Janie McCauley | Associated Press Oakland, Calif. — Veteran reliever Yusmeiro Petit has agreed to a $2.55 million, one-year contract to stay with the Oakland Athletics, pending a physical, his agent said. The deal could pay the right-handed Petit up to $3 million based on incentives for games pitched, agent Rafael Godoy said Sunday night.
The wait is over. This week, if they haven’t already arrived, players will begin showing up at Spring Training sites all over Florida and Arizona. This Spring Training will obviously be unlike any other, but it will still have what fans crave the most; it will remind us that baseball is coming, that things are
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News (Can’t see the whole story? Sign in or subscribe). Drive south from Tigertown’s baseball complex in Lakeland, Florida, and you run into Drew Carlton’s old neighborhood. His folks, Richard and Michelle, are day-traders whose home, where Drew grew up, is a minute or two from George Jenkins High where Drew
With the Super Bowl now behind us, and pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in just a few days, the 2021 baseball season is ready to get underway. To kick off our preseason coverage of your Detroit Tigers, it is time for the annual ritual, as we present our ranking of the Tigers top
Welcome to the first installment of the Motor City Bengals Top 20 Detroit Tigers prospects. The MCB staff has compiled our prospect lists and we will be releasing our consensus rankings, along with a breakdown of each player, in a series of articles in the coming days. Today, we look at number 5 on our list, Matt…
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Despite COVID-19 concerns, the Detroit Tigers are returning to Lakeland, Florida, for spring training. It’s the unofficial start of the 2021 season and the beginning of new manager AJ Hinch’s era. Pitchers and catchers report Wednesday, followed by the first full-team workout Feb. 22. The Tigers will play Grapefruit
Welcome to the first installment of the Motor City Bengals Top 20 Detroit Tigers prospects. The MCB staff has compiled our prospect lists and we will be releasing our consensus rankings, along with a breakdown of each player, in a series of articles in the coming days. Today it’s a look at Isaac Paredes…the 6th ranked Tigers…
Lakeland, Fla. – The mission within the mission for the Tigers this offseason was to build a lineup that would, at the very least, have a fighting chance against all the right-handed pitching that has dominated them the last two seasons. (Can’t see the whole story? Sign in or subscribe.) The Tigers ranked last in
Minor League Baseball (MiLB), as an entity, has ceased to exist. Their offices in St Petersburg, Florida, no longer control operations for some 160 minor league teams in over a dozen leagues across the United States. In it’s place, Major League Baseball (MLB) Commissioner Rob Manfred’s “One Baseball” plan has completed what can be described
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — It was such a good story. While it lasted. Right-hander John Schreiber, the NAIA star from the Downriver area, a 15th round pick who worked his way into a spot in the Tigers’ bullpen the last two seasons, was designated for assignment on Friday — making room for
The Tigers announced that they have designated right-hander John Schreiber for assignment to make room for newly signed outfielder Nomar Mazara. Schreiber, a Michigan native whom the Tigers chose in the 15th round of the 2016 draft, came out of their bullpen in each of the previous two seasons. The 26-year-old has totaled 28 2/3
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — It was such a good story. While it lasted. Right-hander John Schreiber, the NAIA star from the Downriver area, a 15th round pick who worked his way into a spot in the Tigers’ bullpen the last two seasons, was designated for assignment on Friday — making room for
With Spring Training right around the corner, it’s certainly a fitting time to look ahead to the 2021 baseball season. However, there’s nothing wrong with looking a bit further into the future as well. Baseball’s next wave of future stars will be featured on MLB Network’s Top 100 Prospects Show at 6 p.m. ET Saturday.
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press The Detroit Tigers‘ signing of outfielder Nomar Mazara is official. The 25-year-old signed a one-year, $1.75 million contract Thursday night, and the organization announced the move Friday. To make room for Mazara on the 40-man roster, right-handed pitcher John Schreiber was designated for assignment. Manager AJ Hinch wanted a left-handed
The last time the Tigers played in front of a crowd, they were part of the final game of Spring Training, hosting the Braves in Lakeland, Fla., in a game that finished after Major League Baseball announced that camps were being halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, Detroit’s first game with fans
Last weekend Major League Baseball sent the Detroit Tigers and every other team a memo about minor changes being made to the baseball. The memo was leaked ($) to Eno Sarris and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, and then the Associated Press obtained a copy.
The Braves have claimed infielder/outfielder Travis Demeritte off waivers from the Tigers, per announcements from both teams. Atlanta released right-hander Jeremy Walker in a corresponding move. Demeritte was the 30th overall pick of the Rangers in 2013, but they traded him to the Braves in 2016 for pitchers Lucas Harrell and Dario Alvarez. Demeritte stayed
Welcome back Tigers fans. We didn’t get the big deal we were hoping for this offseason, but as the yearly scramble for odds and ends hits high gear, GM Al Avila and the Tigers have added some interesting names that will at least be solid projects for the new coaching staff. We’ll talk Jonathan Schoop,
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press There’s a new Grapefruit League schedule, and spring training will proceed despite COVID-19 concerns. The Detroit Tigers, planning for up to 2,000 fans in the stands at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium, will play 29 games. The Tigers begin the schedule with a Feb. 28 home game against the Philadelphia Phillies
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Major League Baseball on Friday unveiled its new alignment for its slimmed down 120-team minor-league operation, focusing on decreased travel while moving the Triple-A teams closer to the parent clubs when possible. Toledo, Detroit’s Triple-A partner since 1987, remains as the organization’s top prospect rung, but now will join