Miguel Cabrera has now had two three-homer games in his career, and the Tigers have lost both of them. I really do think Tigers fans take Cabrera for granted. He deserves all the love ESPN was giving him about just how good he is. This is actually the first time I’ve seen several players from [...]
The Tigers wrap up their 4-game set in Arlington tonight on ESPN. Doug Fister takes the mound for the Tigers. He’s coming off a win against the Houston Astros in which he gave up two runs in seven innings while striking out seven (and no hit batters, which is a rarity so far this season). [...]
Well, Jose Valverde was bound to blow a save at some point. I still haven’t decided what my opinion of the long-term effects of Valverde’s presence will be, but at this point, there isn’t much data to go on. We’ll have to see what happens next time. This time, however, Valverde’s command was just not [...]
The pink bats will be out for Mother’s Day as the Tigers and Indians face off in the rubber game of this series. Rick Porcello returns to the rotation after having his last start skipped (though he never did end up pitching out of the bullpen). He was decent against Houston, giving up three runs [...]
I’ve spent a lot of time at Fifth Third Field recently, and that means I haven’t seen much of the Tigers during that time, until today. It turns out that if I was only going to see one game in the series, this was a pretty good one to see. Pretty much anytime Justin Verlander [...]
The Tigers go for the sweep against the Braves tonight on ESPN. Doug Fister gets the start for Detroit. He’s coming off a strange start in Anaheim where he gave up three unearned runs in seven innings and also hit three batters, but got a no-decision. He has never faced the Braves before. The only [...]
Strange things happening on west coast trips is nothing new, but it always seems like the weirdest moments are reserved for Anaheim. Today was not as strange as yesterday’s first inning (few things could top that), but it had its moments, and most of them weren’t good. Doug Fister turned in a good outing. His [...]
The Tigers try to break out of their collective offensive slump and avoid the sweep. Doug Fister had one troublesome inning in his last start, but otherwise pitched a strong game in a win against the Mariners on Tuesday. Jhonny Peralta (.091 career average against CJ Wilson) was originally going to sit in favor of [...]
Back when Anibal Sanchez was a member of the Marlins, one of the storylines their broadcasters brought up whenever the Marlins went on their west coast trips was how well Sanchez pitched in west coast ballparks. The numbers generally do bear that out, albeit in small sample sizes. He was most well-known for his pitching [...]
Justin Verlander has had the reputation of struggling in April. He’s gotten better in the past couple years, but even then, it seems to me like he still has to work a little bit harder for his outs in April than he does throughout the rest of the year. That was kind of on display [...]
The Tigers go for the sweep today in a battle of aces as Justin Verlander goes up against CC Sabathia for the 714th time (or at least it seems that way). Sabathia is coming off a rough start against the Red Sox, while Verlander got his first Opening Day win, but wasn’t as efficient as [...]
