The Tigers have informed veteran righty Julio Teheran that he will make their Opening Day roster, manager A.J. Hinch announced to reporters Wednesday (Twitter links via Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press). Teheran had a March 22 opt-out date in his contract that he triggered two days ago, giving the club 48 hours to
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LAKELAND, Fla. — Grayson Greiner seems to be pulling away from the pack. The 28-year-old entered spring training in a battle for the backup catcher job, competing against Jake Rogers, Dustin Garneau and Eric Haase. After a few weeks, it became clear the Detroit Tigers were leaning toward putting Greiner or Rogers on the 26-man roster. Since
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Two Tigers starters at very different stages of their careers received news Wednesday that they’d been waiting to hear. Julio Teheran bet on himself and took a Minor League contract with the Tigers last month rather than some Major League offers from other clubs. He’s officially won that bet, making Detroit’s Opening Day roster. Tarik
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers were forced to make a decision Wednesday about right-hander Julio Teheran: Give him a roster spot or let him walk. The former two-time All-Star isn’t going anywhere. The Tigers added Teheran to the 40-man roster, guaranteeing him a spot on the 26-man Opening Day roster, manager AJ Hinch announced Wednesday. Teheran
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With one week left in big league camp, pitchers are beginning to stretch out. And as more hurlers are being reassigned there’s more room for top prospects to go deeper into their starts. The Padres’ MacKenzie Gore, Tigers’ Tarik Skubal and A’s Daulton Jefferies all pitched into the fourth inning on Tuesday for the first
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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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Maybe Tarik Skubal’s Spring Training was going too smoothly. The Tigers had seen plenty of examples of how he could dominate a lineup. Tuesday gave manager A.J. Hinch a second consecutive opportunity to see how Skubal handles himself in a jam. Better to see it now in a spring setting, a teaching moment, than discover
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LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers tied the New York Yankees, 5-5, on Tuesday at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, remaining 9-11 in Grapefruit League play. What happened Left-hander Tarik Skubal started and went into the fifth inning, but gave up a leadoff walk. That’s when manager AJ Hinch pulled him after 82 pitches (just 42 strikes).
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Show Caption Hide Caption Why Detroit Tigers’ AJ Hinch picked Matthew Boyd as Opening Day starter Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch talks Monday, March 22, 2021, about making Matthew Boyd his Opening Day starter. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Grapefruit League: Detroit Tigers (9-11) vs. New York Yankees (13-7) When: 1:05 p.m. Tuesday. Where: Publix
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Though MLB Pipeline’s sixth-ranked Tigers prospect started on a tear, the 22-year-old infielder has cooled off over the last couple of weeks. He hasn’t fallen into the strikeout rut that troubled him last season, but he entered Tuesday’s game against the Yankees batting 4-for-31 with two walks and seven strikeouts this spring. It’s something for
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