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2013 MLB Power Rankings: May 7
Justin Verlander Each week during the season Athlon Sports looks at the best (Texas Rangers) and worst (Houston Astros) baseball teams and players in the league. Here's our MLB Power Rankings and Players of the Wee...
1 week ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Carlos Gomez, Justin Verlander, Ryan Raburn, Sergio Romo, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers

Top 10 Individual Performances in Baseball for 2012
Justin Verlander In a season that will be remembered for perfect games, no-hitters and near misses, there were lots of options for this list. Here goes my top 10. Send me yours. More Year in Review for 20...
20 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Overtime, Josh Hamilton, Justin Verlander, Pablo Sandoval, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers

Kate Upton and 10 Other Bad Luck Sports WAGs
Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander and America’s “it” girl Kate Upton are keeping it coy regarding their official relationship status. But dating the voluptuous bikini model is clearly ...
29 weeks ago by Nathan Rush Tags: MLB, Overtime, Alex Rodriguez, Justin Verlander, Kate Upton, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees

2012 World Series Preview and Prediction: San Francisco Giants vs. Detroit Tigers
Justin Verlander The San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers—both of these franchises have been in business for more than 100 years, but the two tradition-laden clubs have never met in the World Series. Detroit h...
29 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News, Angel Pagan, Anibal Sanchez, Austin Jackson, Barry Zito, Buster Posey, Delmon Young, Doug Fister, Jhonny Peralta, Jose Valverde, Justin Verlander, Marco Scutaro, Matt Cain, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval, Phil Coke, Prince Fielder, Ryan Vogelsong, Sergio Romo, Tim Lincecum, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, 2012 World Series

Detroit Tigers vs. New York Yankees ALCS Preview
Justin Verlander On Sept. 17, the Tigers lost a make-up game to the White Sox that dropped Detroit three games behind Chicago in the American League Central and not even in the wild card discussion. The Tigers fini...
31 weeks ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, News, Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia, Curtis Granderson, Derek Jeter, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Robinson Cano

Baseball By The Numbers: Pujols, Bautista and Tough Pitchers
Justin Verlander 3 Active pitchers who have held opponents to a sub-.200 batting average over a full season: Justin Verlander 2011 (.192); Johan Santana 2004 (.192); Kerry Wood 1998 (.196) [min. 162 innings]. ...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Albert Pujols, Jose Bautista, Justin Verlander

AL Central Predictions
Justin Verlander AL Central 1. Detroit 2. Cleveland 3. Kansas City 4. Minnesota 5. Chicago There is very little debate about who is the best team in the AL Central. The Detroit Tigers have a healthier...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, American League, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins

Major League Baseball is Back: 2012 Preview and Predictions
Justin Verlander From the pages of Athlon Sports Monthly, here are five major storylines for the 2012 baseball season , as well as our predictions. Pujols and the Angels After their agonizing choke on the bri...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: MLB, MLB, Albert Pujols, CC Sabathia, Clayton Kershaw, Cliff Lee, Joey Votto, Justin Upton, Justin Verlander, Matt Kemp, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Robinson Cano, Roy Halladay, Tim Lincecum, Troy Tulowitzki

Detroit Tigers 2012 Preview
Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers After winning the AL Central by a whopping 15 games in 2011 for their first division title in 24 years, the Tigers appeared undermanned and overmatched against the Rangers in the...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, AL Central, American League, Austin Jackson, Delmon Young, Jose Valverde, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, Detroit Tigers

Baseball's Pitching Changes: The AL Arms Race
Justin Verlander — by Mark Ross Pitchers are scheduled to report to spring training in less than a month, and if Major League Baseball’s offseason is any indication, a lot of teams’ postseason hopes will ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, AL Central, AL East, AL West, American League, C.J. Wilson, Hiroki Kuroda, Justin Verlander, Michael Pineda, Yu Darvish, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

Athlon Sports' 2011 AL MVP
Justin Verlander With the World Series in the rear-view mirror and the hot stove just beginning to heat up, it's time to hand out some awards to this year's best performers on the diamond. The Baseball Writers' Ass...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, American League, Adrian Beltre, Adrian Gonzalez, Curtis Granderson, Ian Kinsler, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jose Bautista, Justin Verlander, Michael Young, Miguel Cabrera, Robinson Cano, MVP

Athlon Sports' 2011 AL Cy Young
Justin Verlander With the World Series in the rear-view mirror and the hot stove just beginning to heat up, it's time to hand out some awards to this year's best performers on the diamond. The Baseball Writers' Ass...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, American League, C.J. Wilson, CC Sabathia, Dan Haren, James Shields, Jered Weaver, Jose Valverde, Josh Beckett, Justin Verlander, Mariano Rivera, Ricky Romero, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Cy Young award

ALCS: Tigers Limping to Finish
Justin Verlander Courtesy of Doug Fister, the Detroit Tigers survived their must-win game last night in Detroit. Now down, two games to one, the Tigers must find a way to win three more games with a makeshift lineu...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, Delmon Young, Doug Fister, Justin Verlander, Magglio Ordonez, Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, ALCS, Detroit injuries

Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers: An AL East-less ALCS
Justin Verlander The AL East, with three 90-win teams, looked like the power division in baseball for most of the season. The Boston Red Sox had a ton of expectations after the free agent signings of Adrian Gonzale...
1 year ago by Patrick Snow Tags: MLB, American League, Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford, Jose Valverde, Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, Texas Rangers

Tigers-Yankees Series Rests on Game 3 Aces
Justin Verlander After the unusual situation created by the Game 1 washout, the Tigers and Yankees left New York tied at one game apiece and without a day off between Games 2 and 3. Aces Justin Verlander of Detroit...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, American League, CC Sabathia, Curtis Granderson, Justin Verlander, Mark Teixeira, Max Scherzer, Robinson Cano, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, ALDS Game 3

ALDS Preview: Tigers No Match for Yankees
Justin Verlander Detroit Tigers v. New York Yankees The torch is being passed once again in New York. Aging stars Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada are passing along the great pinstripe tradition to Ro...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, American League, Derek Jeter, Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees

Justin Verlander's got the Cy, but what about MVP?
Justin Verlander by Mark Ross Tuesday night, Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers shut out the Chicago White Sox 5-0. Not only did the win, coupled with the Cleveland Indians' loss at Texas, push the Tigers'...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Justin Verlander, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Cy Young

American League Cy Young: Verlander, CC or Weaver?
Justin Verlander -by Braden Gall (@AthlonBraden on twitter) No one should envy the American League Cy Young voters this year. Last night, Jered Weaver, CC Sabathia and Justin Verlander all took the mound a...
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, News, AL Central, AL East, AL West, American League, CC Sabathia, Jered Weaver, Justin Verlander, Angels, Tigers, Yankees

Justin Verlander Commits World's Worst Balk
Justin Verlander Detroit Tiger ace Justin Verlander got his arms and legs mixed up over the weekend and turned a pick-off throw into a kinda, sorta pitch to home plate throw. According to Verlander: “I w...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: MLB, Overtime, American League, Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers

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