Certainly Joel Zumaya‘s return is the big story, but you have to feel for Eddie Bonine, don’t you? Seems like such a footnote. But that’s baseball, right? Will he return to Detroit? My guess is he will…sometime this year.

Fernando Rodney #56 Height: 5′ 11″ | Weight: 220 2008 Stats: 0-6, 4.91 ERA, 13 Saves In a bottom-line business like major league baseball, fans tend to overlook stats such as 49 strikeouts in 40 innings or 13 saves from a late-inning reliever like Fernando Rodney. Six blown saves and an ERA a whisker under [...]

The Tigers were likely ecstatic when Joel Zumaya managed a quicker-than-expected return from shoulder reconstruction. A healthy Zumaya (and Fernando Rodney) was to revitalize a rickety bullpen and fill in the sizable reliability gap late in games. Except they didn’t. Zumaya was cleared to play in late June and appeared in 21 games (23.1 IP). [...]

ESPN.com’s trip through each MLB team’s roster continued today with write Jonah Keri‘s lens focused on the American League Central and the Tigers. If you’re looking for a positive outlook to end your week, look elsewhere. Here’s a taste: Aside from a younger, more athletic band of glove men, the Tigers need about a half-dozen [...]

Every time I sat down to write about a bit of Tigers news in the past five days, another shoe would drop and I’d think “I’ll write about both of those items.” Then another and another, etc. So, as I wait out this Tigers/White Sox rain delay from bright, sunny Phoenix, it’s time to weigh [...]

Sure, why not? Add another significant injury to the list. Joel Zumaya‘s throwing shoulder has gone kaput again and it doesn’t offer much hope for this guy’s long-term potential, does it? The Tigers announced today that Zumaya will be shut down from all baseball activity for the next six to eight weeks because of a [...]

It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Here we are, approaching the third weekend of August, and the Tigers are mired in third place, nine-and-a-half games out of first place. And, as I’m always reminding myself, only five games out of last place. This was supposed to be like 1984, 1968 or even 1945. It [...]