For the Detroit Tigers, there have not been many positive items to discuss. The team’s offense has sputtered among one of the worst in the league. However, one item that is worth discussing is the starting pitching.
Game Score is a metric that was created by influential statistician Bill James as a way to determine how effectively a starting pitcher performed in a game. His formula is still used by Baseball-Reference. Tom Tango, another notable numbers guru (who now serves as MLB Advanced Media’s Senior Database Architect of Stats), came up with…
Editor’s note: This is the 10th in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. Is there a firmer, more obvious, storyline emerging as the Tigers get ready to draft with July’s third overall pick? Is this draft about to reinforce that
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. — The last time Spencer Torkelson played in a regular-season game, he was batting second and playing first base for Arizona State. That was on March 8, 2020, and the Sun Devils were getting ready for a Pac-12 season that never got going. It isn’t as long ago as it has been
Did you think we were being harsh when we added the ™ to the Detroit Tigers’ title as “The Worst Team in Baseball™” in 2021? All they did this week was lose five out of six while hitting .138 with 10 runs scored — five of them in one game — 12 walks and 74
Boston — Let’s get a couple of things straight, right out of the gate. I don’t have the power to “get Al Avila fired.” I cover the team daily for The Detroit News. I do not work in the front office or at Ilitch headquarters. Nor can I fire the hitting coaches. Nor can I
Drafted No. 9 overall in 2016, Detroit Tigers right-handed pitching prospect Manning has climbed the farm system’s ladder. The 23-year-old now gets to pitch in Triple-A games, starting in Tuesday’s season opener at Fifth Third Field against Nashville, meaning the next step in his development would be his MLB debut. Assuming all goes as planned, that will happen this season. “It’s
The NFL Draft is always a good reminder that the MLB Draft is only two months away. Though it’s later than usual this year, starting on July 11th, the Detroit Tigers have a plethora of picks in the top 100, picking at 3, 32, 39, and 74. They even pick at 103, too. Let’s face
If there is one overwhelming flaw in the Detroit Tigers attempt to rebuild the franchise, it’s the lack of trade return in the 2017 sell-off. While the Chicago White Sox landed Eloy Jimenez and Dylan Cease for starter Jose Quintana earlier that summer, the Tigers have yet to see anything from the Justin Verlander deal
We’re not going to take a lot of time breaking down what’s gone wrong with the Tigers offense so far this season. They were supposed to be mediocre, not terrible, and mediocre remains the ceiling even if the lineup normalizes toward career numbers. Potential moves available are liable to be of the band-aid over open
By Harvey Valentine | Associated Press Washington — Max Scherzer delivered in a hurry, tossing a five-hitter to lead the Washington Nationals over the Miami Marlins 3-1. Then it was on to more important matters. Scherzer hustled out of Nationals Park after a game that took only 2 hours, 37 minutes, hurrying to be with wife Erica
Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch doesn’t consider Jose Urena‘s start on Sunday a wasted effort. The Tigers need their starting pitchers to execute as often as possible, considering their offensive struggles. So, Hinch prefers to think of Urena’s start as a missed opportunity. “He was in complete control,” Hinch said. “I mean, he was incredible. It’s
By Harvey Valentine | Associated Press Washington — Max Scherzer delivered in a hurry, tossing a five-hitter to lead the Washington Nationals over the Miami Marlins 3-1. Then it was on to more important matters. Scherzer hustled out of Nationals Park after a game that took only 2 hours, 37 minutes, hurrying to be with wife Erica
With one month of the season down, you’re sure to see all sorts of “Who’s in the MVP running?” pieces littering your various sources of baseball-related news and updates. (We’ve done a few ourselves!) But when you are watching one team in particular — your team in particular — you’re looking for your best player:
Forgive those fans at West Michigan — those merry folks already loving their promotion to the high side of Single-A baseball — who wanted Riley Greene to do a 2021 encore as the Whitecaps this week begin playing honest-to-gosh baseball for the first time in 20 months. Ah, but the Tigers had other ideas. Greene is
Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch doesn’t consider Jose Urena‘s start on Sunday a wasted effort. The Tigers need their starting pitchers to execute as often as possible, considering their offensive struggles. So, Hinch prefers to think of Urena’s start as a missed opportunity. “He was in complete control,” Hinch said. “I mean, he was incredible. It’s
If there were a reason to move Miguel Cabrera down in the batting order, Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch wouldn’t hesitate to have the conversation. But the Tigers (8-21) have lost 14 of their past 16 games because of offensive shortcomings. After Jeimer Candelario’s .278 batting average, the next best everyday player is Wilson Ramos at .218,
New York — The Tigers hitters made Corey Kluber feel like it was 2018 all over again. The two-time Cy Young winner came into the series finale with a 4.15 ERA and a 1.7 WHIP, a far cry from the pitcher that used to give the Tigers fits when he wore an Indians jersey. But
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Right-hander Jose Urena did as much as he could to keep the Detroit Tigers competitive in the three-game series finale, pitching to weak contact, flashing his never-quit mentality to complete seven strong innings. The offense, however, forgot to show up. The Tigers (8-21) lost their fifth contest in a row, 2-0, to the New York