Obama chooses fifth starter for Detroit Tigers

DH Gary Sheffield was released by the Detroit Tigers Tuesday, a week before the regular season starts and with the well-traveled slugger only one home run shy of the magic number of 500. Sheff was coming off a rough spring training in which he only hit .118 but of his eight hits, five of them were homers. The question now is, where will he end up? Sheffield has said he wants...

Tigers: Miguel Cabrera will be wearing uniform number 24, just as he did in Florida. Edgar Renteria will be #8, and Jacque Jones will be #19 (wonder if he knows that was the cursed Juan Gonzalez number?). source BallHype - Inside in the numbers: Detroit Tigers ballhype_story_widget_161632(true);

Gary Sheffield was expected to hit his 500th homerun with the Detroit Tigers this season. Turns out that won't be happening.The Tigers release Sheffield days before the Detroit Tigers were set to open the new season.ESPN's Tim Krukjian has more.

Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers have reached a preliminary agreement on a $152.3-million, eight-year contract, according a personal familiar with the deal. Cabrera agreed on Jan. 18 to an $11.3-million salary for this season. The new deal adds $141 million over the following seven seasons. Cabr...

The first days of a pro?. Hey everyone, so after all the drama of going through the draft and discussing contract information I have finally gotten passed all that and made my way to Vermont. Day 1 meetings and seeing all new faces of new guys and returners and knowing that for the most part they all just went through the same stuff. After getting all the paperwork out...

Regular readers of BYB (or at least those who have stuck around since I took over - which is approaching the one-year mark, now that I think about it) might be familiar with the running joke among our little community here (as well as the Detroit Tigers blogosphere) that some sort of news or big even...

Gary Sheffield was cut by the Detroit Tigers, desp...

That seems to be the standard refrain regarding the Detroit Tigers this week, as noted by both Lynn Henning in his Detroit News "blog," and Tom Verducci at SI.com.Henning: Can the Tigers bullpen be trusted?Verducci: Keeping up with Jones - Aside from their closer, Tigers 'pen is a big concernBoth art...

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Detroit Tigers Tigers Close to Deal for Armando Galarraga Posted 47 minutes ago at MLB Fleece Factor According to Jon Paul Morosi of The Detroit Free Press, the Tigers are on the ver...

In an effort to make room for Matt Stairs, or to possibly acquire another right handed bat, the Phillies have released outfielder Geoff Jenkins. Jenkins spent one year with the Phils and hit .246 with 9 homers. He was signed last offseason with the thought that he would be a solid platoon partner with Jayson Werth in right but he never really got his bat going. Jenkins will likely...

Steadily the Detroit Tigers' unsettled bullpen situation is taking shape according to the Detroit News. Manager Jim Leyland said Thursday it's "unlikely" setup reliever Fernando Rodney will be ready to pitch by the season opener, March 31 against the Royals at Comerica Park. "As the minutes go b...

The New York Yankees magic number is down to 1 to clinch a playoff berth. One Yankees victory or Detroit Tigers loss and the Yankees will be guaranteed the American League wild-card berth. Question is, should the Yankees actually celebrate tonight, tomorrow or whenever they actually clinch that playoff spot?

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Lynn Henning of the Detroit News takes a look at the disappointing Detroit Tigers, the Tigers are struggling even worse then the Mets and have a decimated rotation. The Tigers may look to move a big contract to free up some money and re-stock their pitching staff. Magglio Ordonez is specifically mentioned as a player available, after thinking that it would be great to obtain the...