Dave Dombrowski

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Forget Infield, Relief Help is the Biggest Need

The majority of talk regarding potential free agents for the Detroit Tigers has focused on third base and second base.  The likely departure of Ramon Santiago and the apparent demise of Brandon Inge have…Read More

The Most Trade-Friendly Tigers

The success of a GM in baseball can largely depend on his ability to wheel and deal with some effectiveness. I think it is safe to say that David Dombrowski has come out on top more often than not when…Read More

2011 Detroit Tigers Regular Season in Review

This is the last in our five part look back at each AL Central member for the 2011 season. This one, obviously, has a chapter yet to be written; one that will (hopefully) play out over the next four weeks. 2011…Read More

Time for an Apology to Jim Leyland

Two or Three seasons could be an aberati0n…six seasons of second half collapses had to be a trend.  A trend of underper0ming teams in the clutch.  Teams that can’t beat a last place team…Read More

Off-Season Target: C.J. Wilson

In the 2010-11 off-season, the prize of the free agent pitching market was Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee. and I’m not sure there was a bigger proponent of the Tigers throwing a truckload of money…Read More

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Perry or Pauley?

I think to most Tigers fans the question above has an easy answer. Ryan Perry has been somewhat of an…Read More

Tigers Hire Nipper, Promote Owen

The Tigers filled two vacancies today in their minor league development staff by promoting Dave Owen…Read More

Raburn Is Such A Tease

At the beginning of the 2011 season, Ryan Raburn began the season as the Detroit Tigers’ starting…Read More

A Quiet Miguel Cabrera

The 2011 season started all too loudly for Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers, when Cabrera, the Tigers…Read More

Winds of Change in the Tigers MiLB System

It looks like the Tigers are unhappy with their systemwide pitching performance and development.  Early this year,…Read More

Doug Fister is Not Ubaldo Jimenez, So Don’t Expect Him to Be

This morning, our own Chris Hannum laid out all the reasons for skepticism that Doug Fister will succeed…Read More

At The (Third) Quarter Pole: Management

Grading Tigers management can be a tricky business, for one thing it can be difficult to assess where…Read More

Doug Fister Can Prove He is Division’s Best Pickup Tonight

I was critical of the deadline deal that the Tigers put together for Doug Fister and David Pauley. …Read More

Tigers Announce Extensions for Leyland, Dombrowski

Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland and president and general manager Dave Dombrowski have been tied together…Read More

Jim Leyland and the Blatant Misuse of Don Kelly and Wilson Betemit

This morning, Lee Panas of Tiger Tales wrote about the on-going problem that is the hot corner for the…Read More

Deal Helps Right Now, but Including Francisco Martinez Could Hurt Long Term

Unless you’ve been enjoying the outdoors on this beautiful Michigan afternoon, you know that the…Read More

Tigers to Recall Jacob Turner

According to Jon Heyman, who tweeted this at about a quarter ’til 2 am last night/this morning,…Read More

Tigers Still in Play for Ubaldo Jimenez

According to a report late last night by Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi of Fox Sports, the Detroit…Read More

The Next Few Days Will Tell the Level of Paranoia of Leyland, Dombrowski

The Detroit Tigers missed a golden opportunity to widen their lead over the Chicago White Sox Wednesday…Read More

Rookies Show Nothing to Deter Tigers Trade Talk

The Detroit Tigers fell to Chicago 6-3 last night in a game that saw Tigers manager Jim Leyland use three…Read More