Matthew Boyd is back. The veteran left-hander’s one-year, $10 million contract with the Detroit Tigers became official Wednesday — exactly two weeks after reports surfaced — marking his return to the city he calls his second home. The 31-year-old pitched for the Tigers from 2015-21 and always kept the door open for a reunion. “I feel like
The Detroit Tigers have signed right-hander Michael Lorenzen to a one-year, $8.5 million contract, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation. Lorenzen, who can make an additional $1.5 million in performance bonuses, plans to be a starting pitcher. He pitched for the Los Angeles Angels last season, logging a 4.24 ERA with 44
Detroit – Just a few hours after Matthew Boyd officially signed his one-year, $10 million deal, another veteran pitcher, this one right-handed, agreed to join the Tigers’ rotation on a similar deal. Two sources confirmed to the News that Michael Lorenzen, who will turn 31 on Jan. 4 and has eight years of big-league experience,
Jim Callis has broken down the Draft class and now it’s time to see who is going to go where in the first round. With the usual caveat that much will change between now and July, this projection is based on if teams were selecting right now. And I enlisted the assistance of a scouting
Right-hander Michael Lorenzen agreed on Wednesday to a one-year, $8.5 million contract with the Tigers, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The club has not confirmed the deal, which includes $1.5 million in performance bonuses. Lorenzen, who turns 31 in January, went 8-6 with a 4.24 ERA in 18 starts for the Angels last season.
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. The scene at Comerica Park on Monday morning looked like something out of an action movie, or the diamond heist scene of “Ocean’s Thirteen”: A helicopter hovered overhead as
Detroit — Matthew Boyd never was going to hold a grudge against the Tigers. That’s just not in his DNA. Sure, the Tigers rather unceremoniously non-tendered him before last season, sending him into free agency while he was rehabbing from flexor tendon surgery. Kind of cold after Boyd had given his heart and soul to
DETROIT — The voice, the optimism, the team-first mentality, the belief that his best baseball is ahead, it all sounded familiar as Matthew Boyd talked on a Zoom call with reporters about his return to the Tigers. For a minute, it was like he had never left. “I believe this team is good,” Boyd said
Detroit — Willson Contreras to the Cardinals — five years, $87.5 million. Christian Vazquez to the Twins — three years, $30 million. Sean Murphy to the Braves — nine-player, three-team trade. You can see what the Tigers have been up against this offseason in terms of upgrading the catcher position at the big-league level. “The
Right-handed reliever Joe Jiménez stood in front of his locker in the Detroit Tigers‘ clubhouse in September and reflected on his baseball career, from playing alongside Carlos Correa as a youth in Puerto Rico to navigating his successes and failures as a professional. “More downs than ups,” Jiménez said. This part of Jiménez’s story begins
Southeastern Conference teams have won the last three College World Series. Now they’re poised to dominate the top of the Draft like no league ever has before. The most players one conference has ever landed in the top five picks is three by the SEC in 2020 with Arkansas’ Heston Kjerstad, Texas A&M’s Asa Lacy
“He has a fastball that touches the mid-90s,” Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris said last week. “He has a slider that is very effective at limiting damage. And he’s been really tough on left-handed hitters throughout his career. You can never have too much pitching, and he’s a guy that I think can
A helicopter circled Comerica Park on Monday morning. Within three hours, the original light fixtures on the 16 towers at Comerica Park were removed. In February, the Detroit Tigers will install 472 new LED light fixtures. The goal is to provide a crisper viewing experience for fans at the ballpark and at home watching the
This story was excerpted from MLB Pipeline’s newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft returned to the Winter Meetings last Wednesday in San Diego after the 2021 edition was canceled due to last offseason’s work stoppage.
A helicopter circled Comerica Park on Monday morning. Within three hours, the original light fixtures on the 16 towers at Comerica Park were removed. In February, the Detroit Tigers will install 472 new LED light fixtures. The goal is to provide a crisper viewing experience for fans at the ballpark and at home watching the
It’s never easy being traded by your hometown team, but for newly acquired Detroit Tigers left-hander Jake Higginbotham, the silver lining is that he was sent to a place he’s admired from a distance for some time. Higginbotham, a 26-year-old Atlanta native who was acquired in a package for reliever Joe Jimenez that also included
Justyn-Henry Malloy, the newest prospect in the Detroit Tigers‘ organization, wishes he would have locked an important phone number into contact list before his phone started buzzing last week. He received a phone call Wednesday night from an unknown number and declined the invitation to speak. Then came a text message from the same number,
Detroit — Even on Monday, five days after he saw what Tigers president Scott Harris had said about him the night of the trade, the words still made him pause a beat to catch his breath. “Those are some strong words,” Justyn-Henry Malloy said on a Zoom call with Detroit reporters. Malloy, along with minor-league
Justyn-Henry Malloy was at home last Wednesday with his father, Henry Malloy, when his phone rang. He didn’t recognize the number at first, so he didn’t make much of it. In the process, he briefly missed the first trade of his brief pro career. “It was from a random number,” Detroit’s newest prospect said Monday
Detroit — The Detroit Tigers’ roster rebuild remains a work in progress. But the ballclub is taking a significant step toward upgrading its 22-year-old stadium, which this winter will see the installation of state-of-the-art LED panels. A helicopter was brought to Comerica Park on Monday morning to start removing the original light fixtures on its