Archive for the 'Hot Stove' Category

February 12, 2010

Video: Scherzer Among A.L. Central’s Big Arrivals

February 11, 2010

Baseball Tonight on Damon and the Tigers

December 9, 2009

How It’s Playing in Arizona

Here’s how the Tigers-Yankees-Diamondbacks trade is covered in today’s edition of the Arizona Republic. The story appears above the fold but, not surprisingly, below the Suns-Mavericks game story. Here are some other Phoenix-focused opinions on the deal:

The Republic’s Nick Piecoro (who, by the by, has one of the best team blogs out there): A long, [...]

December 4, 2009

Friday Freehans: Trades, Memories and Salt for Your Game 163 Wound

This, that and the other after a long blogging layoff:

So where were you two years ago today? You were probably glued to ESPN or the Web reading all you could about the eight-player deal that brought Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit. Time flies. (And just a year ago today Edgar Renteria spared Tigers [...]

November 20, 2009

Trades! (From 50+ Years Ago)

On Nov. 20. 1957, the Tigers and Kansas City Athletics pulled off a 13-player trade which included second baseman Billy Martin, outfielder Gus Zernial and pitcher Mickey McDermott coming to Detroit.
So what, you ask? So, exactly one year later the Tigers sent Martin and pitcher Al Cicotte to the Indians for relievers Ray Narleski [...]

January 24, 2009

Meet Brandon Lyon

Whenever I watched Brandon Lyon pitch for the Diamondbacks the past couple of seasons, my immediate reaction was always he’s a younger Todd Jones.
Fact is, he throws harder than Jones — which can’t hurt — but no one is going to confuse him with Joe Nathan.
Last season wasn’t a pleasant one for the D-backs’ [...]

January 14, 2009

White Sox Add Bartolo Colon

Five years ago, this would worry me. Now? Not so much.
I’ll take Edwin Jackson.

January 14, 2009

Now I Feel Better

This is the bullpen help we’ve been waiting for?

January 12, 2009

ESPN Hot Stove Lens Points toward Tigers

Here’s a Hot Stove report from Peter Gammons. Nothing you don’t already know.

December 11, 2008

MLB.com Video: Dombrowski Comments on Tigers Deals

MLB.com has a central location for all Tigers-related video from the Winter Meetings, you can watch them here. You’ll find:

Dave Dombrowski on Edwin Jackson trade
Jim Leyland on 2009
Dombrowski on Laird deal
Jason Beck on Laird, and the Adam Everett signing

The site also has some older videos too — game highlights from 2008 — but don’t bum [...]