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
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