CLEARWATER, Fla. — Matt Manning entered spring training with the goal of winning a spot in the starting rotation. Last week, the Detroit Tigers decided to cut him from major-league camp, eliminating any chance of him opening the season in the majors. This was planned. The 23-year-old prospect, ranked by MLB Pipeline at No. 5 in the
The Detroit Tigers officially re-assigned Riley Greene to mini-camp last Saturday, but that didn’t prevent him from providing one of the lasting memories of 2021 spring training. Serving as a reserve outfielder for the Detroit Tigers during a rare evening tilt against the Blue Jays in Dunedin, FL, Riley Greene didn’t get his first at-bat…
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch asked right-hander Michael Fulmer, a starter for all 85 of his career MLB games, what he thought about pitching out of the bullpen for Sunday’s spring training game. Fulmer didn’t hesitate. Yet he admits the conversation was a “swift kick in the ass” to improve. FOR OPENERS: Tigers’
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Last week, Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd got called into his manager’s office. AJ Hinch wanted to talk about the pitching schedule for the remainder of spring training. And then, Hinch made an unexpected comment: “That should line you up for Opening Day.” On Monday, Hinch publicly announced Boyd as the Opening Day
By Connor Byrne | March 22, 2021 at 11:09pm CDT A few injury-related items from around the majors… The Angels are shutting down infielder Franklin Barreto for four to six weeks because of elbow inflammation, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com relays. It’s yet another disappointing development for the 25-year-old Barreto, a former top 100 prospect who
Lakeland, Fla. — Tigers right-hander Julio Teheran, a non-roster invitee who seems on his way to winning a spot in the Tigers’ rotation, left his start against the Blue Jays Monday in Dunedin after just two innings and 30 pitches. The Tigers said Teheran experienced back tightness and was removed from the game as a
DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers lost to the Toronto Blue Jays, 4-3, on Monday at TD Ballpark, falling to 9-11 in Grapefruit League play. What happened Trying to put the finishing touches on securing a roster spot, right-hander Julio Teheran started and made 30 pitches (21 strikes) across two innings. He departed early for precautionary reasons involved
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch announced that left-hander Matthew Boyd will be the Opening Day starter against the Indians on April 1 at Comerica Park. It marks the second consecutive season that Boyd has been given the assignment. Boyd was given the news a week ago right before his last start. Hinch told Boyd that he
Lakeland, Fla. — AJ Hinch gave it the old soft play. He brought lefty Matthew Boyd into his office before his start last Saturday and talked to him in general terms about the pitching schedule, his between-start work and some other general housekeeping items. Then casually said, “We’re lining you up to pitch Opening Day.” Wait.
Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer sounded like a guy who was breathing a sigh of relief after pitching three shutout innings out of the bullpen in a 5-3 victory over the Phillies on Sunday afternoon. Prior to Sunday, he was having a spring to forget, allowing 10 runs in six innings. Fulmer acknowledged that he was
The Tigers haven’t played a game in front of fans since 2019. On April 1, Opening Day at Comerica Park, they plan to honor the fans they’ve lost in the last year. The Tigers sent a letter to fans Monday asking them to submit pictures of Michigan residents who’ve died during the COVID-19 pandemic. A
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The Detroit Tigers Weekly Draft Report jumps off schedule slightly this week. Instead of releasing every Saturday, we’re bumping to Monday to offer more timely information. As a result, stats for this week will be a bit beefier because they include the past two weeks of action.
Lakeland, Fla. — Don’t mistake Michael Fulmer’s compliance and team-first willingness with acceptance. He is absolutely willing to do whatever manager AJ Hinch thinks is best to facilitate wins this season. But he isn’t ready to be slotted in as a permanent bulk reliever just yet. “I’m OK with going to the bullpen,” said Fulmer,
LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd is scheduled to be the Opening Day starter, manager AJ Hinch announced Monday. The Tigers begin the 2021 season April 1 against the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park. This is the 30-year-old’s second consecutive Opening Day start. “He’s had success,” Hinch said last week. “He’s also had
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a weekly series of stories in which Detroit News freelance writer Lynn Henning will rank the top prospects in July’s MLB Draft. There have been better years for MLB teams to have a Top 3, Top 5, or even Top 10 draft pick. Coronavirus has left ugly long-term
Who came along in a puff of smoke? That’s a line from a 1955 Broadway musical — “Damn Yankees” — and it introduces “Shoeless Joe Hardy,” a fictional member of the non-fictional Washington Senators who (65-year-old spoiler alert!) makes a deal with the devil to beat the Yankees … which is something we might consider
When Michael Fulmer returned to action in 2020 after a year on the shelf for Tommy John and right meniscus surgeries, it was no surprise that he struggled. The elbow surgery tends to get the attention, but the knee is actually the greater concern. His arm is healthy, but with compromised lower half mechanics and
I was driving around town on Sunday knocking out my errands heading into the workweek. It was calm–the roads were more quiet than usual as were the aisles in the stores. My one-year-old was fast asleep in the backseat as I listened to the Detroit Tigers radio broadcast on my way home.
Welcome to Monday. We get a rare spring training night game Monday night when the team travels to play the Toronto Blue Jays. The field is narrowing for the final roster and chances that players have to prove they should be coming north with the team are getting fewer and fewer. Michael Fulmer certainly did