Ty Cobb, Bobby Veach and Sam Crawford comprised one of the best outfields in baseball history. (Photo credit: Detroit Public Library Digital Collections) This is my second installment in my series of Detroit Tigers All Star Teams by decade.  The first post is found below: 1901-1909 In each decade, I select nine position players, one for
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A World Series champion has been crowned and free agency has begun, but the 2020 baseball season isn’t quite over yet. Winter leagues in Mexico and the Dominican Republic are underway and seasons in Australia and other countries are scheduled to start in the next few weeks. While winter ball A World Series champion has
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Tour the Detroit Tigers’ Dominican Republic academy Free Press sports writer Anthony Fenech tours the Detroit Tigers’ Dominican Republic academy in March 2020. Baseball and family are the reasons Detroit Tigers outfield prospect Roberto Campos defected from Cuba as a 13-year-old in 2016. His team won
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Gene Roof was a Triple-A outfielder in his late 20s in 1986 when new Tigers player development director Joe McDonald approached him with an offer. His playing days were numbered, but McDonald was interested in making Roof a coach for their Triple-A club in Toledo. One problem: Longtime Tigers general Gene Roof was a Triple-A
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The Tigers announced that they’ve selected the contracts of right-handers Matt Manning, Alex Faedo, Alex Lange and left-hander Joey Wentz in advance of tonight’s deadline to protect players from the 2020 Rule 5 Draft. All four players were top 40 picks in their respective draft classes — Manning and Wentz in 2016, Faedo and Lange
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Evan Petzold   | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Isaac Paredes excited for Detroit Tigers future. Here’s what he said Detroit Tigers third baseman Isaac Paredes believes the organization will succeed with new prospects in MLB, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Detroit Tigers third baseman Isaac Paredes remembers crushing grand slam to left field for his
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The Tigers’ pipeline of pitching prospects continues to churn players toward Detroit’s roster. The team added four pitchers — all former first-round picks — to its 40-man roster on Friday, protecting them from next month’s Rule 5 Draft. Right-handers Matt Manning, Alex Faedo and Alex Lange join left-hander Joey Wentz The Tigers’ pipeline of pitching
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There are 11 teenagers on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list, starting at the very top with Rays shortstop Wander Franco. But only one member of the Top 100 is also the youngest prospect on his organization’s Top 30 list: Yankees outfielder Jasson Dominguez. We detail every system’s youngest Top 30 prospect below, where you’ll
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