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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum today announced the eight-person ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Committee for Managers/Executives/Umpires for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2024. The Contemporary Era Committee will meet on Dec. 3 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn. Four managers, two executives

Stats help tell the story of baseball. Those are all iconic numbers tied to the best of the best in the game, and the pursuits of them give us storylines to follow as the seasons roll along. That’s no less true in the Minors than it is in the Majors. There may be significantly fewer

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. DETROIT — The first prospect Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris mentioned in his end-of-season remarks two weeks ago wasn’t sweet-swinging Colt Keith or Jace Jung, both of

The 2023 Rawlings Gold Glove Award finalists are being announced on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter), with winners to be unveiled on ESPN’s “Baseball Tonight” on Sunday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET. All of the finalists will be listed below as they are announced by Rawlings. There are three finalists

It seems like on an almost annual basis, we wind up talking about how the current rookie crop was one of the best in baseball history. That’s true again in 2023. Gunnar Henderson and Corbin Carroll entered the year ranked 1-2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list and likely will end it as the

Here’s a look at Saturday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including four Top 100 prospects. Blue Jays: Ricky Tiedemann, LHP (MLB No. 31), Surprise SaguarosThe top-ranked Blue Jays prospect put together another strong outing for Surprise, pitching three innings and allowing one run on three hits with five strikeouts. Through three starts, Tiedemann

Here’s a look at Thursday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including two Top 100 prospects. Rangers: Liam Hicks, C (Unranked), Surprise SaguarosHicks is hot. The 24-year-old followed up his six-hit performance on Tuesday with three more hits — all coming in succession — giving him nine consecutive knocks. Only 13 MLB players since

Here’s a look at Wednesday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including two Top 100 prospects. Cubs: Kevin Alcántara, OF (MLB No. 71), Mesa Solar SoxAfter starting the Fall League 4-for-23, the Cubs’ No. 4 prospect finally hit his stride. The 21-year-old outfielder clubbed a three-run homer the other way in the third inning

The honorees include 14 members of MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list, including Holliday (No. 1), Rays third baseman/shortstop Junior Caminero (No. 6) and Nationals outfielder James Wood (No. 7). Brewers right-hander Carlos Rodriguez is the lone repeater from our 2022 winners. All 60 players were members of our organization Top 30 lists at some

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris met with reporters last week to review Detroit’s season. He spent as much or more time talking about the farm system. As

DETROIT — Latin Americans for Social and Economic Development (LA SED), the oldest Hispanic advocacy agency in Southeastern Michigan, is led by its board. That board is led by Jane C. Garcia. Garcia is a Detroit native and by her own label, “a social worker at heart.” She has been an advocate, volunteer and community

Here’s a look at Monday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including a pair of Top 100 prospects. A’s: Royber Salinas, RHP (No. 24), Mesa Solar SoxThe 22-year-old righty proved difficult to hit in his best start yet in Arizona. He struck out six across three strong innings, with his lone run allowed being

Jackson Jobe just wanted to pitch. The third overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft arrived in Lakeland, Fla., for his second Spring Training, raring to show he could build on the lessons of his first full season only to tweak his back shortly after his report date. The diagnosis: lumbar spine inflammation. The Tigers

Here’s a look at Friday’s top performers from the Arizona Fall League, including a pair of Top 100 prospects. Rays: Carson Williams, DH (MLB No. 19), Peoria JavelinasWilliams got a break from playing the field on Friday and it seemed to agree with him. The No. 2 Rays prospect enjoyed a perfect night at the

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Jace Jung can be seen donning a Tigers jersey during the Arizona Fall League, but he admits that he is rooting for the Rangers to make a deep run into the playoffs. His brother, Josh, is not only the star third baseman for the Rangers, but he is also a Rookie of

This story was excerpted from Jason Beck’s Tigers Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. The Tigers have had a roller-coaster ride of sorts over A.J. Hinch’s three seasons as a manager. They looked like a contender coming off a 77-win season in 2021,

Last week, we broke down the top prospect from each Major League organization heading to the Arizona Fall League. This week, we’re going to dig a little deeper. Below is a sleeper prospect in the AFL for each team, and this is a list worth tracking. Under-the-radar prospects come out of the Fall League every

With the completion of the Triple-A Championship Game, the Minor League season is officially over. And even though the MiLB Awards show aired on MLB Network on Monday night, there are still a few more honorees to recognize at the Minors’ highest level. Minor League Baseball already revealed its end-of-season award winners and All-Star teams

Another Minor League season is officially in the books, but baseball rolls on! Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Jason Ratliff recap the MiLB Awards Show, which aired for the first time on MLB Network on Oct. 2. In addition to big-name winners like Jackson Holliday, Junior Caminero and Ethan Salas, they also touch on Team

DETROIT – The Tigers will have a new play-by-play voice on their television broadcasts next season. Matt Shepard, the television voice of the Tigers since September 2018, will not return to the Bally Sports Detroit telecasts for 2024. “Bally Sports Detroit thanks Matt Shepard for his five seasons of dedication in the Tigers television booth,