Max Scherzer's home/road splits suggest that a start in the Bronx could work to the Yankees advantage. (AP) CC Sabathia threw 27 pitches over two innings, one of which ended up over the right field wall. Justin Verlander threw 25 pitches, one of which skipped away from catcher Alex Avila, allowing ...

Jay and I were each assigned previews of the Yankees-Tigers series yesterday, the results of which are now up. Over at Baseball Prospectus, Jay picks the Tigers to win in five games for the obvious reason: Why the Tigers Will Win Led by AL Cy Young favorite Justin Verlander, who won the league’s ...

On Monday at Baseball Prospectus, I took a look at the AL Cy Young race, and specifically whether Tigers ace Justin Verlander should be considered as much of a lock as he currently appears to be in terms of the heat generated by the mainstream media. After all, aside from his 22 wins — tied for the ...

Just kidding. Not every prospect hits a home run in his first at-bat, or even his first cup of coffee. Heck, the great Tyrus Raymond Cobb himself hit only .240 in his first go-round. Give Montero time and he’ll come around. The Georgia Peach: Even he took awhile to get going. (AP) I was just thinking ...

Miguel Cabrera has been a giant among men in the Tigers' lineup thus far this year. (AP) If it wasn’t the rebuilding Cleveland Indians who were atop the division, the Tigers 7.5-game deficit in the AL Central would already be an item of considerable concern, but of the three underperforming ...

Signing Victor Martinez was the only significant upgrade the Tigers made despite having money to spend this offseason. (AP) The Tigers were in position to make a big splash this offseason. With Magglio Ordoñez, Jeremy Bonderman, and Johnny Damon becoming free agents, and their obligations to Dontrelle ...

Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon are returning to the AL East, though they'll be wearing new colors. (AP) The American League East got a wee bit more interesting on Friday night with a trio of deals whose news broke after most of us had long since reached the cocktail hour. From a short-term standpoint, ...

Brett Gardner: Sing it! Born on a mountaintop in South Carolina, he's not tall but he is very fast... Raised in the woods so's he knew every hive... The Yankees drafted him in two-thousand and five! (AP) Yogi Berra famously said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” ...

Pettitte-Morris We’ve been doing a lot of debating about the Hall of Fame on this site recently, and I’m a bit late to the party. Actually, I’m a bit late to everything. People like to debate whether various aspects of one’s personality are inborn or a matter of choice. As far as my own clockworks ...

Only via a distorted view could ex-Yankee prospect Jose Tabata be considered one of the NL's best rookies amid a bumper crop (AP). The AL and NL Rookie of the Year results announced on Monday — which our man Cliff covered in detail over at SI.com — weren’t terribly surprising in and of ...

Just a day after I said that I wouldn’t eulogize Sparky Anderson because he was still around, the great manager passed away. Earlier today, Rob Neyer wondered about the last act of Anderson’s career; after just making it into the 1987 playoffs, the team was largely mediocre, alternating eighty-something-win ...

I was saddened to learn today that Sparky Anderson has been placed in hospice care due to dementia. The Hall of Fame manager was always entertaining due to his forthright, hyperbolic way of speaking. There was no Tigers rookie that he wouldn’t offer his highest endorsement, so periodically you would ...