Who do you think should be the 2021 MLB All-Star Game Most Valuable Player presented by Chevrolet? Select one player below. The ballot will lock at the end of the game. T. Anderson Tim AndersonSS .309 AVG6 HR 32 RBI.770 OPS M. Barnes Matt BarnesP 4-22.61 ERA 63 K0.89 WHIP C. Bassitt Chris BassittP 10-23.28
By Jake Seiner | Associated Press Mike Trout has helped the Los Angeles Angels score a lot of runs over the years. Preventing them has been a bigger issue. LA’s scouting department is going all out to solve that problem. The Angels became the first club ever to select exclusively pitchers over a full amateur
Based on how COVID messed up 2020’s scouting season, the Tigers might be in line, ironically, for something of a gift from Tuesday’s final 10 rounds of the 20-round Major League Baseball Draft. Players were harder to inspect last spring, summer, and into autumn. There was less data on hand. Fewer exposures allowed for the
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Contrary to what his 6-foot-8, 280-pound frame might suggest, RJ Petit has always been in love with baseball. His basketball career consisted of church ball as a kid. “I like to call myself the Scottie Pippen of church basketball,” Petit joked. “I never really had the feel or touch for scoring or anything like that,
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The dust is still settling from the 2021 MLB Draft, but teams like the Detroit Tigers are already hard at work scouting for next year’s draft. There was even a high-school all-star game in Denver last weekend, though with MLB’s muddled schedule of events, you can be forgiven for missing it.
We asked fans on twitter to submit their best questions for Casey Mize, and they delivered. Host Daniella Bruce appreciates the assistance, but not as much as she appreciates Casey’s thoughts on teammate Jake Rogers’ mustache…which is proving to be somewhat controversial.
If you like big sluggers from the left side of the plate, this is the video for you. Izaac Pacheco is a sweet swinging high school shortstop who the Tigers tabbed as their 2nd round pick of the 2021 draft. The 6-4, 225-pounder says he is looking forward to joining the franchise’s other talented prospects
Bryant Packard is picking up steam on the Road to Detroit after shedding a few pounds and locking in at the plate. The product of East Carolina University, he’s doing what he’s always seemed to be able to do wherever he’s gone – crushing baseballs. Now he’s doing it as a member of the West
By Ronald Blum | Associated Press Denver — Banning or limiting defensive shifts would be an effort to restore Major League Baseball to how it was played before offense was suffocated by analytics, according to baseball commissioner Rob Manfred. Speaking before Tuesday’s All-Star Game to the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Manfred said seven-inning doubleheaders and starting
Detroit — Day 1 brought the drama. Day 2 brought the depth. What’s in store for Day 3? The Tigers, who took high school right-hander Jackson Jobe with the No. 3 overall pick Sunday night, were working early and often Monday. They selected six pitchers and high school shortstop Izaac Pacheco, among others. Monday featured the second
The Detroit Tigers made 10 selections in the 2021 MLB draft on Tuesday, completing the 20-round draft with 21 total picks over the past three days. On Sunday, the Tigers made two selections in the MLB draft: Heritage Hall (Oklahoma) High School right-hander Jackson Jobe in Round 1 (No. 3 overall) and Texas right-hander Ty
A rundown of local players selected in the 2021 MLB draft: Nebraska RHP/SS Spencer Schwellenbach (Saginaw Heritage) Vitals: 6 feet 1, 200 pounds. Bats/throws: Right/Right. Drafted: Second round (No. 59 overall) to Atlanta Braves. The buzz: Schwellenbach’s, the 2021 Big Ten Player of the Year and 2021 John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year, hit .284 with six homers and 40
The Detroit Tigers front office must be fans of Fallout Boys’ 2006 single “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s An Arms Race” or the real truth which is Detroit continued to load up on arms with potential upside as they close out the 2021 MLB Draft.
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
Michigan fifth-year senior shortstop Benjamin Sems was picked in the 15th round, No. 440 overall, Tuesday by the Colorado Rockies on the third and final day of the MLB Draft. Sems was an All-Big Ten second-team player this past spring, starting all 46 games and hitting .314 with 15 extra-base hits and 30 RBIs for the Wolverines.
The Detroit Tigers again are picking high in each round of the 2021 MLB draft. For the fourth straight year, they held a top-5 pick, selecting high school pitcher Jackson Jobe at No. 3 overall in the first round Sunday. Previously, they’ve taken pitcher Casey Mize No. 1 overall (2018), outfielder Riley Greene at No.
Sunday came and the Tigers’ draft-day plans were final. No matter what the Pirates decided to do at first-overall, where they were expected to take a broadly popular choice to begin the 2021 MLB Draft — Marcelo Mayer — the Tigers were resolute about who they were snaring with the draft’s third overall turn. Jackson Jobe, an exception in
The Detroit Tigers spent 8 of their first 11 picks on pitching, so it figured they might go for more position players on Day Three. And that’s exactly what happened, with their first three picks of the day playing on the infield in some capacity.