Torii Hunter News

With the one-quarter mark of the 2013 season approaching, the Detroit Tigers have reinforced the fans' offseason hype that they are a strong World Series contender.

Arte Moreno has placed blame for the team's brutal 2013 start, its failure to make the playoffs for three straight years and several high-priced moves that have paid minimal dividends on the one person the Los Angeles Angels owner can't fire: "If you're going to blame anyone, you've got to blame me," Moreno told FoxSports.com on Wednesday in New ... (more)

Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Jose Valverde, left, laughs with Torii Hunter in the dugout before a game against the Kansas City Royals in Detroit on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

Ron Gardenhire has seen center fielders like Kirby Puckett, Torii Hunter and Ben Revere make some spectacular catches during his time coaching and managing the Minnesota Twins.

Torii Hunter is changing as a hitter. His power is diminishing but his contact is producing in different ways to make him a quality contributor.

LOS ANGELES Kevin Slowey in spite of averaging 7.3 strikeouts per nine innings through his first seven outings for the Marlins has said he's not a strikeout pitcher.

Plenty of chatter about a few umpires who don't know the rules, Dan Haren speaks up in defense of Mike Scioscia and, Josh Hamilton doesn't care what fans think.

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Miguel Cabrera, left, has benefited from the addition of Torii Hunter to the Tigers lineup and is putting up numbers that could better those of 2012, when he won the American League Triple Crown.

Yahoo.com contributor Chris Schad questioned the Minnesota Twins' moves, including the team's decision to let outfielder Torii Hunter to leave for the Los Angeles Angels after the 2007 season.

With the 2013 MLB season not yet at the one-quarter mark, statistics are still somewhat skewed.

We all knew going into the season that these four guys would be part of one of the toughest line-ups in the history of baseball.

The Baseball Gods are fickle deities. But every now and again they look down on a ballplayer with Perseus-like favor.

Roughly 20 percent of baseball has already been played. It's certainly not a big sample size, but it's large enough that several baseball insiders, including ESPN's Buster Olney , are already talking about the potential for broken records.

As much as it's fun to watch an awesome display of offensive firepower in any Major League Baseball game, it still comes down to pitching and defense as the means to a successful end.

One stretch in April, they lost four straight. In three straight games of those losses, they scored just one run, almost impossible when Miguel Cabrera is batting .373 and 30 RBI and newcomer Torii Hunter is batting .355. Against the hot Atlanta Braves, we saw the powerful Tigers.

The month of April is over, which means the Angels can start playing the type of baseball everyone expected them to play...winning. Yes, the April Angels have left us, so now we can all sit back and enjoy watching a winning team for the rest of the season...right? Oh, well, here's your Halolinks: Has Manager Mike learned something new by using his ... (more)

The Houston Astros managed one win on a seven-game road trip and have not gotten the type of consistent starting pitching to compete in the American League .

The first month of the 2013 MLB season is in the books and already serves as a stark reminder to those observers who get hypnotized by the most aggressive big spenders in the offseason.

Justin Morneau and Chris Parmelee both collected two hits to go with two RBI as the Minnesota Twins avoided a three- game sweep to the Detroit Tigers with a 6-2 win on Wednesday.