LAKELAND, Fla. — Miguel Cabrera had to take a peek. The 39-year-old MLB veteran was chatting up his teammates inside the Detroit Tigers‘ clubhouse. He slowly opened the door and looked outside, then went back into hiding. He repeated the antics again and again. A few minutes later, he burst out into the open. “Good morning,” Cabrera
After months of acrimony and little progress, MLB owners and the MLBPA union finally agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement late last week. While the most basic result is simply that we finally have major league baseball again, with a wild combination of free agency, spring training, and logistical madness, there are plenty of
For the Detroit Tigers front office the big news in baseball has given it a chance to wash away the stench of the bad PR brought on the organization during the owner’s lockout. It’s now nut cuttin’ time in Detroit.
Alex Avila couldn’t shake his emotions before the final game of his career. Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez put the 13-year MLB veteran, who spent eight seasons with the Detroit Tigers, into the starting lineup for the 2021 season finale. He caught Joan Adon, a 23-year-old prospect from the Dominican Republic making his MLB debut. In the clubhouse, Martinez
LAKELAND, Fla. — Baseball is back. And Ben Verlander was doing the happy dance. Verlander, younger brother to Justin Verlander, was driving down the Pacific Coast Highway in California, bopping his head to the music, singing along with John Fogerty’s classic baseball song, “Centerfield”: Verlander was smiling so hard he looked like his face was
After a few months in limbo, Jordan Lyles’ one-year contract with the Orioles finally became official today. The righty reached an agreement with the O’s just hours before the lockout halted all offseason business, and thus Lyles wasn’t able to get a physical and fully finalize his new contract. Lyles will receive $7MM in guaranteed
Catching up on some of the minor league signings on a busy day of transactions… The Tigers signed righty Miguel Diaz to a minor league deal, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman reports (via Twitter). Diaz will be invited to the club’s MLB Spring Training camp, and he’ll earn $800K if he makes Detroit’s big league roster.
LAKELAND, Fla. — Six of MLB Pipeline’s top 10 Tigers prospects will be part of Major League camp as non-roster invites. The Tigers announced 17 invites on Saturday just ahead of reporting day on Sunday. Another Tigers signing, reliever Miguel Diaz, will receive a non-roster invite once his Minor League contract becomes official. The Tigers
Well, the first two days of free agency didn’t see the Detroit Tigers do anything of note. The top starting pitchers were quickly snatched up, leading us to argue for a focus on relievers, with a collection of depth starters for the fifth spot in the rotation and insurance at Triple-A. However, the Tigers did
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers have added to the reliever pool for spring training. Right-handed reliever Miguel Diaz signed a minor-league contract Saturday, sources with knowledge of the agreement told the Free Press. The 27-year-old received an invitation to MLB spring training and will earn $800,000 if he makes the big-league team. THE LATEST: Could Tigers stand pat
The Twins and Rangers combined on one of the most interesting early moves of the post-lockout period, agreeing to a trade earlier today that will see Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pitching prospect Ronny Henriquez head to Minnesota, while catcher Mitch Garver was dealt to Texas. Speaking with reporters (including MLB.com’s Do-Hyoung Park) about the deal, president
Lakeland, Fla. — The Tigers on Saturday signed right-handed reliever Miguel Diaz to a minor-league contract and he is expected to be added to spring training camp roster as soon as he clears his medical evaluations. Diaz, a 27-year-old native of the Dominican Republic, spent parts of four seasons with the San Diego Padres, compiling
LAKELAND, Fla. — Cristian Santana was hard to miss during the Tigers’ Minor League minicamp over the past month. As the minicamp closed with an intrasquad scrimmage on one of the back fields at TigerTown, he was seemingly everywhere in the infield. First, he went to the ground to make a deft backhanded stop on
LAKELAND, Fla. — First baseman Spencer Torkelson and outfielder Riley Greene headline the Detroit Tigers‘ non-roster invitees for MLB spring training, which officially begins Sunday. The Tigers are bringing 17 minor-league players to big-league camp, part of the team’s 55-player spring training roster. The other players are members of the 40-man roster. The list of non-roster invitees
LAKELAND, Fla. — Dan Hasty already had a job talking about Tigers prospects as the radio voice of the West Michigan Whitecaps before he took on a podcast dedicated to Detroit’s farm system as a labor of love. Now, as the system yields results at the top level, the Road to Detroit Podcast is getting
Recently here at MCB, we have been looking at various arms to fill the bullpen needs of the Detroit Tigers. From a trio of lefties in Andrew Chafin, Matt Strahm and Ariel Miranda to minor league free agent ideas, there have been many options we have written about this off-season.
Winning organizations need to find usable talent in every nook and cranny. That means hitting on early round picks, being willing to throw around some weight in free agency and the trade market, identifying talented castoffs for refurbishment, and landing on the right developmental longshots late in the draft now and again. That last item
LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers would benefit from signing another starting pitcher. That said, fans should temper their expectations. The Tigers are active in free agency and trade discussions, sources with knowledge of the situation told the Free Press, but they’re taking a cautious approach in negotiations with available starting pitchers. Some of the top
LAKELAND, Fla. — Welcome back, baseball. Now that MLB’s lockout is over, the Detroit Tigers can begin spring training in Lakeland, Florida. Camp officially opens Sunday, but many players have already trickled into the facility since Friday. The Tigers’ 18-game Grapefruit League schedule starts March 18 in Lakeland and concludes April 5 in Tampa. Opening Day is set for
Lynn Henning | Special to The Detroit News Included in that re-design of the Tigers’ up-the-middle corps in 2022 is a 21-year-old center fielder who just about everyone expects will start on Opening Day. Riley Greene. What hasn’t yet been determined, and cannot be measured fully until he offers game-day evidence, is how a man 6-foot-3,