LAKELAND, Fla. — They stood side by side. The Future, Part 1. And, right next to him, The Future, Part 2. Ty Madden — the Detroit Tigers‘ second pick in the 2021 draft — was throwing a bullpen on Thursday, right alongside Jackson Jobe – the Tigers’ first-round pick. It doesn’t take much imagination to picture
LAKELAND, Fla. — Eliezer Vicente Alfonzo wants to be his own man. The 22-year-old Venezuelan grew up in the shadow of his father, Eliezer Jesus Alfonzo, an MLB catcher who played 193 games over six seasons for the San Francisco Giants, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners and Colorado Rockies from 2006-2010. “He tried to make me a leader,”
This weekend, the 2022 college season gets underway, with many future first-rounders and big league stars set to help their teams compete for a chance to go to Omaha and the College World Series. Tipping our cap to them, we decided to give it the ol’ college try ourselves by identifying the best college product
Lakeland, Fla. — This wasn’t part of the dream. When he was drafted by the Tigers in the 11th round back in 2014, the last thing right-hander A.J. Ladwig could’ve imagined eight years down the road was being 29 and humping it through another minor-league minicamp. But here he is. “It (calling it quits) was definitely
Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — The threat to opening day on March 31 appeared to intensify Thursday when the drawn-out talks to end Major League Baseball’s lockout ended just 15 minutes after they had resumed following a four-day break. What was supposed to be the second day of spring training workouts instead
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch and pitching coach Chris Fetter stood behind a fence near the bullpens. General manager Al Avila and top assistants Sam Menzin, Jay Sartori and David Chadd settled in the same area, along with vice president of player development Ryan Garko. Baseball Hall of Famer Alan Trammell stopped his activities
Lakeland, Fla. — At 9 a.m. Thursday, about an hour before the first pitchers group would begin throwing their bullpens for the day, Tigers new head pitching coordinator Gabe Ribas was on the back fields at Joker Marchant Stadium affixing stretch bands onto the fences, setting out weighted balls, plyo balls, Indian clubs, nets and other
LAKELAND, Fla. — A big blue concrete wall has appeared on the backfields at TigerTown. It looks so strange and out of place. It doesn’t go around anything. Doesn’t hold up anything. It’s just, well, right there beyond the right-field fence of one of the fields. And it made you wonder: What the heck is that
The odds of a delayed 2022 MLB season are growing stronger, but images of Detroit Tigers minor leaguers in action have begun leaking out of spring training camp. MLive’s Evan Woodbery tweeted out the roster for Detroit’s minor-league mini-camp on Wednesday morning (it’s fairly close to our depth chart projections), and various beat writers began…
Well it’s not the spring camp we were hoping for as of yet, but the Detroit Tigers’ minor leaguers took the field today for their first practice together for the 2022 season. As MLB and the players’ union concluded another short meeting featuring another proposal from the union, the major leaguers of tomorrow were getting
LAKELAND, Fla. – Birds were chirping, the grass was green, the sun was out and the sky was the most wonderful blue I have ever seen — that part felt like a normal spring training. And so did this. Here came a familiar face, the guy who makes you feel all warm inside on a winter
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers reliever Drew Carlton will never forget what happened in 2021. That goes for everything, from his MLB debut in September to his removal from the organization’s 40-man roster in November. He reported to minor league minicamp Tuesday morning for his physical exam, describing the atmosphere as “a little weird” without MLB players
While we still don’t know exactly when the 2022 Detroit Tigers‘ season will start — the planned March 31 opener in Seattle seems unlikely with no CBA in place between the MLB owners and the players association — we do know what the Tigers will offer fans once the season does begin. The team announced
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Lakeland, Fla. — Man, he had it going for a minute last year. It had to feel like living a dream. Right-handed reliever Will Vest, claimed by the Seattle Mariners from the Tigers in the 2020 Rule 5 draft, came charging out of the gates last season. In the first 14 games of his big-league career,
LAKELAND, Fla — Jackson Jobe, the Detroit Tigers‘ top pitching prospect, crouched behind home plate and flashed a sign, looking like a catcher. Tyler Madden, the Tigers’ second pick in the 2021 MLB draft, was on the mound on Wednesday morning on the back fields at Tiger Town, the first day of the Tigers minicamp. Jobe wanted
Lakeland, Fla. — If you call up the Toledo Mud Hens roster off its team page, you’ll see Niko Goodrum listed among the infielders. “No, I’m free,” Goodrum said in phone interview Tuesday. Yes he is. After four seasons with the Tigers, Goodrum, who turns 30 on Feb. 28, was not tendered a contract and is
The Detroit Tigers had a widely-applauded draft in 2020; a year in which the selection process was limited to just five rounds and the Detroit Tigers were limited to just six picks. The Tigers would kick off day one with consensus top player Spencer Torkelson, but they also led off day two with the second…
Welcome to UPMC Park, home of the SeaWolves and situated less than a mile from picturesque Lake Erie. Nestled in northwest Pennsylvania, the Tiger faithful flock here to enjoy some seriously sweet hot dogs and cheer on Detroit’s future with Erie’s swashbuckling wolf mascot. Erie SeaWolves (Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers since 2001)Established: 1995
With minor league players reporting to a spring minicamp on Wednesday, and spring training looking increasingly like it will be composed of non-40-man roster players, composing a preview for the Tigers is a bit tricky. We should be turning from the Super Bowl to the arrival of pitchers and catchers. Instead the big storylines are