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Matt Holliday and Brad Hawpe had big games at the plate today as they pummelled the White Sox in their spring opener.  Holliday had the only homerun of the game and he went two for three with two RBIs and two runs.  Hawpe went three for three with two runs and two RBIs.  Not to […]

Man, the Rockies took it to us.  Buerhle gave up four runs on six hits and a walk in two innings while Jon Garland took it on the chin to the tune of seven runs (six earned) on eight hits in two innings of work.  To make matters worse, Bobby Jenks was taken out of […]

Scott Olsen was unimpressive in his start today and Mike Koplove was shelled by the Cardinals in today’s loss.  The lone pitching star was Ricky Nolasco, who threw two shutout innings in which he struck out one.
Stokes drove in a run with a double and he later scored when the Marlins scored two runs in […]

Maybe Adam Wainwright will make a solid starter after all.  Against the Marlins today, Wainwright pitched three shutout innings and he struck out one with one walk.  Mike Smith was also solid with two shutout innings.  The only starter that didn’t look great was Randy Flores who gave up two ninth inning runs.
Chris Duncan had […]

Keith Woolner recently broke down what the Red Sox have that can get the team to the World Series in 2007.  He talks about the top notch rotation and then the bullpen problems as well as the team’s top notch offense.  Great read.

Bobby Kielty is going to have knee surgery and he’ll be out anywhere from three to six weeks.  Kielty is one of those guys I just keep waiting to for to have a breakout season but it’s never quite worked now.  Now his season is already off to a rough start.  Mark Kotsay is also […]

The Tigers took it to starter Oliver Perez today.  He gave up four runs on five hits and a walk in two innings of work.  I had high hopes for a return to the old 2004 version of Oliver Perez but my faith is wavering about now.
The Mets did mount a comeback and made it […]

Andrew Miller struck out four batters in his two innings of work as he impressed people early.  Chad Durbin was also effective and he pitched two perfect innings to get the Tigers off to a good start.  Preston Larrison wasn’t as sharp and he was tagged for three runs in the eighth inning.
Ryan Rayburn hit […]

Right now, Bud Black isn’t saying how many pitchers he’ll be keeping when the Padres break camp but he’s hinted it may be as many as twelve.  The next question is, which 12 pitchers will make it.  This MLB article goes through all of the candidates but you has as many as 20 guys vying […]

Hopefully Vernon Wells carefree days will equate to MVP caliber production on the field.  There’s no doubt Wells is a talent.  PECOTA has him at .286/.348/.498 with 27 homeruns and average defense and it’s more in line with what he did in 2004 and 2005.  You have to get all the way up to his […]

Stuart Steinberg stopped by to check out how the Rays were doing yesterday.  He got called out on why the Rays didn’t make any grabs for free agents, but with the prospects coming up, it’s hard to argue with him when it comes to saving money. This is on the heels of the Rays first […]

In just one hour, the first official spring training game of the season starts and Scott Olsen will throw the first pitch for the Marlins against the Cardinals.  Unfortunately, the game is only on MLB.TV and I only have the audio package.  Regardless, baseball is here and that’s definitely a good thing.
Yesterday, the Marlins played […]

Mike is halfway through his list of the top ten Tigers prospects over at Tigers Minors.  His latest summaries have been on Jordan Tata and Brent Clevlen, both of whom saw some time on the big league club last year.  Oddly, yesterday’s exhibition starter, Virgil Vazquez, doesn’t show up on any of the three prospect […]

At 29 years of age, Chad Durbin is no longer a prospect but he’s one of those guys you like having in your back pocket.  He came up through the Royals system and after a very rough rookie season in 2000, Chad Durbuin put together a decent but loss filled season in 2001.  He pitched […]

The Twins signed right handed relief pitcher Jesse Crain to a three year deal yesterday.  The initial deal pays Crain $3.25 million but there’s another $375,000 in incentives that Crain can earn.  The former top prospect had a mixed year last season.  In 2005, he hardly struck out anybody while in 2006 his strikeout rate […]

Alright, spring baseball is here.  There’s four games today with three of the four teams that made the championship series going.  The Tigers start things off against the Mets while the World Series champion Cardinals start the spring season with a start time five minutes before the Tigers.  The White Sox and Rockies play in […]

Well, for the third straight time, the new and so called improved Veterans Committee failed to vote in Ron Santo.  The position is very under represented in the Hall of Fame and Santo was one of the great.  In Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, he has Santo as the sixth best third baseman ever.  The […]

Tim Brown at Yahoo recently took a look at outfield phenom Lastings Milledge.  Apparantly he ruffled some feathers last year but this year he plans on doing his job and fitting in. 

Baseball American recently profiled Braves third base prospect Van Pope.  The team’s fifth round draft pick in 2004 is expected to start the season at Double A Mississippi, which is close to where Pope grew up so he’s excited about playing close to home.  He had a solid season at High A Myrtle Beach last […]

Baseball America recently profiled Twins prospect Jeff Manship.  He got some spot time in the Gulf Coast League before the Notre Dame star went back to school but as a fourteenth round pick, Manship could emerge as a sleeper if he pans out.  If he does, it would be one more notch in the belt of […]

Christina Kahrl recently took a look at the A’s chances in 2007, running down some of the things that could go wrong and the positives surrounding the ball club.  It’s a very nice “half glass full” look at the team and while I think the A’s can get it done and win the AL West, […]

It’s nice to see someone is optimistic about the Reds. Jeff Erickson recently took a look at some of the things that could go right for the Reds, and in the event they all do, may push them into contention. He discusses everything from Homer Bailey finding his place on the team to […]

Here’s a nice story on Jeremy Bonderman and his change up.  I can’t remember expectations being any higher for a Tigers pitcher in a long time as everyone expects Bonderman to have “THE YEAR.”

I know this isn’t Tigers related, but for the third straight time, the Veteran’s Committee has failed to elect anyone to the Hall of Fame.  While that by itself isn’t a huge problem, it becomes one when you have a guy like Ron Santo waiting in the wings.  At least he got closer and hopefully in […]

Will Carroll seems to think so.  In his latest health positional reports, Magglio Ordonez not only gets a green light but he doesn’t even get a blurb.  He’s been healthy for a season and a half now and even his 2005 sports hernia was kind of fluky.  He does lumber in the field, but at […]

The Tigers are getting ready to take the field and it looks like Virgil Vazquez is going to get the start for Detroit.  The rest of the lineup consists of the Tigers regulars except behind the backstop where you have Vance Wilson.  I’m sure this will all change by, say, the fourth inning.
***UPDATE 1***
Virgil Vazquez […]

Billfer at Detroittigersweblog recently talked baseball with TV broadcaster Rod Allen.  Be sure of the check it out.

If anyone knows of how I can listen to today’s game between the Tigers and Florida Southern, please drop me a line or leave a comment.
 ***UPDATE***
It looks like you can pick up a live boxscore at Florida Southern’s website.  Not as good as radio but it will do.  A thank you goes to David at […]

Once again, it looks like the Tigers are throwing around the idea of going one lefty short in their pen instead of force feeding us just any old left hander.  Wil Ledezma doesn’t really fit the bill because he’s a starter and it looks like one of the many non-roster/minor league deal lefties they brought […]

Well, this isn’t a kick in the nuts.  The Yankees haven’t even played a spring game yet and they’re already going to be short one of their stud outfielders.  Bobby Abreu strained his oblique and he’s going to be out at least two weeks.  This is one of those weird injuries that can hang around […]