Baseball Historians

Yesterday afternoon’s trade deadline chat was definitely fun.  What wasn’t fun was having the White Sox sneak in and get Jake Peavy.  With the spotlight on Roy Halladay, I don’t remember Peavy’s name coming up once either during the discussion or on the MLB Network’s show.  The good news is that for Tigers fans, Peavy probably [...]

The Tigers hopefully got their upgrade as they dealt their current fifth starter, Lucas French, to the Mariners along with Mauricio Robles for veteran starter Jarrod Washburn.  French has been solid as a fill for the Tigers but it looks like he also did just well enough to get shipped out of town.  I like [...]

Some of your favorite Tiger bloggers are live chatting around the trade deadline this afternoon.  Check out the action by going here… 
 Tigers Trade Talk
I may or may not be in there because of some personal stuff but that shouldn’t stop you (or maybe it’ll encourage you) from checking out what’s being talked about.

Andrew Hess piped in yesterday on the recent leak of Manny and Big Papi.  Good stuff and this is kind of where I’m at.  At this point, the entire list will come out eventually and it’ll be this big news but I’d just as soon move on and never know.

This was a pleasant surprise.  The Tigers doubled up their win total since the All Star break by taking two in a day/night doubleheader against the White Sox today. Game one had Justin Verlander throw a six hitter in a 5-1 win and game two had Clete Thomas draw a bases loaded walk to break [...]

The Tigers made Jarod Washburn look like Felix Hernandez as they were once again held in check at the plate.  They also took a loss for the second straight game despite a solid start from their hurler.  Lucas French gave up just a pair of runs in 5 1/3 and Ryan Perry pitched 2 2/3 [...]

The Tigers offense hit a new low last night as they lost a 2-1 pitcher’s duel to the Mariners.  They managed just six hits with the lone run coming on an RBI single by Clete Thomas in the third inning.  Miguel Cabrera had the lone extra base hit with a double and Placido Polanco was [...]

The Tigers lost another tough one this afternoon as they fell to the Yankees for the third straight game.  Joba Chamberlain was sharp and he outdueled Edwin Jackson in a 2-1 game.  All three runs were scored with solo home runs.  Clete Thomas belted one in the fourth, Alex Rodriguez then tied the game in the [...]

CC Sabathia was just a little bit better today as the Tigers lost a tough one to the Yankees 2-1.  I actually had a chance to watch the first couple of innings of this game with my five year old son.  He’s learning the basics in T-ball but it was kind of funny watching him [...]

The Tigers got their first taste of the new Yankee Stadium last night in a game that saw a rain delay as well as a Yankee comeback.  It seems like Joel Zumaya is the guy who comes up most often when I talk to people about the Tigers.  He’s 3-3, but  in three other games [...]

The All Star break is here and the Tigers went into with a blowout win over the Indians this afternoon.  Justin Verlander picked up his tenth win and Brandon Inge belted his 20th and 21st home runs in the 10-1 win.  Oddly, even with Inge’s two home runs, he was outshined by Clete Thomas, who [...]

It’s hard to say that any Tiger has been more consistent then Edwin Jackson.  Even more so then Justin Verlander.  The last time he gave up more then three runs was back on May 26 and two of those were unearned.  And only twice has he given up more then four in a start and [...]

Luke French has had a pretty unspectacular minor league career to date.  He’s moved up the ladder, one level at a time, the past four seasons and while his 35-43 career record doesn’t do him justice because he has a 3.88 ERA, he also has just 446 strikeouts in 675 career innings.  He’s been a [...]

The Tigers snapped their three game winning streak last night in a game that saw Justin Verlander struggle at times but still, he struck out eleven guys.  He loaded up the bases in the second and David DeJesus cleared them with a double and while that lead was shortlived, it wasn’t until the fifth inning [...]

The Tigers lost their third straight tonight as they opened up their three game series against the Royals.  It’s too bad because Armando Galarraga pitched his guts out.  He gave up just one run on five hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in seven innings.  He pitched so good, he almost got his ERA [...]

The Tigers reached the midway point of their season this afternoon after losing their rubber game with the Twins.  44-37 isn’t bad and while their lead is a bit smaller at two games, they’re still in first place.  If you’re a half glass full kind of guy, the Tigers have played a ton of games [...]

The Tigers lost their rubber game this afternoon against the Athletics despite having their ace, Justin Verlander, on the mound.  He was given a quick one run lead but he gave up a pair of blasts to Jack Cust and Jason Giambi in what would eventually be a 5-1 loss.  He needed 102 pitches to get [...]

I never mind calling myself out when it’s a good thing.  I can be honest (and I have to be because this blog is my paper trail) about how I was somewhat against the Ugueth Urbina for Placido Polanco trade (I thought they should have went after a higher end prospect) and I was dead [...]

The Tigers didn’t make an error in this game.  Outside of that, the hitters were held to just three hits and Alfredo Figaro was shelled to the tune of eight runs through six frames.  It looks like Jim Leyland left Figaro out there to give the pen a rest because most of the damage in [...]

It’s been a while, but the Tigers finally lost last night, ending their winning streak at seven games.  It’s too bad too because the Tigers jumped all over Astros starter Wandy Rodriguez and by the end of the two innings, the Tigers had a 4-0 lead.  That’s all they’d score though and the Astros would [...]

This would have been a fun game to be at.  You had a solid pitcher’s duel through the first six frames before the Tigers opened it up a little bit with a two run blast in the seventh by Brandon Inge.  Then the Cubs took the lead in the eighth with a home run by [...]

Alfredo Figaro got plenty of help in his first big league start.  He did throw five solid frames, but the Tigers poured on the offense with a nine run, seventeen hit attack.  Figaro gave up two runs on eight hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in five innings.  Ryan Perry and Brandon Lyon gave [...]

The rain was coming down most of the night but for the Tigers, the ball was leaving the park almost as often.  Three Tigers combined to hit four home runs in a 10-4, rain shortened beatdown of the Milwaukee Brewers.  Curtis Granderson hit his 17th, Miguel Cabrera belted home run number 13 and then Marcus [...]

It was nice to see the Tigers finally figured out the Cardinals.  They got a flurry or runs in the first off of Cardinals starter Joel Pineiro and then some solid pitching from Rick Porecello and the pen.  Four different Tigers drove in runs in the first inning and then they got two solo homers [...]

The last time Justin Verlander didn’t throw at least five innings in a start was way back on opening day and yesterday against the Cardinals he threw just four frames in a 11-2 blowout loss.  Verlander gave up five on eight hits and he walked two and struck out four.  Nate Robertson was tagged in [...]

It’s been a weird week plus.  I missed last weekend because I was out of town (i.e., back to school).  Then the night I got back, my son was sick so I was already a day behind trying to catch up.  Then I got sick, then it was my son’s birthday and now here we are.  [...]

Andrew Hess, who’s been writing over at my minor league affiliate site, Tigers Minors, was named to the Florida State League All Star team.  Be sure to read his take on things.

Man, this was a wild one.  It looked like the Tigers had this one in the bag.  After walking Curtis Granderson to load the bases, Octavio Dotel served up a bases clearning double to Placido Polanco to make it 6-3 in the seventh.  Things looked even better when Zach Miner cruised through the seventh and [...]

The Tigers and Jim Leyland are in an interesting spot.  They have six starters right now, but because of their doubleheader yesterday and no day off until next Monday, they can essentially address the situation by avoiding it.  Still, with Ryan Perry down in Toledo, they’re going to be a reliever short until they figure out [...]

The Tigers have been streaky.  Last weak, they lost four in a row and now they’ve made up for it by winning their last three including a 5-4 win in the first game of their doubleheader today.  Armando Galarraga looked about as good as he has had since April and he almost finished seven frames.  [...]