Time/Place: 4:10 pm, Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP José Ureña (1-4, 3.53 ERA) vs. RHP José Berríos (3-2, 3.58 ERA) Game 34 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Ureña 35.2 18.9 10.9 3.24 0.8 Berríos 32.2 33.1
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It has been a brutal three weeks of baseball for the Detroit Tigers since they swept the Houston Astros on the road way back on April 12-14. Subsequently, the Motor City Kitties have only won three of its last 21 games for a .142 winning percentage over that stretch after last night’s loss to the
Perhaps it’s fitting that I re-watched The Sandlot for the first time in about twenty years last night. One of the great lines in the movie (and there are many) sees Benny explain the legacy of Babe Ruth to Smalls. “Smalls, Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player that ever lived. People say he was
Time/Place: 7:10 pm, Comerica Park SB Nation Site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (0-6, 6.14 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Shoemaker (1-3, 7.83 ERA) Game 33 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR Skubal 22.0 17.3 13.5 3.27 8.24
It’s been a wild week in Tiger Town. The entire sports media complex, along with more casual elements of the fanbase, all seemed to have finally popped the red pill. From apathy, if not a total lack of attention, over the past few years, suddenly sports media hosts and social media pundits have fully flipped
Something had to give after a taxing series for the bullpen in Boston. That someone was Buck Farmer. The long-time Tigers right-hander was designated for assignment on Friday, with veteran reliever Erasmo Ramirez promoted from Triple-A Toledo to take Farmer’s spot in the bullpen. The Tigers also placed catcher Wilson Ramos on the 10-day injured
The Toledo Mud Hens were rained out on Thursday. As a result they’ll play a pair of seven inning games on Friday against the Nashville Sounds. Right-hander Rony Garcia will get the start in game one after missing spring camp after appendicitis surgery. Erie SeaWolves 5, Reading Fightin Phils 4 (box) Right-hander Elvin Rodriguez looked
Today’s rubber match in the Tigers-Red Sox series proved to be a boxing match. Drunken boxing, to be specific Unfortunately, while Detroit had a strong offense all day, they took more punches than they dealt as the two teams combined for six errors only by the mercies of the official scorer. Red Sox win, 12-9,
Detroit Tigers (9-22) at Boston Red Sox (18-13) Time/Place: 1:10 p.m., Fenway ParkSB Nation Site: Over the MonsterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Spencer Turnbull (1-2, 4.50 ERA) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (4-2, 3.63 ERA) Game 32 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR
Thursday afternoon the Tigers will try and win their first series for the first time since — checks notes — sweeping Houston three weeks ago. In their final game of their series from Fenway Park against the Red Sox, the Tigers will send the Red Bull, Spencer Turnbull to the mound to face off against
Toledo Mud Hens 9, Nashville Sounds 6 (box) The Hens have come out mashing. After scoring eight runs in the opener, they went one better on Wednesday night to make it 2-0 on the year. Veteran right-hander Drew Hutchison got the start, and he quickly took a little damage, giving up a two run double
Wednesday night’s hotly-anticipated Tigers-Red Sox matchup ended up with the Tigers taking the second game of the series, 6-5, with some extra-inning dramatics. With the win, the Tigers snapped a six-game losing streak. A passing spot of rain caused a 38-minute delay to the beginnings of the proceedings, and there was a steady light drizzle
Detroit Tigers (8-22) at Boston Red Sox (18-12) Time/Place: 7:05 p.m., Fenway ParkSB Nation Site: Over the MonsterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (1-3, 5.06 ERA) vs. LHP Martin Pérez (0-2, 4.70 ERA) Game 31 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9
Well the offense finally got loose on Tuesday night. So of course it came on a night where Michael Fulmer didn’t make it out of the first inning. The Tigers starter on Wednesday night is Casey Mize, and we can presumably expect much more effective work from him. Can this lineup put up some runs
Toledo Mud Hens 8, Nashville Sounds 6 (box) Things started off pretty well in this one. Matt Manning was commanding his fastball beautifully and ran through the Sounds for two innings with three punchouts. However, the fastball was about all he had, as the curveball was scarcely used and regularly spiked into the dirt when
The good news? The Detroit Tigers snapped an 18 game streak without recording double digit hits (10), and they scored their second highest amount of runs this season (7). The bad news? They still lost to the Boston Red Sox, 11-7. Despite their long overdue offensive outburst, they came up short in key at bats
Detroit Tigers (8-21) at Boston Red Sox (17-12) Time/Place: 7:10 p.m., Fenway ParkSB Nation site: Over the MonsterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Michael Fulmer (1-1, 3.86 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Pivetta (3-0, 2.81 ERA) Game 30 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR
After a merciful off day, the Tigers are in Boston for a three-game set starting Tuesday. The hosts lead the AL East, while Detroit has lost 10 of 11 and has seemingly already hit rock bottom. While the offense has been absolutely terrible, the pitching has given up some ugly scorelines lately as well. It
As the centerpiece of the 2017 Justin Verlander deal, the inability of right-hander Franklin Perez to stay on the mound, let alone develop into the pitcher that was hoped, is at the center of their flawed rebuilding effort. He remains a strange enigma. Perez has never had surgery, and yet he’s been unable to stay
The NFL Draft is always a good reminder that the MLB Draft is only two months away. Though it’s later than usual this year, starting on July 11th, the Detroit Tigers have a plethora of picks in the top 100, picking at 3, 32, 39, and 74. They even pick at 103, too. Let’s face