Lakeland, Fla. — Say you are Rony Garcia and you’ve been told before camp started that your best path to making the Tigers’ Opening Day roster is as a bulk-inning reliever in the bullpen — which he was, as manager AJ Hinch said on Friday. Given how crowded that particular path is, it’s hard to
LAKELAND, Fla. — Colt Keith waited all week for a chance at live batting practice against a Tigers pitcher in Spring Training. His present was a matchup against Matt Manning on Friday morning. By session’s end, he was wearing Manning out. As Keith went pitch-to-pitch against the third-year starter, he was determined not to chase. Not
Lakeland, Fla. — A group of reporters encircled Tigers prospect Parker Meadows at his locker stall Friday. “How cool is it going to be for you and your brother, starting your first game together on Saturday?” he was asked. The stunned look on his face told the tale. He was getting this news for the
LAKELAND, Fla. — On Friday morning, Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris and manager A.J. Hinch held their player meeting with 21-year-old third baseman Colt Keith, the youngest player in their camp. “He can really hit,” Hinch said. “We emphasized (in the meeting) that his approach currently works, so now it’s experience and facing
DETROIT — In 2019, Rochelle Riley decided it was time for a change. After working in newsrooms for more than 30 years, Riley raised a career-altering question to herself. “I asked myself, ‘Do you want to work in a newsroom until it is time for you to retire, then go sit on a beach somewhere?
The Detroit Tigers draft record over the past six years suddenly looks rather grim. Most of that is the fact that their five big prospects have stumbled to one degree or another early in their major league careers. Their stories are far from written, but an area where the Tigers have had enormous success recently
Austin Meadows talks about last season’s physical and mental struggles, and his healthy return to the Tigers in 2023. #MarygroveAwnings #DetroitRoots
The 2023 Detroit Tigers will take the field for some exhibition baseball on Saturday, kicking off the Grapefruit League season. On Thursday, the planned rotation for the first three games was revealed. Of course, most of this won’t be on television or streaming anywhere. I’m always a bit surprised they don’t cater to the real
LAKELAND, Fla. — Think of it in terms of Colt Keith, the youngest player at the Detroit Tigers’ spring training this year. The haven’t had a winning record since the 21-year-old was a freshman in high school. Four times in the past six years, they have lost at least 96 games. That’s a whole lot
LAKELAND, Fla. — A Lamborghini Urus rests beneath palm trees, beside a flower bed at the Detroit Tigers‘ spring training facility. The four-door super sport utility vehicle — mostly matte black, with some red accents — has an eight-cylinder twin-turbocharged engine underneath the hood. The back windows are tinted. The black wheels are accentuated by more
The Tigers are in agreement with right-hander Ashton Goudeau on a minor league deal, according to his transactions log at MLB.com. The right-hander adds some pitching depth to the upper levels of the Detroit system. Goudeau, 30, has appeared at the major league level in three consecutive seasons. Aside from five innings with the Reds in
Brian Johnson was a 16th-round pick by the Yankees in 1989 out of Stanford University, where he’d been the football team’s quarterback and a jack-of-all-trades on a baseball club that won a pair of College World Series titles. Ironically, one of the only positions Johnson didn’t play in college was catcher, which wound up being
It takes a village to produce the content you see on Tigers digital channels, the Comerica Park scoreboard and Bally Sports Detroit. Go behind the scenes to see how it all comes together and get a sneak peek at upcoming features for the 2023 season.
Natalie Kerwin is with the Tigers in Lakeland and she sat down with reliever Alex Lange, who will be considered for the closer role this season.
The work is just beginning — but a new, organized direction should help. Announced Thursday was the formation of the Negro Leagues Family Alliance, a group aimed at preserving “the legacies, history and intellectual properties of the Negro Leagues while contributing to the education and uplift of baseball and sports.” It’s often said that good
In episode 2 of Tigers Today from Lakeland, Florida, Chris McCosky and Tony Paul talk about Chris Ilitch’s visit to camp, Akil Baddoo looking good, and 6:40 p.m. starts for weekday home games. They also preview Saturday’s Grapefruit opener against the Phillies in Lakeland at 1:05 p.m. Here’s the other highlights: :30 Spencer Turnbull returns
Lakeland, Fla. — Cruel game baseball. Year after year, Chasen Shreve has been a solid, useful left-handed relief pitcher. And year after year, he finds himself designated for assignment and looking for a job. He has a 21-12 record with a 3.87 ERA in nine big-league seasons. He’s averaged close to 10 strikeouts per nine
Lakeland, Fla. — AJ Hinch announced that Garrett Hill will start the Tigers’ Grapefruit League opener at Joker Marchant Stadium Saturday against the defending National League-champion Phillies. “I’m super excited,” said Hill, who made eight starts for the Tigers last year before finishing the season in the bullpen to limit his workload. “It’s going to
Lakeland, Fla. — It had been 19 months since Spencer Turnbull had stood on a mound and stared down an actual hitter, 19 months since he faced White Sox Yermin Mercedes with two outs in the fourth inning on June 4 at Guaranteed Rate Field. Turnbull struck out Mercedes with a 3-2 sinker, walked back
LAKELAND, Fla. — His name is Jurrangelo Cijntje. He throws 97 mph as a right-handed pitcher, and he throws 92 mph as a left-hander. The 19-year-old, a natural lefty, has a reversible glove. He also has the attention of everyone in baseball. “He’s insane,” Kerry Carpenter said. The freshman switch-pitcher made his college debut Wednesday night