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http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/10/tigers_arbitration-eligible_pl.html#incart_river_index
Tigers' arbitration-eligible players estimated to cost $24 million in 2018.
Mlive
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http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/10/09/detroit-tigers-arbitration/747749001/
Breaking down the Detroit Tigers' arbitration-eligible players.
Freep

https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/10/9/16447914/detroit-tigers-2018-arbitration-salary-projection
Tigers’ arbitration salary projections for 2018.
Ten Tigers could be eligible for arbitration this offseason.
BYBTB
 
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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2017/10/can-the-tigers-move-nicholas-castellanos.html
Poll: Can The Tigers Move Nicholas Castellanos?
MLBTR

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20969093/hank-aaron-award-finalists-announced
Hank Aaron Award finalists announced.
espn

Formerly a third baseman, Castellanos was moved to right field amid concerns about his glove at the hot corner.
But while his performance at third was subpar, his work in right field this year was a disaster.
In a 173-inning sample, Castellanos racked up -7 defensive runs saved while checking in with a catastrophic -80.5 runs per 150 games by measure of Ultimate Zone Rating.
Some of this is the result of lack of experience in the outfield. It’s easy to imagine him improving his glove work to some extent with more training and playing time, but the transition hasn’t exactly been a smooth one to this point.

The real value, of course, lies in his bat. Castellanos smacked 44 homers to go along with a .277/.325/.493 slash line across 1112 plate appearances since the start of 2016, good for a 114 wRC+ during that span. Perhaps his most impressive skill has been his ability to make hard contact; his hard-contact rate sits at an impressive 40.4% over the past two seasons, and his 89.2 MPH average exit velocity during that time ranks 67th among major league hitters who’ve made contact in at least 500 at-bats. Even with subpar defense, his offensive output made him worth close to two full wins above replacement in 2017.
 
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https://www.blessyouboys.com/2017/1...anager-rumors-pedro-grifol-kansas-city-royals
Tigers considering Pedro Grifol for managerial position.
Grifol has been the Royals? catching instructor for three seasons.
BYBTB

Royals catching instructor Pedro Grifol is an early candidate to become the Tigers? next manager, Jon Morosi of MLB Network tweets. Grifol has served in that position since 2014. He also has experience as a major league hitting coach (Royals, 2013-14) and a minor league manager (with low-level Mariners affiliates from 2003-05 and in 2012).
MLBTR
 
October 10 in Tigers and mlb history:

1908: In the opener of their second straight World Series against the Cubs, the Tigers lose, 10-6 at Bennett Park. Leading 6-5 entering the ninth, for the second straight year, Detroit fails to wrap up a Game One victory. The Cubs bang out six straight singles and steal two bases to score five runs and stun the Detroit crowd.

1924: The Washington Senators win their only World Series championship by defeating the New York Giants, 4 - 3, in 12 innings. The winning run scores when a ball hit by Earl McNeely hits a pebble and bounces over third baseman Fred Lindstrom's head.

1926: One day after picking up his second complete-game victory of the Series, 39-year-old Grover Alexander saves Game 7 and the World Series for the St. Louis Cardinals, fanning Tony Lazzeri with the bases loaded in the 7th inning, then proceeding to no-hit New York the rest of the way. The Series concludes with Babe Ruth being thrown out trying to steal.

1945: The Detroit Tigers score five runs in the 1st inning of Game Seven of the World Series, and rout the Cubs, 9 - 3, behind Hal Newhouser, who strikes out 10 to win the World Championship.

1957: Lew Burdette's third victory of the World Series, a 5 - 0 decision over the New York Yankees, gives the Milwaukee Braves the World Championship.

1968: Mickey Lolich wins the World Series for the Detroit Tigers by defeating Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals, 4 - 1, in Game Seven. It is Lolich's third win and comes after the Tigers had lost three of the first four games. Lolich is voted the MVP of the Series.

1972: Tigers defeat the Oakland A?s in Game Three of the American League Championship Series on a shutout by Joe Coleman, who sets a MLB record with 14 strikeouts in a playoff game. The win at Tiger Stadium keeps the Tigers alive in the best-of-five series.

1983: John E. Fetzer sells the Detroit Tigers to pizza magnate Tom Monaghan. Monaghan pays more than $50 million for a team that Fetzer invested less than $6 million in when he was part of a group that purchased the Tigers in 1956.

2005: Vic Darensbourg of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2005: Matt Ginter of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2005: Kevin Hooper of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.
2005: Jason Karnuth of the Detroit Tigers granted free agency.

2013: For the second straight year, the Tigers defeat the Athletics in the 5th game of the Division Series. The team's two biggest stars are the heroes today, as Justin Verlander gives up no runs on 2 hits over 8 innings, while Miguel Cabrera hits a two-run homer off rookie Sonny Gray in the 4th. Joaquin Benoit picks up the save in the 3 - 0 win.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/John_Stone
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stonejo01.shtml
John Stone 1928-1933.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eisenha01.shtml
Harry Eisenstat 1938-1939.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/riebeha01.shtml
Hank Riebe 1942, 1947-1949.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weaveji03.shtml
Jim Weaver 1985.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/powelbr01.shtml
Brian Powell 1998, 2002.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martira03.shtml
Ramon Martinez 2005.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Plácido_Polanco
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/polanpl01.shtml
Placido Polanco 2005-2009.

Tigers players and coaches who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Johnny_Klippstein
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/klippjo01.shtml
Johnny Klippstein 1967.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Wally_Moses
Wally Moses coach 1967-1970.

from baseball reference
 
http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/10/tigers_tv_ratings_suffer_bigge.html#incart_river_index
Tigers suffer MLB's biggest drop in TV ratings, Forbes says.
Mlive

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sp...rs-tv-ratings-see-biggest-drop-mlb/106500694/
Forbes: Tigers' TV ratings see biggest drop in MLB.
Detnews

According to Nielsen numbers acquired by Forbes, the Tigers prime-time audience fall a staggering 38 percent from 2016. That number is nearly 10 percentage points higher than Miami, which saw its ratings fall by 30 percent, second in MLB.

Furthermore, the Tigers dropped from a 7.51 rating in 2016 to a 4.64 rating in 2017. The dip shouldn't be surprising to the fan base, which saw their beloved Tigers go from 86 wins and a near playoff spot in 2016 to 64 wins and a last-place finish in 2017.

Management's decision to trade big-name players such as Justin Verlander, Justin Upton, J.D. Martinez and others certainly didn't encourage people to tune in, either. The Tigers had a 7.51 rating in 2016 to a 4.64 rating in 2017.

Despite the large dip, Detroit's numbers remained strong overall. The Tigers were sixth in MLB in the local ratings, down from third in 2016. Cleveland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Boston and Baltimore were ranked higher. The Cubs finished directly behind Detroit.

Overall, league ratings in prime time were down 6 percent compared to last season, according to Forbes.
 
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October 11 in Tigers and mlb history:

1907: Detroit hosts their first World Series game, at Bennett Park. Unfortunately, the Tigers lose to the Chicago Cubs, 6-1, to fall behind in the Series, 3 games to none.

1911: Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers and Wildfire Schulte of the Chicago Cubs win the newly established Chalmers Awards, which go to the league's most valuable players. Cobb batted .420 with an American League-leading 127 RBI. Cobb led the league in nearly every offensive category; runs 147, hits 248, doubles 47, triples 24, stolen bases 83, slugging .621, ops 1.088, ops+ 196, and total bases 367. Cobb just finished second in homeruns to homerun baker.
Using a point system - 8 for a first-place vote, seven for second, and so on - the eight voting writers give Cobb the maximum 64 points. Winners receive Chalmers automobiles.

1913: The Philadelphia Athletics win the World Series as Eddie Plank outduels New York Giants pitching great Christy Mathewson in Game 5. Plank allows only two hits in the Athletics' 3 - 1 victory, giving Philadelphia its third World Championship in the last four seasons.

1943: The Philadelphia Athletics traded Don Heffner and Bob Swift to the Detroit Tigers for Rip Radcliff.

1948: The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves, 4 - 3, to win the World Series in six games. Joe Gordon hits a home run in support of future Hall of Famer Bob Lemon, who earns a 4 - 3 victory and his second of the Series. After pitching a five-hit shutout in Game 3, rookie Gene Bearden retires the last five batters and gets the save.

1960: John E. Fetzer purchases shares from his partners that gives him majority control of the Detroit Tigers. Fetzer will be an owner of the team until 1983.

1964: The St. Louis Cardinals' Ken Boyer hits a grand slam in Game 4 of the World Series, capping off a 4 - 3 comeback win over the New York Yankees. The Cardinals had trailed, 3 - 0, before Boyer's blast against Al Downing.

1967: Boston Red Sox shortstop Rico Petrocelli hits a pair of home runs, highlighting an 8 - 4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth game of the World Series. The Red Sox's win forces a seventh and deciding game, which the Cardinals will win.

1971: Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles sets a World Series record by reaching base five consecutive times against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Robinson's barrage helps Baltimore to an 11 - 3 win in Game 2 of the World Series.

1972: the Tigers rally for a thrilling victory over the Oakland A’s in Game Four of the American League Championship Series. Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning at Tiger Stadium, Detroit tallies three runs, the last on a single by Jim Northrup, to tie the best-of-five series.

1973: The Tigers hire Ralph Houk to be their manager.

2002: The Detroit Tigers selected Pedro Feliciano off waivers from the New York Mets.

2004: The Houston Astros post a 12 - 3 triumph over the Atlanta Braves in the decisive fifth game of the National League Division Series. Winning a postseason series for the first time in the 43-year history of the franchise, the Astros earn a spot in the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals.

2011: The Tigers win Game 3 of the ALCS, 5 - 2 over Texas, but still trail the Rangers, 2 games to 1. Doug Fister allows a 1st-inning run, but then settles down, not giving up another score until the 8th. But by that time, Detroit has put five runs across the plate, on solo homers by Victor Martinez and Jhonny Peralta off Colby Lewis, another by Miguel Cabrera off Koji Uehara, and a two-run single by Austin Jackson.

2012: Detroit Tigers Ace right hander Justin Verlander manhandles the A’s in Game Five of the AL Division Series, pitching a four-hit shutout to advance the Tigers to the next round of the playoffs. The win comes one day after the Tigers blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning.

Tigers players birthdays:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Joe_Ginsberg
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/ginsbjo01.shtml
Joe Ginsburg 1948, 1950-1953.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Bill_Fischer
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fischbi01.shtml
Bill Fischer 1958, 1960-1961.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/romanbi01.shtml
Bill Roman 1964-1965.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/olsongr01.shtml
Gregg Olson 1996.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dmitri_Young
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/y/youngdm01.shtml
Dmitri Young 2002-2006.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jeff_Larish
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larisje01.shtml
Jeff Larish 2008-2010.

Tigers players who passed away:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Ira_Thomas
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomair01.shtml
Ira Thomas 1908.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Dean_Chance
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/chancde01.shtml
Dean Chance 1971.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Champ_Summers
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/summech01.shtml
Champ Summers 1979-1981.

from Baseball Reference
 
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