Ramon Santiago

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Questions remain about whether Jose Valverde is saving games by memory or not, but there's no question his return to the team has stabilized the bullpen. Joaquin Benoit returned to...

MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Is right-hander Max Scherzer now the Tigers' best pitcher? He could well be after improving to 6-0 for the season Tuesday night in Detroit's 5-1 victory at Cleveland. He doesn't have the Supermodel ERA...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Tigers' manager Jim Leyland isn't worried. The Texas Rangers mauled two of his better pitches during the weekend -- Justin Verlander and Anibal Sanchez -- but Leyland is a track-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH It's called respect. After watching Miguel Cabrera hit a pair of home runs worth four runs earlier Sunday, Texas manager Ron Washington elected to walked the defending Triple Crown...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH The message was to throw strikes and get outs. And Al Alburquerque surely must have received that Thursday when Detroit optioned the high-strikeout right-hander to Triple-A Toledo in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH All those people who wanted to know where Justin Verlander's velocity went now have their answer: Out of the strike zone or in areas of the playing field where no one can catch it....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH The biggest thing Detroit has going for it this season is actually five biggest things: Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Anibal Sanchez, Doug Fister and Rick Porcello. "I think we send a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Avisail Garcia is scheduled to make his first start of 2013 in center field for Detroit. Garcia, impressive in a short September-October stint with the Tigers last season, was brought...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Tigers 6, Astros 2 Tigers 6, Astros 2: Doug Fister struck out seven in seven innings and Miguel Cabrera homered to help Detroit defeat visiting Houston for the second straight night and sixth time this season. Ramon Santiago...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Fister in fine form as Tigers again beat Astros DETROIT -- Doug Fister responded to his first loss of the season with another dominant performance. It helped that he was facing one of the major...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Tigers 6, Astros 2 DETROIT -- Doug Fister struck out seven in seven innings and Miguel Cabrera hit his eighth homer as the Detroit Tigers handed the Houston Astros their sixth straight loss with a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Some people may not care for the way Jhonny Peralta plays shortstop, but Jim Leyland isn't one of them. The knock on Peralta is his lack of mobility at a position where flashy play is...