Jhonny Peralta News

The MLB All-Star Game is less than a month away and it's time for Bleacher Report to go on the record...well, sort of.

Before Orioles right-hander Jake Arrieta went out to face the heavy-hitting Detroit Tigers lineup Monday night at Comerica Park, Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said he wanted Arrieta to go into his spot start as if he had nothing to lose.

After erupting for 14 hits in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Tigers, the Twins were hoping they were finally out of their offensive slump.

Prince Fielder slides into home Saturday night as Minnesota Twins catcher Ryan Doumit attempts to put the tag on him.

Minnesota Twins beat the Detroit Tigers, 6-3, in the middle contest of a three-game set .

Miguel Cabrera continues to lead all American League players in All-Star balloting.

Prince Fielder broke open a scoreless game with a two-run double in the sixth inning, the spark that Rick Porcello and the Detroit Tigers used to beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0 on Friday night.

Miguel Cabrera's contract expires in 2015. The Tigers will have about 70 MM committed to Justin Verlander , Prince Fielder , and Anibal Sanchez .

Anybody else remember that 2003 season when the Detroit Tigers went an atrocious 43-116? Seems like a distant memory now.

I'm currently working in an office where I'm blocked from looking at anything on the interwebs that involves technology beyond essentially Beta information, which means I'm forced to follow this afternoon's Tigers-Royals tilt by checking the ESPN box score as it updates every thirty seconds.

We're far enough along into the 2013 season that many Fantasy owners feel comfortable in trusting the stats that their players have compiiled up to this point.

On an individual basis, though, every AL team has had a few players who have performed much better than expected and others who have done much worse.

As of this writing, Nick Castellanos looks to be the best position prospect the Tigers have cultivated since Cameron Maybin , and possibly the best one that's actually made the big league squad since, geez, Tony Clark ? Bobby Higginson ? Needless to say, he's looking pretty good as he moves from level to level, learning and excelling each step of ... (more)

There are a lot of players worthy of being selected to the 2013 MLB All-Star Game , but not all of them will make it.

While the media has focused on Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun in the Biogenesis mess , here in Detroit, we've been worried about the possible loss of shortstop Jhonny Peralta .

APRIL 14: Austin Jackson #14 of the Detroit Tigers hits an RBI single driving in Jhonny Peralta #27 against the Oakland Athletics in the seventh inning at O.co Coliseum on April 14, 2013 in Oakland, California.

That appears to be how much of the press broke in the wake of the ESPN.com story that Major League Baseball is vigorously pursuing its investigation of players linked to Biogenesis and Tony Bosch.

Kurt started the All-Star ball rolling today with a post on the selection of the pitchers.

Nobody can match their balance, with Adam Wainwright right back where he was in 2009-10 as a Cy Young candidate.

Making them the only division leader in the majors under .500, the Tigers are 13-17 away from Comerica Park.