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Of all the top free agents available this offseason, long-time Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman is one of the few that really makes sense for the Detroit Tigers. This is close to an ideal fit for them right now in terms of the player. Whether Bregman’s eventual contract fits the Tigers’ long-term plans is

Happy Monday, everyone. The past week was a busy on in the baseball world. For some (the big award winners) it was a great week. For others (the Rays and their fans) it wasn’t so ideal. We won’t dwell too much on the preamble, as there’s a lot to dig into, so let’s just dive

Friday night at 8 p.m. ET was the deadline for MLB teams to tender contract offers to their eligible players and finalize their 40-man rosters in advance of the Rule 5 draft in December. The Tigers made offers to everyone eligible on the roster, and agreed to one-year deals with Andy Ibáñez and Zach McKinstry,

On Wednesday night, Detroit Tigers’ ace Tarik Skubal became the fifth man in franchise history to take home the American League Cy Young award. A remarkable six-year evolution from the former ninth rounder reached a peak during his masterful 2024 campaign. The lefty had everything working all season long. We saw power and precision balanced

We all like to talk about the good old days of our beloved teams, especially during the rockier points of a rebuild, when the youthful new recruits are just getting their legs under them. With the Tigers, we finally started to see those young players start to gel in 2024 and glimmers of the team

For a franchise with as much history as the Detroit Tigers have, there have been surprisingly few Cy Young award winners: Tarik Skubal’s win this year was just the fifth in team history. At the award’s inception in 1956, in honour of legendary pitcher Cy Young (who had died the previous year), there was only

Was there ever any doubt? Since about the All-Star break, the name Tarik Skubal has felt almost synonymous with Cy Young Award winner. The Detroit Tigers’ ace picked up where he left off in 2023, and then got even better, building the most masterful season of his career. In a year where the Tigers’ success

After a decade in the wilderness, the Detroit Tigers finally burst back on the scene in 2024. Given up for dead in July after selling at the trade deadline, the young Tigers’ roster put together a stunning stretch drive that saw them close with a 31-13 run to a wild card berth. They went on

Tuesday was the final day for major league teams to add players to their 40-man roster in advance of December’s Rule 5 draft, and the Detroit Tigers had a few adjustments in mind. They added three minor league relievers to the roster to protect them from the draft, and designated three players for assignment to

The Detroit Tigers need offensive help, and specifically they need a right-handed hitter with power who handles left-handed hitters well. Free agent outfielder Tyler O’Neill fits the bill and he wouldn’t come close to breaking the bank. Working another outfielder into the roster still isn’t the preferred way to go about improving the offense, but

It doesn’t take a long look at this offseason’s MLB free agent list to realize that making major upgrades in the Detroit Tigers’ offense via free agents won’t be too easy. But they certainly need upgrades. Despite the flaws in the Tigers current positional group, they are young and it’s not unreasonable to hope for

Happy Monday, all. The past week has seen some interesting news, so we’ll touch in some of the bigger stories of the week. Spoiler alert: no one has signed Juan Soto, but there is a new suitor on the block. The Rays have found their new home for 2025, but does it come at the

Ten years ago (yes, somehow ten years ago), a simple song went absolutely viral for Oakland A’s fans when Josh Reddick started to use the song “Careless Whisper” as his walk-up song. Fans brought inflatable saxophones, people danced along, it was a whole movement with the A’s. [embedded content] This wasn’t the only time a

A hearing is scheduled for Thursday morning in Federal Bankruptcy Court to decide whether Diamond Sports Group’s plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy will be approved. On the eve of that hearing, the Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays have reached agreement with Diamond on a broadcast deal, with exact terms yet unknown. MLB

This off-season, while we wait for some action from the front office, let’s remove a bit of the baseball doldrums by talking about some of the many baseball movies out there. I’ve been reviewing movies for a few years now for my friends and thought this could be fun, so come along with me and

While we’re big fans of both Josue Briceño and Thayron Liranzo, the Tigers prospects’ hot start in Arizona Fall League play needed to be undersold in the early going. When last we updated their work on October 19, the Fall League was little more than a week old. Briceño already had five home runs in

In the least surprising news of the season, the Baseball Writers’ Association of American named Detroit Tigers ace left-hander Tarik Skubal as one of three finalists for the American League Cy Young award for 2024 on Monday. He is widely considered a lock to take the award over fellow finalists Seth Lugo, starter for the

Welcome back to The Week That Was. Even tough we’re in the offseason it was still a busy week. Aaron Boone got to keep his job, the Marlins found a manager, Shohei Ohtani underwent surgery, and a bunch of New Yorkers are flying to California to make pitches to Juan Soto. So let’s just jump

In a fairly shocking turn of event, the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) announced late on Friday night that they would post star pitcher Roki Sasaki to MLB teams this offseason. The recently turned 23-year-old right-hander immediately becomes one of the top prizes of the offseason and the game’s top prospect. Not

Baseball players are a little strange. That’s probably true of a lot of professional athletes, but baseball players are notorious for their propensity toward superstition. Whether it’s baseball-wide superstitions like not stepping on the baseline, not talking about a no-hitter (or not even speaking to the pitcher while one is being thrown), but there are