Alfredo Figaro News

Former Tigers infielder Tom Brookens is headed back to Detroit, this time to join manager Jim Leyland's coaching staff as the new first-base, outfield and baserunning coach.

Fans trying to digest the Tigers' indigestible finish to their 2009 season seem to focus on manager Jim Leyland's starting pitching choice in the Oct.

The Tigers had a seven-game lead in the AL Central in early September and failed to make the playoffs.

Baseball is a game of failures. It is a game in which three hits -- and seven outs -- in 10 at-bats is considered successful.

WHAT HAPPENED: After holding sole possession of first place in the American League Central since late July, the Tigers lost their third straight and fell into a tie for first with Minnesota with one day left on the schedule.

Everyone wants to blame the manager. Everyone always wants to blame the manager.

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Tigers manager Jim Leyland has used 12 different starting pitchers this season to get to the brink of the postseason.

They've been waiting in the wings for a while now, facing the future with one certainty: Either the Tigers or Twins will come visiting for postseason play next week.

With a once-comfortable division lead whittled down to one game, the Detroit Tigers are turning to a rookie spot starter as they attempt to keep control of the AL Central in the season's final weekend.

Eddie Bonine picked the perfect time to get his first victory of the season, helping the Tigers defeat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 on Wednesday night at Comerica Park.

Alfredo Figaro will make his first start in three months in the thick of a pennant race on the next-to-last day of the regular season.

WHAT HAPPENED: When rookie right-hander Alfredo Figaro relieved Nate Robertson in the fourth, Carlos Quentin had just hit a three-run homer to give Chicago a 5-0 lead.

The Tigers didn't have their largest comeback of the season Saturday, but they had their biggest.

Tigers starter Jarrod Washburn sits in the dugout against the Kansas City Royals Tuesday.

News: Mitch Maier went 3-for-4 with an RBI in tonight's 4-3 loss at Detroit. He hit a double and two singles.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Great, I anticipate a lot of hand-wringing by Tiger fans over the next couple days.

The Detroit Tigers today reinstated right-handed pitcher Alfredo Figaro from the 15-day disabled list.

Dontrelle Willis' 2009 season is over, at least in terms of game competition. Though the Tigers recalled the left-hander from his Minor League rehab stint, they did not activate him from the 15-day disabled list.

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.