Evan Petzold | 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. The Detroit Tigers had the worst starting rotation in baseball last season with
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — The hiring of University of Michigan’s Chris Fetter as the new pitching coach on AJ Hinch’s staff was being touted across the baseball world Friday as a progressive move by the Tigers. And that caused Fetter to wince just a bit. Yes, he’s 34 and he built one
A.J. Hinch finds his pitching coach in former Michigan Wolverine coach Chris Fetter. Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: About MLB.com: Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League Club owners voted unanimously to centralize all of Baseball’s Internet operations into an independent technology company. Major
11:37 am: The Tigers have officially announced the hirings of Fetter and Nieves. Additionally, quality control coach Josh Paul and base coach Ramon Santiago will return to the staff, per the team. 9:06 am: Detroit is also set to hire Juan Nieves as assistant pitching coach, reports Cody Stavenhagen of the Athletic (via Twitter). Previously a
The Tigers can go into next season with a pretty good idea of what their pitching staff will look like. They could realistically fill their rotation and bullpen in-house from players within the organization, though they’ll most likely look for depth. Offensively, it’s a different story. Three members of Detroit’s The Tigers can go into
The Detroit Tigers are hiring Chris Fetter to be team’s new pitching coach. Here’s why that’s great news for fans. A few weeks back our own Dan Hasty wrote a list of potential names to be the next pitching coach for the Detroit Tigers, and at the the top of the list was Chris Fetter,
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. Although Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch added a new face in pitching coach Chris Fetter, he is keeping two of the organization’s
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. Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch has made his first coaching staff hire since taking over the team Oct. 30, making
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – The Tigers are expected to announce Friday the hiring of Chris Fetter as the pitching coach on AJ Hinch’s staff. Fetter, 34, has been the pitching coach at the University of Michigan the last three years and previously worked in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization as minor
The Tigers will hire Chris Fetter as their new pitching coach, a source told MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi and Jason Beck on Friday. The team hasn’t confirmed the hire. Fetter was the pitching coach at the University of Michigan. He helped lead Michigan to the 2019 College World Series, where The Tigers will hire Chris
In my first piece here at Motor City Bengals I discussed why I believe it will be one-year deals Al Avila will be dishing out this offseason. Now let’s take a look at the needs behind the dish for the 2021 Detroit Tigers campaign. Recapping the 2020 Detroit Tigers backstop situation, Andrew Romine got off to
Long before Willy Adames was playing shortstop for the Rays in the 2020 World Series, he was a prospect in the Tigers’ farm system, signed a little more than eight years ago out of the Dominican Republic at age 16. Six years have passed since he went to Tampa Bay Long before Willy Adames was
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene homers in instructional league game Detroit Tigers prospect Riley Greene homers during an instructional league game in Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. The Detroit Tigers probably won’t reunite with Yoenis Cespedes during this year’s free agency period, but there’s
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 outfielder Roberto Campos was supposed to play in the Dominican Summer League this
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – From March through September, Tigers director of international operations Tom Moore was, like most of the baseball industry, shut down. Instead of his scouts scouring the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Australia and the Far East for teenage prospects, he was stuck in his office in Lakeland doing skills-building
Detroit Tigers fans, it is time for the Francisco Lindor rumor train to began again. Being in the AL Central, you pay attention to what your division rivals are doing as fans. It seems like for the past 2 or 3 seasons, Detroit Tigers fans are treated to the various rumors of Francisco Lindor being
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Detroit — The Tigers will host free walk-up and drive-through flu-shot clinics Monday and Tuesday at Comerica Park. The Tigers are working in partnership with Meijer, which also will host the clinics at Jackson Field, home of the Lansing Lugnuts, in downtown Lansing. The state of Michigan will be providing
Jeff Seidel | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene homers in instructional league game Detroit Tigers prospect Riley Greene homers during an instructional league game in Lakeland, Florida, on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. LAKELAND, Fla. — Riley Greene, the Detroit Tigers‘ 2019 first-round draft pick, walked through the first-base dugout
You may not like Trevor Bauer. But think about what he could bring to the Detroit Tigers pitching staff who needs an ace. Look, you probably think I am crazy for suggesting Trevor Bauer to the Detroit Tigers rotation or this is an attempt for a”clickbait” headline that is filled with empty calories. Whatever, that’s
The Detroit Tigers have $25 million+ coming off the books for 2021. Assuming GM Al Avila can redistribute those funds, they can make some nice upgrades for next season The Detroit Tigers have gotten their manager in AJ Hinch–a clear signal the club is going to make an effort to win more games in short