Moments after the Detroit Tigers were eliminated from the AL championship series, Alex Avila was already looking forward to the future. The Detroit catcher figures his team will have every opportunity to return to the postseason next year. The Tigers won the AL Central by 15 games this season and have a nucleus that includes Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera and a number of other key contributors…

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News

Heading into the off-season, the Detroit Tigers will have a lot of complicated roster scenarios to ponder. Second and third base are definitive holes that need to be eliminated. Also, there is a serious question on who the fifth starter will be in the rotation.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News

The Detroit Tigers announced on Friday that they have picked up the $9 million contract option on closer Jose Valverde, who converted all 49 of his save opportunities last season. Valverde just completed the two-year, $14 million deal he got from the Tigers before the 2010 season.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News

Kim Ng will not yet become the first female general manager of a major American sports team. Instead, Jerry Dipoto is the Los Angeles Angels’ choice as their next general manager over Ng, and several executives from teams who made the postseason, according to reports.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News

The Detroit Tigers have exercised their option to keep closer Jose Valverde under contract next season. The team announced the move Friday. Valverde signed a $14 million, two-year deal in 2010 with the club holding a $9 million option for 2012. The right-hander has been an All-Star twice in Detroit. He helped the Tigers win a division title this year for the first time since 1987.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News

Brewers manager Ron Roenicke thinks Prince Fielder is chasing too many pitches.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News

ST. LOUIS — So far, the World Series first-pitch duties have been handled by a crew that included an NBA champion, a Super Bowl hero, a former U.S. president and Bob Gibson. But as we head into Thursday night’s Game … Continue reading →

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News

For Albert Pujols, Edwin Jackson and C.J. Wilson, the future is now. Every time they get a hit or make a key pitch during the World Series, their accomplishments are being noted by general managers and scouts throughout the major leagues. Less than a week after the postseason’s final out, they’ll be on the free agent market, and their performances under the highest pressure will help…

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News

To many, Kirk Gibson will always be remembered as a clutch, big game performer. After all, he did lead the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Dodgers to World Series victories, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. He seemed to have an affliction for belting late-inning home-runs, at crucial…

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News

With small markets and bad weather, baseball’s league championship series drew far fewer television viewers than last year. The NLCS on TBS, with the St. Louis Cardinals beating the Milwaukee Brewers in six games, averaged a 2.9 rating. That was down 43 percent from the 2010 ALCS on the cable channel, when the six-game Rangers-Yankees series averaged a 5.1.

View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Detroit Tigers News