St. Petersburg, Fla. — A season like the one Willi Castro has endured could ruin a player. Going from getting Rookie of the Year votes in 2020 and winning the regular shortstop job to losing the shortstop job; moving to second base and losing the regular second base job, to taking on a utility role, even
Heading into the season, the Detroit Tigers Triple-A affiliate, the Toledo Mud Hens were a veteran ballclub that had the potential to make noise under the new alignment in Triple-A. They did just that, winning the inaugural Triple-A East Midwest Division title with a 5-1 win over Columbus last night.
The Erie SeaWolves are the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, and play at the beautifully updated UPMC Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. UPMC Park has been home to the Erie SeaWolves since 1995. The ballpark is more than just a great place to watch high-quality, professional baseball. The home of the SeaWolves is a great
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Yandy Diaz drilled a first-pitch two-seam fastball from Detroit Tigers reliever Jason Foley in the eighth inning. Coming off the bat at 110.4 mph, the ball bounced to second baseman Willi Castro. He made a sliding play to rob Diaz of a single and then started an inning-ending double play with shortstop Niko Goodrum
The Erie SeaWolves are the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, and play at the beautifully updated UPMC Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. UPMC Park has been home to the Erie SeaWolves since 1995. The ballpark is more than just a great place to watch high-quality, professional baseball. The home of the SeaWolves is a great
This weekend’s four-game road series between the Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays got off to a clunky start on Thursday night when the visitors fell to the hometown boys, 5-2, in a game that the good guys got beat by a superior bullpen. The good news is that the Tigers get three more tries
Toledo Mud Hens 5, Columbus Clippers 1 (box) Another outstanding outing from Mark Leiter Jr. headlined this one as the Mud Hens wrapped up the International League’s Midwest Division. Leiter spun seven innings of one-run ball, absolutely dominating an admittedly poor Clippers’ lineup with 11 strikeouts. Isaac Paredes started the scoring for the second straight
The Milwaukee Brewers put runners on second and third base with two outs in the second inning of Wednesday’s two-game series finale at Comerica Park, thanks to Lorenzo Cain’s RBI double for a 1-0 lead. Once Manny Pina walked, the bases were loaded for the National League Central leaders. Detroit Tigers starter Matt Manning had
St. Petersburgh, Fla. — What’s amazing about the underhand pitch Tyler Alexander flipped over the hitter-catcher-umpire all the way to the backstop in the fifth inning Thursday was that there was an actual purpose to it. To set the scene, Rays Manuel Margot asked for — and was given — a timeout by home plate umpire
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch walked out to the mound and removed left-handed starter Tyler Alexander with two outs in the sixth inning. He turned to rookie right-hander Drew Carlton to face Tampa Bay Rays slugger Mike Zunino. Carlton tossed back-to-back 79 mph sliders, the second of which was blasted to
St. Petersburg, Fla. — The Tigers beat up the vaunted Rays bullpen in Detroit over the weekend, scoring 15 runs in three games. Different story at Tropicana Field Thursday. “That was standard operation Tampa Bay Rays,” Tigers manager AJ Hinch said after the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Tigers 5-2. “Six pitchers, all really good arms, we
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We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after his Tigers suffer a 5-2 loss in Tampa. #Leinenkugels
LANSING, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps couldn’t find their offense when it mattered most as part of an 8-1 loss to the Lansing Lugnuts in front of 6,855 fans at Jackson Field on Thursday night. The Whitecaps struggled with runners in scoring position, going just 1-for-9 at the plate. Lansing plated six of their
Here’s a look at Thursday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Athletics: Jordan Diaz, 3B (No. 11), High-A LansingIn his second game since returning from the injured list, Diaz went 3-for-3 with a home run, a double and three RBIs. Diaz’s homer was his first since Aug. 6 and the
The last time Tyler Alexander faced the Rays, on Friday at Comerica Park, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch pulled his left-handed starter just before he could get a third matchup against Tigers nemesis Nelson Cruz. As effective as Alexander had been, there was no way Hinch was giving Cruz a third at-bat against a left-hander. As
The Tampa Bay Rays’ typically deep, talented bullpen was too much for the Tigers’ offense in this one. A bit of sloppy defense and no batted ball luck doomed Detroit to a 5-2 loss in the first of four from Tropicana Park. Tyler Alexander put together a very Tyler Alexander outing in this one. For
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo Mud Hens clinched the inaugural Triple-A East Midwest Division title with a 5-1 victory over the Columbus Clippers on Thursday at Fifth Third Field. The win gives the Mud Hens (69-48) their seventh division championship since joining the International League in 1965, and first since capturing the IL’s West Division
BOT 1 DET 0 TB 1 Result of at-bat Yandy Díaz’s leadoff homer Batter: Yandy Diaz Pitcher: Tyler Alexander
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Detroit Tigers left-handed prospect Joey Wentz won’t pitch again in the 2021 season. The 23-year-old isn’t injured, but the organization decided to protect his arm from overuse in his first year back from Tommy John surgery. He underwent the procedure in March 2020 to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.