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 question was simple: What was this Tigers season like for manager A.J. Hinch? The answer from Hinch was complex, largely because so was the season. A team that
At his introductory press conference on Sept. 20, new Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris said he would hire a general manager at some point. Here we are a few weeks removed from that, and we’re still waiting to hear news regarding a GM hire.
After a couple moves to the front office, Detroit Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris has completed his first roster transactions since taking over day-to-day operations of the club last week. The Tigers claimed utility infielder Jermaine Palacios off waivers from the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, and in another move, right-hander Drew Hutchison was
The Detroit Tigers have officially made the first acquisition of the Scott Harris era, bringing in shortstop Jermaine Palacios. The Tigers opted to designate right-handed pitcher Drew Hutchison for assignment as the corresponding move.
Tarik Skubal is focused on fantasy football. He participates in a couple of leagues and is locked in, working the waiver wire, negotiating trades and keeping tabs on injury reports, all while trash talking fellow members of the Detroit Tigers. Last year, close friend and teammate Casey Mize won the championship. “I just gave him
The Detroit Tigers have a long road ahead of them with the recent changes in the organization. After the team has officially entered the Scott Harris era and the changing of the guard is happening within the front office, there will be changes to the Tigers roster.
The Tigers have claimed utility man Jermaine Palacios off waivers from the Twins, according to MLB.com’s transaction tracker. In a corresponding move, Detroit is designating starting pitcher Drew Hutchison for assignment. Chris McCosky of the Detroit News has confirmed the moves. Palacios made his debut in the majors this year, appearing in 30 games for
First impressions are everything, but that especially rings true in the Arizona Fall League, where some of the Minor Leagues’ best converge for six weeks of prospect v. prospect battles. Rockies outfielder Zac Veen stepped up to the challenge from the jump, earning the Fall League’s first NFP Hitter of the Week Award of the
Yesterday, MLB Trade Rumors released its salary arbitration projections for the 2023 season. The Detroit Tigers have 12 players eligible for arbitration, making for even more tough decision for Scott Harris.
After a pressure packed Wild Card round that produced a few surprises, the divisional series get underway on Tuesday. The Philadelphia Phillies and the San Diego Padres come into this as the biggest underdogs, but the test for Seattle and Cleveland as underdogs won’t be any easier. This is an awful lot of baseball for
The site MLB Trade Rumors is typically pretty good at coming up with arbitration estimates. Performance and service time are the two crucial factors as players enter their fourth, fifth, and ultimately their sixth year of arbitration eligible team control prior to free agency. Let’s take a look at what they’re estimating for the 12
On the ultimate day of the 2022 regular season, the Detroit Tigers faced the playoff-bound Seattle Mariners, and the game was tied going into the bottom of the ninth at 4-4. Gregory Soto was summoned from the bullpen in an attempt by manager AJ Hinch to hold the score static and take the game into
Baseball, more than any other major sport, is unpredictable. The season is a marathon and with injuries and regression always remaining a possibility, the crystal ball stays cloudy most of the time. This was especially true for the Detroit Tigers, who brought in some veteran help like Javier Baez, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Tucker Barnhart, but…
The Detroit Tigers need to come clean and finally cut ties with Akil Baddoo. The 2022 season was enough of the experiment, and there is reason to think he should be included in the impending offseason roster purge.
Former major league catcher Dustin Garneau took to Twitter this afternoon to announce his retirement. “Hanging them up. Thank you to everyone who had an impact on my career,” Garneau wrote. “To my wife for always being by my side through the ups and downs. To my agent (Marc Kligman) for always being there and making me a
The Detroit Tigers manager has a busy offseason ahead of him, and he’s added more to his plate with the latest announcement. A.J. Hinch will manage the Major League Baseball team playing in the 2022 Korea Series next month.
Detroit — Major League Baseball has selected the Tigers’ AJ Hinch to manage a squad of Major League players in the Korea Series, which takes place Nov. 11-12 in Busan and Nov. 14-15 in Seoul. “I’m very excited to lead this group of Major Leaguers in the upcoming Korea Series,” Hinch said in a statement
This week’s MLB Power Rankings takes a look at the biggest free agent need for the 18 teams that failed to make the 2022 MLB playoffs. Twelve teams entered the MLB playoffs. Now only eight remain. This week’s MLB Power Rankings will look at the biggest need for each of those 18 non-playoff clubs and…
And so another Detroit Tigers season comes to a close. This wraps up the fourth season we’ve been doing this newsletter and, well, we certainly can’t say there’s been a pattern. 2019, with its mere 47 wins (and the very real shot at the AL loss record), was just a six-month dumpster fire. (Though that
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch can’t stay away from the manager’s chair. For the first time since 1922, MLB players will travel to South Korea for a four-game series against members of the Korea Baseball Organization. The trip takes places from Nov. 9-16, with the four games played Nov. 11-15. On Monday, Hinch was named