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Detroit Tigers’ Closing Issue Has No Easy Solution

The struggles of Jose Valverde have been well chronicled, so let’s not look at his foibles this time, but instead the possible solutions that many fans of the Detroit Tigers have been suggesting in recent weeks. Solution #1: Make Smyly Closer ...

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Trading for a Closer won’t fix all problems

Jim Leyland is pining for a closer. An everyday, guaranteed, this-is-my-guy-who-will-always-finish-games pitcher. He’s an Old School guy, and this is an Old School mentality. Rumors are currently swirling that the Tigers may be looking for an “experienced closer” to finish ...

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Max Scherzer Brilliant as Detroit Tigers Top Baltimore Orioles 5-1

Baltimore’s Chris Davis blasted a solo home run in the top of the second inning — his 24th home run of the year — but that was all the scoring the Orioles would come up with against Max Scherzer and ...

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Should the Detroit Tigers call up Nick Castellanos?

It may be time for the Detroit Tigers to call up Nick Castellanos for good. Andy Dirks struggled mightily at the beginning of the year with a .614 OPS in April, picked it up a bit in May with a ...

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Jose Valverde’s Cost Growing

The Tigers recently signed their 2013 first-round pick Jonathan Crawford. There isn’t much that is remarkable about it: he was ranked 17th according to one agency, 24th according to another, and went with the 20th pick. He signed for almost ...

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Looking Back At The 2003 Detroit Tigers (17-49)

The 2003 Detroit Tigers, the team that quite possibly turned around the fortunes of the franchise, continued the Interleague portion of their schedule by welcoming in a pair of NL West teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies, to their most ...

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Exploring Alternatives to Jonathan Papelbon

Consider me convinced. If getting ahold of Jonathan Papelbon (even if the Phillies would give him up in a pure salary dump, which I doubt) would require a 2014 middle infield of Hernan Perez and Danny Worth, I’m agin’ it. ...

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Hold Off On the Condemnations of Valverde

I’m that guy who is still behind Valverde. If you looked at his 2012, you’d see a mediocre performance that could have been really bad if so many deep flies hadn’t been caught. This year his final results in terms ...

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Detroit Tigers Activate Austin Jackson From DL, Option Avisail Garcia to Toledo

As expected, the Detroit Tigers have announced that they’ve activated Austin Jackson from the disabled list and optioned rookie Avisail Garcia back to AAA. Jackson, who has been out of big league action since May 11 with hamstirng soreness, completed ...

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On Jonathan Papelbon and the Detroit Tigers’ Payroll Situation

Ever since Jose Valverde’s most recent blown save – this one Tuesday afternoon at the hands of the Kansas City Royals – a segment of Tigers fans have been calling for the team to look outside the organization for bullpen ...

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