Those who favored King Felix and Verlander

...2007 MVP voting, where the two voters from the BBWAA's Detroit chapter picked local guy Magglio Ordonez over the superior option (Alex Rodriguez); A-Rod swept the rest of the country, so the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

The (harsh) lessons of the GM meetings

...the benefit of 20-20 hindsight, the Tigers might be wishing that they had just released Magglio Ordonez early in the 2009 season, rather than allowing his $18 million deal for 2010 to vest...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009

Winter market forecast: A flood of non-tenders

The conversations between general managers began accelerating this week, and some have noticed a distinct trend that does not bode well for this winte...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 31, 2009

Tigers set in LF in 2010

...for that matter your right fielder) than "not awful." It's certainly possible that Guillen and Magglio Ordonez and Curtis Granderson will all hit in 2010 like they hit in 2008. But does that...

Instant replay must be expanded … immediately

There were mistakes made by professionals this week. The gritty Ryan Raburn played a pop-fly single into a triple in the Metrodome. Chris Carpenter le...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009

Would Bonderman for Bradley help Tigers?

...healthy. Which doesn't mean the Tigers couldn't use Bradley. Hayes has slotted Magglio Ordonez as the Tigers' DH, but he's not a terrible outfielder and could simply...

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Detroit Tigers

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Detroit Tigers, who weren't supposed to be around as long as they were, then were around three more innings longer than that, and then -- well, here's to 2010!

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009

Leyland rode Rodney too hard

...clutch hits. There will also be room for Cabrera's brushes with the law, and Magglio Ordonez's bizarre power slump, and the crushing failure of Jarrod Washburn. In the end, though...

Casilla's hit in 12th lifts Twins in AL Central tiebreaker

Alexi Casilla's one-out single in the bottom of the 12th inning scored Carlos Gomez> from second base and the Twins beat Detroit 6-5.

Detroit Tigers' Magglio Ordonez (30) is congratulated by Miguel Cabrera after hitting a home run during the eighth inning of...

Oct 6, 2009; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera (right) celebrates with teammates Magglio Ordonez (30) and Carlos Guillen (9) after hitting a two run home run in the third inning...

A final chat with the Metrodome

Jim Caple has a chat with the Metrodome about functionality versus finesse and going out in style.

Win puts Tigers in tiebreaker with Twins for Central crown

Justin Verlander and Ryan Raburn gave the Tigers at least one more game.

Danks poses huge challenge for Tigers

The Tigers will face a challenge when they go against White Sox left-hander John Danks on Sunday.

Story | Conversation | October 03, 2009

Loss to White Sox drops Tigers into tie for 1st with Twins

The Tigers dropped into a first-place tie with Minnesota, looking listless Saturday night in a 5-1 loss to Freddy Garciaand the White Sox.