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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. He was this past offseason’s $80 million man, and he was, perhaps, The Detroit Tigers’…Read More

Anibal Sanchez Strikes Out 17 Braves Batters, Sets Detroit Tigers Record

It wasn’t a perfect game, a no-hitter, or even a complete game shutout, but Anibal Sanchez turned in what may very well prove to be the Detroit Tigers’ best pitching performance of the season…Read More

Detroit Tigers take series from Oakland Athletics with a 10-1 drubbing

Tigers 10, Athletics 1 (box score) The top of the lineup continued to mash the ball and set the table for the rest of the red-hot Detroit Tigers’ offense on Sunday as they took the rubber match of…Read More

Detroit Tigers To Send Three Players To World Baseball Classic

Provisional rosters were officially announced for the 16 World Baseball Classic qualifying nations yesterday. Included in that group are three players from the Detroit Tigers. We won’t see Justin Verlander…Read More

Comparing Anibal Sanchez’s Contract to Edwin Jackson’s New Deal

The Chicago Cubs were spurned by Anibal Sanchez in December when the free agent right hander gave the Detroit Tigers the last second opportunity to beat their five year, $75 million offer (he ended up…Read More

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With Sanchez, Tigers Rotation Could Make History

Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer ranked first and second respectively on the major league strikeout leaderboard this…Read More

Anibal Sanchez Signs With Detroit Tigers For Five Years, $80 Million

The Chicago Cubs apparently thought they had a deal done with Anibal Sanchez yesterday afternoon, but…Read More

Chicago Cubs Reportedly Close To Signing Anibal Sanchez, Detroit Tigers Apparently Still Involved

Multiple reports have floated out this afternoon concerning Anibal Sanchez and how close he is to signing…Read More

Greinke Sets the Market

The news that Zack Greinke is in line to sign a monster, record setting deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers;…Read More

MCB Crowdsourced Contract For Anibal Sanchez

Well, the results from our polls regarding Anibal Sanchez are in: Tigers fans (at least those who read…Read More

Report: Detroit Tigers Offered Anibal Sanchez Four Year, $48 Million Deal

CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman reported today on Twitter that the Detroit Tigers offered Anibal Sanchez a contract…Read More

Reviewing The Detroit Tigers Recent Trades

I’m only going to go back a few years here – no need to drag up that Jair Jurrjens giveaway…Read More

Valuing Anibal Sanchez

Anibal Sanchez has been asking for 6 years and $90 million dollars. He’s 48-51 over his career…Read More

Building The Detroit Tigers For The Long Haul

I already put a simple piece up this month covering what the Tigers should do if the goal is to build…Read More

How Much Money Do The Detroit Tigers Have Left To Spend?

The Tigers already made one big splash in free agency this offseason when the signed Torii Hunter –…Read More

Detroit Tigers Odds Of Signing Anibal Sanchez May Be Shrinking

According to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald (relayed via MLBTradeRumors) the frontrunner for…Read More

Anibal Sanchez’s Contract Demands

Recently Jon Paul Morosi reported that Anibal Sanchez has set his contract parameters: somewhere around…Read More

Estimating Anibal Sanchez’s New Deal Using Cole Hamels’ Contract Extension

Zach Greinke is the top pitcher available on this year’s free agent market, but Anibal Sanchez is…Read More

Signing Anibal Sanchez Could Affect Off-Season Strategy

Baseball is a funny game. In the blink of an eye, things can change. It wasn’t long ago that the…Read More

Off-Season Change Could Come Quickly For Detroit Tigers

Tigers fans are well aware that general manager Dave Dombrowski is no stranger to offseason trades –…Read More