I’ve got to give this Tigers team credit for one thing. There’s no shortage of news. Last week I tried to put together a timeline of all the announcements and news coming out of Jim Leyland’s office. I couldn’t get it legible at less than 1200 pixels wide. And that was before all the news from the last week.
Vance Wilson
Wilson received awful news in that he needs to do Tommy John times 2. His contract with the Tigers is up this year and with a 12 month recovery period, he is done as a Tigers player and may be facing retirement. He’s well respected in the Tigers organization and it wouldn’t surprise me to see Wilson back in another capacity in a few years. Best wishes to Vance.
Roster moves: Rapada
Clay Rapada was optioned to Toledo to make room for Eddie Bonine. This isn’t a merit based demotion but a matter of the guy with options getting sent down. It’s something we may see again next week when Rodney and Zumaya retur...
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A team of six, including Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller and Detroit Tigers center-fielder Curtis Granderson, addressed the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Geneva on Friday, hoping for baseball to have a place in … [Continue Reading] ... more
A team of six, led by International Baseball Federation president Harvey Schiller and featuring Detroit Tigers center fielder Curtis Granderson, spent an hour putting their case for inclusion to an IOC panel of experts. … [Continue Reading] ... more
One of the beauties of November is the arrival of The Bill James Handbook , the most stat-filled annual baseball guide available. The book, produced by Baseball Info Solutions and published by ACTA Sports, is always the first one to hit the market following the just-completed season.
Key features include career data for every 2008 major leaguer, fielding (including plus/minus leaders and The Fielding Bible Awards, which we covered on the last day in October ), baserunning analysis, pitch... more
PREGAME : It’s another afternoon tilt for these two teams. For the Tigers it will be Kenny Rogers making his season debut. Last year Rogers battled a blood clot, and later some elbow soreness before finishing the season strong for the Tigers. In 5 September starts he posted a 3.56 ERA, but with an uncharacteristically high 13 walks and 3 homers in 30 innings.
For the Royals it will be Brian Bannister. During the offseason he did a Q & A with MLB Trade Rumors and talked abou... more
Good thing there’s no game today, because there is a lot to link to!
Tigers have second highest payroll
The Tigers official Opening Day payroll is $138.7 million which places Detroit in 2nd place - far behind the Yankees. My unofficial total of $134 million , which didn’t include some of the players making near the league minimum, isn’t too far off. Certainly within $2-3 million.
The Mets are not even a half mil behind the Tigers at $138.3 and the Red Sox are next at... more
Yes, it’s only April and there will be losses, but the Tigers let one get away today. The offense created opportunities, and the pitching was decent enough. But the pieces just didn’t come together. I’m not making conclusions based on what I saw today, but I did observe some stuff while sitting behind the left field foul pole.
The clouds covered up the flyover. You could hear it, but not see it. But, since that was the only weather related calamity of the day I can le... more
Opening Day has finally arrived in Detroit for the most anticipated Tigers season that I can remember. Before we get into the game thread portion of this, let’s check out some of the vitals on the day:
Weather: Looks to be 50’s and overcast according to Accuweather . The rain looks to hold off during the game.
Tickets : The game will set a Comerica Park attendance record, but tickets can still be had from StubHub. As I write this at 6:30 there are 161 ticket listings... more
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