With the World Series now over and the Houston Astros crowned as the champs, the 2022-23 offseason is officially under way! Let’s start the Detroit Tigers offseason by setting the stage a little bit. Here are the important dates and deadlines for the off season. November 6: Free Agency begins! As of 9 a.m. ET
Here we are once again for the penultimate edition of the Detroit Tigers Arizona Fall League (AFL) weekly recap. This week is a little different. With things starting to quiet down as the season wraps up, we’re looking at games Monday through Friday, with Saturday being an off-day for the Home Run Derby to take…
TwinsEdouard Julien, Minnesota’s No. 14 prospect, has been arguably the biggest breakout performer of the AFL so far, ending Week 5 as the circuit’s leader in OBP (.535), slugging (.683), walks (20) and runs (21). In the Fall Stars Game, he grounded out, struck out and worked a five-pitch walk in the fifth. Francis Peguero
MESA, Ariz. — Over the past five weeks, some of the game’s top prospects have spread across the Valley of the Sun, exhibiting why they could be the faces of Major League Baseball’s next generation. On Sunday, they got to share one field. The National League bested the American League, 9-3, in the 2022 Arizona
D1 Baseball’s Kendall Rogers has reported the Detroit Tigers have hired Iowa pitching coach Robin Lund to be their assistant pitching coach. SCOOP: Heralded @UIBaseball pitching coach Robin Lund is leaving his post to become the Assistant Pitching Coach for the @tigers, linking back up with former Michigan PC Chris Fetter, who is Detroit’s pitching…
DETROIT — For the second time in as many years, the Tigers have tapped into the Big Ten coaching ranks to look for ideas on helping their pitchers. This time, the club is hiring University of Iowa pitching coach Robin Lund to work as an assistant under Detroit pitching coach Chris Fetter, according to a
Detroit — The offseason is officially upon us. It commenced Sunday with a pair of Tigers electing free agency — catcher Tucker Barnhart and left-handed pitcher Daniel Norris. The Tigers also made a very intriguing hire. According to Omaha, Nebraska-based website D1baseball, University of Iowa pitching coach Robin Lund has left to be the Tigers
The Tigers continue to add to their personnel, this time plucking Iowa pitching coach Robin Lund to work as an assistant pitching coach, reports Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball. The team has not confirmed the move. Lund had previously worked with Detroit’s pitching coach Chris Fetter and led one of the best collegiate pitching staffs. Evan
The Detroit Tigers have added to their MLB coaching staff. Iowa pitching coach Robin Lund has been hired as the assistant pitching coach, sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to the Free Press. He will play a key role in the sports science and biomechanics aspects of the pitching department. The Tigers have not
The World Series is over, and the offseason is officially underway. Before we know it, hot stove season will catch fire and spring training will be right around the corner. The annual general manager meetings begin Monday in Las Vegas, a precursor to the usually transaction-heavy winter meetings December in San Diego. The World Series
The Arizona Fall League is the place to catch the game’s most promising prospects from all 30 organizations in one place, with elite players with varying degrees of Minor League experience at various levels competing on six teams. It’s a thrilling time of year for anybody who enjoys keeping an eye on the future of
PHOENIX — The Detroit Tigers targeted 100 innings for Joey Wentz. Wentz, 25, pitched 32⅔ innings in the major leagues and 53⅓ in the minor leagues when he arrived in the Arizona Fall League. The left-hander never missed a start, throwing Oct. 2 with the Tigers and picking up Oct. 8 with the Salt River Rafters.
When the Detroit Tigers released the list of players who were heading out west to join the Arizona Fall League, there was not a ton of surprise that Colt Keith was among those on the list. The 2022 AFL league has been an excellent chance for Keith to get back on track.
It’s a common refrain around the Arizona Fall League. Every game feels like an All-Star Game. That’ll happen when you put Minor Leaguers who played across all four corners of the country and for 30 different farm systems on fields across the Valley of the Sun every day for six weeks. Do you know what
Detroit Tigers center fielder Riley Greene is the first rookie to win Tiger of the Year since Mark Fidrych in 1976. Greene was announced Friday afternoon as the 2022 Tiger of the Year, as voted on by the Detroit chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. The 22-year-old played 93 games for the Tigers
Detroit — It was always going to be a tall task, plucking one shiny star out of the rubble of an irredeemably disappointing 96-loss season. And the balloting by the Detroit chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America certainly showed there was no perfect choice for the 2022 Tiger of the Year award. When
DETROIT — For the first time since Mark Fidrych, the Tiger of the Year winner is a rookie. Riley Greene, who made his Major League debut on June 18 and immediately became a key cog in Detroit’s lineup and outfield, won this year’s honor in a wide-open vote by members of the Detroit chapter of
The offseason is almost here. The Astros are one win away from winning the World Series, and if they win game six tomorrow night, the offseason would officially start on Sunday. If not, it would start Monday. Most Detroit Tigers fans are just waiting for it end so the offseason can begin.
PHOENIX — Detroit Tigers prospect Colt Keith will take the field Sunday afternoon at Sloan Park in Mesa, Arizona, as a member of the American League team in the Arizona Fall League’s 2022 Fall Stars Game. Keith is arguably the best prospect in the Tigers’ farm system. The 21-year-old infielder is joined on the AL
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