Tag: Francisco Rodriguez

NOTE: The views expressed in this EDITORIAL do not necessarily reflect the views of Detroit Sports Nation or a majority of its writers and should not...

Being released by both the Detroit Tigers and the Washington Nationals this season appears to be the least of Francisco Rodriguez's worries these days. Akram Namou, a...

In what took Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila 28 appearances to realize, the Washington Nationals noticed in just five minor league games. That's right...

It's only been a few days since the Detroit Tigers (finally) announced they were cutting ties with their former closer, Francisco Rodriguez. After giving the...

The Francisco Rodriguez era is over in Detroit. The team announced multiple roster changes, most notably the release of the veteran closer. https://twitter.com/DetroitTigersPR/status/878355636446142465 https://twitter.com/DetroitTigersPR/status/878355809876430848 Rodriguez pitched in...

Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus is the captain of the "I'm Not Wrong" team right now. The Tigers lost another game last night and are...

Section 313 - Seat No. 11 Welcome to Section 313, Seat No. 11 -- I'm glad you're here this week. As the weekend series with...

Veteran reliever Francisco Rodriguez has had just about enough of being in a reduced role in the bullpen for the Detroit Tigers. K-Rod was approached...

It's June and the Detroit Tigers are off to a 25-28 start, three games behind the Minnesota Twins for first place in the American...

Wednesday marked the end of the second month of the Major League Baseball season and the Detroit Tigers are not faring as well as we'd...

When the Detroit Tigers decided to pick up the $6 million option on Francisco Rodriguez prior to the 2017 season, they did so with...

No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win...

Welcome to Section 313, seat no. 7 -- I'm glad you're here this week. Last night the Tigers took their 16-16 record into Angels...

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If you've tuned into sports radio or been online at all today, the hot topic is the Detroit Tigers bullpen and specifically the closer, Francisco Rodriguez....

Exactly thirty days ago, the Detroit Tigers began their 2017 season. It's as good a time as any for a review, so, let's take stock...

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Section 313 seat no. 4 Welcome to Section 313, seat no. 4. This week we're going to look at a few questions I have been asking...

Detroit Tigers  (8-6) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (8-8) Box Score via MLB.com First Pitch: 7:10 EST Stadium: Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay Weather: Dome Media: Fox Sports Detroit / 97.1 The...

Boston Red Sox (3-3) vs. Detroit Tigers (4-2) Box Score from MLB.com First Pitch: 1:10 EST Stadium: Comerica Park - Detroit Weather: High 76 degrees, 20% chance of rain...

A frightening report yesterday indicated that Detroit Tigers closer Francisco Rodriguez was injured at the World Baseball Classic. According to Tigers manager Brad Ausmus, Detroit fans can relax about...

The World Baseball Classic is awesome. It brings together some of the best baseball players in the world to compete to see who is...

Tonight the rosters for the World Baseball Classic were announced on the MLB Network. The tournament has been held three times since its modern inception in...

With all the talk of the Hall of Fame this week and a former Tigers being inducted in the form of Ivan Rodriguez, it got...

2016 did not quite end up how the Detroit Tigers and their fans had hoped. With a Wild Card spot in play, the Tigers...

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Cameron Maybin and Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez were key pieces to the Detroit Tigers team in 2016. After today, only one of them will play 2017 in a...

On Thursday, the Detroit Tigers announced a couple of major moves that will greatly impact their roster for 2017. First they traded Cameron Maybin...

The Detroit Tigers were forced to watch the Cleveland Indians, a team from their division, play in the World Series and now that it's...

The 2016 Detroit Tigers were in the hunt for a wild card spot right up until the final weekend of the season, but as...

Tuesday very well could have marked a new era for the Detroit Tigers, one that will not consist of throwing their money around at the...

If you have been following professional sports for any amount of time, you realize that rosters are always evolving from year to year. It's...

The 2016 season is in the books and for the second consecutive season, the Detroit Tigers came up short of the playoffs. If the...

The curtain has come down on another baseball season. Hard to imagine, feels like they just had Opening Day in South Beach not that...

I'm not really too sure which one is more surprising and disappointing - the fact we split at home in a four-game series against...

Detroit finished the month of August and began the month of September with a very impressive and resilient 5-1 record last week, featuring a...

The month of September begins with the Detroit Tigers tied for the second American League Wild Card spot in with the Baltimore Orioles. Detroit...

If one were to look at the hitting stats from the Detroit Tigers on their recently completed west region trip in Seattle and Texas, one...

After struggling mightily in the early part of the 2016 MLB campaign for the Detroit Tigers, pitcher Shane Greene has seen his elevated ERA...