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No major news is good news at this time of year. The Tigers are in really good shape heading into the final games of the Grapefruit League calendar. Knock on all the wood, throw all the salt, do whatever your belief system permits to help the club stay healthy. Instead of injuries or roster moves,

When the Detroit Tigers signed veteran infielder Gio Urshela to a one-year deal during the second week of spring training, it looked like the Opening Day position player group was set. With Colt Keith signed to a long-term contract, third base was really the only position in open competition. The addition of Urshela made the

The pairings are all set for the 2024 NCAA Mens’ basketball tournament, and that means that the BYB Bracketology contest is ready to go. Invitations have been sent out to last year’s participants and the link to complete your bracket is right here. The deadline to complete your bracket is on Thursday, March 21, 2024

The Detroit Tigers enter the 2024 season with an overhauled roster that will be without nine of their ten highest paid players from the 2023 Opening Day roster. Those ten players also had the most major league service time on the roster, with only Javier Baez returning. Gone are Miguel Cabrera, Eduardo Rodriguez, Jonathan Schoop,

Today the Tigers take their turn in the Spring Breakout Series in an all-prospects game against the Phillies. You can read our full primer, including which prospects are playing, here. Tigers Prospects vs. Phillies Prospects Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Fla.Media: MLB.TVPitching Matchup: LHP Brant Hurter vs. RHP Mick Abel Lineups TIGERS PHILLIES

The Detroit Tigers didn’t make much noise this offseason, but one area that they did fortify pretty aggressively was the bullpen. With a solid core consisting of Jason Foley, Alex Lange, Tyler Holton, and Will Vest already in place, Scott Harris inked right-hander Shelby Miller and lefty Andrew Chafin to free agent deals. That whole

Detroit Tigers (12-8) vs. Atlanta Braves (9-9) Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Fla.Media: Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Matt Manning vs. RHP AJ Smith-Shawver Lineups BRAVES TIGERS BRAVES TIGERS Michael Harris – CF Parker Meadows – DH Ozzie Albies – 2B Gio Urshela – 3B Matt Olson – 1B Riley Greene – RF

It’s hard to believe it, but we’re already almost finished with spring training. And while this leads to more excitement: the regular season is just around the corner, it also means that we’ve been lucky to spend quite a lot of time watching prospects and rookies on other teams make a big splash in the

Major League Baseball is introducing the Spring Breakout series this week, which will give fans a look at each team’s farm system in competition with another. Sixteen games will be held between March 14-17, including the Detroit Tigers vs. the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday, March 16 at 1:05 p.m. ET. The game will take place

Well, we tried to keep the Jackson Jobe hype low key this spring, but he just won’t let us. The top pitching prospect in baseball stepped to the mound for the first time in a Detroit Tigers uniform on Tuesday, tasked with holding a 1-0 lead in the ninth inning of a Grapefruit League contest

The big news on Tuesday morning involved the big fella himself. Miguel Cabrera has arrived in major league camp and will be working with players all week. After nearly a month in camp, the vibes no doubt needed a boost, and having Cabrera in camp can only help. This is Cabrera’s first appearance as a

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Reese Olson makes for an interesting case study as the organization continues to improve its player development system. A year ago, Olson wasn’t particularly well regarded as a starting pitching prospect. He had a really good slider-changeup combination and racked up plenty of strikeouts in his rise through the minor leagues.

Detroit Tigers (6-5) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (3-8) Time/Place: 6:35 p.m., George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, Fla.Media: Tigers Radio Network, MLB.TVPitching Matchup: RHP Kenta Maeda vs. RHP Bowden Francis Lineups BLUE JAYS TIGERS BLUE JAYS TIGERS George Springer – RF Parker Meadows – CF Cavan Biggio – 2B Riley Greene – RF Daniel Vogelbach –

When Tyler Holton was claimed off waivers the Tigers last spring, he came with a reputation as a low-powered lefty junkballer. He found himself finishing the season as one of Detroit’s most trusted relievers. He’s spent most of his pro career as a swingman and took on the mantle of long relief during his rookie

Sure, it’s hard to ignore the fact that former Tigers slugger and fan favorite J.D. Martinez remains unsigned as the calendar turns to March. At the beginning of the year, we discussed the idea, but it never seemed likely. Two months have passed and Martinez remains unsigned. A reunion seems at least slightly more plausible,

The Detroit Tigers came away from the 2024 MLB Draft lottery with the 11th overall pick. The Tigers have selected in that range just once since tearing the team down to its studs, when they drafted Jace Jung with the 12th pick in 2022. After crawling out of the league’s basement in 2023, Detroit wasn’t

The Tigers signed Drew Anderson to a minor league deal in January, and almost no one paid attention. Based on his showing so far this spring, that may have been a real oversight. Detroit offered the career journeyman an invite to big league camp, and the 30-year-old veteran has really popped in his limited exposure

The Tigers under Scott Harris have a well-earned reputation as a restless organization, and with the spring well underway, they haven’t slowed down trying to improve around the edges. First, they signed pitching prospect Thomas Bruss to a minor league deal last Tuesday. Then, on Friday, they claimed infielder Buddy Kennedy off waivers from the

Now that all the Tigers starting pitchers have gotten their first outing in, and some their second, let’s circle back to see what Statcast can tell us about the quality of stuff we’re seeing. In the first part of this pair of articles, the main takeaway was that the Tigers pitchers had come to camp

Before we start the season, we’ll have another open thread where you can make your bold predictions for how the Tigers will play in 2024, but for today, with spring training games underway and the roster pretty much set, we thought we’d try a different kind of prediction. Considering we’ve barely seen (or even heard)