Detroit — The Tigers acted proactively Sunday to avoid losing one of their right-handed pitching prospects to free agency. They added 23-year-old right-hander Elvin Rodriguez to the 40-man roster. Had they not, an intriguing starting pitcher they acquired from the Angels in 2017 in the Justin Upton trade would have become a six-year, minor league free agent.
Detroit — Wednesday, Nov. 3, the day after the Braves won the 2021 World Series, Tigers general manager Al Avila fired the first official shot of the off-season, acquiring catcher Tucker Barnhart from the Reds. He spent the rest of that fruitful day calling the agents of all the free agents at the top of
The Detroit Tigers could use two Mets difference makers in Marcus Stroman or Javier Báez to strengthen the roster. Let’s take a look at the talented infielder. Welcome to Contender November, a full month of articles about the free agents, prospects, and trade pieces who could turn the 2022 Detroit Tigers into legitimate contenders. Our first week…
This winter’s free agent market features a number of quite talented starting pitchers, including a few who would immediately step in as the presumptive ace of the Tigers. Naturally, they are drawing eyes from Detroit’s fans, as this team needs an anchor for the rotation. However, the Tigers also need to pick up some pitching
Riley Greene knows exactly what he wants. “I mean, of course, that’s something I want,” Greene said Monday when asked about making the Detroit Tigers‘ 2022 Opening Day roster. The 21-year-old spoke while playing a round of golf in the Orlando metropolitan area, not far from where he played high school baseball at Hagerty High School in
As the Detroit Lions enter the bye week tomorrow, there will be some much-needed excitement and hopefully some fulfillment as the Detroit Tigers enter the waters of MLB free agency. “The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the quiet mind”-Albert Einstein. How does this quote from the brilliant scientist Albert Einstein have to…
San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey unexpectedly retired this week, so we thought it might be nice to look back on his limited run-ins with the Detroit Tigers. Now, Detroit Tigers fans can be excused if they don’t have any particularly strong memories of Buster Posey. He spent the entirety of his career playing for…
The major league baseball players’ association (MLBPA) made a second proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) to club owners on October 29, according to Evin Drellich and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. With the current agreement set to expire on December 1st, and looming threats of a possible lockout of players, and a
There’s no greater link to sports than a list. They’re the ultimate argument starter among friends, family and even strangers via social media. There seems to be a list for everything these days, be it the greatest player, team, coach or venue. It feels like if it’s in the sports zeitgeist, then it’ll be on a
The Tigers announced this afternoon that right-hander Drew Hutchison and lefty Ian Krol were removed from the 40-man roster and cleared outright waivers. Both players had more than enough service time to elect minor league free agency. Hutchison had a pair of separate stints with the Tigers this past season, his first big league action in three
The Detroit Tigers announced Friday that two pitchers were waived by the organization: right-hander Drew Hutchison and left-hander Ian Krol. Hutchison and Krol were set for raises in salary arbitration, but the Tigers removed them from the roster to clear space in preparation for their offseason tasks. Both players cleared waivers and elected free agency, rather than accepting
DETROIT — Among the bevy of pitchers to contribute to the Tigers’ 77-win season this year were Minor League signings Ian Krol and Drew Hutchison, who capitalized on opportunities with Detroit to pitch in the Major Leagues for the first time since 2018. Both will be free agents again this offseason. As expected, the Tigers
At the beginning of the 2021 season, Isaac Paredes was the Detroit Tigers’ number 6 prospect. Though Isaac has technically graduated “prospect” status, though he has only played 57 games in two years in the bigs. He is still considered a prospect in many eyes, and he has shown some good potential in those games.…
Last week we kicked off a short series looking at what the rest of the teams in the AL Central might do to improve for 2022, and how that might affect the Detroit Tigers. Then Detroit fired the first shot of the offseason.
DETROIT — The Tigers got a jump on baseball’s offseason by acquiring catcher Tucker Barnhart from the Reds. It wasn’t the only thing on their to-do list Wednesday. “Busy day,” general manager Al Avila said on a video conference from his office. “We finalized this deal, and obviously [it was] the first day you can go
Newly acquired Detroit Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart is mostly recognized for winning a pair of Gold Glove awards with the Cincinnati Reds. The 30-year-old was the best defensive catcher available this winter, and instead of waiting to bid on him in free agency, Tigers general manager Al Avila jumped at an opportunity to make a trade. He completed
My, oh my–what a difference a year can make for Detroit Tigers fans. We asked our Twitter followers on April 1st who they wanted the Detroit Tigers to sign to play shortstop next year: Which shortstop do you want the Detroit Tigers to sign next year?
As the Detroit Tigers 2021 season came to an end, general manager Al Avila made it plain that the club was going to try and contend for a playoff spot next season. Wednesday’s trade for catcher Cincinnati Reds’ catcher Tucker Barnhart was a quick strike that signaled to any lingering doubters that this isn’t going
Detroit Tigers catcher Tucker Barnhart made sure to give a forewarning about his enthusiasm. “I’m excited as heck to be a part of this,” Barnhart said Wednesday, just hours after the Tigers acquired him in trade. “I’m so excited about what the future is going to bring. … I’m very excited. I’m going to say
Everything was set up perfectly for the Detroit Tigers. They planned to enter 2022 with Jake Rogers and Eric Haase sharing duties behind the plate. The best part of that scenario? They were incredibly cheap, at least in the big picture. Both Rogers and Haase will earn $570,000 each in 2022. So basically, the Tigers