By Nolan Bianchi | Special to The Detroit News It’s unusual for a small child to have so many jobs, but John Smoltz did them all rather well. “I was the pitching coach, the manager, the GM, the broadcaster and the star player,” Smoltz said. He did them the same from his driveway in Warren
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In the series against Cleveland, the Detroit Tigers saw their defense cost them the series in the rubber match on Sunday as Zach Short’s two errors allowed for Cleveland to come back in the game. As a collective, the Tigers are -17 in DRS at shortstop.
Back when I started the Detroit Tigers Minor League Report, I spent time looking at World Series winners and the core of teams I grew watching. Since the Tigers have drafted high in the last four seasons, there is a good chance a good amount of a potential World Series-winning team would be built with…
The major Detroit Tigers news of the past week was the two-year extension signed by Jonathan Schoop. The move felt bigger than the actual scale of the two-year, $15M pact. Indeed, it’s widely being taken as a sign that the club will finally pursue some serious free agent help and lay the foundation for an
The Erie SeaWolves are the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, and play at the beautifully updated UPMC Park in Erie, Pennsylvania. UPMC Park has been home to the Erie SeaWolves since 1995. The ballpark is more than just a great place to watch high-quality, professional baseball. The home of the SeaWolves is a great
The Tigers fell just short of a series win — and chance to close the gap in the standings — against Cleveland, but it was still a respectable showing overall. Detroit continues to play fairly solid baseball, and this upcoming series represents a great chance to earn a few more wins. While the Tigers creep
Some minor league players just jump off a stats page. For the West Michigan Whitecaps, outfielder Eric De La Rosa has been one of those guys this year. Few, if any, Detroit Tigers prospect lists would’ve included De La Rosa before the season. Then again he was hitting well under .150 as a 22 year
Steve Herrick | Associated Press Cleveland – José Ramírez hit a two-run homer and an RBI triple, leading the Cleveland Indians to a 9-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night. Wilson Ramos also had a two-run homer, Amed Rosario was 4 for 5 with an RBI and Cleveland used five pitchers in a
Associated Press | Associated Press Birmingham, Ala. – A former minor league batboy has filed a lawsuit accusing longtime major league shortstop Omar Vizquel of sexual harassment during Vizquel’s tenure as manager of the Birmingham Barons, an affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The 25-year-old man filed suit in U.S. District Court in Alabama on Friday
The Tigers had bounced back from an AL-record 119 losses in 2003 to 72 wins in 2004 — just four months removed from their eye-opening signing of free-agent catcher Iván Rodríguez — when they made a move that proved just as important in their rise to an American League pennant. They reached a three-year contract
There was a segment of the fan base that wanted Jonathan Schoop gone, no matter the cost. Their reasoning was fairly sound—they felt a player on a one-year deal would not be a part of the next Detroit Tigers contender.
Miguel Cabrera’s climb to 500 homers — or, well, 498, as that’s where he stands entering Tuesday’s game in Baltimore — was remarkably steady for the first dozen years of his career. After homering in his first career game in 2003 — a walk-off as a 21-year-old, no less —Cabrera reached 100 homers in Game
As someone who watched Ray Oyler start for a Tigers world championship team (Oyler’s 1968 batting average: .135 in 111 games), there is empathy as the Tigers sort through immediate and long-term answers at shortstop. There is Zack Short: .145 batting average, and who because of his previously handy glove, ranked somewhere near the top
The Detroit Tigers have been a much better team over the past three months than they have been at any time in the past five seasons. From May 8, 2021 through August 7, 2021, their 44- 34 won-loss record is fifth in the American league, which would be just about good enough for a wild
Nashville Sounds 4, Toledo Mud Hens 2 (box) Well it didn’t go well for the Hens over the past week. The offense was held down on Sunday in a 4-2 loss, and as a result, the Sounds took the series five games to two. Things got off to a promising start. Kody Clemens struck out
White Sox GM Rick Hahn and Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer began trade discussions on July 9, ESPN.com’s Jesse Rogers reports, and it wasn’t until July 20 that the two sides reconnected for what became more intensive talks that led to a pair of major trades. In separate deals, the Sox acquired Ryan
Detroit Tigers left-hander Joey Wentz is looking forward to his major league debut, but ensuring a prepared arrival is of the utmost importance. Acquired from the Atlanta Braves in the Shane Greene trade in July 2019, Wentz underwent Tommy John surgery eight months later. From the sidelines, he watched Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal and Matt Manning make their
Bill Dow | Special to Detroit Free Press As part of his series on former Detroit sports figures, Bill Dow caught up with former 1984 Detroit Tigers World Champion centerfielder Chet Lemon. How we remember him The outstanding centerfielder for the Tigers during most of the 1980s played a key role in helping Detroit capture
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It may be the dog days of summer, and the frenzy of the Trade Deadline has come and gone. But there is still plenty for MLB’s 30 front offices to do. Whether it’s beginning to sketch out a club’s postseason roster or evaluating the pieces that will be part of an out-of-contention club’s 2022 roster,