Delmon Young, who was originally left off the Detroit Tigers ALCS roster because of a strained oblique, has been added to the Tigers’ roster thanks to Magglio Ordonez‘s ankle injury. Young will be in the lineup for Game 2 tonight. According to Steve Gardner of the USA Today, Young looked good during batting practice and [...]
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I thought the Detroit Tigers’ lineup didn’t have much depth without Delmon Young, who is out with an oblique injury, now their lineup is going to be even in more trouble without Magglio Ordonez. The Tigers announced today that Ordonez will be out for the remainder of the ALCS with a right ankle injury. It’s [...]
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In my ALCS preview, I thought the Texas Rangers would beat the Detroit Tigers because of the underbelly of their bullpen and they would get offensive contributions from players who struggled in the first round. Both were on display Saturday night in Texas. The Rangers defeated the Tigers 3-2 Saturday night in large part to [...]
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I’ll put this trade in the “I didn’t see this coming even if I used a radar from the USS Enterprise” category. The Detroit Tigers acquired OF Delmon Young today from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for minor league pitcher Cole Nelson and a player to be named later. Young is under contract for 2012 [...]
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The New York Mets have a lot of catching up to do if they want to compete for a playoff spot in 2011. They currently sit in last place in the National League East, eight games behind the first place Philadelphia Phillies and five games behind the Florida Marlins in the Wild Card standings. With [...]
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I am going to have to admit, I am really sour on the Detroit Tigers’ offseason so far. This team had almost $70 million come off the books after the 2010 season and the best they have done so far is sign Victor Martinez, overspend on a middle reliever, and re-sign a bunch of aging [...]
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