MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2021 Top 100 Prospects list on Friday, Jan. 29. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. Though there has been very little turnover from last year’s Top 10 3B Prospects list, with eight players MLB Pipeline will reveal its
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Daniel Norris has spent past offseasons driving across the country in a van, surfing off the coast of Nicaragua and hiking through the mountains of Hawaii. His biggest trip this offseason was a trek last week to Matthew Boyd’s home in Seattle, complete with a trip down memory lane. It Daniel Norris has spent past
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Matthew Boyd: Detroit Tigers ‘dialed in’ to report Feb. 17 for spring training Detroit Tigers left-hander Matthew Boyd talks Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, about his expectations for spring training in Lakeland, Florida. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Matthew Boyd’s 2020 season for the Detroit Tigers was a disaster.
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers VP of player development: ‘Feel very good about talent’ in minors Detroit Tigers vice president of player development Dave Littlefield checks in Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, about the team’s minor-league system. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Last week, Detroit Tigers left-handed reliever Gregory Soto
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Michael Fulmer describes ’embarrassing’ 2020 season Detroit Tigers right-hander Michael Fulmer speaks Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, about preparing to work with new pitching coach Chris Fetter. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Derek Holland will never forget his first 11 pitches against the Detroit
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Ronald Blum  |  Associated Press New York — The Yankees made another high-risk offseason addition to their starting rotation, acquiring right-hander Jameson Taillon from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday for four prospects. Pittsburgh received right-handers Roansy Contreras and Miguel Yajure, infielder Maikol Escotto and outfielder Canaan Smith. Taillon, 29, has not pitched since May 1,
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Jerry Green  |  Special to The Detroit News Until then, the home-run sluggers were beefy white men with ruddy jowls. Babe Ruth. Jimmie Foxx. Hank Greenberg.  Then came Henry Aaron. Slender. Black. Dignified. Gracious. Henry Aaron exploded the stereotypes and succeeded mightily against the prejudices that had lingered in Baseball for nearly a century.  There
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