As expected, the Detroit Tigers tendered contracts to all nine of their arbitration-eligible players. But most other teams saw fit to release a handful of players, and now the Tigers are free to sign them.
Associated Press | Associated Press Anaheim, Calif. – The Los Angeles Angels have acquired veteran shortstop José Iglesias from the Baltimore Orioles in a trade for minor league right-handers Garrett Stallings and Jean Pinto. The clubs announced the deal Wednesday. Iglesias batted .373 with three homers and 17 RBIs in 39 games with the Orioles
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – While teams across Major League Baseball unburdened themselves of significant lumps of salary Wednesday — albeit at the expense of significant talent — the Tigers offered contracts to all nine of their arbitration-eligible players. What could end up costing them in excess of $20 million for the
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 tendered contracts to all nine arbitration-eligible players before Wednesday’s 8 p.m. deadline: Matthew Boyd, Jeimer Candelario, Jose
DETROIT – Niko Goodrum will get another chance with the Tigers. So will Joe Jiménez, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Norris and the rest of the Tigers’ arbitration-eligible players. If there was any sign so far this offseason that the Tigers are on the way back up in their rebuild, their decision DETROIT – Niko Goodrum will
Though he credits his daily routine for the groove he found in 2020, a trip to Comerica Park during the 2020 season was anything but just another day on the job for Willi Castro. The Tigers rookie reflects on a season to remember. Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: About MLB.com: Baseball Commissioner Allan
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — Shortstop Willi Castro is the wrong guy to make snap judgements on. You see him come up and struggle mightily in the field and at the plate in 30 games in September of 2019 and you figure he can’t play at the big-league level. Then he comes back
Willi Castro called it “really, really cool” to finish fourth in American League Rookie of the Year Award voting last month, considering the Tigers shortstop began the season with Triple-A Toledo. Now comes the challenge of following it up and becoming a full-season regular at short. The slick-swinging switch-hitter is Willi Castro called it “really,
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My six-year-old doesn’t particularly care about my thoughts on Detroit Tigers roster construction, let alone something as obscure as seam-shifted wake, so when we go for walks our conversations tend to veer toward the natural world. Last week he asked me why geese fly in a V formation.
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News In a 50-year timeline of Tigers managers personally covered, four rank as bombshell hires: 1. Billy Martin, 1970 2. Sparky Anderson, 1979 3. Jim Leyland, 2005 4. AJ Hinch, 2020 Only because Martin was Martin — a hired gun, a short-term choice, effective for immediate needs but poison for the
The Detroit Tigers are in a position to possibly take advantage of this opportunity at a discount price. These players will hit free agency once non-tendered and the paper-thin Tigers will have positions available to entice some players with the chance to gain a full-time job.
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers pitchers work out in Lakeland: Matt Manning, Joey Wentz, more A look at Detroit Tigers pitchers Beau Burrows, Daniel Norris, Matt Manning and Joey Wentz throwing during spring training on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Lakeland, Florida. Detroit Tigers left-handed prospect Joey Wentz remembers
Per MLB Trade Rumors, the Minnesota Twins put on Eddie Rosario on waivers according to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. As we been highlighting for a while now in our free-agent series, the Detroit Tigers need a left fielder as we have discussed in options like Joc Pederson, George Springer, among others, and in this case,…
We’ll spare you the intrigue right now: unless there’s an injury we don’t know about, the Detroit Tigers are all but certain to tender offers to each of their nine eligible players. That doesn’t mean their cases aren’t interesting to examine. On a purely statistical basis, one could argue that at least four of these…
Detroit Tigers right-handed reliever Bryan Garcia knows manager AJ Hinch carries baggage because of his role in the 2017 Houston Astros sign-stealing plot. Still, Hinch is a champion. “I was pumped,” Garcia said Monday, explaining his reaction to Hinch’s hiring in late October. “I mean, the guy has won a World Series. I’ve only heard good things
Associated Press | The Detroit News The Cleveland Indians sold side-arm reliever Adam Cimber to the Marlins for $100,000, and Miami designated right-hander José Ureña for assignment. Ureña, the Marlins’ opening day starter in 2018 and 2019, spent six seasons with the Marlins and had been with them longer than any other active player. He went
Bryan Garcia ended his rookie season in the role he had dreamed about since turning pro: a Major League closer getting big outs. The Tigers right-hander also had a better record stranding inherited baserunners than any other MLB reliever — a perfect 11-for-11, including bases-loaded jams on back-to-back nights in Bryan Garcia ended his rookie
The 2021 MLB free agent buffet line is off to a rather slow start, but there have been some starting pitchers taken off the table with Kevin Gausman and Marcus Stroman accepting qualifying offers, Charlie Morton and Drew Smyly signing 1 year deals with the Atlanta Braves, and the Kansas City Royals inking Mike Minor…
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – Guess how many relievers in the major leagues last season inherited at least 11 runners and stranded them all? That would be one. And he pitched for the Tigers. It was quite a rookie season for right-hander Bryan Garcia. He posted a 1.66 ERA (four earned runs