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
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — Imagine telling a stable of 49 thoroughbreds, most of whom have been cooped up in a barn for six months, to take it slow out of the gate. Welcome to David Littlefield’s current nightmare. Littlefield, the Tigers vice president of player development, is overseeing an unprecedented instructional
Closed captioning is a fantastic service. And often it’s hilariously wrong. For many baseball fans, closed captioning is an essential part of the viewing experience. The subtitles help fill in baseball’s ample gaps when announcers banter, analyze plays, and tell stories. It’s great for our deaf or hard-of-hearing friends, or those who simply like to
The White Sox and Rick Renteria agreed to “part ways”. How does this affect the manager search for the Detroit Tigers? After four seasons in Chicago, manager Rick Renteria and the Chicago White Sox agreed to part ways. So how does that play into the Detroit Tigers’ manager search? There are three factors that will
There are very few guarantees in MLB free agency. For many teams, the stars have to align themselves close to perfect to get a marquee player to entertain an offer. George Springer might be a nice fit for the Detroit Tigers, but the Tigers might not see it that way. Springer might not either. What
Ryan Ford | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption MLB’s top storylines:Padres are on a playoff push USA TODAY Steve Gardner breaks down the top storylines in MLB. MLB’s postseason is down to its final four, with the Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros (seeded No. 1 and No. 6, respectively) facing off in
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. A .364 batting average won DJ LeMahieu the American League batting title in 2020. Twenty-two home
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Sunday afternoon offered Colt Keith an early lesson about Lakeland, Florida. About its climate, specifically, which he might as well confront ahead of what could be a future Single-A summer there, and maybe a good many spring camps at the TigerTown nerve center. “I haven’t been to Florida a
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News Sunday afternoon offered Colt Keith an early lesson about Lakeland, Florida. About its climate, specifically, which he might as well confront ahead of what could be a future Single-A summer there, and maybe a good many spring camps at the TigerTown nerve center. “I haven’t been to Florida a
The Detroit Tigers need starting pitching help in 2021. We start looking at free-agent targets if the Tigers decide to spend this off-season. We start with Kevin Gausman. We saw the struggles of the starting rotation for the Detroit Tigers throughout 2020. Ivan Nova, who was signed to eat innings, only pitched 19 innings before
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Joe Jimenez to Miguel Sano: ‘Don’t ever say something to me’ Detroit Tigers’ Joe Jimenez speaks Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020 about his dispute with Twins slugger Miguel Sano during Saturday’s 4-3 loss at Target Field. Joe Jimenez always understood the rules. The Detroit Tigers
The Tigers are about to embark on their most interesting offseason in years, for many reasons. Their top prospects have finally started to arrive, and others are close enough to figure into the team’s planning for 2021. Their payroll has only one guaranteed contract for next season, albeit a big The Tigers are about to