Is Paulino next Zach Greinke, Justin Verlander?

With Detroit playing first tomorrow and playing a meaningful game, Justin Verlander will get the start. That means he won’t start game one no matter which series the Yankees decide to take. However, he will be able to start game five in either series, so the Tigers don’t lose the chance to start [...]

In their biggest game of the season, the Tigers put all their faith in Justin Verlander and he delivers a clutch win, Jon Paul Morosi says.

Like a hero with a sword, Justin Verlander and his fastball save the Tigers' division lead with a 6-5 win against the Twins that salvages a DH split. Detroit's pitching holds up, Danny Knobler says.

Houston Astros (73-85) at Philadelphia Phillies (92-66) Felipe Paulino, RHP (2-11, 6.51 ERA) vs. Cliff Lee, LHP (14-12, 3.19 ERA) Time: 7:05 p.m at Citizens Bank Park Weather: Mostly Cloudy, 56 TV:Comcast Sportsnet Twitter: Phillies Nation Whew! After a September scare, the Phillies and their fans can both exhale; and hopefully enjoy these next four games.  That said, there is still [...]

Dave Clark tweaked his lineup a bit, and Miguel Tejada continued his assault while helping Felipe Paulino beat the Phillies 5-3 to tie the four-game series at 2.

Justin Verlander kept the Detroit Tigers on top in the AL Central, pitching eight innings in a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night that salvaged a split of their critical doubleheader.

Justin Verlander got a sense of what it's like to follow baseball from afar.

Hard to believe but the Phillies still have some games to play in the regular season and there is some importance riding on them.A night after celebrating the team's third consecutive division championship and clinching their berth in the upcoming playoffs, the Phillies find themselves within striking distance of home field advantage in the National League. The Phillies trail the...

Should be safe. Especially with Detroit having Edwin Jackson, Rick Porcello and Justin Verlander available this weekend. Still, we are on the 10th anniversary of a sad weekend for Reds fans. 10 years ago, the Reds failed to close out their magical 1999 season, heading into the last weekend tied with the Astros at the top [...]

One of the things that I think many baseball analysts can do a better job of is estimating team strength at a point in time. Too many people are willing to just use the current year data and/or pythagorean records/run differentials and assume that it tells us enough about the team(s) they may be looking at. However, we have more data than that, and it behooves us to use it. We...