Detroit — Most days, Kody Clemens can be found working out inside the spacious, turf covered office building that former big-leaguer Kip Wells has transformed into the KW32 training center in west Houston. Other days, he’s taking batting practice or doing fielding drills at Houston Memorial High School. But every once in a while you’ll catch
Hitting dominates the top part of the Tigers prospect list right now with names like Spencer Torkelson, Riley Greene, and Dillon Dingler, but they aren’t the only ones. There’s some upside to numerous bats throughout the organization. On the other hand, in terms of depth, this is the side of the equation where the Tigers
Bill Riggins was a fixture at shortstop for seven years with the Detroit Stars. In a recent post, I examined Detroit Stars’ outfielders “Turkey” Stearnes and Pete Hill and compared them to the Tigers top center fielders throughout history. I also discussed some of the challenges in evaluating Negro League players. In this post, I will look
With every prospect list comes the questions of who just missed the cut. Here at Bless You Boys, we don’t like to keep you guessing whether your secret prospect obsession is among the notables in the organization. With that in mind, here are five pitchers that just missed making our top 30 Detroit Tigers prospects.
Over a month has passed since Major League Baseball’s owners locked out the players and abruptly cut off negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), freezing all player transactions at the same time. The Athletic reports that the owners are preparing to finally make an offer to the players some time before the end
When it comes to starting pitching development in the past for the Detroit Tigers, there were not too many stories of a player that Detroit signed at a low dollar amount and turned them into a rotation regular.
Welcome to our top 30 prospect rankings for the Detroit Tigers’ farm system in 2022. While the players are still locked out by MLB owners, and there is little on that front to report, the show must go on anyway. The time is right to talk prospects while we wait for word of a breakthrough
The 2021 minor league season held plenty of surprises, and the Detroit Tigers had their share. Returning to action after the cancellation of minor league ball in 2020, players had been largely out of sight for 18 months, and much changed in the prospect landscape behind the scenes. The Tigers can look no further than
Detroit Tigers reliever Joe Jimenez needed confidence. Coming off a 5.96 ERA for the Tigers in 2021, Jimenez traveled to his home country this winter to pitch for Gigantes de Carolina in the Puerto Rican Winter League, doing so for the first time since the 2015-16 offseason. “I wanted to work on my delivery in Puerto
If you like fun facts and baseball, your favorite family lineage may very likely be the Fielders. As in Cecil and his son Prince, who makes his debut on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame for 2022. The two achieved one of the craziest, odds-defying feats in the history of the sport:
Every MLB franchise has its icons. But these players are the icons of the icons. Here’s the greatest player in franchise history for all 30 MLB teams, as assembled by the MLB.com staff. BLUE JAYS: Roy HalladayUpon becoming a full-time starter in 2002, through his 2011 campaign with the Phillies, Halladay was one of the
Last month we released our top 20 Detroit Tigers prospects for 2022. The list ended up being more than 5,000 words in all, so we split it into two articles. But one thing we never did was give a basic overview of the system as a whole. In short…it’s okay.
Associated Press Bristol, Conn. — Former players David Cone and Eduardo Perez are joining Karl Ravech to form a new broadcast team for ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball” telecasts. Alex Rodriguez, the scandal-tainted three-time MVP who had been on the telecasts during the past four seasons, will shift to eight Sunday night alternate telecasts on ESPN2
Detroit — He did it. He actually did it. Casey Mize, as routine-driven (routine-obsessed, some might say) as any athlete you will ever meet, allowed himself to break away from his daily regimen of weightlifting, cardio, physical therapy and throwing. Mize, after a successful 30-start, 150.1-inning rookie season, gave himself three weeks to rest, relax and
Mariners shortstop Noelvi Marte, who currently ranks No. 11, climbed the highest up the Top 100. Blue Jays catcher Gabriel Moreno, Pirates right-hander Quinn Priester, Yankees shortstop Oswald Peraza, Guardians outfielder George Valera, Orioles shortstop/third baseman Gunnar Henderson, Dodgers second baseman/first baseman Michael Busch and Red Sox second baseman Nick Yorke made similar leaps to
Erie Seawolves infielder Andre Lipcius keeps things fun, but that doesn’t detract from his focus on becoming a big leaguer. The versatile infielder from the University of Tennessee impressed many in 2021 while making the jump from single A West Michigan to double A Erie.
While the first full week of 2022 remains light on the type of transactional news baseball fans are usually accustomed, there has been no shortage of big news on deals of a different kind. There’s potential for that trend to continue, as Michael Silverman of the Boston Globe reports the Red Sox’ Triple-A affiliate, the Worcester
Every franchise has its pop culture moments, whether it’s George dragging the Commissioner’s Trophy around Yankee Stadium in Seinfeld, the family from the movie Parenthood going to a Cardinals game or Magnum, P.I. wearing a Tigers hat. Some teams are ubiquitous in pop culture, like the Yankees, and some teams have to remind Hollywood they
The Detroit Tigers officially announced Thursday coaching staffs for their minor league teams ahead of the 2022 season, along with introducing various newcomers to the player development department. It’s the first staff under vice president of player development Ryan Garko, who replaced Dave Littlefield in late September. The five managers are Gary Jones (Triple-A Toledo), Gabe
Detroit — With the hiring last September of 40-year-old Ryan Garko, general manager Al Avila made clear it was the dawn of a new era for how the Tigers player development department was going to operate. “We identified this position as the second most important in the organization next to the general manager position as we