Tigers left fielder Akil Baddoo bats against Mariners pitcher Marco Gonzales during the second inning on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, at Comerica Park. Tigers 2021 Detroit Tigers after 60 games…where do we go from here? by Michael Sicilia
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Our old friend Ernie Harwell once called Detroit Tigers closer Todd Jones “The Roller Coaster” for his up and down theatrics that regularly occurred before celebrating Tigers victories, or at times agonizing over tough defeats.
It remains a bit of a mystery how they’re managing this—thanks Eric Haase—but your Detroit Tigers continue to play respectable baseball. Obviously the starting pitching has been the biggest contributing factor, and that is going to be tested with Spencer Turnbull out and Jose Ureña just returned from an injured list stint of his own.
The Detroit Tigers are now a month deep into a stretch of quality, competitive baseball. That seemed impossible after a 9-24 start in which they sported an ugly -74 run differential, but since May 8th the Tigers are 16-10, and they’ve outscored their opponents 118-102.
The Double-A affiliates of the Detroit Tigers, the Erie SeaWolves, are sitting pretty with a 20-10 win-loss record and just a mere 2.5 games behind Baltimore’s Double-A affiliate, the Bowie Baysox; and there is a lot of talent worthy of a promotion to Triple-A Toledo.
The Tigers returned home for the first game of a six-game home stand, winning the first of a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners, 5-3. After having the day off Monday, the start of tonight’s game was delayed due to rain storms, with hail in some places, in the Detroit area. Matthew Boyd started for
It was moving week on the farm as members of the four full-season Detroit Tigers affiliates started changing locations. For some it meant promotions, but for others it was, sadly, the end of their time in the organization.
Detroit Tigers (24-35) at Seattle Mariners (30-31) Time/Place: 7:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation site: Lookout LandingMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Matthew Boyd (2-6, 3.90 ERA) vs. LHP Marco Gonzales (1-3, 5.01 ERA) Game 60 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Boyd 62.1
In one of the final moves by David Dombrowski made as Detroit Tigers GM, on July 15, 2015, he traded Joakim Soria to the Pittsburgh Pirates for JaCoby Jones, who was playing the infield for the Altoona Curve.
The Detroit Tigers have recalled infielder Isaac Paredes from Triple-A Toledo, placing Jeimer Candelario on the bereavement list. Typically these are very short term assignments, so we’ll wish Candelario and his loved ones well, and expect to see him back pretty shortly. In the meantime, Tigers fans will get another look at one of their
The Tigers entered the season with some real question marks from the rotation, but the results have been surprisingly decent so far. Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal have shown plenty of promise, Jose Ureña has been fairly serviceable, and Spencer Turnbull leads the team with a 2.88 ERA in part due to his no-hitter. Matthew
“How the heck did 5 teams pass on THAT guy?!?” When Rocker took the bull by the horns in 2019 and was the primary juggernaut driving the Commodores to a College World Series he was easily the most highly anticipated player for his eventual draft year in 2021. The man pitched a legendary 19 strikeout…
We are churning out the 2021 MLB Draft content here at Motor City Bengals as part of Draft Month, but today we offer the first of four historical pieces by looking back at the Detroit Tigers’ history of drafting high-school players.
After a month of covering minor league ball around the Detroit Tigers’ farm system, it’s time to step back for a quick overview. For the most part we’ll focus on the bigger names, but there are a few pop-ups to mention as well. Overall, things have looked pretty good. There are a few key disappointments
Well it’s been a whirlwind of injuries and roster decisions this past week, unfortunately. The Tigers went 2-4 since last Sunday, lost Spencer Turnbull and Michael Fulmer, got Jose Ureña back, and finally designated JaCoby Jones for assignment. Now they return home for a series with the Seattle Mariners starting Tuesday, and then welcome in
The Detroit Tigers minor league system on Sunday saw the Mud Hens bullpen step up and provide a clutch performance against Memphis, Andre Lipcius have a strong day for Erie and Riley Greene with another multi-hit game.
For Detroit Tigers fans who are looking for the next player for the farm system to come up and provide a spark to the offense, Yariel Gonzalez is a name based on reading the box scores or our respective Tigers Minor League Report.
The Chicago White Sox took the rubber match of the series against the Detroit Tigers 3-0 on Sunday afternoon. In the getaway game, the offense of the Tigers must’ve taken the early bird flight out of O’Hare. José Ureña came off the injured list to make his 11th start of the season and looked okay
The Detroit Tigers, who have seen injuries to the pitching staff already to Julio Teheran, Urena, and Spencer Turnbull over the weekend, took another blow with Michael Fulmer heading to the IL with a right shoulder strain.
The Detroit Tigers continued their weekend roster shuffle on Sunday morning, announcing that righthander Michael Fulmer was placed on the 10-day injured list retroactive to June 3 with a right shoulder strain. Fulmer has been unavailable for the past few days, and remained sidelined while the Tigers protected a slim lead in the late innings