The Tigers announced Friday that they’ve designated outfielder Nomar Mazara for assignment and optioned infielder Willi Castro to Triple-A Toledo. Outfielder Derek Hill and infielder Isaac Paredes are up from Toledo in a pair of corresponding roster moves. Detroit has also appointed lefty Miguel Del Pozo as the 27th man for today’s doubleheader against the
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DETROIT — Twenty-five years after Kimera Bartee stole 20 bases as a rookie for the Tigers, the former outfielder is back at first base in Detroit. The team has promoted Bartee to first-base coach in the latest shuffling of its coaching staff. Bartee essentially fills the void left by third-base coach Chip Hale, who left
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press Watch Video: Detroit Tigers’ Ty Madden ‘surprised’ he dropped in MLB draft The Detroit Tigers’ return from the All-Star break was a washout. Their scheduled doubleheader with the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park on Friday was postponed due to inclement weather. They’ll make up one of the games
DETROIT — Though the Tigers’ second-half opener, a split doubleheader with the Twins, was rained out, Detroit continued to strike the balance between giving young players a chance and creating competition for spots based on performance. While infielder Willi Castro was optioned to Triple-A Toledo, veteran outfielder Nomar Mazara was designated for assignment. Neither Castro
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
Dana Gauruder | Special to Detroit Free Press The Detroit Tigers made a few roster moves Friday morning, ahead of the start to the season’s second half. Going: Outfielder Nomar Mazara has been designated for assignment, with infielder Willi Castro optioned to Triple-A Toledo. Coming: Outfielder Derek Hill and infielder Isaac Paredes are up from Toledo. Mazara, 26, was signed as a free agent
Detroit — The Tigers are not giving up on infielder Willi Castro. Manager AJ Hinch made that point clear Friday morning after the Tigers announced that Castro was being optioned to Triple-A Toledo. “Our best team has Willi involved and has him playing virtually every day,” Hinch said. “We’ve got to get him untracked.” Infielder
Friday’s scheduled split doubleheader between the Tigers and the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park has been postponed due to inclement weather conditions. • Game 1 of today’s scheduled split doubleheader will be made up as game one of a split doubleheader Saturday, July 17, with games at 1:10 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. • Game 2
The Detroit Tigers start the second half of the season at 40-51. They came into the All-Star break looking tired as the bullpen in Minnesota coughed up leads in all four games in the series. But overall, despite being eleven games under .500, the Tigers have been entertaining to watch.
The Detroit Tigers made a few moves Friday morning, ahead of their day-night doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park. Going: Outfielder Nomar Mazara has been designated for assignment, with infielder Willi Castro optioned to Triple-A Toledo. Coming: Outfielder Derek Hill and infielder Isaac Paredes are up from Toledo, with left-handed pitcher Miguel Del Pozo designated as the 27th man for the doubleheader. Mazara,
Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Gregory Soto reacts to making 2021 MLB All-Star Game Detroit Tigers reliever Gregory Soto talks Sunday, July 4, 2021, after learning he was selected to the AL squad for the 2021 MLB All-Star Game. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press The Detroit Tigers entered the All-Star break 15 games behind
The All-Star Game has come and gone, and while it didn’t go perfectly for the Tigers (at least Soto had that incredible silver glove), it was still a lot of fun and a victory for the AL team. We’ve had a few days with no baseball games, and now we’re back to regularly scheduled programming
The Detroit Tigers took a kid in this year’s draft. Maybe you think they took the wrong kid — that general manager Al Avila should’ve drafted Marcelo Mayer, a high school shortstop, instead of Jackson Jobe, a high school pitcher. Maybe you’ll be right in the long run. Maybe you’ll be wrong. The key is you’ll have
It was “Thrifty Thursday” at LMCU Ballpark, the home of Tigers High-A affiliate West Michigan, for a doubleheader between the Whitecaps and the Fort Wayne TinCaps (affiliated with the San Diego Padres), and, well, the Whitecaps were certainly thrifty in allowing hits. In the day’s first seven-inning game, 24-year-old Beau Brieske allowed just two hits in a
COMSTOCK PARK, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps threw their first no-hitter in more than two decades as part of a doubleheader sweep of the Fort Wayne TinCaps Thursday night by scores of 5-0 and 4-0 in front of 4,938 delighted fans at LMCU Ballpark. Whitecaps pitchers Sandel De La Cruz, Michael Beinlien, Jared Tobey,
TOLEDO, Ohio – The Iowa Cubs took game three of the series against the Toledo Mud Hens at Fifth Third Field on Thursday night, winning 6-0. Serving as the opener and making his first professional start, right-hander Drew Carlton worked two scoreless innings to start the game. He conceded two hits and a walk while
Here’s a look at Thursday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Marlins: Max Meyer, RHP (MLB No. 20), Double-A PensacolaMeyer threw 47 of his 77 pitches for strikes and put together another impressive outing on the mound. The right-hander struck out four and gave up just one run, via a
Living in Metro Detroit as a Detroit Tigers fan, you get caught up in the day-to-day grind that is baseball. You root for your favorite players and granted, you can sometimes forget to be objective. We all have our local heroes (Don Kelly) and the half-seasons that are still whispered about (Brennan Bosech, Chris Shelton)…
Let’s say this straight from the outset — Draft evaluation takes years. More than any other sport with a Draft, baseball requires years of development and positives and negatives can come on the roads between making a pick and the end of a Major League career. That doesn’t completely rule out immediate evaluation, however. As