DETROIT — The pause that came as Tarik Skubal contemplated a question about his struggles after the Tigers’ 7-4 loss to the Royals on Sunday reflected the struggle Skubal has encountered to get out of his funk. “I don’t really know if I have one for-sure answer on that,” he said. Asked if he’s fighting
Last year was, yes, a dream for Akil Baddoo. This year also has been a dream — or, rather, at times a nightmare. Until this week: 10-for-20 in five games against Louisville heading into Sunday’s contest. Two home runs (Saturday). Two doubles. That’s more like the Baddoo the Tigers saw a year ago during his Rule
Detroit — Losing a home series to the only team beneath you in the Central Division standings seems like a rough way to spend a holiday weekend. But, given how things have gone this season for the Tigers, it was fitting. The Kansas City Royals rode a pair of second-inning home runs off starter Tarik Skubal
Javy Baez and Amir Garrett couldn’t help themselves, renewing a years-old feud that Riley Greene effectively ended on Saturday night. Greene said enough. Sure, the Tigers remain an American League laughingstock, but Greene is one of the few bright spots. In Saturday night’s matchup with the Royals, Greene hit a walk-off home run to send…
Less than 24 hours after a pair of big swings, the Detroit Tigers failed to capitalize on a bases-loaded opportunity in the fifth inning and walked too many batters in Sunday’s game. The Tigers walked off the Kansas City Royals on Saturday, thanks to back-to-back ninth-inning home runs from Victor Reyes and Riley Greene. There
A brutal day from the Tigers’ pitching staff led them to a series loss against the Kansas City Royals. If you, like many fans, weren’t able to watch the game due to it to being exclusive to the Peacock streaming service, well you were better off in the end. Tarik Skubal’s recent trend of bad
There is no such thing as a holiday — a pitching holiday, free from disruption — at Triple-A Toledo. And that works not only for the Tigers, but in a counter-intuitive way, for Mud Hens manager Lloyd McClendon. It just means his bullpen, his largely unflappable bullpen, will probably get extra work. Take that latest news-jolt from
Detroit — Lloyd McClendon pulled the old okey-doke on young right-hander Garrett Hill. The Toledo Mud Hens manager pulled Hill and pitching coach Doug Bochtler into his office Saturday and started challenging him to start throwing more strikes. “Lloyd told me to sit down and he goes, ‘Coming up to Triple-A you weren’t exactly pounding the
There’s a lot of disdain between Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Báez and Kansas City Royals reliever Amir Garrett. The beef continued Saturday. The rivalry dates to May 2019, when Báez didn’t approve of Garrett’s strikeout celebration. Báez, then with the Chicago Cubs, and Garrett, then with the Cincinnati Reds, jawed at each other and had to be separated.
The Tigers announced that they have selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Garrett Hill. He will take the active roster spot of fellow righty Rony Garcia, who has been placed on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder soreness, retroactive to June 30. To create space on the 40-man roster, Matt Manning has been transferred
Detroit Tigers (30-46) vs. Kansas City Royals (28-48) Time/Place: 12:05 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Royals ReviewMedia: Peacock, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (3.75 ERA) vs. RHP Brady Singer (3-3, 4.33 ERA) Game 77 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP FIP K% BB% HR/9 fWAR Pitcher IP FIP K% BB% HR/9 fWAR Skubal 84 2.72
Riley Greene swung at a fastball on the inside edge, hustled out of the batter’s box and made his way to first base Saturday evening. Upon touching the bag, he pointed to the sky in unison with the fans at Comerica Park. The ball had landed in the shrubs. For his first career home run, the
Detroit Tigers (30-46) vs. Kansas City Royals (28-48) When: 12:05 p.m. Sunday Where: Comerica Park in Detroit. TV: Peacock (online-only). Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) in Detroit (Tigers radio affiliates). Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (5-6, 3.75) vs. Royals RHP Brady Singer (3-3, 4.33 ERA). • Box score TIGER TALK: Toss playoffs out the window, but Tigers have great chance to make up ground INJURY
Worse than the Detroit Tigers’ record this season, has been the lack of signs of hope over the first three months. The team that general manager Al Avila constructed was intriguing in the preseason because of numerous new faces who were supposed to be key building blocks to a future contending ballclub. Unfortunately, that group
Former Detroit Tigers outfielder Willie Horton was already the author of three books, but he felt blessed with the opportunity to produce a fourth. His new autobiography, “Willie Horton: 23: Detroit’s own Willie the Wonder, the Tigers’ first Black great,” co-authored with Kevin Allen, is scheduled for a July 12 release. That is one week
COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps loaded the bases twice but couldn’t capitalize as TinCaps pitcher Robert Gasser dominated in a 4-2 Fort Wayne TinCaps victory in front of 5,325 fans Saturday night at LMCU Ballpark. Gasser tossed six shutout innings allowing just four hits while striking out COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The
Detroit Tigers owner Chris Ilitch, 2019 first-round draft pick Riley Greene and GM Al Avila on Friday, June 7, 2019 at Comerica Park in Detroit. Tigers Khabib Nurmagomedov thinks these 3 guys deserve UFC Hall of Fame spots (Video) by Thomas Albano
TOLEDO, OH.: Akil Baddoo lit up the night at the plate with two huge homers and Michael Mariot turned in a solid start as the Toledo Mud Hens capped off a 6-1 victory over the Louisville Bats at Fifth Third Field on Saturday evening moments before the City of Toledo TOLEDO, OH.: Akil Baddoo lit
Detroit – From the sound of it, Riley Greene hitting in the leadoff spot isn’t just an experiment or a one-off. He might be there a while. “My goal with Riley and where he’s going to hit,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said before Saturday’s game. “I hope he hits in the leadoff spot for the next