The Detroit Tigers called up pitcher Zach Miner from the Toledo Mudhens while optioning Jack Hannahan. The 24-year old righthander was brought over with Roman Colon in the Kyle Farnsworth deal last season and has pitched exceptionally well for the Mudhens over the course of two seasons. This year in nine starts covering 51 innings, [...]
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It is being reported by the Texas Rangers that 1st basemen/designated hitter Phil Nevin has been traded to the Chicago Cubs. No details yet on who the Rangers received in return. I’ll update with the players headed back to Texas and my thoughts on the deal when it is officially completed. Update: The Rangers will [...]
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It has been a while since I last toured the minor leagues updating everyone on not only the best Tigers prospects, but also some of the most high-profile prospects around the majors. Once again, I will start with the best of those from Baseball America’s top 10 list for the Tigers that doesn’t include major [...]
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What started off very poorly, ended in the same fashion. The Tigers dropped their second straight game to the New York Yankees despite erasing a five run deficit late in the game. Roman Colon was rocked in his first start since substituting for Mike Maroth in the rotation, allowing five runs in 2 1/3 innings [...]
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I’m not going to get too deep into the Detroit Tigers today. They took 2 of 3 from the Indians over the weekend, which is something I pretty much expected. That is just weird that the team is playing so well as to expect something like that. At any rate, they start a four game [...]
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