Blogging the Offseason is a 30 team series in which I ask a blogging representative from each MLB team a series of ten questions about their desires and thoughts surrounding the offseason. Check out all of them here . Today's AL team is the Detroit Tigers and our guest is Ian from the Tigers Blog, Bless You Boys . 1. Rumors are swirling around that the Tigers are looking to cut payroll and that Curtis...
More photos » by Tony Gutierrez - AP Marcus Thames was removed from the Detroit Tigers' 40-man roster, making him a free agent and likely ending his six-year career with the team. Browse more photos » And so goes the Slugger Thames. With the offseason officially under way, the Detroit Tigers needed to make some decisions to create room on their 40-man roster. That process has begun , according...
The Tigers kicked off the off-season by announcing several moves today. The biggest one being the removal of Marcus Thames from the 40 man roster. Catcher Matt Treanor, who spent most of the season on the disabled list after undergoing hip surgery, was also taken of the roster. Both will become free agents. In other moves reliever Joel Zumaya and first baseman Jeff Larish were reinstated
The Detroit Tigers reinstated right-handed pitcher Joel Zumaya and infielder Jeff Larish from the 60-day disabled list, among several roster moves announced by the club on Friday.
The Detroit Tigers reinstated right-handed pitcher Joel Zumaya and infielder Jeff Larish from the 60-day disabled list, among several roster moves announced by the club on Friday.
The Tigers made a handful of roster moves today to prepare for the offseason. They are: Mike Hollimon was outrighted to Toledo Marcus Thames and Matt Treanor have been removed from the roster and are now free agents Jeff Larish and Joel Zumaya have been reinstated from the disabled list Jay Sborz had his contract purchased from Toledo
Happy Halloween, kids and kittens! Remember to match your costume to the ambient air temperature, don't eat any candy that you receive unwrapped, load up on the hand sanitizer when dealing with the grubby hands of small children, and don't dress up as Joel Zumaya or you won't survive the night. Anyone dressing up as [...]
Year: 2002 Record: 55-106 Win %: .342 Win % Change: -65 from the year before Run Differential: -289 Pythagorean Record: 52-109 AL Finish: 14th of 14 teams Manager: Phil Garner and Luis Pujols Best Transaction: Couple of decent moves here actually. First, the Tigers drafted Curtis Granderson and Joel Zumaya in this draft, nothing to sneeze at there. Second, prior to the start [...]
For those wondering why the Tigers didn't fire Lloyd McClendon as hitting coach after the season, perhaps the team reached many of the same conclusions as Bill Ferris did at The Detroit Tigers Weblog . Did Tigers batters perform below expectations, compared to preseason projections? The answers might surprise you. Dave Dombrowski told the Detroit News ' Lynn Henning that there's " no question...
I don't know if I've told you guys this but I've only really been a serious Yankees fan for a few years now. My fandom can really be traced back to one game, one very similar to last night's. In 2004 the Yankees also faced the Minnesota Twin in the ALDS and went into the Metrodome to win the clincher. With some heroics from Alex Rodriguez, they took the game and were headed to the ALCS to take on the...
Reuters' Rebecca Cook Now the Twins have to win the final two games of this series , or the Tigers will be the Yankees' opponent for the second time in four post seasons in the Divisional round. The Tigers are a stunning 71-0 when leading after 8th innings, and no question Fernando Rodney has made himself an elite closer in the absence of Joel Zumaya. Even with the Yankees playing well, the Tigers...
Can someone give Mississippi's Jevan Snead some love Delonte West's father said last week's three guns on his motorcycle thing was all about self-protection. If that was all about self-protection, then I would hate to see what revenge would look like for him? An army tank and a cannon? Maybe so. When did Barry Zito all of a sudden matter again? Yeah, it would be so great if Mark Sanchez could throw...
Justin Verlander . A.J. Burnett . Ubaldo Jimenez . These are the names that make scouts salivate. Why? One word. Stuff. Two components determine how nasty a pitcher’s stuff truly is: velocity and movement. We’ve had radar guns to track the league’s hardest throwers for some time (that would be Joel Zumaya , of course) But now, with the help of pitchf/x data and a local regression...
The best and the worst of my sports baseball weekend. My heroes. My enemies. Top Three Heroes 1. Seth Smith The Rockies’ undisputed best hitter is Seth Smith. Don’t believe me? Try chewing on these numbers from the Rockies three-game sweep of Arizona. 9-for-13, 3 HR , 4 doubles, 9 RBI, and 5 Runs. Still not convinced? Ask Tim Lincecum , Jeremy Affeldt , Homer Bailey , Manny Acosta , Trevor...
More photos » by Paul Sancya - AP Would you trust Fernando Rodney to close your car windows, let alone a baseball game? Browse more photos » If you watch Tigers game broadcasts on FOX Sports Detroit, you're probably familiar with those polls that run during the game. (You know, the one Brandon Inge always wins, if he's one of the choices.) Joe Posnanski (a new senior writer at Sports Illustrated...
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