Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers prospects square off: Matt Manning vs. Riley Greene Detroit Tigers top prospects Matt Manning and Riley Greene face off during the intrasquad scrimmage on Friday, July 10, 2020, at Comerica Park. Detroit Tigers‘ right-hander Matt Manning has been one of the headliners in the
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. The Detroit Tigers announced Tuesday that four players were waived by the organization: right-hander
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News A heavy question, really two questions, frame the Tigers’ managerial hunt as well as the candidacy of celebrity skipper A.J. Hinch: ► 1. Do the Tigers want, or need, Hinch when he is perhaps hours from coming off a year in exile dating to the Astros’ sign-stealing flap? ►
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Not much to report from the Matt Manning Camp, which unofficially has been set up within the contours of Tigers Instructional Camp at Lakeland, Florida. Then again, updates from a prized Tigers prospect pitcher are always bulletin-board stuff. Manning sat in on a Zoom session Tuesday with media and
Get ready to hear the number “one” for the Detroit Tigers come free agency. The free-agent signing period is almost upon us. I am as ready as anybody for the 2021 Detroit Tigers to return this once-proud organization to competitive baseball. However, I am not going big this offseason if I am Chris Ilitch and
Tony Paul | The Detroit News The Tigers have no shortage of old friends who’ve made their list of managerial candidates to replace Ron Gardenhire. Phil Nevin, a former Tigers slugger who also managed at Double-A Erie and Triple-A Toledo, interviewed with the front office recently, according to a source close to the situation who
Hank Greenberg made it to the World Series four times with the Detroit Tigers and homered in each of his trips to the Fall Classic. “Hammerin’ Hank” holds the franchise record for most World Series home runs. Greenberg finished with five longballs, a perfect number for the Hall of Famer whose no. 5 was retired
Budgeting appears to be the agenda to sign free agents. Does Joc Pederson fit into the Detroit Tigers’ plans? The old saying of “champagne tastes on a beer budget” might take on real meaning in baseball this off-season as we see how baseball’s “Great COVID Depression” affects the spending levels around baseball. It could mean
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. With the World Series concluding this week, Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila is preparing
The Tigers have interviewed Yankees third base coach Phil Nevin for their managerial vacancy, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports (via Twitter). He’s the third member of the Yankees’ staff to be interviewed by the Tigers, joining bench coach Carlos Mendoza and hitting coach Marcus Thames. Nevin, 49, is no stranger to the Tigers organization. The former
The Detroit Tigers have reportedly interviewed Braves catching coach Sal Fasano in their search for a manager to replace Ron Gardenhire Ron Gardenhire’s sudden retirement just before the end of the 2020 MLB season sent the Detroit Tigers on an unexpected search for a new manager. That search appears to have taken them to Atlanta’s
We are witnessing the Detroit Tigers emphasis their resources to build their rotation with draft picks. The nucleus of the 1984 rotation started their journey in 1979 in a similar fashion. As we watch the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay Rays duke it out in the World Series, I was reminded of how
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Spencer Torkelson smashes home run in Tigers instructional league game Detroit Tigers infield prospect Spencer Torkelson, the No. 1 overall pick in 2020 MLB draft, smashes a home run to LF in instructional league game in Lakeland, Fla., Oct. 19, 2020. The Detroit Tigers managerial
5:44pm: Athletics quality control coach Mark Kotsay has also interviewed for the job in Detroit, per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. 5:32pm: The Tigers have discussed their managerial vacancy with Braves catching instructor Sal Fasano, Jason Beck of MLB.com tweets. Now 49 years old, Fasano played for an array of teams during a
Madison Bumgarner’s 2014 World Series was one of the greatest pitching performances in Fall Classic history. In Game 1, he threw 7 innings, giving up just one run while striking out 5 in an opening game win. In Game 2, Bumgarner threw a complete game shutout, striking out 8 in another win. And finally, MadBum
LAKELAND, FL – MARCH 19: Detroit Tigers minor league manager Phil Nevin speaks to players during spring training workouts at the TigerTown Facility on March 19, 2010 in Lakeland, Florida. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Changes in MiLB: What You Need to Know by Dan Hasty The Detroit Tigers continue their ”
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. The Detroit Tigers didn’t stop with hitting coach Marcus Thames when surveying the New York
It’s essentially a buried storyline given the craziness that’s been 2020, but Minor League Baseball (MiLB) will look significantly different heading into next season. A proposal to reduce the number of MiLB teams from its current 162 to 120 has gained traction to the point where it looks to be the most likely outcome. At
Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza has emerged as a candidate for two different managerial openings, George A. King III of the New York Post reports. Both the Red Sox and Tigers have spoken with the 40-year-old Mendoza, who just completed his third season on New York’s big league coaching staff. Mendoza is a long-time member
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. The Detroit Tigers won’t hire a new manager until after the World Series, but