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Talk about a tremendous return from Tarik Skubal. In his season debut, Skubal truly shined, no-hitting the A’s through four innings, and really looking to be in great shape. But before I get too carried away in enthusiasm for Skubal, let’s go back to the beginning and see how it all came together. Skubal had

Detroit Tigers (37-46) vs. Oakland Athletics (23-63) Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Athletics NationMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (7-8, 3.34 ERA in 2022) vs. LHP JP Sears (1-6, 4.43 ERA) Game 84 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR

The Detroit Tigers return home to kick off their penultimate series ahead of this summer’s All-Star Game hosting the lowly Oakland Athletics for a three-game set starting on Tuesday. Hopefully, the Motor City Kitties can put on a fireworks show for the Fourth of July festivities and build on the series win against the Colorado

In four seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Jose Cisnero has never topped out as the best reliever in the bullpen. Yet he’s been durable and effective now for a long time in reliever years. Since his fairly remarkable return to the major leagues in June of 2019, the 34-year-old right-hander has remained a stabilizing piece

Another day, another Detroit Tigers pitcher gets injured: just this week Matthew Boyd got sent away for Tommy John surgery, and soon after that, Reese Olson took a comebacker off the leg. Fortunately, Olson appears good to go in his next outing, but add to those the long-term loss of Eduardo Rodriguez, Alex Faedo, and

The 2023 Major League Baseball All-Star Game is set to take place on July 11 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, as we pass the midpoint of this summer’s campaign. The full rosters for both the American and National League teams were announced on Sunday, which included a surprise nod for starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen,

Columbus Clippers 7, Toledo Mud Hens 6 (Sat)(box) Columbus Clippers 7, Toledo Mud Hens 1 (F/5)(Sun)(box) The Hens made a nice run at a comeback victory on Saturday only to lose it to a blown save from Miguel Diaz. Jack O’Loughlin got the start, and he was a little wild, walking three and giving up

The afternoon, high-altitude rubber-match finale of a weekend series in Colorado featured lots of action and plenty of dingers, and the Tigers won the game 14-9. With the win, the Tigers ended their seven-game road trip with a 4-3 record. They are once again four games back of the Minnesota Twins for first place in

Detroit Tigers (36-46) at Colorado Rockies (33-52) Time/Place: 3:10 p.m., Coors FieldSB Nation Site: Purple RowMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Matt Manning (1-1, 4.15 ERA) vs. RHP Connor Seabold (1-4, 5.98 ERA) Game 83 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Manning 17.1

For a team whose bullpen was often the source of woe in their last great era, the Detroit Tigers have developed quite a few high end relievers recently. The latest is right-hander Jason Foley. With Joe Jimeñez and Gregory Soto traded, Alex Lange was the top choice in the bullpen to start the year, and

For most of this game, it looked like we were watching a heck of an old fashioned pitchers’ duel. In reality, both teams were running out bullpen arms left and right, and neither offense could get anything going. Finally, the Tigers turned it on late to tie this and Zach McKinstry won it in the

Detroit Tigers (35-46) at Colorado Rockies (33-51) Time/Place: 9:10 p.m., Coors FieldSB Nation Site: Purple RowMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: Bullpen Day vs. Bullpen Day Game 82 Lineups TIGERS ROCKIES TIGERS ROCKIES Zach McKinstry – LF Jurickson Profar – LF Spencer Torkelson – 1B Kris Bryant – DH Andy Ibanez –

Eric Haase has been bad in 2023. Like, really bad. A year removed from an above average season at the plate, the 30-year-old backstop and sometime outfielder has seen his production crater offensively, while the return of Jake Rogers has decidedly pushed Haase into the backup role behind the plate. In 61 games played, Haase

Toledo Mud Hens 7, Columbus Clippers 3 (box) The Hens jumped out to an early lead and poured it on to win going away on Friday night. They gave Tigers fans exactly what they wanted in the first inning. Justyn-Henry Malloy launched a solo shot with one out in the top of the first, and

The Detroit Tigers played from behind all night on Friday, eventually falling, 8-5, against the Colorado Rockies to open a three-game series on the road. Michael Lorenzen cruised through the first, but the Rockies put up a five-spot against him in the second. C.J. Cron, Nolan Jones, Ezequiel Tovar and Harold Castro all singled consecutively

Detroit Tigers (35-45) at Colorado Rockies (32-51) Time/Place: 8:10 p.m., Coors FieldSB Nation Site: Purple Row Media: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Michael Lorenzen (2-5, 3.97 ERA) vs. LHP Austin Gomber (5-7, 7.01 ERA) Game 81 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Lorenzen

The Detroit Tigers kicked off their seven-game road trip by taking two of four from the American League West division-leading Texas Rangers in Arlington this week in a surprising turn of events. Heading into the four-game series, the matchups were looking pretty grim, but with baseball being baseball, the Motor City Kitties found a way

Columbus Clippers 6, Toledo Mud Hens 2 (box) Eduardo Rodriguez was really good, but the Mud Hens two home runs came without runners on base, and they couldn’t put together a rally in this one. Rodriguez blanked the Clippers for 4 1⁄3 innings, throwing 41 of 58 pitches for strikes. He allowed a double and

Before we get into the details of this afternoon’s game, we need to acknowledge just how terrible the Tigers’ luck with injuries has been this season. I am the first to offer a pessimistic take on this club, but looking at the injury radar and where the Tigers are in the AL Central standings, well…

Columbus Clippers 11, Toledo Mud Hens 10 (F/10)(box) This one was far more entertaining that the Tigers game last night. The result was the same though, as the Hens opened the second half of their schedule with an extra innings loss to the Clippers on a smoky Wednesday night at Huntington Park. Colten Keith made