Detroit Tigers

The bitter cold across Michigan these days makes it difficult to think of spring and baseball, but they are quickly sneaking up. Spring Training is scheduled to begin in less than a month in Lakeland, Fla., and if it’s anything like Summer Camp 2020 in Detroit, the prospects will be The bitter cold across Michigan

At the beginning of the week, we put out our annual All-Defense team, and it contained a lot of familiar faces with a lot of repeat members of the squad. Expanding to a second team allowed more plus defenders to get some due. But we at MLB Pipeline wanted to go beyond that list of

The Tigers will report to Spring Training next month looking to pick up the progress on their rebuild and move closer to contending for a championship. Gregory Soto will arrive having just won one. The Tigers lefty reliever was so excited for a chance at a title in the Dominican The Tigers will report to

The Tigers have been intertwined with the history of Detroit since the franchise was one of the founding members of the American League more than a century ago. That history has included more than a few players from the great state of Michigan. Five Hall of Famers were born in The Tigers have been intertwined

Casey Mize is a student of the game. It’s one reason the young right-hander was able to grow from undrafted out of high school to the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft. So it should come as no surprise that the Tigers’ top pitching prospect saw the Casey Mize is a student

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2021 Top 100 Prospects list on Friday, Jan. 29. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s top 10 prospects at each position. Baseball’s 10 best left-handed pitching prospects are coming to big league ballparks soon. Very soon. Brendan McKay (Rays) MLB Pipeline will reveal its

The Tigers have fielded a diverse roster of players from all over the world, especially over the last 20 years, but they’ve never had a Nicaraguan-born player. That could change this year if Erasmo Ramírez makes Detroit’s pitching staff. The Tigers added to their pitching depth on Tuesday by signing The Tigers have fielded a

MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2021 Top 100 Prospects list on Friday, Jan. 29. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we’ll examine baseball’s Top 10 prospects at each position. In the shortened 2020 season, many young arms were called upon to help out pitching staffs. Six of MLB Pipeline will reveal its

The rich history of the Tigers includes several Hall of Fame careers and countless legendary seasons. But what about great individual pitching games? The list includes several no-hitters and one would-be perfect game, but also some great outings in the clutch. Here’s one writer’s ranking of the top five single-game The rich history of the

George Lombard hit five of his eight Major League home runs with the Tigers during his half-season in Detroit in 2002. One of those home runs will always have a special place for him. The former Braves prospect and new Tigers bench coach was a few weeks into his stint with Detroit when the team

If you think MLB Pipeline’s sixth annual All-Defense team looks familiar, you’re correct. Seven of the eight members have made previous editions of our squad of the best defensive prospects in the game. Braves outfielder Cristian Pache, a mainstay on the All-Defense team since 2018, is the first player to If you think MLB Pipeline’s

The Tigers added to their organizational depth with a quartet of Minor League signings, including former Major League pitchers Robbie Ross Jr. and Andrew Moore. The team also signed journeyman first baseman Aderlin Rodriguez and former Cardinals infield prospect Yariel Gonzalez. None of the four contracts include an invite to The Tigers added to their

Two hundred of baseball’s top prospects, representing all 30 teams, participated in the 30th edition of the Rookie Program this week. The joint venture between Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association was held virtually after taking place in Miami each of the past two years. Originally held in Leesburg, Virginia, the event —

The Tigers avoided salary arbitration Friday with half of their eight remaining arbitration-eligible players, reaching agreements on one-year contracts with infielder Niko Goodrum and pitchers Buck Farmer, Joe Jiménez and Daniel Norris, according to sources. Still to be determined are pitchers Matthew Boyd and José Cisnero, infielder Jeimer Candelario and The Tigers avoided salary arbitration

The Tigers are off to a good start on the first day of the international signing period, adding two of the top shortstops in the class to the organization. According to industry sources, the club has agreed to deals with the Dominican Republic’s Cristian Santana, No. 14 on MLB Pipeline’s The Tigers are off to

Michael Fulmer didn’t mince words Thursday when talking about his 2020 season. “As far as working off of last year, I’ll say it: It was embarrassing for me,” Fulmer said on a video conference with reporters after avoiding arbitration with a one-year, $3.1 million contract on Tuesday. It’s not that Michael Fulmer didn’t mince words

The Old English D has become so iconic with the Tigers that one look at the cap instantly brings up an association with Detroit. While other sports logos and letters have been fashion trends over the years, the Old English D is not only local, but it’s often civic. However, The Old English D has

January 15th is the new July 2nd. The date has changed, but the excitement and its significance to baseball remains the same. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the international signing period that was scheduled to begin on July 2, 2020, starts today and ends on Dec. 15, 2021. The future is now. “The COVID-19 pandemic

The Tigers face one of their larger arbitration lists in years. They got one of those players out of the way early, agreeing to terms with right-hander Michael Fulmer on a one-year contract. The deal is worth $3.1 million, a source told MLB.com. The agreement lets Fulmer and the Tigers The Tigers face one of

New Tigers manager A.J. Hinch talked earlier this week about setting up a consistent system of instruction up and down the organization. The Tigers’ Minor League staffing is set up to do just that. “This is something we’ve been working on for a while,” Tigers vice president of player development New Tigers manager A.J. Hinch