Bless You Boys

Matthew Boyd vs. Nathan Eovaldi wasn’t a particularly encouraging matchup. The former entered Monday’s Memorial Day contest with an ERA approaching 6.00. If you extrapolate his last five starts, it’s nearly 7.00. Meanwhile, Eovaldi’s pitched to a 2.60 ERA and an even lower FIP in his first 10 starts with the Texas Rangers. It also

Editor’s note: This article was originally composed nine years ago and has been republished in its entirety for this year’s Memorial Day. There were many major league baseball players whose careers were interrupted as they left to serve our country in World War II, including Tigers Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg. Another Hall-of-Famer, pitcher Hal Newhouser, attempted

It might come to the surprise of many that the Detroit Tigers currently sit just one game under the .500 mark as well as a game behind the American League Central division-leading Minnesota Twins as the month of May draws to a close. Believe it or not, the Motor City Kitties’ record through 51 is

A four-game weekend series between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers concluded on Sunday: the Tigers had won two not-terribly-close games and the visitors had won in a laugher on Friday. Sunday’s game saw a couple of lead changes, both bullpens giving up runs, and an exciting finish in a 6-5 Tigers victory

Detroit Tigers (24-26) at Chicago White Sox (22-32) Time/Place: 1:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: South Side SoxMedia: Bally Sports Detroit, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (4-4, 2.19 ERA) vs. RHP Dylan Cease (3-3, 4.60 ERA) Game 51 Pitching Matchup Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR Player IP K% BB% FIP fWAR

The Detroit Tigers have enough starting pitchers on the injured list to make up a full rotation. What was once the core of a promising young group of pitching prospects has been decimated by injuries and surgeries to each and every one of them, leaving the club scrambling just to put a starting rotation on

A brief time ago, Zack Short was just another player in the Detroit Tigers’ system who was easy to overlook. His minuscule stats didn’t really stack up next to other infielders on the roster and it seemed his chances were low of being more than a temporary fill-in in case of injury. That impression was

I am not too proud to tell you that if you’d asked me mere months ago if Michael Lorenzen would have been as good as he was today, I would have said “Who is Michael Lorenzen?” Anyway, I’m opening the recap with the good news: Lorenzen was fantastic. Perfect, in fact, for more than five

The holes in the back of the Detroit Tigers rotation and bullpen remain a glaring weakness as they wait for some of their better arms to get healthy. Joey Wentz struggled badly again on Friday night and the bullpen was rocked as the White Sox pounded out 17 hits and crushed the Tigers by a

Rochester Red Wings 7, Toledo Mud Hens 6 (box) The Hens jumped out to an early lead on Thursday, but a late rally from the Red Wings sank their chances. Justyn-Henry Malloy got the night off, but the Hens’ patience team wide paid off right out of the gate in this one. With one out,

It’s starting to feel legit. Following a 7-2 win over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday, the Detroit Tigers improved to 13-8 in May and might actually be competitive heading into the summer. Part of that is being in the weakest division in all of baseball, but this team is playing much more sound baseball

The Detroit Tigers return home to the comfortable confines of Comerica Park this weekend after breaking even on a six-game road trip that saw them face the Washington Nationals — a series they dropped, 2-1 — as well as the Kansas City Royals — who they took the series from, 2-1. As a result, the

Behind some unexpected heroics, the Detroit Tigers took the rubber match in their series at Kauffman Stadium against the Kansas City Royals by a final of 6-4. In addition to another good night from Riley Greene, big hits from Zack Short and Jonathan Schoop proved to be the difference. The Tigers got the scoring started

Rochester Red Wings 5, Toledo Mud Hens 3 (F/10)(box) The Mud Hens had the early lead in this one, but let it slip away. A two-run 10th inning rally from the Red Wings went unmatched in the bottom half as the Hens lost game one of the series. Lefty Zach Logue got the start and