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Tarik Skubal fully emerged from the shadow of Casey Mize and Matt Manning in 2020. After some early struggles, his major league debut was a success under difficult circumstances and offered a glimpse at his potential to become a very good starting pitcher. Now with some experience under his belt, and a new pitch to

Way back in 2015, the Detroit Tigers selected Texas prep right-hander Beau Burrows with the 22nd overall pick in former GM Dave Dombrowski’s last draft with the organization. While that feels like a lifetime ago, Burrows is still just 24 years old. In prospect terms, that’s not particularly old for a pitcher as long as

Welcome to full-squad session Monday. I woke this morning with a thankfulness that although there are plenty of things to find frustration with when it comes to the front office of the Detroit Tigers, at least they aren’t the Seattle Mariners and the special brand of leadership they have with President Kevin Mather. There’s a

Until they come stateside and reach the full season A-ball circuit, international free agent signings are often a bit of a mystery to MLB fanbases. The top guys will generally have had a lot of eyes on them for a while, and plenty of video to boot, but the majority are known only by reputation

For those hoping the Detroit Tigers would finally start making serious moves toward building a more competitive roster, this offseason has once again been a disappointment. On the other hand, the small signings they’ve made have been oriented more toward upside plays than in recent years, and they’ve done the right thing by stockpiling some

The Tigers are four years deep in their rebuilding process, which means we’re four deep into Tigers bloggers constantly jawing about how the team needs to diversify the way they go about asset acquisition. While the team hasn’t done much in the Asian markets or by gambling on high-value reclamation projects, they’ve overhauled their strategy

As the Bless You Boys staff prepares to dive deeper into the prospects on our top 30 prospect list, there are numerous prospects debated for the final few spots who were close but didn’t make the list. After outlining five players who just missed, there are still others worth highlighting, particularly as they’ve been largely

How does one measure the change of seasons, or acknowledge the return of spring? Do you set your clock by the groundhog’s February 2nd announcements, or are you a “first robin” believer when it comes to spring? Those of us in snowier climates often wait for all the white stuff to begin before we’ll concede

The offseason is drawing to a close, and the Bless You Boys staff have knocked off the ice and are throwing it into Spring mode. That means our prospect content rollout is a full go, and I get to write my favorite article of prospect season, examining the guys who didn’t crack our top 30

It is the middle of February and baseball is in the air despite the frigid temperatures that still grip a great deal of the nation. So while everyone is bundled up inside, what better time is there to put on a nice record while we wait for the temperature to rise? If I may humbly

Hey, guys. We did it. It’s baseball week. The pitchers and catchers reporting countdown can now be justifiably framed in hours as opposed to days. The team has made some last-minute moves to further solidify(?) the lineup, and we are most likely looking at the fat slab of clay that Al Avila, A.J. Hinch, and

With the Super Bowl now behind us, and pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in just a few days, the 2021 baseball season is ready to get underway. To kick off our preseason coverage of your Detroit Tigers, it is time for the annual ritual, as we present our ranking of the Tigers top

Minor League Baseball (MiLB), as an entity, has ceased to exist. Their offices in St Petersburg, Florida, no longer control operations for some 160 minor league teams in over a dozen leagues across the United States. In it’s place, Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred’s “One Baseball” plan has completed what can be described

Welcome back Tigers fans. We didn’t get the big deal we were hoping for this offseason, but as the yearly scramble for odds and ends hits high gear, GM Al Avila and the Tigers have added some interesting names that will at least be solid projects for the new coaching staff. We’ll talk Jonathan Schoop,