Detroit — Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson, the Tigers top two position player prospects, have been abusing Double-A pitching over the last seven days — Greene is hitting .524 and slugging 1.24 with a 1.80 OPS with four homers and 12 RBIs. Torkelson is hitting .429 over the same stretch, slugging .905 with a 1.33 OPS,
Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch wants to put one scenario to rest. First/third baseman Spencer Torkelson and outfielder Riley Greene won’t make their MLB debuts in 2021. The organization wants their top prospects to fully develop in the minor leagues before bringing them all the way up, which should happen sometime in 2022. But Torkelson and Greene —
Well today’s game was a mess, but the Detroit Tigers had some big news as the entire organization has an off day tomorrow. After the game, they announced that top prospects Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson have been promoted to Triple-A Toledo along with rising shortstop prospect Ryan Kreidler. The Greene promotion in particular isn’t
The White Sox placed utilityman Leury Garcia on the seven-day concussion injured list today, retroactive to August 13. Infielder Danny Mendick was called up from Triple-A in the corresponding move. The versatile Garcia has received multiple starts at six different positions this season, including 28 games at second base and 46 games spread across all
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Toledo Mud Hens smashed three home runs against the Columbus Clippers on Sunday, but were forced to settle for a series split after dropping an 8-7 decision at Huntington Park. The result puts the Mud Hens (49-40) one game behind first-place Omaha in the Midwest Division standings, pending the outcome of
We hear from manager A.J. Hinch after his Tigers are nearly perfect-game victims in 11-0 loss to Indians. #Leinenkugels
The Detroit Tigers showed up to the ballpark Sunday, but the results were ugly. Cleveland starter Triston McKenzie completed 7⅔ perfect innings before Harold Castro lined a fastball for a single into right field to break up the historic attempt, nine years to the day after MLB’s last brush with perfection. (Felix Hernandez threw MLB’s
DETROIT — The Tigers didn’t have a whole lot of effective fastballs early on Sunday afternoon, which is how they ended up with an 11-0 loss to Cleveland at Comerica Park. Jonathan Schoop’s throw home might have been one of the best. It was an 87 mph dart from behind second base, and it had
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James Chipman, director of scouting for Prospects Live, based in Winter Garden, Florida, was asked for thoughts on Colt Keith, the Tigers’ fifth-round pick a year ago from Biloxi, Mississippi. Keith has been handling life niftily at Single-A Lakeland, which is a sturdy assignment for a left-handed hitter, a year out of high school, who
Detroit — Manager AJ Hinch was asked the other day if he believed in the notion that one team can simply have another team’s number. “No,” was his answer. It may have been the first one-word answer he’s ever given, but the look on his face made it clear no further explanation was coming, or needed.
The SeaWolves could not cap their weekend with a win on Sunday afternoon, and saw their four-game win streak come to an end when they fell to the Altoona Curve 5-3 in 10 innings. The game was tied for most of the afternoon, but Altoona plated three runs in the tenth to pull away. Riley
EASTLAKE, OH – The West Michigan Whitecaps played a tight game on Sunday afternoon but ended up on the losing end of a 4-3 loss to the Lake County Captains in 12 innings on Sunday at Classic Park. The loss becomes the third time this week that Lake County walked off with a victory and
It looked like Triston McKenzie might just get the perfect game against the Tigers, but it was broken up in the 8th inning. McKenzie went 7.2 IP before it was finally broken up! Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/mlb Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/6569247715560456198 Visit our site for all
Ah, what a beautiful day. A Sunday in the middle of August, sunny skies and temperatures sitting in the mid-to-upper-70s, and Comerica Park is packed to the brim for the rubber match in this Tigers-Cleveland series. What could possibly go wrong? … Oh. Look, if you are the kind of person who watched and is
A crowd of 32,845 fans packed Comerica Park on Saturday in anticipation of Miguel Cabrera’s 500th home run. They weren’t treated to the historic milestone, but the Detroit Tigers gave them one of their most exciting performances of the season. If there was ever a time for manager AJ Hinch to sell his team’s rejuvenated brand of baseball, it
Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Jeimer Candelario: Comerica Park crowd ‘so special’ Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario talks Saturday, August 14, 2021, after his team’s 6-4 win over Cleveland at Comerica Park. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers starter Julio Teheran gave his best effort Saturday in Lakeland, Florida, but couldn’t attain
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – JULY 09: Manager A.J. Hinch #14 of the Detroit Tigers looks on against the Minnesota Twins on July 9, 2021 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images)
A pitcher from the Tigers past appeared this week, not in person, but in a memory vault where good and bad moments are stored. The pitcher was Kenny Baugh, who the Tigers snagged with their first-round pick, 11th overall, in the 2001 MLB Draft. Baugh was a right-handed ace from Rice University finishing a 2001
TOP 2 CLE 1 DET 0 Result of at-bat Bradley Zimmer scores on error Batter: Owen Miller Pitcher: Drew Hutchison