Gerald Laird News

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It has been rumored that Tigers mainstays Curtis Granderson, Edwin Jackson and Gerald Laird are on the trading block.

Tigers second baseman Placido Polanco won his second Gold Glove last week, but he didn't crack the top three in the Fielding Bible Awards, which are published in the Bill James Handbook.

It was distressing enough when rumors surfaced that the Tigers might trade starting pitcher Edwin Jackson and catcher Gerald Laird for budgetary reasons.

Edwin Jackson was an All-Star pitcher for the Tigers this year. He looked like one of the great acquisitions in baseball for most of the season - a starter who pitched deep into games and wouldn't become a free agent until 2011.

Are the Tigers trying to purge payroll? Team president and general manager Dave Dombrowski said they're not having a fire sale.

Placido Polanco won his second Gold Glove for excellence in the field of fielding.

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

The Tigers have had a month to think about what went wrong with their season. Finally, awards season gives them a chance to think about what went right.

Can a catcher who dominated the American League's defensive statistics but produced little offense win the Gold Glove Award? Detroit Tigers catcher Gerald Laird will find out at 4 p.m. Tuesday when Rawlings announces its coveted fielding awards on ESPN.

Not surprisingly, his voice was clear and upbeat. Marcus Thames sounded no different from the Thames who had hit his share of home runs during five seasons with the Tigers, who had kept his mouth shut when he did not play as often as he would have preferred, and who now is free to sign with another club after the Tigers decided Friday to release ...

The Tigers got busy Friday pruning their roster ahead of the 2010 season by dropping two players.

Thoughts on the epic Tigers-Twins game? There's not a single Tigers fan who wants to hear that the game was a classic.

I've spent several thousand words discussing roster moves the Tigers are faced with in terms of free agents and arbitration eligible players.

TBS' lead play-by-play man Chip Caray has received his fair share of criticism from media critics, despite the network's ratings increase for its coverage of 13 division series games.

David Dombrowski has been President/GM of the Tigers for eight baseball seasons, and just what has the team accomplished? One playoff appearance.

After the Tigers ' loss to the Twins Tuesday, Jim Leyland has been on blast from talk radio callers who are disgusted with the fact that he wouldn't pinch hit for Gerald Laird with the bases loaded in extra innings of Tuesday's one-game playoff.

Rick Porcello is 20 years old. Like a lot of 20-year-olds, people often want to ask him for ID.

Jeff Passan is a writer for Yahoo! Sports and formerly of The Kansas City Star ; the latter a newspaper, for those who did not know .

Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera finished in the top 10 in the American League in the Triple Crown categories, leading the club with a .323 average, 33 home runs and 101 RBIs.