Lakeland, Fla. — Casey Mize, who aspires to be the Tigers’ union rep one day, was plugged into the negotiations all through the lockout. “I kept on board with Matty,” Mize said. “I wanted to be in the loop on all of that. There was a ton of conversation.” Wait. Matty? As in Matthew Boyd? The former
Earlier today we wrote about the Detroit Tigers adding three veteran non-roster invitees to spring training camp. Shortly afterward the club quietly brought two more vets to Lakeland in the form of pitcher Chase Anderson and catcher Ryan Lavarnway.
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers signed right-handed pitcher Chase Anderson and catcher Ryan Lavarnway to minor-league contracts. Both players received invitations to MLB spring training. “The organization is actively looking for guys,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Monday. “At some point, we’ll probably draw a line in the stand, that you can’t make the
LAKELAND, Fla. — Miguel Cabrera, Javier Baez, Jonathan Schoop and Isaac Paredes took turns in the batter’s box, as the Detroit Tigers administered live batting practice Monday on the TigerTown backfields. “That was fine with me,” pitcher Casey Mize said. Mize, a fearless competitor, wouldn’t want it any other way. He faced those four hitters throughout the session on
LAKELAND, Fla. — A cheerful Jonathan Schoop bounced around Monday morning in the Detroit Tigers‘ clubhouse. He checked in with his teammates, chatted with new shortstop Javier Baez and took the field for practice. Schoop, for the first time in his Tigers career, wasn’t late to spring training. In years past, work visa issues — the downside of signing
Lakeland, Fla. — Casey Mize, firmly established as an integral member of the Tigers’ starting rotation, thought he’d be as relaxed as he’d ever been coming into a spring camp. After all, it’s his fourth one since the Tigers took him with the first-overall pick in the 2018 draft. He made his big-league debut in 2020
LAKELAND, Fla. — Miguel Cabrera gave his seal of approval to right-hander Beau Brieske as the Tigers’ prospect fired a particularly nasty pitch to Cabrera during a round of live batting practice Monday. “Bueno,” Cabrera said from the batters’ box. It’s the same kind of feedback he gave to Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal and Matt
Javy Baez’s impact is already being felt in Tigertown, whether it’s the energy he brings to each drill, or the post-BP breakdown sessions with Tigers pitchers’ like Casey Mize.
Listen in to the sounds of spring, as the Tigers take the field for their first full squad workout in Lakeland. Hear the pop of the glove from an Eduardo Rodriguez fastball and the crack of the bat from a Miguel Cabrera swing, along with dozens of other moments that are a welcome sign for
During yesterday’s meeting with the media, Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said the team’s goal is always the postseason, it has never changed. More A.J. Hinch: “I am not *declaring* this a playoff team. I have no idea. But I’ve always told every team I’ve ever managed, ‘We need to win our division and we…
Over the course of the past few seasons, one of the most consistently fun and positive aspects of being a Detroit Tigers fan has been watching the performance put out by their social media team. Even during years with borderline historically bad win percentages, the folks running Tigers social media have managed to be funny,
While Detroit Tigers fans eagerly await news of the next BIG move, the club has been working to fill in some of its depth issues on the mound. We first heard about a signing on Saturday night, and Rogelio mentioned it in his notes piece yesterday, but this morning the Detroit Tigers PR Twitter account…
Is this column, ostensibly, a news column? Yes. But dear readers, I think we can all agree that on this fine Monday there is only one story any of us are interested in, and that is the return of players to Lakeland, where we can determine who is in the Best Shape of Their Lives,
The Tigers have agreed to terms on a minor league deal with righty Drew Hutchison, announced the team. Hutchison, 31, made nine appearances for the Tigers in 2021 in his first Major League action since 2018. Hutchison had signed a minor league deal in February of last year. He made a pair of starts for
The cancellation and un-cancellation of games at the start of the baseball season has thrown the 2022 regular season schedule into a quagmire. For the Detroit Tigers, who were scheduled to open the season with a west coast swing through Seattle and Oakland, the schedule gets even messier. The good news is that all 162
For the last few years the Detroit Tigers have been patiently awaiting the arrival of top pitching prospects like Casey Mize, Matt Manning, and Tarik Skubal. That time has arrived and now the farm system is top heavy with hitters. That will soon change with the graduation of Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson to the
As players are reporting to spring training sites in Florida and Arizona, with Grapefruit and Cactus league games set to begin on March 17- 18, the ink is just now drying on the pages of a new five year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between major league baseball (MLB) owners and players. Here are all the
LAKELAND, Fla. — Miguel Cabrera’s voice boomed from the indoor batting cage at TigerTown on Sunday morning — a happy Miggy is a loud, boisterous Miggy. Latin music blared through a speaker. And Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch was hitting ground balls to new shortstop Javier Baez, who was hard to miss. Baez was wearing bright
Free agency is back, and the still-unsigned Carlos Correa will return to the forefront of the market as he angles for a contract north of the 10-year, $325MM deal Corey Seager signed in Texas prior to the lockout. Correa’s former team, the Astros, has yet to completely move on from the possibility of keeping him
There’s been a ton of turnover among right-handed pitching prospects. Six of last year’s Top 10 right-handed pitching prospects have graduated from the list. Two others dropped off, mostly because of injuries holding them back. So this year’s list has eight new names, with only Grayson Rodriguez of the Orioles, now considered the best pitching