In the first week of camp, it’s always important to maintain perspective. Players that look like all-stars at the beginning of March rarely look so good as Opening Day draws near, especially the young guys. One possible exception is hopefully going to be Austin Jackson. Jackson has played in all five contests thus far and [...]

Tigers manager Jim Leyland isn’t about to handicap the battle for the final two spots in the starting rotation, at least not publicly. And if he were to do that, he certainly wouldn’t do it after one Spring Training outing for each competitor. But he did speak candidly on the ideal situation for the team and it’s [...]

Dontrelle Willis has lost his command and he has lost his confidence.
It’s not surprising, really. With command comes success and with success comes confidence. For the better part of three years, Willis has seen both diminish to nothing.
We all know the story, I’ll not bore you with the stats. Everyone recalls how good, no great, [...]

The weekend passed and nothing but silence on the Johnny Damon front. I have grown awfully tired of speculating about whether or not he will sign with Detroit. I still think it will happen, but I’m not planning on writing about it anymore until a decision is made.
And speaking of decisions, one area that decisions [...]

There was a Dontrelle Willis sighting over the weekend at TigerFest, and Drew Sharp of the Free Press wonders if we can expect to see a more successful Willis in 2010. Sharp’s article outlines the path Willis has taken to become more mentally healthy and all initial signs say that he has come to grips [...]

Magglio Ordonez provided easily the best baseball experience in the past 24 years for Detroit Tigers’ fans. The walk-off home run he hit to win the 2006 ALCS and propel the Tigers into the World Series set off a love fest in Comerica Park. It brought tears to the eyes of any fan that saw [...]

Magglio Ordonez may be nearing the end of the line in Detroit. The former batting champion has lost his starting job, at least for now.
Prior to last night’s game in St. Louis, a 6-3 Tigers victory, manager Jim Leyland announced that Maggs would not play, but did not elaborate on low long his benching would [...]

Long road trips lend themselves to losing. Losing breeds restlessness. Restlessness breeds change.
The changes are already beginning in Motown. The Detroit News is reporting that Dontrelle Willis will not make his next start, which has lead to much speculation as to who will.
Zach Miner would be the leading in-house candidate, although I wondered last night [...]