The Detroit Tigers have been desperate for productive left-handed hitters. Outfielder Akil Baddoo, a left-handed hitter with a 14.3% walk rate, returned from the injured list Friday and started in left field for the series opener against the Toronto Blue Jays at Comerica Park. Riley Greene, another lefty hitting outfielder, is slated to return from
Detroit — Matt Manning, Tarik Skubal, Eduardo Rodriguez and Alex Faedo are back. They are healed and, for now, back in the Tigers’ starting rotation along with Michael Lorenzen and Reese Olson. All good things. But now what? For most of June the Tigers operated with no more than four starters, using planned bullpen games
Detroit Tigers (38-48) vs Toronto Blue Jays (48-40) Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Bluebird BanterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Alex Faedo (1-3, 5.54 ERA) vs. RHP Alek Manoah (1-7, 6.36 ERA) Game 87 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Faedo
Detroit Tigers (38-48) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (48-40) When: 6:40 p.m. Friday. Where: Comerica Park in Detroit. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit (Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Tigers RHP Alex Faedo (1-3, 5.54 ERA) vs. Blue Jays RHP Alek Manoah (1-7, 6.36 ERA). • Box score Tigers lineup: 1. 3B Zach McKinstry. 2. 1B Spencer Torkelson. 3. CF Matt Vierling. 4.
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. Scott Harris’ imprint on the Tigers since becoming president of baseball operations last fall is already fairly big, from the Major League roster to player development to Comerica Park itself.
Johnny Kane and Detroit Tigers catcher Jake Rogers take over the kitchen of Oak Diner in Royal Oak. Who can handle the heat and who’s better off sticking to their day job? Find out on “Inside the Tigers: Order Up.”
The MLB Draft starts Sunday night, and runs through Tuesday, with 20 rounds total. Detroit — When it comes to the 2023 Major League Baseball Draft, the Tigers appear to be a bit of a wild card — or, at least as much of a wild card a team can be holding the No. 3
The Detroit Tigers were bested in a three-game series against the Oakland Athletics this week at Comerica Park, dropping two of three to the lowly American League West division cellar-dwellers in the penultimate set ahead of this year’s All-Star Game. All that remains between the Motor City Kitties and their midseason breather are the Toronto
Louisville Bats 9, Toledo Mud Hens 5 (box) The Hens didn’t win on Thursday night, but there was plenty of good in the results. Riley Greene played center field most of the game and he crushed a solo shot to center field in the fifth. Based on A.J. Hinch’s comments on Thursday, Greene will likely
There have been countless iconic images that represent Detroit sports over the last century. There’s Magglio Ordóñez rounding the bases after a walk-off home run to send the Detroit Tigers to the World Series, Steve Yzerman raising the Stanley Cup to end the Detroit Red Wings‘ 42-year drought, Isiah Thomas and the Bad Boys celebrating
Jake Rogers was sitting in front of his locker in the Detroit Tigers clubhouse. “What does it mean to get all these guys back?” I asked him. Rogers leaned back in his chair and broke into a smile. “The boys are back together,” he said on Thursday afternoon after the Tigers’ 9-0 victory over the
Center fielder Parker Meadows is hitting .310 with a .921 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in his past 36 games. Corner outfielder Justyn-Henry Malloy is hitting .250 with an .805 OPS in his past 33 games. Infielder Colt Keith is hitting .336 with a 1.000 OPS in 66 games throughout the entire season. All three of them are
The Toledo Mud Hens lost Thursday night to the Louisville Bats 9-5. The Mud Hens are now 4-5 in the second half and 37-46 overall. Brenan Hanifee started the game for Toledo and ran into trouble early. He gave up solo home runs in the first and second innings, and The Toledo Mud Hens lost
The SeaWolves bounced back to defeat Altoona 5-3 on Thursday. Wilmer Flores started for Erie and allowed a first-inning run. Lolo Sanchez led off with a double and later scored on Matt Gorski’s RBI single. Altoona scratched out a second run in the third inning. With two out and Sanchez The SeaWolves bounced back to
FORT WAYNE, IN – The West Michigan Whitecaps couldn’t solve Fort Wayne TinCaps pitching for the second consecutive night, falling by a final score of 5-2 in front of 4,883 fans in a rapidly played ballgame at Parkview Field on Thursday. The Whitecaps have scored only three runs in their FORT WAYNE, IN – The
The 2023 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game is set for Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m. ET at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, where 50 of the game’s top Minor Leaguers will take the field together for the 24th edition of baseball’s greatest prospect showcase. How to watchThe seven-inning game will air exclusively on Peacock and SiriusXM. MLB
When we decided what the mock Draft schedule would be earlier this spring, I got excited because I knew I’d get to use one of my favorite words for the whole draft projection process. So, without further ado, welcome to my penultimate mock of the first round of the 2023 Draft. Here’s where things stand
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Detroit — Jake Marisnick has played for eight different teams. He’s been traded four times and released four times. At age 32 and in his 11th season, he found himself toiling in Triple A for the White Sox earlier this season before the Tigers’ purchased his contract on May 30. He’s been through some stuff.