All across Major League Baseball, blogs and team sites alike have been running year-in-review type posts. In fact, I did some of that myself over at the Detroit Tigers Den, which I co-write with Austin Drake. Here at Tigers Tracks, I have mostly stayed away from that temptation. Sure, they are easy stories, and I [...]
Tags: Curtis Granderson, the catch
The Baseball Bloggers Alliance has announced the winners of three major awards following the 2009 season. The last remaining award is the most valuable player in each league.
Although Tigers Tracks was not able to cast an official ballot in the first three polls, I will be submitting my MVP vote for the American League. Much [...]
Tags: BBA, Ben Zobrist, Bobby Abreu, Derek Jeter, Joe Mauer, Kendry Morales, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Teixeira, Marlon Byrd, Micheal Cuddyer, Miguel Cabrera
All is quiet on the Tiger front over the past few days. The League Championship Series finally kicked off last night in the NL while the AL gets started tonight. In the meantime, let me bring you up to speed on what’s going on around the web.
In case you missed it, or just haven’t found [...]
Tags: Austin Drake, BBA, Dave Dombrowski, Greg Eno, James Schmehl, Jon Heyman, Kurt Menshing, Rudy Jaramillo
After handing out my league-wide awards, it’s time to move on to team specific awards. I plan on making this a yearly event that I’m sure every Tiger player and fan will eventually anticipate with great… uh.. anticipation?
Cy Young- Justin Verlander-JV was the definition of an ace this season. Plagued early by one bad inning [...]
Tags: Aubrey Huff, Brandon Lyon, Curtis Granderson, Josh Anderson, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Rick Porcello, Ryan Raburn, Tigers
Seeing as how my playoff predictions are going oh so well, I thought I would ruin the last bit of any credibility I had by announcing my picks for the 2009 MLB awards.
Rookie of the Year
NL- J.A. Happ (P, Phillies)- Happ takes a narrow victory over Tommy Hanson and Andrew McCutcheon. Happ worked his way [...]
Tags: Albert Pujols, Chris Carpenter, J.A. Happ, Jim Tracy, Joe Mauer, Rick Porcello, Ron Gradenhire, Zack Greinke