Last night, we witness the Detroit Tigers play one of their better games of the season in their first win in Seattle in three years. A key aspect of the Tigers’ victory was the play of Jake Rogers and Casey Mize as it was a simpatico relationship in motion for a second consecutive start.
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Well, if you were wise and got to bed on time here in the eastern quarter of the country, you missed a gem. Casey Mize spun arguably the best start of his young career, Eric Haase hit two home runs in his left field debut, and Jonathan Schoop cranked one as well, which had to
For the first month of the Detroit Tigers season it seemed like minor-league action would help distract from the brutal MLB product. But the Tigers have been decent in May! They’re 7-7 on the month and their run differential is just -8, a far cry from the ugly -58 we saw in April.
It’s an axiom of developing baseball players that the process is rarely linear. Some players start slow, others start fast. Nothing say seem to be changing with a player for months, and suddenly it all comes together and they level up. Then there are those players who get off to such good starts it’s remarkable
Seattle is a city known best for big corporate coffee and a famous fish market. But on Monday night it was Detroit Tigers pitcher Casey Mize who turned the Mariners lineup into a pile of minced meat with a thoroughly impressive performance to guide the Tigers to a 4-1 victory.
Casey Mize spun 7.2 innings of three hit, one run ball, and a pair of home runs by Eric Haase and one by Jonathan Schoop paced the Tigers to a 4- 1 victory in Seattle. This might go down as the day that Mize broke out, pitching the best game of his young career. The
Time/Place: 10:10 p.m., T-Mobile ParkSB Nation Site: Lookout LandingMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize (2-3, 4.19 ERA) vs LHP Yusei Kikuchi (1-2, 4.30 ERA) Game 41 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP FIP K% BB% HR/9 fWAR Pitcher IP FIP K% BB% HR/9 fWAR Kikuchi 44.0 4.11 25.6 7.4 1.43 0.4
Mark Gorosh presents 15 things we need to discuss about the Detroit Tigers, May edition. Check out his April edition here. 1. Let’s start with some good news… the Detroit Tigers have gone 6-7 in May.
Detroit Tigers fans are familiar with the musings of Sparky Anderson and what he said about the first 40 games for any baseball team. It is an indication of where you are heading as a team. The first 40 games marks the first quarter of an MLB season, and so far we have seen injuries…
Well, here are we at the venerable 40-game mark folks. As a result, the spirit of Sparky Anderson now gives us license to tell you the obvious; this team is bad, again. Our own Patrick O’Kennedy broke down some of the numbers for you today, but it certainly didn’t take a lot of crunching to
The Chris Ilitch era of ownership of the Detroit Tigers continues to try the patience of Tigers’ fans as the team enters its’ fifth season since Mike Ilitch passed in February, 2017. The lack of spending on quality major league free agent players (including their home grown players), the absence of quality additions through trades
The Detroit Tigers whiffed on a chance to win another series at home on Sunday, dropping their series finale to the Chicago Cubs by a 5-1 score. Matthew Boyd wasn’t at his best, and his defense didn’t do him any favors as he was saddled with his fourth loss of the year. I’m not really
Tarik Skubal took the hill for the Detroit Tigers versus the Chicago Cubs on Friday looking to continue the the construction of his big league career by building off a solid start last weekend against the Minnesota Twins. Things didn’t go quite as smoothly this time for Skubal.
Time/Place: 1:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Bleed Cubbie BlueMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Matthew Boyd (2-3, 1.94 ERA) vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks (2-4, 6.23 ERA) Game 40 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Boyd 41.2 17.9 5.6 2.96 1.3 Hendricks 34.2
West Michigan Whitecaps infielder Spencer Torkelson fields ground balls during practice Monday, May 3, 2021 at LMCU Ballpark in Comstock Park, MI. White Caps Replay Review: Bull Durham by Alexandra Simon
The Detroit Tigers amazingly returned to their winning ways after a wild one against the Chicago Cubs in Detroit on Saturday afternoon. The Motor City Kitties ultimately outlasted the north-side Cubbies in extra innings with a 9-8 win to even up the three-game weekend series. José Ureña gave up more than two runs for the
Bull Durham is one of those enduring classics. The bawdy baseball comedy, which came out in 1988, boasts a sort of universal appeal. The movie, a Western in cleats, possesses a kind of rustic, ageless charm. Perhaps best known as the movie that brought stars Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins together, Bull Durham details the…
Time/Place: 4:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Bleed Cubbie BlueMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP José Ureña (1-4, 3.60 ERA) vs. RHP Trevor Williams (2-2, 5.81 ERA) Game 39 Pitching Matchup Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Pitcher IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Ureña 40.0 18.0 10.5 3.55 0.7 Williams 31.0
Well Tigers fans, the winning was fun while it lasted. On Friday night, the Chicago Cubs came to town and took the first of a three-game weekend series, 4-2, to snap the Detroit Tigers’ four-game winning streak. It was not a bad loss — Cubs starter Jake Arrieta, while not quite the pitcher he used
When the Detroit Tigers drafted Spencer Torkelson with their first overall pick in 2020, the reaction was a near-unanimously positive one. He’s a transcendently talented hitter, with refined poise and patience to pair with his smooth stroke and impressive power. He brings the thunder in a way no other Tigers prospect can. For all the