A few more thoughts from last night’s Tigers win over the Yankees:
Curtis Granderson played like a man on a mission against his former team. The Yankees managed only six hits all night, but Granderson had three of them, including a double and two singles. He also walked once. One of those three hits came against left hander Phil Coke, making it even more impressive considering Grandy’s struggles versus southpaws.
Also interesting was that none of his plate appearances came against a former teammate. Granderson was 2-for-2 with a walk against Max Scherzer, 1-for-1 versus Coke, and 1-for-1 versus [...]

I was checking up on my twitter feed this morning when a column by Joel Sherman of the New York Post caught my eye. Upon reading the tweet, it occurred to me that I hadn’t even thought of the name he’d mentioned in quite some time, so I decided to click on the link and read all about the struggles of former Tiger hero Curtis Granderson.
Sherman’s piece illustrates the poor season that Granderson is having in New York. How bad is it? Granderson’s current line of .240/.307/.417 each represent a career low. Maybe it’s his charismatic persona, but Granderson [...]

When the Tigers take the field to battle the Yankees at Joker Marchant Stadium this afternoon, a couple old friends will be suited up to face them. The Yankees are bringing former Tigers Marcus Thames and Curtis Granderson when they make the trip from Tampa.
Thames, who originally came up with New York, returned to the Yankees on a minor league deal this offseason and is fighting to make the team. With Granderson, Brett Gardner, Nick Swisher, and Randy Winn already assured of spots in the outfield, it may take an injury for Marcus to go North with the club. Fortunately for him, Nick [...]

All across Major League Baseball, blogs and team sites alike have been running year-in-review type posts.  In fact, I did some of that myself over at the Detroit Tigers Den, which I co-write with Austin Drake.  Here at Tigers Tracks, I have mostly stayed away from that temptation.  Sure, they are easy stories, and I have been slacking in my posts here a bit, but it feels like I would be writing the same story you have already read in 10 different places.
That said, a couple weeks back, the Official site ran a poll asking reader opinions on the play [...]

This morning, I was greeted by a surprising post over at Bless You Boys.  Ian Casselberry is stepping down as the Grand Poo-bah and handing the reigns over to Kurt Menching of Mack Avenue Tigers.  Ian gave no deep insight as the why the decision was made, and I am not asking for it.  Frankly, if it was my business, I’m sure he would’ve told us all.
What I will say is that Ian’s was the first Tigers-centric blog I really read.  I had perused a few in the past, but when I found the community at BYB, I knew I [...]

Now that the Big Deal is all but official, the Tigers are going to be faced with a slew of questions as to what their next course of action will be.  There is an impending roster crunch as two player will have to be removed from the 40-man to get under the limit.  The Tigers are said to still be in the market for a veteran reliever, as well.
As for the trade, I ran through a brief analysis yesterday, but I wanted to mention one more thing.  Yes, this trade was made with cost-cutting in mind.  But no, it was [...]

You know that feeling you get in the pit of your stomach just as the rollercoaster reaches its apex and just before you go plummeting back down?  That’s exactly the feeling I have as I write this post.  It’s a feeling of tremendous excitement and tremendous terror.
There are so many sources to link to in writing this post so instead I will just point you all over to MLBTR where they have a tidy little updated post on the trade.  All we are awaiting is an approval of medical records, which likely won’t happen until tomorrow.  Other than that, it’s [...]

Just in case you were having trouble keeping up with all those twitter updates (I was), you can find out what happened in Tiger baseball here.  Stay tuned, though, the winter meetings will be here all week.
 
First, we learned the Tigers had made a flurry on minor moves.  They announced the trade of LHP Clay Rapada to the Rangers.  In return, the Tigers will receive some sort of compensation, be it a player to be named later or cash considerations.  That move cleared a 40-man roster spot for LHP Brad Thomas who pitched the past two seasons in Korea.  In conjunction with [...]