By Matt Pelc
The Detroit Tigers got a bit of good news late last week when it was announced that ace Justin Verlander signed a five-year, $80 million deal to stay with the team through at least the 2014 season.
The Tigers started the off-season by choking down the stretch to fail to make the postseason and [...]

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By Matt Pelc
September 1 means one thing in baseball: September call-ups.
Teams are able to expand their rosters from 25 to 40 men for the stretch run, or to play out the stretch, depending on if your team is in or out of the race.
For the Tigers, almost all coming up are familiar faces for the [...]

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By Matt Pelc
First off, let me congratulate the Detroit Tigers for going 3-3 on their California trip this week.
They won the first two games of the series over the Los Angeles-no wait, call us California-how about Anaheim-no it’s Los Angeles again Angels (of Anaheim) which gave them their first road series their first road series [...]

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By Matt Pelc
It’s a great time to be a Tigers’ fan.
More than halfway through the season, the Tigers have a better than decent shot at claiming their first divisional title since 1987, first ever AL Central crown and their second appearance in the postseason in four seasons.
Detroit sits at 48-39, first in the American League [...]

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By Matt Pelc
The Detroit Tigers have defied expectations this year.
Finally, right?
The last two seasons have brought high hopes to Tigertown, but resulted in two disappointing seasons following the magical 2006 American League pennant winning season.
This season, even the most avid fan lacked a great deal of hope, but the Tigers have actually been very good. [...]

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