Recently I was going through some older baseball cards and came across a Hideo Nomo card from when he played with the Tigers for a single season in 2000. This got me to thinking who else I could recall playing for Detroit for one year before leaving, retiring, etc. In my research I came to…
As the GM meetings wrapped-up in Las Vegas, there were plenty of rumors involving Tigers outfielder Nick Castellanos, but all signs point to a trade happening closer to the start of spring training. The teams involved in these rumors, the Dodgers, the Braves, and potentially the Astros (who made an offer in July) all are…
The Detroit Tigers are set to agree to a 1-year contract with former Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop, 32-year old Jordy Mercer. The deal is worth $5.25mm with another $250k in incentives. Think of Mercer as a poor man’s Jose Iglesias (Yikes!!). The slugging is slightly higer, so expect a few more home runs and Mercer may…
Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the Detroit Tigers are taking a gamble on a starting pitcher on a one-year deal. Yes, this is very familar to the Matt Moore signing from last week, however this one is for a quite a bit more money, with Ross, a righthander, agreeing to the 1-year…
Admittedly, it’s been a minute (or season) since I’ve last written and am finally coming to grips with the Tigers being terrible for some time. With that, it can be challenging to find things to blog about, however, I’m going to give it another shot! Let’s first start off with what could be the “major”…
My annual post in taking a moment to remember the game is much bigger then what we watch during the season. Opening Day, a day for happiness, a day that signifies that summer is on its way, a day that everyone is in first place, a day that every team still has a chance, a…
So far, we’ve examined Lou Whitaker’s resume in part one and how it stacks up against other Hall of Fame second basemen in part 2. For the third part I’ll take a closer look at Hall of Fame second basemen during including slight before and after) Sweet Lou’s era. The list includes Joe Morgan who…
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