Detroit Tigers

Over the last decade, Minor League Baseball teams across the nation have made it a habit to temporarily change their name to one that pays homage to a regionally beloved delicacy. When considered as a whole, this array of food-based identities makes a smorgasbord too rich and marvelous for a single meal, but one certainly worthy of

DETROIT – The Detroit Tigers signed infielder Colt Keith to a six-year contract extension worth $28,642,500 that runs through the 2029 season and includes club options for the 2030, 2031, and 2032 seasons. Keith will make $2,500,000 in 2024, $3,500,000 in 2025, $4,000,000 per season from 2026-27, and $5,000,000 per season from 2028-29. The deal also

We released MLB Pipeline’s 2024 Top 100 Prospects list Friday night, led by Orioles shortstop/second baseman Jackson Holliday, Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio and Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes. That’s the last two No. 1 overall Draft picks sandwiched around a guy who signed an eight-year, $82 million contract before making his big league debut. Hitters dominate

The Tigers have four prospects on MLB Pipeline’s latest Top 100 list, including an MLB-best three in the top 25, led by potential five-tool outfielder Max Clark. Clark, the third overall pick in last year’s MLB Draft, sits at No. 13 on Pipeline’s list. Colt Keith, who might not qualify as a prospect for much

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Matt Kinzer still remembers the booming voice of Bo Schembechler, the scowl on the legendary University of Michigan football coach’s face, as the new Tigers team president spotted the right-hander in

It’s ranking season at MLB Pipeline, with the 2024 Top 10 by position lists in the process of being released and the new Top 100 Prospects list right around the corner. That makes it the perfect time of year for fun debate and thought experiments regarding baseball’s best young players. In the latest installment of

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2024 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 26, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. This is as loaded an outfield group as ever. There

With the action of the 2023 season in the rearview mirror and almost a month to go before Spring Training games get underway, the reveal of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list for 2024 is imminent. Watch MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger and Steve Phillips count down the list with Pipeline’s Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. A quarter-century after Gabe Alvarez was a promising young third baseman for the Tigers, the former USC All-American has developed into a rising star in the coaching ranks. Alvarez’s two seasons

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2024 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 26, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. Four of the five best third-base prospects from this time

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2024 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 26, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. If you can hit anywhere, you’ve given yourself a chance.

It’s always fun to look at MLB projections before the season and see whose numbers jump off the page. Here are 10 players with eye-popping projections for 2024 — five hitters and five pitchers. 1) Ronald Acuña Jr., Braves: .318 AVG, 37 HR, 55 SB, 7.3 WAR Start with the reigning National League MVP, who’s

Spring Training is drawing ever closer, with pitchers and catchers beginning to report in about three weeks. But there remains much to be determined when it comes to what rosters will look like before that happens. What might each team do to improve its roster before Spring Training gets underway in Arizona and Florida next

The Tigers and right-hander Casey Mize avoided an arbitration hearing by agreeing to terms on a one-year contract with a club option for 2025 on Friday. Mize will make an $830,000 base salary this season. The Tigers at season’s end will either exercise their $3.1 million option for 2025 or buy it out for $10,000,

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Jack Bushell was a two-way player as a teenager in Australia who had just committed to pitching full-time barely two years ago. He couldn’t have imagined being on the

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2024 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 26, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. Always one of the deepest groups of prospects as we

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. It’s an area where the Tigers haven’t had much contribution the last few years. So beyond the latest signings, how are the Tigers faring on the international front and

The Tigers added a talented prospect to their system after agreeing to a deal with Dominican third baseman Nestor Miranda, MLB.com’s No. 45 international prospect, upon Monday’s opening of the 2024 signing period. The club announced the agreement on Monday. Miranda signed for a $1.5 million bonus, according to sources. Detroit received a signing pool

The 2023 season was the Year of the Steal in MLB. With any luck, 2024 will bring even more stolen base fireworks around the league. Plenty of players have already taken advantage of the new rules encouraging stolen bases, with NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. leading the charge with his historic 41-homer, 73-steal season. But

TEMPE, Ariz. — In seeing the temperatures in Arizona hover around freezing at 9 a.m., it would have been more than fair for Nationals starting pitcher Josiah Gray and free-agent infielder Cole Tucker to seek shelter from the elements, nestling with a coffee before getting an offseason day started. But the duo braved the elements