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

BP: For the pen, it's also in the Cards

After a close analysis of all of MLB's playoff-bound pens, Baseball Prospectus finds that the St. Louis Cardinals stand above all others.

Story | Conversation | October 04, 2009

When 'pens succeed, playoff wins follow

Since the dawn of the division-play era in 1969, teams that have pitched well out of the bullpen have had far more success in October than teams that haven't.

Rivera, Nathan lead '10 relief rankings

Eric Karabell reviews each team's bullpen situation this year and previews the closer situations for 2010.

Polanco, Guillen homer on consecutive pitches from Indians rookie Carrasco

Placido Polanco and Carlos Guillen homered on successive pitches and Brandon Inge also went deep, lifting the Detroit Tigers to an 8-5 win over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night.

The PULSE: Saturday 1-4 ET on ESPNEWS

...PULSE SATURDAY, JUNE 11 INCLUDE ... Peter Gammons - ESPN baseball expert Brian James - ESPN.com NBA Insider Todd Jones - Florida Marlins pitcher Hank Goldberg- Handicapping the Belmont Dick Enberg- On his new play about Al...

Why White Sox might want Rios

Some team has claimed Alex Rios on waivers and will know by early Tuesday afternoon whether he will become theirs, and there is lots of evidence that ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 08, 2009

Ordonez ends 40-game homer drought in Tigers' win

Magglio Ordonez ended a career-long, 40-game drought without a home run by connecting for the go-ahead shot, leading the Detroit Tigers over the Chicago Cubs 6-5 Thursday for their seventh straight victory.

...Todd Jones [TGR founder/producer, at left]and Tanner Hall, hamming it up before another heli bump. Everyone...

BP Daily: Sandman losing steam

Mariano Rivera has lost a little something on his fastball. Maybe it's a blip. Maybe it signals the beginning of the end for the Yankees' closer.

Story | Conversation | June 12, 2009

A hero for the streaking Ichiro

...seasons. The others: Dennis Eckersley (11 games) in 1992, Troy Percival (11 games) in 1996 and Todd Jones (15 games) in 2005. • Ryan Howard has hit two grand slams this season off the...

Top 10 potential BCS busters

It has become more apparent in the past few years that teams from outside the glamour conferences can in fact become gatecrashers to the BCS party and...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 01, 2009

Baddest Jump Ever

...base area, where an ambulance transported him to the Wenatchee, WA, hospital. According to TGR's Todd Jones who accompanied Hall to the hospital, Tanner fractured his tibial plateaus in each leg and might...

Friday Mailbag

We'll begin this week's mailbag with some Big 12 talk: From Dara in Lubbock: Heard you visited the Red Raiders. How is [QB Taylor] Potts looking and ...

Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2009

Fantasy World: The comeback kids

"Young with upside" is the great seducer of the Fantasy World. Look no further than ESPN's average draft results, where Justin Upton (he of the 1-for-...