Brayan Pena‘s attempt to stretch a single into a double in the 9th inning drew a throw from the outfield and allowed Jarrod Dyson to score from third with the game-winning run in the Royals’ 4-3 result over the Brewers tonight. It was Kansas City’s second unusual walkoff victory in as many nights, as they [...]
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Doug Fister‘s bullpen session yesterday went well enough that the Tigers are expected to activate him from the disabled list for Saturday’s start against the Rockies. Fister has spent two stints on the DL with a strained left side, the latest of which has sidelined him since May 29. In between the DL trips he…
Some shuffling in Detroit today as the Tigers called up Ryan Raburn from Toledo and put pitcher Drew Smyly on the disabled list due to his gross, gross gross blister. Sure, Tigers fans will say all kinds of things about the Raburn thing because he seems to have replaced Brandon Inge as The Irrational Focus…
The Tigers are interested in trading for Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin, Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports reports (Twitter links). Quentin’s $7MM salary could be an impediment for the Tigers, Morosi adds. Quentin figures to be one of the best available hitters this summer. Since returning from arthroscopic knee surgery, the 29-year-old has a .421/.542/.921 [...]
This is hardly a report or even a rumor, but we’ll pass it along anyway. From FOX Sports’ Jon Paul Morosi: #Tigers interest in free agent Vladimir Guerrero is lukewarm, source says. Not clear if they will pursue him at this point. — Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) June 13, 2012 The Tigers have stuck with their…
Stephen Strasburg tossed six innings of two-run ball in a series-sweeping victory over the Blue Jays this afternoon and in the process became the first pitcher this season to crack 100 strikeouts. Justin Verlander is next up with 95 strikeouts, so he’ll likely join Strasburg in the triple-digit club when he starts tomorrow against the…
I’m going to assume this is merely some going-through-the-motions review and not something that will lead to any actual discipline, but … Major League Baseball has reviewed video of Jose Valverde apparently throwing a spitball and has discussed the incident with the Detroit Tigers, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. Valverde and the Tigers have…
Ben Badler of Baseball America reports on an age/identity scandal involving one of the more notable buscones in the Dominican Republic, who actually falsified his own son’s age in order to induce the Mariners into signing him: A son of Enrique Soto, one of the most powerful trainers in the Dominican Republic over the last…
MLBTR has updated lists of which first and supplemental first round picks have agreed to terms. Here are Wednesday’s notable draft signings from the second round and beyond… The Rockies agreed to sign third round selection Tom Murphy for $454K bonus, Jim Callis of Baseball America tweets. The catcher profiles as an above-average hitter, according [...]
