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 can’t
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Inspired by a tweet, I went back to the archives and started looking back at the Detroit Tigers starting pitching rotations. The 2013 rotation is in rare air. Twitter sometimes can be an endless scroll to kill time. But for myself, I can get inspired for topics about the Detroit Tigers. In this case, Brandon
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. Detroit Tigers general manager
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Lynn Henning | The Detroit News What he took from six days in Lakeland, Florida, was pretty much what anyone with a baseball eye might have seen on TigerTown’s back lots, or during a game at Marchant Stadium’s Publix Field. There were big men, young men, who could swing a bat and throw a baseball
College football has been underway for more than a month, but here in Big Ten country it’s just getting started. To celebrate its return, let’s look at some of the best college football players in Detroit Tigers history. It’s not uncommon for elite athletes to play both college baseball and college football, but when it
The Detroit Tigers are starting to see their young talent reach the big leagues; there is another wave that could reach the MLB in 2021 The 2020 season was one that featured plenty of pivots for the Detroit Tigers; they had stated publicly their goal was the playoffs before a nasty rash of injuries exposed
If the Detroit Tigers are not convinced that Jake Rogers is the catcher of the future and the free-agent pickings are slim, should the Tigers look into Victor Caratini? I must admit when it comes to thinking about Detroit Tigers trade pieces as I did with the Tyler O’Neill piece, I try to make sure
Could Mookie Betts have blossomed to stardom in a Brewers uniform? It could have been a reality if former Milwaukee GM Doug Melvin had had his way, as he tried to acquire Betts from the Red Sox in 2013 in exchange for closer Francisco Rodriguez, according to MLB.com’s Adam Berry and Adam McCalvy. As a
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Spencer Torkelson crushes homer in instructional league Detroit Tigers top prospects Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson put together solid at-bats in the first inning of an instructional league game, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. Detroit Tigers prospect Bryant Packard knows most first basemen aren’t
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 haven’t
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Detroit — In a bit of a surprise, the Tigers have a pair of Gold Glove finalists. On Thursday, Jonathan Schoop was named a finalist for the American League award at second base, while Niko Goodman is a finalist at shortstop. Schoop’s competition at second base includes Chicago’s Danny Mendick
The finalists — three at each position in each league — for the 2020 Gold Glove Awards are being revealed by Rawlings on Twitter. The winners will be named on Tuesday, Nov. 3, on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET. The finalists — three at each position in each league — for the 2020 Gold Glove
The legendary Ichiro Suzuki had an amazing MLB career after coming over from Japan in 2001. He would spark the baseball world with his tantalizing talent and amazing batting stance. Take a look back at some of his greatest moments in MLB. 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/
The 2019-2020 international signing period was unlike any in the previous years because of COVID-19, but in one way, it was exactly the same. As in year’s past, teams continued to sign players up until the deadline, which was originally scheduled to end June 15, but was pushed back until Oct. 15 this year. In
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Do the Detroit Tigers turn to another native of Curacao to fill the void at second baseman in 2021? Just over a month ago, I wrote about the Detroit Tigers resigning Jonathan Schoop. He provided power and before his injury, was a steady presence in the lineup. On the year, he had an OPS+ of
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Spencer Torkelson crushes homer in instructional league Detroit Tigers top prospects Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson put together solid at-bats in the first inning of an instructional league game, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. Detroit Tigers second baseman Kody Clemens was disappointed. And for good
As the LA Dodgers embark on trying to win their first World Series since 1988, let’s look back at the lead up to the “impossible” home run by Kirk Gibson and the role the Detroit Tigers played Growing up as Detroit Tigers fans, we remember Kirk Gibson kissing the crowd as he rounded the bases