Though Jacob Turner spent a good chunk of the offseason involved in trade rumors, the Tigers have held onto the right-hander, despite their win-now mentality. His potential impact explains why. Wednesday's release of MLB.com's Top Prospects list reinforces it.
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January 27, 2012
With the signing of Prince Fielder on Tuesday afternoon, the Detroit Tigers have quickly become once again the favorites in the American League Central. After losing top of the line player Victor Martinez to injury, the Tigers solidified their lineup by bringing in their new masher. This sets up a problem for both Kansas City Royals of present and of future.
The Royals will...
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January 26, 2012
While "The Descendents" starring George Clooney is up for best picture this Oscar season, "The Descendants" starring Prince Fielder is up most shocking offseason acquisition.
Heck, Tigers general manager Dave Dombrowski was quoted saying he would consider bringing Prince to Detroit, but was "probably not a good fit" days before news broke on Cecil&...
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January 24, 2012
Prince Fielders relationship with his father, Cecil, might be strained beyond the breaking point, but the two men have followed a similar path in baseball.
Its a money trail from Tigers owner Mike Ilitchs checkbook to their bank vaults.
The Fielders are big men who hit big home runs and signed mega-million contracts with the Tigers.
It was Princes turn on Tuesday. He stunned...
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January 24, 2012
So, Detroit has been a city on the verge of collapse for some time now. The city’s population has plunged some 25% in the last decade, but the Detroit Tigers have been doing just fine. I’m not sure where they get all their money (Tigers attendance has been pretty much middle of the pack over the last decade), but since 2007 the Tigers have had a payroll of at least...
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January 26, 2012
When the Detroit Tigers signed Prince Fielder to a hefty $214 million contract Tuesday and added him to a lineup that already featured Miguel Cabrera, they also drew attention to the girth of those two players.
Multiple sources list Fielder at 275 pounds, and we'll take them at their word. Cabrera, who at 6-foot-4 stands about five inches taller than Fielder, estimated in spring...
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January 25, 2012
The Detroit Tigers, after losing C-DH Victor Martinez for the year, have decided that their pocket book was willing to be pried open for a small investment!
They have signed Prince Fielder to a 9 year 214 million dollar contract. That’s the 4th largest baseball contract signed by a MLB player in history. Fielder will join a team that won the AL Central last year by a mere...
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January 27, 2012
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The Detroit Tigers were silent long enough. An offseason that had so far peaked with the weak uneventful signing of reliever Octavio Dotel and plummeted with the news of Victor Martinez tearing his ACL just got a lot more exciting. Prince Fielder joins Miguel Cabrera to form the best middle of the lineup in baseball for the foreseeable future.
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January 25, 2012
DETROIT -- Free-agent first baseman Prince Fielder and the Detroit Tigers reportedly agreed Tuesday on a nine-year, $214 million contract that fills the reigning American Central Division champions' need for a power hitter. CBS first reported the agreement. The deal is subject to a physical.
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January 25, 2012
Make no mistake, the Tigers' infield shift is a marriage of convenience, designed to fit two of the game's greatest hitters -- Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera -- into the same lineup on a daily basis.
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January 24, 2012
Source says the free-agent first baseman's contract with the club is for nine years. It is only the fourth $200-million contract in major league history.Free-agent first baseman Prince Fielder and the Detroit Tigers agreed Tuesday on a nine-year, $214-million contract, a person familiar with the deal said.
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January 24, 2012
Just five days ago, GM Dave Dombrowski said Prince Fielder was "probably not a good fit" in Detroit. That was after C/DH Victor Martinez went down for the year, but with 1B/DH Miguel Cabrera still under contract through 2015. That's a logjam of immovable objects, though the Tigers have indicated Fielder will play first and Cabrera DH, at least this season.More »
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January 24, 2012
DETROIT - Free agent first baseman Prince Fielder and the Detroit Tigers agreed Tuesday on a nine-year, $214 million...
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