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 managerial
5:44pm: Athletics quality control coach Mark Kotsay has also interviewed for the job in Detroit, per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle. 5:32pm: The Tigers have discussed their managerial vacancy with Braves catching instructor Sal Fasano, Jason Beck of MLB.com tweets. Now 49 years old, Fasano played for an array of teams during a
Madison Bumgarner’s 2014 World Series was one of the greatest pitching performances in Fall Classic history. In Game 1, he threw 7 innings, giving up just one run while striking out 5 in an opening game win. In Game 2, Bumgarner threw a complete game shutout, striking out 8 in another win. And finally, MadBum
LAKELAND, FL – MARCH 19: Detroit Tigers minor league manager Phil Nevin speaks to players during spring training workouts at the TigerTown Facility on March 19, 2010 in Lakeland, Florida. (Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images) Changes in MiLB: What You Need to Know by Dan Hasty The Detroit Tigers continue their ”
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 Detroit Tigers didn’t stop with hitting coach Marcus Thames when surveying the New York
It’s essentially a buried storyline given the craziness that’s been 2020, but Minor League Baseball (MiLB) will look significantly different heading into next season. A proposal to reduce the number of MiLB teams from its current 162 to 120 has gained traction to the point where it looks to be the most likely outcome. At
Yankees bench coach Carlos Mendoza has emerged as a candidate for two different managerial openings, George A. King III of the New York Post reports. Both the Red Sox and Tigers have spoken with the 40-year-old Mendoza, who just completed his third season on New York’s big league coaching staff. Mendoza is a long-time member
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 Detroit Tigers won’t hire a new manager until after the World Series, but
By Mark Polishuk | October 25, 2020 at 9:12pm CDT Three teams are currently on the hunt for new managers, and this post will keep track of the many names reported and rumored to be part of these searches. The latest… Red Sox Interviewed Mike Bell: Twins bench coach Don Kelly: Pirates bench coach Carlos
Tony Paul | The Detroit News Bill Fundaro, known affectionately as “Foul Ball Billy” during much of his 50-plus-year tenure as an usher for the Detroit Tigers and a long-time teacher and coach in Metro Detroit, died Sunday. He was 77. Fundaro started with the Tigers in 1968, and his last season was 2019. There
Lynn Henning | The Detroit News What continues this autumn on the infield’s left side at Tigers Instructional Camp is an experiment. It is worth repeating that word: experiment. A trial. An audition. In slightly different parlance, it’s all a gamble. Spencer Torkelson is playing third base – for now. Gage Workman is being deployed
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit – By now, Tigers general manager Al Avila and his staff have interviewed more than 10 potential managerial candidates, with another round of Zoom chats scheduled this week. Some of the names have been reported – Yankees hitting coach Marcus Thames, Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol, Cubs third
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 general manager Al Avila used a quick phrase during
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