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Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco was placed on the disabled list on Wednesday, one day after he suffered a separated left shoulder in a 3-2 triumph over the Boston Red Sox.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Call it Justin Grimm's revenge on the Detroit Tigers. With a personal three-game losing streak entering a rematch with Detroit, Grimm joked with Texas Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux before Saturday's game that he was going ...

Mike Sheets lays out his Baseball Challenge roster and explains his reasoning behind owning each player.

The cream of the 2013 free-agent crop was obvious and expensive. Teams entered the offseason flush with cash and spent prodigiously. Outfielder Josh Hamilton was the best position player, while B.J. Upton and Michael Bourn followed not far behind...

Blog | May 10, 2013

Mike Sheets offers up the best options for Week 6 of the season for Baseball Challenge.

New additions, better coaching contributing to the Red Sox having the top strikeout rate in baseball, writes Mike Petriello.

Story | Conversation | May 02, 2013

Five stats you'll likely hear quite a bit more about on tonight's telecast of the Atlanta Braves and Detroit Tigers at 8 pm ET on ESPN. 1-- Justin Upton has 12 home runs in his first 23 games with the Braves. That's two shy of the record for most ...

Buster Olney writes that Doug Fister's athleticism has played a large role in his success with the Detroit Tigers. Olney also looks closer at Justin Upton's fast start.

Blog | Conversation | April 28, 2013

Call it early, call it April, tell me there are still 143 games left in the 162-game schedule, but the fact is that the Kansas City Royals have developed into a legitimate wild-card contender. They're off to a relatively fast 11-8 start. They sit...

Blog | April 26, 2013

The past week for the Los Angeles Angels was definitely a mixed bag. Facing tough opponents in the Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers, Mike Scioscia is probably happy to come out of those two series in the black. Let's take a look at the good and the b...

Mike Sheets offers up the best options for Week 5 of the season for Baseball Challenge.

With Mike Trout currently batting second for the Angels, Eric Karabell wondered: Who is the game's best leadoff hitter right now? Time for a quick debate! Eric: Austin Jackson I'll go with Detroit Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson. He's not of...

The big news Monday was the Los Angeles Angels moving Josh Hamilton down from fourth to fifth in the batting order in an apparent attempt to fix their slumping $125 million slugger. The timing was odd, with the Angels coming off a weekend sweep of...

An emotional week in Boston is capped by the rebirth of its rotation. All that plus the rest of our MLB rankings.

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mike Trout capped a nine-run first inning against Rick Porcello with his first career grand slam, Garrett Richards pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and the Los Angeles Angels routed the Detroit Tigers 10-0 on Saturday. Fo...

Mike Trout capped a nine-run first inning against Rick Porcello with his first career grand slam, Garrett Richards pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and the Los Angeles Angels routed the Detroit Tigers 10-0 on Saturday.