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With the 117th pick in the 2022 MLB draft, the Detroit Tigers have selected right-handed pitcher Troy Melton from San Diego State. As a 2021 draft-eligible prospect, Melton was on teams’ radars, but he wound up returning to the Aztecs for his senior season of college baseball, which wound up being the right choice for

Half way through the 2022 baseball season, the Detroit Tigers find themselves in 4th place, with 37 wins and 55 losses, on pace for a 97 loss season. The team is 12.5 games behind the division leading Minnesota Twins, and the same distance out of the third wild card playoff spot. This is not what

The Detroit Tigers went back to the well of college bats in both the first and second round of the 2022 MLB Draft by selecting Oklahoma shortstop Peyton Graham 51st overall. After taking Jace Jung with the 12th overall pick the Tigers plan for hitting is clear. Take power and develop the hit tool. Both

Welcome to the Detroit Tigers organization, Jace Jung. General Manager Al Avila made the 21-year-old infielder from Texas Tech the No. 12 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft. The main appeal with Jung is his bat. The lefty’s career slash line of .328/.468/.647 in the Big 12 is scintillating, and he drew more walks

2022 MLB First-Year Player Draft Rounds 1 & 2: 7:00 p.m. Sunday, July 17thMedia: MLB Network, ESPN (first round only)Tigers’ picks: #12, #51 Rounds 3-10: 2:00 p.m. Monday, July 18th Media: MLB NetworkTigers’ picks: #117, #147, #177, #207, #237, #267, #297 Rounds 11-20: 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 19thMedia: MLB NetworkTigers’ picks: #327, #357, #387, #417,

Once it was announced that Sunday’s tilt with the Cleveland Guardians was postponed for inclement weather, the Detroit Tigers had some other news in store. Perhaps it’s fitting on day one of the MLB draft, that Spencer Torkelson was optioned back to Triple-A Toledo. The rookie first baseman’s struggles have been pretty dire at times.

The Detroit Tigers continued to stumble into the All-Star break on Saturday afternoon when the Cleveland Guardians routed them, 10-0, dropping their fourth-straight game and eighth of their last nine since the end of their six-game winning streak. Nothing went right for the visitors as Michael Pineda was pummelled while the bats were absolutely stymied

A law suit filed against major league baseball by minor league players that has been pending in the federal court system since 2014 has been settled for $185 million, according to Jeff Passan at ESPN. Minor league players claimed that MLB violated federal and state minimum wage laws by paying poverty wages to players, not

A law suit filed against Major League Baseball by minor league players that has been pending in the federal court system since 2014 has been settled for $185 million, according to Jeff Passan at ESPN. Minor league players claimed that MLB violated federal and state minimum wage laws by paying poverty wages to players, not

Michael Pineda got absolutely clobbered by the Guardians, and this one was over before the second inning came to an end as the Tigers lost 10-0. They’ve now lost 8 of 9 since their six-game winning streak. The story of the whole game played out in the first inning. Riley Greene smacked a solid single

The Tigers’ strategy for the 2022 MLB draft is cloudy. They haven’t picked lower than sixth since 2017 but now hold the 12th overall selection. The years in which there were only one or two likely choices are over, and the Tigers find themselves in a trickier spot in the middle of the draft order.

The Detroit Tigers are back on the schneid after dropping its third game in a row and seventh of their last eight games since running off a six-game winning streak. Friday night saw the Motor City Kitties take on the Cleveland Guardians in enemy territory, losing the second of a four-game weekend series against their

It’s almost draft time and that means new prospects will soon enter the fold of the Detroit Tigers organization. It also means there will be some decisions to make regarding who to take based an a number of different factors. The Tigers pick 12th overall when the draft kicks off on Sunday, July 17th. Before