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Only Rick Porcello Can Get Rangers Out

Today, Doug Fister got knocked around in the 5th and finished with 5 earned on 9 hits in 4 2/3 innings. That raised his season ERA all the way up to 3.62. By the standards of Tigers starts in this series…Read More

Detroit Tigers Avoiding Double Plays

Lets keep our fingers crossed and hope I didn’t just jinx them. Last year, the biggest issue (or pair of issues) that kept the regular-season Tigers from fulfilling the potential we figured that…Read More

Tigers Rotation Wins Cy Young Award!

We’re just around that point in a season (closing in on 1/5 of the way through…) when the line for a rotation starts to look fairly similar to a full season for a single starter. In the case…Read More

Prince Fielder Banned in New Zealand

Well, I suppose not actually the man himself – but apparently his name is. According to TIME magazine, the name “Prince” has been added to the list of names that the government of New…Read More

Kenny Faulk Gets the Short End of the Stick

We heard earlier today that lefty Phil Coke is heading to the DL and righty Jose Ortega is heading to Detroit to take his place. The fact that Coke is heading to the DL is no surprise – it had been…Read More

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Tigers Fans Should Be Patient With Jose Valverde

The big news of the day is – as hinted at by MLB.com’s Jason Beck – Jose Valverde is…Read More

Detroit Tigers Doing Something Unexpectedly Well

And that thing is putting the ball in play… The Tigers are and have been a team built around line…Read More

One Week In, Bullpen A Cause For Concern

The Detroit Tigers have made it through one week and 6 games with what you’d consider the most…Read More

Way Too Early for Offseason Regrets

But they could be coming in October… This is a part of our million-part series “reactions…Read More

Great Offseason, or the Greatest Offseason?

If you are a passionate baseball fan, and since you are spending your time reading MCB I would assume…Read More

Don’t Be Suprised If We Don’t See Bruce Rondon For Awhile

Now that the announcement has been made that Bruce Rondon will begin the season in Toledo, you’ll…Read More

Angels Finally Get Rid of Vernon Wells

Yes, of course, this is a Tigers site. Not a general baseball site or a Yankees site. We spend most of…Read More

Who To Trade, Who To Trade…

No, this isn’t Bleacher Report. We typically pride ourselves on sober and grounded ideas –…Read More

Rick Porcello Rumor Mill Churns

I have never been particularly enthusiastic about the idea of dealing Rick Porcello (though dealing…Read More

Few Questions In Detroit Tigers Bullpen Remain

After today’s game, that is. It seems increasingly likely that the answers to all the big questions…Read More

Detroit Tigers Not Among Worst Traders

Charlie Wilmoth at MLBtraderumors has put together a list (and a poll) of the most lopsided trades in…Read More

Everyone Already Tired of Porcello Trade Talk

Word is out that Rick Porcello is sick of hearing (or talking) about trades and the competition for Tigers’…Read More

2013 Detroit Tigers Closer: Team Nobody

If you think that somebody should be the Detroit Tigers closer for the 2013 season, whoever that somebody…Read More

Detroit Tigers Free Agent Target: Francisco Rodriguez

If – as Danny Knobler has written (so it must be true) – the Tigers are now trying hard to…Read More

WBC Provides Something Baseball Has Been Missing

Probably, none of you have noticed – but there have been some interesting international games played…Read More