The Detroit Tigers 2020 draft class was quite well received by the industry at the time of the draft. Though anything can happen now that they are playing games, face value in the moment favors the team. With the 2021 Minor League season underway we are finally getting a look at these players in action.
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The long and painful wait is finally over; minor league baseball is back, and the commissioner’s office would have you believe it’s better than ever! Shut down for the whole of 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, minor league action reopened for the 2021 season on Tuesday. It was a breath of fresh air
Toledo Mud Hens The Hens had a rough weekend dealing with the Nashville Sounds. After winning the first two games in the scheduled six game home series, the Sounds swept a double-header on Friday, and then down the Hens by a score of 6-1 on Saturday. They were rained out on Sunday, as was West
Hey Tigers fans, we’ve got us a sudden lull in the schedule. With the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins called for rain on Sunday, the club suddenly has two off days. As a result, so does Bless You Boys, at least on the major league side of things. So it seems like a good time
Detroit Tigers fans finally had something to cheer about on Saturday when their beloved baseball team earned its second win in four tries after a brutal dry spell that we really do not want to talk about anymore. After dropping the first of the weekend series at home against the Minnesota Twins, the Motor City
For the first time in nearly a month, the Detroit Tigers have logged two wins in a single week. The Tigers used a five-run seventh inning to cruise past the Minnesota Twins on Saturday afternoon with a 7-3 victory at Comerica Park. The win was their 10th on the year, making them the last team
Time/Place: 4:10 pm, Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP José Ureña (1-4, 3.53 ERA) vs. RHP José Berríos (3-2, 3.58 ERA) Game 34 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Ureña 35.2 18.9 10.9 3.24 0.8 Berríos 32.2 33.1
It has been a brutal three weeks of baseball for the Detroit Tigers since they swept the Houston Astros on the road way back on April 12-14. Subsequently, the Motor City Kitties have only won three of its last 21 games for a .142 winning percentage over that stretch after last night’s loss to the
Perhaps it’s fitting that I re-watched The Sandlot for the first time in about twenty years last night. One of the great lines in the movie (and there are many) sees Benny explain the legacy of Babe Ruth to Smalls. “Smalls, Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player that ever lived. People say he was
Time/Place: 7:10 pm, Comerica Park SB Nation Site: Twinkie TownMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (0-6, 6.14 ERA) vs. RHP Matt Shoemaker (1-3, 7.83 ERA) Game 33 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR Skubal 22.0 17.3 13.5 3.27 8.24
It’s been a wild week in Tiger Town. The entire sports media complex, along with more casual elements of the fanbase, all seemed to have finally popped the red pill. From apathy, if not a total lack of attention, over the past few years, suddenly sports media hosts and social media pundits have fully flipped
Something had to give after a taxing series for the bullpen in Boston. That someone was Buck Farmer. The long-time Tigers right-hander was designated for assignment on Friday, with veteran reliever Erasmo Ramirez promoted from Triple-A Toledo to take Farmer’s spot in the bullpen. The Tigers also placed catcher Wilson Ramos on the 10-day injured
The Toledo Mud Hens were rained out on Thursday. As a result they’ll play a pair of seven inning games on Friday against the Nashville Sounds. Right-hander Rony Garcia will get the start in game one after missing spring camp after appendicitis surgery. Erie SeaWolves 5, Reading Fightin Phils 4 (box) Right-hander Elvin Rodriguez looked
Today’s rubber match in the Tigers-Red Sox series proved to be a boxing match. Drunken boxing, to be specific Unfortunately, while Detroit had a strong offense all day, they took more punches than they dealt as the two teams combined for six errors only by the mercies of the official scorer. Red Sox win, 12-9,
Detroit Tigers (9-22) at Boston Red Sox (18-13) Time/Place: 1:10 p.m., Fenway ParkSB Nation Site: Over the MonsterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Spencer Turnbull (1-2, 4.50 ERA) vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi (4-2, 3.63 ERA) Game 32 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR
Thursday afternoon the Tigers will try and win their first series for the first time since — checks notes — sweeping Houston three weeks ago. In their final game of their series from Fenway Park against the Red Sox, the Tigers will send the Red Bull, Spencer Turnbull to the mound to face off against
Toledo Mud Hens 9, Nashville Sounds 6 (box) The Hens have come out mashing. After scoring eight runs in the opener, they went one better on Wednesday night to make it 2-0 on the year. Veteran right-hander Drew Hutchison got the start, and he quickly took a little damage, giving up a two run double
Wednesday night’s hotly-anticipated Tigers-Red Sox matchup ended up with the Tigers taking the second game of the series, 6-5, with some extra-inning dramatics. With the win, the Tigers snapped a six-game losing streak. A passing spot of rain caused a 38-minute delay to the beginnings of the proceedings, and there was a steady light drizzle
Detroit Tigers (8-22) at Boston Red Sox (18-12) Time/Place: 7:05 p.m., Fenway ParkSB Nation Site: Over the MonsterMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (1-3, 5.06 ERA) vs. LHP Martin Pérez (0-2, 4.70 ERA) Game 31 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9
Well the offense finally got loose on Tuesday night. So of course it came on a night where Michael Fulmer didn’t make it out of the first inning. The Tigers starter on Wednesday night is Casey Mize, and we can presumably expect much more effective work from him. Can this lineup put up some runs
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