Matt SnyderMatt Snyder

Matt Snyder writes about Baseball, Football, and College Basketball. He can be found as the creator and editor of Forever Faithful, the editor of Motor City Benglas, and a contributor to SideLion Report. He can be reached on Twitter @snyder_matthew.

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Detroit Tigers Fall Below .500 Versus Non-Astros Teams

The Detroit Tigers, after losing to the Texas Rangers on Sunday despite a three homer day by Miguel Cabrera, stand at 23-19 on the season. That’s 89-win pace which would (should) be just fine for postseason…Read More

Detroit Tigers Minor League Recap 5/19/13: Tyler Collins and Aaron Westlake Homer

AAA: Toledo 4, Syracuse 3 Jose Alvarez provided the Mud Hens with a quality start going 6.2 innings with three runs allowed on seven hits, one home run, no walks, and seven strikeouts. Alvarez has a 1.98…Read More

Austin Jackson’s Return To Detroit Tigers Will Push Avisail Garcia Back To AAA

Austin Jackson will still need to remain on the disabled list for about nine more days before he’s eligible to return to action, but the good news out of Detroit is that he’s unlikely to need…Read More

Al Alburquerque Won’t be in the Minor Leagues for Long

Yesterday the Detroit Tigers announced that they had optioned reliever Al Alburquerque to Toledo. Today it was announced that they’ve recalled Evan Reed to take his spot on the roster. Alburquerque…Read More

Are Detroit Tigers Uniforms MLB’s Best?

I didn’t happen to notice that ESPN.com was hosting a baseball version of “Battle of the Unis” until today, but I was happy to discover that the Detroit Tigers are alive and kicking…Read More

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Anibal Sanchez Didn’t Start Out Well In Detroit, But Quickly Turned To Dominance

Anibal Sanchez is the current WAR leader in all of baseball according to FanGraph’s FIP-based calculation.…Read More

Detroit Tigers Thought Experiment: Free-for-all Batting Order

A quirky never-going-to-happen (but still fun to think about) rule change was suggested for discussion…Read More

American League Central Playing Like the Best Division in Baseball

We usually don’t have much to be proud of here in the American League Central division,* but, in the…Read More

Tigers’ Victor Martinez Has Been Hitting the Ball Hard, Even if Results Don’t Show it

One of the themes of the Detroit Tigers’ offseason was that getting Victor Martinez back from injury…Read More

Today in Selective Endpoints: Alex Avila Finishes a Blazing Hot Week

Is it a coincidence that the Detroit Tigers went 5-0 in games in which Alex Avila played last week? Of…Read More

Detroit Tigers Minor League Recap 5/4/13: Tyler Collins Homers for 4th Day in a Row

AAA:  Charlotte 10, Toledo 2 Avisail Garcia had three more hits to bring his two-game AAA total to five…Read More

Rick Porcello Gets Back On Track With A Pair Of Solid Outings

After Rick Porcello’s 0.2 inning, nine run outing in Los Angeles a couple of weekends ago, many fans…Read More

Detroit Tigers Minor League Recap 5/2/13: Tyler Collins Homers Yet Again

AAA: Toledo 4, Charlotte 2 Bryan Holaday was 3-3 on the day. He’s hitting a none-too-shabby .265/.324/.426…Read More

The Cutoff Man: Justin Verlander’s Pitches, Torii Hunter’s Fit, and Bruce Rondon

GIF: Justin Verlander’s four pitches from one release point – Bless You Boys Unfortunately,…Read More

Detroit Tigers Minor League Recap 5/1/13: Tyler Collins and Austin Schotts Homer

AAA: Toledo Mud Hens – Off Day AA: Erie 11, Binghamton 4 Tyler Collins went deep for the second…Read More

Phil Coke Hits DL With Injured Groin, Tigers Recall Jose Ortega From Toledo

Earlier today the Detroit Tigers announced that left-handed pitcher Phil Coke has been placed on the…Read More

Detroit Tigers Minor League Recap 4/30/13: Avisail Garcia and Tyler Collins Homer

AAA: Norfolk 7, Toledo 3 Nick Castellanos was 1-4 with a double. His slash line on the year is .259/.311/.444.…Read More

For Detroit Tigers Offense, Home Field Has Been Huge Advantage

There’s been no place like home for the Detrot Tigers who have started the season with a 10-3 record…Read More

Detroit Tigers Minor League Recap 4/29/13: Daniel Fields Homers

AAA: Norfolk 6, Toledo 5 (F/11) Shawn Hill was the starter for Toledo. He allowed five runs in five innings…Read More

Prince Fielder Blasts Detroit Tigers Past Twins in Series Opener

Tigers 4, Twins 3 (box score) It looked for a while like it was going to be one of “those”…Read More