now lost consecutive starts after winning his first six decisions.
• 5/26 SOX & Dawgs: Early Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/26: After taking two-of-three in Cleveland, the Boston Red Sox continue their road trip in the AL Central as they are in the Motor...
• 5/26 SOX & Dawgs: Early Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 5/26: After taking two-of-three in Cleveland, the Boston Red Sox continue their road trip in the AL Central as they are in the Motor...
• 5/26 Baseball Happenings: Series Preview - Detroit Tigers: Pitchers:Thursday (1PM start) – Alfredo Aceves (1-0, 2.42) vs. Max Scherzer (6-1, 2.98)Friday – Tim Wakefield (1-1, 4.50)...
• 5/26 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Red Sox travel to Detroit with Alfredo Aceves facing Max Scherzer. Aceves moved from the bullpen to the rotation due to the...
• 5/25 Red Sox Beacon: Game 49: Notes On A Blowout: Batting third in the line up, Adrian Gonzalez flew out for the third out of the top of the first inning. But not before he singled....
• 5/25 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers Pitching Matchups: 5/26-5/29: Thursday, May 26th @ 1:05 PM Alfredo Aceves, RHP (1-0, 2.42) vs Max Scherzer, RHP (6-1, 2.98) TV: NESN, MLB Network, MLB.tv Radio:...
• 5/25 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Detroit Tigers Pitching Matchups: 5/26-5/29: Thursday, May 26th @ 1:05 PM Alfredo Aceves, RHP (1-0, 2.42) vs Max Scherzer, RHP (6-1, 2.98) TV: NESN, MLB Network, MLB.tv Radio:...
• 5/25 MLBTradeRumors: 2012 Contract Issues: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers are next in our 2012 Contract Issues series.  Here's what the team faces after the 2011 season: Eligible For Free...
• 5/22 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Back to .500? Tigers at Pirates: Tigers (22-23) at Pirates (22-23) 1:35 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports, FS-Detroit...
• 5/22 Raise the Jolly Roger: Sellout success: There is nothing like a sold-out PNC Park. The atmosphere around that place Saturday night was something special, and the Pirates...
• 5/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer suffers first loss: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed three earned runs, seven hits and no walks over 5 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts Saturday,...[+] May 21, against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He suffered his first loss of the season as a result.
• 5/21 Buccos Buzz: Karstens Phenomenal, Pirates Bats Come Alive in 10-1 Rout of Tigers: Pittsburgh Pirates starter Jeff Karstens (3-2, 3.32) was stellar in his seventh start of 2011. Karstens allowed just one hit and...
• 5/21 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Full house – Tigers at Pirates: Tigers (22-22) at Pirates (21-23) 7:05 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: None It’s Neil...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer impressing: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (6-0) has a better strikeout ratio (8.3 per nine innings) than Boston Red Sox SP Josh Beckett,...[+] New York Yankees SP CC Sabathia and Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price. 'His stuff at times,' says one scout, 'is the equal of (Justin) Verlander's.'
• 5/19 B-R Blog: Hector Noesi and making your MLB debut with 4+ innings of relief: Last night, Hector Noesi made his major league debut, pitching the last 4 innings of the Yankees' win over the Orioles. (Those...
• 5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer getting ready to hit: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer said he has taken some batting practice in order to get ready for his start against the Pittsburgh...[+] Pirates because he will have to hit during the game. Scherzer said he starts to prepare for a road game against a National League game seven to 10 days before the start.
• 5/17 MLBTradeRumors: Previewing Jaime Garcia's Arbitration Debut: If Jaime Garcia keeps pitching like this, David Price and Clayton Kershaw won’t be the only first-time arbitration eligible...
• 5/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer outstanding in no-decision: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed one unearned run, eight hits and a walk over seven innings in a no-decision Monday, May...[+] 16, against the Toronto Blue Jays. He also struck out two in the 108-pitch quality start. Scherzer still hasn't lost in nine starts.
• 5/16 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Detroit Tigers at the Quarter Pole: With Sunday’s rain out, the Detroit Tigers have completed 40 games of their 162 game schedule. That puts us just about a quarter...
• 5/16 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Will Consider Trades For Hitters: The Tigers will consider trading for an outfield or third base bat, tweets SI's Jon Heyman, though the $15MM salary owed to Mets'...
• 5/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Max Scherzer tries to improve his record to 7-0 Monday night. Photo: Icon SMI. The Yankees trail the Rays by two games as the...
• 5/15 Baseball Moves: Week 7 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 7. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello have starts pushed back: As a result of their rainout against the Kansas City Royals Sunday, May 15, SP Max Scherzer will pitch against the Toronto Blue...[+] Jays Monday, May 16, with SP Rick Porcello pitching Tuesday, May 17.
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Weather seems to be a problem across the eastern half of the United States today so some of these games may not take place. The...
• 5/14 Caught Looking: Tigers on fire: The Tigers are the hottest team in baseball right now winning their past 10 of 11 games, and there’s one main reason for...
• 5/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Verlander’s no-no helps turn the tide for Detroit Tigers: Justin Verlander took the mound in Toronto this past weekend knowing the struggles his team had gone through in the early part...
• 5/12 The Golden Sombrero: Jose Bautista: The Best Hitter in the American League: Robinson Cano, Evan Longoria, Joe Mauer, Josh Hamilton, Miguel Cabrera, etc.  There are a lot of talented...
• 5/10 Motor City Bengals: John Farrell’s Move Backfires in Tigers Rout of Jays: Blue Jays starter Brandon Morrow had it working last night. Well, at least through three innings. He had looked every bit as good...
• 5/9 Baseball Moves: Week 6 – Two Start PitchersClick the article to see the probable two start pitchers for week 6. Assuming the week starts on Monday....
• 5/8 Caught Looking: Verlander throws second no-hitter of career: Just four days after Liriano’s no-hitter, Tigers ace Justin Verlander fired the second no-hitter of his career Saturday...
• 5/8 MLB Fantasy Recon: Ranking Week 7 Two Start Pitchers: Dempster's been my biggest loserRyan Lester over at The Blecaher Report runs through the two start pitchers for week 7, rating...
• 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: Yankees Notes: Russo, Prospects, Granderson: The classic musical **** Yankees opened on Broadway on this day in 1995.  Such noted Broadway stars as Gwen Verdon, Ray Walston...
• 5/5 YankeeAnalysts.com: Max Scherzer goes eight, dominates Yankee bats: Forgive me if I keep this one short, but it’s no fun recapping boring games. And that’s exactly what this was, if...
• 5/5 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Leyland, Martinez, Boesch: Max Scherzer led the Tigers past the Yankees with eight innings of shutout ball yesterday, striking out nine along the way. It...
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer picks up fifth victory: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed just four hits and two walks over eight scoreless innings Wednesday, May 4, against the...[+] New York Yankees to pick up his fifth victory. Scherzer also struck out nine batters in the 109-pitch quality start, while lowering his ERA to 3.15.
• 5/4 Motor City Bengals: Rapid Reactions: Max Scherzer Dominates Yankees: Tigers 4, Yankees 0 (box) I posted about Max Scherzer and his troubling secondary numbers earlier in the day, but he certainly...
• 5/4 Baseball Musings: Max to the Max: Max Scherzer took down one of the best offenses in baseball Wednesday night, holding the Yankees to four hits and two walks as...
• 5/4 MLBTradeRumors: New York Notes: Ortegano, Hughes, Reyes: The Yankees and Mets both face off against strikeout artists tonight, as Max Scherzer and Tim Lincecum take the mound against...
• 5/4 Motor City Bengals: On Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello, and Expectations: I happened across an MLive.com article by David Mayo last night, and while there were several things in it that I disagreed with,...
• 5/4 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees put eleven men on base but lose another CC start: Coming into this game, the Yankees were averaging 5.5 runs on 8.3 hits and 4 walks per game. Tuesday night the Yankees collected...
• 5/2 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread and Series Preview | Yankees vs. Tigers II: Unfortunately the Yanks don’t get to face Phil Coke: Though they do get to face Brad Penny, who they teed off on in his first start of the season, and whose return to the American...
• 5/2 D'Backs Venom: Assembling a Diamondbacks Roster Only from Signed Draft Picks: What kind of team would the Diamondbacks have right now if they only rostered players that they signed from the June Amateur Draft?...

• 4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer cannot get to five wins: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer was attempting to become the first Tigers hurler to five victories before May 1 since SP Frank...[+] Tanana accomplished the feat in 1988. Scherzer fell short Friday, April 29, against the Cleveland Indians, allowing five earned runs, six hits and five walks over 6 2/3 innings in a no-decision. He also racked up seven strikeouts.
• 4/29 Baseball Musings: Maxing Out: At Baseball Analytics, I look at the changes in Max Scherzer‘s slider since his demotion to the minor leagues last May. ...
• 4/28 MLB Fantasy Recon: Top 50 Starting Pitcher Rankins from The Fix: Fransucko is backBrett Talley publishes his weekly list of Top 50 Starting Pitchers over at The Fantasy Fix, the rankings are...
• 4/26 D'Backs Venom: Assembling a Diamondbacks Roster Only from Signed Draft Picks: What kind of team would the Diamondbacks have right now if they only rostered players that they signed from the June Amateur Draft?...
• 4/26 The Captain's Blog: A Second Look at the Yankees’ Performance Against “First Timers”: Last night the Yankees were shut down, and nearly no hit, by former Mets’ prospect Philip Humber. Because it was the first time...
• 4/25 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Opening Day Win.: Start the ticker-tape parade! Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers was a success by any measure. The weather was a bit chilly,...
• 4/25 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Who should be a Tiger in 2012: Because I don’t have much faith in the Detroit Tigers’ ability to compete this year, I thought I would take a look at their...
• 4/25 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: #FreeScottSizemore: Before the season started, I predicted the bottom third of the Detroit Tigers lineup combined to hit .243 last season, and didn’t...
• 4/25 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Tigers Win a Road Trip: So the Detroit Tigers had a winning record on their first west coast trip of the year. They got solid pitching performances from...
• 4/24 Baseball Musings: Min Max: Max Scherzer ran his record to 4-0 with eight shutout innings in the Tigers 3-0 win over the White Sox. Since a rough first start,...
• 4/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer pitches eight scoreless innings: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer pitched eight scoreless innings while allowing four hits against the Chicago White Sox Sunday,...[+] April 24, to pick up his fourth win of the season, reports Noah Trister, of The Associated Press. He struck out seven batters and walked three during the game.
• 4/23 NY Baseball Digest: How Fast Can Matt Harvey Rise?: You couldn’t ask for a better start from 2010 #1 draft pick Matt Harvey. After four starts in High-A St. Lucie he’s...
• 4/22 Motor City Bengals: A DIPS View of the Tigers Starting Rotation: I really enjoy looking at DIPS (defense independent pitching statistics) numbers for pitchers. I think they give a good look at...
• 4/21 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Tigers Win a Road Trip: So the Detroit Tigers had a winning record on their first west coast trip of the year. They got solid pitching performances from...
• 4/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer stays undefeated: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer improved to 3-0 after allowing two runs in six innings to beat the Seattle Mariners Monday, April...[+] 18, The Associated Press reports. He struck out seven and walked four. Manager Jim Leyland said he'd like to see Scherzer be more efficient and be able to go another inning or two.
• 4/19 Motor City Bengals: Rapid Reactions: Finally Some Runs!: Tigers 8, Mariners 3 (box) The eight runs didn’t all come via pure offensive production, the Mariners pitching and defense...
• 4/19 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: #FreeScottSizemore: Before the season started, I predicted the bottom third of the Detroit Tigers lineup combined to hit .243 last season, and didn’t...
• 4/17 B-R Blog: 3+ Perfect Innings in a ML Debut: Rk Gcar Player Date Tm Opp Rslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB BR SO HR Pit Str GSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF ROE GDP SB CS PO BK...
• 4/14 D'Backs Venom: Assembling a Diamondbacks Roster Only from Signed Draft Picks: What kind of team would the Diamondbacks have right now if they only rostered players that they signed from the June Amateur Draft?...
• 4/13 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Walk-Off a Winner on Inge’s Blast: It took 12 games, but the Detroit Tigers finally won a series. And they did it against the reigning AL Camps, who just so happened...
• 4/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer strikes out seven: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer limited the Texas Rangers to two runs on six hits over seven innings Wednesday, April 13, but did...[+] not factor into the decision, according to The Associated Press. He walked two and retired seven via strikeout.
• 4/12 MLB Fantasy Recon: Ups and Downs from the Fix: Scherzer is your perfect April buy low candidateZach Britton is one name you've become more familiar with over the last week....
• 4/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Don’t panic: Early-season fantasy pickups (AL edition): If there’s one thing common among most baseball fans, media and fantasy owners, it’s the overwhelming tendency to overstate...
• 4/11 MLBTradeRumors: Top Starters Unwilling To Go Year-To-Year: Baseball players, starting pitchers in particular, are a risk-averse bunch.  Given the choice between multiyear security and...
• 4/9 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Opening Day Win.: Start the ticker-tape parade! Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers was a success by any measure. The weather was a bit chilly,...
• 4/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer now 2-0: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer gave up just one run and seven hits in six innings to defeat the Kansas City Royals in the team's...[+] home opener Friday, April 8, according to The Associated Press. He struck out three and walked two.
• 4/8 YankeeAnalysts.com: How pitchers have been attacking Jeter location-wise in the early going: It’s still way too early to draw any meaningful conclusions from the data available on the 2011 season, but that doesn’t...
• 4/5 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Who should be a Tiger in 2012: Because I don’t have much faith in the Detroit Tigers’ ability to compete this year, I thought I would take a look at their...
• 4/5 Motor City Bengals: The Sky Isn’t Falling… Yet: It’s been a pretty rough start for the Detroit Tigers. After allowing 11 home runs to the New York Yankees in the season’s...
• 4/5 BomberBanter.com: Tigers at Yankees April 2 & 3, 2011: The Yankees opened the 2011 season by welcoming the Tigers to the Bronx.  Well, it wasn’t exactly a warm welcome for the...
• 4/4 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Tigers Prediction: The start of another baseball season is just around the corner. I don’t know if I would call myself an expert on baseball,...
• 4/4 AnotherBoringSportsBlog: Maggs hurt. Still no suprises this season: Well, that didn’t’ take very long. The Detroit Tigers have been hit with their first, albeit minor, injury of the year. Magglio...
• 4/4 My Pinstripes: Yankees Lose HR Derby: I was sitting at my yearly fantasy baseball draft yesterday, when the owner next to me commented on the fact that he had both...
• 4/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Tigers out slug Yankees 10-7, giving Bombers first loss of the season: The Yankees lost an ugly one 10-7 to the Tigers on Sunday. Hitting was the order of the day. The two teams had a combined seven...
• 4/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Open Thread | Game 3 | Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees | Sunday, April 3, 2011: Starting lineups for today’s game, first pitch at 1:05 on YES, with the Yankees going for the 3 game sweep to start the...
• 4/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game Three: Bring Your Broomsticks: Two games into the season, things are going quite nicely for the Yankees. They've outscored the Tigers 16-9 so far in the...
• 4/3 My Pinstripes: Burnett Good Enough: A.J. Burnett was in the middle of an inning he had experienced many times last season. Pitching with a 6-1 lead, Burnett was...
• 4/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks thump Penny, Tigers in 10-6 victory: After an awful 2010 followed by an improved spring training in which Yankee fans were cautiously optimistic about new pitching...
• 4/1 Motor City Bengals: Revisiting the Opening Day Loss: With now close to 24 hours to digest the first game of the 2011 season, I’ve realized that there are a few more things to...

• 3/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer focuses on mechanics: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer focused on refining his mechanics during a bullpen session Wednesday, March 30, after he was roughed...[+] up for 12 runs in 2 1/3 innings in his final spring start Monday, March 28, according to MLB.com's Jason Beck. Scherzer plans to throw again Thursday, March 31, in order to improve the command of his fastball and to mix up his pitches with his changeup and slider. His first start of the season will come against the New York Yankees Sunday, April 3.
• 3/31 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees vs. Tigers: 2011 Opening Series Preview: The New York Yankees kick off their 2011 season against the Detroit Tigers this afternoon in the Bronx at 1pm. Mike previewed...
• 3/29 Redbird Dugout: UCB Project: American League Central: Can Joe Mauer lead the Twins back to the playoffs in 2011?(Photo: Keith Allison/Flickr)Each month the United Cardinal Bloggers...
• 3/29 Motor City Bengals: Max Scherzer’s Poor Spring: Much of the chances for success for the Tigers this year are pinned on having elite-level starting pitching from the first two...
• 3/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer dominated in final spring start: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer surrendered 12 runs and nine hits, including two home runs, in 2 1/3 innings in his final spring...[+] outing against the Baltimore Orioles Monday, March 28, according to The Detroit News' Lynn Henning. Orioles OF Luke Scott hit a grand slam and three-run homer in his first two at-bats.
• 3/27 Through The Fence Baseball: 2011 Pre-Season Preview: AL Central – Detroit Tigers: Tigers 1B Miguel Cabrera Detroit Tigers (2010 record: 81-81) The Detroit Tigers finished the 2009 season tied for first place...
• 3/27 Mastersball.com: The Return of the So-Called Expert: The National Fantasy Baseball Championship Classic was held on Saturday, March 26 of this year.  This is a 15-team, 5x5 mixed...
• 3/26 Baseball Musings: AL Central Preview: The 2011 division previews continue with the AL Central. I’ll use 2010 WAR from FanGraphs for the evaluation. I concentrate...
• 3/25 COSFBA: 2011 Starting Pitcher Sleepers: (In my continued effort to bring additional voices and perspectives to COSFBA, this article is being brought to you by guest writer...
• 3/21 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Announce Starting Rotation: There wasn’t much regarding the starting rotation that was in question during camp for the Detroit Tigers this year. We...
• 3/21 MLBTradeRumors: First-Time Arbitration Eligible For 2012: Kendrys Morales, Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Billy Butler, Geovany Soto, Shin-Soo Choo, Nelson Cruz, Johnny Cueto, and Phil Hughes...
• 3/20 Mastersball.com: Popping my American League Tout Wars Cherry: Well, that was fun.  I just got back to my hotel after parti**** in AL Tout Wars, helping administer the Mixed auction and grabbing...
• 3/18 MLB Fantasy Recon: Future Aces - Fantasy Starting Pitchers Bound for Greatness: Ubaldo Jimenez and Jered Weaver took the next step in 2010 from middle round consideration to fantasy aces.  So who is going...
• 3/16 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Starting Pitching Options: It's impossible to go wrong with Lee or any of the "four aces" (Getty)Public Service Announcement:Today's entry continues a...
• 3/16 Baseball Musings: IPK for the Diamondbacks: Ian Kennedy gets the opening day start for the Diamondbacks. Kennedy is a good pitcher, but I don’t think of him as an ace....
• 3/15 Motor City Bengals: March Madness has a Tigers Flavor: The NCAA Tournament gets underway tonight and you can bet that several members of the Tigers will be keeping close tabs. This...
• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer lit up Tuesday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed five runs and eight hits in just 2 1/3 innings against the Florida Marlins Tuesday, March...[+] 8, according to MLB.com's Jason Beck. 'I was just trying to throw offspeed (pitches) early in the count, wasn't able to do it,' Scherzer said. 'Fell into hitters' counts and they made me pay for it.'
• 3/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: A look at the 2011 Detroit Tigers: Last season I visited a friend of mine in Ann Arbor. While I was there my buddy Josh and I saw all four games the Yankees played...
• 3/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer scheduled to work Thursday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer is scheduled to start in a Grapefruit League game Thursday, March 3, reports Jason Beck, of MLB.com....[+]

• 2/25 It's About the Money (Stupid): 2011 American League Preview: Detroit Tigers: (This post continues our series previewing the 2011 season for each American League team. You can see the rest of the series...
• 2/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer to start home opener: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer is slated to start the team's home opener against the Kansas City Royals Friday, April 8, according...[+] to the Detroit Free Press' John Lowe.
• 2/22 Baseball Daily Digest: Maybe Rick Porcello Should Adopt the Knuckleball: Even without the recent off-the-field news surrounding the Detroit Tigers, much of their success in 2011, or lack thereof, will...
• 2/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: 2011 Predictions (Overachievers, Underachievers, Dark horses) — Part I: During last week’s live chat, friend-of-the-site Jeff G. inquired as to who I expected to overachieve and underachieve in 2011....
• 2/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Rotation already set for 2011: The Detroit Tigers rotation for 2011 will consist of SP's Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello, Phil Coke and Brad Penny,...[+] according to John Lowe of The Detroit Free Press.
• 2/15 The Golden Sombrero: The Golden Sombrero’s Top 50 Prospects: #19 – Jacob Turner (Video): #19 Jacob Turner – Detroit Tigers RHP DOB: 5-21-91 ETA: 2013 At 6-foot-5 and 210-pounds, and all of 19-years-old,...

• 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: D'Backs Acquire Armando Galarraga: The D'Backs acquired Armando Galarraga from the Tigers for Kevin Eichhorn and Ryan Robowski, the teams announced. The D'Backs...
• 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: D'Backs Likely To Acquire Galarraga: The Diamondbacks are "likely" to acquire Armando Galarraga from the Tigers, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com (on Twitter). ...
• 1/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer the No. 2: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer is viewed as the No. 2 starter, but he'll pitch the third game of the season, which is the home...[+] opener, The Detroit News' Tom Gage reports. The team hasn't decided who will start the second game of the season, but it may be SP Phil Coke.
• 1/18 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers ‘Confident’ In Market For Galarraga: The Tigers believe there’s a market for Armando Galarraga, the right-handed pitcher who agreed to a $2.3MM deal one day before...
• 1/14 Baseball Press: Fantasy Prep 2011: Armed Tigers: Max Scherzer is one of the many talented power arms in Detroit.  (AP) As we head into next season, we'll look at middle-tier...
• 1/11 The Crazy Crabbers: Madison Bumgarner at Risk for Verducci Effect: Tom Verducci has his annual list of young pitchers who experienced a big jump in innings who he flags for injury or regression...
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Fallout From The Brad Penny Deal: There are still over 100 free agents out there, but the Tigers could pass on all of them now that they've added another arm...
• 1/11 My Pinstripes: BD Hot Stove: A Penny Signed Is A Penny Earned | Baseball Digest: BD Hot Stove: A Penny Signed Is A Penny Earned | Baseball DigestThe Detroit Tigers have spent the last couple of seasons trying...
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers To Sign Brad Penny: The Tigers have agreed to a one-year, $3MM deal with Brad Penny, according to ESPN.com's Buster Olney (on Twitter). The deal...
• 1/6 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Continue Pursuit Of Brad Penny: The Tigers are still pursuing Brad Penny as they look to add depth to their starting rotation, according to Jon Paul Morosi of...
• 1/5 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Consider Adding Rotation Depth: Detroit GM Dave Dombrowski told Tom Gage of the Detroit News that the Tigers have “talked to some people” and remain open...

• 12/29 Call to the Pen: Betting The Farm: The Kansas City Royals currently have the best farm system in baseball.  Obviously, the Royals are no strangers to a rebuilding...
• 12/24 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Happy Holidays: …and all I want under my tree is for the Reds or Angels to do us a solid and turn their supposed interest in Scott Podsednik...
• 12/24 Baseball Reality Tour: Missing Bats in the Strike Zone: Here are just a couple of views at one distinctive pitching statistic we don't often talk about but is pretty telling.  Tonight,...
• 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers "Comfortable" With Pitching Staff: Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski says he’s “comfortable” with the pitchers he has now, but expects to remain “open-minded”...
• 12/17 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Interested In Penny, Other Starters: The Tigers are still trying to upgrade their rotation, according to Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports. The team is considering veteran...
• 12/8 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Iwakuma, Heisey, White Sox, Feliciano: One year ago today, the Yankees, Tigers and Diamondbacks finalized the trade that sent Curtis Granderson to New York, Edwin ...

• 11/24 The Sporting Hippeaux: Motown Ready For Rebound?: I've run hot and cold on the tenure of Dave Dombrowski.  I believe that the contract he gave Miguel Cabrera (8 yrs./$152...
• 11/24 COSFBA: Finding Keepers: Detroit Tigers: It's not hard to find keepers on the Detroit Tigers considering they have an MVP candidate, Cy Young candidate and the runner-up...

• 10/30 MLBTradeRumors: Amateur Signing Bonuses: Yankees: Next up in our amateur signing bonus series, the soon-to-be no longer defending champs... Andrew Brackman, $3.55MM (2007) Gary...
• 10/28 Jason's Baseball Blog: Season Previews in Review: American League Central: Back during Spring Training, I took a look at each team and made predictions about how each team would do and how I thought their...
• 10/10 MLBTradeRumors: Amateur Signing Bonuses: Diamondbacks: Every year all 30 clubs will spend millions of dollars to procure amateur talent, but that still pales in comparison to the amount...
• 10/3 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Will Not Pursue Cliff Lee Or Other Top Starters: The Tigers will not pursue free agent-to-be Cliff Lee or another top tier free agent starter this offseason, tweets MLB.com's...

• 9/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer struggles Wednesday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed four runs and eight hits while walking three in five innings to lose to the Cleveland Indians...[+] Wednesday, Sept. 29, according to The Associated Press. He was 5-2 with a 1.93 ERA in his last 11 starts.
• 9/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer strikes out eight Wednesday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer gave up two hits and struck out eight in 7 2/3 innings to defeat the Kansas City Royals Wednesday,...[+] Sept. 22, and win for the 10th time in 14 decisions, according to The Associated Press.
• 9/21 Jason's Baseball Blog: Original Draft Series: #2 – Arizona Diamondbacks: For those that missed the guidelines I am using for this series of posts, you can find them here. Team #2: Arizona Diamondbacks...
• 9/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer strikes out 11 Friday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (11-10) allowed two runs on two hits over eight innings in a win over the Chicago White Sox Friday,...[+] Sept. 17, with two walks and 11 strikeouts, according to The Associated Press.
• 9/18 Baseball Press: The 606 - September 18, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 9/17 Baseball Press: The 606 - September 17, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 9/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer suffers loss Saturday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (10-10) allowed four runs on a career-high 12 hits over six innings in a loss to the Baltimore...[+] Orioles Saturday, Sept. 11, according to The Associated Press. He walked one and struck out five.' He was up in the zone a bit, and I don't think his secondary stuff was as good as it has been,' manager Jim Leyland said. 'He gave up some hits, but he still did a good job of keeping us in the game.' Scherzer has given up four runs in each of his last two outings, after not allowing more than two runs in any of his previous seven starts.
• 9/7 Baseball Moves: AL/NL POW (8/30 – 9/5): AL Hitter: Alexis Rios CWS OF (ESPN 100.0%) This week: 8/23, 8 R, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 5 BB,  3 K, 5 SB, .348 AVG, .464 OBP,  .696...
• 9/6 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The White Sox and Tigers kick off the labor day festivities with Edwin Jackson facing Max Scherzer. Jackson pitched five outstanding...
• 9/5 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 9.5.2010: Firing Neal Huntington makes no sense: It's in the wind that Pirates team president Frank Coonelly is unhappy with the way...
• 9/2 Baseball Musings: Viva Valencia: Danny Valencia singles in the bottom of the tenth to drive in the winning run as the Twins defeat the Tigers 2-1. His two for...
• 9/1 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The west offers a number of good games today, two of them early. The Phillies and Dodgers send Roy Oswalt and Clayton Kershaw...

• 8/29 MLBTradeRumors: MLBTR Originals: Let's take a look back at some of the original reporting and analysis from MLBTR's writing team this week.. Over the next few...
• 8/29 MLBTradeRumors: Leyland Optimistic About Offseason: The Tigers can't be happy with how this season has gone. Plagued by injuries and inconsistency, the club has fallen to 11 games...
• 8/28 MLBTradeRumors: The Tigers' 2011 Rotation: Justin Verlander knows exactly which past rotation he’d like the Tigers to model themselves after. "Braves," Verlander said,...
• 8/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer reaches 10 wins Thursday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer joined the 10-win club for the first time in his career, according to The Associated Press, in...[+] a 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Scherzer (10-9) walked one and struck out eight in eight innings Thursday, Aug. 26.
• 8/26 Baseball Musings: Scherzer Spins a Gem: Max Scherzer of the Tigers demolishes the Blue Jays, allowing one run over eight innings while striking out eight. It’s...
• 8/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: If the 1998 Yankees played in 2009?: During a recent broadcast Paul O'Neill said something that intrigued me. He was talking to Michael Kay when Kay mentioned that...
• 8/24 Baseball Press: Roto Renaissance Men (Week 20): Mad Max has redeemed himself after a rocky start. (AP) Renaissance Man [ren' i-sans' man] n - a man who knows a lot...
• 8/24 Baseball Moves: POTW (8/16 – 8/22): AL Hitter: Robinson Cano NYY 2B (ESPN 100.0%) This week: 9/27, 7 R, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 5 BB, 5 K, .333 AVG, .438 OBP, .815 SLG, 1.252...
• 8/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer pitching well since recall: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer is 8-5 with a 2.28 ERA since spending two starts with Triple-A Toledo in May, according to The...[+] Associated Press. He said the reason for his success is based on mechanics. 'I'm able to command three pitches again,' he said after his start against the Cleveland Indians Saturday, Aug. 21. 'I was able to show my slider and my changeup was really good. I'm executing pitches. That's the only difference between then and now.' Scherzer has allowed two or fewer runs in each of his last five starts and his ERA is 1.35 during this stretch.
• 8/21 Baseball Musings: The Max from Max: Max Scherzer throws another high strikeout game for the Tigers as they defeat the Indians 5-2. Scherzer strikes out eight in seven...
• 8/17 The Captain's Blog: If at First You Don’t Succeed: A Look at the Yankees Performance Against “First Timers”: A few weeks back, the Yankees loss to the Indian’s Josh Tomlin prompted The Captain’s Blog (please excuse the obligatory reference...
• 8/17 NY Baseball Digest: Is Johnny Damon Over Appreciated?: Johnny Damon returned to a hero’s welcome at the Stadium last night. For as much has been made about the lack of Damon’s...
• 8/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: Offensive: I was debating titling this post something along the lines of "Offensive woes continue" or "Nightmarish August continues for Yankee...
• 8/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer dominates: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed two hits and two walks while fanning six in six shutout innings to beat the New York Yankees...[+] Monday, Aug. 16, The Associated Press reports.
• 8/16 Baseball Musings: At 17: The Yankees go seventeen innings without scoring a run before Jose Valverde walks in a run in the ninth inning. That’s all...
• 8/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview: Yankees vs. Tigers II: The Yankees and Tigers last squared off in mid-May, with Yankeeist's own MJR catching all four games in Detroit while visiting...
• 8/12 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Mad Caps: Much has been made of Stephen Strasburg’s innings count this season, and the fact that the Nats will not allow the phenom to...
• 8/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer feeling great: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer said he is feeling great and his arm is healthy this year, according to MLB.com's Jason Beck and...[+] Alex DiFilippo. 'My arm is recovering so much better, even on a five-day rotation. It feels like forever now. That's one positive when you look at this season as a whole, my arm staying healthy for the whole season. I'm really happy about that,' Scherzer said.
• 8/10 MLBTradeRumors: The Tigers' Offseason: Tigers owner Mike Ilitch appears willing to spend some money this offseason to return his team to prominence.  Let's take a...

• 7/30 My Pinstripes: Rays ReJoyce: Phil Hughes was cruising along, mixing a mid-90s fastball with a great curve. Then the 6th inning came along and all of that...
• 7/28 Call to the Pen: What’s Next: Trade Deadline Edition: With the non-waiver trade deadline looming just three days away, it’s time to take a comprehensive look around the latest...
• 7/27 My Pinstripes: Matt Garza No-Hits Tigers: Matt Garza of the Tampa Bay Rays has just completed a 9-inning no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers. It's the first no-no in...
• 7/27 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: July 26: Home Run of the Day: Matt Joyce, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 20.73 seconds) [video] Detroit's Max Scherzer and Tampa Bay's...
• 7/27 Wezen-Ball: Tater Trot Tracker: July 26: Home Run of the Day: Matt Joyce, Tampa Bay Rays (Trot Time: 20.73 seconds) [video] Detroit's Max Scherzer and Tampa Bay's...
• 7/26 Caught Looking: Matt Garza throws first no-hitter in Rays history: The Rays sure have been on the other end of these types of games lately, but tonight on July 26, 2010 the Rays found themselves...
• 7/26 El Maquino: Rays History!: Matt Garza threw the 1st no-hitter in Tampa Bay history against the Tigers. In 13 years, neither the Devil Rays nor the Rays have...
• 7/26 My Pinstripes: Matt Garza No-Hits Rays: Matt Garza of the Tampa Bay Rays has just completed a 9-inning no-hitter against the Detroit Tigers. It's the first no-no in...
• 7/26 Baseball Musings: Six No-Nos: Matt Garza retires the Tigers in order in the top of the sixth to keep his no-hitter intact, but Max Scherzer gets in trouble...
• 7/26 Baseball Musings: Five No-Nos: Max Scherzer and Matt Garza extend their no-hitters to five innings. Max walked a batter in the bottom of the inning, his second...
• 7/26 Baseball Musings: Four No-Nos: Max Scherzer and Matt Garza are matching no-hitter through four innings. Each walked one batter, but Tampa Bay turned a double...
• 7/26 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: I confess, I totally missed the afternoon game today, as I like to get my Games of the Day post up before action begins. So here...
• 7/23 Baseball Daily Digest: Raising Aces: Future of the US, Part 1: All Star festivities get a bad rap these days, but at least one event continues to grab my attention year after year: The Futures...
• 7/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer impressive Wednesday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer pitched seven scoreless innings to defeat the Texas Rangers Wednesday, July 21, according to The...[+] Associated Press. He gave up four hits and three walks while throwing a career-high 123 pitches. Scherzer won his sixth straight start at home.
• 7/21 Baseball Musings: Tigers Break the Streak: After seven straight losses, the Tigers get in the post All-Star break win column with a 4-1 win over the Rangers. Max Scherzer...
• 7/16 Baseball Press: Mid-Season Mailbag: Can rookie Brennan Boesch last all season? (AP) The Baseball Press crew is always down to answer baseball related questions....
• 7/9 MLBTradeRumors: Oswalt Would Not Accept Trade To White Sox, Tigers: The White Sox and Tigers are among the teams to which Roy Oswalt would not accept a trade, according to Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports...
• 7/9 Baseball Press: The 606 - July 9, 2010: Baseball Press presents "The 606", a look at the most intriguing pitching matchup of the day, with a final prediction of the...
• 7/9 B-R Blog: David Price strikes out 10+ for the 3rd time in his career: Two nights ago, David Price struck out 10 Red Sox and joined an interesting club. Here are the guys since 2000 to strike out...
• 7/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer earns win Wednesday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer evened his record to 6-6 Wednesday, July 7, after he gave up just one run through seven innings...[+] to the Baltimore Orioles, reports The Associated Press. Scherzer fanned six while giving up two walks and six hits. Scherzer has now won a career-high four consecutive games.
• 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...

• 6/26 Tomahawk Take: Late Chipper Jones Homer Puts Braves Over Tigers 4-3: Kenshin Kawakami came into the day trying not to become the first Braves pitcher to ever start a season losing his first ten...
• 6/21 TetreaultVision: Tigers Take Rubber Match As Valverde Silences Montero: It wasn't the final out of the series, but for Jose Valverde, it was the sweetest.  After engaging in a war of words with former...
• 6/20 TetreaultVision: Did Overprotective Pitch Counts Hamper Rick Porcello: Before Sunday's game, Detroit continued their pitcher reclamation efforts, banishing Rick Porcello to Toledo to figure out...
• 6/16 B-R Blog: Clay Buchholz: A good game score despite his team giving up 10+ runs: I have been meaning to post this for a while. While Clay Buchholz picked up another win last night, his previous start yielded...
• 6/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer fans nine in win: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer struck out nine, allowed three earned runs and seven hits to improve to 3-6 on the season, according...[+] to The Associated Press. Scherzer beat the Washington Nationals 7-4 on Tuesday, June 15.
• 6/15 TetreaultVision: Take Me Out to the Ballgame June 15, 2010: A full plate of interleague delectables served up with all the fixins. Enjoy!Chicago White Sox at Pittsburgh Pirates Freddy ...
• 6/15 Baseball Daily Digest: Roto Lunch – June 15: Perhaps in reaction to the underwhelming performance by Matt Wieters, Carlos Santana is still available in 58% of leagues. ...
• 6/10 TetreaultVision: Take Me Out to the Ballgame June 10, 2010 Afternoon Edition: They are about to get underway in Cincinnati, so our evening previews and last night's recaps will be up a little later. San...
• 6/10 Baseball Daily Digest: Grading the MLB Draft’s First Round…: …throughout the past decade. Since it can take years to find out how teams fared in making their draft selections, it doesn’t...
• 6/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Manager wants Max Scherzer to use slider more effectively: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland said he wants SP Max Scherzer to use his slider more effectively during games, according to...[+] MLB.com's Samuel Zuba. 'He won't be a finished pitcher until he gets his slider going. He'll be good, and on given nights, he'll overpower some people, but when he gets that slider going for sure, he'll be dynamite,' Leyland said.
• 6/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer suffers loss Friday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (2-5) allowed five runs on nine hits over five innings in a loss to the Kansas City Royals Friday,...[+] June 4, according to The Associated Press. He walked two and struck out three. 'Location killed me ... I made some mistakes when I got hit,' Scherzer said. 'I got to pitching over the middle of the plate and the Royals did a nice job of capitalizing.'
• 6/4 Baseball Daily Digest: Roto Lunch – June 4: Yesterday seemed pretty obvious, that you’d play whoever actually had a game going on, so no article made it to publication....
• 6/1 MLBTradeRumors: 2006 Draft Throwdown: There is little that is more dismaying than looking back at old draft lists, with the benefit of hindsight, and seeing which players...

• 5/31 Baseball Daily Digest: Roto Lunch – May 31 Happy Memorial Day!: My baseball “social networking” was all a-Twitter yesterday with Sabermetrically-oriented writers raving about how...
• 5/31 TetreaultVision: Take Me Back from the Ballgame May 30, 2010: The end of May maarks the beginning of summer and the long drive to the pennant. Yesterday's games offered some clarity of who's...
• 5/31 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer fans 14 in win: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer struck out 14 in 5 2/3 shutout innings to beat the Oakland Athletics Sunday, May 30, The Associated...[+] Press reports.
• 5/30 B-R Blog: Scherzer’s 14 Strikeouts: Max Scherzer's 14 strikeouts in 5-2/3 innings today was quite a feat. As Alex DiFilippo of mlb.com points out, Scherzer became...
• 5/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer to start Sunday: Contrary to previous reports, the Detroit Tigers will recall SP Max Scherzer from Triple-A Toledo to start against the Oakland...[+] Athletics Sunday, May 30, according to MLB.com's Alex DiFilippo. He posted a 2-0 record with an 0.60 ERA and 17 strikeouts in two starts with Toledo after beginning the year with the parent club, when he went 1-4 with a 7.29 ERA over eight starts. After being optioned to the minors, Scherzer threw a bullpen session to work on his arm slot and his improved mechanics led to better results. 'He's obviously pitched well,' manager Jim Leyland said. 'You look at the numbers, but you have to take a lot of things into consideration. A lot of people think he'd be wasting his time pitching again down there. That's the report we've got.'
• 5/29 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers To Designate Dontrelle Willis For Assignment: The Tigers will designate Dontrelle Willis for assignment tomorrow, according to the team's official Twitter feed. The move will...
• 5/24 MLBTradeRumors: Starting Pitching Buyers: Roughly a half-dozen teams may be shopping credible starting pitching at this year's trade deadline.  Let's play matchmaker...
• 5/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer dominates at Triple-A: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed one hit and struck out 10 in eight shutout innings at Triple-A Toledo Thursday, May 20,...[+] the Detroit News' Tom Gage reports. His fastball reached 97 mph, and he threw 67 of 103 pitches for strikes. 'For me, it's a matter of shortening my arm action,' Scherzer said. 'I knew something was off. Nothing seemed right. I watched tape… and finally saw the image of my arm lengthening out.'
• 5/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Working with Max Scherzer: The Detroit Tigers will work with SP Max Scherzer in the minors to fix his arm slot, put more velocity on his fastball and develop...[+] a slider that can be something other than his third pitch, according to The Detroit News' Lynn Henning.
• 5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer optioned to Triple-AThe Detroit Tigers have optioned SP Max Scherzer to Triple-A Toledo, according to MLB.com's Jason Beck....[+] The Detroit Tigers have optioned SP Max Scherzer to Triple-A Toledo, according to MLB.com's Jason Beck.
• 5/15 MLBTradeRumors: Odds & Ends: Perez, Byrnes, Brewers: Saturday night linkage.. Mets pitcher Oliver Perez won't accept a demotion to Triple-A if asked, tweets David Lennon of Newsday. ...
• 5/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer suffers loss Friday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer (1-4) allowed six runs on six hits over five innings Friday, May 14, in a loss against the Boston...[+] Red Sox, according to The Associated Press. He walked two and struck out one.
• 5/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer roughed up Sunday: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer gave up five runs and nine hits in five innings Sunday, May 9, in a 7-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians,...[+] according to The Associated Press. Scherzer (1-3) has a 14.54 ERA over his last 13 innings.
• 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...
• 5/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Max Scherzer lit up: Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer allowed 10 runs on eight hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings to fall to the Minnesota Twins Monday,...[+] May 3, The Associated Press reports.