2013 Prediction Time: A.L. East
Lost in all of the March Madness going on right now, is that the major league baseball regular season is quickly approaching, and before you know it teams will be playing for real. It’s about time!…Read More
MLB Farm System Rankings: #4 Tampa Bay Rays
It’s that time of year again. Time to give this prospect junkie his fix. Last year, I did farm system rankings for all of baseball, and so I wanted to do so again. As I explain with any farm system rankings,…Read More
Breaking Down The Cy Young Race
Miguel Cabrera’s recent triple crown run, and successful completion of that task captured the eyes of the nation. It is rare that Detroit becomes the focus of the baseball world like that, but in…Read More
Playoff Contender: Tampa Bay Rays
Over the next couple weeks, I intend to take a look at some of the teams that are vying for a playoff spot along with the Detroit Tigers. I want to analyze these teams mainly in regards to Detroit’s…Read More
For Tigers, It May Be Time for Permanent Throwback
This past Saturday evening, with the Detroit Tigers in town, the Tampa Bay Rays hosted “Turn Back the Clock” night. The Rays, who in reality have only been around since 1998, long enough so…Read More
Why One Game Matters
Yesterday saw the rarest of the rare for the Tigers – a 9thinning loss in a Justin Verlander start. …Read More
The Competition: Tampa Bay Rays
Continuing our 5 part series “The Competition” comparing the Tigers to other likely AL playoff…Read More
An Idea For A Minor (League) Change
One of the ways I pass my idle time is by thinking of improvements to a sport that has been around…Read More
Ranking the AL’s Super Six: Rotations
The Super Six of the American League have been established. Everyone knows who they are. An underdog…Read More
MLB Farm System Rankings: #6 Tampa Bay Rays
I thought about how I would lead into this, the ranking of teams’ farm systems, but don’t have a…Read More
Ex-Tiger Rodney To Sign With Tampa
Ex-Tigers pitcher Fernando Rodney, according to MLB Trade Rumors has signed a one year deal with the…Read More
Tigers Top Ten…Uh…Disappointments List: #7 Aubrey Huff
Once in a while during a slow off-season, as a writer you have to look around for some inspiration. I…Read More
Tigers Almost Forced To Win Division Going Forward
When baseball signed it’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement recently, one of the things added…Read More
Today’s Stars Were Not Found in Free Agency
Alternate Title: “The (Former?) Importance of the Draft” As we have detailed here, the new…Read More
Analyzing The Relief Pitcher Market
The Tigers of course aren’t in the market for a closer, having Jose Valverde and Joaquin…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
Bud Selig….Draft Slotting Is Bad For Baseball.
Reportedly the owners, or at least some of them, are trying to get a hard cap on draft picks put into…Read More
Fansided AL Rookie Of The Year
The network has tallied up its votes from all of us and the results are in. Eric Hosmer of the Kansas…Read More
A Great Night Of Baseball
Historically, baseball is known as America’s pastime. And while the National Football League as…Read More
Maybe We Should Actually Be Thanking the Angels
There is a lot of angst being tossed in the general direction of the Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim)…Read More









