The Tigers have a great many holes to be filled before Opening Day. They need to identify starters and reserves alike, they need a find a closer, a lead-off hitter, and possibly another starting pitcher. What they also need is a left handed bat that can play both corner infield spots, and possibly fill-in in [...]
Tags: Eric Hinske
Not much going on in the Tigersphere these days as we have to wait much longer than usual to start the Hot Stove season. That makes for a shorter offseason, though, so no complaints from me. Less time without actual baseball games makes for a better year. Here are a few things I have found interesting in [...]
Tags: Cliff Lee, Eric Hinske, Indians, Manny Acta, Mark Shapiro, Pedro Martinez, Phillies, Tigers, Yankees
As the All-Star break draws near, many teams around the league are looking for upgrades. Your Motor City Kitties are no exception. The Tigers need for a another bat has been well chronicled, and many names have been tossed around the blogosphere. Unfortunately, the Tigers failed to pounce on the one name that I would [...]
Tags: Adam Dunn, Aubrey Huff, Carlos Guillen, Chad Tracy, Eric Hinske, Luke Scott, Magglio Ordonez, Nick Johnson, Pirates, Tigers, Yankees
Seriously, how tough can it be? Jim Leyland has managed over 2700 major league games, plus an addition 49 playoff games and countless more in the spring training and the minor leagues. During that time, he has been responsible for filling out the lineup card for each and every one of those games. Recently, Leyland [...]
Tags: Clete Thomas, Don Kelly, Eric Hinske, Jim Leyland, lineups, Magglio Ordonez, Placido Polanco
I believe the honeymoon is officially over. I think it is now safe to proclaim that the back end of the Tigers’ rotation is not very good. Actually, not very good would be an upgrade.
The combined efforts put forth by Armando Galarraga and Dontrelle Willis over the weekend was just plain awful. [...]
Tags: Armando Galarraga, Dontrelle Willis, Eric Hinske, Nate Robertson, Zach Miner