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Forbes released an article discussing MLB’s local tv and streaming viewership is up over 4% for 2020. Detroit Tigers baseball faired very well according to the data. We were all missing baseball as the pandemic started. The rumors the season was going to be canceled were in the air.  The fans showed how much they

The Detroit Tigers have their instructional league roster released as they head back to Lakeland. But what lies ahead for the rest of the minor league system in 2021? As we start October, the Professional Baseball Agreement between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball expired on September 30 without any new agreement. For those

Detroit Tigers still haven’t decided on a manager. Former Marlins player and manager Mike Redmond is a reported option The search for manager rolls on for the Detroit Tigers. The club is taking a methodical approach with the opening, on par with the way they typically do business. Beyond that, many of the candidates have

 We bring back the Detroit Tigers translation guide as we attempt to translate Al Avila’s comments to the press yesterday at the end of the year presser via Zoom. During summer camp, MCB provided a translation guide for Detroit Tigers fans on Al Avila’s comments. It was a lot of fun to do to determine

Detroit Tigers fans have become familiar with keeping tabs on top prospects over the last several years. With many familiar top prospects in the AL Central graduating to the MLB, it’s time to take a stab at finding the next wave of lower-minors players that will become MLB regulars. The AL Central currently has no

A look back at Hall-of-Fame pitcher Bob Gibson, who passed away yesterday evening and his series against the Detroit Tigers in 1968. The most current memory of many Detroit Tigers fans when it comes to the World Series are the two series against the San Francisco Giants and the St Louis Cardinals in 2012 and

The contributors got together and gave what they learned about the Detroit Tigers in this shortened 2020 season. I find myself starting each of my articles with “2020 has been a strange year” as a way to break the ice but with the Detroit Tigers, I believe it more so than any other recent season.

It was back in 2000 that the Detroit Tigers began calling Comerica Park home. In a season full of firsts, one of Y2K’s most unique firsts happened in the season finale, when Shane Halter became the first Tiger to play nine positions in one game. (This concludes a series about memorable games and moments from

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction about the Detroit Tigers and their search for a manager. None of these events actually happened. Enjoy A hush came over the small but exalted group of Detroit Tigers dignitaries loaded into the meeting room with dubious social distancing at the Comfort Inn in Lakeland, FL as the

The Detroit Tigers will likely pick third in the 2021 MLB Draft and some high-end names will be waiting for them The MLB Draft remains one of the few events for Detroit Tigers fans to get excited about these days and next June will be no different. The team was attempting to make the playoffs

The Detroit Tigers will be looking for a pitching coach. Let’s look at five candidates. We’ve certainly learned by now that an effective pitching coach can have massive ramifications on young players. Rick Anderson, who took over for Chris Bosio halfway through 2017, has worked tirelessly to help the talented young arms in the system.

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we look back at the Latin players that joined the Detroit Tigers and left an everlasting impact. Today, we look at  Humberto Fernández Perez, aka Chico Fernández, the first Latin-born player, and starting regular in Tigers’ history. For Chico Fernández, his journey to Detroit was similar to other

The curtain has quietly come down for the Detroit Tigers without a lot of fanfare and certainly no curtain calls from the audience. It was a season where the Detroit Tigers did improve in some respects but the overall body of work shows there is still major construction left in the rebuild that started at

The focus starting next week in Detroit is almost certainly going to center around the search for a new manager for the Detroit Tigers. Whether the first choice ends up being Detroit Tigers fan-favorite Don Kelly or the embattled former Houston Astros skipper AJ Hinch,  many might wonder if Tigers’ GM Al Avila can automatically

The next Detroit Tigers manager could be a familiar face in Marcus Thames. “Country Strong” was the name that former Detroit Tigers color man on Fox Sports Detroit Rod Allen gave to Marcus Thames during his playing days in Detroit. From 2004 to 2009, Thames was a big part of the Tigers’ outfield platoon with

Following Detroit Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire’s retirement, Fredi Gonzalez could be the choice to manage the club 2021 and beyond The Detroit Tigers are tasked with the challenge of finding a new manager this offseason after manager Ron Gardenhire retired with just a handful of games to go in the 2020 season. According to a

Detroit Tigers shortstop Willi Castro is having a terrific rookie season. Let’s look at what’s fueling his success, and see if it will last. Willi Castro had another strong game last night, going 2-for-4 with a walk, hitting a go-ahead single in the 7th, and playing solid defense at shortstop. It was his 11th multi-hit

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we look back at the Latin players that joined the Detroit Tigers and left an everlasting impact. Today, we look at Magglio Ordonez and the risk Detroit took that fateful day on February 7, 2005. Before the days of social media, Detroit Tigers fans would go on chat

The Detroit Tigers manager candidate series continues as George Lombard is one of the most interesting candidates for the vacant manager position. George Lombard might not be a household name in Detroit just yet, but he is one of the front-runners to become the Tigers’ next manager. And Lombard’s fascinating life story and journey to

 In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we look back at the Latin players that joined the Detroit Tigers and left an everlasting impact. Today, we look at Aurelio Rodríguez.  We started the series with Aurelio Lopez.  Detroit Tigers general manager Jim Campbell was as good as Dave Dombrowski in the art of trading. As soon