Fielder is in Detroit because of Mike Ilitch's itchy trigger finger in the wake of Victor Martinez's knee causing a need, and the ticking time bomb that is Joey Votto's service-time clock compelled Reds GM Walt Jocketty to cut ties with some of his...

“I sure hope he’s going to show up,” Leyland said Monday. “He has one of those personalities that can pick players up.” Martinez, who will miss the entire 2011 season, is recovering from microfracture surgery on his left knee in late January. It was a...

We're comfortable with him. He has a good rapport with Alex. I think it's a great fit. He knows that he's going to back up Alex. It's not like he's trying to beat Alex out." LAKELAND, Fla. The only absence was Victor Martinez, who will be around from...

Tigers did with Nick Castellanos, who received the highest non first round bonus at the time that he signed. The bonus pool amount that the Tigers have to spend is actually slightly higher than what they spent in the 2011 draft, as the Tigers also did...

They weren't the only ones. Fans, several of them Michigan transplants or winter snowbirds, flocked to the back fields to catch their first glimpse of Tigers in gear since the Rangers eliminated them in the AL Championship Series. Signing Fielder in...

Moving Posey from behind the plate to first base is currently sports bar topic No. 1. The idea has been broached by numerous writers and websites. It is a sensible idea with plenty of historical backing. Mike Piazza played games at first, and more...

In exclusive, never-before-seen footage, former CIA operative. E. Howard Hunt , discusses his knowledge of and participation in the plot to kill President Kennedy in a video testimony he gave shortly before his death. Alex Jones' upcoming film will...

Victor Martinez’s injury and Joe Mauer’s down year leaves the position without a bona fide number one. That said, here are the 2012 Lester’s Legends fantasy baseball catcher rankings. Mike Napoli, Texas Rangers: Napoli was a force in the second half...

Almost there… Almost there… Though the last couple of weeks have certainly represented a lull on the baseball scene (though that “lull” has been largely much the entire off-season for Tribe fans), the glorious news that pitchers and catchers are...

"This is my 49th spring training," Leyland said. His team that won 95 games last season now has Prince Fielder to step in for Victor Martinez. That happy description for a prospector's saddlebags also is being used for these Tigers. Loaded. But Leyland...

"I will play tomorrow unless I am dead when I wake up" - Victor Martinez but not sure how many spots would be open in it. I’m a big fantasy baseball guy, so I think it’d be fun to be in one from the BYB community as well. Did we really just sign Prince...

The Tigers are clear favorites to win the AL Central The gap between the best team and the rest of the teams in the division has widened since the trade deadline last season. The Tigers will be without Victor Martinez this season and without...

Jose Valverde (2-4, 2.24, 49 saves), Miguel Cabrera (.344, 30 HR, 111 RBI) and newcomer Prince Fielder (.299, 38, 120). Verlander was the Cy Young and MVP in 2011. Valverde went 49-for-49 in save situations. Cabrera and Fielder slugged .586 and .566,...

"But how is this team going to play out? I don't know. It's going to be fun. It's going to be very interesting to see. We have some changes going on. I've got a big job this spring. I'm really looking forward to it." Almost all of the changes stem from...

Rose Sibayan/The Jersey JournaCandles at the home of Victor Martinez, a 21-year-old Jersey City man fatally stabbed last week. Authorities have charged two more juveniles with murder in relation to the stabbing. Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio...

95-67, first place, lost in ALCS. Going campin': Perhaps no team will be more fascinating to watch this season than the Tigers, who responded to Victor Martinez's knee injury with a stunning $214 million bid for Fielder. To make room for the slugging...

And if they win during the learning process, it's great. Spring training is just around the corner. Tigers pitchers and catcher report to Lakeland next week. Many in baseball love the Tigers' move to sign Prince Fielder, replacing the bat of the...

Upon his arrival in Lakeland today, Jim Leyland let slip that Brandon Inge will be competing for the supposedly open 2nd base job. The fanbase has mixed opinions on this matter, from slightly upbeat to... somewhat pessimistic. My opinion? As the title...

He went out as a catcher in 1992. He played 2,272 games and caught 2,056 of them, which ranked him fourth all-time. In 1982, with Montreal, he caught 153. Last year only six major league catchers assumed the crouch 130 times or more. Only six catchers...