Comstock Park, MI –February 18, 2021– The countdown to baseball’s Opening Day can officially begin. Major League Baseball (MLB) announced today the release of the West Michigan Whitecaps 2021 Minor League Baseball (MiLB) schedule. For Whitecaps schedule click here: https://img.mlbstatic.com/milb-images/image/upload/milb/m0jykkcrjy0q62y7gy52.pdf “Our fans have been very patient for a very long time,” said Jim Jarecki, VP
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The Erie SeaWolves, Double-A Affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, today release their game dates and opponents for the 2021 season. Erie’s hometown team will open the 2021 season on Tuesday, May 4 against the Reading Fightin Phils (Philadelphia Phillies) at FirstEnergy Stadium. Opening Night at UPMC Park, presented by Plyler The Erie SeaWolves, Double-A Affiliate
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Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — I turned right onto Al Kaline Drive and headed toward bizzaro-world, the strangest start to a spring training I’ve ever seen. A morning rain left puddles in the parking lot outside Joker Marchant Stadium, and a dreary sky looked like a wet, grey blanket hanging from
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Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — Tarik Skubal and Matt Manning — the fifth- and third-ranked prospects in the Tigers system per MLBpipeline.com — were throwing off neighboring bullpen mounds on the back fields of Joker Marchant Stadium on Wednesday. Skubal, 6-3, left-handed, coming almost old-school over-the-top with mid- to upper-90 mph heat and
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Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — Manager AJ Hinch didn’t sugarcoat it. He not only established an  agenda and objectives for his pitching staff Wednesday, the first day of pitcher-catcher workouts, he challenged them to be the catalysts for the Tigers’ turnaround. “It was invigorating,” Tigers veteran lefty Matthew Boyd said of Hinch’s first
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As first overall picks, Spencer Torkelson and Casey Mize headline the Tigers highly touted farm system. But look a little deeper, and you’ll see reasons for optimism throughout the franchise’s developmental ranks. Get a comprehensive overview of the Tigers top prospects, including each of the members of their 2020 draft class: Torkelson, Dillon Dingler, Daniel
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Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Tarik Skubal, one of the most important pieces in the Detroit Tigers rebuild, looked “good” — he looked like himself — in his first bullpen Wednesday morning. “He looks good — looks like Skubal,” said catcher Grayson Greiner, who caught the bullpen after pitchers and catchers reported to
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No, Tigers manager A.J. Hinch didn’t name his Opening Day starter on Wednesday as Spring Training began. But he sounded increasingly likely to have a sixth starter. The more the Tigers debate the value of a six-man rotation, the more it sounds like a matter of when they’ll try it, rather than if. The topic
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Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press LAKELAND, Fla. — Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch called a meeting with his catchers after Wednesday’s first pitcher-catcher workout of spring training. He told them to sit down at an outside picnic table near the facility building. Then, Hinch addressed the elephant in the room. “You got Wilson Ramos, and
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Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — Manager AJ Hinch didn’t sugarcoat it. He not only established an  agenda and objectives for his pitching staff Wednesday, the first day of pitcher-catcher workouts, he challenged them to be the catalysts for the Tigers’ turnaround. “It was invigorating,” Tigers veteran lefty Matthew Boyd said of Hinch’s first
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