The Detroit Pistons made waves along the Detroit sports landscape for their flurry of moves during the NBA draft and subsequent free agency; now the Detroit Tigers and GM Al Avila hope to do some of the same during the winter meetings and leading up to the 2021 season. Although the club fell out of…
There are a lot of unknowns around baseball at the moment when it comes to teams spending money to upgrade their rosters. There a few stories that have come out like the Phillies lost $186 million without fans in 2020 and the Rays moving Blake Snell to free up money. The one known fact is…
Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter ready to develop rotation Detroit Tigers pitching coach Chris Fetter is introduced Friday, Nov. 6, 2020, as an addition to new manager AJ Hinch’s coaching staff. Alex Mooney was bored out of his mind last spring when the coronavirus
On this date five years ago, the Tigers agreed to terms with Jordan Zimmermann on a five-year, $110MM deal. The Wisconsin native expressed a preference to return to the Midwest after spending the first eight-plus years of his pro career in the Nationals’ organization. At the time, Zimmermann looked a reliable bet to log #2 starter
DETROIT, MI – JULY 1: Catcher Alex Avila #31 of the Detroit Tigers during game two of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park on July 1, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images)
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As major league teams face the deadline of Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. to offer their arbitration-eligible players contracts, the Detroit Tigers face decisions on two key players from 2020 in infielder Niko Goodrum and pitcher Joe Jimenez.
Rogelio kicked off our Rule 5 Draft coverage last week with a post on Rangers right-handed pitching prospect Alex Speas, and Dan Hasty followed up with a post of five interesting options. This post will serve as a kind of home base for our coverage. Right now it’s little more than a list of available…
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Bob Miller, one of the former Philadelphia Phillies’ “Whiz Kids” who went on to be the longtime head coach of Detroit Mercy baseball, died on Saturday at the age of 94. Miller coached the Titans from 1965-2001, leading to 25 winning seasons in 36 years, a 1965 NCAA tournament
As we continue to wait on the non-tender deadline to approach on Wednesday, December 2nd, right-handed starter Trevor Williams elected free agency after the Pirates designated him for assignment. The Detroit Tigers, who are looking for pitching, maybe a fit for a few reasons, but before we go into why, let’s take a look at…
Kirkland Crawford | Detroit Free Press Bob Miller, one of the former Philadelphia Phillies’ “Whiz Kids” who went on to be the longtime head coach of Detroit Mercy baseball, died on Saturday at the age of 94. Miller coached the Titans from 1965-2001, leading to 25 winning seasons in 36 years, a 1965 NCAA tournament
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Bob Miller, a Detroit native who was a pitcher for the legendary 1959 Philadelphia Phillies “Whiz Kids” team that lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series, and and after his playing career returned to his alma mater, University of Detroit, to coach baseball for nearly four
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 Detroit Tigers are gearing up to make decisions — some easier than others — regarding nine arbitration-eligible players: Matthew Boyd,
It can be about realism or fantasy for each of us…there are no rules. If some scribe notes an idea of an unlikely deal now is the time to consider it. Today let’s explore the idea of a hot three-way blockbuster involving the Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, and the Tampa Bay Rays which boasts…
Hall of Fame outfielder Harry Heilmann appears to be throwing a ball off a stadium roof. Who was the lucky fan? (Photo credit: BaseballHall.org) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1920-1929 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 In each decade, I select nine
Late last month the St. Louis Cardinals announced they would decline their $12.5 million option for second baseman Kolten Wong. It was a mild surprise, as Wong’s fundamentally sound style of play seems to fit the so-called Cardinals Way.
If you are familiar with the term “reading the tea leaves”, for this trade situation, let me start by saying with all these ideas we have been posting the last month (Nolan Arnando, Carlos Correra), these are players that would make the most sense for the Detroit Tigers to make offers to and no way…
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Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Maybe this worked out, after all. In a year when we were advised to keep Thanksgiving on the light side, minus the usual stream of friends and family who otherwise arrived at noon for drinks, more drinks, and at some point dinner, all the privacy a pandemic imposed in
Teams had until last Friday at 6 p.m. ET to decide which of their prospects would be added to the 40-man roster and protected from being taken by another team in the Rule 5 Draft on Dec. 10. When it was all said and done, 86 players who rank among their team’s Top 30 prospects