HOUSTON — A.J. Hinch, the former Houston Astros manager, returned to Minute Maid Park on Thursday for the second time as the Detroit Tigers‘ manager and the first time in 2022. He made his first appearance last April, when the Tigers swept the Astros in a three-game series. This time, the teams will play four times
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Houston — You wonder if facing the Houston Astros Friday night, a team with the most wins in baseball over the last five-plus seasons, a team that’s made the playoffs five straight years, might be somewhat of a letdown for Tigers rookie Beau Brieske. After all, his first two starts were humdingers – debuting on
This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The Tigers centered their organization rebuild around a wave of pitchers at the top of their prospect list. Then they focused on building depth in pitching prospects behind their
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There’s a reason the hit tool is the first one on the scouting report. That said, pure hitters can fit all sorts of descriptions. Some make a ton of contact, regardless of power. Some swing with intent, using impressive exit velocities to fuel their high batting averages. Some are the freakish hitters who combine both
Moments after Miguel Cabrera’s 3,000th career hit on April 23, there was a symbolic passing of the torch in Detroit. With Cabrera on base, Tigers rookie Spencer Torkelson launched a three-run home run to drive in his predecessor at first base, and the two embraced at home for the third homer of Torkelson’s young career.
The Detroit Tigers were pegged by many to be at least a .500 team, if not a team that could compete for a Wild Card, but are off to a start that would indicate neither of those are possible. The Tigers stand at 8 -15, but even with that slow start, here are five reasons…
Detroit Tigers (8-15) vs. Houston Astros (14-11) When: 8:10 p.m. Thursday. Where: Minute Maid Park in Houston. TV: Bally Sports Detroit. Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1) (Tigers radio affiliates). Weather forecast: Chance of rain, low-80s. Probable pitchers: Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (1-2, 3.05 ERA) vs. Astros RHP Jose Urquidy (2-1 5.95 ERA). • Box score Tigers lineup 1. Akil Baddoo, CF 2. Robbie Grossman,
GAME ONE RECAP: Coming off a loss in the previous outing, RHP Elvin Rodriguez took the mound for the Mud Hens, hoping to get Toledo back in the win column. The Red Sox began the doubleheader, tallying two runs off Rodriguez in the first inning of the ballgame. However, the GAME ONE RECAP: Coming off
It’s been a tumultuous five years for Alex Faedo, but he’s finally in the big leagues. Detroit Tigers’ pitching prospect Alex Faedo finally made his major league debut Wednesday night. The 2017 first-round pick pitched five innings, gave up two earned runs, eight hits, one walk and one strikeout. Nothing spectacular, but he gave the…
Typically when we go into Behind Enemy Lines were talking one-on-one with a contributor from another team site, or a beat writer like Alex Stumpf earlier this week. However, in this next installment, things are a little different. We reached out to The Crawfish Boxes, the SB Nation Astros site, and they decided to make
One of the tougher stretches of games on the schedule has arrived at exactly the wrong time. With three of their Opening Day starters already on the injured list, and a disastrous power outage from the offense, the 2022 Tigers are dangerously close to fumbling away even an outside shot at a playoff spot before
Houston — You can tell he just doesn’t quite trust it yet. “One start at a time,” he said. “This game will bring you down in a hurry. You can’t be complacent.” Justin Verlander, 39 — and two years removed from his last full season — made his fifth start with his surgically-repaired right elbow Wednesday afternoon
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch was asked Wednesday if Javier Báez‘s defensive play in the third inning surprised him. Báez, in the Tigers’ shifted defense, darted up the middle. He lunged to the dirt behind second base to make a back-handed stop on a ball hit by Bryan Reynolds, keeping it from dancing into center field. It came off
Alex Faedo finished his warm-up pitches and stood behind the mound in Comerica Park. He took off his glove and rubbed the ball, as if to savor the moment. “It’s like a dream come true,” his mother, Kristie Donovan, said, sitting in Comerica Park. “that’s the best way to describe it — all that hard work
Detroit — You can’t finish what you don’t start. So on a day that started with a win for the Tigers, the loss to cap a getaway-day doubleheader with the Pirates at Comerica Park left a bitter taste as the team boarded a flight to Houston on Wednesday night. Yet the start that Alex Faedo
LANSING, MI – The West Michigan Whitecaps and Lansing Lugnuts saw their benches empty as part of a frantic seventh and final inning as part of the ‘Caps being swept in a Wednesday doubleheader by scores of 7-1 and 6-5 at Jackson Field. Wednesday’s nightcap saw both teams leave their LANSING, MI – The West
Detroit — With three starting pitchers from the Opening Day roster on the injured list and a congested schedule the next couple weeks, the door was opened for one of the Tigers’ young arms to get his major league chance. That opportunity came in the second game of Wednesday’s doubleheader and went to right-hander Alex Faedo,
DETROIT — The journey had to feel like forever for Alex Faedo, from the 2017 Draft to the mound at Comerica Park, with Tommy John surgery and two lost Minor League seasons in between. And yet, the last wait was the toughest. He’d had just 24 hours notice from the time Triple-A Toledo manager Lloyd