Welcome to the first-ever 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. In this article, we look at Franklin Pérez, our #12…
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption AJ Hinch: ‘In a perfect world’ Detroit Tigers sign a catcher Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch checks in Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, to discuss the roster and free-agent market as spring training looms. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press The Detroit Tigers are ready to welcome
Touted as the 6th best right-handed pitching prospect by MLB Pipeline, Matt Manning is poised to make his major league debut for the Tigers in 2021. The 6-foot-6 former prep basketball star out of Sheldon High School in Sacramento, CA, brings a rare blend of athleticism, size and power to the mound, as well as
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers C Wilson Ramos: ‘I know how to handle’ young pitchers Detroit Tigers catcher Wilson Ramos talks Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, about joining a new team and working with young pitchers. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Former Detroit Tigers All-Star and Hall of Fame catcher Ivan
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Today marks the 15th anniversary of Super Bowl XL, when the NFL’s biggest spectacle visited the city that was home to a franchise which had never qualified for it. (And, yes, still hasn’t.) On Feb. 5, 2006, the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 21-10, in front of 68,206
But the very act of having to rank a finite number of prospects means that we also were forced to make some difficult omissions. And for some fans, finding out which players came close to making the Top 100 can be as interesting as the list itself. With that in mind, MLB Pipeline has compiled
To celebrate Black History Month, we at MLB Vault, are highlighting some of the best black MLB players to ever play. Frank Robinson is a trailblazer in the sport. His career and subsequent managing career are both Hall of Fame worthy. Check out some of Frank’s best career highlights! Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow
If you watched the Dominican winter league in December, the Detroit Tigers had a sizeable presence in terms of players who have worn a Tigers uniform in the last two seasons. Jeimer Candelario, Gregory Soto, and three Tigres Del Licey in Jorge Bonifácio, Dawel Lugo, and Sergio Alcantara.
Miguel Cabrera enters the 2021 season just 13 home runs shy of becoming the 28th member of the 500-homer club. Here’s a look at a baker’s dozen of the biggest in his career: 1) June 20, 2003, vs. Rays — Walk-off homer in MLB debutThe original will always be the best. Cabrera was just 20
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Pick your year, and maybe begin with 2002, early in April, when Randy Smith and Phil Garner were fired, clearing the way for Dave Dombrowski to steer the Tigers front office, solo. Or, if one’s stomach can take it, think about that six months and 162 games of Detroit
Welcome to the first-ever 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. In this article, we look at Alex Faedo,…
Jimmy Golen | Associated Press Alex Avila finalized a $1.5 million, one-year contract Wednesday with the Washington Nationals, who are expected to use him as the primary backup to starting catcher Yan Gomes. Avila, who turned 34 last week, was a free agent after playing in 2020 for the Minnesota Twins, batting .184 in 49
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption AJ Hinch: ‘In a perfect world’ Detroit Tigers sign a catcher Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch checks in Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, to discuss the roster and free-agent market as spring training looms. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press After Christin Stewart reached the major leagues in 2018,
Welcome to the first-ever 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 #14 on our list, Jake Rogers.
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Willard Wayne “Twig” Terwilliger, a Michigan-raised three-sport athlete who went on to a half-century-plus playing and coaching career in professional baseball and won two World Series titles on staff with the Minnesota Twins, died Wednesday. He was 95. Terwilliger died in Weatherford, Texas. He battled dementia and advanced bladder
As the 5th overall pick of the 2019 draft, Riley Greene was already recognized as a key component of the Tigers rebuild. But after a second straight eye-opening summer in 2020, the 20-year-old outfielder has managed to heighten expectations. Full Road to Detroit playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdcl1TGZ_-Na6UFQ2194rJyd7Otb1Y3Wt Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: About MLB.com: Baseball
Bob Gibson is one of the greatest pitchers in MLB history. His legendary outing against the Detroit Tigers in the World Series where he strikes out a record 17 men proves just that. Take a look at all of his Ks here! Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/
To close out our Top 100 Prospects list, here is the top 25 in MLB! Featuring phenoms like Rays’ shortstop Wander Franco, Orioles’ catcher Adley Rutschman, Blue Jays hurler Nate Pearson and Mariners OF Jarred Kelenic! Full list here: https://www.mlb.com/prospects Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/mlb Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb
(In remembrance of former Detroit Tigers pitcher Paul Foytack, who died on January 23 at the age of 90.) Prior to making his professional baseball debut in the Tigers organization in 1949, it’s possible that the most memorable moment in Foytack’s life, to that point, happened six years earlier. In February 1943, 12-year-old Foytack and…
Punxsutawney Phil may have predicted six more weeks of winter, but spring is just around the corner for Major League Baseball. In preparation for the 2021 season, MLB.com will take the next few weeks to go around the horn and compare where each team in the American League Central stands Punxsutawney Phil may have predicted