Not every draft has an unquestionable top player among its entrants. The Tigers were lucky that Casey Mize separated himself from the pack in 2018, but there wasn’t quite as much consensus in 2020 when they took Spencer Torkelson in the top spot. Even on draft day there were still some who believed that Austin
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Toledo Mud Hens 4, Columbus Clippers 2 (box) Ricardo Pinto and Heath Fillmyer locked into a prolonged duel in this one, but the Hens eventually broke through late to win on Thursday night. Pinto tossed seven innings of scoreless ball with seven strikeouts, allowing just three hits and two walks. Meanwhile, Mr. Fillmyer got the
Covering the entire game is tough. Heck, just covering the Detroit Tigers from top-to-bottom proves challenging at times. It is understandable why unicorns like Shohei Ohtani and Jacob deGrom get so much hype and dominate headlines. They deserve it.
Teams are tanking all around major league baseball, and it’s a big problem for the game. The list of baseball teams that are not making a sincere effort to field a competitive team grows each season, affecting the competitive balance of the game, suppressing player salaries, and causing a loss of interest among fans in
It’s been a little while now since the Detroit Tigers really had a bona fide All-Star. The 2021 season is certainly giving some optimism that the wait won’t be too much longer, but in the meantime, we do get a representative, and there are actually quite a few choices that make sense. Of course, that
Toledo Mud Hens 5, Columbus Clippers 2 (box) Mark Leiter Jr. threw his best game of the season and the Hens built an early lead to carry them over the Clippers on Wednesday. Leiter went five innings, allowing just one hit, a solo home run, while punching out seven on the night. JaCoby Jones led
Detroit Tigers fans were treated to news that Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene were named to AL Futures Game Roster on Wednesday and Torkelson responded accordingly. Christin Stewart treated the fans and West Michigan gets off to a good start down in Peoria.
Future Detroit Tigers Infielder Spencer Torkelson and Center Fielder Riley Greene have paired up in Double-A Ball to play for the Erie Seawolves and are making noise. Torkelson, considered to be the third-best prospect in baseball according to MLB.com, is slashing .290/.407/.542 across 43 games split between Single-A West Michigan and Double-A Erie. In 12…
While the Tigers were busy sweeping a doubleheader from Cleveland for the first time in living memory, Miguel Cabrera put another exclamation point on an outstanding career, drilling a fastball over the wall in right center field in game two for his 494th home run. In the process, Cabrera left Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff
Game 81 of the 2021 season is in the books for the Detroit Tigers, and they finished the first half of the season on a high note with a rare sweep of a double header in Cleveland, beating the Indians, 6- 1. Wily Peralta allowed just an unearned run in five innings, pacing the Tigers
Game 81 of the 2021 season is in the books for the Detroit Tigers, and they finished the first half of the season on a high note with a rare sweep of a double header in Cleveland, beating the Indians, 7- 1. Wily Peralta allowed just an unearned run in five innings, pacing the Tigers
The first of a pair of games today in Cleveland was delayed about 2 1⁄2 hours, after being bumped back from Tuesday night. It was worth the wait, though, as the Tigers beat Cleveland 9-4 by getting 15 hits — with the help of 3 2⁄3 scoreless innings from the bullpen, of course. José Ureña,
Detroit Tigers (34-45) vs. Cleveland Indians (42-33) Time/Place: 4:10 p.m. EDT, Progressive Field (Game 2 to follow approximately 30 minutes after Game 1)SB Nation site: Covering the CornerMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio Network Pitching Matchup, Game 1: RHP José Ureña (2-8, 6.00 ERA) vs. RHP Cal Quantrill (0-2, 3.64 ERA) Pitching Matchup, Game
In an article published by the Detroit Free Press’ Evan Petzold ($), Justin Verlander was quite frank about his thoughts on returning to the Detroit Tigers. He did not go as far as to say he has a desire to return. After all, that probably would not present the greatest negotiation tactic–and who knows the…
Today, our series profiling the potential draft picks for the Detroit Tigers looks at Brady House, RHP/SS, from Winder, Georgia. What would legendary Hall of Fame announcer Ernie Harwell do about Brady House?
Toledo Mud Hens 7, Columbus Clippers 3 (box) The Hens powered up in the middle innings to sink the Clippers on Tuesday. Three straight singles started off the bottom of the third inning, with Jacob Robson’s bunt single scoring Cole Peterson. However, Derek Hill was gunned down trying to steal home, and Robson was caught
With all the injuries to the Detroit Tigers pitching staff, you expected any one of the reminding starters to step up their game. As a collective, the starting pitching staff is performing much better than in 2020, thanks to the work of the pitching staff of Chris Fetter and manager A.J. Hinch having let his…
Tarik Skubal was terrific on Sunday afternoon. Detroit’s young hurler didn’t get the win, but it’s hard to imagine the Tigers pulling off their exciting walk-off squeeze in the 10th without Skubal’s excellent outing keeping them in the game.
The Detroit Tigers have been owned by the Cleveland Indians for so long that it’s difficult to remember a time when things were otherwise. During their four consecutive AL Central titles from 2011-2014, they beat up on Cleveland with regularity, but starting in 2015, fortunes have been decisively reversed. From 2015 through 2019, the Tigers
Today, our series profiling the potential draft picks for the Detroit Tigers looks at Bubba Chandler, RHP/SS, from North Oconee High School in Georgia. Bubba Chandler is similar in some ways to his fellow Clemson multi-sport (football and baseball) commit, Will Taylor. In addition, to staring on the baseball diamond as a two-way player (pitcher…