Joel Zumaya News

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 Detroit Tigers reinstated right-handed pitcher Joel Zumaya and infielder Jeff Larish from the 60-day disabled list, among several roster moves announced by the club on Friday.

The Detroit Tigers reinstated right-handed pitcher Joel Zumaya and infielder Jeff Larish from the 60-day disabled list, among several roster moves announced by the club on Friday.

They currently have 44 protected players between the 40 man roster and disabled lists.

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 ...

Best Transaction: Couple of decent moves here, actually. First, the Tigers drafted Curtis Granderson and Joel Zumaya in this draft, nothing to sneeze at there.

While the New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies get ready for the World Series, the Detroit Tigers are preparing for 2010 with the hopes of building a team capable of making a strong postseason run.

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 ...

Detroit One of Jim Leyland's surprises in spring training before the 2006 season was how rapidly young, or lower-profile, players caught the new manager's eye.

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.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, Notable nattering nabob of the Detroit Free Press Drew Sharp recently took a break from his negativity to proclaim Tigers manager Jim Leyland as the easy pick for American League Manager of the Year.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, This is not 2006. Nor is it 1968 1987, 2003 or 1492. This much probably seems obvious to you, right? And yet a day doesn't go by when someone, somewhere does not reach to the past to make a comparison to the present.

Other than the Twins, the only winning team the Tigers will face the rest of the season is Tampa Bay.

MLB Playoff roster eligibility rules seem to be very convoluted at first blush. It turns out they are only partially convoluted, it just seems worse because as near as I can tell the rules arena t really made available to the public.

Tigers reliever Joel Zumaya underwent athroscopic surgery Friday in Pensacola, Fla.

Brandon Lyon was supposed to anchor the Tigers' bullpen. Only, he was supposed to do it in the ninth inning.

Jon Paul Morosi is a national MLB writer for FOXSports.com. He previously covered baseball for the Detroit Free Press and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He began his journalism career at the Bay City Times in his native Michigan.

The Tigers have acquired Aubrey Huff from the Orioles for Brett Jacobson.A Joel Zumaya has been moved to the 60 day DL.

Workers repairing an underground steam pipe at the University of South Carolina in Columbia found human bone fragments where a Civil War hospital once treated injured soldiers.

Tigers pitcher Jarrod Washburn watches the home run hit by Baltimore's Nick Markakis in the sixth inning Tuesday in Detroit.