Tigers' 40-man roster
Pitchers: Al Alburquerque, Collin Balester, Duane Below, Joaquin Benoit, Phil Coke, Casey Crosby, Octavio Dotel, Doug Fister, Matt Hoffman, Luis Marte, Andrew Oliver, Jose Ortega, David Pauley, Rick Porcello, Max Scherzer, Daniel Schlereth, Tyler Stohr, Jacob Turner, Jose Valverde, Justin Verlander, Brayan Villarreal, Adam Wilk.
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16 hours ago
Cards loaded with draft picks in 2012
ST. LOUIS - News of Edwin Jacksons one-year deal with the Washington Nationals helped finalize the Cardinals lengthy list of draft picks early in this years Amateur Draft.
The Cardinals will have six selections in the top 100 of the June draft, their most since also having six picks in the top 100 in the 2005 draft. Among the selections that year were Colby Rasmus and Tyler Greene...
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9 days ago
Another Ground Ball Inducing Red Bird…
With the loss of Octavio Dotel following the 2011 World Series Championship for the Cards, opportunity abounds in the Cardinals bull pen for 2012. Enter Lance Lynn. Lynn pitched 34.2 Innings for the Cards last year. In that span he K’d 40 batters for 10.38K/9IP. While that strike out rate is pretty special, what more impressive is that he induced ground balls 57.3% of...
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13 days ago
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13 days ago
Bullpen Could Be A Strength For St. Louis Cardinals In 2012
The St. Louis Cardinals’ bullpen came a long way in 2011, beginning with Ryan Franklin’s blown save on Opening Day and ending with Jason Motte’s final pitch to win Game Seven of the World Series.
The squad battled through major ups and downs throughout the season, and the final roster hardly resembled the Opening Day roster. All of those changes turned out to be a blessing...
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21 days ago
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21 days ago
Tigers without V-Mart, 3 not popular but REAL options…
Can they replace V-Mart?
The Detroit Tigers got a crushing blow Monday afternoon when they learned DH Victor Martinez would likely be out all of 2012 with an ACL injury. The Tigers we already looking for a lead off man, 3B, and OF to fill holes this off season, and now have add an almost irreplaceable DH and team leader in Martinez. Besides having to replace V-Mart’s batting...
Via Detroit Sports 360
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24 days ago
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24 days ago
Going To WAR On The Trades Of The GMDM Era- Part 2: 2007
Last week, we took a look at the deals pulled off in Dayton Moore’s first 6 months with the Kansas City Royals. Now, we take a look at his first full year with the organization.
Our examination of Kansas City Royals’ General Manager Dayton Moore’s deals. The Royals had little in their system at that time that any other organization really wanted, and they got...
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26 days ago
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26 days ago
Tigers looking at ANOTHER RP (Kerry Wood).. WHY?
The Detroit Tigers have 3 months to go until pitchers and catchers report to spring training in Lakeland Florida, and still have not filled holes at 3B, 2B, SP and OF. They have signed free agent 38 year old RP Octavio Dotel to $3.5M contract, and have 2 too many relievers in their bullpen, and now in a report by Mlive reporter James Schmehl, they are looking at yet ANOTHER...
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January 11, 2012
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January 11, 2012
Top 5 Things That Have Gone Right The Blue Jays Since This Day In 2010
We start off with one of the most recent moves that the club made in 2011, but it's a pretty damn important one in my books.
The Blue Jays didn't exactly have a closer this time last year. Well, that's not totally true, I guess. We had Kevin Gregg, who was a) not good, and b) someone what wanted a multi-year deal. When the goggled walk-machine went off to the Orioles...
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December 27, 2011
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December 27, 2011
Top Free Agent/ Trade Targets left for Tigers
It has been a relatively quiet offseason for the Detroit Tigers, as they have been involved in a number of rumors but they don’t have much to show for them aside from the signings of Gerald Laird and Octavio Dotel, and the recent injury to Al Alburquerque. Big names such as Jose Reyes and Aramis Ramirez have come and gone, as well as second-tier guys such as Kelly Johnson and David...
Via Detroit Sports 360
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December 20, 2011
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December 20, 2011
Where Will Edwin Jackson Land?
One of the underrated aspects of the St. Louis Cardinals improbable post-season run was the acquisition and performance of starting pitcher Edwin Jackson.
Jackson came over to the Cardinals in the Colby Rasmus trade. The same trade that also brought over Octavio Dotel and Marc Rzepcynski. Dotel and Rzepcynski got most of the headlines as their post-season performances were absolutely...
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December 17, 2011
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December 17, 2011
Re-Evaluating the Rasmus Trade
When Alex Anthopoulos and the Toronto Blue Jays acquired center fielder Colby Rasmus for Edwin Jackson, Octavio Dotel, and Marc Rzepczynski just before the Trade Deadline last summer, the blogosphere and Twitterverse were exploding with praise for Toronto.
Anthopoulos parted with relatively little to acquire a young center fielder who was worth 4.3 WAR in the previous season at only...
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December 14, 2011
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December 14, 2011
Octavio Dotel, Bobby Valentine, Robin Ventura take roundabout paths
Bobby Valentine and Robin Ventura played a part when Octavio Dotel got his first postseason win in 1999. Now Valentine and Ventura will manage against Dotel in his first season with the Tigers. On Oct. 17, 1999, Valentine was managing the Mets in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series against Atlanta. For the top of the 13th inning, he summoned Dotel as his ninth pitcher of the game.
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December 14, 2011
Free Agent Breakdown: Tigers give Dotel $3.5M then Trade Perry!
The Detroit Tigers have made another off season move as they traded away 2008 1st round pick RP Ryan Perry to the Washington Nationals for RP Collin Balester. The move came just 1 day after they finalized free agent RP Octavio Dotel to a 1 year $3.5M contract with a team option for 2013. The move was clearly made because of the Dotel signing and this is exactly why I didn’...
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December 11, 2011
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December 11, 2011
Octavio Dotel - Have Arm Will Travel
Before the gas prices made it prohibitive, RVing was a major retirement goal for people in this country. Every neighborhood had at least one of the mobile fortresses parked in someone's yard. A popular method the merry travelers employed to tell the world where they had been was to put stickers on the back of the RV. These stickers could be states or they could be from major tourist...
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December 11, 2011
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December 11, 2011
Octavio Dotel Signs 1-Year Deal With Tigers; Will Set Record By Playing For 13th Team
Veteran relief pitcher Octavio Dotel agreed to a 1-year deal with the Detroit Tigers on Friday and when he makes his first appearance he will set a record by playing for his 13th franchise. Dotel started last season with the Toronto Blue Jays and finished with the world champion St. Louis Cardinals. During the [...]
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December 10, 2011
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December 10, 2011
Baseball notes: Dotel signs with Tigers
Octavio Dotel is on the verge of an unusual record.
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December 10, 2011
The daily list
New Tigers reliever Octavio Dotel will set a record next season for most teams in a career (13). The four-way tie at 12: RH Octavio Dotel Mets (1999), Astros (2000-04), A's (2004-05), Yankees (2006), Royals (2007), Braves (2007), White Sox (2008-09), Pirates (2010), Dodgers (2010), Rockies (2010), Blue Jays (2011) and Cardinals (2011).
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December 10, 2011
Daily list: The daily list
New Tigers reliever Octavio Dotel will set a record next season for most teams in a career (13). The four-way tie at 12: RH Octavio Dotel Mets (1999), Astros (2000-04), A's (2004-05), Yankees (2006), Royals (2007), Braves (2007), White Sox (2008-09), Pirates (2010), Dodgers (2010), Rockies (2010), Blue Jays (2011) and Cardinals (2011).
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December 10, 2011
Tony La Russa says of Tigers' Octavio Dotel: 'We wouldn't have won without him'
After the Tigers announced Octavio Dotel's signing on Friday, Tony La Russa gave this summation of how vital Dotel was to the Cardinals this season: "We couldn't have won without him."
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December 09, 2011
Tigers swing deal for right-hander Balester
Hours after the Tigers' signing of Octavio Dotel left Ryan Perry as a man without a role, he became a former Tiger. The team sent the former first-round pick to the Nationals on Friday night in exchange for Collin Balester
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December 09, 2011
Dotel reaches deal with Tigers, record 13th team
DETROIT (AP) -- The Detroit Tigers have agreed to a one-year deal with reliever Octavio Dotel, with a team option for 2013.
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December 09, 2011
Nationals, Tigers swap right-handed relievers
The Washington Nationals acquired Ryan Perry from the Detroit Tigers for Collin Balester on Friday in a swap of right-handed relievers who split 2011 between the majors and minors.
Perry went 5-6 with two saves and a 4.07 ERA in 161 1-3 innings across 149 relief appearances over three seasons with Detroit. In 2011, he was 2-0 with a 5.35 ERA in 36 appearances for the Tigers, and...
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December 09, 2011
Dotel set to pitch for Tigers, record 13th MLB team
Octavio Dotel is on the verge of an unusual record.
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December 09, 2011
Tigers trade Ryan Perry for reliever Collin Balester
With today's addition of free-agent reliever Octavio Dotel to the Tigers bullpen, it could be said that Perry had become expendable. And four hours after they signed Dotel, the Tigers traded Perry to the Washington Nationals for the right-handed Balester.
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December 09, 2011
Lucky No. 13: Octavio Dotel signs with Tigers, record 13th mlb team
It's Friday the 13th for relief pitcher Octavio Dotel, but not in an ominous way. Dotel and the Detroit Tigers agreed to a one-year contract for the 2012 season plus a club option for another year. As soon as Dotel makes an appearance with the Tigers he will set a record for most major league teams, with 13.
Matt Stairs, Ron Villone and Mike Morgan all played for 12 teams, but are...
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December 09, 2011
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