The Tigers today annouced the signing of closer Jose Valverde to a two-year contract with a club option for a third. The move puts the team at 41 players on the 40-man roster, so a corresponding move must be made soon.
Mark Anderson of TigsTown noted in a tweet to MLB.com’s Jason Beck that he’s hearing [...]
Tags: Bobby Seay, Don Kelly, Jose Valverde
Now that the Big Deal is all but official, the Tigers are going to be faced with a slew of questions as to what their next course of action will be. There is an impending roster crunch as two player will have to be removed from the 40-man to get under the limit. The Tigers [...]
Tags: Alex Avila, Bobby Seay, Curtis Granderson, Dave Dombrowski, Dusty Ryan, Edwin Jackson, Fu-Te Ni, Gerald Laird, Phil Coke, Robinzon Diaz
Minnesota 8, Detroit 3 (box)
Magic Number 2
For the second time in this four game series, the Detroit Tigers allowed a Minnesota Twins’ pitcher to work through early inning difficulties without making them pay.
Scott Baker struggled to put hitters away from the very first batter. The Tigers fouled off tough pitches and Baker fell behind on [...]
Tags: Angel Hernandez, bad offense, Bobby Seay, Jeremy Bonderman, Jim Leyland, Orlando Cabrera, Placido Polanco, Steve McMicheal, Tigers, Twins
Bobby Seay was scheduled for an MRI today following two unsuccessful outings over the past two day. Gerald Laird summoned trainer Kevin Rand to take a look at Seay after Laird noticed something in Seay’s follow through that looked amiss.
With the Tigers in the midst of a late-season push for the playoffs, left handed reliever [...]
Tags: Bobby Seay, Clay Rapada
Detroit 6, Cleveland 5 (box)
Magic Number 8
Carlos Guillen has officially gotten hot, and the Tigers rode his bat to a series sweep of the Indians last night.
Justin Verlander worked seven innings to earn his 17th win, and run his record to 4-0 against Cleveland this season. Verlander (17-9) struck out 11 while allowing seven hits [...]
Tags: Bobby Seay, Carlos Guillen, Eric Wedge, Indians, Justin Verlander, Micheal Brantley, Tigers