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
As viable suitors emerge for free agent catcher J.T. Realmuto, there’s one team that should sign him but (probably?) won’t. J.T. Realmuto is the best catcher in baseball. He also happens to be a free agent. The team he has spent the last couple seasons with, the Philadelphia Phillies, are a prominent suitor even after…
There are a few names in the 2020 Detroit Tigers summer camp that are now minor league free agents again. Dario Agrazel, Dawel Lugo, Jorge Bonifacio all saw action for Detroit during the shortened season and Frank Schwindel was in camp but was never called up and recently signed with Oakland. Agrazel came over in…
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Andrew Seligman | Associated Press Chicago — Len Kasper, the longtime TV play-by-play broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs, is joining the radio booth of the crosstown White Sox. Kasper, who spent 16 seasons on the North Side, will call games alongside former major leaguer Darrin Jackson. He replaces Andy Masur, who took over after longtime announcer
Whitney Houston wasn’t talking about prospects in “Greatest Love of All”— but she could have been. All organizations hope to teach their prospects well and then let them lead the way to a successful future. That process has seemingly been the main focus of the Detroit Tigers these last four years.
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Watch: How Detroit Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal was called up to MLB Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal shares how he got called up to the big leagues and how he wants to make an impact, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. There wasn’t as much to evaluate
Aug 21, 2020; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Detroit Tigers third baseman Isaac Paredes (19) throws to first base in the eighth inning against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports
In the Windy City, the ballpark at the corner of Clark and Addison is just as special to fans there as the ballpark at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull was to fans in the Motor City. Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs since 1916, was recently designated as a National Historical Landmark by…
The Tigers have been quiet so far in free agency, but that might be about to change. While the initial group of free agents didn’t spur Detroit’s front office into action, this week’s group of non-tendered players might. Free agency has been a mixed bag for the Tigers the last The Tigers have been quiet
The 2020 baseball season just keeps rolling along. When we first checked in on top prospects playing internationally, games were only taking place in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. The Venezuelan winter league has since begun and play is set to begin in Puerto Rico next week. With that in The 2020 baseball season just
The Cubs made it official, and have tendered a contract to Kris Bryant. But do they still intend to trade him? Having Bryant under contract for at least the next season will help matters as they shop him on the trading block for the rest of the offseason. Part of Jed Hoyer’s hesitation to trade…
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. The non-tender deadline tossed 59 new players into free agency Wednesday, including a handful of pitchers and corner outfielders the Detroit Tigers could be
Sometimes you need a metal detector to find the treasure hidden from your sight. Other times you just need to open your eyes. What do Kyle Schwarber, Eddie Rosario, Adam Duvall, and Curt Casali have in common? All were let go by their respective clubs today for nothing. Zero. Zilch. Nada. All of them are better players than what…
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Willi Castro: ‘Really cool’ to finish top 5 in AL Rookie of Year Detroit Tigers shortstop Willi Castro talks Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, about finishing tied for fourth in the American League Rookie of the Year voting. Despite tying for fourth place in