Lynn Henning | Special to The Detroit News For now, life is sweet and sunny. And familiar. Spencer Torkelson lives in a condominium in Scottsdale, Arizona, which his Californian folks bought a few years ago as a means to more comfortably spend weekends at their son’s baseball games at Arizona State University. The condo beats
admin
Spencer Torkelson’s first offseason as a pro athlete has had some of the same issues everyone else has been dealing with in this pandemic. “Honestly, it’s a little boring at times,” he said during a Friday evening video conference with reporters. “I try to work out as much as possible. Spencer Torkelson’s first offseason as
The wall in Casey Mize’s man cave at his Nashville, Tenn.-area home includes a trio of framed jerseys from his career — one from his days at Auburn, another from Team USA and the No. 1 jersey the Tigers gave him when he signed as the first overall pick of The wall in Casey Mize’s
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — If you were looking for a window into Casey Mize’s character, go back to Sept. 23 at Target Field. It was after his final start of the 2020 season. It went the way most of his six other starts went last year — an encouraging start quickly
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers’ Casey Mize: ‘I’ll go as many innings as they let me’ Detroit Tigers right-hander Casey Mize talks Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, about his struggles last season and high hopes for this year. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Casey Mize got beat up in
By Connor Byrne | January 29, 2021 at 3:00pm CDT The Tigers have designated infielder Sergio Alcantara for assignment, Chris McCosky of the Detroit News tweets. His 40-man roster spot will go to newly signed catcher Wilson Ramos. The Tigers acquired Alcantara from the Diamondbacks as part of the teams’ 2017 trade centering on outfielder/designated
The quartet of Lance Parrish, Lou Whitaker, Alan Trammell and Chet Lemon was the heart of the 1980s Tigers. (Photo credit: Mary Schroeder, Detroit Free Press) This week, I present the Detroit Tigers All Star team for the 1980-1989 decade. All Star teams for previous decades are found below: 1901-1909 1910-1919 1920-1929 1930-1939 1940-1949 1950-1959
Major League Baseball released its top-100 prospect list last night, and the Detroit Tigers did something unprecedented: The team’s official Twitter account celebrated the feat for the 2021 list, but perhaps wasn’t aware no team has ever done this, at least not on MLB Pipeline. In fact, since MLB began posting prospect lists in 2004,…
Tarik Skubal knows the prospect rankings, and knows where he and his fellow Tigers pitching prospects stand in them. He knows all about the label of potential. He also knows that at some point, it needs to be translated into reality. “It feels good,” Skubal said Thursday of the rankings, Tarik Skubal knows the prospect
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers Tarik Skubal explains how he modified his changeup grip Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal checks in Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, to discuss how he is gearing up for the 2021 season. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal got his
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers Tarik Skubal explains how he modified his changeup grip Detroit Tigers left-hander Tarik Skubal checks in Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, to discuss how he is gearing up for the 2021 season. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Another prospect list, another crop of Detroit
The Nationals and free-agent catcher Alex Avila have reached a one-year agreement, pending a physical, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. Avila is a client of Excel Sports Management. Washington will be the sixth major league team for Avila, who will turn 34 on Friday. Most of Avila’s career has been spent in Detroit, which
Neal Rubin | The Detroit News Warren — There’s a young man in a batting cage hitting line drives at a 71-year-old 6 yards away, and the 71-year-old doesn’t even flinch. The grown man is Ike Blessitt, who invokes his age often, not as an excuse but as a warning. He has a screen between his body and
The Tigers farm system received a welcome progress report in the form of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list, placing 5 future Tigers among MLB’s top 25 overall. Check out http://MLB.com/video for more! About MLB.com: About MLB.com: Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced on January 19, 2000, that the 30 Major League Club owners
MLB Pipeline’s 2021 Top 100 Prospects list is now live, with 19-year-old Wander Franco of the Rays being named MLB’s top prospect for a second straight year. The switch-hitting shortstop is one of eight Tampa Bay players on the brand-new list, which features some familiar names and plenty of fresh additions. • Breaking down the
John Niyo | The Detroit News It didn’t come easily, or all that comfortably at first. But eventually, Tarik Skubal got a grip, and then he was able to quickly grasp what it would take to make it last. And as the Tigers’ young pitcher drove away from the Driveline Baseball facility in suburban Seattle
The current pitching depth situation for the Detroit Tigers among their starters is thin as they head down soon to Lakeland. While there are plans to place Daniel Norris and Tyler Alexander back into the rotation, it still leaves room to fill the void.
Evan Petzold | Detroit Free Press Show Caption Hide Caption Detroit Tigers prospect Matt Manning: No restrictions in offseason throwing program Detroit Tigers prospect Matt Manning checks in Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, to discuss his offseason training and expectations for the season. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Had the coronavirus not blocked Matt Manning‘s journey,
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal says he’s focused on his changeup, really wants to figure that pitch out.
Chris McCosky | The Detroit News Detroit — He’s taken up yoga. He’s working out just about every day. He’s been throwing since his forearm strain healed back in September. He’s in Lakeland right now, in fact, throwing full bullpens without restriction. He’s cleaned up his mechanics from the ground up. He looks lean and mean