Tony Paul | The Detroit News Detroit — The Tigers are considering a familiar face for their managerial opening. Marcus Thames, the hitting coach for the New York Yankees who slugged 99 home runs while playing for Detroit from 2004-09, has met at least twice in the last week with Tigers brass over Zoom, according to a
This game will forever be remembered as the Steve Bartman Game. His infamous interference sparked the Marlins comeback as they went on to score 8(!) runs in the 8th to take a 8-3 lead. They would eventually win the game and clinch their spot in the 2003 World Series. Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Lakeland, Fla. — It’s a peculiar time for Opening Day — Oct. 14. But the first inter-team duel in 2020 for Tigers minor-leaguers was to begin against the Blue Jays at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium as the Tigers Instructional League, a week after convening, was
The former skipper in the Detroit Tigers minor league system Mike Rabelo would make a lot of sense to manage the team in 2021. When the Detroit Tigers lost Mike Rabelo to the Pittsburgh Pirates to be the team’s assistant hitting coach, it was a huge blow in the sense of having to replace him
To maintain their competitiveness, the Detroit Tigers will once again need to address several positions in the offseason for 2021 Detroit Tigers GM Al Avila made a flurry of one-year deals last offseason; signing CJ Cron, Jonathan Schoop, Austin Romine, Ivan Nova, and Cameron Maybin all to one-year deals. The thought process is then essentially
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Tigers top prospect Perez throws in Lakeland Detroit Tigers top prospect Franklin Perez, acquired in the Justin Verlander trade, got some early work in at TigerTown in early February. Detroit Tigers right-hander Franklin Perez didn’t get injured in the 2020 season. That alone is a
David Ortiz always had a knack for clutch hits in the postseason and this one was no different. With the Red Sox trailing the series 1 game to non and down 5-1 in the 8th inning of Game 2, David Ortiz came up with the bases loaded. The rest is history! Don’t forget to subscribe!
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Brett Impemba used to live down the street from a scout for the Oakland A’s, and one day, in the throes of casual conversation, he decided to make a pitch for his then-teammate at Oakland University. Mike Brosseau. Check him out. “And he kind of brushed it off,” Impemba said. “Like, ‘Of
The Tigers’ search to replace Ron Gardenhire has started with a familiar name to Detroit fans, as MLB.com’s Jason Beck reports (via Twitter) that the team interviewed Dodgers first base coach George Lombard. The bulk of Lombard’s 144 career Major League games were played in a Detroit uniform, as Lombard appeared in 72 contests for
The surprise firing of Chicago White Sox manager Rick Renteria added another name to the pile of potential managers for the 2021 Detroit Tigers. Rogelio covered the unexpected Rick Renteria news yesterday, and rightly focused on how the White Sox managerial job is objectively more attractive than the Detroit Tigers gig. That presumably makes it
10/13/01: Derek Jeter makes one of the greatest heads-up plays in postseason history as he tracks the ball and flips it to Jorge Posada to tag out Jeremy Giambi at the plate in Game 3 of the ALDS. Don’t forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/MLBClassics Follow us elsewhere too: Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mlb/ & https://www.instagram.com/mlbvault/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mlb
In an order selected by Tigers fans on twitter (https://twitter.com/tigers/status/1315700055043715072?s=20), here are the 2020 Tigers plays of the year. 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
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 two-hour phone call between Detroit Tigers‘ left-hander Daniel Norris and Hall of Famer
With alternate camps coming to an end, MLB Pipeline is recapping the development highlights for the prospects involved for each organization. Top position prospect: Spencer Torkelson, 3B/1B (No. 1 on Tigers Top 30/MLB No. 4)A last-place finish during the 2019 regular season set up the Tigers to get Torkelson with the top pick in ’20.
The Detroit Tigers have some pieces in their bullpen. Adding a veteran in Anthony Bass, the former Trenton High School, and Wayne State pitcher would further add stability to the backend of the pen. When you look back at the 2020 shorten season, we saw the Detroit Tigers’ bullpen quite a bit. They finished 6th
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Alex Faedo throws a bullpen session at Detroit Tigers spring training Alex Faedo throws a bullpen session at Detroit Tigers spring training in Lakeland, Fla. on Feb. 18, 2020. Alex Faedo’s room on the third floor in MotorCity Casino Hotel reeked of dirty clothes, whatever food he
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Casey Mize and Spencer Torkelson face off in batting practice. Here’s a video In a battle of the Detroit Tigers’ two No. 1 overall picks, Casey Mize and Spencer Torkelson faced off in batting practice at Comerica Park on Tuesday The Detroit Tigers top prospects are back
Major League Baseball confirmed Monday that the 2021 Draft order will be based on the reverse order of the 2020 regular-season standings. Because this season was the shortest in big league history, there had been some sentiment to use some combination of the 2019 and 2020 standings. With MLB deciding Major League Baseball confirmed Monday
The question came up four weeks ago, after the White Sox completed a weekend series sweep to go 9-1 against the Tigers for the season: How do the Tigers measure their rebuild against what the White Sox have done? “They went through the same growing pains that we have, believe The question came up four
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. For the first time since 2008, the Chicago White Sox made the postseason. Although