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 week ago, my MLB.com colleague Mark Feinsand wrote about the Tigers’ potential conundrum with Eduardo Rodriguez who could be the top starting pitcher on the trade market. If the Tigers
A player’s first trip to the major leagues is always special, even if the circumstances are pretty far from optimal. The Detroit Tigers have been absolutely ravaged by injuries yet again and will be hard pressed to continue their solid play in May. For pitching prospect Reese Olson, this is an opportunity. For the Tigers,
Zack McKinstry, Spencer Torkelson, Detroit Tigers (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Liam Hendriks and Michael Soroka’s triumphantly magnificent returns to the mound are 100 percent what made baseball fun this week.
Developing his pitching, hard work, and finding success has led Reese Olson to where he is today. Tonight, he will make his MLB debut when the Tigers take on the White Sox.
On our next episode of Play Loud, we have two players from the AL Central breaking it down for us! Tigers OF Akil Baddoo takes us into life in the outfield, while White Sox 1B/OF Gavin Sheets brings us into Chicago’s dugout for the afternoon. Both players talked about the experience of being mic’d, and
It was a tough week for the Detroit Tigers, who dropped two of three at home against the Texas Rangers to wrap up the month of May. But it was not the losses that have the fanbase biting its nails — it was the loss of both Eduardo Rodriguez and Riley Greene to potentially long-term
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Toledo Mud Hens 4, Indianapolis Indians 1 (box) With Reese Olson called away to start for the Tigers on Friday, the Hens had to piece together a bullpen game on Thursday. They managed it quite well, and the offense came alive late to break a four-game skid. Garrett Hill got the call as the “starter”
With the Minnesota Twins 7-6 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday night, the American League Central-leading Twins climbed to 30-27 — still just 2½ games ahead of the Detroit Tigers (who are themselves two games under .500) and 4½ ahead of the Guardians. It was only a small step in fending off ignominy for
DAYTON, OH – Chris Meyers’s game-saving diving catch and a career-best performance by Detroit Tigers Top Prospect Jace Jung helped the West Michigan Whitecaps escape with a 6-5 victory over the Dayton Dragons in front of 7,545 fans Thursday night at Day Air Ballpark. HIGHLIGHTS: WHITECAPS HANG ONTO A 6-5 DAYTON, OH – Chris Meyers’s
That little kid from the Le Pedrera barrio in Maracay, Venezuela, the one who used to race out of school every day straight to the dirt ball fields, the one who at 10 years old was hitting mushy baseballs 300 feet with his mother’s wood softball bat, the one whose talent was so obvious, so
Erie cruised its third consecutive win over Richmond, beating them ((9-1)). The SeaWolves set the tone from the first pitch of the game as Trei Cruz led off with a home run against Richmond starter Nick Zwack. Erie plated another run in the second on Diego Rincones’ single after Jake Erie cruised its third consecutive
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Toledo Mud Hens defeated the Indianapolis Indians 4-1 on Thursday night at Victory Field in Indianapolis The pitching matchup consisted of Garrett Hill for the Mud Hens and Cam Alldred for the Indians. Justyn-Henry Malloy hit a leadoff single to get the Mud Hens in the INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Toledo
When MLB moved the Draft to All-Star Week in 2021 in an attempt to increase the event’s popularity, the shift also added a month to the process. So rather than clubs having their boards mostly set by now, everything is in flux with the Draft still five-plus weeks away. The consensus top five prospects remain
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Indianapolis Indians 13, Toledo Mud Hens 1 (box) Well this one was pretty forgettable, at least for the Mud Hens. Austin Bergner was rocked for five runs in the second inning before reliever Matt Wisler took over and quieted things down briefly. Rony Garcia took over in the fourth and spun two scoreless innings before
It’s a single game. And in the six-month grind of a Major League Baseball season, a fraction of the end result. But then math doesn’t account for the human psyche, and to say the Detroit Tigers‘ 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers Wednesday afternoon at Comerica Park meant no more than any other win this
In a span of 24 hours, the Detroit Tigers officially lost their two best players — one pitcher and one hitter — to the injured list, and those two players might not return in the near future. Left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez, the ace of the pitching staff, suffered a ruptured pulley in his left index finger. Center
As part of last year’s collective bargaining agreement, MLB and the Players Association agreed to a few automatic opt-out dates for some veteran players on minor league contracts. Article XX(B) free agents — players with over six years of MLB service who finished the preceding season on a big league roster — who sign minor
DAYTON, OH – The West Michigan Whitecaps waited until the last possible moment, but the moment did not disappoint as Brady Allen delivered a go-ahead, two-run, ninth-inning home run to help defeat the Dayton Dragons in front of 7,440 fans Wednesday night at Day Air Ballpark by a score of DAYTON, OH – The West