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Sep 20, 2020; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Tigers Bernal manger Al Avila during the game against the Cleveland Indians at Comerica Park. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY Sports Detroit Tigers Draft Alabama RHP Dylan Smith by Chris Brown

University of Notre Dame baseball hat during a game between Notre Dame and North Carolina. (Photo by Andy Mead/ISI Photos/Getty Images) Detroit Tigers Draft RHP Tyler Mattison out of Bryant University by Roger Castillo

I am a data-driven person when it comes to baseball information and sometimes I also look at a player and have an old fashion “feeling” about one. My logic is flawed and I admit, being a baseball co-expert here, you have to make sure you live up to that billing when it comes to discussions…

Jun 25, 2021; Omaha, Nebraska, USA; Texas Longhorns assistant coach Scott Foxhall comes out to talk with pitcher Ty Madden (32) during the game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at TD Ameritrade Park. Mandatory Credit: Bruce Thorson-USA TODAY Sports

With the 3rd overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft the Detroit Tigers selected Jackson Jobe, a right-handed pitcher from Heritage Hall High Schook in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jobe started landing with Detroit in mocks about six weeks ago, and since then the buzz has only grown stronger. Roughly a week before the draft the…

Today is going to be a busy day in the world of baseball. In addition to a full slate of regular season games, MLB’s Futures Game will be played at 3:00 (Eastern). Detroit Tigers fans are hoping that Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson, the organization’s top two hitting prospects, will do something memorable at the…

If you’re a regular reader at Motor City Bengals then you’ve probably seen some of our Detroit Tigers MLB Draft coverage over the past several months. Maybe you read every word of it, in which case, thanks! This post isn’t for you.

Tigers reliever Gregory Soto pitches during the ninth inning of the Tigers’ 6-5 win over the White Sox on Sunday, July 4, 2021, at Comerica Park. Tigers Player Profile: RHP Sam Bachman by Austin Vicars

The MLB Draft is just one day away, and we conclude our player profiles of potential Detroit Tigers draft picks with Sam Bachman. Sam Bachman is a starting pitcher for the University of Miami Ohio. The 6’1”, 235-lbs, 21-year-old is one of the top prospects in college baseball and projects to be taken in the…

Fans that were following along on Game Day or Twitter may not have noticed, but Detroit Tigers right-hander Matt Manning was completely different from his former self on Friday night in a start in which he went 5+ innings against the Minnesota Twins, giving up two runs (both of which were runners inherited by Ian…

GoErie.com When it comes to the development of the future of the Detroit Tigers, you should look no further than the Double-A Erie SeaWolves. The roster in Double-A Erie features nine of Detroit’s top 30 prospects, and for the first time in quite a while, they’re not all just pitching prospects.

For Detroit Tigers fans who are following the farm system, there is good news. FanGraphs has placed Dillon Dingler, who is currently in Double-A Erie into their Top 100 prospect list.  Sites like FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus, Prospects Live, and Baseball America are lists worth paying attention to.

Every team deals with injuries–especially in a year where players are returning from a shortened season or perhaps no season at all. Pitcher injuries, especially, are on the rise and teams like the Detroit Tigers have had to do some scrambling to account for all the innings necessary to get through a game and ultimately…

Last night Detroit Tigers catcher/outfielder Eric Haase hit a dramatic, game-tying, pinch-hit home run in the 7th inning. Unfortunately he then made a huge error in the bottom of the frame to help Texas take back the lead.

The 2021 MLB Draft is just days away, and the anticipation/dread among Detroit Tigers fans is palpable. Here at MCB we’ve been trying to scratch that draft itch for months, with player profiles, position primers, and retrospectives.

When you look at the career of Detroit Tigers right-hander Joe Jimenez, you can describe it as a rollercoaster, similar to former Tigers closer Todd Jones. Many Tigers fans, myself included, thought that Jimenez did not have it anymore after starting the season in Toledo in the alternate camp. Then we saw the two appearances…

Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports Gregory Soto was likely not on the All-Star Game radar as he was gearing up for the 2021 MLB season, but his vast emergence this season propelled him to a spot in the Midsummer Classic. Soto, who was signed as an international free agent back in December of 2012, has emerged…

During the Second World War, with many of the country’s young men overseas—including its professional athletes—women were asked to step up and join the war efforts. American Women, many of them housewives and mothers, were asked to take on jobs at factories, plants, shipyards, and… on the baseball diamond. Penny Marshall’s A League of Their…

Across the Detroit Tigers Minor League affiliates in week nine the common theme among them was power as the SeaWolves hit four home runs on the Fourth of July, Bryant Packard for West Michigan has now homered in three straight games and Aderlin Rodriguez had three home runs in the series against Columbus.

No matter how beautiful the surroundings of a beach rental on Lake Superior here just north of Eagle River, MI, summertime thoughts will always drift to the Detroit Tigers for at least parts of each day.