Tigers April Record: 13-15 Individual Batting Leaders (minimum 20 games, my totally subjective criteria) Average: Carlos Guillen, .321 Home Runs: Miguel Cabrera, Magglio Ordonez, 5 RBI: Cabrera/Ordonez, 19 OBP: Guillen, .414 OPS: Guillen, .938 SLG: Guillen, .524 SB: Guillen, Pudge Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, 3 Individual Pitching Leaders Wins: Five pitchers tied with two each – [...]

ESPN highlights available here. The Gist: While he wasn’t as sharp as his Tigers debut in Cleveland last week, Armando Galarraga gave the Tigers another solid outing in the finale at SkyDome — or whatever — 5-1, to earn a split against the Blue Jays. The bullpen was superb though Todd Jones allowed a ninth-inning [...]

The Gist: It took more than a week, but the Tigers left the field with a win on Wednesday night, 7-2 over the Red Sox. Naturally, Todd Jones did his thing to make any level of comfort more than a bit tenuous. Huzzah, Marcus Thames! The man simply delivers when the Tigers need him. Jeremy [...]

In case you’d forgotten, it was 24 years ago this week that the Tigers swung a deal with the Phillies that changed the 1984 season for the Tigers dramatically — and instantly. On March 27, 1984, the Tigers acquired lefty reliever Willie Hernandez and first baseman Dave Bergman from Philadelphia in exchange for OF Glenn [...]

It’s hard to tell whether former Tigers general manager Randy Smith liked catcher Brad Ausmus or had it in for him. After all, Smith dealt for or dealt away Ausmus five times in seven years. The first time was in 1993 when Smith was an assistant GM with the Rockies. Ausmus went to the Padres [...]

There have been lots of thoughts percolating around my head lately. Now that I’ve cleared my driveway of snow for the third time today, it’s time to get those thoughts out to the masses. Brandon Inge If you recall prior to the 2004 season Mr. Inge acted like a petulant little child when the Tigers [...]

So Joel Zumaya‘s out until…well, who knows? Not to worry, the Tigers might have a fall-back position in the person of Todd Jones. Unless he signs with the Braves or some other team in the southeast.Worried? Me too.I wonder if the Tigers front office is mulling a call to Mariano Rivera‘s agent. He could be [...]