Eduardo Rodriguez is really going to cause us some headaches over the next few weeks leading to the trade deadline. He looked great tonight, really dialed in, pitching remarkably well, and that sort of thing is bound to renew a lot of attention from other teams. So the question becomes, do the Tigers actually make
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals honored Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera before the final game of his career at Kauffman Stadium with a $10,000 check to his charitable foundation and a framed collection of pictures from when he clinched his 2012 Triple Crown. Cabrera thanked the Royals with another clutch hit. The
Kansas City, Mo. — Eduardo Rodriguez was certainly the center of attention for trade deadline shoppers Wednesday. And the Tigers’ lefty, expected to be coveted by pitching-lacking contenders, did not disappoint. He had one minor hiccup in an otherwise dominant seven-inning performance, putting the Tigers in position to beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 at
Toledo OH – The Toledo Mud Hens faced the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and fell 5-1 in game two of the home stand. Lead-off batter Weston Wilson started the game out with a bang, slapping a solo home run off of Mud Hens starterJack O’Loughlin to open the game. O’Loughlin settled Toledo OH – The Toledo
Top 2 DET 1 KC 0 Result of AB Javier Báez’s solo homer (7) AB: Javier Baez | P: Ryan Yarbrough
Kansas City, Mo. — It was three hours before the game Wednesday and Tarik Skubal already had a full lather going. He went over his post-game report from his rough outing Tuesday night with pitching coach Chris Fetter, he’d reviewed the video over and over, and he’d been out in the dense humidity working through
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal struggled in his third start since returning from flexor tendon surgery. His poor performance contributed to Tuesday’s 11-10 loss to the Kansas City Royals. The 26-year-old allowed seven runs on eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts across four innings. He needed 32 pitches to get
The Trade Deadline is fast approaching, with teams having until 6 p.m. ET on Aug. 1 to swap players and try to improve their present or future. With two-thirds of the 30 clubs having at least somewhat plausible hopes of reaching the postseason, there should be several moves made in the next two weeks. Every
Detroit — The longest-running Negro Leagues weekend celebration in Major League Baseball returns this weekend, as the Detroit Tigers host the 21st-annual Negro Leagues Weekend July 21-23 when the San Diego Padres visit Comerica Park for a three-game series. The 27th-annual Negro Leagues Tribute Game on Saturday will be the highlight of the weekend. The
Erie’s offense could not respond to Binghamton’s crooked fifth inning in a 7-0 loss to the Rumble Ponies. Brant Hurter and Ponies starter Jose Chacin traded zeroes early. Hurter allowed a leadoff walk in the first inning but struck out the next three. Binghamton nearly scored in the second when, Erie’s offense could not respond
Detroit Tigers (42-52) at Kansas City Royals (28-68) When: 8:10 p.m. Wednesday. Where: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1 in Detroit; Tigers radio affiliates). Probable pitchers: Tigers LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (5-5, 2.70 ERA) vs. Royals LHP Ryan Yarbrough (2-4, 5.29). • Box score Tigers lineup: LF Matt Vierling CF Riley Greene 1B Spencer Torkelson RF Kerry
DETROIT — David Franco knew he wanted to give back to his community. He just did not know where to start. After conducting research, Franco realized there were limited work skills training opportunities for individuals with disabilities. So in 2017, Franco accepted a business development leadership position at Living and Learning Enrichment Center. Headquartered in Northville,
SOUTH BEND, IN – The West Michigan Whitecaps bats went silent, spoiling a solid performance from pitcher Wilkel Hernandez on Wednesday afternoon as part of a 5-0 shutout loss to the South Bend Cubs at Four Winds Field. West Michigan’s offense was held to just five hits and hasn’t scored SOUTH BEND, IN – The
On Wednesday, Awful Announcing rebooted their annual MLB local broadcaster rankings. The reader-voted list had not been released since 2019, and while the voting sample size of just over 10,000 total votes is a mere fraction of the list’s peak voting sample size of 64,000 total votes, the results are as interesting as ever —
The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts. This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Anthony Franco of
Let’s take a second and assume that the Detroit Tigers are not going to the playoffs. Hard to imagine, I know, but bear with me. The team has a handful of tradeable assets — all of them pitchers — and a wealth of teams that could make sense as trade partners for Scott Harris and
Lehigh Valley IronPigs 4, Toledo Mud Hens 3 (box) Alex Faedo threw a good game for the Hens in Tuesday’s opener with the IronPigs in Toledo, but the bullpen couldn’t hold a late lead. The other bit of bad news was Justyn-Henry Malloy going on the 7-day injured list. So far there are no confirmed
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eduardo Rodriguez, the ace of the Detroit Tigers, isn’t thinking about the upcoming trade deadline. But the Tigers need a boost in the hitting department, and trading Rodriguez would allow president of baseball operations Scott Harris to acquire fresh talent for the organization. The 30-year-old left-hander, who tied for sixth in American
Kansas City, Mo. — Before the game, Spencer Torkelson stirred up a portion of Royals Nation with his half-serious response to a Twitter photo clearly showing Kansas City’s Monday night starter Jordan Lyles with a strip of sticky stuff on his left wrist. “He’s 1-11,” he snarked, referencing Lyle’s won-loss record. “You can have it.
New York – Major League Baseball had a night of offense not seen in 129 years, with 12 teams scoring double-digit runs including the Tigers losing to the Royals, 11-10. Twelve teams tied May 30, 1884, for the second-most in one day, trailing only 13 on July 4, 1894, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.