http://www.tigerslocker.com Detroit Tigers Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:29:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Tigers have signed 28-year old righty swinging infielder Brent Dlugach to a minor league deal. Dlugach played in 63 games in AAA-ball last year for the Red Sox and he was 48 for 216 (.222 avg, .626 OPS) with 30 runs scored, 6 homers, 25 RBIs and 4 ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/02/04/the-detroit-tigers-sign-brent-dlugach/ The Tigers will likely try to fill the #5 spot in the starting rotation from within, but they are very strong from #1-#4 in the rotation. Here is a look at how the rotation is going to fill out in 2012: #1: Justin Verlander: 28-year old righty Justin ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/01/28/the-detroit-tigers-have-a-very-solid-starting-rotation-for-2012/ The Tigers have signed 27-year old lefty swinging 1B Prince Fielder to a 9-year, $214 million dollar deal. Fielder played in 162 games for the Brewers last year and he was 170 for 569 (.299 avg, .981 OPS) with 95 runs scored, 38 homers, 120 RBIs and 1 stolen ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/01/24/the-detroit-tigers-sign-prince-fielder/ The Tigers have lost 33-year old switch-hitting DH/C/1B Victor Martinez for the entire 2012 season due to a torn ACL. He was injured during winter conditioning. Martinez played in 145 games for the Tigers last year and he was 178 of 540 (.330 avg, .850 OPS) with 76 ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/01/24/the-detroit-tigers-lose-victor-martinez-for-the-season/ The Tigers have signed 31-year old righty swinging 1B Brad Eldred to a minor league deal. Eldred played in 112 games in AAA-ball last year for the Giants and he was 103 of 371 (.278 avg, .887 OPS) with 61 runs scored, 23 homers, 57 RBIs and 9 stolen ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/01/23/the-detroit-tigers-sign-brad-eldred/ The Tigers have signed 27-year old righty starting pitcher James Avery to a minor league deal. Avery pitched in 27 games (26 starts) in AA-ball for the Reds last year and he was 6-12 with a 4.70 ERA and a 1.55 WHIP. He has now pitched in 146 ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/01/23/the-detroit-tigers-sign-james-avery/ The Tigers have signed 29-year old lefty swinging outfielder Matt Young to a minor league deal. Young played in 20 games for the Braves in his first taste of the majors last year and he was 10 for 48 (.208 avg, .498 OPS) with 4 runs scored and 1 ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/01/23/the-detroit-tigers-sign-outfielder-matt-young/ The Detroit Tigers have not been too busy this winter, but that's a good thing. They didn't need to make sweeping changes for 2012 as they have a pretty good team already. Here is a look at the new faces for 2012 so far: In the field: The ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/01/16/the-detroit-tigers-have-not-been-too-busy-this-winter/ The Tigers have signed 26-year old switch-hitting infielder Niuman Romero to a minor league deal. Romero played in 75 games in AA+AAA-ball last year and he was 55 of 238 (.231 avg, .555 OPS) with 24 runs scored, 0 homers, 23 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. He last ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/01/11/the-detroit-tigers-sign-infielder-niuman-romero/ The Tigers have signed 28-year old lefty swinging 2B/OF Eric Patterson to a minor league deal. Patterson played in 47 games for the Padres last year and he was 16 of 89 (.180 avg, .564 OPS) with 8 runs scored, 2 homers, 8 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. ... http://www.tigerslocker.com/2012/01/04/the-detroit-tigers-sign-eric-patterson/