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For anyone who follows the Detroit Tigers, there are two trains of thought that seem to seep through the consciousness of the fanbase when it comes to Miguel Cabrera.  One thought that seems to be a hindrance to why the Tigers will not spend is because of his contract.  Fellow contributor Chris Mangum believes he’s…

For anyone who follows the Detroit Tigers minor league system, it has been since 2019 fans have seen them in action and a lot has changed. For one, outside of a few glimpses in summer camps, minor league coverage has been hard to come by. Unless you are hardcore in the minor leagues and followed…

Yes, it is early. The season is young, and the Detroit Tigers are off to one of the rougher starts in recent memory. They head into Thursday already five games out from even a wild card spot– leaving the fanbase antsy, to say the least.

The 2021 Detroit Tigers need a lot of help. After 24 games they are sporting an 8-16 record, 29th in the league, ahead of just the Minnesota Twins at 7-15 who will get things together soon enough. The growing discontent is everywhere amongst Tigers fans, with even the often forgiving local media (subscription required) deeming the…

In 2017, the Detroit Tigers’ once-beloved star pitcher, Justin Verlander, was traded to the Houston Astros in a package deal that would ultimately send three prospects to Detroit in return. Now in 2021, Justin Verlander is serving his last year of a 2-year, $66 million deal with the Astros and will be a free agent…

As Detroit Tigers head to the south side of Chicago for a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox, rookies Yermín Mercedes and Akil Baddoo have been among the most popular topics of discussion among the fans on social media.

There is an understandable air of negativity around the Detroit Tigers right now. No one thought the Tigers would compete this year, but it was reasonable to expect some kind of progress. Instead the Detroit Tigers look like the worst team in baseball. Of course 23 games doesn’t make a season, and there are some…

Things are bad for the Detroit Tigers right now. Very bad. They are averaging just 3.05 runs per game, which is the lowest in baseball. Their 67 runs through 22 games is the 6th lowest total in franchise history, and the worst since the infamous 2003 season.

The feel-good feeling from the Houston Astros series for the Detroit Tigers has clearly vanished into thin air as the frustrations of the team’s recent struggles have spilled onto social media. Venting on social media is nothing new. If you go back to the days of newspapers, social media just another evolution of the “keyboard…

Fellow contributor Jacob Boes mentioned recently that 97.1 The Ticket had a call-in opinion that there were four players he did not want to see again: Joe Jimenez, Jacoby Jones, Niko Goodrum, and Jonathon Schoop. I am going to discuss four players from the Detroit Tigers’ 40-man roster that I do not want to see…

(Co-Contributor’s note: This editorial is the first piece from Christopher Mangum, a student at the University of Michigan)  In late 2007, the Detroit Tigers acquired a 24-year-old Miguel Cabrera from the then Florida Marlins, a move which would end up introducing Cabrera to his home for what we can assume will be the rest of his career.  In his…

Has Matthew Boyd emerged from the doldrums of recent seasons and started to rediscover the form that put him on the map? Or is it too early and Boyd is still in “Show Me” territory? Well, folks, let’s be honest…it’s five starts. The calendar still says “April”. It’s five good starts mind you, but Boyd…

The Detroit Tigers “Weekly” Draft Report returns after an extended absence , this time with a more focused approach to the 2021 Draft. Up to this point we’ve been offering updates on top performers in college baseball, but today we are going to focus strictly on who the Detroit Tigers might take with the number…

The offense struggles of the Detroit Tigers have been well documented in the last week.  While it was good to see the offense score more than two runs for the first time last night since the series opener in Oakland,  there are some major cracks in the offense Detroit still needs to fix.

Fans got defensive when the Detroit Tigers farm system was categorized by national folks as “top-heavy,” referencing the lack of big-league potential beyond the big five in the system: Casey Mize, Tarik Skubal, Matt Manning, Riley Greene, and Spencer Torkelson. After a flurry of top-five finishes in the farm system power rankings by several national…

The Detroit Tigers are off to one of the more inconsistent starts in recent memory; promptly getting swept by the Oakland Athletics after sweeping the Houston Astros in Houston on their most recent road trip. This teeter-totter start has many wondering which is the real Detroit Tigers team–but more likely, we can expect to see…

Detroit Tigers fans who listen to the Tigers SRD podcast should be familiar with our Inside the Numbers segment. For those who don’t listen, we simply pick a number or two and then explain the context. It’s not groundbreaking, but we like to think it’s a good way to add some heft to stats that…

This weekend, the Detroit Tigers were swept by the Oakland A’s and in the four-game series, there were a few key takeaways from the series that stood out.  The obvious ones were the offense and two good starts from Matthew Boyd and Jose Urena.

Are you familiar with the Mandela Effect? For some Detroit Tigers fans, the Mandela Effect is a term you may not hear before but what it is according to various sources including the New York Times and named by paranormal researcher Fiona Broome:

Akil Baddoo has rightfully been the talk of the early Detroit Tigers season. His first few games will remain legendary, and him dominating despite never playing above High-A made it all the more compelling.