DETROIT — The long, grueling Tigers rebuild is finally yielding results. Now comes the next step, after a 75-87 season that marked Detroit’s best record in five years. “Obviously, the next goal is to get above .500,” manager A.J. Hinch said in a media session Tuesday at Comerica Park. “And then you go as far
The Tigers top moments and plays from the season’s final month, including two incredible home run robbing catches in left field.
The Detroit Tigers took the next step in their player development plans Tuesday, hiring Gabe Ribas as the organization’s director of pitching. Stealing Ribas away from the Los Angeles Dodgers, with whom he has spent the last four seasons as a pitching coordinator, happened about two weeks after the Tigers hired Ryan Garko as the new vice president of
The 2021 minor-league season is over, so we thought now would be a good time to take a look back at some of the best statistical performances from hitters in the Detroit Tigers system. You could certainly look for yourself at FanGraphs or Baseball Reference, but no one else is going to offer you handy…
Naomi Howrani was three years into a good job when she looked around and thought she might want to do something different. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Howrani moved to Washington, D.C., to work in consulting. The sort of job that sets you up well. Not one many people leave to go work
The Detroit Tigers’ season is over, but it feels like the excitement surrounding the club is just beginning. In AJ Hinch’s first season managing the Tigers, they turned out their best winning percentage in five years and played winning baseball for nearly half the season. The Tigers (77-85) were projected to be among the majors’
New York, NY, October 5, 2021 — Minor League Baseball™ (MiLB™) today announced the league All-Star teams for the two leagues that make up the Triple-A classification. Votes were cast by league broadcasters, Minor League Baseball executives and select members of the media. Toledo’s Aderlin Rodriguez was named the Triple-A New York, NY, October 5,
While we didn’t get the crazy four-team-tie scenario many of us were hoping for, postseason baseball is upon us. The two Wild Card games will take place Tuesday for the American League, and Wednesday in the National League. The divisional series will begin immediately afterwards, kicking off on Thursday night with both American League series
The Detroit Tigers’ season is over, but it feels like the excitement surrounding the club is just beginning. In AJ Hinch’s first season managing the Tigers, they turned out their best winning percentage in five years and played winning baseball for nearly half the season. The Tigers (77-85) were projected to be among the majors’
The Detroit Tigers on Tuesday named Gabe Ribas the organization’s director of pitching. Ribas, 41, will report to Ryan Garko, the Tigers’ new vice president of player development. Ribas spent the last four seasons as the pitching coordinator in the Los Angeles Dodgers system, where he “worked across many areas within player development, including coaching
Sep 28, 2021; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tyler Alexander (70) pitches against the Minnesota Twins in the first inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports
CHICAGO — It feels like forever since AJ Hinch has talked about himself. That’s part of what made him a great manager of the building-it-back-up Detroit Tigers in 2021. But Hinch was the main character of this season’s story: his success in forming a winning culture, his passion for the job and his return from a suspension. He felt under the weather in
Detroit — To Robbie Grossman, who hasn’t been here the last few miserable years, it just didn’t feel right celebrating a losing season. The Tigers, despite all the growth a progress they made, still finished eight games under .500 (77-85) and long out of playoff contention. So when he was asked about the season on Saturday, he
Tigers 2022 first round draft pick Jackson Jobe joins Daniella Bruce to answer questions submitted by Tigers fans via Twitter, including the pitcher thinks he would do at the plate against Casey Mize. Hint: not great!
Here at Motor City Bengals, we are going to take a look back at the Detroit Tigers 2021 season with some in-depth articles. In this article, we look at Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, and Matt Manning as they stepped into the rotation.
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By Ronald Blum | Associated Press New York — The major league batting average dropped to .244 this season, its lowest since the year of the pitcher in 1968, though offense picked up markedly following baseball’s midseason crackdown on grip-enhancing substances for pitchers. MLB’s stricter enforcement had the desired impact, ending a run of 12 consecutive full seasons
The paint is now dry on the 2021 Detroit Tigers season, and it’s hard not to see a picture of success. This is all relative, of course. The Detroit Tigers finished under .500 for the 5th consecutive year, and they never seriously challenged for the division or a playoff berth.
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And now the real fun starts. Well, not for the Detroit Tigers. Their fun — if you can call a gray, rainy day on the South Side of Chicago fun — ended Sunday with a win over the AL Central champion White Sox. The Sox, of course, then headed to Houston for their ALDS opener