Brandon Lyon News

With Jarrod Washburn and Aubrey Huff officially out of the picture, Tigers Insider Steve Kornacki said general manager Dave Dombrowski should now focus his attention on the Tigers' bullpen -- specifically free agent relievers Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon.

Yes, two posts on Curtis Granderson potentially getting traded to the Yankees is necessary.

Brandon Lyon and the Detroit Tigers have a mutual interest in his returning as a vital bullpen component in 2010.

By now you probably have a good idea of who the Tigers' free agents are: Fernando Rodney and Brandon Lyon; Placido Polanco and Adam Everett; Jarrod Washburn and Aubrey Huff.

The Tigers have spent the past couple offseasons treading carefully in free agency, preferring to do most of their dealings in trades.

With the Tigers' lack of financial flexibility and so many closers on the market this year, what are the realistic options for the back end of the bullpen? Is the team more likely to use some combination of Ryan Perry and Joel Zumaya, or do you expect the Tigers to fill the role via free agency? -- Matt F., Chicago Zumaya and Perry are potential ...

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The Tigers obviously don't have a lot of money to spend, so which one of these four free agents is most necessary to re-sign: Placido Polanco, Fernando Rodney, Brandon Lyon or Adam Everett? Welcome to the portion of the blog where I praise Placido Polanco and call him one of the most important Tigers of the last five years.

There's some speculation Dodgers outfielder Juan Pierre is the player the Tigers are targeting to acquire this winter.

If it's World Series time, it's generally time for Tigers owner Mike Ilitch and general manager Dave Dombrowski to talk money.

In discussing the Tigers' off-season with various baseball wizards and how a team that finished 86-77 the past season can avoid falling beneath .500 in 2010, I've come away with the following thoughts, which are either daring, prophetic, or sure to be regretted: Dave Dombrowski, the Tigers president and general manager, tends to act aggressively ...

The more you look at it, the more you realize how immensely challenging the offseason will be for the Tigers.

Tigers president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said Thursday that if pending free agent Placido Polanco isn't re-signed, the most likely replacement at second base is Scott Sizemore, who has never played in the majors but who excelled at the top-two levels of the Tigers' farm system this season.

Cabrera finished in the top 10 in the American League in the Triple Crown categories, leading the club with a .324 average, 34 home runs and 103 RBIs.

Detroit Tigers GM Dave Dombrowski touched on many topics during an hour-long meeting with the media Thursday at Comerica Park.

The Tigers face a number of arbitration situations this offseason, and a fair number of them involve players who could potentially net the Tigers some extra draft picks.

Photo Wire Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire smiles in the dugout in the third inning of the first game of a day-night baseball doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday, Sept.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland kept going back to the same aggravating point in his press conference after the first game of Tuesday's day-night doubleheader.

Brandon Lyon's early-season problems were balls over the fence, not in the dirt.

When a team needs to win three of four games in a series, it places added importance on the first game.