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
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
Welcome to the first installment of the Motor City Bengals Top 20 Detroit Tigers prospects. The MCB staff has compiled individual prospect lists and released our consensus rankings, along with a breakdown of each player, from number 20 Adinso Reyes, to number 2 Spencer Torkelson. Today we finish the countdown with our number 1 prospect, outfielder Riley…
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
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
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
We don’t need to rehash the reasons for the misery, do we? Whether it’s a deserved fate or a quirk in timing, Detroit’s pro sports teams are historically bad right now, and that’s not even the story. The story is, how do they get out of this, and who gets out quicker? As the Tigers report
Not a single one of Detroit’s four professional teams can even sniff contendership right now, and that’s all right. We’ve all suffered this long, what’s another year or two while we wait for one of these teams to figure it out? In the meantime, we’ve compiled the worst teams in Detroit sports history for your
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
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
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — AJ Hinch called it the elephant in the room, but shoot, this particular elephant has been shadowing Grayson Greiner every spring. “We’ve got Wilson Ramos (signed for one year at $2 million) and then a bunch of people competing for the same job,” Hinch told his catchers Wednesday.
Michiganders can take some warmth as pitchers and catchers report for the Detroit Tigers today. In addition to the excitement in the air about players arriving to camp, news broke out yesterday that the Detroit Tigers are interested in adding another starting pitcher.
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
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
New Tigers manager A.J. Hinch discusses his approach to his first spring training with the Tigers. We also hear from his players who have taken an immediately liking to his direct communication skills.
After Day 1 with his pitchers and catchers, new Tigers manager A.J. Hinch says the upside and talent is real. #TigerST
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
Catcher Grayson Greiner says the new Tigers coaching staff seems amazing: personable, great baseball guys, very easy to talk to and learn from. #TigersST
Matthew Boyd said he’s excited and invigorated that new manager A.J. Hinch sees the pitching staff as the foundation of the Tigers organization. #TigersST
The last time Tigers manager A.J. Hinch reported to Lakeland, Fla., for Spring Training, he was being traded. He was greeted by Tigers official Al Avila back then, too. Hinch was actually in camp with the Indians, who back in 2003 trained minutes away in Winter Haven and faced the Tigers a handful of times