The team at MCB is covering the draft all month long. Be sure to check back every day for new content related to the 2021 MLB draft and the Detroit Tigers. Will Taylor is a fantastic athlete. In addition to being a candidate for the first round as a baseball player. He is also a…
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The Detroit Tigers are a very different team than the one that swept the Houston Astros back in mid-April. That series was a brief sign of life in an otherwise disastrous opening month of the season. However, the Tigers have really turned it around since then, going 24-30 since the start of May, and 14-14
Tuesday morning, it was announced that the Minnesota Twins had claimed right-handed pitcher Beau Burrows off waivers. The 24-year-old was designated for assignment after his lone major league game of the season, vacating the roster spot that would eventually be used to bring Matt Manning to the Tigers. Burrows, the Tigers 2015 first round pick,
Memphis Redbirds 4, Toledo Mud Hens 0 (box) The offense just couldn’t get anything going in this one. Jacob Robson continued to get it done, collecting three or the Hens’ six hits. JaCoby Jones walked and singled, but there just weren’t many opportunities to mount a threat. Pedro Payano started for Toledo, tossing six innings
The development from start to start is encouraging and gives us all hope for the future of the Detroit Tigers. What about the bats you say? Are you ready to hit the road after 16 months of Covid inactivity? The Erie Seawolves are loaded now as you are probably aware. Spencer Torkelson, perhaps the new…
Matt Manning’s second start looked similar to his debut, but this time he collected his first major league win. The Tigers’ offense was relentless on the basepaths and at the plate against Cardinals pitching, adding on single runs throughout the contest to win 6-2 and sweep the two game series. Well, it’s still looks a
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Well we don’t see them often, but when the St. Louis Cardinals come to town, it’s hard not to think back on the 2006 World Series. The memories are not great. So it feels particularly good to beat them, and this scrappy 2021 iteration of the Detroit Tigers were the beneficiaries of some sloppy play
GoErie.com Detroit’s High-A affiliate, the West Michigan Whitecaps, have seen a lot of on-field success this season and they have seen a slew of talent join Double-A Erie this season as well. A pair of notable recent call-ups to Double-A include third baseman Spencer Torkelson (who’s the number one prospect in the Detroit Tigers’ system)…
After a road trip to Kansas City and Anaheim in which the Tigers went 4-3, the Bless You Boys welcomed their 2006 World Series opponents, the St. Louis Cardinals, to town. In the opener of a short, two-game series, the Tigers beat the Cardinals 8-2. Tarik Skubal’s previous outing was the series-sweeping game against the
Detroit Tigers (30-42) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (36-36) Time/Place: 7:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation site: Viva El BirdosMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (4-7, 4.36 ERA) vs. RHP Johan Oviedo (0-2, 4.58 ERA) Game 73 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR
As far as prospect rankings go, Baseball America ($) is the gold standard among most of the lists. We have recently seen many Detroit Tigers hit the top 100 in the last few years with Matt Manning, Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, and Riley Greene.
After sweeping the Royals in Kansas City, the Tigers endured one of baseball’s worst traditions: getting demolished in Anaheim. The series did end on a high note, but dropping three of four put Detroit back in last place of the AL Central. No need to go on about that, though. Tuesday brings about another start
(Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images) You look across the Detroit Tigers roster, you see a few foundation pieces in place. The recent drafts are starting to have the young talent contribute to the roster.
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has had many various lineups this season, working with what he has been given. One item that comes to mind is putting Jonathan Schoop at first base. With Rentalo Nunez struggling defensively when he was called up and trying to preserve Miguel Cabrera as much as possible, Hinch was able…
The Detroit Tigers Weekly Draft Report returns with a look at the final group of position players in the draft: Outfielders. In a typical year the Detroit Tigers select at least two outfielders in the first ten rounds of the draft. But the shortened 2020 draft saw them take just one outfielder (Daniel Cabrera), and…
While the MLB season progresses with a growing sense of normalcy as attendance restrictions are lifted around the country, much of the baseball world is now bracing for another round of strangeness. The league officially announced on June 15 that their crackdown on foreign substances for pitchers is set to begin on June 21. After
Toledo Mud Hens 8, Columbus Clippers 0 (Sunday)(box) The Hens bullpen blanked the Clippers, while the offense mashed four home runs to run away with this one. As a result, they lost the series two games to four, and now hold a 21-20 record. Kody Clemens has been rolling since his return from injury, and
It was a big week in the Detroit Tigers Minor League system as Spencer Torkelson and Dillon Dingler arrived in Erie with pitching reinforcements, Bryant Packard steps up for the Whitecaps and Kody Clemens loves the Clippers pitching. All that and more in week seven recap of the Detroit Tigers Minor League report.
It was a Father’s Day LOBster fest in Anaheim, but the Tigers managed to avoid the sweep with some strong work from the bullpen to win 5-3 in 10 innings. Hope all the dads out there enjoyed their day. The Tigers put together their first major threat in the second, but as became the theme