Posted July 31, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 Season,
Roster Moves
For all the fretting and hand-wringing Tigers’ fans have been doing over the past several days, waiting, hoping, in fact begging GM Dave Dombrowski to make a move to improve this club, he has responded.
According to MLB Trade Rumors, the Tigers struck a deal todayto bring in left hander Jarrod Washburn from Seattle. The Mariners [...]
Tags: Jarrod Washburn, Luke French
Posted July 31, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 Season
In case you missed it, Kurt Menshing over at Mack Avenue Tigers examined the thought that many (myself included) have had that Tigers hitting coach Lloyd McClendon should be fired.
When you take a peek at the poor offensive statistics that the Tigers have posted as a team this year, it would easy to have the knee-jerk [...]
Tags: Curtis Granderson, Legendary Lloyd, Mack Avenue Tigers, Magglio Ordonez, Placido Polanco
Posted July 30, 2009 by John Parent under under
History
This is the fourth installment of Tigers By The Numbers, if you missed any of the first three, click on the By the Numbers tag on the top of the page.
This profile has been by far my most difficult to choose. There have been many Tigers to don the No. 4, and frankly speaking, I [...]
Tags: Aurelio Rodriguez, Bobby Higginson, BTN, Goose Goslin, Rudy York
Posted July 29, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 Season
You can exhale now, Tigers fans. The seemingly yearly courtship between the Tigers and shortstop Jack Wilson may have officially come to an end today, as the Pirates shipped Wilson off to Seattle for catching prospect Jeff Clement.
MLB Trade Rumors reports the deal is a seven player swap, with Ian Snell joining Wilson in going [...]
Tags: Freddie Sanchez, Ian Snell, Jack Wilson, Jeff Clement, Pirates
Posted July 28, 2009 by John Parent under under
2009 Season,
Roster Rumblings
As we continue to barrel towards the non-waiver trade deadline, many, many fine folks have offered their opinions on what players might fill the Tigers’ most pressing needs.
There have been those that have trumpeted the names of Adam Dunn, Luke Scott, Aubrey Huff, Chad Tracy, and Josh Willingham. Countless words have been used to express [...]