October 4, 2010

Familiar Faces in Playoffs for Tigers Fans

Not sure if this makes the postseason more or less interesting to you, but if you watch each league’s division series you’ll likely to see lots of former Tigers: Yankees Curtis Granderson Marcus Thames Rays Carlos Pena Matt Joyce Gabe Kapler Rangers Matt Treanor Colby Lewis Giants Aubrey Huff Edgar Renteria Cody Ross Andres Torres [...]

August 27, 2010

How are Former Tigers Faring in 2010?

Looking around the majors there are plenty of former Tigers doing well — and some not so well. Here’s a look at some of the more notable players and their current numbers: Placido Polanco, Phillies: .314 avg., 6 HR, 42 RBI, .348 OBP. Currently fifth in the N.L. in hitting, which is just another reason [...]

April 2, 2010

Tigers Today: April 2, 2010

Tigers’ Spring Training Record: 18-10-2 Today’s Game Tigers @ Brewers | 8:10 p.m. ET – Miller Park, Milwaukee | On the air: WXYT 1270-AM Pitching Matchup Max Scherzer, 1-1, 7.15 vs. Doug Davis, 1-1, 5.40 ERA

April 1, 2010

Tigers Today: April 1, 2010

Apologies for the late post. The benefit is that I have today’s results. Tigers’ Spring Training Record: 18-10-2 Today’s Games Tigers 4 – Braves 1 The Tigers dinged Jair Jurrjens for a pair of runs on Don Kelly‘s home run and Eddie Bonine pitched four scoreless, one-hit innings to pace the Tigers in the front [...]

December 23, 2008

The Top 10 Tigers Stories of 2008: #9 – Edgar Renteria Can’t Play

Sure, it hurt when the Tigers sent Jair Jurrjens and Gorkys Hernandez to the Braves for Edgar Renteria. There was some — i.e., a tad — concern about Jurrjens’ durability and, well, to get a player of Renteria’s caliber at such a vital position you have to part with some value. We know how that [...]

September 29, 2008

No Surprise: Renteria’s Option Declined

So much for Edgar Renteria‘s beggin’ and pleadin’ for a job on the 2009 Tigers. Word from Dave Dombrowski today is that Detroit won’t pick up #8′s option. Dombrowski wouldn’t rule out re-signing Renteria as a free agent, but said the club would look at other options. While the Tigers don’t have a viable option [...]

August 20, 2008

Enough Already with the Jurrjens Remorse

Last night Armando Galarraga made his 22nd start of the year for the Tigers, defeating the Rangers 11-3 and improving his record to 12-4 and 3.17 ERA. As little as there’s been to cheer about this season, one would think that Galarraga’s emergence as a bona fide starter would be one of them. Instead, Tigers [...]