Lakeland, Fla. — Both almost certainly will be with the Tigers at some point this season, but for now infielder Isaac Paredes and catcher Jake Rogers will be finishing their spring training at the club’s minicamp. Both were optioned to Triple-A Toledo on Thursday and sent to the club’s minicamp. In addition, veteran non-roster infielder Greg Garcia also
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Show Caption Hide Caption What Detroit Tigers’ Grayson Greiner likes about teammate Wilson Ramos Detroit Tigers catcher Grayson Greiner talks Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, about the first day of pitcher-catcher workouts in spring training. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Jake Rogers is going to have to wait. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers third baseman Isaac Paredes and catcher Jake Rogers, each competing for spots on the Opening Day roster, were cut from MLB spring training and optioned to Triple-A Toledo, the team announced Thursday. There are 37 players remaining in big-league camp with seven days until Opening Day on April 1 against the
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Lakeland, Fla. — Both almost certainly will be with the Tigers at some point this season, but for now infielder Isaac Paredes and catcher Jake Rogers will be finishing their spring training at the club’s minicamp. Both were reassigned Thursday, reducing big-league camp to 37 players. With Rogers gone, the path seems paved for Grayson Greiner
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—I hit the ground hard with a jarring THUD…fearing the worst and expecting disaster. — In the Billy Crystal movie “City Slickers” there is a line where Daniel Stern’s character is trying to explain the draw of baseball to Helen Slater. Stern’s character “Phil” says, “even when I was 18 and my dad and I…
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LAKELAND, Fla. — As the Detroit Tigers prepare to leave spring training, manager AJ Hinch is still searching for a first baseman. Beyond offensive production, he needs someone with strong defensive instincts. Here are the candidates for Hinch’s top option at the position: Renato Nunez? No way. Harold Castro? Maybe. Jeimer Candelario? Doable, but he is better at
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Parsing Spring Training statistics and trying to figure out which ones matter and which ones don’t is a yearly exercise. Time to dive into the numbers for 2021. The big question: Which top spring performers will carry over that performance into the regular season? These are the players who are giving us a reason to
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As Spring Training winds down, rosters are beginning to take shape, and we’re starting to get a feel for which prospects will be putting on crisp, clean uniforms and taking part in Opening Day festivities. While many of the game’s best prospects were invited to Spring Training, some have been told they’ll start the season
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Over the coming days, MLB Pipeline is ranking farm systems by their position-player and pitcher groups as well as their 21-and-under talent. This provides one way of highlighting the strengths of the game’s best farm systems and also gives us a chance to point out ways that some of the more middling clubs can still
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-1, on Wednesday at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, improving to 10-11 in Grapefruit League play. What happened First baseman Miguel Cabrera captured the hearts of the crowd in the second inning, when he fielded a ground ball from Darick Hall and immediately charged
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