Location: Detroit, Mich. | Ballpark: Comerica Park (41,000) | Spring Training: Lakeland, Fla.
Owner: Mike Ilitch | GM: Dave Dombrowski | Manager: Jim Leyland | World Championships: 4
The question marks at the start of spring training are still question marks now. The pitching staff that worried you at the beginning of spring worries you just as much now. Jeremy Bonderman still hasn’t proven that he can bounce back from surgery, Nate Robertson still hasn’t proven that he’s better than he was in 2008 and Dontrelle Willis never did prove anything. But rookies Rick Porcello and Ryan Perry should give the Tigers a lift, and the lineup still should score plenty of runs. Look for Miguel Cabrera to have a huge year. One key: Can Fernando Rodney or Brandon Lyon emerge as a decent closer?
Free-swinging ways hold him back, but he has 20-20 potential long term.
Miguel Cabrera, the 2008 AL home run champ, has tallied 30 or more homers in four of the past five seasons. He's tallied 112 or more RBI in all five. (AP)
The Tigers have gotten 2 players on the mid season arizona fall league game. Players are Casper Wells so far hitting 348 with 4 HR and 18 RBI in 12 games. That leaves him third in RBI and second in OPS. to be fair has played in 12 games while league leade
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ryan rayburn has a spot as he is out of options and will not clear waivers. However Clete Thomas could have a battle on his hands, not to mention Marcus Thames to make the team next spring. The 3 main OF prospe cts really off to fine start th
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We all witnessed Curtis' regression this year as far as his avg. was concerned. (.249 in '09. Down .031 from 2008, and .023 off his career avg. of .272. It may be hard to believe but he brought his vareer strikeout percentage down this season with 141 K's in 631 ab's. It now is at 24 %) We also saw his struggles against lefthanded pitching. (A .183 BA. By far the
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All season I have been reading about how the Tigers are not going to do anything next year because of bad contracts. The truth is that we will only be able to make a few low level moves, especially with declining attendance this year. I am hopeful, but 2011 will be the season the Tigers have a change to breakout... they sh
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Porcello led all American League rookie pitchers with 14 wins, while he was seventh with a 3.96 ERA (170.2IP/75ER) and 10th with 89 strikeouts during his first season with the Tigers. He ranked second among all league pitchers with a 2.23 ground ball/fly ball ratio (312 ground balls/140 fly balls) and finished fifth with 24 ground into doub
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Detroit is pretty set in the outfield....although I would prefer Guillen to be the fulltime DH and raburn to get a crack at the LF job. Due to Maggs and Guillens contracts their just isn't a corner OF spot available. Granderson is solid in CF unless he does get dealt....possible but unlikely. How can Detroit generate more offense???
I would like to see Cabrerra get some time back at 3B
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Granderson earned the Marvin Miller Man of the Year award, named for the founding executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association and awarded to the player whose on-field and off -field performance most inspires others to higher levels of achievement, by displaying as much passion to give back to others as he shows between the lines on the baseball diamond .
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Uggh. Trying to turn a DP in the first yesterday scott Sizemoore has a fractured left tibia. No word on how long he will be out for. Mike illitch might want to dig deep in the pockets for a Placido Polanco extension. But seriously he is on his way back to detroit. No word on how long he might be out for.
The 2009 campaign for the Detroit Tigers ended horribly. To me, it was the lack of reliability on the catchers position. Gerald Laird, Dane Sardinha, Dusty Ryan, and
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***Mark McGwire's Five-Step Approach To Hitting*** The Mac is back! Big Mac, Mark McGwire is back with the Cardinals to be their hitting coach. McGwire has always been a fan favorite in St. Louis, but it’s almost a written fact that he t
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