DETROIT — The joy on Anthony Castro’s face following his Major League debut July 27 was one of the bright spots of the Tigers’ 2020 season. It turned out to be the right-hander’s only appearance with the club. The Tigers, facing a Monday deadline to clear a roster spot ahead DETROIT — The joy on
The Blue Jays have claimed right-hander Anthony Castro off waivers from the Tigers, per an announcement out of Detroit. The move drops the Tigers’ 40-man roster down to 39 players. Toronto has also claimed fellow righty Walker Lockett from the Mariners, according to Seattle. The Jays now have a full 40-man roster. Castro, 25, made
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers infielder Zack Short found out he was traded on golf course Detroit Tigers infielder Zack Short speaks Dec. 2, 2020, about being traded from the Cubs and how he’s preparing for the 2021 season. The Detroit Tigers have waived right-handed reliever Anthony Castro
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — It was a day he will never forget. July 27, Tigers hosting the Royals at Comerica Park, a moment he’d waited seven years for. Didn’t matter that it was the ninth inning of a blowout loss, Anthony Castro finally made his big-league debut. “Today we make history,” he
It’s possible the Detroit Tigers begin the 2021 season without a new corner infielder, choosing instead to run with some combination of Jeimer Candelario, Willi Castro, Niko Goodrum, and Isaac Paredes. Who knows, perhaps Sergio Alcántara, Harold Castro, or Zack Short will impress A.J. Hinch and head north with the club?
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: Detroit Tigers introduce AJ Hinch as manager Detroit Tigers owner Christopher Ilitch and GM Al Avila introduce new manager AJ Hinch, Oct. 30, 2020. As if Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario didn’t do enough in the 2020 season, he’s back for more baseball.
The Tigers have a history of big deals at baseball’s Winter Meetings, much of it dating back to Dave Dombrowski’s 14-year tenure as team president/general manager. Few executives took better advantage of the opportunity to talk with other GMs and executives in person than Dombrowski, and his challenge of rebuilding The Tigers have a history
The virtual winter meetings kick off today and go through Thursday, Dec 10. For Detroit Tigers fans, the annual winter meetings mean the Tigers will engage in some sort of activity. Recently, the Tigers have had some rather quiet ones compared to some of the ones from the past. Contributor Jacob Boes provided his five…
It doesn’t take much conversation on Twitter with other Detroit Tigers fans to bring up topics that get a person thinking about what they have and have not seen in this baseball life…and suddenly a talk about a wood-bat summer league have you crafting a bucket list that is reasonably achievable in this lifetime.
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Tigers prospect Roberto Campos takes batting practice in Dominican Republic Detroit Tigers prospect Roberto Campos takes swings in the batting cage in the team’s Dominican Republic academy in March 2020. Detroit Tigers prospect Roberto Campos figures he could be the next Jose Abreu. He aims to
2020 was not, in a word, normal. It was difficult and discombobulating and altogether insane. I don’t know about you, but I am not necessarily sure I was always my best self in ’20. I can only hope ‘21 goes better, for me, for you, for all of us. Baseball wasn’t normal either. It was
One of our fellow sites, Reviewing the Brew, recently did an article on how Brewers GM David Stearns has done as a GM and translated his performance into a batting average. I thought it would be a good idea to do the same for the Detroit Tigers Executive VP of Baseball Ops & General Manager…
Philadelphia is the latest team looking to cut costs after the shortened 2020 season, and according to Buster Olney of ESPN, that means Zack Wheeler could be on the move: This is an abrupt about-face for the Phillies, who just climbed out of their protracted rebuild two years ago when they traded for J.T. Realmuto…
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Somewhere from the moment he left Toledo the week of Sept. 20 and headed home to North Canton, Ohio, symptoms showed up. Fever. Chills. A diminished sense of taste. Then, the diagnosis: COVID-19 had blindsided another Tigers prospect, and another of the millions who have been slammed by a
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — Welcome to the virtual winter meetings. Instead of the entire industry converging on a convention center in Dallas this week — as was the plan pre-pandemic — front-office executives, managers, agents, athletic trainers and medical staffs, media-relations bosses, equipment reps, exhibitors and job seekers will conduct their business from
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila explains manager search, offseason expectations Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila speaks with reporters Friday, October 2, 2020, following his team’s season to share offseason expectations. Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila and his colleagues are facing a unique challenge
Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg and Rudy York were three of the stars on the Tigers of the 1930s. (Photo credit: Detroit Public Library Digital Collections) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1930-1939 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 In each decade, I
The Cubs are actively shopping Willson Contreras, but what teams make the most sense as potential destinations? There’s a fluid free agent market at the catcher position this offseason, with JT Realmuto and James McCann leading the way. Realmuto is expected to reset the market at the position, though such a deal could price some…
Jake Seiner | AP Sports Writer Major League Baseball and all 30 of its teams are suing their insurance providers, citing billions of dollars in losses during the 2020 season played almost entirely without fans due to the coronavirus pandemic. The suit, filed in October in California Superior Court in Alameda County, was obtained Friday
Normally this would be the time when the Hot Stove season would be buzzing, as people from around baseball gather for the Winter Meetings. Not surprisingly, the pandemic that has thrown so much of the sport into uncertainty has affected the Winter Meetings, too, putting those into a virtual format. Normally this would be the