With the third overall pick in the 2021 draft, the Detroit Tigers have selected high school right-handed pitcher Jackson Jobe. An 18-year-old from Heritage Hall High School, he’s been linked to the team over and over again for weeks and is now the newest member of the Tigers organization. Jobe has the best pure stuff
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With the 3rd overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft the Detroit Tigers selected Jackson Jobe, a right-handed pitcher from Heritage Hall High Schook in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jobe started landing with Detroit in mocks about six weeks ago, and since then the buzz has only grown stronger. Roughly a week before the draft the…
After winning or splitting five straight series, the Tigers’ stretch of good play came to an abrupt end with a sweep at the hands of the Minnesota Twins. It was another rough loss that came after a great effort from the starting pitcher, with Wily Peralta being the victim of Sunday’s bullpen meltdown. With the
The 2021 MLB draft is set to kick off on Sunday evening, and there’s been an unusually low amount of consensus on exactly what will happen in the first few picks. The Tigers’ pick is one of the disputed selections, as experts can’t seem to agree which of a handful of prospects are the team’s
Today is going to be a busy day in the world of baseball. In addition to a full slate of regular season games, MLB’s Futures Game will be played at 3:00 (Eastern). Detroit Tigers fans are hoping that Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson, the organization’s top two hitting prospects, will do something memorable at the…
The Detroit Tigers had been humming along before their four-game series with the Minnesota Twins this weekend, having won or split the past five series since mid-June. That all came to a crashing end after a 5-3 loss on Thursday, a 4-2 defeat on Friday and another L on Saturday, this time by a score
The first round of the 2021 MLB draft is scheduled to take place on Sunday evening, and the Tigers’ first of two selections is the third overall pick. Detroit fans have become accustomed to seeing their team perched atop the draft order; they’ve selected first, fifth, and first again in the last three drafts, respectively.
The Tigers have heavily emphasized selecting college players throughout most of their rebuilding process. That may change this year. Again and again, Detroit has been connected to Brady House and Jackson Jobe, two of the most underdeveloped players at the top of the 2021 draft class. That opens the door to reasonable speculation about other
If you’re a regular reader at Motor City Bengals then you’ve probably seen some of our Detroit Tigers MLB Draft coverage over the past several months. Maybe you read every word of it, in which case, thanks! This post isn’t for you.
It was a “bullpen day” for the Tigers, and it started off relatively well against the Twins. Then, through a couple of recently-reliable relievers having off days, it ended in a 9-4 loss, ensuring the first series defeat for the Tigers in quite some time. Kyle Funkhouser got the start for Detroit. He’d had one
Time/Place: 2:10 p.m., Target FieldSB Nation site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Kyle Funkhouser (3-0, 2.59 ERA) vs. RHP Bailey Ober (1-1, 4.85 ERA) Game 90 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Funkhouser 31.1 19.5 10.2 3.75 0.3 Ober 29.2 26.2
Tigers reliever Gregory Soto pitches during the ninth inning of the Tigers’ 6-5 win over the White Sox on Sunday, July 4, 2021, at Comerica Park. Tigers Player Profile: RHP Sam Bachman by Austin Vicars
The MLB Draft is just one day away, and we conclude our player profiles of potential Detroit Tigers draft picks with Sam Bachman. Sam Bachman is a starting pitcher for the University of Miami Ohio. The 6’1”, 235-lbs, 21-year-old is one of the top prospects in college baseball and projects to be taken in the…
The Detroit Tigers’ first pair of games against the Minnesota Twins this weekend have not gone exactly as planned as the boys in the Olde English D dropped the first half of a four games series with a 5-3 loss on Thursday followed by a 4-2 defeat on Friday. Saturday is a new day and
Fans that were following along on Game Day or Twitter may not have noticed, but Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning was completely different from his former self on Friday night in a start in which he went 5+ innings against the Minnesota Twins, giving up two runs (both of which were runners inherited by Ian…
Despite the many flaws associated with general manager Al Avila’s front office, more recently their pursuit of amateur talent in the draft has regained some goodwill from the fanbase. His 2018 and 2019 draft classes were generally well-received and the truncated 2020 edition was regarded by national media as one of the best in the
Matt Manning took a really nice step in this one, but the offense struggled to come up with key hits and a bad sixth inning sank their chances as the Twins won 4-2. The loss leaves a bad taste in your mouth, but this game was a win in regard to things that matter long-term,
GoErie.com When it comes to the development of the future of the Detroit Tigers, you should look no further than the Double-A Erie SeaWolves. The roster in Double-A Erie features nine of Detroit’s top 30 prospects, and for the first time in quite a while, they’re not all just pitching prospects.
For Detroit Tigers fans who are following the farm system, there is good news. FanGraphs has placed Dillon Dingler, who is currently in Double-A Erie into their Top 100 prospect list. Sites like FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus, Prospects Live, and Baseball America are lists worth paying attention to.
It’s almost time for the All-Star Game, which means all discussion seems to revolve around who made it, who got snubbed, and what on earth we’re going to do for the rest of the days off surrounding the game. Sure, there’s the Home Run Derby, the Draft, the Futures Game and even the Celebrity Softball