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Justin Verlander Beaten by Zach Britton as Orioles Top Detroit Tigers

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Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers offense had the good fortune of facing Zach Britton, a call-up replacement for Jason Hammel, in their second game against the Baltimore Orioles. Well that’s all but a closed case isn’t it? I mean what chance could that guy have against the likes of Verlander and the Tigers? Unless [...]

Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera Overcomes Mini-Slump, Gets Back on Track

Miguel Cabrera

It’s hard to see Miguel Cabrera ever experiencing a slump of any sort, especially judging by the way he’s been hitting the ball in 2013. The Detroit Tigers slugger has been having his best year so far– and that’s a scary thought. In the nine games leading up until the most recent series with the [...]

Alex Avila, Anibal Sanchez’s DL Stints Just What Detroit Tigers Needed

Alex Avila Detroit Tigers

It doesn’t happen often when a trip to the disabled list actually benefits a team, but this is one of those cases. The Detroit Tigers had to do some lineup adjusting Monday after both Alex Avila and Anibal Sanchez were sent to the DL. Sanchez is expected to miss two starts, opening the door for [...]

Max Scherzer Improves to 10-0 as Detroit Tigers Dominate

Max Scherzer

Max Scherzer has been incredible for the Detroit Tigers this season. After a rough month of April, the rising star saw his ERA balloon to a little over four and it looked like he was still in the process of growing into what the Tigers hoped he would be. Then, May came and the five-year [...]

Austin Jackson Providing Spark for Detroit Tigers’ Offense

Austin Jackson Detroit Tigers

Austin Jackson has hit the ground running after spending over a month on the disabled list. The Detroit Tigers‘ center fielder has tallied seven hits and five runs in four games. Jackson was placed on the disabled list on May 12 with a pulled hamstring, which caused some concern as to whether or not he [...]

Detroit Tigers Troubles’ Mount; Anibal Sanchez and Alex Avila To Disabled List

Alex Avila and Anibal Sanchez on the mound

Despite having high expectations heading into the 2013 MLB season, the Detroit Tigers find themselves at 38-29 with players on the roster dropping like flies due to injury. Anibal Sanchez started the season off on a wonderful note with three wins and a sparkling 1.34 ERA in the month of June. However, a few rough [...]

Detroit Tigers Need to Sweep the Minnesota Twins Series

Anibal Sanchez Detroit Tigers

The month of June has been a slight step down for the American League Central leading Detroit Tigers. They still lead the division and are over .500 for the few weeks of the month but it is just a little step down from the month of May that saw them and the Indians walk away [...]

5 Things to Watch for in Minnesota Twins vs. Detroit Tigers Series

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Detroit Tigers Need Option Not Named Jose Valverde

Jose Valverde

When Jose Valverde struggled to end last season with the Detroit Tigers, the team didn’t re-sign him. They were going to try Bruce Rondon in that position, but he never made it to Opening Day and the team was basically forced to bring back Valverde. The struggles that have come with that, though, may have [...]

Blown Saves Occur All too often for Detroit Tigers

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Any time Justin Verlander takes the mound the Detroit Tigers must feel like they can breathe a half sigh of relief at least. The guy is one of the best pitchers of the last decade and still going strong. Even coming off of a rough start or two here and there, he still is a [...]