Tigers Record: 1-1 Today’s Game Tigers @ Royals | 2:10 p.m. ET – Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City | On the air: FSD/1270-AM Pitching Matchup Dontrelle Willis, 0-0 0.00 ERA vs. Brian Bannister, 0-0 0.00 ERA

5:44 p.m. ET: Updated with Tigers lineup Tigers’ Record: 1-0; Tied for 1st Today’s Game Tigers @ Royals | 8:10 ET — Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City | On the air: FSD (Joined in Progress at 10 p.m.)/AM 1270 Pitching Matchup Max Scherzer, 0-0 0.00 ERA vs. Luke Hochevar, 0-0 0.00 ERA From the Game Notes: [...]

Tigers’ Final Spring Training Record: 18-12-2 Today’s Game Off Day in Kansas City The Tigers will conduct a 1 p.m. workout on Sunday at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium in preparation for Opening Day. Jeremy Bonderman remained behind in Lakeland and will pitch in a minor league game on Sunday before joining the club in Kansas [...]

Tigers’ Spring Training Record: 18-11-2 Today’s Game Tigers @ Brewers | 2:10 p.m ET – Miller Park, Milwaukee | On the air: None Pitching Matchup Rick Porcello, 1-1, 1.50 ERA vs. Dave Bush, 1-1, 4.34 ERA Also scheduled to pitch: Dontrelle Willis

In our recent Fungo Pulse Check, we asked: Will Dontrelle Willis have a spot in the Tigers rotation on Opening Day? Interestingly, the votes were roughly even before the Nate Robertson trade was announced. After that, Willis took a leap forward in votes. (Curious, no?) Here are the final votes: Yes (60%, 21 Votes) No [...]

In the latest episode of the podcast, Ian and I reviewed the looming roster decisions facing Jim Leyland and the Tigers. Today we have answers. With the trade of Nate Robertson to Florida, Dontrelle Willis and Jeremy Bonderman (or Jeremy Bonderman and Dontrelle Willis) the rotation appears set. But for how long? Alex Avila has [...]

The Tigers announced — on Twitter, no less — that they’ve traded Nate Robertson to the Marlins for minor-league left hander Jay Voss. Nate will become the only lefty in the Marlins starting rotation. He was set to start tomorrow in the Grapefruit League finale against the Pirates. According to MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro: Before being [...]

Did you know that the Tigers have had only two players in their 100-plus-year history with the last name Willis? If not, we’ll forgive you because, at least so far, the name doesn’t stir fond memories. In 1984, Carl Willis pitched 16 innings and was 0-2 with a 7.31 ERA. He surrendered 25 hits and [...]

Today we’re launching a new feature on The Daily Fungo: Tigers Today. Each morning we’ll provide a quick read on the Tigers — that day’s pitching matchup, a quick recap of the previous game, historical notes and whatever else we can gin up. Let us know how you like Tigers Today and if there are [...]

It’s almost as if the Tigers are afraid to talk about Dontrelle Willis, today’s starter against the Blue Jays in Lakeland. Maybe not to talk about him but rather carefully measure what they say about him. Despite amassing some solid if unspectacular numbers this spring — 1-0, 0.82 ERA, 11.0 IP, 7 H, 5 BB, [...]

Who needs a groundhog? Two weeks until pitchers and catchers arrive in Lakeland for Spring Training. I never doubted for a minute that the Tigers would sign Justin Verlander to a long-term contact, did you? Given the questionable extensions of recent years — Dontrelle Willis and Nate Robertson to name two — the Tigers were [...]

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 [...]

Celebrate Nate! I might be the only person in the Tigers Fan Universe looking forward to Robertson’s return to the rotation. Ian? Today’s Walewanders are fueled by Almighty Blend coffee from Ann Arbor’s Mighty Good Coffee Roasting Co., sent along by the aforementioned Mr. Casselberry.

I didn’t realize how much I needed an All-Star Break of my own. It’s nice that the Tigers start the downward portion of the schedule with a marquee matchup and not a snoozer in Oakland. The Tigers have done reasonably well out of the shoot in the second half recently. Here’s how the club has [...]

These Walenwanders come to you with visions of a Chipotle burrito dancing in my head. Meanwhile, the mercury rises in the desert. Despite MLB’s efforts, I realized that I still hadn’t cast my All-Star ballot. Voting ends tomorrow night, so vote late and often. As we watch Magglio Ordonez‘s swing atrophy, I’m thinking that he [...]