The 2023 campaign is the final guaranteed season of the ten-year extension Miguel Cabrera inked with the Tigers during 2014 Spring Training. It also increasingly looks as if it’ll be the last year of Cabrera’s illustrious career. Speaking with Christina De Nicola of MLB.com, the 12-time All-Star indicated he’s leaning towards retirement at the end of next
On Wednesday, Dec. 7, the Rule 5 Draft will take place at the Winter Meetings in San Diego. As always, it will be an opportunity for teams to take some low-risk gambles to find big league talent. For the uninitiated, a quick primer on how it works: Players first signed at age 18 or younger
Detroit — Miguel Cabrera is throwing a party in Miami on Wednesday, a massive gala and auction to raise money for his foundation and, at a press gathering on Monday, he acknowledged that the 2023 season would be his last. Mostly, the press event was in Spanish. But to MLB.com’s Christina DeNicola, the Tigers’ future
Miguel Cabrera spent the past two seasons chasing firsts, reaching milestones and career totals that no Venezuelan-born player had found before. He is now coming to grips that he has entered a period of lasts: One last winter workout program, one last season to play the game he loves and that he has excelled at
The Lakeland Flying Tigers annual Holiday Merchandise Sale starts this Friday with store wide savings of 30-50% off Flying Tigers, Detroit Tigers and Spring Training items. The D Shop will be open Dec. 2-3 and Dec. 9-10 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Fans can shop online during the sale The Lakeland Flying Tigers annual
That last full week of November always means … … The best of all holidays, Thanksgiving, because it doesn’t require a shopping spree to help celebrate blessings temporal as well as spiritual. … And, for those privileged to hold a vote, the arrival of Baseball Hall of Fame ballots for the upcoming Cooperstown class. About
Willson Contreras is one of the hottest names on the open market. Contreras has spent his entire professional career with the Chicago Cubs, but the 30-year-old catcher is a free agent for the first time this offseason. The Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals and Minnesota Twins are potential landing spots for the best-hitting catcher in
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All 30 teams have made decisions about which prospects to protect on 40-man rosters and many are now making some deals to either firm up those rosters or perhaps create space so they can be active in the Major League phase of December’s Rule 5 Draft. The baseball world will gather for the Rule 5
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Since the offseason began Nov. 6, Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris has removed 16 players from the 40-man roster. Some of the roster moves were predictable; others, not so much. “Those decisions are really tough, especially for me,” Harris said Nov. 8 at the general manager meetings in Las Vegas. “I don’t
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. DETROIT — Jonathan Schoop was an AL Gold Glove Award finalist at second base. He not only led all Major League second basemen in Outs Above Average, Statcast’s primary
Who wouldn’t want to add a little gold to their collection? Known primarily for his bat, Chourio also brings a quick first step and good speed to the outfield to go along with his 60-grade defense. Only 18 years old, the Venezuela native and Brewers phenom climbed three Minor League levels in 2022, rising from
MLB witnessed an unusually strong rookie class in 2022. Julio Rodríguez became the quickest player ever to reach 25 homers and 25 steals while Michael Harris II posted the third-highest WAR (5.3, per Baseball-Reference) of any rookie age 21 or younger in the last 40 years. And that’s just the two Rookie of the Year
Detroit — John Nelson, who joined the Detroit Tigers as a teen-aged bat boy in 1979 and eventually became their visiting clubhouse manager, is suing the ballclub over racial and age discrimination. Nelson, who identifies as African American, was 58 at the time of his firing in October 2021. He filed a lawsuit in federal
The Tigers have lots of uncertainty with their lineup and rotation but they still have some interesting hurlers in their bullpen. That’s leading to a great deal of interest on the trade market, with Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic noting that the bull market for relievers so far this offseason has only added to the
The National Baseball Hall of Fame revealed the 2023 Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot on Monday, with several notable names appearing for the first time, as well as returning candidates hoping to continue trending toward possible enshrinement in Cooperstown. Former slugging outfielder Carlos Beltrán, who belted 435 home runs and stole
The writing was on the wall for Jeimer Candelario. He didn’t produce, not enough at least, as the everyday third baseman last season, and the Detroit Tigers refused to pay his projected $7 million salary in arbitration to keep him around. On Friday night, the Tigers removed Candelario from their roster. He immediately became one
After undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee in late September, Byron Buxton told reporters (including Michael Rand of the Minneapolis Star Tribune) that he has now been cleared to run. The Twins outfielder won’t be entirely sure of his status until he starts running and can properly test his knee strength, but “I’m on
Detroit sports feels like an old, familiar game. It’s like “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” the idea that every person in Hollywood can be linked to Bacon in just six steps. Here in Detroit, we have something a little different. Every piece of news about the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions, every issue lingering in