Detroit — The Tigers have added another veteran infielder to an already crowded competition, signing second baseman Cesar Hernandez to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training next month. Hernandez, who will be 33 in May, will be entering his 11th big-league season and is coming off one of the worst offensive seasons
The top of the Detroit Tigers roster isn’t impressing anyone, but Scott Harris is definitely building in a solid floor with all the minor league depth he’s built into the roster this offseason. On Wednesday, Jon Heyman of the NY Post reported that the Tigers have signed veteran infielder César Hernández to a minor league
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. While Tigers manager A.J. Hinch, Matthew Boyd, Eric Haase and Matt Manning were meeting with reporters at Comerica Park last week as part of a miniature version of their
Mickey Redmond offers his assessment of the Red Wings’ playoff chances after Tuesday’s OT win over the Sharks. #LGRW
With the action of the 2022 season a few months in the rearview mirror and not quite a month to go before Spring Training games get underway, the reveal of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list for 2023 is imminent. Watch MLB Network’s Greg Amsinger and Steve Phillips count down the list with insight from
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Considered the “consensus top high school righthander available” by Baseball America back in 2009, Jacob Turner was drafted ninth overall by the Tigers out of Westminster Christian Academy in Missouri. He stood at 6’5″, 210 lbs and touched 98 with his fastball. Adviser Scott Boras was able to get the 18-year-old Turner a $5.5MM Major
Right-hander Edwin Uceta thinks the best is yet to come. He appeared on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ top-30 prospect list from 2019-21. Since then, he has pitched 24 games in the major leagues and has been designated for assignment twice in his young career. The Detroit Tigers claimed Uceta off waivers Jan. 11 — two days
We hear from coach Dwane Casey after his Pistons give up 49 first-quarter points and suffer a 150-130 loss to the Bucks on Monday. #DetroitBasketball
Detroit — Remember when the Tigers drafted Spencer Torkelson with the first overall pick in 2020 and they announced him as a third baseman? Seemed daft at the time, didn’t it? But, as we sit here today, just a few short weeks from the start of spring training, and with the Tigers still without any
TORONTO, ON – JULY 14: George Springer #4 of the Toronto Blue Jays slams his helmet against the Kansas City Royals after flying out to end the seventh inning during their MLB game at the Rogers Centre on July 14, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. MLB Power Rankings (Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images)
MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2023 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 26, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. There are a lot of changes to this year’s Top
Kalamazoo — It’s been 15 years since Daniel Schlereth was in college. Now, he’s going back to school, as the newest member of Western Michigan baseball coach Billy Gernon’s staff. Schlereth will serve as Gernon’s volunteer coach, and manage the pitching staff. It’s the latest coaching gig since Schlereth retired following the start of the
The Rockies have landed infielder Harold Castro on a minor league deal, MLBTR can confirm. The move was first reported by Efrain Zavarce of IVC Networks. The deal comes with an invite to major league spring training. Castro is represented by the MAS+ Agency. Castro, 29, put up a .271/.300/.381 line with seven home runs
DETROIT — For the second consecutive offseason, Matt Manning has been training in Florida with some of the Tigers’ other young starting pitchers. It makes sense, considering the bond they’ve built. Manning, Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal and Alex Faedo came up through the farm system together, including in the summer of 2019 as a star-studded
Tigers players Matt Manning, Eric Haase and Matt Boyd visit Detroit Edison Public School Academy on Friday. #DetroitRoots
Detroit — The competitor lies deep within Matthew Boyd, buried beneath layers of politeness, professionalism, altruism and a genuine righteousness. He’s a good human first, a good husband and father first, a good teammate first. Make no mistake, with a baseball in his left hand, Boyd is as fierce and driven a competitor as there
MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2023 Top 100 Prospects list at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 26, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. Second base is one of the least toolsy positions. But
The Detroit Tigers are counting on Spencer Torkelson. It feels like a make-or-break season. When spring training begins Feb. 13, Torkelson — four months removed from the end of a miserable rookie campaign — will control a spot on the Opening Day roster as the everyday first baseman. The 23-year-old could play his way off the team