Motor City Bengals

Jeimer Candelario and Isaac Paredes came to the Detroit Tigers in a mid-season trade in which Detroit moved Justin Wilson and Alex Avila to the Cubs. The Tigers have shipped away endless firepower over the past five to ten years, but this trade appears to be the one with the best returns, with Candelario being…

There are big “what-if’s” in sports–what if Derek Jeter got drafted by the Houston Astros? Or, what if Michael Jordan never retired? What if the Detroit Pistons took Carmelo Anthony or Chris Bosh or Dwayne Wade in the 2003 draft? It may not be the same magnitude as these franchise-altering decisions, but I cannot help…

One request I have for when Verlander starts discussing retirement is to offer him a one-day contract so that he can end his career wearing a Detroit Tigers uniform. Few have done this before, but one player that stands out to me is Roy “Doc” Halladay.

Wednesday’s news of Detroit Tigers catcher Jake Rogers going under the knife for Tommy John Surgery was disheartening to be sure but probably not shocking. Rogers had been out for some time with an arm ailment and not much positive news was leaking out.

Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch was a guest on MLB Network Radio yesterday morning, and when the subject turned to Spencer Torkelson, Hinch said what everyone already suspected: The experiment at third base was cute, and Spencer Torkelson was passable there. But he has now played 21 games in Toledo, and 20 of them have…

The Toledo Mud Hens have the deepest collection of Detroit Tigers prospects right now, and they also happened to play the most pivotal series of any team in the system last week, so that’s an easy place to start.

As the Detroit Tigers continue their road trip across the NL Central with a three-game series starting in Pittsburgh this afternoon, it does seem rather fitting that Tarik Skubal would take the mound on Labor Day.

Usually most Triple-A baseball series in early September can be pretty drab affairs of two teams playing out the string of another long summer of baseball. Some guys might be getting ready for a September call-up, more are wondering where they’ll find their next gig in ‘22. For the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals,…

Trouble With the Curve is a rather clichéd sports drama stocked with stereotypes instead of characters and a fairly predictable plot; the quality of the actors involved is what carries this paper-thin story and make it even remotely watchable. This isn’t your classic sports drama, for obvious reasons, but there might be enough in there…

Detroit Tigers: The 3 best September call-ups and moments by Roger Castillo Is the Motor City a destination for free agents? Plenty have expressed doubt. But skipper A.J. Hinch isn’t worried. In fact, he summed up the future of the Detroit Tigers as well as anyone could have.

The days of the Detroit Tigers dugout filled with players from their 40-man roster are gone. The September call-ups this year are Niko Goodrum and Wily Peralta coming back off the IL.  So none of the future prospects will be seeing Detroit anytime soon since Riley Greene, Spencer Torkelson, and Ryan Kreidler are not currently…

The possibilities are widespread. Fans and columnists have been speculating about the Detroit Tigers making a huge splash for an elite shortstop in this year’s market for well over a year. A.J. Hinch has been stoking speculation with quotes seemingly targeted toward free agents about the bar being raised in Detroit and now is the…

When AJ Hinch chose to take the Detroit Tigers manager job this past offseason, many fans and analysts around the MLB questioned why he would come to Detroit instead of joining forces with a more contention-ready roster or a more analytics-driven organization. If AJ had his sights set on greater influence than merely managing a…

Pete Seeger asked about flowers, and Paula Cole was looking for cowboys, but Detroit Tigers fans just want to know one thing: Where has all the offense gone? Now, no one was confusing the 2021 Detroit Tigers for the 1927 New York Yankees, but for a good three months — from roughly May 1st to…

Adrenaline and testosterone spike any time I think about the Detroit Tigers adding a premiere free agent this off-season. It just makes sense; the club has over-achieved to a 62-70 record entering Tuesday and they lack a true, in-his-prime, bonafide star in the lineup. They need a middle-of-the-order bat desperately and they have the means…

Throughout the season, Motor City Bengals have taken a look at various players throughout the Detroit Tigers organization. There have been numerous changes throughout the pitching staff with pitch usage increasing or decreasing.

Let’s hope it’s as entertaining as former Detroit Tigers reliever Bruce Rondon slipping on the mound back in 2013 when the A’s took home a 6-3 victory thanks to a rain stoppage. Just kidding. The last time the Detroit Tigers met with the A’s, it wasn’t pretty.

We are hitting the last portion of the Detroit Tigers minor league schedule and the hottest team among the four affiliates are the Toledo Mud Hens, winners of seven straight games and sitting on top of the Triple-A East-Midwest Division with a two-game lead over St.Paul.

Tommey Walker, a local Detroit artist, started the phrase “Detroit vs Everybody” and it has been seen on shirts sold at his shop in Downtown Detroit.  A good majority of Metro Detroit is familiar with this phrase. Apparently, so is Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch.

When it comes to the Detroit Tigers rotation in 2021, the headlining act was Casey Mize and Tarik Skubal with Matt Manning working on developing a good third pitch down with the Toledo Mud Hens. Feb 22, 2020; Lakeland, Florida, USA; Detroit Tigers rookie pitchers Tarik Skubal (left) and Matt Manning (middle) and Casey Mize…