LAKELAND, Fla. — It felt like a funeral in a ballpark. Less than 24 hours after MLB canceled the first week of regular-season games, the mood at TigerTown was dreary. There were sad faces and gloomy whispers — and that was just a small group of reporters gathered between fields on a cold morning — but the Detroit
LAKELAND, Fla. — This was supposed to be the biggest spring training yet for the Detroit Tigers‘ top prospects. First baseman Spencer Torkelson and outfielder Riley Greene were competing for spots on the Opening Day roster, and if everything went as planned, they would make their anticipated MLB debuts in Seattle on March 31. Now, they’re preparing
Amid the fire and ire baseball’s labor strife has unleashed, questions are in order as Major League Baseball players and owners duel to a point of mutual incineration over a new contract that isn’t being resolved and that began, officially Tuesday, to prune games from the 2022 calendar. Among the inquiries: Do you wonder why
Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo said his team’s leadership continues to sputter as the Spartans lost to rival Michigan on March 2, 2022. For the complete story: https://bit.ly/3szILtO For more Detroit and Michigan news, sports and entertainment, follow the Detroit Free Press on: Facebook – https://bit.ly/2T7zuV9 Twitter – https://bit.ly/2JeixbW Instagram – https://bit.ly/2Chb7hR Online –
Marathon negotiations on Monday gave Detroit Tigers fans some hope of a potential resolution, but reports of optimism turned out to be manufactured by the owners as a way to make players look bad when things inevitably went south on Tuesday.
Dr. Tunishai Ford almost lost the will to live after she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1998. But after undergoing months of treatment and becoming cancer-free later that year, the way Ford viewed the world changed. It was this new perspective that inspired Ford to establish Your Own Uniqueness, Inc., a non-profit
The worst nightmare of all Detroit Tigers baseball fans and all fans alike has now become a reality, as it has been announced that Opening Day has been delayed until further notice due to the inability of the MLB and MLBPA to reach a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement.
Tuesday’s deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement passed without a deal between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association, as the players voted to reject the league’s final proposal before 5 p.m. ET. With no deal in place, MLB announced that each team’s first two series of the regular season will not be
After major league baseball players and owners bargained late into the night on the date of MLB’s self imposed deadline, February 28, reports to the media from the owners suggested that a deal might be close. Sounds coming from the players’ quarters were not so optimistic, as the two sides remained far apart on a
The wait to see the Detroit Tigers continues on as MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced this afternoon that the first two series have been canceled. The press conference began at 5pm and right off the bat, the presser had a strange vibe to it.
Detroit City FC has set aside an allotment of free tickets for each home match in March and April for fans with baseball season tickets and/or Opening Day tickets, the club announced Tuesday after MLB could not come to an agreement earlier in the day to end its lockout. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred canceled 2022 Opening Day and announced
LAKELAND, Fla. — You have every reason to be mad and disgusted at Major League Baseball — why in the world couldn’t they figure this out? You have every reason to sickened and infuriated that Opening Day has been delayed and games are being canceled — MLB just turned its back on its fans. You
The boys of summer are quickly falling out of favor with the sporting public. So Metro Detroit’s premier soccer club is inviting disheartened baseball fans to try something new. Moments after Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced that the first week of regular-season games would be canceled as the sport’s lockout continues, Detroit City
Ronald Blum | Associated Press Jupiter, Fla. — Major League Baseball has canceled opening day, with Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will scrap regular-season games over a labor dispute for the first time in 27 years after acrimonious lockout talks collapsed in the hours before management’s deadline. Manfred said he is canceling the first two
LAKELAND, Fla. — Roberto Campos walked towards the dugout with some satisfaction, only to be called back. The Tigers’ teenage slugging outfield prospect had just laced an opposite-field line drive to right field off right-hander Austin Bergner, six years his senior, and thought his at-bat was over. But with one pitch left in Bergner’s live
Ronald Blum | Associated Press Jupiter, Fla. — Players have rejected Major League Baseball’s “best and final offer” to end the sport’s lockout before the league’s deadline to avoid canceled games. MLB made its last offer about 90 minutes before a self-imposed 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday. The league has threatened to cancel opening day on March
Lakeland, Fla. — Imagine the fun they could have had back at Santa Rosa (California) Junior College back in the day. Garrett Hill and his twin brother Evan pitched for the Bearcubs. Garrett, who finished last season with the Tigers’ Double-A affiliate in Erie, is right-handed and Evan pitched left-handed. Imagine the coach filling out
LAKELAND, Fla. — It became a Battle Royale. Two Detroit Tigers prospects: Keider Montero vs. Izaac Pacheco. A young pitcher against an even younger hitter. Neither one giving in. Each one fighting. And it turned into an entertaining, revealing drama that seemed to go on for several minutes. Montero, 21, was on the mound at the backfields
Everybody thought the Detroit Tigers got their shortstop when they came to an eleventh-hour agreement with free-agent Javier Baez. Heck, the Detroit Tigers themselves likely thought the same thing. Recent reports indicate that the Detroit Tigers are still a suitor for perhaps the top player left on the market: Carlos Correa. Correa was the favorite…
LAKELAND, Fla — Austin Bergner stands on the pitcher’s mound in the TigerTown bullpens. The 24-year-old right-hander is throwing his brand-new slider to catcher Cooper Johnson. Positioned behind Bergner is Detroit Tigers‘ minor-league pitching director Gabe Ribas, a 42-year-old who spent the past four seasons as a pitching coordinator with the Los Angeles Dodgers. “A guy like Gabe Ribas is a very similar