Rick Porcello News

Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus went into the offseason with a chance to win two major national awards.

The strength of the Tigers organization, it was thought, was pitching. Up and down the system, there were intriguing arms, especially ones who could light up the radar gun at times.

The Tigers have several players -- and one special moment -- in the running for the 2009 installment of MLB.com's This Year in Baseball Awards.

Third baseman Gordon Beckham reached the big leagues 364 days after being drafted No.

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Think either Rick Porcello or Justin Verlander got jobbed in the voting for their respective AL awards? Sorry to dredge up the season and the slow, dripping September giveaway.

When Tigers right-hander Rick Porcello held the Twins to two runs in the tiebreaker playoff game, he earned at least one first-place vote for American League rookie of the year.

Cabrera and Verlander each received 20 first-place votes. Cabrera had a .942 on-base percentage plus slugging average , which was good for fifth in the American League.

For a 20-year-old thrust into the Major Leagues, Rick Porcello defied a lot of expectations this year to reach some lofty marks and earn mention in the same sentence with Dwight Gooden.

Voorhees, N.J., native and A's closer Andrew Bailey capped a stellar debut season on Monday when he was named American League Rookie of the Year.

The Baseball Writers' Association of America will hand out their first two postseason awards on Monday, as the American and National League Rookies of the Year will be announced.

Oakland A's right-handed reliever Andrew Bailey has won the American League rookie of the year award.

Tigers prospect Cale Iorg probably wishes Sunday wasn't a day off in the Arizona Fall League.

What are the chances of Rick Porcello winning the Rookie of the Year Award or Justin Verlander taking the Cy Young Award? Their pitching statistics suggest both could finish first.

RHP Jeff Niemann said the offseason has given him a chance to finally reflect and soak in what a roller-coaster rookie year he had.

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.