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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

They are not calling it a fire sale.  Let’s get that out of the way first.  Dave Dombrowski has conducted fire sales before, most notably following the 1997 championship season with the Florida Marlins.  This, he says, is not a fire sale.
 
The GM meetings don’t usually bring much noise, and there were no major moves [...]

If you are a fan of the Hot Stove League at all, MLB Trade Rumors is the place to be.  Sometimes, however, you find a nugget of information that you just didn’t want to see.
 
As the GM meetings continue in Chicago this week, it has come to light that the Tigers are listening to offers [...]

Chicago 8, Detroit 0 (box)
Magic Number 2
 
All you need to know about tonight’s game is that Jake Peavy pitched well and Edwin Jackson didn’t.  Peavy allowed two hits over eight innings, while Jackson allowed eight runs over five plus frames. 
 
If you are looking for more than that, I just don’t have it tonight.  I’m awfully [...]

Detroit 3, Cleveland 1 (box)
Magic Number 10
 
Edwin Jackson certainly wasn’t as sharp as he would have liked.  He fell behind every single hitter he faced until the third inning, and was 1-0 or worse on 21 of the 27 hitters he faced, hardly a recipe for success.  But Jackson battled all day and in the [...]

The job is a simple one for the Detroit Tigers as they embark on the final two weeks of the season: Finish what you started.
 
The Tigers began their journey some five-and-a-half months ago.  Amidst the cries from the pundits and talking heads that said this team could not, would not compete with the likes of [...]