According to Jason Beck via Twitter, Detroit Tigers’ manager Jim Leyland has named Will Rhymes as the starting second baseman to start the season. Rhymes gets the nod because Carlos Guillen will not be ready to start the season. Guillen will miss three-to-four weeks in April because of lingering knee issue. Rhymes appeared in 54 [...]
What the month of July hasn’t been kind to the Detroit Tigers. Not only have they toiled around the .500 mark for the month, but they lost Brandon Inge to an injury and now they have lost Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen as well. The Tigers placed Ordonez and Guillen each on the 15-day DL [...]
Very often during the course of a 162 game schedule, teams will get contributions from unexpected sources. Case in point in Detroit where the Tigers are getting major production from a rookie who wasn’t highly touted coming into the season. Entering the season Detroit Tigers’ OF Brennan Boesch wasn’t ranked in the Tigers’ top-10 prospects [...]
Yesterday, I took at the updated starting nine position players for each American League East team. Today, I will cover the updated starting nine position players for each American League Central team. Here are the updated starting lineups for each American League Central team. Minnesota Twins 1. Denard Span, CF 2. Orlando Hudson, 2B 3. [...]
I would like to personally thank Detroit Tigers’ GM Dave Dombrowski. I am not a Tigers fan, so I am not thanking him for bringing Johnny Damon to Detroit. I am thanking him for signing Damon so I don’t have to read one more rumor about him signing with a team again this offseason. I [...]
Yesterday, I took at the starting nine position players for each American League East team. Today, I will cover the starting nine position players for each American League Central team. Remember, these lineups are as of today. Obviously these will change as the offseason continues. I will update these lineups as the season approaches. Here [...]
