Justin Brooks Verlander (twitter: @JustinVerlander)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: February 20, 1983 in Manakin Sabot, VA
High School: Goochland HS (Goochland, VA)
School: Old Dominion University (Norfolk, VA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 2004 amateur draft.
Signed October 25, 2004. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 2005 (Age 22)   vs. CLE 5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L
Team: Tigers 2005-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2019, 10 yrs/$219.5M (10-19) & 20 vesting option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 7.002, Free Agent: 2020 [*], Agents: SFX Mike Milchin, previously: Richard Verlander [*]
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• 4/26 Injury Report: ()
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• 4/25 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: James Shields and Justin Verlander provide a great start to the baseball day as the Royals and Tigers battle this afternoon in...
• 4/25 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE: April 25, 2013: AL Royals (James Shields) at Tigers (Justin Verlander), 1:08 Astros (Philip Humber) at Red Sox (Clay Buchholz), 6:35 Blue Jays...
• 4/25 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Thursday: April 25, 2013: The good news from yesterday was that it was not a disaster like two of the previous three days that preceded it. The bad news...
• 4/24 The Baseball Haven: No Runs For You!: Should you take Justin Verlander, David Price, or Felix Hernandez as the first pitcher in your fantasy league? Well, the Mariners...
• 4/24 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 Baseballhotcorner.com: Jose Valverde Returns for Lead Role in an Old Script: It’s a tried and true TV and movie formula. The aging guy trying to hang on. He’s past his prime but still feeling as though...
• 4/23 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 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Even In the Darkest Days, There’s Always Clayton Kershaw: Somehow, I think, not getting swept in the finale in Baltimore really didn’t help as much as it ought to have. Dodger fans...
• 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 Mets Merized: Jordany Valdespin: Just Let The Kid Freaking Play: I came across this post by Matt Myers on ESNY New York, that was about outfielder (or infielder) Jordany Valdespin. It really...
• 4/23 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for fantasy baseball week 5 2013 (April 29th – May 5th): Plenty of two start pitchers to choose from again heading into week 5, and with another wild week of weather expected, these projections...
• 4/22 StanGraphs: 2013 FSM Blooper Reel, Week Two: I’m back for another week of dissecting the wacky goings on during Fox Sports Midwest Cardinal broadcasts, and it’s...
• 4/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Waiver Wire Additions for the Week of April 22In 2012, Dixon’s Picks was not only something I did every week, but I really enjoyed it. So, here we More......
• 4/21 Baseball Jerks: Sophomore Slumps? Bryce Harper and Mike Trout Don’t Think So: Saturday was a big day for the 2012 Major League Baseball Rookies of the Year. National League ROY Bryce Harper went 3-for-3 with...
• 4/21 mlbreports.com : Joe Mauer Off To A Hot Start In 2013: Like us on Facebook here Sunday April 21, 2013 By Kyle Holland (MLB Reports Writer):  There is no arguing that Joe Mauer is...
• 4/21 Rum Bunter: James McDonald: The Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Syndrome: Tonight we saw the James McDonald that Pirates’ fans wish they saw every outing. JMac was dealing all game, giving up only 2...
• 4/19 Mets Merized: Mets Quotables: Matt Harvey Only Wants To Get Better: As unusual as it might sound from a pitcher who has given up six hits in 22 innings with three wins, 25 strikeouts and a 0.82...
• 4/19 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 3: A lot of pitchers went down last week. Some of whom fantasy owners depended on to lead their rotations. I wrote a piece about...
• 4/19 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander’s Decreased Velocity Probably Isn’t Cause for Concern: Yet. Justin Verlander has been quite good to start the 2013 season. You don’t need me to tell you this. Through four starts...
• 4/19 Reviewing the Brew: Yovani Gallardo Is Not An Ace: Yovani Gallardo just might be the most overrated player in Milwaukee Brewers history. It befuddles me when people label him as...
• 4/19 TheFantasyFix.com: Fantasy Baseball Daily Fix: April 19, 2013: Good morning! It’s finally Friday, and that means it’s a great time to begin playing daily fantasy baseball at DraftKings....
• 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 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Mariners: Day 18 Observations: Mariners 2, Tigers 0 Justin Verlander: Without the benefit of run support, Verlander was handed a tough-luck loss...
• 4/18 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Can’t Complete Sweep, Drop Finale to Mariners 2-0: Mariners 2, Tigers 0 (box score) You always like the Detroit Tigers’ chances when Justin Verlander is on the mound, and...
• 4/18 60ft6in.com: Predicting the Season’s First No-Hitter: It is not easy to predict a specific baseball event.  However, there is plenty of data available to make an educated guess about...
• 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 BaltimoreSportsReport.com: Orioles Rotation Isn’t Built To Pitch Deep Into Games, Stop Worrying About It: There appears to be a growing concern about the Orioles starters only pitching into the fifth or sixth inning over their first...
• 4/18 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Matt Cain and Yovani Gallardo come into the Giants Brewers game with high ERAs. Cain is giving up walks and home runs at a higher...
• 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 Billy-Ball.com: MLB SCHEDULE – April 18, 2013: This is a great time to order the  new edition of the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia produced by Lee Sinins. It can be ordered...
• 4/18 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Thursday: April 18, 2013: Yesterday was not a good day. The picks broke even for a mediocre day for a (thus far) tepid week. Heh, even Anita Marks is...
• 4/17 mlbreports.com : Yankees Week Two – Getting Right in Cleveland, A Bunch Of Rain And A Triple Play: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, April 17, 2013 By Nicholas Rossoletti (Yankees Correspondent/Trade Correspondent): In baseball,...
• 4/16 Motor City Bengals: Tigers After 12: A Statistical Roundup: Below is a smattering of notable Detroit Tigers statistics through 12 games played to a 7-5 record. Some you’ve inevitably...
• 4/16 On The Way Home: Will Jurickson Profar Get Traded By Texas Rangers?: Jurickson Profar has been chosen by many baseball analysts to be the breakout rookie in the American League this season. ... keep...
• 4/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Dealing With Elite Players: Writer’s Note: Monday was obviously a really strange and sad day for everyone. What happened in Boston was an absolute...
• 4/15 The High Phive: After a Long and Arduous Journey, is Domonic Brown Finally Here to Stay?: The highly anti**** debut of Phillies top prospect Domonic Brown had the Citizen’s Bank Park crowd of over 40,000 brimming...
• 4/15 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Should Look To Extend Austin Jackson: With the recent extension of Justin Verlander, it has been the assumption of many that the Tigers are now going to turn their...
• 4/15 mlbreports.com : MLB (R) Weekly Power Rankings – Week 2: Like us on Facebook here Monday Apr.15/2013 By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Well, the Atlanta Braves are...
• 4/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: Field of Streams: Fantasy Pitching Options: Well, the 2013 season is just about two weeks complete which means it’s time for the inaugural Field of Streams post! That’s...
• 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....
• 4/15 Sports Out West: Oakland Athletics: Recap of nine-game winning streak: Before running into the Detroit Tigers, the Oakland Athletics pulled off an impressive early-season winning streak with nine-straight...
• 4/14 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Tigers @ A’s Game 12: Wrap: Detroit 7, Oakland 3. A’s 9-3 (1st Place, 1 game ahead) The A’s were finally stopped. Not a bad run with nine straight...
• 4/14 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Athletics: Day 15 Observations: Tigers 10, Athletics 1 Tigers Bats: In an abhorrent display, Detroit’s lineup absolutely abused A’s starter Jarrod...
• 4/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Now playing: All-time baseball movie starting lineup: Nothing is better than good baseball movies. They combine the joy of watching something new and the love for the all-American...
• 4/14 Baseball News Source: AL Scores: Red Sox Win in 10, Dickey Wins First, Verlander Stifles A’s: Jon Lester and David Price each allowed one earned run in an afternoon contest at Fenway Park,  but it was a  Shane Victorino...
• 4/14 Motor City Bengals: Whiskery, Whimpery Oakland A’s Easy to Hate: Moneyball – we get it. A walk is as good as a hit. Work the count, tire the opposing pitcher out, get into the soft underbelly...
• 4/14 Swingin' A's: The Unfocused Struggles of Josh Reddick: The A’s were shut out on Opening Night by Felix Hernandez, it was an underwhelming way to start off the regular season,...
• 4/13 TheLeadoffWalk: Tigers vs. Athletics: Day 13 Observations: Tigers 7, Athletics 3 Prince Fielder: It didn’t take long for Fielder to continue on with his red-hot ways at the...
• 4/13 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Hit Three Home Runs, Beat A’s 7-3: Tigers 7, Athletics 3 (box score) The Detroit Tigers were looking to bounce back versus the Oakland A’s after dropping a...
• 4/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Rays and Red Sox send their aces to the mound as David Price takes on Jon Lester. Price is off to a poor defense of his Cy...
• 4/13 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Saturday: April 13, 2013: The West Coast was not kind yesterday. The picks started out 8-1 with the Cubs win over the Giants (blown save) being the only...
• 4/12 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week 2: The name of this column takes on some special meaning today with what happened last night in San Diego. Carlos Quentin charged...
• 4/12 Billy-Ball.com: Top 10: Pitchers who have hit the most batters since 2006: Pitchers who have hit the most batters since 2006 (Carlos Quentin‘s MLB career began in 2006) Rk Player HBP From To 1 A.J....
• 4/12 Baseball News Source: “Speedy” Miguel Cabrera, Tigers Cruise To Victory: Detroit Tigers fans, don’t be confused. The game was not played in rapid speed, nor was it even close. But what did happen...
• 4/11 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....
• 4/11 MLB Injury News: Octavio Dotel got "Valdespined" by a comebacker: In a bit of humorous news (humorous because there was no injury involved), Octavio Dotel got to feel the panic Jordany Valdespin...
• 4/11 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Stats Leaders – April 10: Small sample sizes are fun. We can speculate until our faces turn blue, and when we turn out to be wrong, we can blame it on the...
• 4/10 The Sports Critic: Yankees’ Offense Coming to Life – Leads A.L. in Runs Scored: Yes, I fully understand that it is still very early, but if the New York Yankees’ series with the Cleveland Indians is any indication,...
• 4/10 Phillies Nation: Lee Continues To Cement His Awesomeness: I’ll never forget Cliff Lee‘s first start with the Phillies. He was just acquired from the Indians amidst a flurry...
• 4/10 It's About the Money (Stupid): Well Howdaya Like Them Apples?: Baseball really is a funny game.  It's one of the few sports where just a few days or a few games can make all the difference...
• 4/10 Tomahawk Take: Tools of the Trade: Paul Maholm: It’s been a great start to the season for Braves left-hander Paul Maholm, who dazzled early this week in his start against the...
• 4/10 mlbreports.com : Opening Week Jitters For The Yankees: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, April 10, 2013 By Nicholas Rossoletti (Yankees Correspondent/Trade Correspondent):  As winter...
• 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 Tomahawk Take: Morning Chop: Braves News 4/9:   CBSSPORTS Justin Upton homers, 4 for 4 as Braves blank Marlins Justin Upton is hitting enough for an entire team. The...
• 4/9 Southside Showdown: Southside Showdown Asks District on Deck: Getting to Know the Washington Nationals: Year round interleague play is upon us. In just the third series of the season the White Sox will travel to Nationals Park to...
• 4/9 Baseball News Source: Yankees Castoffs Off to a Solid Start, Will Determine Season: This year’s version of the Yankees may be one of the most complicated rosters of all time for a supposed playoff contender....
• 4/9 Baseball Jerks: 2013 MLB Power Rankings – Week 2: Week 2 SJN’s Igor Derysh put the first week of baseball into a pitching perspective and sums it up nicely: “It was...
• 4/8 Full Spectrum Baseball: Read At Your Own Risk: If you are superstitious you need to read this post, but be careful. You must, I repeat, you must blink three times quickly before...
• 4/8 Baseball Jerks: Week 2 Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Bang For Your Buck: It was a crazy first week of baseball, capped off by a Sunday that saw the likes of Justin Verlander, David Price, R.A. Dickey,...
• 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 We Talk Fantasy Sports: This is R.A. Dickey-lous: R.A. Dickey has pitched just 10.2 innings for the Toronto Blue Jays, and fans are already booing him!  He has not been good,...
• 4/8 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Indians (4/8-4/11): The New York Yankees’ time in Detroit was not the most optimal for Yankees’ fans, but Sunday gave them a great sigh...
• 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...
• 4/8 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Awful Aces: When you see pitching match ups such as Justin Verlander vs CC Sabathia, R.A. Dickey vs Jon Lester, Stephen Strasburg vs Johnny...
• 4/8 Motor City Bengals: Random Observations Of The A.L. Central Week One: Baseball is back in full stride. Now that I got my first game under my belt Saturday, I am already entrenched firmly in the glory...
• 4/8 Baseballhotcorner.com: What Did We Learn In Week 1 Of The MLB Season?: Week 1 is in the books, what have we learned? Up until today we learned that pitchers started out hot!  There were 12 games on...
• 4/7 Baseball News Source: CC Sabathia And Yankees Avoid Sweep, Beat Tigers 7-0: It was a nice day Sunday Afternoon at Comerica Park. The weather was decent, the crowd celebrated as New York Yankees closer...
• 4/7 TheLeadoffWalk: Yankees vs. Tigers, Twins vs. Orioles, Cardinals vs. Giants: Day Seven Observations: Yankees 7, Tigers 0 CC Sabathia: Rebounding from his Opening Day struggles, Sabathia fared well against a good...
• 4/7 Twins Rubes: Aaron Hicks’ First 28 At Bats: #1 vs. Justin Verlander: Got behind taking 2 fastballs on the outer half. Took a fastball inside, 1-2. Struck out swinging on...
• 4/7 Bleeding Yankee Blue: SMOKIN' ACES: CC Sabathia was awesome.  So was Jayson Nix and Francsico Cervelli.  Dear, Jayson, I will never doubt your contribution...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Another Crusher: In addition to Cy Young award winners R.A. Dickey and Justin Verlander getting beat in big shutouts, the Indians pounds current...
• 4/7 Jays Journal: AL Feast Week 3 (07/04/2013): Here at Jays Journal we like to keep you up to date with breaking news, statistical analysis and opinion pieces on the players,...
• 4/7 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Can’t Complete The Sweep, Drop Finale To Yankees 7-0: Yankees 7, Tigers 0 (box score) You always like your chances when Justin Verlander takes the mound, but the offense couldn’t...
• 4/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees avoid sweep, beat Tigers 7-0: After getting off to a 1-4 start while allowing eight runs in consecutive games against the Tigers, the Yankees came into today's...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Crushing Shutouts: The Red Sox started pounding R.A. Dickey and the Blue Jays early, scoring five runs in the first inning. Will Middlebrooks hit...
• 4/7 Tyler's Think Tank: Rangers Reward Andrus: Shortly after former MVPs Buster Posey and Justin Verlander joined baseball's ever-growing $100 million club, Elvis Andrus'...
• 4/7 Yanks Go Yard: The Ineffectiveness of Boone Logan: There are many factors that are going into the current struggles for the New York Yankees, yet time and time again, I keep finding...
• 4/7 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Sunday’s games start and end with a bang as CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander face off early, while Jered Weaver and Yu Darvish...
• 4/7 The Flagrant Fan: MLB Game Picks - Sunday: April 7, 2013: The first week of Major League Baseball for 2013 is in the books. Yeah, I am a traditional Sunday to Saturday type guy. The...
• 4/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Tigers 8, Yankees 4: Well, that wasn’t fun: I was going to do a good news/bad news feature for this recap but there wasn't a lot of good news today. I guess the fact that...
• 4/6 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Kershaw, Fernandez, Davis: Baseball is back, and that also means the return of Full Count from Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports.  Let's dive in.. Clayton...
• 4/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Video game review — MLB 2K13 vs. MLB 13 The Show: Opening day has come and gone, yet many debates still linger: Who is the best pitcher? Who will have an MVP-type of season? What...
• 4/5 Vigilante Baseball : Charge the Mound: Week One: As we head into the first weekend of the baseball season, we've seen the first starts of all the top pitchers and we'll get to...
• 4/5 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Friday Mailbag (4/5/2013)!!!!!: What's more pathetic than a person writing questions to himself and then answering them, pretending all along that it is some...
• 4/5 Motor City Bengals: Opening Day Series Preview: Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees: After three games on the road – three games about which we absolutely don’t want to talk– the Detroit Tigers will head home...
• 4/5 MLBTradeRumors: Notable April Extensions: Earlier this week, the Rangers officially signed Elvis Andrus to an eight-year extension with a vesting option for a ninth year...
• 4/5 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BREAKING DOWN CC SABATHIA: The 2013 season is finally underway, and with the division rival Boston Red Sox coming to the Stadium, CC Sabathia was set...
• 4/5 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Tigers (4/5-4/7): The 2013 season is underway and the start for the New York Yankees has not been as pleasant as everyone expected. Even though...
• 4/4 Twins Rubes: Grading the Three New Arms: The Minnesota Twins accomplished a feat today that hasn’t been done in Minnesota since the fall of 2010. They won the rubber...
• 4/4 Baseball News Source: Yankees Salvage Final Game Over Red Sox: Andy Pettitte has made a career of winning games after a Yankees’ loss. On Thursday, he threw eight innings of one run ball...
• 4/4 Call to the Pen: Jered Weaver Trying To Stay On Top: The other day Jered Weaver was his team’s Opening Day pitcher, one of the minor perks of being the best starting pitcher...
• 4/4 mlbreports.com : Kershaw Smacks 1st HR And Nets Win In Dodgers Opener – Before LA Loses 2 In A Row: Like us on Facebook here Thursday Apr.04/2013 By Enrique Rivera (Dodgers Correspondent):  Everything just went right for the...
• 4/4 Through The Fence Baseball: New York Mets pitcher Matt Harvey is on the cusp of greatness: Last fall, New York Mets pitcher Jonathan Niese declared to anyone listening “He’s going to be great. He’s going...
• 4/4 Twins Rubes: What It’s Like to Be Average: For the first time since October 3rd, 2010, the Minnesota Twins find themselves in a place in the standings where their win total...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Players With Opt-Out Clauses: The opt-out clause seems to be gaining in po**** over the last ten years or so.  The most po**** example is Alex Rodriguez's...
• 4/4 MLB Injury News: Dodgers rumors: Clayton Kershaw extension 'not imminent': Many around the league believe Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw could be the next high-profile...
• 4/3 Tyler's Think Tank: Verlander, Posey Make Bank: Justin Verlander and Buster Posey just got a whole lot richer. The best players at their respective positions (and former...
• 4/3 numberFire: The 20 Most Likely MLB No-Hit Pitchers in 2013: Get ready, Dodgers Stadium: Clayton Kershaw is the most likely no-hit pitcher this season.See More Clayton Kershaw Gio Gonzalez Stephen...
• 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 TheFantasyFix.com: 2013 MLB Staff Predictions: Nationals Favorite at the Fix: So it took a little longer than expected, but here are the staff predictions for the 2013 MLB season. The Fix staff favors the...
• 4/3 StanGraphs: Yu Darvish Lost His Perfect Game, But He’s a True Ace: With the ink barely dry on an Elvis Andrus contract extension, the Rangers found themselves immediately back in the spotlight......
• 4/3 Motor City Bengals: Guest Post: Call in the Closer: a Grandmother’s Love of the Detroit Tigers: The following heartfelt story is a guest post submitted by reader Ben Axelrad. I’d like to tell a story about my grandmother,...
• 4/3 Fire Brand of the American League: Big extensions and the future of MLB Free AgencyHunter Golden talks free agency, big market teams like the Red Sox and more!...
• 4/3 Baseballhotcorner.com: Anatomy Of An Opening Day Win: “Welcome to the Big Leagues, Mr. Hicks!” The sun was out and the thermometer was low in Minnesota but the defending American...
• 4/2 Baseball News Source: Tigers News: Justin Verlander Wins First Opening Day Of Career, Coke Gets Save: Oh No Not Again - Justin Verlander had never won a season Opening Day in his career and was fueled with excitement coming off...
• 4/2 StanGraphs: Contract Extension: Elvis Andrus Isn’t the Odd Ranger OutIt was rumored for months that Elvis Andrus may be the odd man out for the Texas Rangers, a team... Continue reading »...
• 4/2 Mastersball.com: Box Score Blitz: Opening Day: It's back! If you recall that Box Score Blitz used to be a regular feature of the site, you have an excellent memory but better...
• 4/2 Monkey with a Halo: What might an extension look like for Mike Trout?: If there's one thing we learned from this weekend's extension bonanza, it's that we are not going to see too...
• 4/2 North and South of Royal Brougham: King of the A’s: Felix Hernandez probably didn’t surprise anyone last night, as we’ve come to expect those nights from the King, but...
• 4/2 Call to the Pen: Big Name Pitchers Own Opening Day: One baseball tradition is to roll out your ace to start the season. Opening day is the one day all season when pretty much every...
• 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 Swingin' A's: The Opening Day Hangover: Felix Hernandez is a Bad Man: Well, the Seattle Mariners did make Felix Hernandez the highest paid pitcher ever (Until Justin Verlander overtook him a few days...
• 4/2 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Opening Day Game Thoughts: I'm not going to write about every game or every day of the season.  However, I watched a lot of baseball yesterday and I...
• 4/2 Twinstrivia.com: Twins on short end of 4-2 season opener: I did not attend the Twins season opener at Target Field yesterday but I did watch it from the comfort of my home where it was...
• 4/2 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Opening Day Freeze-Out; Shields Did His Job; Hitters Did Not: Many of us worried this would happen. Warm weather March batting averages crumbled into nothing more than dust in the **** Chicago...
• 4/2 Kings of Kauffman: James Shields’ First Game PITCHf/x: The first game from James Shields as a Royals was pretty good from a basic analysis.  Giving up 8 hits, no walks, and 1 run over...
• 4/2 Bronx Baseball Daily: Across the AL: Opening Day Recap: The date is April 2, 2013, which means Opening Day has come and gone.  The 2013 Major League Baseball season has finally begun...
• 4/2 TheLeadoffWalk: Opening Day Recap and Observations: Part Three: Brewers 5, Rockies 4 Troy Tulowitzki: All Tulowitzki needs is a season of full health and he’s capable...
• 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...
• 4/2 Baseballhotcorner.com: No Shortage of Good Pitching on Opening Day: 1953: Yes, that is the last time that anybody in baseball achieved what Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw did on Monday....
• 4/2 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: DH Rankings, Cold Opening Days, and Animal Rights: Comparing AL Central Designated Hitters – Tigers in Words The interesting thing about the Tigers is going to be when they...
• 4/2 Call to the Pen: MLB Opening Day 2013: Stars Come Out on Opening Day: The anti**** and excitement of Opening Day stems from the long winter absence of baseball (meaningful, non-spring training baseball,...
• 4/1 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Top Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Opening Day: It’s easy to freak out on opening day. A win sets up a season full of rainbows and smiles, but a loss spells doom for all...
• 4/1 The Captain's Blog: 2013 Season Preview and Predictions: American League Edition: American League East Toronto Blue Jays: Much of the focus has been on the talented players GM Alex Anthopoulos acquired in the...
• 4/1 Monkey with a Halo: Jered Weaver's contract suddenly looks awesome: There are several different angles to which one could take when attempting to evaluate the extension bonanza that took...
• 4/1 The Daily Fungo: Tigers Today: Opening Day 2013 | Tigers @ Twins 4:10 p.m ET: Leading Off: Today marks the 113th Opening Day in Tigers history. The Tigers are 52-59-1 in the previous 112 season openers. The...
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: TTFB staff predictions for 2013 MLB season: It’s a yearly tradition for the Through The Fence Baseball staff to weigh in with its predictions for the upcoming season....
• 4/1 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Sources: Clayton Kershaw To Be A 200 Million Dollar Man: Earlier this morning, we learned that Paul Goldschmidt signed with Arizona for five years and $32m. Snooze. Later, we heard that...
• 4/1 Twins Rubes: Opening Day!!: Like most of you (I would assume), today is one of my favorite days of the year. It’s opening day for my favorite 9, and...
• 4/1 baseballintheblood.com : The BitB 2013 Awards Forecast: Hello Everyone- Here are my picks for this year’s big winners… AL MVP – Mike Trout Trout may have just had the...
• 4/1 Billy-Ball.com: Justin Verlander makes his sixth straight Opening Day start, maybe he’ll finally win one: Hard to believe, but the great Justin Verlander doesn’t have an Opening Day win in five tries. Check out the results March...
• 4/1 Billy-Ball.com: Today’s schedule: Opening Day is a perfect day to pick up Lee Sinin’s new edition of the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia. It can be ordered...
• 4/1 Billy-Ball.com: Bryce Harper “I Play” (video): MLB has launched a new marketing campaign created by Hill Holliday, titled “I Play” which showcases the intensity...
• 4/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: 2013 MLB Award Predictions : AL MVP - Albert PujolsIt was only a few years ago that this guy was the most feared hitter in the MLB and I think he'll bounce...
• 4/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Week 1 - Two Start Pitchers: Every season, fantasy owners rely on streaming starting pitching.  If you don't know which pitchers will get two starts that...
• 4/1 The Baseball Continuum: The 2013 Season Prediction Spectacular: Okay, so maybe it’s not so spectacular. But here’s my predictions for division winners, awards, etc.: American League:...
• 4/1 KC Kingdom: Royals Season Preview: What We Know: It’s Opening Day! Not only will we all get a fix of real, meaningful baseball today but we will also feature our last set...
• 4/1 KC Kingdom: Royals Recap: Gordon Blasts #8; Team Hits 4 HR; Pitching Is Terrific: The Kansas City Royals gained their franchise record 25th spring training victory on Friday against 7 losses and 2 ties. As so...
• 4/1 Splash Hit Blog: Postseason and Award Predictions: Don’t Worry, They’ll Be Wrong: The regular season begins this Sunday tomorrow at 5:05PM PST when the Texas Rangers play the Houston Astros in that famous AL...
• 4/1 The Flagrant Fan: The Crystal Ball tells all for 2013: The computers have all had their time in the sun over the past few weeks cranking out their projections. And while, the data...
• 4/1 MLB Injury News: Dodgers rumors: LA discussing extension with Clayton Kershaw: Lucrative long-term contract extensions were being handed out like Easter candy yesterday, but Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander...
• 4/1 Baseball Jerks: Daily Fantasy Baseball Picks for Opening Day – April 1: For our very first daily MLB lineup, we’re going with players who had a solid spring, and a few no-brainers. Putting it...
• 4/1 Red Sox Maineiacs: Barry's 2013 Baseball Predictions: Check out Brandon and I on the latest redsoxmaineiacs podcasts for a full breakdown of the AL east.  Here are my predictions...
• 4/1 Baseballhotcorner.com: Verlander Signs Blockbuster Deal: When Felix Hernandez signed his 7 year/$175 million contract in February, he became the highest paid pitcher in MLB history. Today,...
• 4/1 Full Spectrum Baseball: Ah… Predictions, Predictions: There is no true off-season in baseball. It is simply some down time to make adjustments to rosters, to reflect on past stats,...
• 4/1 Full Spectrum Baseball: Stephen Strasburg – Is he a keeper?Well, I guess that’s too late to figure out now. I kept him. He’s now the "ace" of my fantasy baseball team....
• 4/1 MLB Dirt: Baseball Notes for March 31, 2013: Major League Baseball’s 2013 Opening Day is finally here! With another season comes the return of Baseball Notes. Without a...
• 4/1 Puckett's Pond: Twins-Tigers Series Preview: The Tigers are coming off a World Series sweep at the hands of the Giants, but the Twins nearly tied the 2012 season series, losing...
• 4/1 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 Jays Journal: The History of Our Home Openers: 2009: The one part of this entire re-living the past experience that I find fascinating are all of the players I forgot played for us....
• 4/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Justin Verlander Easter basket is most deserved: What an Easter gift. As predicted, Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander has agreed to a record-breaking contract extension...
• 4/1 Motor City Bengals: MLB Opening Week Series Preview: Detroit Tigers at Minnesota Twins: Monday, April 1 – 4:10 PM (TV: Fox Sports Detroit) Justin Verlander vs. Vance Worley (RHP) Vance Worley was acquired by...
• 4/1 Motor City Bengals: The Cutoff Man: Detroit Tigers Predictions and More on Opening Day: Five bold predictions for the Tigers’ 2013 season — Bless You Boys Every year, there are players that surprise, others...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Rangers, Elvis Andrus Nearing Deal: Shortstop Elvis Andrus and the Rangers are "close" on an eight-year deal that could be worth $120MM, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Indians, Youkilis, Walker: Over the course of 48 hours last week, teams handed out nearly a half-billion dollars in long-term deals to Justin Verlander,...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 3/24/13 - 3/30/13: Here's a look at the week that was here at MLBTR. The Angels traded outfielder Vernon Wells and cash to the Yankees for...
• 4/1 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Verlander, Wheeler, Gregg: Tigers manager Jim Leyland is excited about Justin Verlander's extension and the possibility it could keep Verlander in Detroit...

• 3/30 Baseballhotcorner.com: Is The Verlander Deal Smart Money?: Is the Verlander contract too much? So Justin Verlander just got 180 million, potentially over 200 million with incentives. ...
• 3/29 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Sources: Clayton Kershaw To Be A 200 Million Dollar Man: Earlier this morning, we learned that Paul Goldschmidt signed with Arizona for five years and $32m. Snooze. Later, we heard that...
• 3/29 baseballintheblood.com : BitB Interviews Denny McLain: “I’ve only had one bad moment in my life, and that was when we lost Krissy.”: On the Phone With…Denny McLain By Todd Coppernoll – March 29, 2013 I just got off the line with Denny McLain. Today...
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers Discussing Deal: Pitcher Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers are discussing a contract extension, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports. The news that...
• 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 Baseballhotcorner.com: Justin Verlander Inks Extension in Detroit: Tyrus Cobb,Charlie “the Mechanical Man” Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Al Kaline, Alan Trammel and Lou Whitaker were all...
• 3/29 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Posey, Verlander, Goldschmidt All Get Extensions: What a day for young ballplayers getting money trees planted in their front yards. Three, count them three stud players got...
• 3/29 fantasyteamadvice.com: Final mock draft of 2013 – 8 team H2H points league – Yahoo fantasy baseball: For my final mock draft of the season, I went ahead and parti**** in an 8 team, H2H points based mock over at Yahoo.  I had the...
• 3/29 Feelin' Kinda Blue: Report: Dodgers, Clayon Kershaw close on record contract extension: With Justin Verlander, Buster Posey and Paul Goldschmidt (one of these things is not like the other ... yet) all landing...
• 3/29 Blog Red Machine: What’s Up in the NL Central: 3/29/13: As we approach the final weekend prior to the regular season’s commencement, there are still soime roster decisions team...
• 3/29 KC Kingdom: American League Predictions: Detroit Tigers The Team To Beat?: This time of year predictions are always a fun part of sports. Everyone has their opinions on what will happen throughout of the...
• 3/29 Baseball Musings: Big Deal Day: In addition to Buster Posey, Justin Verlander also landed a huge deal: Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers have reached agreement...
• 3/29 Splash Hit Blog: #SFGiants Sign Buster Posey to a 8 Year, $159MM Extension: Oh, Justin Verlander, you think you’re going to be the big news of the day? Buster Posey has some thoughts on that: Posey...
• 3/29 Baseball News Source: Detroit Tigers Extend Justin Verlander Five years $140 million: A few months after the Seattle Mariners locked up Felix Hernandez long term, the Detroit Tigers signed Justin Verlander to a five-year...
• 3/29 TheLeadoffWalk: Justin Verlander Gets Paid: Tigers ace Justin Verlander agreed to a contract extension worth $140 million over five years which will be added to his already-existing...
• 3/29 Baseball Jerks: Tigers, Justin Verlander Agree to Contract Extension: The Detroit Tigers have extended the contract of Justin Verlander for another five years, keeping him in Detroit at least through...
• 3/29 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Extend Justin Verlander With Largest MLB Pitcher Contract Ever: Twitter was abuzz shortly after the noon hour when ESPN’s Buster Olney and Justin Verlander each tweeted something to the effect...
• 3/29 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers, Justin Verlander Agree To Contract Extension: The Tigers announced that they have agreed to terms with Justin Verlander on a five-year contract extension through the 2019...
• 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...
• 3/29 Kings of Kauffman: Spring Q&A with Motor City Bengals: In the final edition of our Kings of Kauffman Spring Q&A’s with our friends around the AL Central we chat with the Detroit...
• 3/28 TheLeadoffWalk: An Attempt To Explain Jon Lester's Sudden Decline: Yesterday, in yet another dominant spring outing, Red Sox starter Jon Lester hurled six perfect innings, striking out six...
• 3/28 Call to the Pen: Got To Go With Detroit in Central: Although the Detroit Tigers were picked apart in the World Series by the San Francisco Giants in 2012 and their closer situation...
• 3/28 TheFantasyFix.com: How To Do A Snake Draft: A Flow Chart: If you have a draft coming up this weekend and you have no idea what to do, I have the answer for you. The answer is the image...
• 3/28 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 fantasyteamadvice.com: Two start pitchers for week 1 of fantasy baseball 2013: Another season of fantasy baseball is upon us, as the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros kick off the season under the lights on...
• 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 That Ball's Outta Here: Cole Hamels takes on Justin Verlander in Ace-on-Ace ActionAnyways, Verlander will probably make mince meat out of a bunch of these guys. Good luck, these guys....
• 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...
• 3/27 fantasyteamadvice.com: Who to take with the 12th pick in a twelve team ESPN snake draft?: So you drew the short straw for your 12 team ESPN fantasy draft, and you find yourself with the 12th pick.  There is no question...
• 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 Twins Rubes: Opening Day Roster Set (pretty much): In the last few days, the Twins have made some moves that clear up the picture of what the roster will look like Opening Day –...
• 3/26 Mets Merized: Who Will Have The Better Season, Cowgill or Valdespin?:      Clayton – Jordany Valdespin, I see Cowgill getting a hot start then hitting a wall. Valdespin however I could see...
• 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...
• 3/25 Splash Hit Blog: The AL Central Division Season Preview: The Land of Wonder: The regular season begins this Sunday at 5:05PM PST when the Texas Rangers play the Houston Astros in that famous AL West rivalry,...
• 3/25 Cubbies Crib: ‘Truck’-ing back to the ’45 Series: World War II had drawn to a close just months before right-hander Virgil Trucks toed the rubber for the Detroit Tigers in Game...
• 3/25 Baseballhotcorner.com: Justin Verlander: Tiger for Life?: Justin Verlander says he won’t engage in contract talks with the Tigers during the regular season, reports CBS Sports’...
• 3/25 Baseball News Source: Detroit Tigers Legend Virgil Trucks Passes At 95 Years Of Age: The Detroit Tigers lost another one of their own Saturday night when legendary pitcher Virgil Trucks passed with what was believed...
• 3/25 Call to the Pen: The New York Mets: Generation K Redux to Lead Mets Revival?: The New York Mets finally seem to be headed in the right direction. Since Yadier Molina’s home run cleared the fence at Shea...
• 3/24 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: American League Award Predictions: Predictions are fun.  In March and April, anyone worth their weight in stubby pencils and blog ink will make preseason predictions. ...
• 3/24 Tyler's Think Tank: AL Central Preview: 1st Place--Detroit Tigers 2012 Record: 88-74 2012 Pythagorean: 87-75 2013 Projected: 92-70 The reigning American League champs...
• 3/23 Angelswin.com: Angels GM Jerry Dipoto Talks with the Fans at the 2013 AngelsWin.com Spring Training Fanfest: If you could make one move as the Angels GM, what would it be? Would you start planning a budget to sign Justin Verlander...
• 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Verlander, Twins, Cardinals, Cubs: Justin Verlander says he won't engage in contract talks with the Tigers during the regular season, reports CBS Sports' Jon Heyman....
• 3/23 Splash Hit Blog: How I’ll Summarize Friday in Baseball: Easy it is to get sucked in to the Madness in March and forget about things like America’s pastime in the midst of a lengthy...
• 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...
• 3/22 Redlegs Review: The state of modern day baseball: by: Dan Howard Staff Writer Another World Baseball Classic, another disappointment for Team USA, another country...
• 3/22 Climbing Tal's Hill: Oakland Athletics Season Preview: The 2012 Oakland Athletics shocked the baseball world by dethroning the two-time defending A.L. West champion Texas Rangers. What...
• 3/22 Through The Fence Baseball: It’s that time of year: 2013 MLB award predictions: Spring training is a time for predicting the future, so with that in mind here are my MLB award predictions for the coming season....
• 3/21 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...
• 3/21 Blog Red Machine: Will the US Ever Embrace the WBC?: As I was watching the WBC final, I’m sure I wasn’t alone in wondering if the US will ever truly embrace the idea of...
• 3/21 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: 10 Fantasy Baseball Auction Draft Tips: Auction drafts aren’t for children. They take drafting to a higher level with their seriously slippery strategy. In auction...
• 3/20 Kings of Kauffman: Exploring Additional Right Field Options: It’s no secret Jeff Francoeur has had his struggles at the plate.  Last season he hit a dismal .235 and drove in 49 runs...
• 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 Twins Rubes: Must See TV: If you haven’t watched any of the 2013 World Baseball Classic yet, I suggest you tune in for these last five days.  Only...
• 3/20 On The Way Home: Zack Greinke: Is He Worth $147 Million for the Los Angeles Dodgers?: Everybody associated with the Los Angeles Dodgers collectively held their breath yesterday, as Zack Greinke was scratched from...
• 3/20 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Detroit could keep Rick Porcello, Drew Smyly: There has been speculation throughout the offseason that the Detroit Tigers will trade one of their extra arms – Rick Porcello...
• 3/20 Blog Red Machine: Former Starter-Closer John Smoltz Agrees with Aroldis Chapman Closing: If you were going to have a life-changing operation from whom would you seek counsel? Would it be a friend, a neighbor, or perhaps...
• 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 Mets Merized: The Problem With the Aggregate Approach to Offense: One of my favorite sci-fi flicks is Star Trek: First Contact. The first 20 minutes are some of the greatest deep-space action...
• 3/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: How To Assemble a $40 Rotation: I don’t like leagues that use Quality Starts as a category, which is a purely selfish reason, being that I’ve More......
• 3/18 Baseballhotcorner.com: Watch Out For Fantasy Pitching Giants Laying In The Weeds: Don’t ignore those fantasy sleeping giants. The best part about fantasy baseball is there are so many numbers to look at, so...
• 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,...
• 3/17 60ft6in.com: Brooks Baseball best site for every pitch thrown: If you want to find anything about how any pitch crossed the plate the best site to use is Brooks Baseball.net I met Dan Brooks...
• 3/16 Radical Baseball: WBC final four countries 2012 MBL players.: With team USA eliminated last night the World Baseball Classic (WBC) has teams these four teams remaining: - Dominican Republic -...
• 3/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: Announced and projected opening day starters for all 32 MLB teams – staff “aces” for every team in baseball: The air is finally getting warmer, and opening day 2013 is rapidly approaching.  Who will be the opening day starter for your...
• 3/16 The Captain's Blog: Changes Needed After USA Loss, but Baseball Is the Big Winner in WBC: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) The World Baseball Classic is moving on to San Francisco,...
• 3/16 Mets Merized: Nelson Figueroa: Hometown Kid Shines In WBC Spotlight: I always regarded the WBC as Dancing With The Stars with spikes. It’s a manufactured competition, but with its roots in nationalism....
• 3/16 New York Mets Report: Nelson Figueroa Is The Essence Of Baseball: I always regarded the WBC as Dancing With The Stars with spikes. It’s a manufactured competition, but with its roots in nationalism....
• 3/16 fantasyteamadvice.com: How much to spend per player in an 8 team auction league draft over at Yahoo for 2013 fantasy baseball: It is always tough to gauge how much is too much per player, and many times it will depend on a multitude of factors including...
• 3/15 fantasyteamadvice.com: Drafting for a shallow head to head 8 man fantasy baseball league – Yahoo draft results: Let’s face it, some people enjoy drafting in shallow formats because everyone ends up with a stacked lineup.  There is...
• 3/15 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Who’d you rather? Cole Hamels or Matt Cain: If you can’t get your hands on a Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Felix Hernandez, David Price, or (maybe) Stephen Strasburg,...
• 3/15 The DoubleDay: Team U$A : Tyler DrenonRecently, commissioner Bud Selig said he'd like to further the internationalization of the game. Obviously, the...
• 3/14 Billy-Ball.com: Why it’s okay to root against the US in the WBC: Let me start by saying that rooting against the US in the World Baseball Classic should not be considered a non-patriotic act....
• 3/14 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers signed two significant free agents to bolster a roster that already included its share of impact players. Major League...
• 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Updated current auction values prices and results from 10 team ESPN H2H points draft on March 14th, 2013: Ever parti**** in an auction draft?  If you have, you know the value of having current auction values at your fingertips, and...
• 3/14 fantasyteamadvice.com: Live fantasy baseball snake draft results from ESPN – H2H Points based league: In my continuing quest for fantasy baseball draft perfection I bring you yet another installment of live fantasy baseball snake...
• 3/13 Rising Apple: Mets Notes from Spring Training: 3/13: News and notes will be emerging throughout the day.  This post will be updated as new pieces of information come in (newest at...
• 3/13 Mets Merized: The Toughness Factor: Why the Mets Need an Edge: Something struck me as odd earlier this spring as I watched SNY’s first broadcast of the season from Tradition Field. Our splendid...
• 3/13 fantasyteamadvice.com: Odds to win the 2013 AL Central title (Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, Cleveland Indians, and Minnesota Twins): The American League Central 2013 edition is expected to be a one horse race with the Detroit Tigers the overwhelming favorites...
• 3/12 fantasyteamadvice.com: American League Central division projections for 2013 MLB – who will win the AL Central this season: The American League Central 2013 edition is expected to be a one horse race with the Detroit Tigers the overwhelming favorites...
• 3/12 Mets Merized: Nieuwen**** and Valdespin Battling For Outfield Spot: The Mets are holding conclave this spring as they seek out a center field replacement for the departed Andres Torres. Jordany...
• 3/12 MLB Injury News: Jordany Valdespin hit in the groin by Justin Verlander pitch: Apparently, Jordany Valdespin was not wearing a cup when Justin Verlander hit him.  The Detroit Tigers' pitcher lost control...
• 3/12 MetsToday.com: Who is Leading the Mets Center Field Race?: After two weeks of spring training games, there may be a leader in the open competition for Mets starting center fielder. As of...
• 3/12 Motor City Bengals: MLB Farm System Rankings: #2 Pittsburgh Pirates: It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball,...
• 3/11 RoxPile: World Baseball Classic: Venezuela Eliminated, USA Advances: Team Venezuela defeated Team Spain soundly on Sunday by a final score of 11-6. Unfortunately for them, they had already been eliminated...
• 3/11 Mets Merized: Valdespin Competing With Nieuwen**** For Outfield Spot: Jordany Valdespin is not an easy person to like, and especially hard to cheer for. Ask a question and he’ll often mumble an...
• 3/11 Mets Merized: Niese Still Hasn’t Allowed A Run, Den Dekker Gloves Another, ‘Spin Homers Then Gets Drilled: The Mets had an absolute field-day this afternoon with an 11-0 romp over against the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland, Fla. Jonathon...
• 3/11 Chicken Friars: Poll: Who’s The Bigger Draft Bust, Matt Bush or Donavan Tate?: There is no question that Matt Bush is a total draft bust for the San Diego Padres. The first overall draft pick in the 2004 Major...
• 3/11 New York Mets Report: Jordany Valdespin Making Impact; Jonathan Niese Sparkles Against Tigers: Jordany Valdespin is not an easy person to like, and especially hard to cheer for. Ask a question and he’ll often mumble an...
• 3/11 MetsToday.com: Link Roundup: Captain America, Wheeler Demoted, Valdy (Tasteless Headline Here): You’ll all be happy to know that Mets 2B Jordany Valdespin is fine after he got hit by a Justin Verlander pitch in the…well,...
• 3/11 Rising Apple: 3/11 Game Recap: Mets Thump Tigers 11-0: In a game that was briefly marred by Jordany Valdespin taking a 94 MPH fastball directly to his groin (it was painful to write...
• 3/11 i70baseball.com: Trevor Rosenthal best-suited to help St. Louis Cardinals as reliever: Trevor Rosenthal might have lost the battle for the final starting rotation spot, but the St. Louis Cardinals gained a great resource...
• 3/11 Baseball Press: A Different Strategy on Fantasy Baseball Pitching: Jason Motte recorded 42 saves and 10.75 K/9 in 2012. (US Presswire)As the traditional five-by five rotisserie or head-to-head...
• 3/10 Lasorda's Lair: Why the Dodgers are better than your team: Detroit Tigers: It was 10 years ago that the Tigers went 43 and 119 for a .265 winning percentage. In the modern era (since 1969), it is the worst...
• 3/9 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 ...
• 3/9 mlbreports.com : The Detroit Tigers Payroll In 2013 And Contracts Going Forward Updated Mar.09/13: Like us on Facebook here March.09/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst / Website Owner): I believe that the Tigers are set...
• 3/8 Motor City Bengals: Bruce Rondon Is Who We Thought He Was: Expectations were exceedingly high and everyone – even nationally – was interested in what the hard-throwing pitcher would...
• 3/8 KC Kingdom: Royal Rivals: Detroit Tigers: Even though Major League Baseball has tried to increase the excitement and hope of franchises by adding another playoff team to...
• 3/7 Splash Hit Blog: What the WBC Measures: I wake up and my timeline is angry. Shouting about this and that, but they’re not fighting with each other, they’re...
• 3/7 baseballintheblood.com : BitB Interview with Arnie Costell: “I’m Very Lucky to Have Found Baseball, Some People Never Find the Thing That Really Floats Their Boat”: Late this afternoon, my phone rang, I didn’t recognize the incoming number, so I answered with no idea what to expect.  The...
• 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 The Baseball Continuum: HUMOR: The Coming Apocalyptic Season for the New York Yankees: Derek Jeter is hurt. Alex Rodriguez is hurt and under a steroid cloud. Mariano Rivera is coming back from an injury. Curtis Granderson...
• 3/6 Inside the Dodgers: (Re-)sizing up Yasiel Puig with the Dodgers.: We can see now why the Dodgers gave Yasiel Puig all that money. We can also see why they won’t say where Puig will begin...
• 3/6 The High Phive: Jimmy Rollins Leads List of 12 Phillies in WBC: The Philadelphia Phillies season opener is less than a month away. That means roughly 27 days left to work out all the kinks and...
• 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...
• 3/6 Southside Showdown: Chris Sale Looking At Extension?: Of the many things that a successful 2013 on the South Side requires, Chris Sale reproducing the effectiveness he supplied in...
• 3/5 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Verlander, Closers, Porcello: Justin Verlander is mostly sticking to comments made two weeks ago that he'd like to be the first pitcher in baseball to sign...
• 3/5 Marlin Maniac: Latest Giancarlo Stanton News: Including Awing Texiera, TV Apperances, and Trade Rumors: I have grown wary of Giancarlo Stanton trade rumors that have popped up since the Miami Marlins completed their fire sale this...
• 3/5 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...
• 3/5 PaulLebowitz.com: Keys to 2013: Detroit Tigers: Starting Pitching Key: Justin Verlander It’s easy to say, “pencil Verlander in for 18-24 wins; 240 innings; 250 strikeouts;...
• 3/4 North and South of Royal Brougham: Saving the King’s Arm: There was a theory born in the comments section of my last post suggesting that better run support for Felix Hernandez in the...
• 3/4 Motor City Bengals: Don Kelly – Have Glove, Will Travel: The players we love to hate – Ryan Raburn, Brandon Inge, Jose Valverde, Gerald Laird – are scattered amongst the MLB...
• 3/4 KC Kingdom: When To Get Excited About The Royals: Nine games. That’s how many consecutive Spring Training games the Kansas City Royals have won. Nine meaningless games. There...
• 3/4 That Ball's Outta Here: Angels Doing Everything They Can Make Mike Trout A Phillie In 2018: Every Phillies fan should, right now, at this very moment, stop whatever they’re doing, go to FTD.com, and buy a nice arrangement...
• 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....
• 3/3 Tyler's Think Tank: 2013 MLB Award Predictions: AL MVP-Robinson Cano Cano has emerged as the best player on a team of All-Stars and will be expected to carry that aging, banged-up...
• 3/3 Rising Apple: Morning Mets Notes: Matt Harvey Studied Justin Verlander While in PSL: When the New York Mets took on the Detroit Tigers Friday afternoon, Matt Harvey was particularly interested in watching how Detroit...
• 3/2 StoopSports.com: Pass the Salad: Jesse Dougherty- Prince Fielder‘s first season with the Detroit Tigers was far from a disappointment. After seven years...
• 3/2 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Jimenez’s Rotation Spot is a Guarantee and Nothing Else However: During Spring Training the DTTWLN staff will profile and examine the coaches and players that make up and are vying to be part...
• 3/2 MLBTradeRumors: Central Notes: Tigers, Cubs, Rondon, Valverde: The Tigers would love to lock Justin Verlander up for the long-term, but it may take a while for the two sides to find middle...
• 3/2 New York Mets Report: Trying To Understand The World Baseball Classic; David Wright Departs: David Cone once told me there could never be a true World Series after the real one because there are only so many pitches in...
• 3/2 Mets Merized: MMO Fan Shot: The World Baseball Classic Is Not A Nuisance: In the wee hours of Saturday morning, righthander Chien-Ming Wang tossed six shutout innings to lead Chinese Taipei to a 4-1...
• 3/2 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 7 – Winners/Awards: I hope you enjoyed the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the last week we gave you a team by team look at...
• 3/1 MetsToday.com: Mets Spring Training Game vs. Tigers: Mets 6 Tigers 2 Yeah, it’s only spring training, but it’s nice to say your team beat the 2012 AL Champions and their...
• 3/1 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Preseason Prediction #2 – Justin Verlander: Justin Verlander has been very consistent over the last few years. K% BB% HR% ERA FIP xFIP 2010 23.7% 7.7% 1.5%...
• 3/1 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Trout, Rangers, Felix: One American League executive told Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com that he'd be talking to Mike Trout about a "crazy-long deal"...
• 3/1 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Starting Pitchers Rankings: With big names leading this list, it can be hard to pass on them in the early rounds.  I think this is the season we should...
• 3/1 Rising Apple: 3/1 Game Recap: New York Mets Defeat Detroit Tigers 6-2: In a game that pitted Jonathon Niese against Detroit ace Justin Verlander, the Mets beat the Tigers 6 to 2.  Both Niese and Verlander...
• 3/1 It's About the Money (Stupid): Cashman to Yankee fans: Calm down about Eduardo Nunez: Hey Yankee fans, Brian Cashman wants to let everybody know that Eduardo Nunez is 'not a great offensive player,' and that while...
• 3/1 The Baseball Haven: Top 250: 2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings:         While I’ve already posted a top 10 fantasy baseball player at each position piece, I figured...

• 2/28 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Tigers, Twins, Cabrera: Every American League Central team except the Royals has won the division at least once since 2007. Here are some AL Central notes,...
• 2/28 Billy-Ball.com: Quality Time: Quality Starts is a fascinating stat. At first, when I looked at the stat created by John Lowe of the Philadelphia Inquirer in...
• 2/28 Marlin Maniac: Three Miami Marlins to Keep an Eye on This Season: When the Miami Marlins kicked off the start of the 2011-2012’ MLB season last year, many people believed that they would contend...
• 2/28 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/27 New York Mets Report: Mets Matters: Alderson Dishes On Kirk Nieuwen**** Travis d’Arnaud, Zack Wheeler And Strikeouts: In a conference call this evening, Mets GM Sandy Alderson addressed several issues surrounding the team. Among them: * Catching...
• 2/27 Crashburn Alley: The Evolution of Domonic Brown: In the comments of my post on spring training stats, Pablo requested some .gifs showing the differences in Brown’s swing...
• 2/27 Rays Colored Glasses: What Did The Rays’ David Price Discover At the End of 2012?: David Price is coming off a huge season for the Tampa Bay Rays, winning the AL Cy Young Award following a season that saw him...
• 2/27 SOX & Dawgs: Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB Preview – Day 4 – AL Central: Welcome to the Gigantic Sox and Dawgs 2013 MLB preview.  Over the next few days you will get a team by team look at its...
• 2/26 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers: Spring Training This & That: Spring Training games don’t really matter much. This may be blasphemy to the hard core baseball fans that frequent this...
• 2/25 MLBTradeRumors: Greinke Gave Rangers Chance To Beat Dodgers' Offer: Zack Greinke signed a contract that made him -- at the time -- the highest-paid right-handed pitcher ever this offseason (Felix...
• 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 [...] ...
• 2/24 Phillies Nation: Phillies and Tigers End in 5-5 Tie After Ten: The Good Roy Halladay looked very sharp in two innings against the Tigers. Other than a mistake that Victor Martinez took out...
• 2/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: AL Preview: Pacific Coast Edition: With Spring Training underway throughout baseball, we will take a look at the offseason moves made by the other American League...
• 2/24 District On Deck: Fantasy Preview: Stephen Strasburg: Capping off the rotation section of our fantasy previews, we have Nationals ace Stephen Strasburg. In his first full major league...
• 2/23 That Ball's Outta Here: Phillies Lose Their Spring Opener, Trade Schwimer: Cole Hamels and Chase Utley looked pretty darn good in the Phils’ Grapefruit League opener on Saturday. That’s the...
• 2/23 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: Who to Draft in Round One if You Don’t Have a Top Three Pick: By Jeff Boggis “The Sultan of Stats” of Fantasy Sports Empires Most fantasy baseball league experts have either Mike Trout,...
• 2/23 MLB Injury News: Tigers rumors: Justin Verlander seeking $200 million contract: Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander told Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports that “of course” he wants to become Major...
• 2/23 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers look forward to an even better finish in 2013: Entering spring training, many speculated whether the Detroit Tigers would have a different demeanor entering camp. It certainly...
• 2/22 BoSox Injection: It’s World Baseball Classic Time! Are You Not Stoked? Yeah, Neither Am I.: I’ve covered this ground before but I feel I wouldn’t be true to my values if I didn’t give the World Baseball...
• 2/22 mlbreports.com : An American Hobby: Baseball Memorabilia – ‘The Obscene Gesture Card’: Like us on Facebook here Friday, February.22, 2013 By Lee Edelstein (‘Baseball Memorabilia Enthusiast’ – visit...
• 2/22 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Making fantasy baseball even more fantastic: In this modern world with all of the advances we have made as a society, one area that continues to fall quite short of civility...
• 2/22 North and South of Royal Brougham: King Felix and Decreased Velocity: Part One: It’s no secret that maintaining fastball velocity is important for a pitcher’s sustained success—or in the case of some, sustained...
• 2/22 Full Spectrum Baseball: Fantasy Forecast: In Florida and Arizona all spring training camps are now kicked into gear. Along with that, Fantasy Baseball leagues are forming...
• 2/22 YankeeAnalysts.com: Regression In 2013: David Phelps: One of the biggest surprises in the 2012 season was David Phelps.  In 57.1 innings started and 42.1 innings of relief, the right-hander...
• 2/22 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: What I like About Fantasy Baseball: Okay, I admit it, fantasy baseball has me completely hooked. That’s probably not much of an admission, since you’re...
• 2/21 The Beanball: Kyle Lohse Could Become This Generation’s Curt Flood: For many fans, the beginning of the baseball season starts in early-February, when pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training....
• 2/21 Billy-Ball.com: 20-Game Win Seasons for Pitchers 30 and Over: Yesterday was Justin Verlander‘s 30th birthday and to celebrate I wrote about pitchers who won 20 games as a 30-year old....
• 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...
• 2/20 Billy-Ball.com: Justin Verlander Turns 30: 61 pitchers with 20+ wins at 30: Baseball’s best pitcher Justin Verlander turns 30 today and Tigers fans have nothing to worry about. Nothing. Although the...
• 2/20 Phillies Nation: Hamels to Start Spring Opener: It’s official: according to Ryan Lawrence, Cole Hamels will start the Grapefruit League opener against the Houston Astros...
• 2/20 Tomahawk Take: Friday’s Probables: Detroit Tigers vs Atlanta Braves:   Friday marks the day we’ve been waiting weeks for and now it’s finally upon us.  This past week and a half, seeing...
• 2/19 Yanks Go Yard: New York Yankees Food For Thought: Justin Verlander in the rotation?: Relax, relax, this is more than likely never going to happen. Recently, the Detroit Tigers’ ace Justin Verlander mentioned...
• 2/18 Talkin Sox with Dan: Lowering the Bar: Jon Lester is not an ace. Don’t tell me about four straight years of at least fifteen wins (2008-2011). I don’t want...
• 2/18 MLB Dirt: 2013 MLBDirt Mock Draft Results: On January 27, 2013, I had the pleasure of hosting and taking part in the first annual MLBDirt.com Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft....
• 2/17 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Is This Finally the Year of the Tiger?: Is this finally the year of the Tiger, will the Two-Time defending American League Central Division Champions finally reach...
• 2/17 Baseball Jerks: Five Players to Watch: 2013 Detroit Tigers: Things are not hunky dory in Foxtown. Owner Mike Ilitch (Pizza, pizza) has gone all-in on the Tigers and they’ve failed...
• 2/16 Kings of Kauffman: Offseason Improvement and the Royals Race for Second Place: The Royals 2013 season will bring higher expectations than most, and for good reason. The Royals added payroll and traded high...
• 2/16 We Talk Fantasy Sports: The Price Isn't Right: Every year, there are a handful of players who get advanced up the draft boards more than they probably should. Maybe it's a big...
• 2/15 The Baseball Continuum: Picture of the Day: Early Spring Training: Is it a problem that I could identify Justin Verlander and I think Phil Coke based simply on Verlander’s profile and I-Think-Coke’s...
• 2/15 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Schumaker, Bourn, Phillies: On this date in 2003, the Red Sox completed an unusually complicated move when they acquired Kevin Millar from the Marlins....
• 2/15 Call to the Pen: Can The Royals Compete in 2013?: The AL Central has long been one of the weakest divisions in baseball, and the Royals have been the worst of the bunch for two...
• 2/15 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants’ Buster Posey Rated 99 In MLB The Show 13: In just a few weeks, the beloved MLB The Show: 13 video game will be released – bringing joy to baseball fans across the...
• 2/15 The Flagrant Fan: Rating by pitch values - Clayton Kershaw is really good: Every year I like to look at the pitch values given by PitchF/X. There are lots of ways to look at how valuable pitchers are...
• 2/15 Full Spectrum Baseball: Detroit Tigers Quintin Berry – A Dirtbag?: There is no shortage of big names on the Detroit Tigers. Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera and Justin Verlander may grab the headlines...
• 2/14 Motor City Bengals: Your Annual Reminder That Spring Training Stats Don’t Mean Anything: We’re all itching for baseball to begin. It’s the time of year when a particularly forceful sneeze from Justin Verlander might...
• 2/13 The Baseball Continuum: Early WBC News for Feb. 13, 2013: As we near the World Baseball Classic, I’ll be collecting news and notes about it. Due to length, it starts after the jump....
• 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...
• 2/13 MLBTradeRumors: Justin Verlander Talks Free Agency: Though Justin Verlander’s contract won’t expire for another two seasons, it’s not too early to start wondering about the...
• 2/12 mlbreports.com : MLB Reports Top 100 Prospects: A Rebuttal To The MLB.com’s Top 100: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday February.12, 2013 By Jordan Gluck (Prospects/Baseball Operations Correspondent) Before I show...
• 2/12 Blog Red Machine: Is Johnny Cueto A Top 10 Starting Pitcher?: Welcome to the second article in my Top 10 series. In this series, I take some of the best players on the Reds, run through some...
• 2/12 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander’s WBC Choice a Wise One: Justin Verlander announced yesterday that he would not parti**** the upcoming World Baseball Classic. While the proclamation was...
• 2/12 We Talk Fantasy Sports: Fantasy Baseball Outfielders Rankings: The Outfield is where you are going to find the most value.  Last season 10 of the top 25, 19 of the top 50 and 36 of the...
• 2/11 60ft6in.com: The 2003 Detroit Tigers: With the dawn of Spring Training, this marks the 10-year anniversary of the infamous 2003 Detroit Tigers.  The club set an American...
• 2/11 Through The Fence Baseball: Fantasy baseball: Felix Hernandez elbow a reason to balk?: Throughout the offseason, many headlines grabbed our attention. Josh Hamilton goes to the Angels, Justin Upton gets traded to...
• 2/11 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Verlander, Royals, Crawford: Justin Verlander repeated today that he wants to stay with the Tigers beyond 2014, when his current contract expires. “I love...
• 2/11 Swingin' A's: Destination Phoenix: Oakland Athletics Pitchers and Catchers Report to Camp: It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for since October 11, 2012 when Justin Verlander shut down the Athletics to...
• 2/11 We Talk Fantasy Sports: The Case for R.A. Dickey: R.A. Dickey may be the least respected Cy Young winner I have witnessed in my lifetime. People seem to think he will somehow implode...
• 2/11 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Scott Diamond's Place in MLB History!!: Hey, did you know that Scott Diamond is the only player in MLB history to have attended Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute...
• 2/10 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Elbow Issues Threaten to Dethrone King Felix Extension: Just three days ago, we sat here and commended the Seattle Mariners for their decision to extend Felix Hernandez with a record-setting...
• 2/10 Call to the Pen: Gio Gonzalez to Pitch for Team USA: The upcoming World Baseball Classic has another big name committed to parti**** as Washington National starter Gio Gonzalez has...
• 2/10 The Baseball Continuum: World Baseball Classic Update: Gio Gonzalez upgrades the USA rotation: With Kris Medlen and Andy Pettitte out and Justin Verlander still making up his mind, the Team USA rotation was down to R.A. Dickey,...
• 2/10 The Biz of Baseball: The Mock Salary Arbitration Case in Favor of Max Scherzer Seeking $7.4 million: On Thursday, I took part in a series of mock salary arbitration cases that are appearing on Baseball Prospectus....
• 2/9 Baseball Jerks: Fantasy Baseball: Whitewater Drafting: The goal for every draft is to be as prepared as possible. For some, it’s memorizing the magazine when we’re in the bathroom....
• 2/9 Tyler's Think Tank: King Felix Collects : It must feel pretty good being king. Felix Hernandez is getting a five-year contract extension worth $135.5 million on...
• 2/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Not Your Daddy’s Steinbrenner: If Hal Steinbrenner is being sincere when he says he doesn’t understand why fans are concerned and upset that the Yankees haven’t...
• 2/8 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: A Championship the Minnesota Twins can win.: The title is deliberately misleading, and I do apologize for that.  I'm not going to talk about how Joe Mauer and Josh ...
• 2/8 Baseball Jerks: Felix Hernandez Gets Big Deal, Sets Bar for Future Contracts: For the last several years, most of the 29 teams not named the Seattle Mariners have sought after Felix Hernandez. Many have inquired...
• 2/8 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Hernandez, MacDougal, Headley: Links from around MLB on a day that many are still buzzing about Felix Hernandez’s seven-year, $175MM contract extension with...
• 2/8 The Baseball Continuum: And now, a quick thought…: If Felix Hernandez is worth $175 million dollars over 7 years… … just how much will Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander...
• 2/8 Lasorda's Lair: Show Kersh the Money!: The Seattle Mariners came to an agreement with pitcher Felix Hernandez for a contract extension  for five years and $135 million....
• 2/7 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers, Kershaw Have "Mutual Interest" In Extension: If Ned Colletti has his way, we won't be hearing much about his club's negotiations about a new contract with Clayton Kershaw,...
• 2/7 Call to the Pen: Felix Hernandez, Mariners Agree to $175M Contract: Seattle Mariners ace right-hander Felix Hernandez has reportedly reached an agreement with the team on a new contract, according...
• 2/7 Motor City Bengals: Felix Hernandez Sets The Market For A Justin Verlander Extension: USA Today’s Bob Nightengale is reporting that the Seattle Mariners and ace starting pitcher Felix Hernandez have agreed to a...
• 2/7 MLBTradeRumors: Mariners, Hernandez Agree To Seven-Year Deal: Felix Hernandez is about to sign the most lucrative contract any pitcher has ever obtained. The Mariners have agreed to sign...
• 2/7 Fire Brand of the American League: Bold Predictions for 2013, Part 3 — The League: The truck has left Boston, and the facilities in Ft. Myers are starting fill up with players eager to prove that 2012 was an aberration....
• 2/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Millwood Had Success in Lone Season with Tribe: By Christian Petrila  What do you get when you take a pitcher and move him to the American League after eight seasons in the...
• 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...
• 2/6 Fire Brand of the American League: Rolling In The Deep: There's a fire starting in Hunter Golden's heart. To take a look at this rotation and talk about what could bring it out of the...
• 2/5 Venom Strikes: Sadly, Brandon Webb Retires: The week before pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training should be a happy time for all baseball fans.  Our favorite...
• 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...
• 2/3 Kings of Kauffman: Taming Tigers Will Be Tough: The Detroit Tigers may not be the super-human juggernaut that many analysts believe they are … but they’re pretty **** close....
• 2/3 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Big Favorite In AL Central, Could Still Lose: Spring Training begins this month, and soon we’ll have actual fake baseball to discuss to take us up until opening day....
• 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 MLBTradeRumors: AL East Notes: Yankees, Rhodes, Tatis, Rodney: No one should be surprised if the Yankees engage in a major spending spree during the 2014 offseason, writes Jim Bowden of ESPN.com...
• 2/1 Mets Merized: MMO Featured Post: The Myth Of A Bountiful Inheritance: While I´m quite tired of the “Omar vs. Sandy” debate, a recent post about the “strong farm system” Omar Minaya supposedly...

• 1/31 A's Farm: Beane And Melvin On A’s Top Prospects, Who’ll Play Second Base, And The Team’s Biggest Challenge In 2013: Over the past few days, we’ve brought you coverage of the bloggers-only press conference with various members of the A’s staff...
• 1/31 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Headley, Wells, Lowe, A-Rod, Mariners: Earlier tonight, the Padres avoided arbitration with Chase Headley by agreeing to a one-year, $8.575MM deal.  The third baseman...
• 1/30 SF Giants Rumors: SF Giants Rumors: Barry Zito Receives Hutch Award: Today at Safeco Field in Seattle, the annual Hutch Award is going to be given out to the MLB player who best exemplifies the fighting...
• 1/30 For Baseball Junkies: Tigers All-Time Team v.2012: Today, we're taking a look at the Tigers All-Time team, version 2012.Last year's inaugural team can be seen here.I would consider...
• 1/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees’ Plan This Offseason Could Be Setting Them Up For Future Failure: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) One of the posts I read over the weekend that really stuck with me...
• 1/30 Mets Merized: The Myth Of A Bountiful Inheritance: While I´m quite tired of the “Omar vs. Sandy” debate, a recent post about the “strong farm system” Omar Minaya supposedly...
• 1/29 Puckett's Pond: Bright Futures: #4 – Alex Meyer: To keep up on who has been featured so far in my “Bright Futures” series, click on the word “link” next...
• 1/29 Yankees Fans Unite: Reactions from Alex Rodriguez PED report (Plus other Yankees notes): While the baseball world is not at all shocked that Alex Rodriguez has been linked to PED’s (again), there are more statements...
• 1/29 Talkin Sox with Dan: Motivation May Fuel Red Sox in 2013: If you’re looking to gauge what the 2016 Red Sox will look like, the 2013 roster is not a good place to start. GM Ben Cherington...
• 1/29 Nolan Writin': 30 Rangers In 30 Days: Justin Grimm: In our 3-part series of which pitchers are candidates for the 5th spot in the rotation but probably won’t end up as the...
• 1/29 Motor City Bengals: The angst over Justin Verlander’s contract is unwarranted–for now: During the Detroit Tigers’ Winter Caravan last week, Justin Verlander briefly discussed the talks (or lack thereof) to extend...
• 1/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander could pitch in WBC: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander is throwing and is considering playing for the USA team in the World Baseball Classic, according...[+] to Team USA bench coach Larry Bowa. Verlander will decide closer to the date rosters must be finalized.
• 1/28 Call to the Pen: Mariners, Hernandez Discussing Extension: Despite the organization’s overall success (or lack thereof) in recent years, there’s no denying the fact that the team’s...
• 1/28 Baseball Musings: Quote of the Day: Justin Verlander dislikes the outlawing of the fake throw to third: Proponents of the rule change argued the move slowed down...
• 1/27 MTRMedia.com: Justin Verlander: One-Team Pitcher and HOFer?: Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander recently stated that he would like to spend his entire career in the Motor City and earn Hall...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander Could Still Pitch For USA In World Baseball Classic:   Justin Verlander wasn’t named on the United States’ provisional roster when it was announced just over a week...
• 1/26 The Baseball Continuum: Picture of the day: Disconnect between perception and reality: The general perception of the World Baseball Classic is that, almost universally, fans want their favorite team’s players-...
• 1/25 60ft6in.com: Justin Verlander: One-Team Pitcher and HOFer?: Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander recently stated that he would like to spend his entire career in the Motor City and earn Hall...
• 1/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander still undecided on WBC: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander said he could pitch for Team USA in this year's World Baseball Classic, but it'll depend on...[+] how he's progressing in spring training. Teams have until Feb. 20 to finalize their roster for the Classic, and Team USA still has an open pitching spot.
• 1/25 Motor City Bengals: State of the Detroit Tiger fandom: The beginning of the year often sees politicians delivering the State of the….whatever. The President, and governors and...
• 1/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | No extension talks with Justin Verlander: The Detroit Tigers haven't had any talks with SP Justin Verlander about an extension. Both sides have said they'd like to strike...[+] a deal for Verlander to finish his career in Detroit. He has two years remaining on his five-year, $80 million deal.
• 1/25 MLB Injury News: Justin Verlander Wants to Play His Entire Career in Detroit: Players do not often reveal their motivations these days.  It can hurt their contract negotiations when working on an extension....
• 1/24 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Verlander, Leyland, Porcello, Peralta: Here's the latest from the defending American League champions... Justin Verlander says he and the Tigers haven't begun...
• 1/24 The Sports Provocateur: American League West Dream Rotation: Kings Felix and Jered and Their Court: Jered Weaver is the opening day starter on the staff, edging out Felix Hernandez on the strength of his past three years.  Weaver...
• 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 Roto Think Tank: Roto Versus Head-to-Head: James from the Carolinas wants to know about the difference between Rotisserie and Head-to-Head formats:Have played Roto for many...
• 1/23 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...
• 1/22 Kevin Slowey Was Framed: Awardin'!: End of year awards are fun.  That is really all they are, but they are fun.  Fun is fun, and everyone knows that. ...
• 1/21 Baseball Analytics: The Fantasy Baseball Diary: James McDonald: James McDonald is looking to rebound in 2013.Last night I gave myself a break from work and went to see one of my favorite bands...
• 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...
• 1/20 Splash Hit Blog: The Best Individual Seasons of 2012: 1st through 20th: Idea: Rank the best individual seasons of the 2012 MLB regular season (Spring Training, Minor Leagues, and Postseason are not...
• 1/19 Chicken Friars: Padres Considered Making A Trade That Would Have “Blown The Socks Off”of People: “That said, 10 days ago there was a trade we looked at and if (general manager Josh Byrnes) wanted to do it, it would have...
• 1/18 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers To Send Three Players To World Baseball Classic: Provisional rosters were officially announced for the 16 World Baseball Classic qualifying nations yesterday. Included in that...
• 1/18 MLBRandomFandom: Team USA Roster Unveiled for World Baseball Classic: By Nick CesareTeam USA RosterThe preliminary rosters for the World Baseball Classic were announced yesterday.   Team...
• 1/18 MLB Injury News: Roster for the USA in World Baseball Classic: Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
• 1/17 Tyler's Think Tank: Best Pitching Season of the 2000s: Martinez was at the top of his game in 2000 (FanNation) After selecting the best offensive seasons of each decade last...
• 1/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Is Going To Get All of the Dollars: As the Dodgers have gone on an unprecedented spending spree, there’s still the great white whale out there: the little matter...
• 1/16 The Baseball Continuum: Rosters (and possibilities/non-possibilities) of the World Baseball Classic as of 12:30 PM of Jan. 16, 2013: While we all wonder if Justin Verlander will change his mind and join the WBC (he’s leaning to no, at least for the initial...
• 1/15 mlbreports.com : Sabathia Looks For More AL Supremacy + Eventual Election Into The BBHOF!: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday, January.15/2013 By Chuck Booth (Yankees Correspondent/Website Owner): CC Sabathia is a BEAST. ...
• 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 Tyler's Think Tank: Hall of One: Aaron Sele a Hall of Famer? Somebody thought so (Bleacher Report) Aaron Sele became a Twitter phenomenon when he managed...
• 1/15 Motor City Bengals: When Will Justin Verlander Collect His First Hit?:   Gerald Laird joked prior to last season that Justin Verlander – who was hitless at the plate in his career – should...
• 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,...
• 1/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander could play in WBCDetroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander is a possibility to be added to Team USA's roster for the 2013 World Baseball Classic....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander is a possibility to be added to Team USA's roster for the 2013 World Baseball Classic.
• 1/13 The Baseball Continuum: Late World Baseball Classic news for January 13, 2013 (Part 3 of probably 3): Okay, last update for the night… I hope. In his article on the latest round of players to commit to Team USA, Jon Heyman...
• 1/13 Call to the Pen: Detroit Tigers Will Be Tough Again: The stock-piling of talent goes on for the big-spending Los Angeles Angels and the scrappy Baltimore Orioles and Oakland’s...
• 1/12 Redbird Rants: Time to Modify Rules for Free Agent Salaries, Part 1: At some point, Major League Baseball should consider modifying some of the rules regarding free agency. How would you feel if...
• 1/12 MLB Injury News: Seattle Mariners: Gold Rush of Pitching: This is a guest post by reader Nathan Adkins. If you are interested in contributing a guest post and having your work featured...
• 1/12 El Maquino: EM TAKES THE ‘USA TODAY’ ROSTER CHALLENGE: USA Today has this cool thing where they use the median team salary in the Major Leagues to construct the best 25-man roster they...
• 1/11 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Season In Review: Barry Zito: The amount of Giant fans who haven’t moaned and groaned at the mere sight of Barry Zito are few and far between. Make no...
• 1/11 MLBTradeRumors: Baseball Blogs Weigh In: Posey, Verlander, Sale: On this date in 2006, the then-Devil Rays franchise acquired its first Japanese-born player by signing reliever Shinji Mori to...
• 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...
• 1/7 Bleeding Yankee Blue: HEY JUSTIN, THAT'S NOT KATE UPTON!: I like Justin Verlander.  I think he's one of the best pitchers out there and deserves everything that comes his way. ...
• 1/7 Motor City Bengals: To Trade or Not To Trade Rick Porcello: Lynn Henning’s piece on Dave Dombrowski’s most recent press conference definitely gives one the impression that the...
• 1/7 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Rangers, Red Sox, Mets: With Justin Verlander on his way to Lakeland, FL to prepare for the start of spring training, the countdown to the 2013 season...
• 1/5 BoSox Banter: Trades could happen with Red Sox arb-eligible players: By Jeff Louderback If Jacoby Ellsbury would have duplicated his 2011 numbers last season – or even see just a minimal decline...
• 1/5 Tyler's Think Tank: 13 Baseball Players to Watch in 2013: Jacoby Ellsbury The speedy Red Sox centerfielder is coming off another injury plagued season, but Boston is counting on him...
• 1/4 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Eckersley’s Remarkable Career Began in Cleveland: By Craig Gifford Of all the players who started their careers with the Indians only to make their names elsewhere, Dennis Eckersley...
• 1/4 mlbreports.com : Vargas/Morales Trade Fills Needs For Both Teams: Like us on Facebook here Friday, January.04,  2012 Nicholas Rossoletti (MLB Trade Correspondent): It is rare in baseball that...
• 1/4 Motor City Bengals: A Detroit World Series Followed by….?: There’s something fascinating about the construction of a successful baseball team. Look at the gradual transformation of the...
• 1/3 Motor City Bengals: The Time To Extend Verlander Is Now: The Detroit Tigers haven’t been shy about throwing around some money the past couple of years. We all know that. We also...
• 1/3 Kings of Kauffman: The New Rotation – Good Enough?: I don’t think too many fans will argue Dayton Moore has done quite a bit to improve the starting pitching on this team – but...
• 1/2 MLBTradeRumors: AL Central Notes: Verlander, Tigers, Twins, Indians: Last month, we heard that a number of teams were inquiring on Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello.  Detroit turned clubs...
• 1/2 Through The Fence Baseball: 13 MLB players to watch in 2013: As we ring in the new year, here are 13 MLB players to watch as we approach the upcoming 2013 season: Jacoby Ellsbury The speedy...
• 1/2 Through The Fence Baseball: 13 players to watch in 2013: As we ring in the new year, here are 13 players to keep an eye on during the 2013 season: Jacoby Ellsbury The speedy Red Sox center...
• 1/1 MLBTradeRumors: Arbitration Breakdown: David Price: Over the next few weeks, I will be discussing some of the higher profile upcoming arbitration cases. I will rely partly on...

• 12/31 Motor City Bengals: Will 2013 Be Better Than 2012 For Detroit Tigers?: The under performance of the Detroit Tigers in the 2012 regular season — or perhaps rather the perceived underperformance...
• 12/31 The Daily Fungo: 2012 Top 10 Stories: #2 – Tigers Win the Pennant: Given how the Tigers’ 2012 season went, months of frustration and a division title that came at the 11th hour, a trip to...
• 12/31 Motor City Bengals: With Sanchez, Tigers Rotation Could Make History: Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer ranked first and second respectively on the major league strikeout leaderboard this past season....
• 12/30 Motor City Bengals: Boston Writer Says Detroit Tigers Have Best Roster In American League: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe took on the task of ranking the top 10 MLB teams by overall roster quality (as perceived by him)....
• 12/30 MLBRandomFandom: Problem Solving: Tigers Bullpen: By Nick CesareThroughout the history of baseball, pitching has often been the main reason why a team was successful or not. ...
• 12/28 Blog Red Machine: 2012 Reds Recall: June: As the Reds entered the month of June, there was a sense of a tide changing. Not so much with the Reds, but who would come knocking...
• 12/28 Crashburn Alley: Crash Bag, Vol. 34: One Night in Pankot Makes a Hard Man Humble: The intro to this Crash Bag was originally a 1,000-word screed on how, when I’m dictator of the world, I’m going to...
• 12/27 Talkin Sox with Dan: Power Plays: On Wednesday, the Red Sox officially addressed an area of surplus. They have a closer. Andrew Bailey is injury-plagued. There...
• 12/27 Diamond Ring: The Royals New And Improved Record...Maybe: I've watched with slight growing concern as American League Central teams make deal after deal to improve themselves. I know the...
• 12/26 Tyler's Think Tank: 12 Best Baseball Players of 2012: Trout was baseball's bast player in 2012 (ESPN) 1. Mike Trout Unquestionably the most valuable player in baseball this...
• 12/26 Through The Fence Baseball: End of year countdown: Mike Trout atop best-player list in 2012: As the year winds down to its official close next Monday, we shift from season’s greetings to best-of list countdowns. Here’s...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Anibal Sanchez Reaches Agreement with Tigers: Five Years $80 Million: him Sanchez opted to re-sign with the Tigers instead of the Cubs The Detroit Tigers and free-agent righthander Anibal Sanchez...
• 12/23 Baseball News Source: Rays and Royals Trade Analysis: Kansas City acquired two major league ready players, and Tampa Bay received coveted prospects The Royals think they are a pitching...
• 12/21 West Coast Reds: Cueto Finishes Fourth in NL Cy Young Voting: Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey won the National League Cy Young Award Wednesday, beating out Dodger star Clayton Kershaw, Nationals...
• 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy: Why you don’t Overpay for Saves: You have undoubtedly heard the fantasy baseball adage at some point, “don’t pay for saves”, but do you know the More......
• 12/21 The Baseball Haven: Are the Royals Good Enough to “Go for It”?: Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore apparently thinks that his team is good enough to win within the next two years. That has to...
• 12/20 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Have Decisions To Make In Extending Justin Verlander: Justin Verlander is at the top of the sport right now and still has two years left on his contract, so he wouldn’t appear to...
• 12/18 Motor City Bengals: Why Trading Rick Porcello For A Reliever Would Be Horrible For The Detroit Tigers: I’ve already made the case for the Tigers NOT trading Rick Porcello – at least right now – but word is getting out that...
• 12/18 PaulLebowitz.com: The R.A. Dickey Trade, Part II—As A Means To Bash The Mets: R.A. Dickey was found money for the Mets. Rather than spend it immediately, they invested it wisely in blue chip stocks to secure...
• 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...
• 12/17 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Simple Sabermetrics: Command Ratio: Some people criticize sabermetrics because they claim they are made-up, “invented statistics.” Let me share you some...
• 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 The Daily Fungo: Recapping the Return of Anibal Sanchez: Detroit fans have been spoiled rotten by Mike Ilitch‘s generosity with the Red Wings for 30 years and the Tigers for the...
• 12/15 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...
• 12/14 MLB Injury News: Matt Bush, Former Number One Pick, To Serve at Least 3 Years in DUI Hit and Run: Matt Bush has had about as bad a run as possible for a former number one overall draft pick.  The San Diego Padres took...
• 12/14 StanGraphs: Free Agent Signing: Anibal Sanchez to the Tigers, Not the Cubs: After getting the chance to be briefly surprised at the Cubs and their shrewd pick-up of Anibal Sanchez, word started getting...
• 12/14 Southside Showdown: Ranking The AL Central’s Starting Rotations: The AL Central has made a few pitching acquisitions lately, with the Royals vastly overpaying for James Shields and Wade Davis...
• 12/14 Call to the Pen: Anibal Sanchez Re-Signs with Tigers: The Detroit Tigers were given an opportunity by one of their free agents that the Texas Rangers weren’t given by Josh Hamilton....
• 12/14 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...
• 12/14 Call to the Pen: Tigers, Cubs Finalists to Sign Anibal Sanchez: For a while on Thursday afternoon, it looked like a done deal. According to Bob Nightengale, the Chicago Cubs believed they had...
• 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...
• 12/13 The Daily Fungo: Okay, Now It Seems Real: With the Giants’ saturation of the Cardinals complete — and how delicious was that three-games-to-one comeback? —...
• 12/13 The Daily Fungo: Verlander Shows How Closing is Done: On Tuesday night Jim Leyland said the A’s played a perfect game in the 2-0 Oakland Game 3 win. I’d submit that the...
• 12/13 Through The Fence Baseball: 2013 MLB draft: Interview with projected top pick Clint Frazier: Clint Frazier is a 6’-1 200 pound center fielder from Loganville HS in Georgia. He is widely regarded as one of the top two...
• 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...
• 12/10 MLBTradeRumors: Dodgers Could Explore Kershaw Extension: The Dodgers recently gave Zack Greinke the largest contract of any right-handed pitcher in baseball history, but general manager...
• 12/10 Baseball News Source: Rays and Royals Trade Analysis: Kansas City acquired two major league ready players, and Tampa Bay received coveted prospects The Royals think they are a pitching...
• 12/10 MLB Dirt: Rays Rob the Royals in Blockbuster Trade: The Tampa Bay Rays have traded James Shields and Wade Davis to the Kansas City Royals in exchange for the bat they have been...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Tigers Will Win the World Series: Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE ...
• 12/9 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Giants Will Win the World Series: by Jon BeckerTonight the World Series starts in Major League Baseball, with the high-power Tigers against the momentous Giants....
• 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...
• 12/9 PaulLebowitz.com: Zack Greinke Reverberations and Madness: Zack Greinke has reportedly agreed to terms with the Dodgers on a 6-year, $147 million contract. Let’s look at the reality and...
• 12/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Zack Greinke: Dodgers New Ace Will Stay Strong with LA’s NL TeamThe biggest pitching name of this year’s class is off of the market as per John Heyman of CBS Sports, More......
• 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,...
• 12/7 KC Kingdom: Reality Check: James Shields Is Not An Ace: Will they or won’t they? The James Shields for Wil Myers trade rumors just won’t go away and I for one am getting...
• 12/7 mlbreports.com : The Milwaukee Brewers 2013 Roster: State Of The Union: Friday, December.7, 2012 Ben Dobson (Guest Baseball Writer and Brewers Correspondent): Disastrous? Horrifying? Cataclysmic? ****...
• 12/7 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Tim Lincecum 2013: Fantasy Freak or Freakout?Any way you slice it, 2012 was not pretty for Tim Lincecum. Well, he did win a World Series, so More......
• 12/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Joss Fills Second Rotation Spot In Tribe’s All-Time Team: By Ronnie Tellalian Addie Joss’ candle burned bright in Cleveland. Unfortunately his flame was extinguished too soon. Two days...
• 12/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Bomber’s Blast: Is it save now, spend later for the Yankees?:   The New York Yankees are not going to swoop in and offer Josh Hamilton a ridiculous contract for an even more ridiculous...
• 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 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: Dan Haren Signs With the Nationals: Can Dan Haren bounce back for the Nats in 2013? (US Presswire)In one of the more surprising signings thus far in the 2012 baseball Winter...
• 12/3 Call to the Pen: Tigers “Insulted” Anibal Sanchez with $48 Million Offer: On second thought, maybe the Detroit Tigers are looking for a left handed reliever because they have little hope of using Drew...
• 12/3 mlbreports.com : Braves Selling Low on Hanson and Jurrjens: Moneyball Ain’t Alive in Atlanta People: Monday December 3rd, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:   I was thinking back this week to one of my fave articles from this past year. Being...
• 12/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Tim Lincecum 2013: Fantasy Freak or Freakout?: Any way you slice it, 2012 was not pretty for Tim Lincecum. Well, he did win a World Series, so More...The post Tim Lincecum 2013:...

• 11/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: Will your team’s free-agent Match bring eHarmony?:   I know haven’t been around much recently, and I sure hope that you haven’t started thinking that it’s something you...
• 11/30 Radical Baseball: Who pitches to whom?: Yesterday on MLB Network's Clubhouse Confidential program there was a discussion about the American Conference Cy Young award....
• 11/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Dreaming About Zack Greinke: Over the last 8 years, no other pitcher has ever gotten close to touching Zack Greinke‘s 2009 season. His 9.3 fWAR was a...
• 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...
• 11/28 Puckett's Pond: Joe Mauer and/or The Minnesota Twins?: I had a conversation over Thanksgiving with one of my cousins.  We were talking about how bad the Twins were and trying to figure...
• 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...
• 11/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Does Trading Robinson Cano Make Sense?: For the last three years, according to fWAR, Robinson Cano tied Joey Votto as the third most valuable player in baseball behind...
• 11/24 Yanks Go Yard: Grading the Yankees: David Phelps: David Phelps’ contributions to the Yankees in 2012 cannot be understated. Quite simply, his work this past season – be it as...
• 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...
• 11/20 Through The Fence Baseball: The Hot Corner: Miguel Cabrera, Twinkies, Jessica Simpson:   Contributors: Eliza Bayne, Zach Pennington, Stephen Arenholtz, Atman Thakrar The hottest topics for the week of November...
• 11/20 Bronx Baseball Daily: Some thoughts on the Yankees payroll as News Corp. buys YES: A couple of interesting things have come out about the Yankees relationship to the YES Network since I first passed along...
• 11/19 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Finding Sleeper Pitchers: If you’re anything like me, you have a hard time spending early round draft picks on guys like Justin Verlander, Clayton...
• 11/19 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: 2012 Dodgers in Review #26: SP Clayton Kershaw: 2.53 ERA 2.49 FIP 227.2 IP 9.05 K/9 2.49 BB/9 5.5 fWAR A 2012 in brief: Reigning NL Cy Young winner followed up with a season...
• 11/19 Southside Showdown: On parti**** in the World Baseball Classic: Chris Sale is unlikely to pitch in the World Baseball Classic. Every indication from his quotes  he is some combination of wary...
• 11/19 Tyler's Think Tank: Tricky Dickey, Price is Right: Justin Verlander and Clayton Kershaw replicated their numbers from 2011, when both won their league's pitching triple crowns...
• 11/18 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Cy Young voting wasn’t so terrible: There’s been a lot of chatter about the selection of Miguel Cabrera as MVP over Mike Trout. Make no mistake, Trout is and...
• 11/18 Yanks Go Yard: Torii To Tigers Brings Trouble For Yankees?: So far, the talk of the free agency has surrounded around the moves the Toronto Blue Jays have made. The Yankees’ division cohorts...
• 11/17 WahoosOnFirst: Recapping the 2012 FanSided MLB Awards: Well, baseball awards season is now behind us, and two great electorates have spoken—the BBWAA and the FanSided MLB network....
• 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 [...] ...
• 11/16 Call to the Pen: 2012 MLB Awards Voting Shows Lack of Progress: Over the last few years, it really felt like we were beginning to see a progression in how awards voters picked their winners...
• 11/16 Tomahawk Take: Trout vs. Cabrera, Or How To Evaluate Players: I realize there have been a seemingly infinite amount of posts around the internet comparing Mike Trout and Miguel Cabrera during...
• 11/16 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays in MVP Vote, How Marlins Affect Rays Stadium Talks, Rays Covet Wil Myers?: The 2012 Most Valuable Players awards and the NL award passed without much controversy as Buster Posey rolled to the MVP. In the...
• 11/16 Call to the Pen: Miguel Cabrera AL Most Valuable Player: If you become baseball’s first triple crown winner in 45 years and your team makes it to the World Series, to me it would...
• 11/16 Redlegs Review: Video: Should Aroldis Chapman start or relieve?: Your browser does not support iframes.   The hottest topic up for debate this offseason is whether or not the Reds...
• 11/16 Feelin' Kinda Blue: My 2012 IBWAA awards ballot: Trout, Braun, Hernandez, Kershaw and more: Now that award season is officially over, it's time to reveal my ballots for the Internet Baseball Writers Association of...
• 11/15 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL MVP Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/15 Baseball Musings: AL MVP: Miguel Cabrera gets a first place voted on 22 of 28 ballots and wins the 2012 AL MVP. He’s the first person from Venezuela...
• 11/15 MLBTradeRumors: Miguel Cabrera, Buster Posey Win League MVP Awards: Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera and Giants catcher Buster Posey were announced as the winners of the Most Valuable Player...
• 11/15 Motor City Bengals: David Price Gets Undeserved Cy Young: You might assume, since this is a Tigers site, that I am going to be ranting about how Justin Verlander got robbed. After all,...
• 11/15 Call to the Pen: David Price AL Cy Young Winner: This is the kind of stuff that was predicted for David Price from the moment he joined the Tampa Bay Rays. The 2012 winner of...
• 11/15 Puckett's Pond: Midday Memories: Twins Cy Young Winners: Congratulations to R.A. Dickey of the New York Mets and David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays for being named the 2012 Cy Young Award...
• 11/15 Bronx Baseball Daily: Price, Dickey win the Cy Young award: The BBWAA didn’t agree with me and instead picked Rays pitcher David Price for the American League Cy Young Award and...
• 11/15 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Thoughts on David Price Winning the Cy Young Award: “That’s why I play the game. I don’t do this for the paycheck, I don’t do this to be an average big-leaguer....
• 11/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 AL and NL Cy Young Award Winners: Thursday November 15th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky:  Both Cy Young awards were announced yesterday. R.A. Dickey won in the National...
• 11/15 Bleeding Yankee Blue: DICKEY & PRICE WIN CY YOUNG AWARDS: A quick news note. New York Mets RA Dickey and Tampa Bay Rays David Price have won the Cy Young awards.  You can read...
• 11/15 MLB Injury News: David Price, R.A. Dickey Named 2012 Cy Young Winners: Tampa Bay Rays left-hander David Price and New York Mets right-hander R.A. Dickey were named by the BBWAA as the 2012 American...
• 11/15 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Finishes Third In Cy Young Voting: Jered Weaver didn’t get the reward Angels fans wanted. Weaver finished third in the AL Cy Young Award balloting with 70...
• 11/14 Baseball Jerks: Tigers Owner Mike Ilitch and the Pizza Fund: For those of you unfamiliar with Mike Ilitch – here’s the 83 year-old father of Little Caesar’s Pizza, philanthropist...
• 11/14 El Maquino: THE AWARDS VOTING IS ESPECIALLY BAFFLING THIS YEAR: > I think they’re messing with me. I’ve been doing these awards analyses the days before the awards themselves...
• 11/14 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 AL & NL Cy Young Awards: It's now time to put the finishing touches on the 2012 MLB season as Baseball Writers' Association of America...
• 11/14 Baseball News Source: Rays David Price Edges Verlander For AL Cy Young Award: Price went 10-2 with a 2.51 ERA against the AL East David Price of the Tampa Bay Rays received 14 of 28 first-place votes, and...
• 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: David Price: Cy Young Award Winner: David Price came tantalizing close the the American League Cy Young Award in 2010, finishing second to Felix Hernandez in a year...
• 11/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Rays | David Price wins AL Cy Young: Tampa Bay Rays SP David Price won the American League Cy Young Award Wednesday, Nov. 14. Price beat out Detroit Tigers SP Justin...[+] Verlander by just one vote. Price becomes the first player in team history to win the award. He went 20-5 with a 2.56 ERA that was the best in the AL and second in the majors.
• 11/14 AroundTheFoghorn: And the Cy Youngs Go To…: Tampa Bay number one overall draft pick David Price just edged out Justin Verlander in what the BBWAA called the closest race...
• 11/14 Baseball Musings: Strange Vote: David Price wins the AL Cy Young award in a very close vote, Price winning 153 points to Justin Verlander‘s 149. Price was...
• 11/14 Baseball Musings: AL Cy Young: I find myself one of the few people with a statistical bent who likes David Price over Justin Verlander. I understand the sabermetric...
• 11/14 MLBTradeRumors: David Price & R.A. Dickey Win Cy Young Awards: Congratulations go out to David Price and R.A. Dickey, who were named the Cy Young Award winners in their respective leagues...
• 11/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit Tigers agree with Torii Hunter on two-year deal: Former Los Angeles Angels 0utfielder Torii Hunter has reportedly signed to play for the Detroit Tigers for the next two years....
• 11/14 Motor City Bengals: 2013 Payroll Concerns (or “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Mike Illitch”): With the recent addition of Torii Hunter, the Tigers committed $26 million dollars to the payroll for the next two seasons. That’s...
• 11/14 60ft6in.com: Cy Young Awards Announced Tonight: The NL and AL Cy Young Award winners will be announced tonight at 6pmET on MLB Network. The AL race appears to be locked up, as...
• 11/14 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price or Rodney for Cy Young?, Jose Molina, Ticket Prices, Will Rhymes, J.P. Howell: The day has finally come. Tonight we will find out whether Rays lefty David Price will take home the 2o12 American League Cy Young...
• 11/14 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Detroit Tigers: The Tigers will look for corner outfield help and consider signing a starter. Guaranteed Contracts Prince Fielder,...
• 11/14 MLB Dirt: Mike Trout Is The 2012 AL MVP Any Way You Look At It: WAR, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing; at least within the confines of this article. While they aren’t the end-all,...
• 11/14 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL MVP: Mike Trout: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just one...
• 11/13 El Maquino: CLAYTON KERSHAW IS GETTING SCREWED TOMORROW: > The Cards fired Kyle McClellan and picked up former Mets catcher Rob Johnson to replace him on the 40-man and Bryan Anderson,...
• 11/13 Bay Area Sports Guy: San Francisco Giants end of season review: The hot stove season has already kicked off with the San Francisco Giants working to bring back some of their key pieces from...
• 11/13 Motor City Bengals: Assigning Blame For The Detroit Tigers Defense: We have hemmed and hawed about the Tigers poor defense for a whole season and now we get to do the same for at least a big chunk...
• 11/12 mlbreports.com : The Detroit Tigers Payroll 2013 And Contracts Going Forward: Monday, Nov.12/2012 Note from Chuck Booth:  I am attempting to bring the history for each of the 30 MLB Franchises into a 5 part...
• 11/12 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 ...
• 11/12 MLBRandomFandom: Why the Giants Will Win the World Series: by Jon BeckerTonight the World Series starts in Major League Baseball, with the high-power Tigers against the momentous Giants....
• 11/12 WahoosOnFirst: Why Indians Should Give Jason Donald Another Chance: Jason Donald would probably like to forget about the 2012 season, and not just because he had the misfortune of being hit by one...
• 11/9 Motor City Bengals: Anibal Sanchez’s Contract Demands: Recently Jon Paul Morosi reported that Anibal Sanchez has set his contract parameters: somewhere around 6 years and $90 million....
• 11/8 Eye On the Tigers: Top 10 Most Exciting Tigers Wins of 2012: I wanted to do some kind of recap on the 2012 season but I wanted to do something different than the other blogs.  I’m...
• 11/8 Halo Hangout: Evaluating Mike Trout’s and Jered Weaver’s Award Chances: In case you missed it, yesterday the finalists for all of the Major League Baseball Awards were announced and the Angels were...
• 11/8 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: David Price Named CY Finalist, Rumors on James Shields, Justin Upton to Rays?: David Price is coming off a remarkable 2012 in which he led the American League with 20 wins and a 2.56 ERA. And as expected,...
• 11/8 Radical Baseball: MVP: should money be considered?: MLB Network program Clubhouse Confidential is back.  Host Brian Kenny does a great job.  Suggestion: drop Harold Reynolds....
• 11/7 SOX & Dawgs: BBWAA Announces 2012 MLB Award Finalists: For the first time ever, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) has decided to release the finalists for the 2012...
• 11/7 StanGraphs: 2012 AL Awards Review: Most Valuable Player Before the season, we decided to nominate Jose Bautista for this award. This was a safe bet, not a gut feeling...
• 11/7 The Captain's Blog: Pushing an Agenda at Baseball’s GM Meetings: Now that the county has moved past the distraction of a presidential election, it can get back to the important business of its...
• 11/7 MLBTradeRumors: Red Sox Disinclined To Trade Jacoby Ellsbury: Outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury is one year removed from an MVP-caliber season and one year away from free agency, but Ken Rosenthal...
• 11/6 Motor City Bengals: The Detroit Tigers’ Case For Signing Josh Hamilton: Want to win now? Don’t care about the future – especially the future payroll? There is basically one and only one...
• 11/6 Kings of Kauffman: Odorizzi Provides Promise and Concern: Myself and others hold the position that 2013 is not a year for in-house options for the Royals starting rotation. Many are under...
• 11/6 Kings of Kauffman: Volstad’s Chances at Success Slim but Better Than Hochevar’s: A quick heads up for readers of this blog: 90 percent of what you read this offseason will be about starting pitching. For me,...
• 11/6 Redbird Rants: Kyle Lohse and Free Agency: The St. Louis Cardinals made an offer to Kyle Lohse this week of $13.3 million for year. So, I thought I would take a look at...
• 11/6 For Baseball Junkies: BBA Announces Goose Gossage and Walter Johnson Award Winners for Starting and Relief Pitchers: Yesterday, the Baseball Bloggers Alliance announced this year's Goose Gossage and Walter Johnson awards recipients (you can see...
• 11/6 Fire Brand of the American League: Bringing the market into focus: starting pitching: Hunter Golden peels back the complexities of this year's market for starting pitching and makes a shameless plug for the player...
• 11/5 Eye On the Tigers: The Future of Rick Porcello: Is Rick Porcello finally going have the breakout season that his underlying numbers and re**** seem hint at? I know many are...
• 11/5 Baseball Musings: IBWAA MVPs: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America announced the vote for MVP. Miguel Cabrera and Buster Posey won the titles:...
• 11/3 Baseball Musings: IBWAA Cy Young: The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America names their Cy Young Award winners: Los Angeles – The Internet Baseball...
• 11/3 Blog Red Machine: The Cuban Missile Crisis: The 2012 NL Central Champion Cincinnati Reds (now that the mourning period is over, that’s starting to sound good again) have...
• 11/2 Eye On the Tigers: 2013 Starting Rotation: The Tigers are going to have an interesting conundrum this offseason. After a shaky start, Anibal Sanchez was outstanding in...
• 11/2 Motor City Bengals: Where We Would Be Without Mike Ilitch: Now for a little offseason thought experiment: where would the Tigers franchise be if it were not for owner Mike Ilitch? This...
• 11/2 StanGraphs: AL Central Review: 2012 AL Central Predicted Standings 1. Detroit Tigers 2. Kansas City Royals 3. Cleveland Indians 4. Chicago White Sox 5. Minnesota...
• 11/1 Call to the Pen: Jim Leyland Can Taste One More Win: One last go-around for Jim Leyland as Detroit Tigers’ manager. The other day he agreed to a one-year deal to come back...
• 11/1 Through The Fence Baseball: Covering the Detroit Tigers in 2012 was filled with perks: The 2012 World Series has come to an end. If you would have asked me if the Detroit Tigers would lose four straight, I would of...
• 11/1 Motor City Bengals: A Thank You To Jose Valverde: The Detroit Tigers have come out and publicly stated that they are prepared to move on from Jose Valverdeas the closer of their...
• 11/1 Raising Matt Cain: 25 for 16: Barry Zito: There were a lot of signature moments in the Giants post-season, but if you had to pick one you would not go wrong choosing the...
• 11/1 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: San Francisco Giants: The 2012 season could not have gone any better for the San Francisco Giants. I suppose they could have won every single game they...

• 10/31 Through The Fence Baseball: What went wrong for Detroit in the World Series: Three days after the World Series, there’s a certain calmness in the air around the state of Michigan. The familiarities and...
• 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...
• 10/31 mlbreports.com : Pablo Sandoval: A Tribute to Panda’s Historic World Series Night: Wednesday October 31st, 2012 Luke Whitecotton:  When I mention Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols, what words come...
• 10/31 AroundTheFoghorn: Twelve Ways The ’12 Giants Made History: Marco Scutaro exulting in a cinematic downpour as the Giants clinched the pennant. A viral #RallyZito hashtag that united Giants...
• 10/30 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers: Top Moments of 2012: The Detroit Tigers’ season ended in deflating fashion, but it’s unfair to forget some of the incredible moments this...
• 10/30 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: The worst World Series ever:   I think most sports fan like to think of the championship series (or game) of any sport as a matchup of the two best teams...
• 10/30 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Pitchers Break, But You Still Need Them: Zack Greinke: “Pitchers break,” said Dodgers chairman Mark Walter in explaining that the team might be reluctant to offer a long-term...
• 10/30 BoSox Injection: It’s Over. It’s Just Beginning. Looking Ahead to 2013.: It’s all over. The San Francisco Giants are World Champions for the second time in three years. If the Red Sox couldn’t...
• 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 Tyler's Think Tank: Comeback Players of the Year: The Sporting News named Adam Dunn AL Comeback Player of the Year, but MLB selected Fernando Rodney. Both were deserving candidates;...
• 10/29 Motor City Bengals: Before I Move On: As you can tell by some of the articles my colleagues on Motor City Bengals have been cranking out today, the off-season of Tigers...
• 10/29 Tyler's Think Tank: Giants Sweep Tigers: The Giants waited 52 years to bring their first World Series title to San Francisco after abandoning their home in the Polo...
• 10/29 For Baseball Junkies: Giants Win World Series - Sandoval MVP: Last night, while the Eastern seaboard was bracing for the storm that is supposed to make the storm from "The Perfect Storm" look...
• 10/29 Call to the Pen: Jim Leyland: Tigers His “Last Stop”: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland worked through the final season on his contract in 2012 and now will discuss his future with...
• 10/29 Call to the Pen: Giants Deliver Knockout Blow: One by one Jim Leyland could have sent hitters up to the plate in games from now to December without anybody he could hire getting...
• 10/29 MLB Injury News: Justin Verlander Says Teams Like Nationals Should Let Their Pitchers Pitch: While the initial focus will be on the San Francisco Giants for winning the World Series, the Washington Nationals will soon find...
• 10/29 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Sweep Tigers, Win 2012 World Series: The **** that wouldn’t die – that’s how San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean described the team...
• 10/28 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 4 Preview: Giants Sweep, or Tigers Claw Back?: This one is difficult. Either the Giants will complete a four-game sweep of the 2012 World Series, or the Tigers will make it...
• 10/28 Bronx Baseball Daily: Thoughts on the 2012 AL Cy Young race: Unlike the American League MVP race, the Cy Young race is a bit more up in the air. Justin Verlander lead with a 6.8 WAR,...
• 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 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Challenges Facing Shapiro: Recently, Pat McManamon of FOXSportsOhio.com had a conversation with Cleveland Indians’ team president Mark Shapiro, who talked...
• 10/28 MLB Injury News: Why Justin Verlander is Worth Every Penny the Tigers Haven't Paid Him: Justin Verlander is better than me.  His name is equally awesome, but he is better.  There's no doubt about that.  When...
• 10/28 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 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 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 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 3 Preview: Tigers Look to Avoid 3-0 Hole: The Detroit Tigers start their three game homestand of the 2012 World Series tonight at Comerica Park, down two games to none....
• 10/27 The Captain's Blog: Home Runs Drive Postseason Success (Just Not This Year): (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) Home runs are fine and dandy during the regular season....
• 10/27 mlbreports.com : There Will Never Be Another 300 Game Winner: Saturday October 27th, 2012 Luke Whitecotton (Guest Writer):   Let me thrown four names out there: Cy Young, Nolan Ryan, Greg...
• 10/27 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MAYBE ALEX RODRIGUEZ PEAKED TOO EARLY: I have been thinking a lot lately about ARod... with all the headlines, I can’t imagine why!  Alex Rodriguez began...
• 10/27 Swingin' A's: Almost Entire Coaching Staff to Return in 2013: It has been over 2 weeks now since the A’s season ended, and the withdrawals have not entirely subsided yet.  I for one...
• 10/26 Motor City Bengals: It Won’t Get Easier For The Tigers Offense: Two games in, and the Tigers have dug themselves a hole. And while Justin Verlander didn’t turn in a very good start in...
• 10/26 MetsToday.com: San Francisco Wins with Giant Ball: The San Francisco Giants won the second game of the 2012 World Series via an old-fashioned method called “execution.”...
• 10/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander won't go on short restDetroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander will not start Game 4 on short rest. He is tabbed for Game 5, if necessary....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander will not start Game 4 on short rest. He is tabbed for Game 5, if necessary.
• 10/26 MLB Injury News: Why Justin Verlander is Worth Every Penny the Tigers Haven't Paid Him: Justin Verlander is better than me.  His name is equally awesome, but he is better.  There's no doubt about that....
• 10/26 Baseball Jerks: World Series Game 2: Madison Bumgarner Silences the Detroit Tigers: It took six innings for either team to score on Thursday night, and even then the run was scored on a Brandon Crawford bases loaded...
• 10/26 Baseball Musings: The Pitching: Madison Bumgarner figured out his problems and pitches seven shutout innings against the Tigers in game two of the 2012 World...
• 10/26 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Verlander, Hamilton, Rangers, Lincecum: It's not a huge surprise, but Tigers president and General Manager Dave Dombrowski said that he would like to make Justin Verlander...
• 10/25 Call to the Pen: When Delmon Young Threw A Baseball: Predicting baseball is for suckers. Never has this been more evident than during last night’s contest. Justin Verlander...
• 10/25 The Baseball Haven: Is Tim McCarver the Worst Ever?: Last night, when Barry Zito singled in the 4th inning off of Justin Verlander, the San Francisco Giants crowd at AT&T Park...
• 10/25 Lasorda's Lair: The 2012 World Series Boycott: Don’t watch the World Series guys. Why torture yourself? I’m not. I’m boycotting the World Series this year. I’ve...
• 10/25 Birds Watcher: Baltimore Orioles: Interesting twist on the 2012 World Series: Last night Justin Verlander started Game One of the 2012 World Series for the American League Champion Detroit Tigers. That game,...
• 10/25 The Captain's Blog: Sighs for Verlander in Game 1; A Look a Cy Young Performances in the World Series: Justin Verlander may be the best pitcher of his generation, but to this point in his career, he has struggled in the Fall Classic....
• 10/25 Tyler's Think Tank: Sandoval, Giants Blast Tigers: The San Francisco Giants started the 2012 Fall Classic on the right foot by routing the Detroit Tigers 8-3 in Game 1 last...
• 10/25 Giants Nirvana: One Down, Three to Go: Yesterday’s game was all sorts of crazy, and I think that’s best illustrated by the fact that the following sentence...
• 10/25 BoSox Injection: Runs, Hits and Errors: What A Week “Away” From Baseball Means: I spent some time with family this week in Sarasota, Florida. We celebrated both my mother-in-law’s return home after surgery...
• 10/25 Motor City Bengals: Valverde and Benoit Tested, Benoit Passes: There are few ways to put a positive spin on last night’s drubbing in San Francisco other than simply hoping a win tonight...
• 10/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander not faring well in World Series: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander became the first pitcher since Lefty Williams in 1919 to lose his first three World Series...[+] starts. Verlander threw 38 two-strike pitches against the San Francisco Giants in Game 1 Wednesday, Oct. 24, and had only four strikeouts in the game. He averaged a strikeout for every five two-strike pitches in the regular season. The Giants didn't swing at 21 of Verlander's offspeed offerings, and only two were called for strikes.
• 10/25 Baseball Analytics: Nine to Know: World Series Game 1, 8-3 Giants: 1. Justin Verlander is human - Verlander went just four innings and allowed five runs on six hits , walking one...
• 10/25 For Baseball Junkies: Sandoval Hits 3 Home Runs in Game One of 2012 World Series: Pablo Sandoval etched his name in the baseball history books last night, becoming the fourth player in baseball history to hit...
• 10/25 Call to the Pen: San Francisco Giants In Killer Mode: When a team does everything right, when a team gets exceptional pitching, when a team gets clutch hitting, and when a team makes...
• 10/25 Phillies Nation: Jealous of the Giants?: This morning, a twitter follower of mine sent me a seemingly innocuous tweet: “why can’t the Phillies be like the...
• 10/25 22gigantes.com: Tigers at Giants: World Series Game 2 preview: What will Pablo do tonight? After an epic performance in Game 1 of the 108th World Series, in which Pablo Sandoval went 4-for-4...
• 10/25 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Thursday: October 25, 2012: Yes, October baseball is always unpredictable. In the first game of the 2012 World Series, Barry Zito easily out-pitched Justin...
• 10/25 MLB Injury News: World Series Update: The San Francisco Giants took a 1-0 lead in the World Series last night, and they did so in dominant fashion.  They knocked...
• 10/25 mlbreports.com : Giants vs. Tigers: Who Will Win the 2012 World Series?: Thursday October 25th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (Baseball Writer): Who Has The Edge In The Starting Pitching Department? The Tigers’...
• 10/25 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...
• 10/25 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Sandoval Crushes Three Homers In Game One Win: In the world of baseball today, it seems like it would be foolish to predict so much as a loss to Justin Verlander, who won the...
• 10/25 Baseball Jerks: Justin Verlander: Jerk of the Day: A little piece of Justin Verlander died tonight on the mound during Game 1 of the World Series in San Francisco. The superstitious...
• 10/25 Call to the Pen: Giants Thrash Tigers in Game One Win: In a match up of former Cy Young winners, not many had given left hander Barry Zito or his San Francisco Giants against the...
• 10/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander pounded: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed five earned runs, six hits and a walk in just four innings in a loss Wednesday, Oct....[+] 24, in Game 1 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants. He served up two of the three homers hit by 3B Pablo Sandoval. Only Tampa Bay Rays OF Desmond Jennings hit two homers in a game off Verlander this season.
• 10/25 Baseball Jerks: 2012 World Series Game 1: Pablo Sandoval Powers San Francisco to Victory: On paper, game one of the World Series seemed like it should have gone Detroit’s way—and for good reason. But as is often...
• 10/25 Baseball News Source: Sandoval, Zito, Giants Overpower Tigers In Game One: Sandoval and the Giants struck early and often against Verlander Pablo Sandoval became the fourth player to hit three home runs...
• 10/25 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Giants Unleash Panda-Ball on Helpless Tigers: Pablo Sandoval other wise known as the “Kung Fu Panda” joined the ranks of Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and Albert...
• 10/25 AroundTheFoghorn: World Series: San Francisco Giants Win Game 1: The San Francisco Giants won Game 1 of the World Series against the Detroit Tigers tonight at AT&T Park. The game, by all...
• 10/25 Raising Matt Cain: Panda Reigns in Game One: Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson, and Albert Pujols have hit three home runs in a World Series game. Add Pablo Sandoval to the list....
• 10/24 Baseball Jerks: Photo: Justin Verlander Rocked in Game 1Justin Verlander gave up 5 runs over 4 innings in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series. H. Darr Beiser/US PRESSWIRE...
• 10/24 El Maquino: DETROIT COVERAGE, TV DEALS AND ‘THE BEST FANS IN BASEBALL’: > I guess I’m picking the Giants (and only the Giants) to win this thing, though they’re going down in flames...
• 10/24 Bleeding Yankee Blue: JUSTIN VERLANDER'S WEAKNESS... KATE UPTON: I just have to jump in and make a silly, obnoxious statement. It was the 4th inning of Game 1 of the World Series and Justin...
• 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 Baseball Musings: More Panda, More Power: Al Alburquerque relieves Justin Verlander to start the bottom of the fifth. Justin walked one and struck out four, but the strikeouts...
• 10/24 Baseball Musings: Panda Power: Pablo Sandoval takes Justin Verlander deep with two out in the first, blasting the ball to the power alley in right for a 1-0...
• 10/24 YankeeAnalysts.com: World Series Game 1: Justin Verlander Vs. … Barry Zito?: The Yankee season is over, but why not watch the rest of the baseball season? We have a real treat of a pitching match up tonight,...
• 10/24 Tyler's Think Tank: World Series Preview: The San Francisco Giants completed their stunning comeback on Monday night by blowing out the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-1, in...
• 10/24 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Hitters Need To Jump On Barry Zito Early: On paper tonight’s pitching matchup isn’t anything to get excited about. In Justin Verlander vs. Barry Zito we have the reigning...
• 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 PaulLebowitz.com: San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers—World Series Preview and Predictions: San Francisco Giants vs Detroit Tigers Keys for the Giants: Keep runners off the bases in front of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder;...
• 10/24 Baseball News Source: 5 Things The Giants Must Do To Win The World Series: San Francisco could win their second World Series Championship in three years, if… When you look on the Internet and see...
• 10/24 Full Spectrum Baseball: Barry Zito …. the pitcher du jourBarry Zito, the suddenly now relevant lefty, will pitch Game 1 for the San Francisco Giants tomorrow night....
• 10/24 mlbreports.com : 2012 World Series Preview: Game One Tonight as the Tigers Face the Giants in San Francisco: Wednesday October 24th, 2012 Dedrick Hendrix:  If it’s something you’ve never seen before on baseball’s October...
• 10/24 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 Baseball Musings: World Series Preview, Tigers Versus Giants: The Tigers and Giants begin the 2012 World Series Wednesday night, the first time these original modern era franchises meet in...
• 10/24 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: October 24, 2012: After a long 162 game season, wild card games, division series and championship series, we have finally made it to the World...
• 10/24 mlbreports.com : The San Francisco Giants Are Ready to Return to the World Series: Wednesday October 24th, 2012 Kyle Holland:  The 2012 NLCS will go down as a series to remember. Firstly from a history standpoint,...
• 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 AroundTheFoghorn: Why San Francisco Giants’ Unique World Series Pitching Rotation Means Little: While Barry Zito was announced as the Game 1 starter earlier today, we didn’t know the rest of the San Francisco Giants’...
• 10/23 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Announce Barry Zito To Start Game 1 Of World Series: According to Bruce Bochy, the San Francisco Giants will give the Game one nod to Barry Zito, although the move was widely expected....
• 10/23 Motor City Bengals: Delmon Young’s Case To Start World Series Game One In Left Field: Now that we know who the Detroit Tigers’ World Series opponent will be, the San Francisco Giants, and we’re fairly certain...
• 10/23 AroundTheFoghorn: Around The Foghorn’s San Francisco Giants / Detroit Tigers World Series Preview: Alas, we’ve reached the apex of the playoff mountain, so to speak. After the Around The Foghorn previews and predictions...
• 10/23 Tyler's Think Tank: The Tigers Win the Pennant: That was easy. After taking four straight games from the New York Yankees, the Detroit Tigers are World Series bound and...
• 10/23 The Writer's Journey: The Glory Years of the Detroit Tigers: 1920-1950 by William M. Anderson: The Glory Years of the Detroit Tigers: 1920-1950 by William M. Anderson Wayne State University Press, 2012 480 pages As Miguel...
• 10/23 Call to the Pen: Giants Play Like Giants To Move On: It rained on the San Francisco Giants’ parade, but nobody in the city by the Bay cared because it rained on the St. Louis...
• 10/23 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Return to World Series; Win NLCS: The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 9-0 in Game 7 of the NLCS, winning 3 straight games and returning to...
• 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 Redbird Rants: Preparing for a critical Game 7: I parti**** on a conference call this afternoon with some of the gang from Baseball Tonight. On the call were Karl Ravech, Orel...
• 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...
• 10/21 mlbreports.com : An Early Preview of the 2012 World Series: Sunday October 21st, 2012 Sam Evans: With St. Louis and San Francisco in a battle to be the National League representative in...
• 10/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | No changes to starting rotation: The Detroit Tigers have decided not to make any changes to their starting rotation for the World Series. SP Justin Verlander will...[+] start Game 1, followed by SP Doug Fister in Game 2, SP Anibal Sanchez in Game 3 and SP Max Scherzer in Game 4.
• 10/21 mlbreports.com : MLB Playoffs: 2012 Division Series Nothing Short Of Amusing – Thanks To A Twist: Sunday October 21st, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Whether you agree with MLB’s new playoff format of having the team with home field...
• 10/20 Yanks Go Yard: A Look Back at the 2012 Season: Debunking “The Narrative”: The baseball season is over, at least for Yankees fans. While it may not have ended the way that we hoped, there was still a lot...
• 10/20 Motor City Bengals: World Series Schedule Forces Tigers To Get Creative To Stay Sharp: The first game of the World Series doesn’t begin until Wednesday, so the Tigers found themselves with five full days off following...
• 10/20 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 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Continue To Stare Death In Face, Spit Back: In a best of seven game series, being down 3-1 is essentially professional sports’ version of life support. You’re...
• 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 Yankees Fans Unite: Another Unhappy Ending: The 2012 Yankees season ended in an all too familiar fashion for the Yankees. It ended without a parade down The Canyon of Heroes,...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: What They’re Saying About The Detroit Tigers’ ALCS Sweep: Here’s a glance around the internet to see what some of the national, and local, writers have to say about the Tigers, the Yankees,...
• 10/19 Jays Journal: Post Season Pitching: I read quite a bit about the Blue Jays.  And with the season now over, most of the attention has started to drift towards what...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: World Series Schedule and Tigers’ Projected Starting Pitching Rotation: We don’t know who the Tigers will be facing in the World Series, but we do know that they won’t have home field advantage...
• 10/18 Baseball 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 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 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 The Friarhood: Daily Friar 10.17.12: I'm going to go out and say that Justin Verlander is the best pitcher in baseball. After shutting down the A's 5 days ago, he...
• 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 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees/Tigers Game 4 of the ALCS is rained out: Game 4 of the American League Championship Series that was set to take place in Detroit tonight was postponed due to rain....
• 10/17 Baseball News Source: Alex Rodriguez – Baseballs $30 Million Dollar Platoon “Player”: Rodriguez - I love the Yankees and…. Alex Rodriguez is again out of the Yankees’ starting lineup for Game 4 of the...
• 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 Full Spectrum Baseball: A-Rod is benched but is it for the right reason?: Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher were benched by the Yankees for Game 3 of the American League Championship series at Detroit tonight....
• 10/17 Call to the Pen: Yankees Dying One Swing At A Time: There is a kind of grim, car-accident fascination that comes with watching the New York Yankees’ lineup of vaunted sluggers...
• 10/17 Baseball Analytics: Another Magnificent Win for Verlander: There should be no debate on this point: If you have one game to win, and you are looking for one pitcher, his name has to be Justin...
• 10/17 PaulLebowitz.com: Yankees By The Mailbox: Will the Yankees mail it in or will they put up a fight? They know first-hand and on the wrong end that being down 3 games to...
• 10/17 The Flagrant Fan: Comparing Justin Verlander to Bob Gibson and Don Drysdale: Putting current pitchers in a historical perspective is a slippery business. The game is not the same from decade to decade....
• 10/17 Baseball Reality Tour: Justin Verlander's Velocity Chart: Courtesy of Brooks Baseball, via the essential Getting Blanked, we present Justin Verlander's velocity chart from last night:While...
• 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 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: October 17, 2012: The ridiculously awful performance of these picks in the playoffs continue. How bad is it? If both LCS went full term and...
• 10/17 Bleeding Yankee Blue: GROUNDHOG DAY: YANKEES WASTE DECENT PITCHING & LOSE GAME 3: Surprise, surprise, the Yankees get good pitching in a playoff game but fail to capitalize on offense. To be fair, they...
• 10/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): The best pitcher in baseball got some help: Perhaps you can file this under the "sour grapes" department. But, when the best pitcher in baseball gets this kind of help from...
• 10/17 Call to the Pen: Phil Coke Saves Second Straight as Tigers Push Yankees to the Brink: All the stories you’ll read about the Detroit Tigers’ 2-1 win over the New York Yankees in Game 3 of the ALCS on Tuesday...
• 10/17 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees on the brink of being swept in ALCS: When the lineup was posted for the New York Yankees prior to Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, the first question...
• 10/17 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander Brilliant Again, Tigers Extend Series Lead To 3-0: Tigers 2, Yankees 1 (box score) Justin Verlander didn’t dominate hitters the same was as he did in the Oakland series when he...
• 10/17 Bronx Baseball Daily: Verlander wins as Yankees fall to 0-3 in the ALCS: The Yankees needed Phil Hughes to come up big, they needed Robinson Cano to start hitting again. They didn’t get either...
• 10/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander dazzles in Game 3: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed just one solo home run in the top of the ninth inning and two singles with no walks...[+] and three strikeouts over 8 1/3 innings in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series Tuesday, Oct. 16. He struck out three batters in the impressive 132-pitch quality start. The homer allowed in the ninth inning was the first of his career.
• 10/17 Baseball Jerks: ALCS Game 2: Justin Verlander Dominates New York: When Justin Verlander takes the mound baseball fans know they are in for a pitching treat. Tuesday night was like an early Halloween...
• 10/17 Baseball News Source: Verlander Pitches Tigers to the Brink of World Series: Verlander took a shutout into the ninth inning Justin Verlander pitched into the ninth inning allowing just three hits and one...
• 10/17 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees a game from elimination after 2-1 loss: The Yankees were fighting for their lives tonight, and they came up on the short end of the stick in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers....
• 10/17 My Pinstripes: Tigers Near Pennant Behind Verlander Domination: Joe Girardi's "Make-a-Wish" lineup actually did worse than when Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher were a part of it. Then...
• 10/17 YankeeAnalysts.com: Tigers Take A Commanding 3-0 Lead In The ALCS: What can you say about this game? The offense struggled again. Justin Verlander dominated. Eduardo Nunez shocked the hell out...
• 10/17 Baseball Musings: Verlander’s Post Season: Justin Verlander has now pitched 24 1/3 innings in the 2012 post-season, allowing two runs, both on solo home runs. He gave one...
• 10/17 Baseball Musings: Top of the Ninth: The Tigers do not score in the bottom of the eighth. They take a 2-0 lead into the top of the ninth as they face Eduardo Nunez,...
• 10/17 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Kemp, Mijares, Teagarden: The Tigers overcame a tense ninth inning to cinch a 2-1 victory in tonight's Game Three, taking a 3-0 lead over the Yankees in...
• 10/16 Baseball Musings: Perfect Through Three: Justin Verlander finishes the third inning without allowing a base runner yet. He’s not exactly blowing away the Yankees,...
• 10/16 Baseball Musings: So Much for Small Ball: Justin Verlander gets Brett Gardner to ground out and Ichiro Suzuki to strike out as he keeps the table setters off base in the...
• 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 Swingin' A's: The 2012 A’s and Life: The 2012 A’s season came to an end 5 days ago at the hands of the Detroit Tigers. The final game, a 6-0 gem by Justin Verlander,...
• 10/16 Bronx Baseball Daily: A-Rod and Swisher benched for Game 3: As the Yankees attempt to come back from an 0-2 deficit against Justin Verlander and the Tigers, their manager Joe Girardi...
• 10/16 My Pinstripes: A-Rod, Swisher Take a Seat: The radio was a buzz this afternoon when the Yankees lineup came out and Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher were not a...
• 10/16 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Notes: Verlander, Sanchez, Leyland: Right-hander Phil Hughes has one tough assignment tonight: defeat Justin Verlander and the Tigers in an immensely important...
• 10/16 It's About the Money (Stupid): ALCS Game 3 preview: Hughes vs. Verlander: Let me be frank at the commencement: The Yankees could not have put themselves in a worse position two games in to the ALCS....
• 10/16 Yankees Fans Unite: Yankees Hit the Road:  Today, the Yankees hit the road in Detroit trying to erase the 0-2 deficit that they have put themselves in. Most of the time...
• 10/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Flashback: June 3, 2012: In case you don’t remember, it was a sunny Sunday afternoon in early June, the Yankees were finishing up a three-game series...
• 10/16 Baseball Musings: Playoffs Today: The Yankees and Tigers play game three of the 2012 ALCS Tuesday night in Detroit. Phil Hughes faces Tigers ace Justin Verlander...
• 10/16 Halo Hangout: My 2012 BBA Award Ballot: It’s almost that time of year again. The time of year when baseball writers from the days of yore rave about archaic stats...
• 10/16 Motor City Bengals: Jack Morris Was No Justin Verlander: Jack Morris is scheduled to throw out the first pitch of tonight’s ALCS Game Three, which is cool because he was a very good...
• 10/16 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: October 16, 2012: There was only one pick yesterday and since it included the St. Louis Cardinals, of course it was wrong. Chris Carpenter still...
• 10/16 Baseball News Source: Past Franchise Experiences Can Benefit Yankees Now: Can the Yankees come back in this series? Players past their prime tend to struggle. If they’re not struggling, they tend...
• 10/16 Yanks Go Yard: ALCS Game 3 Preview: The Yankees’ Impossible Task?: The New York Yankees find themselves in the worst case scenario down 2-0 in the American League Championship Series to the Detroit...
• 10/16 Swingin' A's: Bigger and Better Things: It took a few days. A few days of reflection, of pain, of gratitude. A few days to step back and process the sad reality that...
• 10/16 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Fight Through Bad Calls, Take 2-0 Series Lead: I’m wholly sick of the coverage that the Yankees get and how their fans seem to react to games and events. As such, I figure...
• 10/15 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions Review: A review of some bold(ish) predictions I made at the end of August. 1. Mike Trout will not win the AL MVP award: CORRECT (probably) Trout...
• 10/15 mlbreports.com : The Stephen Strasburg Innings Limit: Was it the Right Move by the Nationals?: Monday October 15th, 2012 Robert Whitmer:  About two months into the season (May 21st to be exact), I wrote an article about...
• 10/15 Bronx Baseball Daily: Yankees shutout by Tigers as they fall 0-2 in ALCS: The Yankees first Derek Jeter-less playoff game since Buck Showalter came and went with a great performance by Hiroki Kuroda...
• 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 Call to the Pen: Tigers Where Fans Thought They Would Be: Monday was a great day to wake up as a Detroit Tiger. Nothing like leading the American League Championship Series 2-0 over the...
• 10/15 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...
• 10/15 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Real Reason The Offense Is Struggling? Pulling The Ball: Joe Girardi thinks the hitters need to start making adjustments. While that might be obvious to everyone, no one has officially...
• 10/15 mlbreports.com : 2012 World Series Predictions: Tigers and Cardinals Will Meet Again in October: Monday October 15th, 2012 Sam Evans: With the Championship Series just beginning, predicting the two teams that will face off...
• 10/15 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard ALCS Game 2 Postgame Show: To quote a headline from our great editor, Chris Carelli, the New York Yankees have officially hit rock bottom with their offense. ...
• 10/14 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees’ backs to the wall following shutout: The Yankees offense has been downright dreadful since the postseason began, but they had at least managed to avoid getting...
• 10/14 High Heat Stats: Sunday double-header game notes: The early game is in the books, and Detroit is heading home up 2 games with their ace, Justin Verlander, to start game 3. Today’s...
• 10/14 Bleeding Yankee Blue: LIFELESS IN THE BRONX. TIGERS UP 2-0: It was crunch time for the Yankees coming into this game. The Yankees had lost their Captain, Derek Jeter, to a season-ending...
• 10/14 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees hit rock bottom, head to Detroit down 2-0 in ALCS: The postseason without Derek Jeter began today and the results were very much what many expected. Another excellent pitching performance...
• 10/14 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers “Non-Valverdes” Continue Scoreless Streak: If I want to get technical – it’s a streak without allowing earned runs, more than a streak without allowing runs....
• 10/14 Baseball News Source: Anibal Sanchez Gives Tigers 2-0 Lead in ALCS: Sanchez was rock solid for seven innings against New York Anibal Sanchez pitched what may have been his finest game as a member...
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Been There: The Yankees are one of the few teams to lose the first two games of a seven game series at home and come back to win. They did...
• 10/14 Call to the Pen: No Way Jose: Valverde Won’t Close Game Two: While saying he still considers Jose Valverde his closer, Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland conceded on Sunday that he won’t...
• 10/14 It's About the Money (Stupid): ALCS Game Two preview/lineups: There's a huge good side/bad side dynamic to the quick turnaround to today's 4:00 start time for the Yankees and Tigers. If...
• 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...
• 10/14 Motor City Bengals: And We Think The Tigers Are **** Money Away?: I am not sure why I feel so compelled to talk smack about the Yankees in this series, but I can’t help it. Maybe it just...
• 10/14 Call to the Pen: To Save Season, Tigers Must Stop Using Jose Valverde to Save Games: The Detroit Tigers escaped with a Game One victory in the American League Championship Series, which began in New York on Saturday....
• 10/14 Baseball Musings: Tigers Win: The Yankees go down in order in the bottom of the twelfth, and the Tigers win 6-4. It took Detroit three extra innings after 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 Radical Baseball: Best hitter and pitcher on same team.: The Detroit Tigers have the best hitter and the best pitcher in 2012 in the Major Baseball League (MBL): Miguel Cabrera and Justin...
• 10/13 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: Pre-ALCS: The Detroit Tigers face the New York Yankees in the 2012 American League Championship Series. But first, a few thoughts…...
• 10/13 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Keys To Beating NYY: This isn’t going to be the kind of series preview that plays on the hope and optimism of our Tigers fanbase. It’s...
• 10/13 mlbreports.com : Enough With The Early Round Champagne Celebrations MLB!: Saturday, October.13/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer): I am 36 years old.  In no way would I consider myself 100% a traditionalist...
• 10/13 Kings of Kauffman: Hungry For More: As the playoffs march on and the weather turns colder, it’s easy to be jealous of the teams still playing. I have only vague...
• 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 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHAT THE YANKEES CAN EXPECT FROM THE DETROIT TIGERS: They’re back...and so are our old foes from postseason past. Fans haven’t forgotten what happened last year, and neither...
• 10/13 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...
• 10/13 Yanks Go Yard: The Yankees’ Offense Has Been Offensive: As we were all gearing up for the Yankees 2012 season in March, the big concern on this team was pitching depth. With the injury...
• 10/13 Motor City Bengals: New York Yankees ALCS Starting Rotation Prediction: Major League Baseball had to compress the playoff schedule this season to fit in the new Wild Card game at the last minute. One...
• 10/13 The Captain's Blog: Beast of Burden: Sabathia Carries Yankees into ALCS: (The following was originally published at SB*Nation’s Pinstriped Bible) With all due respect to Matt Kemp, beast mode resides...
• 10/13 Philly Phanatics: ALCS, NLCS previews: As the Major League Baseball postseason rolls on, Ron Opher takes note of how evenly matched all the teams are as he previews...
• 10/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander to start Game 3 of ALCS: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander will make his next start in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series against the New...[+] York Yankees Tuesday, Oct. 16.
• 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 High Heat Stats: Friday finale – what an LDS round!: Two series down and the final two to be decided tonight. What an LDS round we have had: first time all series have gone the distance...
• 10/12 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 BBA Awards: Goose Gossage (Rolaids) and Walter Johnson (Cy): Yesterday, we looked at the manager of the year and rookie of the year awards.  Our selections as winners for those awards...
• 10/12 Yanks Go Yard: Hello Yankees Offense, Are You Out There? Anybody?: A team simply doesn’t win 95 games without having a decent offense. Nor does one win that many games without good pitching....
• 10/12 Baseball Jerks: Verlander Tosses Gem, Exempts Himself from Playoff-Jerk Status: Last night Justin Verlander carved up the Oakland A’s lineup like a prime rib at a wedding buffet. The win also required...
• 10/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to MLB postseason magic: Baseball fans, we’re in hog heaven right now. You know what’s happened for the first time in the history of the Major...
• 10/12 Call to the Pen: Verlander Can Carry Tigers to Title: At the beginning of the season the Detroit Tigers figured to be runaway victors in the American League Central Division. They...
• 10/12 PaulLebowitz.com: 2012 MLB Award Picks—Cy Young Award: Let’s look at the award winners for 2012 starting with the Cy Young Award with my 2012 picks, who I picked in the preseason,...
• 10/12 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 Baseball Jerks: ALDS 2012: New York Yankees’ Clutch Players Have Slipped Clutches: Just like with any professional sport, fans are interested in the stars in Major League Baseball. The big-name players draw the...
• 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...
• 10/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Friday: October 12, 2012: The Game Picks continued its utter futility at picking this post season. It's silly really. There were four games yesterday...
• 10/12 Full Spectrum Baseball: Dear Yankee Fans….Chill OutI go to Yankee Stadium for the sushi. I stay for the playoff baseball. Man, what a game it was last night!...
• 10/12 Motor City Bengals: First Thoughts After Tigers’ ALDS Game Five Win: We gave you final thoughts before the game, so I figure this is obligatory. 1. Justin Verlander IS building that legend. The guy...
• 10/12 Baseball News Source: Who Could Play Hero in Game Five For the Yankees?: It’s been a strange ADLS for the New York Yankees A team regularly criticized for never having a “playoff” rotation...
• 10/12 Radical Baseball: One seeds blow their advantage.: Maybe they're just trying to make me look bad but both one seeds (Washington and the Yankees) have turned themselves into wild...
• 10/12 MLB Dirt: Picking the 2012 MLB Award Winners: With the focus in baseball being on the fantastic matchups being waged in the playoffs, the intense debate about the end-of-season...
• 10/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander tosses shutout: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander struck out 11 in a shutout of the Oakland Athletics in the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS. He...[+] allowed just four hits and a walk.
• 10/12 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander Dominates A’s, Carries Tigers To American League Championship Series: Tigers 6, Athletics 0 (box score) Some will say the Oakland Athletics’ magic ran out after dropping the series finale 6-0 to...
• 10/12 Baseball News Source: Verlander Dominates Oakland to Send Tigers to ALCS: The Tigers now await the winner of the Baltimore-New York series Justin Verlander pitched a four hit complete game shutout, struck...
• 10/12 Baseball Musings: Verlander in the Ninth: Justin Verlander comes out for the ninth inning, trying to complete a shutout. The Tigers lead the Athletics 6-0. Update: Stephen...
• 10/12 Baseball Musings: Tigers Extend Their Lead: An Austin Jackson single and a Miguel Cabrera hit by pitch with the bases loaded bring home two more runs, and the Tigers lead...
• 10/11 Radical Baseball: MBL tournament: my analysis looks good so far. : When the Major Baseball League (MBL) introduced its new tournament format in March I immediately drew some conclusions, which...
• 10/11 The Pesky Pole: BBA Awards Ballot: Every year members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance cast their votes for end of the season awards. Here is my American League...
• 10/11 Motor City Bengals: Last Minute Thoughts Before the Game: Before I get into things, I just want to say that I believe Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers will win the series-deciding...
• 10/11 Baseball Analytics: Justin Verlander will go deep because Valverde is struggling: The great Jim Leyland, manager of the Detroit Tigers, seems to always believe in his own decisions. Detroit Tigers fans have...
• 10/11 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander Legend Can Grow Tonight: Unfortunately for all of us, and the Tigers, Jose Valverde was unable to take care of business last night leading to a series...
• 10/11 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander Should Not Have a Pitch Limit For ALDS Game Five: You never want to be in a win-or-go-home situation, but if you find yourself in that spot, it never hurts to have Justin Verlander...
• 10/11 Call to the Pen: Playoffs Packed With Drama: Is it possible to go directly from the bench to a monument at Yankee Stadium? Well, Raul Ibanez just did it. Home run in the bottom...
• 10/11 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: We’re All Reds Fans Today: At one point last night, after the Giants had tied up their NLDS series with the Reds and the Cardinals took a 2-1 advantage over...
• 10/11 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Thursday: October 11, 2012: What an incredible night of baseball. Except if you are a fan of the Orioles and Tigers. If so, much sympathies as all baseball...
• 10/10 Baseball Jerks: A Kiss is Just a Kiss . . . Except In Baseball: Are baseball’s unwritten rules worth even the paper that they’re not written on? The Athletics, and Yoenis Cespedes in particular,...
• 10/10 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Can’t Close Out A’s, Drop ALDS Game Three In Oakland: Athletics 2, Tigers 0 (box score) A funny thing happens when a team doesn’t get any hits: they don’t get any runs. That was...
• 10/9 StlSportsMinute.com: Wiber: Trevor Rosenthal's future is in the starting rotation: By simply describing this postseason pitcher, many of you would struggle to identify him. This pitcher throws over 100...
• 10/9 High Heat Stats: The Incredibly Serious 2012 HHS Awards: Or not. Given the ridiculous amount of debate and discussion the 2012 AL MVP race has given us, I felt it was only appropriate...
• 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 MLB Dirt: AL Cy Young Award: Verlander vs. Price: The regular season is almost a full week from conclusion and two of the first round playoff matchups have two teams up 2-0 on...
• 10/9 Phillies Nation: Run Support Likely Costs Lee Cy Young: Cliff Lee‘s season seemed to follow the same narrative from month to month: he pitched very well, received no run support,...
• 10/8 mlbreports.com : Wild Weekend Of Division Series Brings Plenty Of Surprises: Monday October 8th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: Now that the division series are into full swing, it’s time to take a look at the status...
• 10/8 Swingin' A's: History Can Repeat Itself… or Why There Is Still Hope: It’s safe to say the Athletics will not lament the fact that they will not make another visit to Detroit or Comerica Park...
• 10/8 Swingin' A's: What the A’s Need to do to Advance to the ALCS: The A’s have had a tough time against the Detroit Tigers over the past few years. This became de ja vu as the Green and Gold...
• 10/8 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Experience Reigns Over Youth In Full Day Of Division Series: Yesterday, we had a full slate of division series games with all teams in the American League and National League battling it...
• 10/8 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers’ Starters Have Stymied Oakland Hitters: It takes a total team effort to make a deep run in the playoffs, but it was well known that the Tigers would be relying heavily...
• 10/7 Kings of Kauffman: Baseball Bloggers Alliance 2012 Awards Ballot: Kings of Kauffman is part of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, an organization set up to foster communication and collaboration...
• 10/7 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Use Unconventional Scoring To Top A’s, Take 2-0 Series Lead: Tigers 5, Athletics 4 (box score) For as much as Game 1 went according to script – Justin Verlander mowed down A’s hitters...
• 10/7 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Sunday: October 7, 2012: You have to give credit to Dusty Baker and the Reds for not panicking when Johnny Cueto came up lame. The way the situation...
• 10/7 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Sunday October 7th: Sunday October 7th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
• 10/7 Swingin' A's: A’s Drop Game 1 As Verlander K’s 11, Pat Neshek Rises Above It All: Frankly it’s difficult to be too upset about the A’s dropping game 1 when they were facing off against one of the...
• 10/7 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: On Night Of Aces, Verlander Stands Out: As is typical in the first game of a playoff series, each team had their ace pitching for them. The Reds had Johnny Cueto (19-9,...
• 10/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Tigers Game One ALDS: The Tigers beat the A’s 3-1 to take a 1-0 lead in the best of five division series. Justin Verlander was outstanding as...
• 10/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander dazzles in Game 1 win: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed one earned run, three hits and four walks over seven innings in Game 1 of the American...[+] League Division Series Saturday, Oct. 6, against the Oakland Athletics. He struck out 11 batters in the impressive 121-pitch quality start. 'Early on, didn't have great control of any of my pitchers,' Verlander said. 'But I was able to get myself out of jams that I created.'
• 10/6 Baseball Jerks: ALDS Game 1: Oakland Swings and Misses: Yeah, yeah, Verlander Shmerlader. We get it. He’s lights out, but tonight’s Oakland lineup made themselves ripe for...
• 10/6 Baseball News Source: Tigers, Verlander Take Game One in ALDS: Verlander dominated the A’s in Game 1 Justin Verlander gave up a leadoff home run to Oakland A’s outfielder Coco Crisp,...
• 10/6 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers Ride Justin Verlander to ALDS Lead: Tigers 3, Athletics 0 (box score) It’s a relief to have game one go more or less according to plan for the Tigers. We count...
• 10/6 Baseball Musings: Power Tigers: The Tigers pitchers took the pressure off the Detroit defense by striking out 14 Athletics batters, limiting the balls in play...
• 10/6 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Saturday: October 6, 2012: Holy cow! Got completely caught unawares today thinking the games did not start until tomorrow. Well, duh! It's a good thing,...
• 10/6 The Baseball Haven: 2012 MLB Awards: The Second Annual Baseball Haven “I’m Always Right Before the Media Figures It Out” Awards are officially ready, just one...
• 10/6 El Maquino: OFFDAY: WHY YOU’RE WRONG AND TROUT’S THE MVP; CARDS NEGLIGENTLY DOWNGRADE PLAYOFF BULLPEN: THE BIG PIECE It’s the Triple Crown: for over a century the uncontested highest level of offensive achievement a player...
• 10/6 Yanks Go Yard: How do the Yankees match up against each remaining playoff team?: Congrats, Yankees fans! We have survived the dog-days of August and our favorite team has emerged from the grind of 162 games...
• 10/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young?: Does David Price Deserve to Win the AL Cy Young? Now that the regular season is over it’s time to ask. Who wins the 2012 AL...
• 10/6 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Finally Say Goodbye To Matt Bush: To quote Lorenzo from A Bronx Tale: “The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.” While this quote had nothing to...
• 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 Chicken Friars: Padres No. 1 Draft Pick Released By Tampa Bay Rays: The Tampa Bay Rays have released minor league pitcher Matt Bush, according to MLB TradeRumors. Bush, the No. 1 overall pick by...
• 10/6 Baseball Musings: Crisp Start: Coco Crisp gets the Athletics off to a good start, hitting a 95-MPH Justin Verlander fastball down the rightfield line for a home...
• 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 –...
• 10/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Long Term Front Office Success Has Been Overshadowed by Short Term Failures: After a disappointing 2012 Cleveland Indians season the organization is at a crossroads to decide how to progress with the organization,...
• 10/6 Swingin' A's: Showdown in Motown: T-minus 15 Hours And Counting: First it was reaching the .500 mark, then it was grabbing hold of a playoff spot, then playing meaningful games in September,...
• 10/6 Fire Brand of the American League: Bye Bye, JacobyIt's time to trade Jacoby Ellsbury...
• 10/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics—ALDS Preview and Predictions: Oakland Athletics (94-68; 1st place, AL West) vs Detroit Tigers (88-74, 1st place, AL Central) Keys for the Athletics: Get depth...
• 10/5 The Baseball Page: The O’s, The A’s and 10 Things That Would Have Been Stupid To Say In April: Every baseball season defies prediction. And yet every year, blowhards...
• 10/5 Tyler's Think Tank: My Award Ballot: AL MVP Mike Trout Miguel Cabrera Josh Hamilton Robinson Cano Justin Verlander Adrian Beltre Prince Fielder Albert...
• 10/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Ball’s playoff preview: Top chefs in the playoff kitchen:   Well, that sure was one heck of a playoff race, huh? Though nothing will top last year’s drama, this year we were given...
• 10/5 Motor City Bengals: It’s Tough To Hate The Oakland A’s: Coaches and players preach “one game at a time” in the regular season, and perhaps they have that mentality, but the season...
• 10/4 mlbreports.com : 2012 MLB Postseason Preview: Every Pitch Counts: Thursday, October 4th, 2012 October is the time when there is a quiet current of electricity surrounding baseball. There is an...
• 10/4 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: Pre-playoff Edition: Some thoughts going into what could be a very interesting postseason for the Tigers, and their fans. The Tigers will play the...
• 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 Eye On the Tigers: My Hypothetical AL MVP Vote : 1. Mike Trout - .326/.399/.564, 30 HR, 49 SB, .422 wOBA, 175 wRC+, 10.4 fWAR, 10.7 rWAR2. Miguel Cabrera - .330/.393/.606,...
• 10/4 Full Spectrum Baseball: 10 Bargains in the Playoffs: Spending big money on player contracts comes with no guarantee of success or even an assurance that the money will be well spent....
• 10/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: 2012 Final Ratings: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 10/4 AroundTheFoghorn: Just One Fan’s Postseason Predictions: All the teams are set, and we have a Postseason ready to be played. Don’t know who’s in and who’s not? Don’t...
• 10/4 Motor City Bengals: Detroit Tigers to Face Oakland Athletics in ALDS: The Tigers were perhaps the team in baseball that was most likely to win their division before the season began. The Oakland Athletics...
• 10/3 Baseball News Source: Miguel Cabrera Wins Triple Crown – First Since 1967: Cabrera finished 2012 with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBI Miguel Cabrera became the first player to win a Triple...
• 10/3 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes (such sweet sorrow edition): @Athletics 12, Rangers 5: The turnabout’s complete. Call it comeback or collapse, the AL West is draped in gold and green....
• 10/3 Motor City Bengals: Verlander Needs To Step Up This Post-Season: After winning the MVP as well as the Cy Young awards last season, there’s not much more for Justin Verlanderto accomplish...
• 10/3 Baseball News Source: Final Day of the Regular Season Provides Options for the Yankees: Yankees need only beat Boston one more time to win AL East Crown One hundred and sixty one games into the regular season and the...
• 10/3 Motor City Bengals: Predicting the Detroit Tigers’ Postseason Roster: I’m going to make two assumptions in predicting the roster that Jim Leyland will select for the American League Division Series....
• 10/2 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 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Verlander and Price Highlight AL Cy Young Race: 20 wins used to mean a lot in this business. It was almost a single-handed guarantee that the Cy Young was yours for the...
• 10/1 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: JJ Stankevitz Talks Chicago White Sox: The Cleveland Indians take the field against the Chicago White Sox tonight to kick off their final series of the season. So before...
• 10/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Should Consider All Options During Managerial Search: By Mike Brandyberry Last Thursday the Indians did the inevitable and fired Manager Manny Acta. While the timing may have been...
• 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 mlbreports.com : A.L Wild Cards: The Playoff Picture Update: Sunday September 30th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: The added wild card spot wasn’t a particularly po**** move when it was first announced....
• 9/30 Yanks Go Yard: Dizzying playoff scenarios lurk for Yankees: I know, I know let’s make sure the New York Yankees actually get to the postseason, but this is a site dedicated to opinion,...
• 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 Motor City Bengals: Verlander Mows Down Twins, Tigers Expand Division Lead: Tigers 6, Twins 4 (box score) With the division lead down to a single game, the Tigers turned to Justin Verlander to carry them...
• 9/29 MLB Injury News: Max Scherzer Injury Update: Tigers' Pitcher 50-50 on Next Start: With the Detroit Tigers losing last night and the Chicago White Sox winning, the Tigers saw their lead in the American League...
• 9/29 The Baseball Page: Frequency of No-Hitters Takes Mystique Away: There was a time, in the not so distant past, when a no-hitter in baseball...
• 9/29 Call to the Pen: Both Cy Young Races Offer Multiple Legitimate Options: In many seasons, it’s pretty easy for a discerning and knowledgeable fan to pick out the legitimate Cy Young award winner...
• 9/29 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Playoff Odds Take A Hit After Dropping A Game In The Standings: Apparently the Tigers aren’t going to make this easy on us fans. With a two game lead in the standings, a magic number of five,...
• 9/28 Mariners Latest: King Felix and the Cy Young: Perfection So, remember how Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game on August 15th against the Tampa Bay Rays?  That...
• 9/28 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 25: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Why Now For Acta’s Dismissal?: By Craig Gifford Instead of, “what if?,” perhaps the question around the Cleveland Indians organization today should...
• 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 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander won't pitch on short rest: Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland emphatically said SP Justin Verlander won't pitch on three days of rest to start the season...[+] finale Wednesday, Oct. 3. 'He will pitch, if we're still playing, he'll either pitch the tiebreaker with the White Sox if there is one or he will pitch Game 1 (of the American League Division Series) if we get in,' Leyland said. 'But he will not pitch on three days' rest.'
• 9/27 Baseball News Source: What Would a Potential Yankees’ Playoff Rotation Look Like?: Sabathia will lead Yankees rotation into the playoffs The Yankees are two games ahead in the loss column of the American Least...
• 9/27 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: Mike Scioscia on Jered Weaver‘s Cy Young chances, Zack Greinke a top priority and, is Dan Haren on the outs? For the first...
• 9/26 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes (not-dead-yet edition): Indians 4, @White Sox 3 / @Tigers 2, Royals 0: All you zombies, show your faces! The race that will not die staggers hungrily...
• 9/26 Motor City Bengals: Counting Unhatched Chickens: The Tigers have managed to pull even with the Chicago White Sox – finally – with 8 games remaining. Time let the cart...
• 9/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Your American League MVP Checklist: Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout are locked in a duel for the American League Most Valuable Player. In a way, it’s a factional...
• 9/25 Motor City Bengals: Gem is an Understatement: Anibal Sanchez’s Complete Game Shutout Lifts Tigers Into First Place: Tigers 2, Royals 0 (box score) The Tigers didn’t score after the first inning of this baseball game – and normally that would...
• 9/25 Yankees Fans Unite: Which Teams Should the Yankees Be Rooting For?: It is obvious that the first goal for the Yankees is to lock up the AL East. The Yankees need to avoid that one game playoff at...
• 9/25 Through The Fence Baseball: Home-field advantage? Division Series format could favor underdog: I’m going to make this one brief — more of a rant, to be honest — but I just learned Major League Baseball has...
• 9/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander has sore shoulderDetroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander (shoulder) is dealing with a sore left shoulder but said he'll be fine....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander (shoulder) is dealing with a sore left shoulder but said he'll be fine.
• 9/25 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #155: Cleveland Indians (63-91) at Chicago White Sox (82-71): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians squandered a fine effort by Zach McAllister when Vinnie Pestano served up a three-run...
• 9/24 The Baseball Page: Detroit Tigers Monday Morning Manager: Last Week: 3-4 This Week: KC (9/24-27); at Min (9/28-30) So, What Happened? Just...
• 9/24 Kings of Kauffman: Fighting for The Playoffs: There are just 10 games remaining in the 2012 season and the Kansas City Royals find themselves right in the middle of the Playoff...
• 9/24 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander and Prince Fielder Do Their Things, Tigers Top Royals: Tigers 6, Royals 2 (box score) The boring thing about Justin Verlander is that he takes all the drama out of games. You could...
• 9/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander efficient in win: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander picked up his 16th win of the season Monday, Sept. 24, against the Kansas City Royals, allowing...[+] two earned runs and nine hits with no walks and eight strikeouts over eight innings. He threw 89 of his 114 pitches (78 percent) for strikes, his highest percentage of his career.
• 9/24 For Baseball Junkies: Could Another Triple Crown Winner Lose MVP?: Since 1901, the baseball hitting Triple Crown has only been accomplished 13 times by 11 different players.  The hitting Triple...
• 9/24 Kings of Kauffman: Series Preview Royals at Tigers September 24-27: The Royals (70-82) head out for their last road trip of 2012 when they play at Detroit and Cleveland this week. First is a four-game...
• 9/24 The Flagrant Fan: It's raining cats and dogmas: Or a dogma and pony show. Couldn't decide on which was the best pun... The American and National...
• 9/24 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review:   The White Sox went into last week coming off a sweep of the Twins in Minnesota, up two games on Detroit even after losing...
• 9/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Brewers and Nationals finish their series Monday afternoon as Marco Estrada takes on Jordan Zimmermann in the nation’s...
• 9/23 Baseball Musings: Weaver at 19: Jered Weaver pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing the White Sox one run as the Angels took home a victory 4-1. Weaver once against...
• 9/23 El Maquino: CARDS PILLAGE CHICAGO, TRAIN HEADS TO HOUSTON ONE LAST TIME: THE POSTGAME Kyle Lohse and the Cards were neck-and-neck with the Cubs for most of today’s game until a two-run eighth made...
• 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: 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...
• 9/21 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 24: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/21 Call to the Pen: Chicago White Sox Might Pull Off Division Title: At the start of the season I thought the chances of the White Sox contending for the American League Central Division title were...
• 9/21 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 High Heat Stats: Wednesday whatsits: Orioles 3, @Mariners 1 (11): Well, naturally. A noted philosopher‘s comment on Don Larsen‘s WS perfecto applies...
• 9/20 Baseball Analytics: Tigers win behind Verlander and Cabrera: Justin Verlander (15-8) threw 122 pitches in six scoreless innings allowing five hits and three walks while striking out...
• 9/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Premature adulation – the MVP and Cy Young Awards go to …:   There are still a couple of weeks left to play in the season, and the wild card races are getting pretty intense as we...
• 9/20 Motor City Bengals: That Helped: No, I’m not referring to the solid start by Justin Verlander or the 6-2 victory over Oakland yesterday. I’m talking...
• 9/20 Baseball News Source: Brett Anderson Leaves Game with Strained Right Oblique: Oakland A’s starter Brett Anderson left his start against the Detroit Tigers in the second inning with a strained right...
• 9/20 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...
• 9/20 Swingin' A's: Everything Goes Wrong As A’s Drop 2nd Game in Detroit: After last night’s downright brutal beatdown at the hands of the Detroit Tigers it was really important for the A’s...
• 9/20 Rays Colored Glasses: AL Wild Card Roundup: Orioles Win in Extras, A’s and Angels Fall: The Rays are not out of the AL playoff picture yet. Hopefully their big win Wednesday is the start if an incredible run to end...
• 9/19 Halo Hangout: Jered Weaver Wins 100: After a zany eight run fourth inning in which Yakety Sax must have been playing in the background, Jered Weaver was able to cruise...
• 9/19 Motor City Bengals: At Least It Isn’t 2008.: Of course, it is looking a great deal like 2007… 2008, of course is the modern benchmark for a flop with high expectations....
• 9/19 YankeeAnalysts.com: Derek Jeter And The AL MVP: (The following is being syndicated from An A-Blog for A-Rod) At this point it’s getting hard to find a positive adjective...
• 9/19 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: September 19, 2012: The one sure prediction from yesterday's Game Picks was the weather on the East Coast. Said it would wreck havoc on games...
• 9/19 MLB Injury News: Tigers' Play-Off Hopes Fading With Late Season Injuries: The Detroit Tigers were the po**** pick to reach the World Series before this season began.  They already had the MVP-caliber...
• 9/19 Full Spectrum Baseball: Random, Possibly Intriguing, Mostly Useless Information: Yeah, I'm a baseball nerd and I wholeheartedly admit and accept this. One of the things I love about baseball is that there are...
• 9/19 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...
• 9/18 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 WahoosOnFirst: Zach McAllister and Why Unearned Runs Matter: Quick, who’s leading Major League Baseball in unearned runs? You’d probably expect it to be a pitch-to-contact starter...
• 9/17 Motor City Bengals: A.L. Central Race Far From Over: After today’s 5-4 defeat at the hands of Central division leading Chicago, Detroit now stands 3 games behind Chicago for...
• 9/17 Call to the Pen: R.A. Dickey and David Price Best All Year: It has just got to drive the batters in the National League batty that the best pitcher in the league all year throws a knuckleball....
• 9/17 Halo Hangout: Happy Birthday Dan Haren: Dan Haren had an okay pre-birthday outing on Sunday against the Royals. He only went 5.2 innings allowing three runs (two earned)...
• 9/17 High Heat Stats: Why does CC Sabathia allow so many unearned runs?: Fielding in baseball (if not fielders, necessarily) is getting better all the time. Improvements in equipment, field conditions...
• 9/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: The Indians Image Problem Could Be Worse Than You Think: By Mike Brandyberry It isn’t a secret, but the Indians have an image problem. For some time the Indians have been perceived...
• 9/17 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review:   The White Sox went into last week coming off a frustrating series against the Royals but still sitting on a two game lead...
• 9/17 WahoosOnFirst: On the Cleveland Indians’ Lack of Passion: On July 29th, 2011, Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco gave up a grand slam home run to Royals outfielder Melky Cabrera....
• 9/16 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Chapman, Hamilton, WBC, Billy Corgan and Neiko Johnson: Sunday September 16th, 2012 Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered. E-mail all questions...
• 9/16 PaulLebowitz.com: American League Central—2012 Present and 2013 Future: I recently looked at the AL East, how they’re faring now and their prospects for the future. Now let’s look at the AL Central....
• 9/16 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Yankees, Playoffs, Sabermetrics: The Yankees enter play today with a one-game lead over the Orioles and four games over the Rays. And, it's a good thing this isn't...
• 9/15 High Heat Stats: Friday game nibbles: Rays 6, @Yankees 4: Three runs in the 5th (aided by 2 wild pitches) and a typical Price-is-right performance against the Bombers helped...
• 9/15 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #146: Detroit Tigers (76-67) at Cleveland Indians (60-85): By Mike Brandyberry Friday evening the Detroit Tigers and Justin Verlander shutout the Cleveland Indians 4-0. Corey Kluber stuggled...
• 9/15 WahoosOnFirst: Tigers Strike Early To Back Verlander, Tigers Defeat Indians 4-0: The Tigers spotted their ace Justin Verlander  an early lead and he and the Tigers corner infield defense (there’s something...
• 9/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Indians | Jason Donald injured; X-rays pending: Cleveland Indians INF Jason Donald (wrist) was hit on the right wrist by a pitch from Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander Friday,...[+] Sept. 14. X-rays are pending, and his status is unknown at this time.
• 9/14 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Verlander, Defense Help Detroit Blank Tribe; Tigers 4, Indians 0: By Ryan Hohman After rallying for three runs in the ninth to snap a five game losing streak with a 5-4 win over the Texas Rangers,...
• 9/14 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Early Offense is Enough: Justin Verlander was staked to an early lead, and he did the rest as the Tigers won tonight’s series opener vs the Cleveland...
• 9/14 Baseball Musings: Missed Matchup: Justin Verlander pitches seven shutout innings against Cleveland as Detroit wins 4-0. Justin pitched due to the rain-out Thursday...
• 9/14 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game 145: Detroit Tigers (75-67) at Cleveland Indians (60-84): By Mike Brandyberry When it rains, it pours. In the case of the Cleveland Indians, when it rains, they get Justin Verlander....
• 9/14 Southside Showdown: Chris Sale and a New Opponent – Lineups 9/14: The anti**** for Chris Sale’s starting pitching matchup could not be much further than the other side of the spectrum than it...
• 9/14 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Detroit Tigers: In a strange twist of fate, the sports gods have spared the city of Cleveland from potential disaster for the second weekend in...
• 9/14 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 23: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 9/14 Call to the Pen: Rain Alters Tigers-White Sox Finale: Thursday night was all set up to be THE showdown for the American League Central Division. It was going to be the final meeting...
• 9/14 Nolan Writin': Game 143: Well, That Was Unexpected: When Joe Nathan took over in the ninth inning, it seemed to be as good as won. Then, something weird happened. Nathan failed to...
• 9/13 Southside Showdown: Sale vs Verlander…Not Anymore: The much ballyhooed Justin Verlander/Chris Sale match-up won’t be going down. This parade has officially been rained on....
• 9/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Fun with bad stats: Robinson Cano edition: This is kind of scraping the bottom of the barrel, but I just can't resist pointing out this factoid from Kevin Kernan's column...
• 9/13 Call to the Pen: 2012: The $20 Million Club: In the 2012 season, 13 players in Major League Baseball earned a total of $20 million or more for their services. As it turns...
• 9/13 Call to the Pen: Max Scherzer Leads Tigers Past White Sox and to Within One of Division Lead:   Prince Fielder was riding an 0-for-18 slump when he stepped into the box against southpaw Leyson Septimo on Wednesday night...
• 9/13 It's About the Money (Stupid): Robinson Cano’s 2012 season: Mike Trout is going to win the Most Valuable Player Award. He is a lock. And it is not even close. But what would have happened...
• 9/13 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Tampa Bay tries to salvage the last game of their series against the Orioles as they send Jeremy Hellickson against Chen Wei-Yin....
• 9/12 Motor City Bengals: Season Review: West Michigan Whitecaps: I am continuing on with a look at our minor league system, and the seasons some of the Tigers prospects had in 2012. I now head...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Sunday: September 9, 2012: Another bad day finished off a bad week in what has so far been a bad month. Yes, that is a whole lot of bad thrown in there....
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Labor Day (Monday): September 3, 2012: Once again, the picks labored yesterday (pun intended and Happy Labor Day). It was a struggle to get to nine correct picks for...
• 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 Full Spectrum Baseball: Bud Norris Is My Home Boy: If you are an avid reader of Field of Streams here at Full Spectrum, and you really should be, you have probably read just how...
• 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...
• 9/12 WahoosOnFirst: On Chris Antonetti and Necessary Risk: Since he was promoted to Cleveland Indians general manager in 2010, Chris Antonetti’s tenure has been anything but boring. He...
• 9/11 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Jared Book Talks Texas Rangers: The Cleveland Indians open their final inter-division series of the 2012 season tonight as they head to Arlington for a three-game...
• 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 i70baseball.com: Is .390 the greatest Royals record?: As it becomes more and more apparent that Billy Butler will not be breaking the most embarrassing record in Kansas City Royals...
• 9/10 Baseball Jerks: Detroit Tigers Offense: Jerks of the Day: Here is a team with the fifth largest payroll in baseball ($132.2 MM), three superstars (Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Prince...
• 9/9 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes: Yeah, I know. I wish I could have gotten this out sooner — say, before Saturday’s games. But as the saying goes, life...
• 9/9 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Angels Get To Verlander Early for 10th Win in 11 Games: When you’re hot, you’re hot and right now the Angels are absolutely on fire.  The Angels earned their 10th win the...
• 9/9 Baseball Musings: Justin Who?: Mike Trout seemed intimidated by Justin Verlander Saturday night. He hit a home run in his first at bat against the Tiger great,...
• 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 Baseball News Source: Fred Lynn Understands What it’s Like to be Mike Trout: If there is anyone better equipped to understand the exhilarating highs and the dramatic challenges that Mike Trout is experiencing...
• 9/7 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 22: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 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 Kings of Kauffman: August in a Nutshell: The 2012 Royals are a team that is full of surprises. After fumbling through their worst month of the season, they followed up...
• 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 Nolan Writin': Who do we root for?: With Oakland having just been swept by Los Angeles and now five games back from the Rangers, the division lead is looking increasingly...
• 9/6 Baseball Musings: Whacked Weaver: Jered Weaver http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-angels-jered-weaver-20120906,0,2673304.story: An MRI test revealed...
• 9/5 60ft6in.com: The 2009 100+ MPH Class: According to efastball.com, these pitchers all threw over 100 mph in 2009: 102.7 (138), Joel Zumaya (Tigers), 6/30/2009, Oakland...
• 9/5 Call to the Pen: Jered Weaver to Miss Tigers Series: The Los Angeles Angels have been rolling as of late, but Cy Young candidate Jered Weaver is ailing. Weaver took a line drive off...
• 9/4 The Baseball Page: MLB Power Rankings: Who Is Your # 1?: Power Rankings Current Team Previous 1 Washington Nationals 1  The...
• 9/4 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 22: Last Week: 3-3 This Week:  CLE (9/3-5); at LAA (9/7-9) So, What Happened? If...
• 9/3 Southside Showdown: Gordon Beckham Leads Sox Back Into Sole Possession of First: After a Detroit sweep, the White Sox had something to prove: that they could still win games. There was a pre-game ceremony at...
• 9/3 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: The Strasburg decision, individual honors races, and the playoff picture as MLB enters its last month. Strasburg Shutdown The...
• 9/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #135: Cleveland Indians (56-78) at Detroit Tigers (72-61): By Mike Brandyberry A Major League Baseball season can take many twists and turns, no further evidence is needed than the travels...
• 9/3 PaulLebowitz.com: Final Analysis on the Strasburg Shutdown: The shutdown of Stephen Strasburg has taken the tone of an overhyped movie marketed to an increasingly uninterested public. It’s...
• 9/2 Southside Showdown: Verlander’d…Again.: ESPN probably wept tears of joy when it became clear that the headliners for the White Sox at Tigers Sunday Night Baseball matchup...
• 9/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #133: Texas Rangers (78-53) at Cleveland Indians (55-77): By Mike Brandyberry Friday night the Indians weren’t able to slow down Adrian Beltre and the Texas Rangers, en route to a 5-3...

• 8/31 i70baseball.com: Tigers ‘tamed’ in Kansas CityThe sweep of the Detroit Tigers Thursday sealed up a winning month of August for the Kansas City Royals....
• 8/31 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 21: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/30 Tyler's Think Tank: 25 Bold(ish) Predictions for the Rest of the Season: I don't necessarily believe all of these will happen, but there exists the possibility that they could happen.  A...
• 8/30 Kings of Kauffman: The Proof is in the (Lack of) Pitching: Could the Royals be one big-time pitcher away from a winning record? Possibly, but in this case addition should start with subtraction....
• 8/30 Rum Bunter: Pittsburgh Pirates Challenge Flame Throwing Gerrit Cole With Triple-A Promotion: The Pittsburgh Pirates have promoted their soon-to-be 22-year old phenom Gerrit Cole to Triple-A Indianapolis.  The fireballer...
• 8/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Can David Price Win The Cy Young Award?: In 2010, David Price put together a truly dominant season, finishing 19-6 with a 2.72 ERA and a 1.193 WHiP. Over his 208.2 innings...
• 8/29 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: The Fantasy Baseball Equivalent of Colorado’s 4-Man Rotation: Us guys like a good experiment, even if it’s as simple as determining how many M-80s it takes to blow the legs off a GI...
• 8/29 Baseball Analytics: Justin Verlander was a meek Tiger: The Royals slugging vs. Verlander last nightThe Kansas City Royals hammered Justin Verlander and defeated the Tigers last...
• 8/29 Call to the Pen: Stephen Strasburg’s Rough Outing Shouldn’t Fan The Innings Limit Flame: It’s sort of unfortunate where all of this Stephen Strasburg innings limit talk leaves us. Sure, it makes for interesting discussion...
• 8/29 Kings of Kauffman: Close Call: Royals Beat Tigers in Wild Slugfest: A close call in the top of the ninth saved the Royals in a back and forth matchup against Detroit.   Greg Holland was trying...
• 8/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander blasted by division foe: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander was blasted for eight runs and 12 hits over 5 2/3 innings in a no-decision Tuesday, Aug. 28,...[+] against the Kansas City Royals. The eight runs tied a career high, and were the most allowed by Verlander since April 6, 2009. Verlander entered the game with a 14-2 record and 2.36 ERA in 21 career starts against the Royals.
• 8/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander struggles: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander matched a career high with eight earned runs in 5 2/3 innings in his no-decision against the...[+] Kansas City Royals Tuesday, Aug. 28.
• 8/28 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Monday, August 27: Mariners 1, @Twins 0: I think we have our AL Pitcher of the Month. Felix Hernandez won his 4th 1-0 shutout of the year and his...
• 8/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview #129: Oakland Athletics (70-57) at Cleveland Indians (55-73): By Mike Brandyberry Monday night the Indians played in front of a crowd that could have been a friends and family gathering,...
• 8/28 Boys of Summer: Phillies are Disappointing-est of All: ESPN's David Schoenfield had a bit Monday morning about how the LAnahfornia Angels are baseball's biggest disappointment,...
• 8/28 Nolan Writin': Derek Holland And The One Bad Inning: Derek Holland has actually been surprisingly good lately. After a rough patch since returning from the disabled list, Holland...
• 8/28 Baseball Reality Tour: Who Should Win the MVP?: Buster Olney got it started early this morning...In the wide open AL Cy Young race, the frontrunners from here look to be: 1....
• 8/27 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 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 WahoosOnFirst: Indians Lose Game and Series, Fall to Yankees 4-2: The Indians had an opportunity to win their first series since they defeated Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers in the rubber...
• 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...
• 8/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Two battling for K leadDetroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer leads the majors with 195 strikeouts. SP Justin Verlander is second with 192....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Max Scherzer leads the majors with 195 strikeouts. SP Justin Verlander is second with 192.
• 8/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: LaPorta’s Last Stand: By Bob Toth The recall of Matt LaPorta to Cleveland on Friday lacked the jubilation and hope that the former top prospect and...
• 8/24 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 20: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/24 Raising Matt Cain: Three Full Games: Dodgers didn't play last night so the good guys picked up that half-game and now hold three-of-a-kind to their mere high card....
• 8/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander fans 12: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed two runs and struck out 12 in nine innings of work in his no-decision against the Toronto...[+] Blue Jays Thursday, Aug. 23.
• 8/23 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Cobb’s Shutout Keeps Rays Winning: Oakland 0 – Tampa Bay 5 –  Alex Cobb dominated the Oakland Athletics and pitched a four[hit shutout to earn his eighth...
• 8/23 High Heat Stats: Wednesday game notes: @Rays 5, Royals 3 / @White Sox 2, Yankees 1: I went to a coronation, and a pennant race broke out! Tampa’s surge has shaved...
• 8/23 BoSox Injection: The Red Sox Should Try To Lock Ellsbury Up This Offseason: One of the more curious names for the Red Sox looking forward to next year and beyond is Jacoby Ellsbury. 2013 is Ellsbury’s...
• 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 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...
• 8/21 The "Mc" Effect: McCutchen's MVP Hopes, Slipping Away? : Until recently, Andrew McCutchen was the no-brainer choice for National League MVP. From the beginning of the season through...
• 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...
• 8/20 High Heat Stats: Game notes from Sunday action: Rays 8, @Angels 3: For the first time in their 52-year history, the Angels were swept in a 4-game series while allowing 7+ runs...
• 8/20 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...
• 8/20 Full Spectrum Baseball: Finders Keepers: Dylan Bundy: With the playoffs starting in some leagues and with roughly only two weeks left in the fantasy baseball regular season in others,...
• 8/20 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Zombie Baseball Makes it Tough to Defend Acta Any Longer: By Mike Brandyberry Zombie Baseball. It’s a term coined by Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer long ago to describe teams...
• 8/19 Halo Hangout: The Mike Trout Show: The Angels are limping to the end of the season. August has not been kind to the Halos as they’re 5-13 and showing no signs...
• 8/19 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #121: Cleveland Indians (54-66) at Oakland Athletics (64-55): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians fell behind early, allowing four unearned runs in the bottom of the third inning on...
• 8/18 Motor City Bengals: Handicapping the AL Cy Young Race: Last season the Cy Young for the American League was an open-and-shut case, there was no doubt that Justin Verlander was going...
• 8/18 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Fielder Hits Two Home Runs to Lead Tigers over Orioles: Baltimore 3 – Detroit 5 - Prince Fielder him hit two home runs, had four RBI and scored two runs to lift the Detroit Tigers...
• 8/18 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 19: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/18 Baseball Musings: Off to the Races: The American League Central tightened up a bit on Friday as Detroit beat Baltimore 5-3 and Chicago loses to Kansas City 4-2. Tommy...
• 8/17 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Tigers look to gain ground in the AL Wild Card race as they host the Orioles Friday night. Tommy Hunter faces the tough Justin...
• 8/17 Full Spectrum Baseball: Sabermetric Spotlight: Jered Weaver: Jared Weaver was the 2011 runner up for the AL CY Young award and 5th in 2010. Is this his year? He surely has put himself into...
• 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 Full Spectrum Baseball: Starting Pitching Valuation (SPv) Leaderboard: For a brief introduction to the statistic for those who have not read the article, SPv is a stat that encompasses 1) the number...
• 8/16 The Baseball Page: Felix Hernandez Perfect: King for a Day, Perfect Forever Felix Hernandez Throws a Perfect Game   Felix...
• 8/16 Motor City Bengals: AL MVP Race: Mike Trout vs. Miguel Cabrera: There is much discussion right now in Detroit going on right now about the A.L. MVP race, fueled in part by Tigers manager Jim...
• 8/15 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 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Clayton Kershaw Keeps the Good Times Rolling: Once again, I have no idea what to make of this team. Remember back in June, when we were talking about how they went weeks without...
• 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...
• 8/14 Full Spectrum Baseball: Who’s Hot, Who’s Not: Aroldis Chapman: Welcome to this week’s edition of Who’s Hot, Who’s Not. This week we appropriately feature a flamethrower and a repeat performer...
• 8/14 SOX & Dawgs: Adrian Gonzalez Named AL Co-Player of the Week: Here's the press release from the Boston Red Sox announcing that Adrian Gonzalez along with Baltimore Orioles rookie Manny...
• 8/13 Kings of Kauffman: Strikeouts and Walks. What Else Really Matters?: Apparently, it’s important to strike hitters out without walking that many. Can we check to see if the Royals starters have...
• 8/13 SOX & Dawgs: Adrian Gonzalez Named AL Co-Player of the Week: Here's the press release from the Boston Red Sox announcing that Adrian Gonzalez along with Baltimore Orioles rookie Manny...
• 8/13 Puckett's Pond: This Week in Twins: August 13-19: Last week started out on a high note, but it finished on an incredibly sour one, like the kind of note that you hear when a three...
• 8/13 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central Week in Review:   Going into last week, every White Sox fan anti**** the return of Chris Sale, after his previous start was skipped due to...
• 8/13 Halo Hangout: Link Hangout: You’ll have to excuse any vitriol that I might display today. There was this weird looking “L” next to Jered...
• 8/12 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...
• 8/12 Baseball Musings: Talking with a DadJustin Verlander‘s father, Richard Verlander, interviewed me for his website. ...
• 8/12 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Holding Antonetti Accountable: By Bob Toth The search for a scapegoat continues in Cleveland, as an intriguing start to the 2012 season was cut short by an...
• 8/12 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WHY YOU CAN'T GIVE UP ON NOVA AND HUGHES: Over the past week, New York Yankees fans have witnessed some serious carnage levied upon our promising young starters...
• 8/12 Nolan Writin': Game 112: Olt’s Well That Ends Well As Rangers Beat Tigers: Mike Olt has had a tough start to the Major Leagues. But one thing he has been able to do is get the key hit when given the opportunity...
• 8/12 Baseball Musings: Anger Management: Derek Holland got angry with himself after starting off poorly Saturday night, and ended up out-pitching Justin Verlander as the...
• 8/11 Baseball News Source: Top Five 2012 AL Cy Young Award Contenders: If the season ended today, it is unclear who would take home American League Cy Young Award honors. Five AL pitchers appear to...
• 8/10 Baseball News Source: Mike Trout – Miguel Cabrera – Subjects of AL MVP Debate: One is a 29-year-old slugger who hits for average and power, and has belted more than 300 home runs in his 10-year Major League...
• 8/10 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 18: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/10 BoSox Injection: Two Reasons why the Red Sox might miss the Post Season: Basically the Red Sox season seems to be slipping away every day comes down to two reasons.  All of the reports of a team with...
• 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 Halo Hangout: How Good Is Jered Weaver?: Jered Weaver is the Angels ace. He finished second is the AL Cy Young in 2011 and fifth in 2010. The baseball world is aware that...
• 8/10 Nolan Writin': Scott Feldman An Unlikely Hero: As the Rangers (65-45) head into a home series against the surging, we-knew-they’d-turn-it-around Tigers (60-52), I had...
• 8/9 High Heat Stats: Pitching reliability – an honest day’s work: Quick – have you had a bad day at work this year? Pretty silly question, right. Well, if you’re among a select group...
• 8/9 The Baseball Page: Sports - Dynamic Duos: The Detroit Tigers are on fire in the American League breathing down...
• 8/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Bombers’ Blast: Lackluster Yanks need to pull it together to win AL East:   The New York Yankees have been in first place for 53 days straight. That’s the longest stretch since 2009. However, any...
• 8/8 Bay City Ball: New Theory: Ryan Vogelsong is a wizard: Sometimes when I watch Ryan Vogelsong pitch, I’m reminded of this video. I imagine that Ryan Vogelsong is wearing a kilt...
• 8/7 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Marlins, Verlander, Tigers, Rockies: Here's a look around baseball, starting with the 50-60 Marlins.. The strong belief around the Marlins is that this season...
• 8/7 High Heat Stats: Monday game notes – expanded: Added games are above the solid line. @Orioles 3, Mariners 1: Chris Tillman won his 4th straight start, beating the team that...
• 8/7 Baseball Analytics: Verlander Dominates Yankees with Secondary Stuff: When most people think about Justin Verlander, they think about the triple-digit fastball that he can unleash whenever the...
• 8/7 Mets360.com: It’s A Tough Job, But Mets’ Fans Need To Temper Expectations Of Matt Harvey: Matt Harvey has arrived. In his first three starts he has pitched marvelously, in tough luck and pretty badly, in that order....
• 8/7 It's About the Money (Stupid): Game 109 – Time to end the Tigers’ winning streak: With the sounds of howling hawks in my ears, it is time to prepare for the second game of the series between the New York Yankees...
• 8/7 Bleeding Yankee Blue: WORRY FOR IVAN NOVA? **** RIGHT: Now is when we need Ivan Nova most.  Now is when Ivan Nova is supposed to lead the charge, even ahead of CC Sabathia,...
• 8/7 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Justin Verlander Dominates As Detroit Tigers Roll Over New York Yankees: AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Tigers 7, New York Yankees 2 Justin Verlander took care of one of baseball’s best lineups with ease,...
• 8/7 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Weaver Dominates A’s in Shutout: To paraphrase the DJ Khaled song; All Jered Weaver does is win, win, win no matter what. Weaver doesn’t blow people away....
• 8/7 Yanks Go Yard: Nova can’t hang with Verlander; Tigers beat Yankees 7-2: The New York Yankees knew going in that scoring runs off Justin Verlander was going to be tough. They were going to need a strong...
• 8/7 The Captain's Blog: Verlander Strikes Back at Empire (with Help from Umpire); Approaches Several Strike-Throwing Milestones: Last night, Justin Verlander was a strike-throwing machine. Over eight innings, the right hander threw 96 strikes, or nearly 73%...
• 8/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander fans 14: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander matched a career high with 14 strikeouts in eight innings of work in his win over the New York...[+] Yankees Monday, Aug. 6. He allowed two unearned runs, eight hits and a walk while throwing a regular-season-high 132 pitches.
• 8/7 Baseball Musings: Yu Stressed?: Baseball Time in Arlington notes that Darvish is pitching in more stressful situations than he encountered in Japan. As Dave Allen...
• 8/6 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Verlander Dominant In Win Over Yankees: DETROIT –  Justin Verlander struck out 14 New York Yankees and threw 132 pitches in the process. Prince Fielder and Miguel...
• 8/6 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Losing Streak Hits a Perfect 10, Tribe Pounded Again; Twins 14, Indians 3: By Steve Eby If losing baseball games was an Olympic event, even the Russian judge would have to give the Indians a perfect 10....
• 8/6 Bleeding Yankee Blue: THE YANKEES BITE IT IN DETROIT: The Yankees faced a daunting task in the series opener against the Detroit Tigers.  The Tigers came in red hot, having...
• 8/6 It's About the Money (Stupid): Nova struggles again as Tigers beat Yankees: What a difference a year makes. This time last season, Ivan Nova was making his return to the big leagues after a brief stint...
• 8/6 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks Have No Answer For Verlander, Lose 7-2: I’ll be the first to admit, I didn’t have high hopes for tonight’s game but I really wanted to be proven wrong....
• 8/6 Baseball News Source: David Price – Dominating Despite Lack of Run Support: David Price is not anonymous. Though he has spent his five-year Major League career with the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that is routinely...
• 8/6 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Monday night presents a few nice match-ups between playoff contending teams. The Yankees travel to Detroit to take on the Tigers...
• 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: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians vs. Minnesota Twins: When the city of Cleveland last saw the Indians in person they had just finished off slaying Justin Verlander taken two of three...
• 8/6 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees at Tigers – August 6 – 9, 2012: After taking two of three from the Seattle Mariners in the final series of a nine-game homestand the New York Yankees set off...
• 8/6 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees finish off homestand with win over Mariners: The New York Yankees finished off their homestand with a 6-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners yesterday behind Freddy Garcia...
• 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...
• 8/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 17: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 8/4 PaulLebowitz.com: The Cliff Lee Waiver Claim FREAKOUT!!!!!!: The truth about MLB waiver claims is always presented at the bottom of a splashy and intentionally overblown headline and equally...
• 8/3 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #106: Cleveland Indians (50-55) at Detroit Tigers (55-50): By Mike Brandyberry Even when the Indians receive nine shutout innings from their pitching staff, it somehow isn’t enough....
• 8/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES NEED A LINEUP SHAKE UP!: Let’s face it, our Yankees offensive woes are real. Sure, they can win one once in a while, but they seem to be losing...
• 8/3 WahoosOnFirst: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers: Now the Tribe has a chance to get on a serious roll. They outlasted Detroit by taking two of three in spectacular fashion and...
• 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/1: A win is a win no matter how you slice it. It doesn't matter if it takes nine innings or six innings. Of course if you're the...
• 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/31: After taking the first game 7-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series tonight in the second game of a three-game...
• 8/1 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #104: Cleveland Indians (50-53) at Kansas City Royals (42-60): By Mike Brandyberry Tuesday was not a very good day for the Cleveland Indians, regardless of what angle you look at it from....
• 8/1 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 8/1: A win is a win no matter how you slice it. It doesn't matter if it takes nine innings or six innings. Of course if you're the...
• 8/1 BoSox Injection: Red Sox Have Lady Luck On Their Side In Wash-Out Win: Call it fate, call it destiny, call it about **** time the Red Sox caught a break. That is exactly what happened on Tuesday night...

• 7/31 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 7/31: After taking the first game 7-3 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to take the series tonight in the second game of a three-game...
• 7/30 Baseball News Source: Beckett Trade or Not – Could be Win-Win Situation for Red Sox: Though Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington essentially indicated to the media on Friday that it would not make sense to trade...
• 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: 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 The Baseball Page: Monday Morning Manager: Week 17: Last Week: 2-4 This Week: at Bos (7/30-8/1); CLE (8/3-5) So, What Happened?   What...
• 7/30 WahoosOnFirst: This Week In Indians Baseball: Week 17: After wrapping up a series with the Baltimore Orioles, the Indians played host to the Detroit Tigers, taking two of three including...
• 7/30 District On Deck: Game 100: Nationals 4, Brewers 1 (July 28, 2012):   Jordan Zimmermann, wearing throwback threads depicting the Negro League Homestead Grays, pitching in front of a huge crowd...
• 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 Tyler's Think Tank: 100 Games in: As many teams reach the century mark in games played, let's take stock of what we've learned from the season's first 100 games...
• 7/28 Puckett's Pond: Insert Diamond Pun Here: Diamond shines in victory Diamond delivers a gem Diamond in the rough Diamond sparkles as Twins cruise to victory And the list...
• 7/28 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: It’s new team debut day as Anibal Sanchez starts the festivities as he takes the mound for the Tigers against Henderson...
• 7/27 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #4 7/27: Zack Greinke to the Angels – The A.L. West Just Got Wilder: Saturday July 28th, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Zack Greinke has just been traded to the Angels. It looks as if the A.L. West is...
• 7/27 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #100: Cleveland (50-49) at Minnesota Twins (40-58): By Mike Brandyberry Last night, with their season on the brink, the Cleveland Indians hung four runs on Justin Verlander and...
• 7/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 16: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/27 The Baseball Page: Fantasy Baseball: Places to be careful down the stretch: Fantasy Baseball: Places to be careful down the stretchAfter the trade...
• 7/27 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes (light schedule): Mets 3, D-backs 1: Matt Harvey was 4 for 15 with a HR at Buffalo, so I guess he’s not just kidding around up there....
• 7/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Four Run Seventh Off Verlander Secures Win and Series for Tribe; Indians 5, Tigers 3: By Bob Toth After being held in check by Detroit’s starter Justin Verlander for six innings, Cleveland’s offense erupted...
• 7/26 Eye On the Tigers: Trade Reaction: Jacob Turner, Rob Brantly and Brian Flynn for Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante: The Marlins and Tigers also swap competitive balance lottery draft picks.  So now the Tigers get the 6th pick after the first...
• 7/26 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #99: Detroit Tigers (53-45) at Cleveland Indians (49-49): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Indians fell behind early, allowing three runs in the first two innings, and could never catch...
• 7/26 Tyler's Think Tank: Hamels Hauls in $144 Million: The Philadelphia Phillies, still wallowing at the bottom of the NL East nine games below .500, just locked up Cole...
• 7/26 MLB Dirt: Interview With Austin Schotts: The Steal of the 2012 Draft: (Photo: Tom Hagerty for LakelandLocal.com) The 2012 MLB first-year player draft was the first under the new collective bargaining...
• 7/26 District On Deck: DoD Roundtable: Strasburg-nomics: Stephen Strasburg. He’s been darn good to this point, with his improved mechanics, strikeout ability, phenom-label, jersey-selling...
• 7/26 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: Places to be careful down the stretch: After the trade deadline of July 31, your fantasy team is going to begin to take a different shape. Many of the players you’ve...
• 7/26 Talkin Sox with Dan: No Thanks: Bullet dodged. Hanley Ramirez is immensely talented. He is young. He is under team control for the next two and a half years....
• 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 Kings of Kauffman: National League Routs American League While Melky Cabrera Wins All-Star Game MVP: For the first time in a long time, Kansas City was the focus of the sports world while hosting the 2012 MLB All-Star Game. All...
• 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 Through The Fence Baseball: Daily MLB Betting Tips for July 26, 2012: Since this is my first post, I am assuming I should provide a bit of an introduction about myself. I will keep it brief because...
• 7/25 WasWatching: Cole Hamels Signs $144 Million 6-Year Extension: Source. There have been few better since 2006: Rk Player ERA+ G From To Age GS W L IP BB SO ERA 1 Roy Halladay 144 207 2006 2012...
• 7/24 mlbreports.com : David Price: The Best Starting Pitcher in the American League?: Tuesday July 24th, 2012 Jake Dal Porto (MLB reports Intern Candidate):  The American league consists of several dominant pitchers,...
• 7/24 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: Cameron Scott Talks Detroit Tigers: The AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers come to town tonight to kick off a hugely important three-game series that could end either...
• 7/23 mlbreports.com : 2012 Trade Deadline Update #2 7/23: Ichiro in Pinstripes, Anibal and Omar to the Tigers?: Monday July 23rd, 2012 Bernie Olshansky: Over the past few hours, a couple of big trades have gone down. Here’s my take...
• 7/23 Marlin Maniac: Marlins Cement Status as Sellers, Trade Anibal Sanchez and Omar Infante to Detroit: The Marlins season has been chronicled by disappointment due to whole scale underperforming. Miami cemented its status as a “seller”...
• 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 StanGraphs: Allen Craig is Looking at Me: If you read Friday night’s live blog, you should already know that I, Spencer Hendricks of the amazing StanGraphs, was in...
• 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...
• 7/23 Motor City Bengals: Still A Lot Of Baseball Left: For a good part of the last 2 months I have been very down on the Tigers.  I could not pinpoint what it was but they just were...
• 7/22 Motor City Bengals: Rumor Mill Focused on Starting Pitching: There are a lot of good starting pitchers that are at least potentially available right now. Not a lot of second basemen (if any...
• 7/22 High Heat Stats: Saturday game notes: @Cardinals 12, Cubs 0: We’ve seen a 12-run inning before (right?) — but in the home 7th of a scoreless game? It began...
• 7/21 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers & Angels Have Interest In James Shields: Both the Tigers and Angels have interest in Rays right-hander James Shields according to Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com. The two...
• 7/21 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (East Coast bias admitted): Braves 11, @Nats 10 (11): As soon as Paul Janish came up in the 11th with the go-ahead run on 3rd, you just knew he would make...
• 7/21 Motor City Bengals: Random Thoughts: White Sox Vs. Tigers: A few thoughts following the first game of a big weekend series with the Chicago White Sox… Verlander vs. Peavy I saw this...
• 7/20 Southside Showdown: White Sox Get Verlander’d: Another installment of the Friday night pitching duel series is in the books. The first couple innings rolled along as expected,...
• 7/20 Tyler's Think Tank: Belated First Half Awards: The second half of the baseball season is now a week old, but here are my belated midseason awards.  Better late than never! AL...
• 7/20 Through The Fence Baseball: Breaking Balls: 10 bold predictions for the second half:   Well, that was one heck of an All-Star Game we had, huh? Okay, it was pretty boring – almost comatose – and I really...
• 7/20 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The White Sox open a three game series in Detroit as Jake Peavy takes on Justin Verlander. Detroit trails Chicago by 1 1/2 games...
• 7/20 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Astros, Mets, Athletics, Straily: Ryan Dempster, Francisco Liriano and Shane Victorino are among the most likely players to be traded within the next 11 days,...
• 7/20 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 15: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/19 Full Spectrum Baseball: Sabermetric Spotlight: Justin Verlander: Watching Justin Verlander against the Orioles on July 15th made me wonder, is his 2012 year better than his AL MVP and CY Young...
• 7/19 Roto Think Tank: 2012 Relievers: How Bad Is Bad? (N.L.): On Tuesday, I looked at how the 10 most expensive A.L. relievers are doing so far in 2012.The horror. The horror.If they...
• 7/18 MLB Dirt: Matt Belisle Constantly Overlooked as a Top Reliever: If you were to have a discussion about who the best relievers in the game are you will likely end up talking about Craig Kimbrel,...
• 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...
• 7/17 Motor City Bengals: Deadline Central: Detroit Tigers: As the trade deadline approaches and the rumors begin to fly, I thought I would take a team by team look at the A.L. Central,...
• 7/17 The Baseball Page: Morning Manager: Week 15: Last Week: 2-1 This Week: LAA (7/16-19); CWS (7/20-22) So, What Happened? Justin...
• 7/17 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week in Review—-7/9/12 to 7/15/12 All Star Week:   All Star week makes it a shortened week for baseball.  I will briefly recap the All Star game focusing on the contributions...
• 7/17 The Baseball Page: Baltimore Orioles Lose Game, Series, and Starter Jason Hammel: The Baltimore Orioles are currently searching for a way to make the...
• 7/17 Bleeding Yankee Blue: BYB PRESENTS: YANKEE SHORTS #7: 10. America’s Team Welcomes our American Heroes Eight Soldiers parti**** in the New York Solider ride will cycle...
• 7/16 Southside Showdown: Olney Says Tigers’ Weakness Actually Strength: Buster Olney is a great reporter. If you want to find out what’s going on around the league he’s absolutely someone you should...
• 7/16 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Urkel in Baseball, Batting Stance Guy, Beane, Future of Dempster, Hamilton’s Speed, Gathright Released and Rating Prospects: Monday July 16th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:  Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
• 7/16 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Bourjos, Dempster, SFX: The Angels have told some teams that Peter Bourjos is unavailable and offered the outfielder to other teams for relief help,...
• 7/16 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Crackerjack Readers Fantasy Baseball League: A Midseason Update: At the onset of this season, Clave thought it would be a really good idea to start a traditional one year 5×5 roto fantasy...
• 7/16 The Baseball Page: Surprise! The National League is Better : The American League has better hitting and pitching.  The National...
• 7/16 Motor City Bengals: On Tap: Angels And White Sox Come To Town: Typically, I don’t really get involved in series previews here at MCB. It’s a conscious decision, mainly because a...
• 7/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander cruises: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed three hits and two walks while fanning eight in eight shutout innings to beat the Baltimore...[+] Orioles Sunday, July 15.
• 7/15 Motor City Bengals: Wild Card From The Central A Possibility: After today’s victory over the Orioles, the Tigers now trail said O’s by only half a game* for the second AL Wild...
• 7/15 Baseball Musings: Justin July: Justin Verlander showed the All-Star game was an aberration as he pitches eight shutout innings in the Tigers 4-0 win over the...
• 7/15 mlbreports.com : Top Ten Stat Of The Week: (Active Pitchers Winning Pctg-Min 100 Decisions): Sunday July.15/2012 Douglas ‘Chuck’ Booth (Lead Baseball Writer)- Pitching wins are given less importance  all of...
• 7/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Sunday starts off with a superb match-up as Jered Weaver and the Angels face Ivan Nova and the Yankees. The Yankees should challenge...
• 7/13 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 14: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/13 Baseball Musings: Name Change: If the Tigers trade for Justin Upton, then Justin Verlander should marry Kate Upton and take her name. That way, the Tigers would...
• 7/13 Call to the Pen: Five Bold Predictions for the Second Half of the 2012 Season: Baseball’s two day hiatus is finally over, and I bet all of you are extremely excited to get back to some baseball action....
• 7/13 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Cherington, Profar, Royals, A's, Ryan: Check out MLBTR's "Justin Upton Rumors" for the daily collection of trade buzz about the Diamondbacks outfielder.  For any "Justin/Upton...
• 7/11 The Rays Today: 2012 All Star Game: Posted in David PriceFernando RodneyWell the 2012 All Star game didnt go as the AL had planned, but you have to give it to the...
• 7/11 Tyler's Think Tank: Hot Pitchers at the Break: Continuing yesterday's theme of players who were in a groove before the Midsummer Classic interruped the season. Ryan Dempster The...
• 7/11 Kings of Kauffman: It Was All A Dream…: As Royals fans wake up today and try to shake off their post All-Star hangover, I thought I’d share with you this awful...
• 7/11 Redbird Rants: MLB Midseason Report: As we sit about four matches past the true halfway point of the season, it’s time to look at the season so far and see not...
• 7/11 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: National League Thumps American League In 83rd All-Star Game: By Craig Gifford If the Cleveland Indians are able to make it to the World Series this season, they will be at a disadvantage....
• 7/11 Bleeding Yankee Blue: MVP MELKY & THE NL STOMP THE AL 8-0: This is why baseball is the greatest game in the world.  No one would have predicted that Justin Verlander would be slapped...
• 7/11 Call to the Pen: National League Dominates American League in All-Star Game: The National League got smoked in interleague play again this season. From that point, the analysts made sure to point out how...
• 7/11 MLB Dirt: Taylor Guerrieri: The Next Big Thing in Tampa: The Tampa Bay Rays are the model small-budget franchise for Major League Baseball. They eschew going after big ticket free agents...
• 7/11 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Price, Rodney Dominant in All-Star Game: Tough to watch the All-Star Game when Justin Verlander starts and allows 5 runs in the first inning to put the American League...
• 7/11 Redbird Rants: Daily Rant: Cardinal All Stars do the team proud with solid showing: The Cardinals had six All Stars this year in total. Rafael Furcal and Carlos Beltran were chosen to start, Yadier Molina was initially...
• 7/11 Rising Apple: National League Wins Third Straight All Star Game, 8-0: The National League used the strength of two big innings, one in the first and one in the fourth, to seal their third straight...
• 7/11 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw Pitches Tough Fifth Inning in NL All-Star Victory: Clayton Kershaw was the lone Dodger who played in any of the 83rd All-Star game Tuesday evening. Matt Kemp was shown smiling from...
• 7/11 Motor City Bengals: Justin Verlander’s All-Star Aberration: Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium, the Kansas City Royals playing host, Justin Verlander attended his fifth All-Star game, pitching...
• 7/10 The Rays Today: Price Works Perfect Third: Posted in David PriceFernando RodneyDavid Price came into the game down 5-0 after a disappointing start by Justin Verlander. Price...
• 7/10 High Heat Stats: Random notes for an off day: (Wait … you mean there’s pro baseball going on right now?) Since I’ve been getting most of my baseball news...
• 7/10 STLCardinalBaseball: ALL STAR GAME RECAP: Expect the Unexpected: The time has come, the All Star game the magical time where the games greatest and fan favorites join together to play for their...
• 7/10 Operation Shutdown: Gameday - 2012 All Star Game: American League vs National League8:00 PM ETTV: FOXKauffman Stadium - Kansas City, MOStarting Pitchers American - Justin...
• 7/10 AroundTheFoghorn: San Francisco Giants Show – Melky, Sandoval, Posey, Cain Take Over MLB All-Star Game, Bring Home MVP Award: Although San Francisco Giant fans received some harsh feedback in relation to the “stuffed ballot boxes” (Ken Rosenthal’s...
• 7/10 Phillies Nation: Trio of Phillies Take Part in National League All Star Win: They didn’t have much to do with the win, since the runs were put up early and often by the NL, but Carlos Ruiz and Cole...
• 7/10 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Delight: The American and National League All-Stars will do battle tonight to see who gets home field advantage for the World Series...
• 7/10 Baseball Musings: Melky for Real: Melky Cabrera gets the first hit of the game, off Justin Verlander. If he can hit Justin, his season must be for real! Jose Bautista...
• 7/10 Bay Area Sports Guy: Projecting the MLB All-Star game: The mid-summer classic is here, and I thought it would be fun to break out my series projection model to handicap each leagues...
• 7/10 Yankees Fans Unite: All-Star Game Lineups: Lineup vs. National League: Derek Jeter SS Robinson Cano 2B Josh Hamilton LF Jose Bautista RF Prince Fielder 1B Adrian Beltre...
• 7/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: BBD’s midseason awards: Since not much is going on in Yankee land this week…besides the cordial treatment of Robinson Cano by all the classy fans...
• 7/10 Bronx Baseball Daily: Thoughts on the All-Star game: Growing up, I thought it was a fact of life that the American League was simply better than the National League every single...
• 7/10 60ft6in.com: Where Do All-Stars Come From?: NOTE: This article is based on the ORIGINAL all-star rosters, before the rosters were altered due to injury. Where do all-stars...
• 7/10 WahoosOnFirst: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Preview: American League Edition: Don’t be fooled by the fact that the All-Star Game is a glorified exhibition game. Yes, home field advantage is at stake,...
• 7/10 SOX & Dawgs: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Delight: The American and National League All-Stars will do battle tonight to see who gets home field advantage for the World Series...
• 7/10 Baseball Musings: Not Hitting Verlander: National League All-Stars talk about why Justin Verlander is so tough to hit: What makes Verlander great, at least to Uggla, is...
• 7/9 Rays Colored Glasses: Rays Notes: Rays in the All-Star Game: Interesting news for the Rays from Kansas City yesterday. Rays fans hoped that David Price, who leads the AL in wins, would be...
• 7/9 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: All Star Repost: How to Value Your Roster: During the Baseball All-Star break we’ll be reposting some of our “All-Star” articles. This is a repost of a...
• 7/9 For Baseball Junkies: MLB All Star Game -: When it comes to All-Star Games in professional sports, I believe that Major League Baseball sets the bar.  It might not...
• 7/9 Call to the Pen: Matt Cain, Justin Verlander Named All-Star Game Starting Pitchers: Matt Cain through a perfect game earlier this season.  It was a feat never done in the history of the San Francisco Giants....
• 7/9 RoxPile: CarGo To DH, Lead Off All-Star Game: In addition to parti**** in tonight’s Home Run Derby, Carlos Gonzalez will have a chance to showcase his offensive prowess...
• 7/9 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Second Annual TVPRCRP All-Star Teams: I still hate the All Star Game. When I was a kid it was exciting, you got to see the National League play the American League...
• 7/9 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians All-Star Futures Game Prospect Aguilar Shows Big Power and Big Potential: By Steve Eby The All-Star Futures Game made its debut in 1999 when the Midsummer Classic was held in Boston.  Most of the who’s-who...
• 7/9 MLB Dirt: Meet Joe Rogers: The Detroit Tigers Closer of the Future: The Detroit Tigers are known for mega stars like Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, and Justin Verlander, but they can’t rely only...
• 7/9 Kings of Kauffman: 2012 MLB All-Star Game Roster Notes: Bryce Harper, Jake Peavy, Michael Bourn Will See Kauffman Stadium: The Final Vote held by Major League Baseball to fill the last spot on the rosters for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game is becoming obsolete...
• 7/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander to start All-Star GameDetroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander will start the All-Star Game for the American League, according to a source....[+] Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander will start the All-Star Game for the American League, according to a source.
• 7/8 Release Points: AL Midseason Awards: The Yankees and Red Sox were scheduled to play the final game of the first half – how apropos – before giving way to the All-Star...
• 7/8 PaulLebowitz.com: American League Mid-Season Award Winners: Normally I don’t like doling out awards for half-a-season, but everyone else does it so someone has to do it right when they’re...
• 7/7 StanGraphs: 2012 Mid-Season Awards: The American League: Since we’ve already made you privy to our National League half-season award winners, we have no choice but to bestow upon...
• 7/7 Motor City Bengals: Prince Fielder Has His First Tigers Moment: A couple days ago, Prince Fielder stepped up to bat in the 8th inning of a tie game with the Minnesota Twins. There were two runners...
• 7/7 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 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 13: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 7/6 Kings of Kauffman: What to Expect When You’re Expecting Greatness: In today’s know-everything-first, savior-in-the-making, prospect pleasure land, people tend to over-hype everything. Media allows...
• 7/6 Motor City Bengals: Under Pressure: The Almost .500 Rundown: If the third time’s a charm, then maybe the third time to the third power is triply charming. This may not be the most sound...
• 7/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander may start All-Star Game: Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington has indicated Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander may start the All-Star Game for the American...[+] League on Tuesday, July 10.
• 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 Raise the Jolly Roger: Karstens completes the sweep: Even though the Pirates won the first three games against the Astros this week, they had to come back to win each time. Jeff Karstens...
• 7/5 Yanks Go Yard: How Do The Yankees Fare Against Staff Aces?: I’m throwing out advanced statistics in favor of some lighter reading today. It’s an off-day for the Yankees today,...
• 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...
• 7/5 High Heat Stats: July 4th game notes: @White Sox 5, Rangers 4 (10): One day after swatting his first HR in his new stockings, Kevin Youkilis got his first game-winning...
• 7/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander goes the distance: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed a run on four hits and a walk while striking out seven in a complete-game win over...[+] the Minnesota Twins Wednesday, July 4.
• 7/4 Call to the Pen: MLB Trade Rumors: Tigers Looking for Pitching: The Detroit Tigers have a guy by the name of Justin Verlander as their ace.  He was just the MVP and the Cy Young Award winner...
• 7/3 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Fail To Reach .500 – Again: We here at MCB don’t do game recaps. That’s a conscious decision – other, bigger, outlets do those far better...
• 7/3 Marlin Maniac: Miami Marlins: Former Marlins star pitcher Dontrelle Willis Retires: Yesterday was a sad day for Florida Marlins fans and it’s history. A huge part of the Marlins 2003 World Series Championship...
• 7/2 Southside Showdown: American League All-Star Snubs:   Every year when the All-Star Game rosters are announced, there are immediate declarations that so-and-so was robbed of...
• 7/2 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: It’s Almost All-Star Game time, a midseason look at individual awards leaders, and more as MLB approaches the halfway mark...
• 7/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 79: Rays lose 5-3, Drop series to Tigers: Following Friday night’s encouraging 4-2 win over Justin Verlander, in which the Rays hit three home runs, it seemed as if they...
• 7/1 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander to start third game after break: The Detroit Tigers plan to start SP Justin Verlander in the third game after the All-Star break because it would line him up to...[+] start against the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox later in the month.

• 6/29 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 77: Desmond Jennings Does It All In Rays Victory: Desmond Jennings had been showing recent signs of breaking out of his recent slump. Tonight, he broke out in a major way. Jennings...
• 6/29 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 12: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/29 Through The Fence Baseball: And the 2012 first-half MVP and Cy Young winners are …: We’re through three months of the season and nearly half the 162-game schedule has been played. The largest lead in any division...
• 6/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: It’s rookie day at Yankee Stadium as Jose Quintana of the White Sox faces Adam Warren. Quintana’s major league career...
• 6/28 For Baseball Junkies: 2012 All-Star Ballot: OCP Selections: All-Star balloting ends tonight - if you haven't submitted your ballot yet, you should do that (#voteforchooch).  Looking...
• 6/28 Southside Showdown: A.L. Central All-Stars (Maybe):   Rosters for the 2012 All-Star Game will be announced next week. MLB keeps adding more and more players to each team, there...
• 6/28 The Rays Today: Shields Looks To Stay Undefeated Against Tigers: Posted in UncategorizedJames Shields has never lost a game againts the Tigers in 8 starts, he is 5-0 against them with a 3.51...
• 6/28 Call to the Pen: A New Era of Offense: The various offensive eras in baseball history are well documented, but it’s possible we may be witnessing the birth of...
• 6/27 Call to the Pen: Justin Verlander Just As Good This Year: Justin Verlander was unwordly good for the Detroit Tigers last year, but it’s not his fault that he isn’t quite putting...
• 6/27 Bay City Ball: Vogelsong still going strong: In last night’s win against the Dodgers, Ryan Vogelsong, feel good baseball story of the century, continued to excel for...
• 6/26 Raise the Jolly Roger: Bucs lose in brutal fashion: Ugh. Sunday was an acceptable loss. It was Kevin Correia against Justin Verlander and the Bucs still almost won. Monday was just...
• 6/26 PaulLebowitz.com: Cliff Lee—Desperately Seeking A Win?: Where is this headed? Are the Phillies, so desperate to get Cliff Lee a victory on the season, going to insert him into a blowout...
• 6/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Has it been harder for the Yankees to hit homers in the playoffs?: Last night during the game, Michael Kay and Paul O’Neill were, of course, discussing the Yankees “problem” (ugh)...
• 6/26 For Baseball Junkies: FBJ First-Half Awards - MLB Midseason Awards: An annual FBJ tradition is to give our first-half award selections (you can see last year's selections HERE).  It's also...
• 6/25 Raise the Jolly Roger: Big mess in Philly: Although Monday night’s series opener featured a much better Pirates team and a much worse Phillies team than we’re...
• 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...
• 6/25 i70baseball.com: St. Louis Cardinals set to begin second surge as All-Star break approaches: The St. Louis Cardinals began their World Series title defense in impressive fashion, going 14-8 in April and leading the NL Central...
• 6/25 Redbird Rants: Redbirds Week In Review 6/19/12 to 6/24/12:   The St. Louis Cardinals sure know how to make things interesting.  They mustered only one win against the Detroit Tigers,...
• 6/25 Bus League Baseball: Projected USA 2013 World Baseball Classic Roster: Pitchers: With the announcement a couple weeks ago that Joe Torre will manage Team USA in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, I can justify...
• 6/25 PaulLebowitz.com: The Truth About The Yankees’ Home Runs: The simple stupidity of the Yankees being criticized for relying on the home run ball speaks for itself. Are they supposed to...
• 6/25 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: White Sox Walk-Off Winners: The Kevin Youkilistrade wasn’t the only reason for the Chicago White Sox to celebrate yesterday.  In a pitcher’s...
• 6/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander goes the distance: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed two runs on five hits and a walk while striking out seven in a complete-game win over...[+] the Pittsburgh Pirates Sunday, June 24.
• 6/24 High Heat Stats: Weekend game notes: [I'll keep updating during the Dickey-Sabathia game.] Sunday Rays 7, @Phillies 3: In the nightcap, Tampa scored 3 in the 2nd off Cliff...
• 6/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: Justin Verlander (barely) out-duels Kevin Correia and Chris Resop: Justin Verlander pitched his way to a complete game victory over the Pirates for the second time in as many tries, but this one...
• 6/24 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game Day 71 Recap - Tigers 3, Pirates 2: The last time the Pirates faced off against Justin Verlander it ended with the Pirates getting one hit and that lone hit came...
• 6/24 mlbreports.com : Top 10 Stat of the Week ( Career HRs With One Team ): Sunday June.24/2012 Douglas “Chuck” Booth (Baseball Writer and @chuckbooth3024 on twitter)-  Seemingly gone are the...
• 6/24 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers – Game 71: Great win yesterday.  Who thought the Pirates even had a chance to sweep this team?  Hell, I questioned if they were going to...
• 6/24 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates vs. Tigers: Tigers (34-37) at Pirates (38-32) 1:35 PM EST–PNC Park, Pittsburgh Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The Bucs...
• 6/23 Motor City Bengals: Recap: Tigers Bats Quiet vs Lincoln: The Pittsburgh Pirates ran out Brad Lincolnvs the Tigers today to give him a chance to be the starter Clint Hurdle and the team...
• 6/23 Motor City Bengals: The 2012 fWar American League All-Star Team: One of the more interesting developments in baseball over the past few years, has been the usage of advanced metrics by fans in...
• 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 YankeeAnalysts.com: The Wandy Rodriguez Option: As July approaches, and with it trading season in Major League Baseball, it appears as though the Yankees will thoroughly explore...
• 6/22 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 11: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/22 Baseball Musings: Dominant Pitchers and No Hitters: The subject of why there were so many no-hitters in the 1960s, and why the rate of no-hitters hasn’t really gone up with...
• 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...
• 6/21 The Baseball Page: Does Pick Placement Guarantee a Better Player in the First Round?: One common statement I heard during the MLB Draft was “Outside of...
• 6/21 Redbird Rants: Justin’s All Star Predictions:   With only about two weeks to go until the MLB announces it’s preliminary All Star Game rosters, the races for the...
• 6/21 PaulLebowitz.com: The Cliff Lee Trade Rumor Factoid: The Phillies are not trading Cliff Lee. Get it? If that means they’re not going to be able to keep Cole Hamels, so be it. Is...
• 6/20 Fire Brand of the American League: Dangers with Narratives and Anonymous SourcesBecause every narrative needs a healthy dose of skepticism....
• 6/19 Baseball Musings: Central Races Get Tighter: The Indians helped the Pirates and the Cubs helped the Indians and Tigers Tuesday night. The Reds and Indians went into the tenth...
• 6/19 Operation Shutdown: Power Rankings: 6/19: ESPN's weekly MLB Power Rankings came out last night, and the Pirates are sitting in the 16th spot. I think that the Pirates...
• 6/19 i70baseball.com: All Star Celebrity Softball Game RostersGame Will Be Televised Immediately Following the State Farm Home Run Derby on ESPN on July 9th...
• 6/19 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Lance Lynn and the Cardinals visit Detroit to face Justin Verlander. Lynn goes for his 11th win to tie R.A. Dickey for the major...
• 6/16 Bay City Ball: Three facts inspired from last night’s game: 1. Santiago Casilla has been very, very good over the past three years. Rk Player ERA+ IP 1 Mariano Rivera 233 129.2 2 Craig Kimbrel...
• 6/15 The Baseball Page: Is the No-Hitter Becoming Less Impressive?: Matt Cain pitched the first perfect game in San Francisco Giants history...
• 6/15 Born on Third - Cubs Blog: Wood, Cubs Battle Verlander but Come Up Short: Sometimes teams just beat you, sometimes a pitcher is just better than you, and that is exactly what happened today.  The Tigers...
• 6/15 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 10: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/15 Call to the Pen: Chris Sale and James McDonald Are Among Cy Young Hopefuls You Wouldn’t Expect: Last year’s Cy Young award winners were hardly all that surprising. Justin … [visit site to read more]Chris Sale and James...
• 6/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander picks up sixth win: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed two runs on five hits in eight innings against the Chicago Cubs Thursday, June 14,...[+] to pick up his sixth win of the season. He struck out eight batters and did not walk any in the game.
• 6/14 Baseball Musings: Back in the Action: Austin Jackson singled, doubled, homered and drove in three runs as the Tigers took down the Cubs 5-3 Thursday afternoon. He’s...
• 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 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Waiver Wire Additions for the Week of June 11: There’s no need to lie to you fine folks, this is a tough week for streaming pitchers. It’s an Interleague Play week,...
• 6/10 Buccos Buzz: Pirates Draft Top Rated Mark Appel With Eighth Pick in 2012 Draft: I don’t think anybody can say they saw that coming. With the eighth overall pick in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft,...
• 6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander to start Thursday: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander will not get any extra rest despite a scheduled off day Monday, June 11. Instead, Verlander...[+] will start the series finale Thursday, June 14, against the Chicago Cubs, working on normal rest. He had an extra day off prior to his last start.
• 6/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander hurls quality start Saturday: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed two runs on six hits over six innings in a no-decision against the Cincinnati Reds...[+] Saturday, June 9, with three walks and nine strikeouts. He pitched at least six innings for the 55th straight start but was removed from the game because he had thrown 127 pitches, his second-highest total of the season.
• 6/9 FanSided: Random Thoughts Following Fun Interleague Action: Even after a close knit, Detroit Tigers victory, there seems to be a lot to discuss - thoughts set ablaze as if the team went...
• 6/9 Baseball Musings: Early Exit: For the third start in a row, Justin Verlander fails to pitch seven innings. The Reds worked him for 127 pitches Saturday afternoon,...
• 6/8 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 9: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/7 High Heat Stats: The Mount Rushmore of the Detroit Tigers: OK…let’s get one of the big franchises out of the way. The Tigers are another team that joined MLB in 1901 (although...
• 6/6 Motor City Bengals: Panic Setting In, But Season’s Not Over: The Detroit Tigers are currently bad. Their pitching has been inconsistent, with evenPanic Setting In, But Season’s Not...
• 6/6 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB draft: Top 10 best team drafts: With the first 15 rounds of the 2012 MLB amateur draft in the books, most of the top talent is already off the board. With the...
• 6/5 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview #54: Cleveland Indians (28-25) at Detroit Tigers (25-29): By Mike Brandyberry Each game is just one of 162. It’s still early. There is a long way to go. There is no reason to panic....
• 6/5 Yanks Go Yard: Rays-Yankees June Podcast Preview: Godzilla is Back: The New York Yankees went on the road for a grueling nine game trip to the West Coast and Detroit. They were able to pass the...
• 6/4 High Heat Stats: Sunday summary: Yankees 5, @Tigers 1: Derek Jeter hit the game’s first pitch over the wall in right, Phil Hughes tossed a 4-hitter for...
• 6/4 Yankees Fans Unite: Has Hughes turned a corner?: Since the Yankees drafted him in the 1st round in 2004, Phil Hughes has always teased us with his immense potential.  He breezed...
• 6/4 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees get to Verlander early, Hughes dominates Tigers with complete game: The New York Yankees, behind arguably the best start of Phil Hughes‘ career, trounced the Detroit Tigers and Justin Verlander by...
• 6/4 Fire Brand of the American League: Potential Trade Partners for Kevin Youkilis: Third BaseWith credible rumors swirling over Fenway, it's finally time to examine potential trade partners for Youk....
• 6/4 Bronx Baseball Daily: Hughes outduels Verlander for 1st 9 inning complete game: When glancing at the matchups earlier in the week Justin Verlander vs. Phil Hughes stood out. Not in a good way though,...
• 6/3 High Heat Stats: Saturday selections: A few notes on Saturday’s games. Orioles 2, @Rays 1: For the first time since last Saturday, the O’s managed to ferry...
• 6/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: HUGHES TOSSES 1ST CAREER 9-INNING COMPLETE GAME; YANKS BEAT TIGERS 5-1: With Justin Verlander on the mound for the Tigers today all signs pointed toward another series lose for the Yankees. ...
• 6/3 It's About the Money (Stupid): Hughes goes the distance. Yanks beat Verlander: With the series on the line with the Detroit Tigers, the New York Yankees had to face Justin Verlander. Beginning the game...
• 6/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees slap Verlander around, beat Tigers 5-1: Don’t get me wrong, Justin Verlander is very, very good. I don’t like facing him. I’d take him on my team in...
• 6/3 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander suffers loss: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed five runs on nine hits in 6 1/3 innings against the New York Yankees Sunday, June 3,...[+] to suffer his fourth loss of the season. He struck out four batters and walked four in the game.
• 6/3 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES LOSE TO TIGERS IN BOTTOM OF 9TH: Okay Yankee fans, it's multiple choice time!  The Yankees lost to the Tigers tonight 4-3 because.. A) ...
• 6/3 Yanks Go Yard: Game Preview: Yankees vs. Tigers – June 3, 2012: The New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers meet this afternoon in the rubber game of the three-game set. Phil Hughes is set to...
• 6/3 Red Sox Beacon: Why Are the Red Sox Good Right Now?: Since May 11th, the Red Sox have cruised to a 16-6 stretch, climbing back into the thick of the competitive American League East....
• 6/3 Baseball Reality Tour: MLB Pitchers with Best Stuff: The quantitative bounties found in Fangraphs linear weights help us understand most of the who, what, how, or why certain things...
• 6/3 YankeeAnalysts.com: Game Thread: Sunday June 3rd, 2012, Yankees at Tigers: There is a difference between going 5-4 on a nine game road trip and going 6-3. If the Yankees win today they’ll lock up...
• 6/2 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Leaders: Week 8: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 6/1 Mets Are Better Than Sex: Dickey Deserves a Quality Contract:   Dickey’s focused on making hitters look silly, not on his contract status. When Omar Minaya signed a relatively unknown...
• 6/1 High Heat Stats: Wringing the sponge: Only 3 games were played Thursday. Let’s see how much can be squeezed out of those box scores. Tigers 7, @Red Sox 3: Miggy...
• 6/1 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball Call Up Report: Jacob Turner: Detroit Tigers fans and fantasy baseball owners are wondering when Jacob Turner will get the call. Having just turned 21 on May...
• 6/1 Through The Fence Baseball: MLB takes Fan Cave experience to the next level in 2012: So, as many of our readers know, one of our writers was a finalist for the MLB Fan Cave this year, and we tried to get him in...

• 5/31 MLBTradeRumors: The Best Extensions From Two Offseasons Ago: Back in January, MLBTR's Tim Dierkes looked at the extensions from the 2009-10 offseason that are already looking like (or...
• 5/31 District Sports Page: Fantasy Baseball: Sleepers and busts – the long and short – Part 2: Welcome back for the second of two columns on sleepers and busts for 2012. I wrap up our preseason look at longs and shorts with...
• 5/31 FanSided: Doug Fister, 2nd Base, And Other Tigers Topics: There seems to be quite a bit going on with the Tigers these days, and instead of padding my posting stats, I figured I would...
• 5/30 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/30: Whenever Justin Verlander takes the mound for the Detroit Tigers, it's an event. He's so good that in any given start, he could...
• 5/30 Tyler's Think Tank: Sox Finally Crack .500: May is almost over, Memorial Day has come and gone, and for the first time in their rollercoaster season, the Boston Red Sox finally...
• 5/30 SOX & Dawgs: Red Sox News & Notes - 5/30: Whenever Justin Verlander takes the mound for the Detroit Tigers, it's an event. He's so good that in any given start, he could...
• 5/29 FanSided: Sox, Tigers Recap: Beating The Odds - Bard Bests Verlander, Sox Roll 6-3:   [caption id="attachment_14860" align="alignleft" width="213" caption="May 22, 2012; Baltimore, MD, USA; Boston Red Sox...
• 5/29 MLBTradeRumors: Tigers Not Expecting To Pursue A Starting Pitcher: Despite inconsistent performances from Rick Porcello (5.21 ERA) and Max Scherzer (5.67), the Tigers do not expect to pursue...
• 5/29 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: May 28 – June 3This week's AL two-starters features the reigning Cy Young/MVP as well as Detroit's other ace....
• 5/29 High Heat Stats: Memorial Monday musings: [Just in time for Tuesday night's slate, here are a few notes on Monday games.] White Sox 2, @Rays 1: To put it very mildly, ChiSox...
• 5/29 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview #49: Kansas City Royals (19-28) at Cleveland Indians (27-21): By Mike Brandyberry Sometimes a little home cooking is all it takes to cure one’s ills. The Indians used some home cooking...
• 5/29 Baseball Musings: Limiting Strikeouts: Rob Neyer uses Ernesto Frieri as an example of why he believes MLB will eventually try to limit strikeouts: I’ve written...
• 5/29 Red Sox Life: Catching Up: A few items of note:I have to say, the 38 Studios story is becoming a minor dilemma. I didn't write about it at first because...
• 5/29 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Padres and Cubs play a Tuesday afternoon game as Eric Stults takes on Jeff Samardzija. Stults makes his third start for San...
• 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 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Memorial Weekend MLB Thoughts: Memorial Day Weekend is the time that sports fans finally start paying attention to MLB.  Yeah, LA and NYC...
• 5/27 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 7: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 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...
• 5/26 Baseball Musings: Defensive Inefficiency: Josh Worn writes about the poor Tigers defense: Defensive efficiency measures the percentage of batted balls in play that are...
• 5/25 FanSided: Nick Castellanos and Dave Dombrowksi's Position Player Draft Record: Of the 108 years the Detroit Tigers had been playing ball, this charter member of the American League may have never found themselves...
• 5/25 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Rose Talks Tribe With Intentional Passion and Love For Cleveland: By Mike Brandyberry Last October, Chris Rose and Kevin Millar broadcasted their one-hour television show, “Intentional Talk,”...
• 5/25 Call to the Pen: MLB Game Recaps: Justin Verlander Loses Pitcher’s Duel: It’s not often you’ll see Justin Verlander give up two runs, strike out seven, and go eight innings, but lose.  Last night...
• 5/25 Roto Think Tank: Valuations to Date: A.L. Pitchers: With the season past the quarter pole, it seems like a good time to look at how players are doing so far. Tonight I'll start with...
• 5/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander tweaks fastball grip: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander (thumb) changed his grip on his fastball in his last start to avoid continuously aggravating...[+] a callus on his right thumb.
• 5/24 High Heat Stats: Running amok: Thursday game notes on the fly: “What is the sound of one hand blogging?” In lieu of chat, I decided to give this format another try, but it seems...
• 5/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Masterson Trumps Detroit Ace and Helps Sweep Series; Indians 2, Tigers 1: By Craig Gifford If the Cleveland Indians were looking to make a statement in their three-game series with the Detroit Tigers,...
• 5/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander pitches well in loss: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed two runs on six hits in eight innings against the Cleveland Indians Thursday, May 24,...[+] to suffer his second loss of the season. He struck out seven batters and walked one in the game.
• 5/24 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #44: Detroit Tigers (20-23) at Cleveland Indians (25-18): By Mike Brandyberry Last night the Cleveland Indians used a two-run home run in the sixth inning to tie the game and some small...
• 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...
• 5/24 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Justins battle in Cleveland as Justin Verlander faces Justin Masterson as the Indians go for a sweep of the Tigers. Verlander...
• 5/23 Motor City Bengals: Better Than Last Year, Justin Verlander Mocks Impossible: Last year, Justin Verlander won the American League Cy Young and Most Valuable … [visit site to read more]Better Than Last...
• 5/22 Bus League Baseball: Watching History: Recap and Thoughts on the First Live No-Hitter I’ve Ever Seen: I had never seen a live no-hitter before Monday night. The closest I had come was Devern Hansack’s performance for the Boston...
• 5/21 Yankees Fans Unite: Travel Day: 25% of the MLB season is in the books.  Disgraceful umpiring and serious problems for one of MLB’s perennial playoff teams...
• 5/21 Baseball Musings: Interleague Round One: The American League teams easily won the first weekend of interleague play, going 24-18. That was much closer than the scores...
• 5/20 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 40: Pirates vs. Tigers Recap: Not facing Justin Verlander is always a good thing when it comes to facing the Detroit Tigers. After the Pittsburgh Pirates...
• 5/19 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 40 - Tigers: Pirates (18-21) at Tigers (19-20)4:05 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsComerica Park - Detroit, MIStarting PitchersPittsburgh - A.J. Burnett...
• 5/19 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Game 39 Recap - Tigers 6, Pirates 0: Welp, not much to say on this one. Obviously Justin Verlander is one of the best pitchers in the game right now and when he is...
• 5/19 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Tigers: Pirates (18-21) at Tigers (19-20) 4:05 PM EST–Comerica Park, Detroit Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports The Bucs...
• 5/19 High Heat Stats: Friday minicap: @Tigers 6, Pirates 0: Conditions were good for a Verlander no-hit bid — he was at home, where his opponents have a .226...
• 5/19 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers – Game 40: Justin Verlander has enough no-hitters already.  Screw him.  I’m pretty sure everyone on the planet saw him dominating...
• 5/19 FanSided: Interleague Scoreboard: A.L. 9 N.L. 5: The first day of interleague play for 2012 is in the books and early indications suggest that the American League still reigns...
• 5/19 Motor City Bengals: Hey, Some Offense!: Lost in the brilliance that was Justin Verlander‘s near no-hitter, there was some evidence of what else this Tigers team...
• 5/19 Baseball Musings: Low Hit Friday: In addition to Justin Verlander‘s one-hitter, Kevin Millwood tossed a two-hitter against the Rockies in Colorado. He gave...
• 5/18 Operation Shutdown: Verlander loses no-hit bid in 9th, BUCS LOSE: (Photo by Leon Halip/Getty Images) Verlander pitches a one-hit shutout, Tigers win 6-0WP: Justin Verlander (5-1)LP: Charlie...
• 5/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: Nearly a no-no: Despite their famous streak of futility, the Pirates somehow haven’t been no-hit since Bob Gibson did it in 1971. That’s...
• 5/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander loses no-hitter in the ninth: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander just missed out on his third-career no-hitter against the Pittsburgh Pirates Friday, May 18....[+] It would have been the fourth time in major league history there have been three or more no-hitters before the end of May. The Pirates still have not been no-hit since 1971, when St. Louis Cardinals SP Bob Gibson turned the trick.
• 5/18 Baseball Musings: Millwood Imitates Verlander: Kevin Millwood just finished his fifth inning against the Rockies, allowing one walk while striking out five. Like Justin Verlander...
• 5/18 Baseball Musings: Verlander in the Ninth: Justin Verlander comes out for the ninth innings, expecting to face Michael McKenry, Josh Harrison, and Neil Walker of the Pirates....
• 5/18 Baseball Musings: Verlander in the Eighth: Justin Verlander strikes out the side in the eighth, keeping his no-hitter intact. He threw pitches that hit 98, 99, and 100 MPH...
• 5/18 Baseball Musings: Verlander in the Seventh: Justin Verlander walks a batter but does not give up a hit as he stretches his no-hitter to seven innings. Garrett Jones struck...
• 5/18 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 39 - Tigers:  Pirates (18-20) at Tigers (18-20)7:05 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsComerica Park - Detroit, MIStarting PitchersPittsburgh - Charlie...
• 5/18 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 6: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/18 Buccos Buzz: Pirates at Detroit Tigers Series Preview: Interleague Play Begins: Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers - The Pittsburgh Pirates (18-20) visit Detroit to take on the Tigers (18-20) for the finale...
• 5/18 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Tigers: Pirates (18-20) at Tigers (18-20) 7:05 PM EST—Comerica Park, Detroit Here is the MLB.com Gameday TV: ROOT Sports Interleague...
• 5/18 Throw the Challenge Flag: Game 38: Pirates vs. Nationals Recap: Andrew McCutchen and some lackadaisical play by Jose Tabata is all that stood in the way of James McDonald being the story...
• 5/18 This is Getting Old: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers – Game 39: Good win against a quality opponent last night.  The Pirates finished off the season series with the Nationals, taking the it...
• 5/17 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 38 Recap - Pirates 5, Nationals 3: Well that was a little better than the past couple of nights, wasn't it? The Pirates put up double digit hits for what seems...
• 5/17 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 38 - Nationals: Pirates (17-20) at Nationals (23-14)7:05 PM ETTV: ROOT Sports Nationals Park - Washington, D.C.Starting PitchersPittsburgh...
• 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...
• 5/17 Raise the Jolly Roger: GAMEDAY: Pirates at Nationals: Pirates (17-20) at Nationals (whatever their record is) 7:05 PM EST—Nationals Park, Washington D.C. Here is the MLB.com Gameday...
• 5/16 YankeeAnalysts.com: Is Arod’s Bat Speed Really Declining?: It seems like just yesterday that we discussed how Derek Jeter was too old to hit fastballs, and I don’t think that premature...
• 5/15 Three Rivers Burgh Blog: Pirates Game 36 Recap - Marlins 6, Pirates 2: Games like tonight have been more few and far between for the Pirates so I guess you can't be overly disappointed because this...
• 5/14 Through The Fence Baseball: Several surprising names atop MLB stats in the early going: Wait a second. Carlos Beltran leads the National League in home runs? You read that correctly. Beltran, signed by the Cardinals...
• 5/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander doesn't expect to miss time: Updating a previous report, Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander (thumb) had a callus on his thumb crack open and bleed Sunday,...[+] May 13, during his win against the Oakland Athletics. The injury forced him to take an early exit. 'We'll just have to wait and see, but I don't think it's much of one,' manager Jim Leyland said. 'You can do miracles with that kind of stuff today. We'll just have to wait and see. I'm not exactly sure how it's happening.' Verlander said he wanted to stay in the game, and he doesn't expect to miss his next scheduled start Friday, May 18, against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
• 5/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander pitches deep into game again: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander allowed one earned run, two hits and one walk over seven innings while striking out eight batters...[+] in a win Sunday, May 13, against the Oakland Athletics. Verlander has lasted six or more innings in 50 straight starts. Only SPs Steve Carlton, Bob Gibson and Jim 'Catfish' Hunter have accomplished that feat.
• 5/13 Baseball Musings: Justin Domination: Justin Verlander pitched a great game for the Tigers, holding the Athletics to two hits while striking out eight as the Tigers...
• 5/13 Fragile Freddy's: Weekend Recap: The Sox had a weekend that was about as close to precisely what the doctor ordered as it could have been.  After losing the...
• 5/13 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Tigers @ A’s Game 35: Josh Donaldson gets the start at third! As most readers should know, I am a big fan and believer in Donaldson and am excited –...
• 5/12 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 5: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/12 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 Draft: Five high school players on the rise: With the MLB amateur draft a couple weeks away, it’s time to start looking at high school players who have seen their stock...
• 5/11 The Daily Catch: Jon Lester’s Weak Early-Season Strikeout Rate: This article is courtesy of our friends at Over The Monster Written by: Matt Sullivan Starting pitching is a major weakness for...
• 5/10 Jeff's Mariners Fan Blog: Tigers Finally get to the Mariners: The Detroit Tigers had lost four straight to the Mariners prior to tonight’s contest but with the 2011 Cy Young winner Justin...
• 5/6 Bay City Ball: We Call it Cain’d for a Reason: Tweet The Giants escaped Sunday’s game with two wins: one for the day and one for the series. Didn’t come easy though....
• 5/6 High Heat Stats: Video rewind: Saturday game notes: – I’ve lost a few baseballs in the bushes, but never like this. Adrian Beltre as a pinch-hitter is 4 for 13 with...
• 5/6 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: May 7 – May 13This week's AL pitching lineup features two starts from the reigning CY Young/MVP, as well as a bunch of risky pitchers....
• 5/4 60ft6in.com: Factor12 Rating Leaders: Week 4: The Factor12 Rating (F12) is an analytic measurement utilizing league average performance to compare the value of all MLB pitchers....
• 5/4 Through The Fence Baseball: 2012 MLB mock draft 5.0: First 60 picks: The 2012 MLB amateur draft is now just a month away, and with much of the high school and college seasons either finished or nearing...
• 5/4 Baseball Musings: Impressions: Watching Jered Weaver pitch Wednesday night, the idea came to mind that Weaver goes deep in games without allowing a hit. For...
• 5/2 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Tigers | Justin Verlander nabbed with no-decision: Detroit Tigers SP Justin Verlander gave up two runs and six hits while walking one and striking out seven in eight innings in...[+] a no-decision against the Kansas City Royals Wednesday, May 2. He hit a batter in the 123-pitch outing, and he became the second pitcher in team history to strike out at least seven in at least five of the team's first 24 games of the season. Verlander has thrown at least six innings in 48 straight starts since August of 2010.