February 7, 2011
By Mike McClary in Featured,Hot Stove | 0 comments
ESPN.com’s Jerry Crasnick handed out offseason grades for American League Central clubs and the Tigers received the highest grade: B+. [Jim] Leyland began the Tigers’ winter caravan by acknowledging that “my tail’s on the line.” For good measure, Leyland observed that general manager David Dombrowski‘s tail is somewhere in the same vicinity. (snip) The Tigers [...]
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December 16, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Hot Stove | 1 comment
Magglio Ordonez’s reported one-year, $10 million deal to return to the Tigers is surprising in that it’s both shorter and less-expensive than many anticipated. Once the Jayson Werth and Carl Crawford contracts were signed, everyone following the free-agent market expected Ordonez’s asking price to skyrocket. On the other hand, it shouldn’t be surprising at all. [...]
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November 26, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Hot Stove | 9 comments
Despite what some national guys are saying about the Victor Martinez signing, I think it’s outstanding. Is it Jayson Werth or Adam Dunn? No. But signing Martinez to hit behind — or maybe in front of — Miguel Cabrera makes the Tigers’ lineup more formidable — especially when Martinez is in the lineup in place [...]
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November 20, 2010
By Mike McClary in Blast from the Past,Featured,Hot Stove | 0 comments
While we await the Tigers’ next move this offseason, let’s look back on the trades the club made on this day in … 1957 — The Tigers acquired righthanded pitcher Tom Morgan, lefty Maury “Mickey” McDermott, catcher Charlie Thompson, infielder Billy Martin and outfielders Gus Zernial and Lou “The Nervous Greek” Skizas from the Athletics [...]
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November 17, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Hot Stove | 6 comments
If you read Keith Law on ESPN.com, it would appear he likes no contract or trade. He weighs in, predictably, on the Tigers’ signing today of reliever Joaquin Benoit: It’s an absolutely brutal contract, with a very low probability of yielding even a zero ROI (meaning they get just what they paid for — never [...]
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November 17, 2010
By Mike McClary in Featured,Hot Stove | 1 comment
In their notes column today, Jon Paul Morosi and Ken Rosenthal cover the stories emerging from the GM Meetings in Orlando. Among them is a nugget about how the Tigers see similarities between reliever-turned-starter Phil Coke and another pitcher that took a similar path: In October, after team officials had already made up their minds [...]
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