Bless You Boys

The Detroit Tigers family suffered a significant loss on Tuesday when former catcher and radio broadcaster Jim Price passed away at the age of 81. He had been fighting cancer in his later years but no cause of death was given at the time. Price, along with Dan Dickerson, was the radio voice of the

Columbus Clippers 10, Toledo Mud Hens 2 (box) Keider Montero got a bit of a rude welcome to the Triple-A level, though he pitched a little better than his final line, and the Hens offense couldn’t get much going in this one. Montero struck out the first batter he faced for his new team, then

A quick afternoon recap for a quick afternoon game, let’s roll. First, let’s talk quickly about Reese Olson. Olson, while he managed to get into some nasty jams in today’s game was also a skilled enough pitcher—with a little help from Jake Rogers behind the dish—to get himself out of his messes. It might have

Toledo Mud Hens 10, Columbus Clippers 6 (box) Spencer Turnbull was a little better this time out, though still fighting his fastball command a lot, and the Hens offense erupted to take down the Clippers on Wednesday night. The right-hander threw 43 of 74 pitches for strikes, so he’s at least stretched out enough to

After splitting the first two games of their four-game weekday series in Detroit against the Minnesota Twins, the Tigers built on Tuesday’s shutout win with second nice, nearly complete performance in a row in a 9-6 victory… but it got a little too close at the end. Getting the start for Detroit tonight was Alex

Columbus Clippers 5, Toledo Mud Hens 3 (box) Jack O’Loughlin gave the Hens another quality outing, but the offense didn’t get going in this one until it was too late. The young left-hander tossed five innings of two-run ball with eight strikeouts. He was staked to a small lead in the bottom of the second

On a somber evening in Detroit, the Tigers took on the Minnesota Twins in game two of a four-game series. The day started with sad news of the passing of 1968 World Champion and longtime radio color man Jim Price. At 81 years old, Price was beloved by Tigers fans of all generations for his

Former Detroit Tigers’ catcher Jim Price, a member of the classic 1968 World Series winning team, has passed away at the age of 81. Price had a five-year run as a major leaguer, all of which he played for the Tigers. The club acquired him from the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1967 and called him up.

The Tigers have added two players to the organization via waiver claims over the past few days. First, on Friday, they picked up left handed pitcher Andrew Vasquez from the Phillies. Then, news came out on Monday that Detroit also claimed second baseman Isan Díaz from San Francisco. Vasquez came up through the minors with

This game was utterly abysmal and I recommend you read nothing about it, but I’m here to tell you how it went, and it went very very badly. Joey Wentz was the starter and gave up 10 hits in his three innings of work, his line for the day was 3.0 IP, 10 H, 8

The Detroit Tigers kicked off their seven-game homestand this weekend with a series loss to the visiting Tampa Bay Rays as the good guys simply did not have enough to enact revenge on the team that blew them out of the bay to open the season. AJ Hinch’s squad now has two wins and three

Iowa Cubs 3, Toledo Mud Hens 1 (Fri)(box) Toledo Mud Hens 19, Iowa Cubs 8 (Sat)(box) Toledo Mud Hens 6, Iowa Cubs 4 (F/10)(Sun)(box) The Mud Hens lost a close fought game on Friday night, but came back for victories on Saturday and Sunday to take the six-game set 5-1. Spencer Turnbull’s rehab outing on

It’s August 6. By now, we know the Detroit Tigers aren’t good. But man, Sunday’s outing against the now-68-46 Tampa Bay Rays was not a good one for the boys donning the D, losing 10-6. Intuitive fans could see destruction coming just by eying the matchup: The pairing of starting pitcher Matt Manning, who has

Detroit Tigers (49-61) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (67-46) Time/Place: 1:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: DRaysBayMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Matt Manning (3-3, 4.53 ERA) vs. RHP Erasmo Ramírez (2-3, 5.34 ERA) Game 111 Lineups RAYS TIGERS RAYS TIGERS Yandy Diaz – DH Zach McKinstry – SS Wander Franco –