Toledo, Ohio: The Mud Hens defeated the Sounds 8-6 in a comeback effort to open their 2021 campaign on the right foot. The Tigers #3 prospect, Matt Manning, started on the mound for the Mud Hens. He looked sharp early, recording three strikeouts in the first two innings. A lack of feel for his curveball
Ever since I took over this Detroit Tigers fan blog over a year ago, I have tried to write about baseball as logically as possible. Currently, the fans have grown weary of the Tigers’ horrendous start. The “Fire Avila” chants have begun on social media, and the current acquisition of half of a casino by…
Boston — The last time Casey Mize walked on the field at Fenway Park, he was pitching for a team in the Cape Cod Baseball League. “Seeing Fenway for the first time was remarkable,” he said. “Just growing up a baseball fan, it’s the most iconic park, for me, in this whole great game. It
Detroit Tigers (8-21) at Boston Red Sox (17-12) Time/Place: 7:10 p.m., Fenway ParkSB Nation site: Over the MonsterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Michael Fulmer (1-1, 3.86 ERA) vs. RHP Nick Pivetta (3-0, 2.81 ERA) Game 30 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR
When Casey Mize takes the ball on Wednesday against the Red Sox, it will mark his first visit to Fenway Park as a Detroit Tiger, but not his first time at the iconic ballpark. The right-hander visited in 2016 while playing in the Cape Cod League following his freshman season at Auburn, and it left
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Miguel Cabrera’s Snowpening Day home run wasn’t the only memorable moment of the Tigers first month of the 2021 season. Check out the skillful craftmanship from Akil Baddoo, JaCoby Jones, Wilson Ramos and many others in this edition of Tigers Top Plays.
The Detroit Tigers expect to get left-hander Matthew Boyd back on the mound Sunday in the series finale against the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park. He departed from last Thursday’s start in the second inning with left knee tendinitis. The 30-year-old will avoid a trip to the injured list. “We’ll get Boyd on the back end
Today is May the 4th, also known as Star Wars Day, and the Detroit Tigers are the worst team in baseball. That’s all the excuse we need to have a little fun and dig though the history books to find the most Star Wars-sounding names in Tigers history.
It’s been 610 days without Mud Hens baseball at Fifth Third Field.
After a merciful off day, the Tigers are in Boston for a three-game set starting Tuesday. The hosts lead the AL East, while Detroit has lost 10 of 11 and has seemingly already hit rock bottom. While the offense has been absolutely terrible, the pitching has given up some ugly scorelines lately as well. It
As the centerpiece of the 2017 Justin Verlander deal, the inability of right-hander Franklin Perez to stay on the mound, let alone develop into the pitcher that was hoped, is at the center of their flawed rebuilding effort. He remains a strange enigma. Perez has never had surgery, and yet he’s been unable to stay
Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene claims he didn’t know until he was certain. General manager Al Avila hinted in the winter that Double-A Erie would be Greene’s destination for the 2021 season. But it wasn’t until last week, at the conclusion of minor-league spring training in Lakeland, Florida, that everything became official. Indeed, Greene’s name was on the roster for the Erie SeaWolves.
By Jake Seiner | Associated Press New York — They’ve waited for the Wahoos, stood by for the Sod Poodles, bided their time for the Biscuits or Trash Pandas. After more than a year of uncertainty and empty ballparks, fans in minor league cities are finally getting baseball back. “Small town baseball, it’s the fabric of the
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