Tigers Trade Jeff Baker To Atlanta Braves
The Detroit Tigers today announced the club has traded infielder/outfielder Jeff Baker to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for a player to be named later on or before September 30, 2012.
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The Detroit Tigers today announced the club has traded infielder/outfielder Jeff Baker to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for a player to be named later on or before September 30, 2012.
The Detroit Tigers have cut outfielder Jeff Baker to make room for minor league outfielder Avisail Garcia.
Though the Chicago White Sox have struggled on the road of late, and certainly at Comerica Park, they might be catching the Detroit Tigers at the right time.
Rick Porcello has not seen the Tigers score a run in each of his last three starts while he was in the game, leading to predictable results.
The Tigers return home from a three-game road trip as they host division rivals Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians during a six-game homestand at Comerica Park.
This was not the way the Detroit Tigers wanted to head into their next series.
The Detroit Tigers know full well the importance of their upcoming weekend showdown with the Chicago White Sox as the teams battle for the AL Central lead.
The bad number for Detroit on Wednesday night was zero.
Anibal Sanchez pitched his best game for Detroit on Wednesday night, but all it brought him was his fourth loss in sixth starts with the Tigers. Sanchez held Kansas City to a run on seven hits and no walks.
Sanchez (2-4) lasted seven innings in his best start for Detroit but was upstaged by crafty veteran Bruce Chen (10-10), who allowed only four hits in a season-high eight frames.
On Tuesday morning, Major League Baseball and ESPN agreed to a new eight year, 56 billion (that's billion with a 'B') dollar contract to televise games into the next decade.
The Tigers haven't really called up that many players in September since Jim Leyland has been the manager.
Some extended time off between starts helped Anibal Sanchez record one of his better outings of the season.
Baseball is a great game. It really is. One night, your team looks like a world-beater.
Not only did pitching ace Justin Verlander allow seven runs in the first two innings, but all three runs he allowed in the first inning came after there were two outs.
