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Your New Look Cardiac Cats

So the Tigers opened up the 2012 regular season in style: 3 games, 3 wins. No one will ever complain about that. Read | Share

Will The Tigers Be The 2005 Yankees?

Basically, this is going to be a post about the Yankees – not the Tigers – and I must say that this is a deliberate rarity here at MCB. It’s not because I’m a fan of the Yanks,…Read More

A WAR Based Analysis Of Drafts Since 2002 According To Fangraphs

One of the sites that I frequent as a baseball fan is Fangraphs. For those into the sabre-metric world of baseball as a means of evaluating players, the site is one of the essentials in the baseball world.…Read More

Projection Series: C Alex Avila

Over the next few weeks, I will review Tiger players by position and try to project, using modern day baseball metrics, their expected performance for the upcoming season. Like John Verberg’s Prospect…Read More

Miguel Cabrera Working Hard To Silence Haters

  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard that the Detroit Tigers signed Prince Fielder. You’re also well aware that Miguel Cabrera will be moving to third…Read More

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Is Alex Avila Elite?

A while back, I authored an article at my old home, Detroit Baseball Page, that Alex Avila was quickly…Read More

The Detroit Tigers: A Team Brad Pitt Would be Proud of

Well, probably not the real Brad Pitt.  He could care less about the Tigers, I’m certain, however…Read More

Fielder Contract Easier to Swallow Than Pujols’

As December’s Major League Baseball winter meetings in Dallas, Texas wore on, it seemed increasingly…Read More

The Tigers And………Juan Pierre?

Ugh……the title of this article alone is making me reach for the Pepto. Yet, we here at MCB…Read More

Creativity Could Be Solution For Tigers After Victor Martinez Injury

Earlier this week, after finding out that Tigers DH Victor Martinez had torn his ACL, the collective…Read More

Tigers Prospect Emailbag Questions Answered

As promised, you email me questions in, and I try and answer them. Questions can be Tigers system related…Read More

Huh, Gerald Laird? Why not Pudge?

On Thursday, the breaking news every Tiger fan dreaded regarding the team came to fruition.  No, not…Read More

Tigers Welcome Back Gerald Laird

The Tigers have brought back Gerald Laird to be their backup catcher for the 2012 season, pending a physical…Read More

Projecting Tigers’ 2012 Offense

Statistical projections are a tricky science. In recent years, baseball analysts have created numerous…Read More

Tigers Potential Trade Target: Yorvit Torrealba

The Texas Rangers have somewhat had themselves an embarrassment of riches when it comes to personnel…Read More

Fun With Free Agents: Part 5 (Backstops)

It’s a long offseason. Time to continue the speculation, dreaming, or whatever you want to call…Read More

Ranking The A.L. Central Catchers

The Silver Slugger award that was given to the Tigers Alex Avila yesterday, and that got me thinking…Read More

Tigers Gloves Not Golden! Man Lands On Moon!

The Gold Glove award winners were handed out on Tuesday night, and for the first time, the awards were…Read More

Longing For Gerald Laird

As much as I wanted to slap my own face at the thought, the Detroit Tigers did end up missing Gerald…Read More

Chase Headley: The Perfect Fit

Let’s be real here: San Diego is in rebuilding mode. By the time they’re good again, most of the…Read More