The Detroit Tigers are getting a key piece of their coaching staff back for the first time this season. Pitching coach Chris Fetter has been cleared to return from COVID-19, the team announced Thursday. Missing since the end of spring training, he will travel with the Tigers on their upcoming 10-game road trip, which starts Friday
Matsui came to MLB with a bang, hitting a grand slam in his first game. He hit his last home run with the Rays. Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ & https://www.instagram.com/mlbvault/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/656… Visit our site for all baseball news, stats and scores! https://www.mlb.com/
In his first two starts of 2021, Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd nearly knocked off both the first- and second-place finishers in last year’s American League Cy Young race. Boyd dethroned Cleveland ace Shane Bieber — the unanimous Cy Yong winner in 2020 — on Opening Day, leading the Tigers to a 3-2 victory. Six days later, Boyd
It’s a good sign your message is being heard as a manager when you start hearing it repeated back. It’s an even better sign, though, when you start seeing it put into action. And so it is with this “race to two strikes” we’ve heard quite a lot about from AJ Hinch and the Tigers’ pitching
Detroit — The culture of pressure that AJ Hinch has tried to instill in the Tigers this spring has paid plenty of dividends already this season. But in the sixth inning Wednesday, it may have crossed the line from aggressive to reckless. Trailing by a run, the Tigers had two runners thrown out at the
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The Detroit Tigers weren’t able to recreate their late-game heroics in the three-game series finale, as Minnesota Twins right-hander Alex Colome retired the three batters he faced in the ninth inning in order. When the final out was made, 22-year-old Akil Baddoo — after hitting Tuesday’s epic walk-off single — was standing in the on-deck circle. Still,
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch speaks with the media following a hard fought but razor thin loss to the Minnesota Twins. #Leinenkugels
Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Akil Baddoo after walk-off single: ‘I’m glad we got the W’ Detroit Tigers outfielder Akil Baddoo reacts to hitting a walk-off single Tuesday, April 6, 2021, against the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter meets with the entire pitching
If you’d told us Matthew Boyd and the Tigers pen would hold the Minnesota Twins’ high powered offense to three runs, we would have liked our chances. Unfortunately, the Tigers ran into two outs at home plate that cost them, and they lost 3-2. Their record stands at .500 through the first two series of
DETROIT — Considering the opposition, the Tigers probably would have taken a 3-3 season-opening homestand. After all, Cleveland and Minnesota combined to go 13-7 against Detroit last year and 32-6 in 2019. Still, the Tigers would be excused if they feel like Wednesday afternoon’s 3-2 loss to the Twins was a missed opportunity for their
As part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of Topps baseball cards, we’ve asked fans (as well as our staff) to submit their all-time favorite baseball cards, and we’ve broken them down by team. We’ll be revealing submissions regularly throughout the season, ranging from the famous to the weird, and everything in between. To
DETROIT — Most Rule 5 Draft picks don’t do in a season what Akil Baddoo has done in his first week in the big leagues. And as his early work in the Tigers’ series finale Wednesday against the Twins reminded us, his week isn’t over yet. After becoming the first player in modern Major League
To celebrate Adrian Beltre turning 42, we look back at some of his best on field moments. Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ & https://www.instagram.com/mlbvault/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/share/user/656… Visit our site for all baseball news, stats and scores! https://www.mlb.com/
Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Harold Castro breaks down pitching debut vs. Twins Detroit Tigers utility player Harold Castro pitched in Monday’s 15-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins. He talks Tuesday, April 6, about the experience. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers utility player Harold Castro felt the pressure in spring training, facing
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DETROIT — The first pitch from Gregory Soto on Monday sailed so high that catcher Wilson Ramos didn’t bother putting a glove up. He simply watched it fly and asked plate umpire Adam Hamari for another ball. Soto’s pitch nearly cleared the screen behind home plate, and it startled fans at Comerica Park looking up
Detroit — When Nelson Cruz came to bat in the top of the 10th Tuesday in a 3-3 game with the free runner on second base and no outs, he was 5-for-10 in the series with three home runs and six RBIs. You walk him, right? “No,” said lefty Gregory Soto, through Tigers interpreter Carlos Guillen.
Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter meets with the entire pitching staff before the beginning of every series. Amid his first year in the majors, the 35-year-old shares a report on what to expect from the opponent. Fetter, who joined the team after serving as Michigan baseball pitching coach for three seasons, has completed these
After undergoing a substantial reorganization, Minor League Baseball is embarking upon a new era in 2021. There are now 120 teams competing in 11 newly-named leagues, comprising four levels of play (Triple-A, Double-A, High-A and Low-A). This is the fourth in a series of league-by-league articles, highlighting one unique fact about each team. 11 of