Tigers News

Tigers and Verlander Talking Long Term

January 29, 2010

Even with a payroll crunch the Detroit Tigers are playing it smart and trying to lock up starting pitcher Justin Verlander long term. Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi ...

What Is Justin Verlander Looking For?

January 18, 2010

Tom Gage of the Detroit News brought up something very interesting in today's Monday's Soup. Justin Verlander is eligible for arbitration, he'll surely get a raise from his ...

Angels Get Serious

December 22, 2009

According to Jayson Stark of ESPN, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are getting into serious negotiations with relief pitcher Fernando Rodney. Rodney has been looking for $30 million ...

Yankees Keeping Busy

December 9, 2009

So much for a quiet off season for the New York Yankees. The Yankees have possibly been the most active team, in terms of actual transactions, at the baseball ...

Lyon Looking for Multiple Years

November 16, 2009

Detroit Tigers reliever Brandon Lyons is looking for a multi-year deal this offseason. Buster Olney of ESPN says that the relief pitcher is open to various roles if ...

Tigers Adding A Lyon

January 22, 2009

UPDATE 10:20PM MLB Trade Rumors is reporting that Ken Rosenthal has heard the Tigers and Brandon Lyon are close to agreeing on a deal. The deal would actually be ...

Closing No Longer A Priority in Detroit

December 12, 2008

As the Baseball Winter Meetings continue on the closer role is becoming less of a priority for the Detroit Tigers. When the meetings started this was clearly one ...

Smoltz and his possibilities

December 10, 2008

John Smoltz is having no problem finding potential suitors. There are plenty of teams lining up for his services even with his age of 41 (42 in May) and ...

Astros continue to buy, but why?

July 30, 2008

The Houston Astros have made another trade, adding another pitcher. The team acquired New York Yankees relief pitcher LaTroy Hawkins. After acquiring Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates, ...

A look into the surprising Pudge deal

July 30, 2008

While at work today, I received a text message saying the New York Yankees made a deal to acquire Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez. I must say this was a complete ...