Tarik Skubal missed the first phone call from Tigers vice president of player development Dave Littlefield on Saturday night. But he saw the text message from Littlefield saying to call him, and he knew what that usually meant. The call to the Majors is one a player anticipates for years, Tarik Skubal missed the first
Kirkland Crawford Detroit Free Press Published 8:18 PM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Detroit Tigers (9-10) vs. Chicago White Sox (11-11) When: 8:10 p.m. Monday. Where: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago. TV: Fox Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1; other radio affiliates) First-pitch weather forecast: Partly cloudy, 75 degrees. Probable starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Matthew Boyd (0-2, 10.24
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 8:22 PM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Chicago — Isaac Paredes had no earthly idea how to find the Tigers’ charter airplane hanger Sunday. Heck, even if you’ve been there before it’s hard to find. Excited as he was — it was his first big-league flight — he left plenty
The future is now for the Detroit Tigers, as the team announced Monday that it will call up top pitching prospects Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal, along with infielder Isaac Paredes, to make their Major League debuts this week during the Tigers’ road series against the White Sox. Given the need for starting pitching across
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 5:10 PM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila hasn’t forgotten about right-hander Matt Manning. But he didn’t include him in the trio of prospects — righty Casey Mize, lefty Tarik Skubal and third baseman Isaac Paredes — in Monday’s announcement of the newest additions to the
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The Tigers are calling up three top prospects, including former No. 1 pick Casey Mize. Casey Mize has been destined for a highly-anticipated Major League debut ever since his electric first outing at Double-A in 2019. That wait is finally coming to an end. The Detroit Tigers are calling up their right-handed pitching prospect to
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Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 2:46 PM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Chicago — We’ve been waiting a couple of years to say this and you’ve been waiting longer to hear it: The future is now for the Detroit Tigers. General manager Al Avila made the landmark announcement Monday from a hotel room in Chicago that
The wait for the wave of top Tigers prospects is over. The Tigers will call up their top pitching prospects Tarik Skubal and Casey Mize to make their Major League debuts on Tuesday and Wednesday against the White Sox in Chicago. The Tigers also called up top infield prospect Isaac The wait for the wave
The future is here in Detroit. The Tigers announced this morning that the organization will promote top prospects Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal and Isaac Paredes this week. The left-handed Skubal is slated to start Tuesday’s game, while the right-handed Mize will take the ball Wednesday. Paredes will take the spot of fellow infielder Dawel Lugo,
On the promotion of Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal and Isaac Paredes to the Major League club, Al Avila — executive vice president of baseball operations and general manager of the Tigers — says, “They’re ready.”
Chris Thomas Detroit Free Press Published 1:04 PM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Get ready Detroit Tigers fans: The prospects are here. Well, the first wave, anyway. The Tigers on Monday called up three of their top-six prospects for their major league debuts this week. Isaac Paredes, the No. 6 player in the organization, will start at third
Tony Paul The Detroit News Published 1:58 PM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Detroit — The Tigers are calling up the kids. Left-handed pitching prospect Tarik Skubal will make his major-league debut, starting for the Tigers on Tuesday, followed by former No. 1 draft pick Casey Mize starting Wednesday. The Tigers open a series in Chicago against
Evan Petzold Detroit Free Press Published 10:46 AM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Mary and Bubba Jones found the perfect spot on the fourth level of a parking garage adjacent to Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. They’ve tailgated more times than you could imagine, but this was different. Make no mistake, they still had lawn
John Niyo The Detroit News Published 11:07 PM EDT Aug 16, 2020 When it rains, it pours. And the way the Tigers’ starting pitchers have been hitting the showers during games this season – early and often – it was only a matter of time before the levity broke. Sunday, it was Michael Fulmer who
Carlos Monarrez Detroit Free Press Published 9:05 PM EDT Aug 16, 2020 In a moment of cathartic clarity — and perhaps confession — Michael Fulmer let loose Sunday after he felt he let his Detroit Tigers down in an 8-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians that sewed up a series sweep. Fulmer is part of a starting
DETROIT — For a brief moment Sunday afternoon, the Tigers appeared poised to end the Indians’ winning streak against them. Four third-inning hits off Adam Plutko had erased a three-run deficit, then Jeimer Candelario had seemingly tripled home Miguel Cabrera to give Detroit its first lead since the third inning DETROIT — For a brief
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:28 PM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Detroit – The only certainty regarding the Tigers’ starting rotation, at least before the game Sunday, was that Matthew Boyd would start Monday in Chicago and Spencer Turnbull would go in the series finale Thursday. In between? Well, stay tuned. Daniel Norris, conceivably,
Chris McCosky The Detroit News Published 6:13 PM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Detroit – The Tigers on Sunday had one go-ahead run taken off the board by a questionable ruling by first base umpire Tim Timmons. They had another go-ahead run wiped out by an extremely questionable base-running decision by Miguel Cabrera. Manager Ron Gardenhire