LAKELAND, Fla. — “A slider machine.” That’s how one league source described right-handed reliever Matt Wisler, who signed a minor-league contract with the Detroit Tigers and is vying for a role in the bullpen on the Opening Day roster. “It’s always been a good pitch for me,” Wisler said of his slider. “I have obviously taken
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Spring training is just a few days old and Detroit Tigers fans already have things to look forward to. On Thursday, the club announced that starting at 10 a.m. Friday, single-game tickets will go on sale at tigers.com. JEFF SEIDEL:Tigers’ first workout of 2023 brings equal doses of smiles, sadness ‘I COULD WRITE A BOOK’:Spencer
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Detroit — The Tigers are moving up the start times for several home games in 2023. Based on feedback from fans and TV and business partners, the team announced Thursday that all weekday night home games will start at 6:40 p.m., up from 7:10 p.m. “We’re constantly listening to feedback from fans and stakeholders and
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LAKELAND, Fla. — On May 18, 2021, Detroit Tigers right-hander Spencer Turnbull pitched the eighth no-hitter in franchise history and first since Justin Verlander in 2011. “It feels like a lifetime ago,” Turnbull said Wednesday at the opening of spring training. Less than three weeks later, Turnbull removed himself from his June 4 start against the
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The Tigers announced they have signed left-hander Jace Fry to a minor league deal, as well as announcing the previously-reported deal with righty Matt Wisler. Both pitchers have received invitations to major league Spring Training. Fry, 29, was a mainstay of the White Sox’ bullpen from 2018 to 2020. In those three seasons, he made
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The Tigers have shown some interest in free-agent reliever Will Smith, per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press. However, the left-hander has also received interest from multiple clubs that expect to contend for postseason berths in 2023, Petzold adds, which makes them an unlikely landing spot unless they significantly outbid any other suitors. The
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Lakeland, Fla. — Something his pastor said last Wednesday resonated for Casey Mize. It’s something he probably should have heard a few months earlier. “There’s been plenty of times when I was upset and bitter,” said Mize, who, as he revealed Wednesday, is not only rehabbing from Tommy John surgery, but also back surgery. “But
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Spencer Torkelson put on a show on Wednesday in his first TigerTown batting practice. He unleashed some “Tork Bombs”: soaring home runs, line drives to the warning track and shots that clanked off the outfield fence. The excitement from the Detroit Tigers organization was obvious and loud. After one session, a coach
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers revealed new information about one of their top pitchers on the first day of spring training. Right-hander Casey Mize, the 2018 No. 1 overall pick, underwent a previously undisclosed back surgery after undergoing Tommy John surgery in June 2022. There isn’t an official timetable for his return to games, but
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