Odds are we can officially close the Tim Byrdak era in Detroit. The Free Press is reporting that Byrdak will sign a minor league deal with the Houston Astros. The Astros are known to be a team short on pitching. Being a lefty reliever one would have to assume that he stands to get more [...]
The Tigers have released relief pitcher Tim Byrdak. Byrdak appeared in 39 games for the Tigers in 2007 and posted an ERA of 3.20 and struck out better than a batter per inning. That was last year.
This spring Byrdak entered camp with a job and he’d really have to screw it up to not make the [...]
I’ll be honest, I’m not a huge fan of Sports Illustrated. I just don’t think they put out anything that’s as good as ESPN or even Fox Sports, just my opinion. However, I do still really enjoy Tom Verducci. Verducci has been writing for SI now since 1993 and from reading his stuff, I can [...]
So today was not the greatest day for the Tigers. I have yet to watch the game from today and doubt I will find the time to watch my Tivo’d copy of the game. Apparently they fell apart. Apparently Bonderman threw fairly well in his longest outing of the spring (4.2 innings). He did walk [...]
I was talking to my dad yesterday on the phone. Reason number one was to tell my family I had successfully made a reservation at PF Chang’s for us next Saturday. Reason number two was to tell my dad that Todd Jones gave up 4 runs and blew a lead in the ninth inning. As [...]
Lynn Henning wrote today about how while the Tigers are spending money like it’s going out of style but that they’ve also found some bargains. This is huge for teams with big payrolls. The Yankees and Cubs and Mets have proven that spending a lot of money doesn’t result in a World Series win. Look [...]
The Tigers have opted to let Chad Durbin enter free agency. This pretty much ends the Chad Durbin era in Detroit. The Tigers had seven players facing arbitration this year. The deadline to reach a deal is 11:59pm December 12th. The seven players are:
Miguel Cabrera (he’s obviously being kept)
Dontrelle Willis (ditto)
Nate Robertson (ditto again)
Bobby Seay [...]