Steve Kornacki | Special to The Detroit News Toledo, Ohio — Detroit Tigers starter Matthew Boyd surrendered a bloop single to the game’s leadoff batter, and proceeded to retire the next 13 St. Paul Saints in order before coming out nearing his pre-determined pitch-count limit. Boyd, making his third rehabilitation start for the Toledo Mud Hens after going on
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Toledo Mud Hens blanked the St. Paul Saints 2-0 in the series opener on Tuesday night at Fifth Third Field. The win gives the Hens a 1.5 game lead on the Saints in the division race for first place. After Matthew Boyd pitched around a leadoff single, the Mud Hens jumped
TOP 2 DET 1 STL 0 Result of at-bat Derek Hill’s RBI single Batter: Derek Hill Pitcher: Jack Flaherty
LANSING, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps ballgame scheduled for Tuesday against the Lansing Lugnuts has been postponed due to inclement weather at Jackson Field. Heavy thunderstorms approaching the first pitch proved too much to play the originally scheduled ballgame, leading to the postponement. Tuesday’s postponement becomes the eighth gameday to see a rainout for
You know how 900 prospects line up. Now, how about their 30 farm systems? MLB Pipeline has re-ranked all 30 organizations by their prospect talent in this last edition of the farm system rankings. The in-season rankings provide a good snapshot of where each club stands after movement brought on by the Trade Deadline, 2021
Detroit Tigers (60-66) at St. Louis Cardinals (63-60) Time/Place: 7:45 p.m., Busch StadiumSB Nation site: Viva El BirdosMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (6-6, 3.69 ERA) vs. RHP Jack Flaherty (9-1, 2.68 ERA) Game 127 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR
ST. LOUIS — The morning after Detroit Tigers rookie Akil Baddoo crashed into fellow outfielder Derek Hill, he just had a minor headache. The feeling wasn’t pleasant, but considering how scary the Aug. 10 collision was, it seemed like the best-case scenario. Still, the Tigers placed Baddoo on the concussion protocol injured list. “That was really it,”
St. Louis, Mo. — Dog days? In August? Don’t try to throw that old saw at Tigers manager AJ Hinch. “The mental fatigue is real for players but it’s reality,” he said before the game Tuesday. “If we get to where we want to get to, this isn’t even the stretch run yet. This is just August.
ST. LOUIS — Tigers outfielder Akil Baddoo considers himself lucky. Well, as lucky as a guy who sustained a concussion can feel. Baddoo rejoined the team on Tuesday after being reinstated from the 10-day injured list after a scary collision with teammate Derek Hill as the two attempted to chase down a gapper in Baltimore
Detroit Tigers fans, and the baseball world at large, are still aglow after Miguel Cabrera hit his historic 500th home run last Sunday in Toronto. For national writers it was a chance to offer retrospectives, or peer into the future and project the next members of the 500 Club. For Detroit Tigers fans? It was…
A.J. Hinch has said “we have to get the pitching right” for the Tigers to take the next step and become contenders. Two positives in that direction are reliever Michael Fulmer and starter Tarik Skubal. Fulmer’s story begins with a pregame meeting with NASCAR’s Erik Jones, before we go inside the mentality that is making
Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera reacts to hitting 500th home run Detroit Tigers veteran Miguel Cabrera talks Sunday, August 22, 2021, after reaching 500 home runs in a 5-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers (60-66) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (63-60) When: 7:45 p.m. Tuesday. Where:
Sunday, August 22 will go down as one of the most exciting days of the Detroit Tigers’ 2021 season. In the top of the sixth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays, Miguel Cabrera sent a pitch from lefty Steven Matz sailing over the wall in right-center to become the 28th major leaguer to hit 500…
I have to be honest, of all of the 362 baseballs Miguel Cabrera has sent over a fence in his time with the Detroit Tigers, the 500th of his storied career means little to me personally. On a Sunday in August for a third-place club, Miggy lofted a Steven Matz breaking ball over the right-center…
The Tigers are kicking off a two-game series in St. Louis this week, and we figured on this rare occasion that we see a non-Pirates NL Central team we should take a moment to see what’s going on with the Cardinals. The NL Central is in a pretty similar state of shambles that the AL
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Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila sat down with Justin Verlander, J.D. Martinez and Miguel Cabrera to explain his plan for the future. Not long after Avila became the organization’s leader in August 2015, the franchise was entering a full-fledged rebuild. “We all knew Cabrera was the one guy I couldn’t trade,” Avila said earlier
Funkhouser has been one of the Detroit Tigers’ most reliable bullpen arms all season and has made great strides since debuting in the 2020s shortened season. Despite pitching a small sample size of 17 innings last year, there are a lot of numbers to suggest a small change in approach in 2021 has led to…
We finally got there. After sitting on 499 homers for what felt like forever, Miguel Cabrera finally launched No. 500 on Sunday, further cementing his legacy among some of the game’s greatest ever hitters. His quest now turns to 3000 hits (more on that later), but this was a huge weight off his chest. For