Here we go again. It’s another milestone day putting into perspective the tragedy Detroit sports has been for the past half-decade and counting. Thursday marks 2,000 days since the city’s last playoff win among its four major professional sports franchises. Go ahead. Laugh. Or cry. Or do both, like Andrew at his first day of
Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch saw promise where few did two years ago when he extended general manager Al Avila’s contract. It was an unpopular move that came after one of the worst seasons in recent memory. Avila’s trades hadn’t produced much. His draft picks weren’t showing much. And the big-league club looked a half-decade away from winning baseball. “At
Mandatory Credit: Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports The Detroit Tigers have shown they are on the rise, but it is possible that these three players won’t be back next season. The Detroit Tigers have been one of the larger surprises in MLB this season. The team brought in a new manager in A.J. Hinch, and caught…
The Detroit Tigers have fired Triple-A Toledo manager Tom Prince, leaving the Mud Hens with a vacancy entering the offseason. Prince, 57, carried Toledo to a first-place finish in the Midwest Division and a 74-56 record in 2021. He was informed Tuesday that he would not return for 2022, a source with knowledge of the situation
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Detroit — OK, they have our attention. The Tigers went from a non-entity to a curiosity to a priority, all in one season. And now, it gets interesting. Based on the enthusiastic mood of the players, the manager, the front office and many fans, the Tigers just completed the most-invigorating 77-85 season in recent history.
The Arizona Fall League is set to open on October 13, and with a week to go, the Detroit Tigers announced their prospects headed to the desert southwest to play for the Salt River Rafters. The list includes the organization’s two top prospects, outfielder Riley Greene and first baseman Spencer Torkelson. The Tigers have seven
Tigers Pitcher Casey Mize recaps the 2021 season with Art Regner and Daniella Bruce.
He says he was told, simply, “We’re going in a different direction.” No other explanation was offered Tuesday when Tom Prince, who managed the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens to a first-place Midwest Division finish and 74-56 record in 2021, was told he would not be returning in 2022, all during a short conversation with Tigers general
The Detroit Tigers are sending a talented group of young players to the Arizona Fall League. This year, the Tigers will have at least seven players participating, headlined by top prospects Spencer Torkelson and Riley Greene, who could land on the team’s 2022 Opening Day roster coming out of spring training. Others from the Tigers
Detroit Tigers top prospects Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson both had long, successful campaigns in 2021. But their seasons aren’t quite over yet. The top two prospects in the Detroit Tigers system are headed to the Arizona Fall League (AFL) for another month of competition against some of the best prospects in all of baseball.
The Arizona Fall League is back and ready to be better than ever. The global pandemic kept the AFL from taking place in 2020, but Major League Baseball’s finishing school for the game’s top prospects will be back in action starting on Oct. 13. And the rosters of the six teams, announced on Wednesday, are
There is only one major question facing the Detroit Tigers: Will they be able to sign a free-agent shortstop? Paging Carlos Correa, Trevor Story, Corey Seager, Javier Baez and Marcus Semien — come on down! Yes, all of you. Take a look at Detroit. The city is coming back and so is this team. So how much money
The Tigers are slated to enter the 2022 campaign with more hope than they’ve had in a long while. Detroit’s rebuild has begun to bear fruit, with the team’s above .500 showing from May 1 onwards suggesting the roster has at least progressed to respectable after a four-season stretch in which the Tigers were among
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Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch entered Comerica Park for the final time this season. His offseason was set to begin Tuesday afternoon with a trip home to Houston. Before he could leave Detroit, though, Hinch had one more thing to do. He teamed up with general manager Al Avila for an end-of-season news conference, in
Associated Press | Associated Press Bastrop, Texas — Former Tiger Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died. He was 100. The Texas Rangers, the team for which Robinson was GM from 1976-82, said he died Monday night at
Our annual attempt to rank all of the year’s graduated rookies based on their long-term career value is more difficult than usual. The top spot is easy. Rays shortstop Wander Franco went from baseball’s No. 1 prospect to reaching base in 43 consecutive games, tying Frank Robinson’s record for big leaguers age 20 or younger.
AL Wild Card: Yankees (92-70) at. Red Sox (92-70) Time/Place: Tuesday, Oct. 5, 8:10 p.m., Fenway ParkSB Nation sites: Pinstripe Alley, Over the MonsterMedia: ESPN, WatchESPNPitching Matchup: RHP Gerrit Cole (16-8, 3.23 ERA) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (11-9, 3.75 ERA) NL Wild Card: Cardinals (90-72) at Dodgers (106-56) Time/Place: Wednesday, Oct. 6, 8:10 p.m., Dodger