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Particularly for pitchers, the path of their development in the minor leagues can be a twisty road filled with reversals, injuries, and bursts of improvement. When a young pitcher has already shown one plus pitch, and some moxie for pitching in big games under pressure, it’s worth being patient. Look no further than Detroit Tigers

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After a decidedly mixed bag of a road trip out west of the Mississippi, the Tigers return home to the Motor City in search of consistency. The offense looked like a force to be reckoned with against the Houston Astros, tallying 20 runs over three games. Against the Oakland Athletics though, they mustered only six

Getting cute in the major league draft isn’t easy. Despite the endless scheming of major league draft obsessives, saving bonus pool money in the early rounds with which to lure a good but not great prep prospect later on, just isn’t an easy trick to turn. Witness the Detroit Tigers draft in 2017, in which

The problem with a rollercoaster, is that you start at the bottom, and you’re ultimately let down again in the end. The middle part is a heck of a lot of fun though. So it was on the Detroit Tigers 10 game road trip out west. We still recall the wind in our hair and

A sweep for a sweep, apparently. After sweeping the first leg of their trip through the American League West, the Tigers were on the opposite end of a sweep against the Oakland Athletics. In the final game of their series in Oakland, Matthew Boyd and Chris Bassitt delivered an excellent pitcher’s duel that put runs

The Tigers missed an opportunity to pounce on their opponent Saturday, getting shut out for the second game in a row by a score of 7-0 for its third-straight loss in Oakland. Casey Mize did not live up to his billing against the A’s, getting shelled early before settling in for a few innings, but

The script is simple, but consistent. The Detroit Tigers do not hit on the west coast, and they proved it again on Saturday, getting dominated by a fifth starter type while Casey Mize was victimized by the long ball en route to a 7-0 loss, their third straight. Things went poorly from the start in

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The Detroit Tigers dropped a tough one on Friday night to the Oakland Athletics despite a surprisingly strong start from José Ureña, getting shut out by a score of 3-0. Instead of starting a new winning streak, the good guys now look to prevent a series loss on its west coast swing. The good news

The 2021 Detroit Tigers continue to be a tale of two teams. After having one of their most impressive series of the past half-decade with a sweep of the Houston Astros in Texas, they have followed it up with a pair of dud losses in Oakland, the most recent of which was a 3-0 snoozer

Yesterday, after a decent stretch of warm weather and sunny skies in the metro Detroit and Ann Arbor area, I was greeted to sleet and miserable grey clouds outside my window. Perhaps if the Tigers had been at Comerica Park, they would’ve recreated some of their Opening Day magic after seeing a few snowflakes fly

The Detroit Tigers rode into Oakland following a three game sweep of the Houston Astros with Tarik Skubal going up against the A’s Sean Manaea. The game started out as a pitchers’ affair, with Skubal allowing just two runs, one of them earned, and just two hits while striking out five hitters. Once Skubal left

Detroit Tigers (6-6) at Oakland Athletics (5-7) Time/Place: 9:40 p.m., Oakland ColiseumSB Nation Site: Athletics NationMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (0-1, 7.71 ERA) vs. LHP Sean Manaea (0-1, 5.06 ERA) Game 13 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% HR/9 FIP fWAR

After wincing after a swing in his fourth inning at-bat against the Houston Astros on Wednesday night, Detroit Tigers right fielder Nomar Mazara had to leave the contest in the middle of his at-bat. He was diagnosed with a abdominal strain in his left side, and today the Tigers have placed him on the 10-day

There have been plenty of great and unexpected stories from the Detroit Tigers early in the season, with many players defying expectation and making the club a heck of a lot of fun to watch. Not all of those stories are t-shirt worthy (Akil Baddoo’s breakout certainly has been), but we think one other player

Well, well, well, within a span of three days we certainly pinballed from misery to exuberance with our Detroit Tigers. Those were some fun games in Houston. The team got great starting pitching, mashed the baseball, saw a little batted ball luck go their way, and the bullpen…hung on. Now the Tigers wing west to

Detroit has completed their bounce-back from a miserable series versus Cleveland by sweeping the Astros in their own ballpark. Tigers win, 6-4. A Pair of Three-Run Innings Two three-run innings put Detroit over the edge in this one. The Tigers second-inning rally began with Astros starter Lance McCullers Jr. hitting Renato Núñez to open the

Detroit Tigers (5-6) at Houston Astros (6-5) Time/Place: 7:10 p.m., Minute Maid ParkSB Nation site: The Crawfish BoxesMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Michael Fulmer (0-0, 2.57 ERA) vs. LHP Lance McCullers Jr. (1-0, 1.80 ERA) Game 12 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP

Monday night my wife asked me if A.J. Hinch would have an advantage over his old team because he knows all of the players. While I told her I doubt that would make much of a difference, it sure seems like the Detroit Tigers know exactly how to handle the Astros, winning the first two