As Jeremy Bonderman continues his rehab stint with AAA Toledo this week, the Tigers appear to have a tough decision to make soon. Bonderman’s rehab assignment runs out as of June 15, at which time the Tigers must recall the righthander. Bonderman has pitched well enough in the minors so far, but his velocity is still down as he tries to come back from surgery last year to alleviate a clotting problem in his right shoulder.
The loss of velocity has to be concerning to all involved, as Bondo has never been a finesse type pitcher. Prior [...]

Well, that was disgusting. Baltimore pitchers handed out seven walks, their defense made two errors, but Detroit managed just five hits, including one in 11 at bats with runners in scoring position, leading to a 5-1 Orioles’ victory. Twice the Tigers failed to bring runners home when they had a man on third and less than two outs, popups by Placido Polanco and Curtis Granderson didn’t get the job done. You just cannot fail to capitalize when the other team is handing out walks and consistantly putting runners on base and expect to win. Tonight, there [...]

Major League Baseball has announced the early voting totals for the All-Star game starting lineups. Not surprisingly, several undeserving names hover at or near the top of the voting. We all know how the process works by now; the fans cast their ballots for their favorite players, whether or not that player has missed significant time or is having a poor start to the season.
This was all fine and good for several years, before the infamous tie game in 2002. The public fallout from that game lead the commissioner to adopt a new policy stating that the league that wins [...]

For five innings yesterday, Edwin Jackson was up to the task against Kansas City. Jackson knew runs would be at a premium and he did his part to keep the Royals off the board. A throwing error by Jackson and some well placed ground balls through the infield in the sixth gave Kansas City all the runs that Zach Greinke would need, as the Royals bested the Tigers 6-1 to pull within three games of the division lead. For the most part, Jackson pitched well, certainly well enough to win on most nights, but tonight he was facing the only [...]

It’s Here! This This Week In Baseball Episode One! This episode is just to get the feet wet! Hopefully in the future, we will be joined by other bloggers, but here we go with Episode One:
In this episode, We cover yesterday’s game, Preview Tonight’s matchup and talk just a bit about the D-Train! Enjoy!

Carlos Guillen has been battling injuries for much of his major league career. Even before the former All-Star came to Detroit from Seattle in a deal prior to the 2004 season, Guillen had been considered injury-prone. The past couple of seasons in Detroit have seen him battle through knee problems, hamstring issues, and more recently, Achilles and shoulder injuries. The aches and pains have caused him to lose his regular job at shortstop, and he since has been shifted to first base, then third base, and then left field, though most of his at bats this season [...]

Dontrelle Willis left today’s contest after 6.2 innings allowing 7 hits and 3 runs, he walked a season high four batters. Willis (1-1, 3.57ERA) was good enough today. He was good enough to be a major league pitcher, he was good enough to keep his spot in the rotation, and although he didn’t match the outing he had versus Texas, he was good enough to beat the Rockies. Unfortunately for Willis, the offense managed just six hits and one run against Jason Hammel, and the Tigers fell 3-1. But today, Dontrelle Willis showed again that he is ready to resume [...]

Brandon Inge spent most of season last year changing positions and waiting for a trade. Following the blockbuster deal that brought Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit after the 2007 season, and the move to bring Edgar Renteria to Detroit, the 2008 Tigers infield was set. Carlos Guillen was shifting from shortstop to firstbase, Cabrera was to be the everyday third baseman. That left the slick-fielding Inge, who had been the team’s third baseman, as a man without a position.
Inge, a converted catcher, had become the regular third baseman in 2005 and during the next three seasons, the Tigers [...]