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BY STEVE KORNACKI Gazette News Service DETROIT -- Nothing is as demoralizing for a Baseball team as watching leads disappear in the late innings.

Joel Zumaya gave the Tigers a triple-digit fastball route to respectability when he went from the Minor Leagues to the back end of Detroit's bullpen at age 21.

Today, teams can begin discussing financial terms with every free agent on baseball's off-season marketplace.

With free agency open, the decision by the San Diego Padres to let long-time closer Trevor Hoffman walk will have reprecussions for that young bullpen arm who was looking towards the glory that comes with being ...

If you believe Arte Moreno, the Angels will have a new closer in 2009 ... You know, for all the talk about everybody needing relief help, there really aren't all that many teams who desperately need a new ...

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DANA POINT, Calif. -- The Tigers spent roughly $134 million on player payroll this year, and president/general manager Dave Dombrowski said there is 'not going to be a significant difference' in that figure ...

The general managers' meetings are under way at the palatial St. Regis Monarch Beach resort, a sign that baseball's off-season landscape is about to take form.

Detroit Tigers pitcher Virgil Vazquez was claimed on waivers Tuesday by the Boston Red Sox, providing a fresh start for a once-promising prospect whose problems giving up home runs contributed to him falling ...

Editor's note: Story updated at 5:28 p.m. The Tigers lost right-hander Virgil Vasquez to the Boston Red Sox on a waiver claim today, as they began paring their roster for a busy off-season. Vasquez, 26, spent ...

The Detroit Tigers agreed to terms with nine players Friday, including pitcher Joel Zumaya.

To some, the former home of The Mellus Newspapers is an old, rundown, mold-infested building that needs to be demolished.

JUSTIN VERLANDER, BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE GAME by manager Jim Leyland, was one of many Detroit Tigers who did not have the type of season that was expected.

Next year's Tigers probably won't include shortstop Edgar Renteria or record-setting relief pitcher Francisco Rodriguez.

The Tigers fired pitching coach Chuck Hernandez. Is he a scapegoat or is this a no-brainer move? Yes.

Edgar Renteria bobbles the ball against the White Sox on Sept. 14. The Tigers will buy out Renteria's contract for 2009, but have not ruled out bringing him back for less money as a free agent.

It should have come as no surprise that Tigers' pitching coach Chuck Hernandez was fired before Sunday's game.

When the baseball season began, who could have guessed that when our readers' panel discussed the Detroit Tigers in late September, it would be ruminating on their post-season chances, but instead pondering the ...

Defense didn't help pitchers who couldn't control the strike zone. One man sat in a cramped office, the other in a dugout.