Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — For most workers, seven-month vacations are a dream. Not so for baseball players, particularly hitters, who if they care to stay on pace with 95-mph fastballs and cunning breaking stuff need more of a routine. The Tigers’ top minor-league batters, a bit too well-rested after a long
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. LAKELAND, Fla. — Spencer Torkelson‘s at-bat in the third inning Wednesday was nearly a moment
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DETROIT — Willie Horton has had easier years. The former Tigers great lost his good friend and former teammate Al Kaline in April, and 1968 World Series opponents Lou Brock and Bob Gibson in recent weeks. He had to watch this Tigers season from afar, missing out on talks with DETROIT — Willie Horton has
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. LAKELAND, Florida —The Detroit Tigers face the Pittsburgh Pirates at 1 p.m. today in
New York vs New York for the right to be called World Series Champion. The year 2000 gave us a World Series that featured bitter rivals and that showed throughout the series. Take a look at some of the most memorable moments from the Yankees 4-1 series win over the Mets. Don’t forget to subscribe!
The Detroit Tigers should consider Taijuan Walker for the starting rotation. This feels like a case of deja vu for myself as I begin this piece. My first piece for the site was what the Detroit Tigers needed via the free-agent route and a name I mention then was Taijuan Walker. The Seattle Mariners would
Detroit Lions writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez debate what happens with coach Matt Patricia if the Lions lose to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. Recorded Oct. 15, 2020. MORE DETROIT LIONS COVERAGE: https://www.freep.com/lions/ For more Detroit and Michigan news, sports and entertainment, follow the Detroit Free Press on: Facebook – https://bit.ly/2T7zuV9 Twitter – https://bit.ly/2JeixbW
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. – One thought, held for some time now, got a boost Wednesday as the best of the Tigers minor-league kids pranced around Marchant Stadium in a game against the Blue Jays. This will be a good managerial job for whoever replaces Ron Gardenhire as Tigers skipper. Riley
Riley Greene spent the summer taking swings against the Tigers’ top pitching prospects, both at Summer Camp at Comerica Park and at the alternate training site in Toledo, Ohio. This week, for the first time since Spring Training in March, he had a chance to hit against somebody in a Riley Greene spent the summer
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. – One thought, held for some time now, got a boost Wednesday as the best of the Tigers minor-league kids pranced around Marchant Stadium in a game against the Blue Jays. This will be a good managerial job for whoever replaces Ron Gardenhire as Tigers skipper. Riley
The Detroit Tigers will need to address the first base position for 2021 and Santana is one of a few viable options for the hole On-base ability is something that the Detroit Tigers have lacked in recent years. The ability to get on base is not only important because it reduces the number of outs
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. Tony Gwynn Jr. first learned of Will Venable, a candidate for the Detroit Tigers‘ managerial
Kirk Gibson was unable to start Game 1 of the 1988 World Series due to injuries to both of his legs but that didn’t stop Tommy Lasorda from calling on Gibson with the game on the line in the 9th inning. Watch the entire at-bat here and listen to the voice of legendary broadcaster Vin
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 outfielder Riley Greene got a wake-up call in July’s summer camp
The Tigers interviewed Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames for their vacant managerial position last week, Jason Beck of MLB.com tweets (and as Tony Paul of the Detroit News previously reported). Thames joins Dodgers first base coach George Lombard as known candidates to succeed Ron Gardenhire, who retired as the Tigers’ skipper in the second half
The international signing period doesn’t officially begin until January 15th, but a new report from Baseball America gives us a better idea of who the Detroit Tigers are going to sign. Like seemingly everything else in the world, this year’s international signing period was thrown into chaos by Covid-19. Typically the period opens on July
We hear from outfield prospect Riley Greene as the Tigers start Instruction League play. #DetroitRoots
Before George Lombard became a rising name in coaching circles, he was once a highly touted outfield prospect who played exactly half his 144 Major League games with the Tigers in 2002. Marcus Thames was a 26-homer slugger on Detroit’s ’06 World Series team and had a 25-homer season there Before George Lombard became a
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. – His swings are full and fluid. One thing about Riley Greene during an at-bat is that he gets his cuts. But they’re under control. And they’re tough on a baseball. Greene, who two weeks ago turned 20, ranks either first or second on just about any