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The Alex Avila Era Now Begins
The Detroit Tigers' 8-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles quickly became the second story of the night, as the team announced several roster moves following the game. Hello and goodbye, Wilkin Ramir...
Historical WAR Review: Catchers
Preamble Rally just completed the Herculean task of estimating WAR season totals for every player in major league baseball, 1871 onward. I don't think it can be understated what an accomplishmen...
WAR Lords of the Diamond (Catchers)
In this relatively short session of Purple Row Academy, we're hitting the history books. Now that I've explained the components and calculation of the statistic Wins Above Replacement ...
Dusty Ryan Getting the Call
Lee at Tiger Tales has heard from a source close to the Detroit Tigers that catcher Dusty Ryan has been called up from Triple-A Toledo. No word yet on whether or not Dane Sardinha has been sent down t...
Lunchtime Prowl: Hart Rumors, Grandy Salutes Scott, Oswalt's No-Trade, and Porcello's Workload
Could the Tigers be interested in Brewers outfielder Corey Hart? According to the Boston Globe's Nick Cafardo, Detroit is one of three teams that have either scouted or inquired about him...
Morning Prowl: Verlander's Stretch, D-Train's Progress, Anderson in a Pinch, and Lil' MLB Helmets
Could some of Justin Verlander's issues be related to pitching out of the stretch? The Detroit Tigers Weblog gets out the Pitch F/X machine to investigate further. Mack Avenue Tig...
Treanor Out for Two Months [Updated]
UPDATE (12:45 p.m.): Lynn Henning reports that Treanor will be out for two months, as he'll have to once again undergo surgery to correct his sports hernia. (Two months is a minimum esti...
Graph of the Day: Piazza vs. Pudge
Two catchers, two very different ways of providing value. Piazza stakes claim to the best hitting catcher ever, but he was generally below average behind the plate. In the early part of his career, P...
The Red Sox catching situation in 2009
Important note: Wakefield is not going to be a reliever ever again. Wakefield is not going to be a reliever ever again. Wakefield is not going to be a reliever ever again. Wakefield !=reliever. Wakefi...
Why Chris Iannetta is a Special Boy
-- I'd like to apologize briefly, my first article here is quite long. But I promise it's worth the read. I don't plan on my feature being this long on a regular basis. I worked on this article on and...
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