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The big news on Tuesday morning involved the big fella himself. Miguel Cabrera has arrived in major league camp and will be working with players all week. After nearly a month in camp, the vibes no doubt needed a boost, and having Cabrera in camp can only help. This is Cabrera’s first appearance as a

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Reese Olson makes for an interesting case study as the organization continues to improve its player development system. A year ago, Olson wasn’t particularly well regarded as a starting pitching prospect. He had a really good slider-changeup combination and racked up plenty of strikeouts in his rise through the minor leagues.

Detroit Tigers (6-5) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (3-8) Time/Place: 6:35 p.m., George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa, Fla.Media: Tigers Radio Network, MLB.TVPitching Matchup: RHP Kenta Maeda vs. RHP Bowden Francis Lineups BLUE JAYS TIGERS BLUE JAYS TIGERS George Springer – RF Parker Meadows – CF Cavan Biggio – 2B Riley Greene – RF Daniel Vogelbach –

When Tyler Holton was claimed off waivers the Tigers last spring, he came with a reputation as a low-powered lefty junkballer. He found himself finishing the season as one of Detroit’s most trusted relievers. He’s spent most of his pro career as a swingman and took on the mantle of long relief during his rookie

Sure, it’s hard to ignore the fact that former Tigers slugger and fan favorite J.D. Martinez remains unsigned as the calendar turns to March. At the beginning of the year, we discussed the idea, but it never seemed likely. Two months have passed and Martinez remains unsigned. A reunion seems at least slightly more plausible,

The Detroit Tigers came away from the 2024 MLB Draft lottery with the 11th overall pick. The Tigers have selected in that range just once since tearing the team down to its studs, when they drafted Jace Jung with the 12th pick in 2022. After crawling out of the league’s basement in 2023, Detroit wasn’t

The Tigers signed Drew Anderson to a minor league deal in January, and almost no one paid attention. Based on his showing so far this spring, that may have been a real oversight. Detroit offered the career journeyman an invite to big league camp, and the 30-year-old veteran has really popped in his limited exposure

The Tigers under Scott Harris have a well-earned reputation as a restless organization, and with the spring well underway, they haven’t slowed down trying to improve around the edges. First, they signed pitching prospect Thomas Bruss to a minor league deal last Tuesday. Then, on Friday, they claimed infielder Buddy Kennedy off waivers from the

Now that all the Tigers starting pitchers have gotten their first outing in, and some their second, let’s circle back to see what Statcast can tell us about the quality of stuff we’re seeing. In the first part of this pair of articles, the main takeaway was that the Tigers pitchers had come to camp

Before we start the season, we’ll have another open thread where you can make your bold predictions for how the Tigers will play in 2024, but for today, with spring training games underway and the roster pretty much set, we thought we’d try a different kind of prediction. Considering we’ve barely seen (or even heard)

Detroit Tigers (1-1) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (1-2) Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker MarchantStadium, Lakeland, Fla.Media: Tigers Radio Network Pitching Matchup: RHP Casey Mize vs. RHP Alex Manoah Lineups BLUE JAYS TIGERS BLUE JAYS TIGERS Ernie Clement – SS Riley Greene – RF Eduardo Escobar – 3B Spencer Torkelson – 1B Alejandro Kirk – C Mark

The Detroit Tigers are always a bit frustrating in spring training because there are precious few televised broadcasts. Even driving around the Detroit area, the early spring games may be am radio only if you’re using your trusty antenna. So the pent up anticipation of the season getting under way always seems to lead directly

Detroit Tigers vs. Houston Astros Time/Place: 1:05 p.m., Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland, Fla.Media: Tigers Radio Network, Pitching Matchup: RHP Jack Flaherty (4.99 ERA, 1.8 WAR) vs. RHP Spencer Arrighetti Lineups ASTROS TIGERS ASTROS TIGERS Chas McCormick – LF Akil Baddoo – RF Trey Cabbage – RF Riley Greene – DH Jake Meyers – CF Spencer

We won’t see the Detroit Tigers on the interwebs and airwaves until Sunday, but the first game of the exhibition season is finally here. It’s somewhat fitting that Dan Dickerson gets the first call of the year as they welcome the New York Yankees into Joker Marchant Stadium at 1:05 p.m. ET today. The Tigers

Baseball is a funny game, because people love to talk about it as if it’s being played the same way today as it was 100 years ago, but in actuality if you were to drop Ty Cobb into the fray at Comerica Park today there are plenty of things that would baffle him about the

The Grapefruit League calendar gets underway with a home game against the New York Yankees at 1:05 p.m. ET on Saturday afternoon. While the broadcast schedule is typically dissatisfying in the minimal number of games that will be televised, the fanbase and no doubt the teams themselves are ready to get things going with actual

The Tigers signed infielder Gio Urshela to a one year, $1.5 million contract, as reported on Thursday afternoon by Jeff Passan. UPDATE: To make room on the 40 man roster, recently claimed outfielder TJ Hopkins has been DFA’d. Urshela is a bat-first utility infielder who spent the 2023 season playing for the Angels. His offensive

Tuesday afternoon, the Tigers announced they had claimed outfielder T.J. Hopkins off waivers from the San Francisco Giants. In a corresponding move, left handed reliever Kolton Ingram has been placed on waivers to make room on the 40 man roster. Hopkins was a 2019 ninth draft pick of the Cincinnati Reds and signed for just

The great prep draft of 2023 continued on Saturday, almost seven months after the actual draft ended. The Detroit Tigers have acquired 19-year-old left-hander Blake Dickerson from the San Diego Padres in exchange for $500,000 in international bonus pool money from the current signing period. Much was made of the Tigers 2023 draft and the

On Friday evening, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported that free agent infielder Keston Hiura had been signed by the Detroit Tigers. The details — a minor league contract that will convert to $2 million in guaranteed money and performance incentives if he makes the MLB team — were reported by Evan Petzold