Jeremy Bonderman News Archives

Alfredo Figaro will make his first start in three months in the thick of a pennant race on the next-to-last day of the regular season.

Jeremy Bonderman won't be part of the Tigers' playoff picture, even if they do make the postseason.

It was always a wee bit premature to suggest the Yankees completely ruined Joba Chamberlain in the interests of trying to protect him, but if the object of the constantly evolving "Joba Rules" was to get the big righty October-ready - as in five-plus innings per start - their mission is still a work in progress.

In 2008, Justin Verlander could never seen to regain the form that won him rookie-of-the-year and made him one of the top young pitchers in the game.

Sure, the Detroit Tigers have issues. But they're not the only ones. Pitcher likely will start Sunday as the Tigers were forced once again to change their starting rotation.

Like virtually all his Tigers teammates, Justin Verlander isn't going to miss the Metrodome when the Twins move across downtown to Target Field next year.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland won't get misty-eyed when he walks out of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minnesota for the last time.

Potentially more serious than the baseball game the Tigers lost Tuesday was the starting pitcher who could be a long-term casualty.

Teams that lead by more than a handful of games can afford an occasional lapse -- although is it really a lapse when a six-game winning streak doesn't become seven? In any case, the Tigers didn't win a game on Tuesday night they had a decent shot to win.

It was all the rage before Sunday's game at Tropicana Field. Sitting in front of his locker all weekend, Jeremy Bonderman had this big cardboard box, and inside of it lie a gas-powered, remote-controlled four-wheeler that his teammates eagerly wanted to see maneuver around the outfield turf of the domed stadium.

Inge hit a grand slam in the ninth inning and the AL Central-leading Tigers rallied past the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Sunday for their first three-game sweep at Tropicana Field.

Gosh, Muddy, you shouldn't have gone to all that trouble! Let's tear off that paper and have a look at what's in the box... Jeremy Bonderman It's always good to have unstoppable flesh-eating zombie death power on our side, so the addition of Bondo ought to be a welcome one.

On Tuesday the Tigers, along with every other big league team, will be able to expand their 25-man roster if they feel the need.

Why and how so many supposedly good Tigers hitters shut it down in 2009 -- either for a season, a half-season, against left-handers, etc.

American League Central-leading Detroit has taken right-hander Jeremy Bonderman off the disabled list heading down the final stretch of the regular season.