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The Detroit Tigers have done pretty well in the pitching department the past few years, but beyond Jackson Jobe, their system is finally led by positional prospects. Jobe is set to join the party full-time in 2025, and the club got good work out of several other pitching prospects last year, but the well isn’t

Detroit Tigers’ ace Tarik Skubal has been the 2024 AL Cy Young award winner for months. On Saturday night in New York, he finally got to collect it. The Baseball Writers Association of America presented the award at the 100th Centennial New York Baseball Writers’ dinner. As you might expect, the southpaw looked less comfortable

Most of the month of January has now passed, and things have gone very quiet in regard to Alex Bregman’s free agent market. While the Detroit Tigers and a few other suitors like the Red Sox and the Cubs are reportedly still engaged, there has been no change to indicate that anyone is moving closer

The relationship didn’t last long enough to get attached, but Detroit Tigers fans had some good times with right-hander Jack Flaherty in 2024. Of course, it didn’t hurt that Flaherty had perhaps the best four month stretch of his career under the watchful eyes of Tigers’ pitching coach Chris Fetter and his staff. Still, Flaherty

Prospect list season continued on Wednesday as Baseball America weighed in with their top 100 ranking of the top young players in baseball. They aren’t quite as high on the Detroit Tigers’ farm system as Baseball Prospectus, leaving both Josue Briceño and Jace Jung off their list. However, the Tigers still grade out better than

The road from draft day to the major leagues is often long for catchers. Such was the case for Detroit Tigers backstop Dillon Dingler. A popular second round, 38th overall, selection back in the shortened 2020 draft, Dingler took years to slowly start to put things together offensively. Finally, after a major breakout with the

We’ve already covered Scott Harris’ best trade deadline acquisition with the Tigers with our fourth ranked prospect, catcher Thayron Liranzo. Infielder Hao-Yu Lee isn’t too far behind. After a strong second half in 2023 after coming over from the Phillies in the Michael Lorenzen trade with the Phillies, Lee backed it up with an excellent

Given the recent loss of baseball legend Bob Uecker, it’s only fitting that we look at his incredible performance as alcoholic announcer Harry Doyle in this classic baseball comedy. For those who have never seen the film, the hapless Cleveland Indians get a new owner when a conniving former showgirl inherits the franchise and then

Last week, I asked you to stretch your imaginations to the breaking point and pick any other MLB team you thought you might be able to be a fan of. I know, it was a mean question and not easy to answer. So this week we’re going to flip that question on its head. I

The start of Major League Baseball’s spring training season is right around the corner! With around five weeks remaining until the first exhibition pitch is thrown, it is time to take a look at the schedule that the Detroit Tigers will face in Florida now that the game times have been set. The Tigers will

Jace Jung entered the Tigers’ organization as a first round pick, but has largely been overshadowed throughout his time as a professional. That’s not necessarily his fault, as it’s tough to stand out as the pick sandwiched between Jackson Jobe and Max Clark. As an advanced college hitter, Jung was the first of the trio

The 2025 international signing period opened on Wednesday, and the Tigers quickly locked up their top target. Dominican outfielder Cris Rodriguez agreed to a signing bonus of $3.2 million. He is the highest ranked international free agent prospect in Tigers’ history. Rodriguez is a 6-foot-4, 200 pound outfielder and while he already has some of

A major top 100 preseason prospect list came out on Tuesday as Baseball Prospectus’ top 101 prospects for 2025 was released. We tend to place Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus, and FanGraphs above the rest of the national prospect rankings, although there are a few other good ones as well, including MLB Pipeline. Baseball Prospectus has

Happy Monday BYB readers and welcome to the Week That Was. This past week things were a bit slower in the hot stove, as teams focused on cleaning up their outstanding arbitration issues (and one team was dealing with in-fighting and ownership lawsuits… more on that below). We did see a new chapter in the