Rick Porcello News

The World Series is over, and free agency will kick off soon. Baseballs 2009 awards will out in just days, and ill get strait to the point.

With Justin Verlander, 27 next season, Rick Porcello, 21, and Edwin Jackson, 26, Tigers fans probably thought their team would have the nucleus of a dominant rotation for years to come.

The voting was close, but our Examiner.com voting panel chose speed and defense over pitching in the selection for the American League Rookie of the Year.

They are: Mike Hollimon was outrighted to Toledo Marcus Thames and Matt Treanor have been removed from the roster and are now free agents Jeff Larish and Joel Zumaya have been reinstated from the disabled list Jay Sborz had his contract purchased from Toledo Thoughts The Hollimon move isn't surprising.

In what could be a precursor of awards to come, the Detroit Sports Broadcasters' Association named Rick Porcello the Detroit Tigers' Rookie of the Year for 2008 according to the Detroit News.

Editor's note: Our reporting team will have periodic updates from Minneapolis leading up to the Tigers-Twins one-game playoff at 5 p.m. today.

As mentioned a time or two before, the Tigers should get a surprise from one of their young outfielders during 2010 spring training.

Every year, the passage into October marks the beginning of baseball's postseason, when some of the game's greatest heroes and moments are born.

Add the Tigers to the meeting list for Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman as he talks with Major League teams.

According to MLive.com , Detroit Tigersa TM second base prospect Scott Sizemore broke his ankle trying to turn a double play in an Arizona Fall League game on Thursday.

Can we all agree that we're going to hear more World Series stories in the next week than we ever wanted to? Good.

On Tuesday, the White Sox ? 23-year-old third baseman collected his first piece of hardware after being voted Sporting News? American League Rookie of the Year.

Part of Boston Red Thoughts membership in the Baseball Bloggers Alliance is voting on the postseason hardware, such as Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Cy Young and MVP.

In 1966, Orioles right-hander Jim Palmer was 20 years and 11 months old when he pitched a shutout against the Dodgers in the World Series.

Albert Pujols , Joe Mauer and Zack Greinke should be shoo-ins for the NL MVP, AL MVP and AL Cy Young awards, respectively.

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.

PLACE AN AD ON FREEP.COM Thoughts on the epic Tigers-Twins game? There's not a single Tigers fan who wants to hear that the game was a classic.

The story of Miguel Cabrera's late night with Chicago White Sox players and then alleged fight with his wife that left scratches on his face , doesn't seem to be dominating headlines around the country as it has in Detroit.

The potential one-liners from Rick Porcello's outing in Tuesday's American League tiebreaker are numerous.

F/X Visualizations October 05, 2009 By Dave Allen Tomorrow's one game playoff between the Tigers and Twins features an interesting pitching match up.