The Tigers today signed righthanded pitchers Eulogio De La Cruz, Preston Larrison and Virgil Vazquez, lefthanded pitcher Edward Campusano and catcher Mike Rabelo.
Detroit now has 26 members of the 40 man roster under contract for 2007
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Spring has Sprung
The Tigers are invading Lakeland. Justin Verlander, Jeremy Bonderman, and Joel Zumaya are among those who have reported early to camp. I’m particularly fond of the World Series hat that Verlander is wearing.
Pitchers and catchers are due to report en masse on February 15th.
Oh yeah, and you can save the pitchers-fielding-practice jokes.
Photo Credit: Roger DeWitt
The Tigers and Baserunning
In today’s mailbag Jason Beck answers questions about the Tigers aggressiveness on the basepaths. Beck notes:
I think what you’ll see this season is an emphasis on more aggressive baserunning aside from stolen bases, such as going from first to third or second to home on singles more often. They have the personnel to improve in that area. Guys like Placido Polanco and Ivan Rodriguez aren’t speedsters, but they’re intelligent baserunners, and their stats on taking the extra base back it up. Brandon Inge and Craig Monroe also have potential in that area.
This makes the perfect reason for me to link to the detailed work that Lee has been doing on the Tigers and baserunning. Continue reading The Tigers and Baserunning
Who’s Your Tiger in 2007
The very popular Who’s Your Tiger campaign will be back for 2007. What started out as a way to introduce Detroit fans to the current roster in 2005 took on a life of its own last year.
Who’s My Tiger? Curtis Granderson.
Who’s your Tiger?
The Extra Innings DirecTV deal and Tiger Fans
I’m sure you’ve all heard about the pending deal that would put MLB’s Extra Inning package exclusively on DirecTV. Previously, it was available on most major dish and cable systems. I live in Southeast Michigan so I unfortunately won’t be effected by this. However, I anticipated that many DTW readers wouldn’t be so lucky.
To get a handle on this I’ve been running a poll in the sidebar. Now that the poll is 10 days old, and we have 94 votes it’s probably time to take a look at the results.
| How does MLB’s exclusive deal with DirecTV effect you | |
| Response | Results |
| I live in SE Michigan, it doesn’t make a difference | 27% |
| I already have DirecTV and subscribe to MLB EI, so no change | 6% |
| I’ll be watching the Tigers on MLB.tv now | 26% |
| I’m switching to DirecTV because of this | 2% |
| I’m out of luck. I can’t/won’t switch to DirecTV so I’ll miss the games | 39% |
Continue reading The Extra Innings DirecTV deal and Tiger Fans