Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Andy Sonnanstine (13-8, 4.27) vs. Justin Verlander (10-17, 4.87) You can't have a winning streak without getting started with that first win, so maybe the Detroit Tigers can actually string something together going into this final weekend of the 2008 season. However, unless the Tampa Bay Rays want to back into the playoffs and settle for the Wild Card (making them look even more like the 2006 Tigers),...
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
PREGAME: NOT ON OUR FIELD! Maybe that’s the rallying cry as the Tigers try to prevent the Rays from clinching the AL East - at least as much as the Tigers can have a say in the matter. Tonight it is Justin Verlander and Andy Sonnanstine. Sonnanstine shutdown the Tigers for 6 innings [...]
Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
“The days of babysitting and milking along are over.” - Quoth, Smokin’ Jim Leyland Can anyone explain to me what in the hell he’s talking about? What kind of an old coot rants about babysitting and milking? In fact, who’s been getting babysat and milked? Certainly not Justin Verlander, who throws something like 300 pitches per outing. [...]
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
Dontrelle Willis (0-1, 8.82) vs. Scott Lewis (2-0, 0.00) After losing 6-3 to the Indians last night (with Justin Verlander being tagged with his MLB-leading 17th loss), the Tigers face yet another salvage Sunday in which they try to win at least one game in a series. Dontrelle Willis pitched well enough in his return to the Tigers, posting five walks in five innings, but only allowing two hits. (The...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
The Tigers 2009 season is going to be reliant on some bounce back candidates to do just that. According to Jon Paul Morosi, the Tigers will need to guess which of Justin Verlander, Jeremy Bonderman, Dontrelle Willis, and Nate Robertson will bounce back. And aside from Verlander, they will more than likely want to deal one of them to scale back an already unsustainable projected team salary of $130MM....
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
CLEVELAND -- The fourth inning finished Justin Verlander on Saturday night. It also provided a snapshot of his perplexing season. With two out and the bases loaded, he faced Cleveland leftfielder Shin-Soo Choo, who has recently been one of the hottest hitters in the American League.
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
Justin Verlander (10-16, 4.78) vs. Jeremy Sowers (3-8, 5.70) The Detroit Tigers won't even finish 2008 with a .500 record. Last night's loss to the Indians takes care of even that lowly aspiration. ( Big League Stew officially put the nail in their coffin yesterday.) To even have a chance at breaking even, the Tigers and White Sox would have to make up their rainout after the season ended. But Detroit...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
CHICAGO -- At this juncture two years ago, Justin Verlander and Kenny Rogers were wrapping up a season in which they combined for 35 wins and helped take the Tigers to the playoffs.
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Next Game Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox Sunday, Sep 14, 2008, 1:05 PM CDT U.S. Cellular Field Justin Verlander vs Javier Vazquez Mostly cloudy with a 12970-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-20 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 65. B-R Preview | Live Boxscore | MLB GameDay 3D Complete Coverage > Scheduled start time is 1:05, but this one won't start for a while....
Bless You Boys (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
Game 1: Justin Verlander (9-13, 5.49) vs. Javier Vazquez (11-13, 4.29) Game 2: Kenny Rogers (10-15, 4.78) vs. John Danks (10-8, 3.44) ** UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): Again via Jason Beck , the White Sox are trying to get the field ready for a 5:30 p.m. start . So we'll have a straight doubleheader. But what happens if the first game runs into the 8 p.m. ESPN start time? ** UPDATE (12:30 p.m.): It's not looking...
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
PREGAME: Justin Verlander will try and see if he’s got stuff figured out. John Danks will try and dominate the Tigers again. DET @ CHW, Friday, September 12, 2008 Game Preview - Baseball-Reference.com Game Time 8:11
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Next Game Detroit Tigers @ Chicago White Sox Friday, Sep 12, 2008, 7:11 PM CDT U.S. Cellular Field Justin Verlander vs John Danks Mostly cloudy with a 50-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing from right to left field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 70. B-R Preview | Live Boxscore | MLB GameDay 3D Complete Coverage > Over the last 14 games, the White Sox have gone 5-9, scoring an average...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
The Chicago White Sox handed Justin Verlander the first loss of his remarkable 2006 season. They have defeated him eight times, more than any team except the Cleveland Indians (nine).
The Detroit Tiger Weblog (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
As the Tigers season has slid out of control, Jim Leyland has taken to reading and the newspapers and responding to what his players say in the newspapers. The latest was with Justin Verlander. Verlander mentioned a tight strike zone as a reason for his Labor Day labors. Leyland didn’t like the excuse making. [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
MINNEAPOLIS -- Tigers pitching coach Chuck Hernandez advanced a theory Saturday for why right-hander Justin Verlander has struggled this year (15 losses) after he had thrived in his previous two seasons (15 losses combined in those two years).
