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There aren’t too many baseball reporters out there who are more enjoyable than Buster Olney. Today he reminded Tigers fans why it’s important to pay attention to him. Hearing rumblings of major news… More to come. — Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) March 29, 2013 This was at 12:08pm. He waited 33 minutes before tweeting again. Sources: [...]
I love this city & the fans – couldn’t be more excited to spend my career here! We’re going to bring a World Series to Detroit!!! — Justin Verlander (@JustinVerlander) March 29, 2013 The Tigers have announced the move we’ve all been waiting for, a Justin Verlander extension, and it’s huge. Sources have indicated the [...]
As was always a possibility, the Tigers are prepared to start the season with a closer by committee. What was more unexpected is that it won’t be including Bruce Rondon, at least not to start out. Rondon was optioned to Toledo this morning, along with Luis Marte, meaning that barring a last-second injury, the Opening [...]
The Tigers tied up a few more loose ends on their roster today, announcing that Rick Porcello is officially the 5th starter, Drew Smyly will make the club and pitch out of the bullpen, and, barring something unforeseen, Matt Tuiasosopo will make the roster as a bench player as well. I, for one, always thought [...]
Earlier today, the Tigers released All-Star, Gold glove winning, perennial MVP candidate RF Brennan Boesch in a questionable, baffling move in an off season full of them. I couldn’t even type that with a straight face. Sorry. Is this move really worthy of an entire blog post? Maybe, maybe not. Who cares? It’s the internet, man. We [...]
Well, he has done it again. Lynn Henning has Tigers fans in an uproar. This morning he floated the idea that Rick Porcello, he of the swirling trade rumors, could be an option as the Tigers search for a closer in 2013. It is interesting to consider that in a couple of different ways Porcello could solve the [...]
This is a slightly more broader baseball post. The Tigers are in here, though, so don’t worry. It’s March, which means it’s a time for optimism in baseball. “_________ is in the Best Shape Of His Life!” “____________ looks like he’s primed for a big season!” (I need not remind everyone of Jon Heyman’s now-infamous [...]
Hey, there’s an interesting storyline today! Max Scherzer makes his first appearance of the spring, so that means you can ignore the largely second-rate lineup that appears after the jump….
The Tigers’ split squad takes on two today; one at home at Lakeland and one on the road at Tampa. Lineups for both games under the jump
