Tigers manager A.J. Hinch speaks with the media following a gutsy and much needed win against the Boston Red Sox in extra innings. #Leinenkugels
Here’s a look at Wednesday’s top Minor League performers from each team’s Top 30 Prospects list: Blue Jays: Kevin Smith, INF (TOR No. 28) — 1-for-4, HR, 2 RBIs, R (Triple-A Buffalo)Smith demolished his first Triple-A hit for a two-run blast in the sixth inning. The 24-year-old followed a double by Cullen Large with an
The Tigers were pushed into extra innings by a talented Boston team. Detroit needed a hero in the free baseball frame. Jeimer Candelario answered the call with a mammoth homer. Feels good, man. #DetroitRoots
Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize earned a hug from pitching coach Chris Fetter after his sixth and final inning against the Boston Red Sox. He had just escaped a bases-loaded jam, keeping the Red Sox from stealing the lead. The bullpen spoiled Mize’s solid performance, but Jeimer Candelario gave the Tigers (9-22) a dramatic 6-5 win Wednesday at
Boston — For a minute there, it felt like a 2013, Big Papi flashback. The Tigers were up 3-1 with two outs in the seventh inning. Right-hander Bryan Garcia was summoned from the bullpen to face former Tiger J.D. Martinez with a man on. Martinez got a 94-mph elevated sinker on a 2-2 pitch that
Wednesday night’s hotly-anticipated Tigers-Red Sox matchup ended up with the Tigers taking the second game of the series, 6-5, with some extra-inning dramatics. With the win, the Tigers snapped a six-game losing streak. A passing spot of rain caused a 38-minute delay to the beginnings of the proceedings, and there was a steady light drizzle
The SeaWolves (2-0), one night removed from setting a franchise record for Opening Day runs, teed off again on the Reading Fightin Phils (0-2) for a 14-2 win on Wednesday night at First Energy Stadium. Erie grabbed an early lead in the top of the third inning against Reading starter Francisco Morales. They loaded the
Casey Mize rewarded his manager’s faith in him again. His quality outing went unrewarded for a second consecutive start, but he got the reward of a much-needed end to the Tigers’ losing streak. As a replay review resulted in a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the sixth inning on Christian Arroyo’s hit-by-pitch, A.J. Hinch made no
TOLEDO, Ohio – Zack Short broke an eighth-inning deadlock with a two-out, three-run drive to left field as the Toledo Mud Hens defeated the Nashville Sounds by a 9-6 count on Wednesday at Fifth Third Field. With the Mud Hens (2-0) and Sounds (0-2) knotted up at six apiece entering the bottom the eighth, Daniel
Detroit Tigers (8-22) at Boston Red Sox (18-12) Time/Place: 7:05 p.m., Fenway ParkSB Nation Site: Over the MonsterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (1-3, 5.06 ERA) vs. LHP Martin Pérez (0-2, 4.70 ERA) Game 31 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9
Mickey York and Dan Petry are on Tigers LIVE to get you set for Tigers-Red Sox, weather permitting. The offense woke up last night, but Miguel Cabrera has been in a slump. Casey Mize is excited for his first start at Fenway and got to visit the famous scoreboard. #DetroitRoots
In previous years, we’d be roughly a month away from the Draft at this point and the picture would be coming into clearer focus. But with the event pushed back to July 11 and teams having less history than ever on college players because of the pandemic, it’s still very fluid. Vanderbilt right-handers Jack Leiter
Before A.J. Hinch became a manager, he was a farm director, serving as director of player development for the D-backs. He hasn’t forgotten that role and the importance of communication between the big league club and the Minor Leagues that supply young talent and in-season help. That’s why, as the Minor Leagues get underway this
Boston — Changes are coming. Again. Outfielder Nomar Mazara, who homered in his first rehab at-bat in Toledo Tuesday, could be back off the injured list this weekend. That means somebody, maybe one of the outfielders, maybe a pitcher, will be either sent down or out of the organization. JaCoby Jones and Victor Reyes, both off
The 2021 minor-league baseball season began yesterday, offering a welcome distraction for weary Detroit Tigers fans (and beat writers). Rogelio wrote a recap of yesterday’s results, and we hope to offer daily content on the happenings with Detroit’s farm teams.
Well the offense finally got loose on Tuesday night. So of course it came on a night where Michael Fulmer didn’t make it out of the first inning. The Tigers starter on Wednesday night is Casey Mize, and we can presumably expect much more effective work from him. Can this lineup put up some runs
TOLEDO, Ohio — For the first time in 610 days, baseball returned to Fifth Third Field. It was right-hander Matt Manning‘s second Opening Day start. He started Double-A Erie’s first game in the 2019 season before the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the minor leagues in 2020. He jogged out of the dugout Tuesday for the Toledo Mud
Boston — It was just eight days ago. In Chicago. First inning. The big right-handed hitter turned on a 95-mph heater from Lucas Giolito, middle-in. The ball left his bat with an exit velocity of 110 mph and traveled 445 feet soaring into the left-field seats at Guaranteed Rate Field. It looked like a swing from
May 5: Goes 0-for-3 in pro debutThe first regular-season game of Spencer Torkelson’s professional career is in the books. The Tigers’ top prospect made his debut at High-A for the West Michigan Whitecaps in the 2021 Minor League season opener on Tuesday. Batting in the No. 2 spot and playing third base against the Fort
The Detroit Tigers are the worst team in baseball. Maybe you expected this. Maybe you didn’t. What you weren’t expecting, it’s safe to assume, is that the Tigers could end up as one of the worst teams ever, both in won-loss record and offensive metrics. Entering Tuesday night’s game against Boston, the Tigers had lost 15 of their last