Bless You Boys

After playing some of the best defense in the league through 15 games, the past week has been another story. Reese Olson wasn’t very sharp and did get numerous excellent plays turned behind him on a day when his command wasn’t good. But while I rarely pin a loss on one player, two meltdowns from

Jack Flaherty spun a really good game, and the Tigers bats continued to heat up on a chilly night in the Twin Cities. However, the defense continued to leak runs like a sieve, and the Tigers needed ninth inning heroics from Wenceel Perez to earn a 5-4 victory on Friday night. Both offenses came out

The Detroit Tigers return to the road this weekend to face a familiar foe in the Minnesota Twins for a three-game series at Target Field in Minneapolis. The good guys were not as successful defending their home turf against the reigning World Series champions, the Texas Rangers, as they would have liked to have been,

Toledo Mud Hens 7, Rochester Red Wings 3 (F/7)(Gm2)(box) After the completion of Wednesday’s matchup, the Hens jumped all over the Red Wings in the regularly scheduled contest set for seven innings. With MLB veteran Robert Gsellman on the mound, you might have expected a difficult go for the Hens offense. Instead, the game began

The big story for today was on the Rangers’ side, as hot pitching prospect Jack Leiter made his MLB debut this afternoon against the Tigers. He was up against Kenta Maeda, who has been struggling mightily early in the season, so it was going to be interesting to see how the young starter fared against

Toledo Mud Hens vs. Rochester Red Wings Rain washed this one out in the second inning. After delaying the start time, they decided to try and get an official game in, but the window collapsed within an hour and the deluge began again. Keider Montero gave up a run on a single and a double

These guys again? Anyone else feel like this is 100 games in a row battling it out against the Rangers? Today we saw Tarik Skubal take on Dane Dunning (side note, but doesn’t Dane Dunning sound like the name of someone who invents a theory? The Dane Dunning Theory of Relative Pitch Physics or something…)

Rochester Red Wings 2, Toledo Mud Hens 0 (box) Sort of painfully twisted for a Tigers affiliate to lose to the Red Wings on Tuesday night, but here we are. Devin Sweet and Mason Englert combined for a decent spot start, and the bullpen was outstanding. The bats just couldn’t come up with a key

It has been an awfully long time since Casey Mize has played a game in Comerica Park, and it was apparent this afternoon he was feeling the weight of his past performances as he wanted to come out and dazzle in front of a hometown crowd. The Rangers sent out Jon Gray, and it became

So, this season I’m going to be joining forces with Rogelio Castillo and Chris Brown from the Tigers Minor League Report. On Monday nights, we’ll do a quick review of the Tigers prospects and minor league system from the previous week, and touch on all the main stories of the day. This week, the conversation

If you had told me before tonight’s game that the Detroit Tigers would hold the reigning World Champion Texas Rangers to a single run, I would’ve told you, “Jeez, I can’t wait to see how we get shut out in this one!” And if you had told me that the Tigers would put 10 runners

The Detroit Tigers remain at home this week within the comfortable confines of Comerica Park after splitting a four-game series with the Minnesota Twins this weekend. AJ Hinch’s squad won the opening and closing games, while the team was swept on Saturday’s doubleheader; nonetheless, the Olde English D kept its winning record intact. Next up

Toledo Mud Hens 16, Indianapolis Indians 6 (Sun)(box) The Hens had one more beatdown to hand out this weekend, and they did so on Sunday. The offense cranked out 16 hits to crush Indianapolis and take the series 5-1. Things popped off in the second inning. Keston Hiura led off with a single, Justice Bigbie

For most of Sunday afternoon’s series-concluding matchup with the Twins, things looked bleak. Bailey Ober dominated the scuffling Tigers’ lineup, and Jack Flaherty leaked a pair of early runs before settling into his outing. However, Javier Báez provided a spark that led to an eighth-inning rally as the Cardiac Cats came back to win and