TORONTO — The sound of fans singing “O Canada” filled the Rogers Centre as the Toronto Blue Jays prepared for their first home game of the season with an extraordinary pregame ceremony. The 42,053 fans, a sold-out crowd, were amped up for baseball’s return to their city. A different feeling — Oh no — almost immediately infiltrated
Toronto – The gut punches just keep coming for the Tigers. Minutes after the Toronto Blue Jays secured a 9-3 win in their home opener Tuesday − hitting five home runs in the newly-renovated, dimensions-shortened Rogers Centre − manager AJ Hinch announced that right-hander Matt Manning, who became the first Tigers’ starter to go six
LANSING, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps brought the potential tying run to the plate in the ninth inning but ultimately were dealt their first defeat of the 2023 season as part of a 5-2 loss to the Lansing Lugnuts on Tuesday night at Jackson Field. After falling behind 5-0 LANSING, MI – The West
TORONTO — Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning has suffered another injury. The 25-year-old fractured the fifth metatarsal in his right foot on the final pitch of his start in Tuesday’s 9-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre. He was limited to 12 starts and 63 innings last season because of shoulder inflammation,
The Tigers built an early lead and handled Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah pretty easily in the Jays home opener at the Rogers Centre. Still, once again they wasted scoring opportunities along the way and the bullpen eventually got stomped again as they fell to 2-8 on the young season. Things started off in sprightly
We hear from Matt Manning after he throw six solid innings Tuesday but suffers a foot injury on his final pitch of the night. #RepDetroit
We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after his Tigers drop their fifth straight, 9-3 in Toronto on Tuesday, and lose Matt Manning to a foot injury. #RepDetroit
2023 Opening Night
The Erie SeaWolves dropped the home opener to the Altoona Curve, 9-1. Altoona rode the long ball to their first win of 2023. The Curve blasted three home runs, including consecutive home runs by Domingo Leyba and Matt Fraizer in a four-run second inning against Erie starter Sawyer Gipson-Long. Jacob The Erie SeaWolves dropped the
The Mud Hens defeated the Louisville Bats 7-3 in the first game of the series. The Louisville Bats would come to this game with some backup, as Reds first basemen and 17-year MLB veteran Joey Votto made a rehab appearance. Joey Votto would get the Bats on the board first The Mud Hens defeated the
Top 2 DET 0 TOR 0 Result of AB Kevin Kiermaier robs a homer AB: Kerry Carpenter | P: Alek Manoah
Johnny Kane is in Toronto and he had a chance to catch up with Akil Baddoo, who is trying to have fun while helping the Tigers win.
TORONTO — Finally, the Detroit Tigers have pinpointed the problem with Beau Brieske The right-hander, who flashed potential as a starting pitcher last season, has been on the shelf a couple times in the past nine months. The 25-year-old spent the second half of 2022 on the injured list with a forearm strain, pitched nearly nine
Detroit Tigers (2-7) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (6-4) Time/Place: 7:07 p.m., Rogers CentreSB Nation Site: Bluebird BanterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Matt Manning (1-0, 3.18 ERA) vs. RHP Alek Manoah (1-0, 4.35 ERA) Game 10 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Manning
Toronto – The medical update on Tigers’ right-hander Beau Brieske is encouraging. We think. Brieske, according to the Tigers, was diagnosed with right ulnar nerve entrapment after receiving multiple medical opinions. He underwent a nerve hydrodissection procedure to treat his symptoms. The encouraging part is it was a minimally-invasive procedure and not ulnar nerve replacement
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. Austin Meadows talked in Spring Training about the happiness of being back on a baseball field after ending last year on the injured list. He wasn’t just physically healthy,
It has been a rough start for the Detroit Tigers, who opened the season with a series win against the Houston Astros sandwiched between a pair of sweeps by the Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox, respectively. While we are merely nine games into the 2023 schedule and nearly two months away from the
Starting in spring training, Major League Baseball began a new era of play with the implementation of the pitch clock. Historically, the only clock that governed the sport was the sun, but over time changes like stadium lights have steered the game in the direction that led to this new era. Now for the first
When I sat down to write this dive into Toledo’s roster, it had been my intention to provide brief context and analysis for each player who could feasibly play for Detroit this season. Little did I realize that description encompasses almost the entire roster. Unlike in recent years, the Tigers are using the Triple-A roster
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch isn’t wavering from the message he has sent to his players over the past two seasons, despite another poor start. Make it three years in a row for the third-year manager. Win today’s game. The Tigers are 2-7 in the 2023 season, swept in three games by the Tampa Bay