Detroit Tigers Roster Report 3-7-12
Jim Leyland can go right-left all the way through his batting order, correcting an imbalance that has plagued the Tigers for years.
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Jim Leyland can go right-left all the way through his batting order, correcting an imbalance that has plagued the Tigers for years.
Tigers starter Rick Porcello pitched two scoreless innings in his first spring game.
Infielder Carlos Guillen, a three-time All-Star and veteran of 14 major league seasons, announced his retirement Tuesday morning.
Justin Verlander vowed last year that he would take every game seriously, even in spring training. After a season in which he was the AL MVP and unanimously won the Cy Young Award, he found no reason to change his focus.
Miguel Cabrera isn't yet 30, but having to lose weight to play third base again is making him think a half-dozen years down the road.
"This was just one of those silly games," he said. "Everything hit into the wind toward right field helped. It was just a freak thing. We just kept hitting everything to right field so that doesn't say anything about (Teheran). I don't like winning games like that."
Oft-injured reliever Joel Zumaya has told the Minnesota Twins he'll have reconstructive surgery on his right elbow in his latest comeback attempt.
A home run fest for the Tigers in Lakeland silencing the Atlanta Braves 18-3 on Sunday.
The Detroit Tigers take the exhibition opener 2-0 over the Atlanta Braves on Saturday.
Individual game tickets for the Detroit Tigers are on sale for fans who picked up wristbands on Friday.
The Tigers' Prince Fielder is batting 1,000 -- literally -- after he came out swinging in his first pre-season game against Florida Southern
Major League Baseball expanded its playoff format to 10 teams Friday, adding a second wild-card in each league.
Along the way, he raved about one player in particular. Who was it?
The Detroit Tigers play their first spring training game of the year on Friday in Lakeland, Florida, and individual game tickets are going on sale for the 2012 season.
"I just wanted to get here," Fielder said. "I had nothing else to do. I figured I'd come out here and work out a little bit and get things started."
