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
The Tigers showed how much they valued reliever Brendan White, adding the Erie Seawolves pitcher with a dominating slider to their 40-man roster before MLB’s Rule 5 Draft.
For most of the last decade, the Detroit Tigers farm system slumped far behind most of the league in terms of scouting and player development. A lack of high picks and minimal spending on coaches and training personnel, analysts, and facilities, left the organization running a fairly barebones affair during the later years of Dave
The Tigers have a lot of upgrades to make following a 96-loss season, and the club is exploring several veteran options on the free agent market. Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports that such players as Seth Lugo, Adam Frazier, Brian Anderson, and Edwin Rios have all drawn interest from the Tigers, and
DETROIT — The Tigers remain noncommittal about potential changes to the playing dimensions at Comerica Park, but one change to the ballpark is already clear: Whatever the field looks like for 2023 and beyond, it’ll be brighter. The Tigers on Sunday announced they will upgrade the lighting at the ballpark to a state-of-the-art LED system,
Baseball’s annual winter meetings were coming to a close Wednesday night as reporters gathered around the lobby elevators of the Harbor Tower, not far from the busy Grand Lobby Bar, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego. They were waiting to speak with Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris, still searching for
Mason Englert is spending his offseason in Grand Rapids. His morning routine is one of the reasons for his improved mental health. He wakes up early in the morning, eats breakfast, hurries out the door and travels to the Grand River, the longest river in Michigan, where he sets a timer and jumps in the
DETROIT — Every day, Mason Englert prepares for his offseason workouts by practicing the Wim Hof Method, a system of controlled deep breathing created by a Dutch extreme athlete that improves mental focus and pain management. One of the pillars is cold therapy, exposing the body to extreme temperatures. To do this, Englert says, he
Kenley Jansen, Atlanta Braves. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Has TCU ever had a Heisman Trophy winner? by Scott Rogust The Atlanta Braves added reliever Joe Jimenez in a trade with the Detroit Tigers to offset losing closer Kenley Jansen to the Boston Red Sox in his MLB free agency.
Detroit —The temperature in the Grand River — which is still the longest river in Michigan — topped out at 37 degrees on Friday. It was probably colder than that when the newest Tiger, right-hander Mason Englert, took his morning dip Friday. “I’ve been doing it for about a year,” said Englert, the Forney, Texas
Where each team ranks following the Winter Meetings in this week’s MLB Power Rankings. This week’s MLB Power Rankings will take a look at the last week or so for all 30 teams. Gathered together for the Winter Meetings, it was a chance for more action in the hot stove.
The Detroit Tigers first major transaction of the offseason was trading Joe Jiménez to the Atlanta Braves for Justyn-Henry Malloy and Jake Higginbotham. This adds another couple of prospects as the new front office begins retooling the organization to their philosophies of success. Jiménez finally put it all together in 2022, grading out as one
SAN DIEGO — When Scott Harris joined the Detroit Tigers nearly three months ago, he outlined three main goals for his tenure: acquire, develop and retain young players, create a culture of development and dominate the strike zone on both sides of the ball. On Wednesday, the first-year president of baseball operations backed up his
After a year off due to the lockout the Rule 5 Draft returned in full force on Wednesday evening. Last offseason saw only the Triple-A phase of the event, this year the MLB phase returned. The Detroit Tigers selected two players, and lost two players. In the MLB phase of the draft the Tigers selected
Here’s the Minor League Phase (through round 3): Minor League phaseRound 1A’s — RHP Joelvis Del Rosario, from PITPirates — RHP Wei-Chieh Huang, from SFReds — RHP Kyle Glogoski, from PHIRoyals — SS Shervyen Newton, from PHITigers — RHP Layne Henderson, from HOURockies — LHP Eli Lingos, from CLEMarlins — 3B Dane Myers, from DETAngels
Wednesday evening, the Detroit Tigers traded relief pitcher Joe Jiménez and cash considerations to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for prospects Justyn-Henry Malloy and Jake Higginbotham. Jiménez was a popular trade candidate at last year’s trade deadline in the midst of his most successful year as a major leaguer to date, but the former Tigers’
SAN DIEGO — The Detroit Tigers have joined the winter meetings wheeling and dealing on the final day, sending right-handed reliever Joe Jiménez and cash considerations to the Atlanta Braves for minor league reliever Jake Higginbotham and outfielder/third baseman Justyn-Henry Malloy. Malloy, 22, is the premium prospect in return for Jiménez. “(He) is the type of