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Detroit Tigers Avoid Arbitration With All Eligible

Over the last two days, the Detroit Tigers have signed all of Rick Porcello, Phil Coke, Don Kelly, Delmon Young, and Max Scherzer to one-year deals, thus avoiding arbitration with all of their players…Read More

Don’t Count Out Luis Marte For A Bullpen Spot

The recent article on David Pauley here on MCB by Garret Craig got me thinking. No, not about innings and layoffs, and how the frequency of usage affects a pitchers effectiveness. Though this is an interesting…Read More

Does The Al Alburquerque Injury Affect The Tigers View On Joel Zumaya?

We reported yesterday that Al Alburquerque is going to have elbow surgery, putting him out until at least the middle of the 2012 season. MCB writer Jordan Gorosh basically called this one months ago, discussing…Read More

Al Alburquerque Has Surgery, Out Until July

As was reported by the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit Tigers’ 2011 rookie phenom Alburquerque underwent surgery Thursday to repair a stress fracture in his pitching elbow that was discovered after…Read More

Tigers Potential Trade Target: Ramon Ramirez

According to Ken Rosenthal, the San Francisco Giants are shopping relievers Jeremy Affeldt and Ramon Ramirez, with the intention of moving one of them to clear budget room; they have a ton of money committed…Read More

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Tigers Potential Free Agent Target: Octavio Dotel

Monday night, Jon Paul Morosi reported that the Detroit Tigers are among the teams who have inquired…Read More

Is Mark Buehrle A Good Idea For The Tigers?

Any time the Tigers talk to a players agent, we of course are going to cover it. Even if it is just through…Read More

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…Read More

What Should Tigers Do With David Pauley?

Given that the Tigers pen in the playoffs didn’t match up well with the Texas Rangers, it is one…Read More

Drawing Conclusions from the Tigers’ Post-Season Run – Is Starting Pitching Over Rated?

Starting Pitching has long been the most valuable commodity in Major League Baseball.  Looking back…Read More

Chase Headley: The Perfect Fit

Let’s be real here: San Diego is in rebuilding mode. By the time they’re good again, most of the…Read More

To Trade Or Not To Trade?

Last off-season, David Dombrowski made his decisions quickly, re-signing both Jhonny Peralta and Brandon…Read More

Tigers Candidates to Bounce Back: 2012

Now ‘bouncing back’ is really just ‘regression to the mean’ in a positive direction…Read More

Regular Season Grades: Relievers

  The final installment of grades is in, and this time I am looking at the relievers. As per usual,…Read More

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 Pull Rabbit Out of Hat, Extend Lead in Central

Entering play yesterday, the Detroit Tigers held a five-and-a-half game lead on both Chicago and Cleveland…Read More

Benoit, Valverde Unavailable for Tonight’s Game

Detroit Tigers’ closer Jose Valverde hasn’t been good in non-save situations this year and…Read More

Tigers Need Valverde, Strong Bullpen, in 2012

MLB Trade Rumors recently reported that Jose Valverde has changed agencies in anticipation of this…Read More

At the (Third) Quarter Pole: Bullpen

As we are now 75% done with the (Regular) Season, it is time to once again look back on the Tigers bullpen.…Read More

After Rugged Trip, Tigers Need to Heat Up to Win the AL Central

Somehow, miraculously, the Detroit Tigers ended their nine game road trip with a winning record.  In…Read More