Detroit Tigers Rumors & News
Leyland will reward rotation spots to strike-throwers
Detroit Free Press — If you're wondering how Leyland will decide who gets the two open spots in the rotation, keep an eye on the strike zone.
3 hours agoNew Phillie Placido Polanco cherished 'family' years with Tigers
Detroit Free Press — "For all the good things that happened to me in Detroit, I really thank the organization a lot."
3 hours agoBox score: Phillies 4, Tigers 0
Detroit Free Press — DET ab r h bi PHI ab r h bi Jackson cf 3 0 1 0 Victorino cf 3 0 2 0 C.Wells cf 1 0 0 0 T.Gillies cf 1 0 0 0 Damon dh 3 0 0 0 Polanco 3b 3 1 1 0 Casto ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Dobbs 3b 1 0 1 0 C.Thomas rf 2 0 0 0 Utley 2b 3 0 2 1 Cabrera 1b 3 0 0 0 O.Chavez 2b 1 0 0 0 R.Strieby 1b 0 0 0 0 Howard 1b 3 0 1 1 Larish 3b 3 0 1 0 Gload 1b 1 0 0 0 Laird c 2 0 0 0 Werth rf 3 0 1 0 Diaz c 0 0 0 0 Brown rf 1 0 0 0 Ramirez lf 3 0 0 0 Ibanez dh 4 1 1 1 Sizemore 2b 1 0 1 0 Francisco lf 3 0 0 0 Raburn 2b 0 0 0 0 Mayberry lf 1 0 0 0 Everett ss 2 0 0 0 Schneider c 3 1 1 0 A.Ciriaco ss 1 0...
3 hours agoInstant replay: Phillies 4, Tigers 0
Detroit Free Press — Instant replay WHAT HAPPENED: Justin Verlander allowed two runs and six hits in four innings. "Verlander got his work in -- good work," manager Jim Leyland said. Despite a wind blowing out to left, the Tigers had three hits and never got a runner past first.
3 hours agoJim Leyland: Ex-Tiger Placido Polanco 'a peach'
Detroit News — He's with his new team, the Phillies, and at a new position, third base. But not much else has changed. He was 1-for-3 with a single in the Phillies' 4-0 victory over the Tigers.
7 hours agoLynn Henning: Tigers rotation becoming a headache
Detroit News — It isn't offense that has the Tigers nervous halfway through camp. It's the pitching, and if there's a lesson here, it's to never make assumptions about pitching.
7 hours agoThursday's soup - Baker's bling
Tigers Blog | Detroit News — 1. So Doug Baker, from the Tigers' 1984 team, is selling his World Series ring on eBay for (at least) $5,000. And it will sell because there's a bid on it. Sure, I remember Baker - but most of all I remember him as being one of the cruelest roster cuts ever. Baker and Mike Laga boarded the
14 hours agoTigers manage just three hits in loss to Phillies
Detroit News — The Phillies won, 4-0, getting 11 hits to three by the Tigers, who never got much of anything going except double plays: They hit into five of them as a balmy wind blew everything but rain across Bright House Field.
15 hours agoTigers catcher Alex Avila has classic swing, but will he stick this spring?
Grand Rapids Press — Alex Avila honed his batting stroke on a tee and is vying to break camp with the Tigers.
15 hours agoTigers' Scott Sizemore has good day at bat and in field, but left ankle still a concern
Grand Rapids Press — Sizemore avoided taking a low pitch to his mending ankle and made a strong play at second base.
15 hours agoNext game vs Philadelphia Phillies on Fri, Mar 12 1:05 pm EST
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Line-ups for today and tomorrow High Cheese | Philadelphia Daily News
- Chat Phillies with Bill Conlin High Cheese | Philadelphia Daily News
- Howard's number to be retired, plus today's line-ups High Cheese | Philadelphia Daily News
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| Sun 3/7 | at Toronto | L 5 - 8 | |
| Mon 3/8 | vs Atlanta | L 4 - 12 | |
| Tue 3/9 | at Washington | W 9 - 4 | |
| Wed 3/10 | vs New York | L 8 - 9 | |
| Thu 3/11 | at Philadelphia | L 0 - 4 | |
| Fri 3/12 | vs Philadelphia | 1:05 pm EST | |
| Sat 3/13 | at New York | 1:10 pm EST | |
| Sun 3/14 | vs Tampa Bay | 1:05 pm EDT |
- Jake Westbrook makes second Cactus League start: Cleveland Indians spring training briefing Plain Dealer Fausto Carmona makes his Cactus League debut today.
- Single-game Twins tickets go on sale Saturday Minneapolis Star-Tribune
- The day in camp Kansas City Star The numbers say otherwise, but the general consensus is Royals right-hander Gil Meche took a step forward Thursday in a 6-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Surprise Stadium. “The line doesn’t look good,” manager Trey Hillman said, “and I don’t like the line, but I liked the way the ball got out of his hand, and I liked the way he was pitching to both sides of the plate.”
- Moustakas among seven players sent to minor-league camp Kansas City Star SURPRISE, Ariz. | Third baseman Mike Moustakas and outfielder David Lough, two of the organization’s top prospects, each made an impression before exiting big-league camp Thursday as part of the Royals’ first round of cuts. And, really, that’s about as much as either one could have achieved.
- A day later, Buehrle in joking mood Chicago Sun-Times GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Leave it to Mark Buehrle to turn nothing into something.
- Plug pulled on Ozzie's Web idea Chicago Sun-Times General manager Ken Williams is fond of telling the media to ''stay out of White Sox business,'' and now the organization is making sure that includes Ozzie Guillen -- at least regarding his plan to launch his own Web site this spring.
- NHL: Chris Chelios knocks in opponent's goal in NHL return Detroit Free Press The Columbus Blue Jackets beat Atlanta, 2-1, on Thursday night, with the Thrashers' loss clinching the Southeast Division for the Capitals. Ex-Red Wings defenseman Chris Chelios, 48, played 13:14 in his first game of the season for the Thrashers after playing for Chicago of the AHL. He figured into the first goal -- in a bad way.
- Michigan feeling good as No. 1-seeded Ohio State awaits Detroit Free Press U-M has not won more than one game in a single Big Ten tournament since the first year, 1998, when the Wolverines won the tournament title.
- Michigan State's Durrell Summers needs to heat up Detroit Free Press Nearly every member of Michigan State's rotation has given coach Tom Izzo fits this season. But junior guard Durrell Summers might be near the top of the list.
- Time for a change for MSU in Big Ten tourney Detroit Free Press In the two years the Spartans won the Big Ten tournament, they advanced to the Final Four (1999) and won the national title (2000).
- What to watch today ...: Rivalry on ice Detroit Free Press It has been a long, long time since neither Michigan nor Michigan State made the NCAA hockey tournament. But it could happen with certain outcomes in this weekend's best-of-three series in the CCHA quarterfinals. Game 1 tonight is on Comcast 900 at 7. U-M probably needs to win the whole thing to get in. MSU probably needs to win this series (or at least not get swept). What drama.
- Metro & state: Michigan State's Stacy Slobodnik named GAM's women's player of decade Detroit Free Press Michigan State women's coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll is Golf Association of Michigan women's player of the decade. She won eight championships in the past 10 years, including five consecutive GAM Mid-Amateur titles (2005-09) and the GAM Tournament of Club Champions in 2004, '07 and '09. Other GAM players of the decade were Russ Cunningham (men), Greg Reynolds (senior men) and Joan Garety (senior women).