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
The American League Central has had three different winners in the past three years. The Twins took the top spot in both 2019 and the shortened 2020 season but have since seen injuries hamper them significantly in the past two campaigns. A resurgent White Sox club took over in 2021, making the playoffs for a
The Tigers have had a fairly quiet offseason. First-year baseball operations leader Scott Harris has shied away from long-term additions on the heels of the team’s “Murphy’s law” 2022 campaign. The club took a couple upside dice rolls on Matt Boyd and Michael Lorenzen for the rotation, likely with an eye towards a possible deadline deal if
Matthew Boyd was only gone for 13 months. But the Tigers’ veteran pitcher could’ve told you even then that he could see where this was all headed. And now that he’s back in Detroit, the 31-year-old lefty can tell you he was right, with still nearly a month to go before pitchers and catchers report
Detroit — Say this about Tigers catcher Eric Haase — he speaks his mind, forthrightly. He was in town Thursday, along with teammates Matthew Boyd and Matt Manning and manager AJ Hinch, taking part in a scaled-down Winter Caravan, and he was asked what he thought about the new pitch timer that Major League Baseball
Detroit — You expected the Tigers to sign a veteran first baseman this offseason, preferably one who batted left-handed. Names like Wil Myers, Eric Hosmer, even right-handed-hitting Trey Mancini were bandied about. The thought was that president Scott Harris would have to bring in someone to either platoon with or be a safety net for
DETROIT — Comerica Park’s outfield walls were unchanged as Tigers manager A.J. Hinch and a few players filed in on a rainy Thursday morning. Work on the ballpark hasn’t started yet, so there’s no way to see the physical difference yet. The mental adjustment, however, is well underway. That, catcher Eric Haase believes, is where
The Tigers announced their 2023 coaching staff today, with many of the names returning from last year or already reported. The one new bit of information from today’s announcement is that Tim Federowicz has been brought aboard as a catching coach. Federowicz, 35, will bring plenty of experience to the role, having been a big
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The Detroit Tigers have hired Tim Federowicz as their catching coach for the 2023 season. He spent last season as the manager for Triple-A Tacoma in the Seattle Mariners organization. Federowicz played 163 MLB games across parts of eight seasons, including 10 games for Tigers manager A.J. Hinch as a member of the Houston Astros
Enrique Jimenez watched a lot of baseball growing up. He primarily studied three players: Yadier Molina, Victor Martinez and Miguel Cabrera. Two elite catchers; one Venezuelan legend. About 10 years ago, Jimenez asked his father to take him to the local baseball field in Venezuela. That’s when he first picked up a ball and tried
Free Press sports columnists Carlos Monarrez and Shawn Windsor debate about almost everything, especially for their podcast, “Free Press Sports with Carlos & Shawn.” They’ve seen a lot of Detroit sports in recent years, which means they’ve seen … a lot of rebuilding. Here, the guys discuss what, if anything, fans around here have to
Willian Berti, OF, Venezuela (6-0, 180)Brandy Caraballo, OF, Venezuela (5-9, 150)Erickson De Los Santos, LHP, Dominican Republic (6-6, 200)Juan Hernandez, SS, Venezuela (6-0, 160)Adrian Hoyte, OF, Venezuela (5-7, 145)Enrique Jimenez, C, Venezuela (5-10, 165)Leonardo Leon, RHP, Venezuela (6-4, 180)Nelson Marin, C, Venezuela (5-11, 165)Andy Mateo, RHP, Dominican Republic (6-4, 180)Abelardo Medrano, OF, Dominican Republic (6-2,
What the Tigers are hoping for is that another Willy Adames evolves from the past week’s 2023 international cast of teenagers signed almost exclusively from Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. As was noted Thursday by Tom Moore, the Tigers’ longtime man in charge of international operations, Adames, the Brewers shortstop, has a higher WAR (wins
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. “Now I want to play more years,” Cabrera joked on Instagram, complete with laughing emojis. The reaction was fitting, considering how often Cabrera has been used over the years
The Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, announce today that applications are still being accepted for the 2023 Chace Numata Scholarship. The deadline to apply for a scholarship is Wednesday, February 1. Over the past three years, the SeaWolves Community Fund has awarded 36 scholarships in memory of The Erie SeaWolves, Double-A affiliate
It was April 18, 2017. Matt Vierling jogged onto grass at Comerica Park for the first time in his baseball career, patrolling center field for Notre Dame against Central Michigan. He ripped an RBI single through the left side of the infield off right-hander Michael Brettell, now a farmhand in St. Louis Cardinals’ organization, as
Make no mistake, Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris has been thinking about center fielder Riley Greene — a budding star and arguably the future of the franchise — this offseason. Harris had Greene, the 2019 No. 5 overall pick, on his mind throughout the evaluation process for changes to the outfield dimensions at
News items about Tommy John surgeries are fairly commonplace in baseball circles, but there’s no doubting it’s a significant event for the impacted player. It usually takes over a year to return to form, with a multi-stage rehabilitation process required to regain functionality. Once a player gets back into game shape, there’s no guarantee the