Detroit Tigers

The best seasons of José Ureña’s career came with Juan Nieves as his pitching coach in Miami, including Ureña’s 14-win season in 2017. When Ureña looked for a new opportunity this offseason after spending his entire six-year career in Miami, seeing Nieves as the new assistant pitching coach in Detroit The best seasons of José

The Tigers’ home jersey is one of the most recognizable in baseball thanks to the Olde English “D” on the front. The numbers on the back might take some reminding. While the greatest Tigers of all have their numbers on the outfield wall at Comerica Park, those cover just a fraction of the range of

Every season is an opportunity for a new batch of previously unknown or unheralded players to step into the spotlight, for young players to make a leap and for a select few to ascend to superstardom. With 2020 coming to a close, we asked MLB.com’s beat reporters to look ahead and name the top candidates

The 2020 season came and went in a flash, but plenty of rookies still took the opportunity to leave their mark. As the new year begins, we’re looking back at the ones who left the biggest impressions. We already covered the star rookie hitters. Now it’s time to take a look at the rookie pitchers

This has been a hard year for everyone. And in the world of baseball, it has hit particularly hard. Major League Baseball lost a staggering number of legends in 2020 — those who represented the very best this sport has had to offer for decades — and we’ll all be struggling with their absence for

It is, or has been, for many of us, a gift-giving time of year. For those who celebrate Christmas, we hope you get what you wished for under the tree. And just remember, sometimes the best gifts are ones you aren’t totally sure how much will mean to you until far off into the future.

It’s the holiday season, and it’s not too late for gifts. (I would like a robot butler. Thank you.) There’s no actual need for MLB teams to rush to get what they want by the holiday; frankly, considering how slowly things are going so far, it’s obvious no one’s in much of a rush to

The Tigers have agreed to a one-year, $3.25 million deal with right-hander José Ureña, a source tells MLB.com’s Jason Beck. The club hasn’t confirmed the agreement. The 29-year-old righty spent the past six seasons with the Marlins, posting a 4.60 ERA with a 6.1 K/9 rate in 142 games (98 The Tigers have agreed to

The Tigers did a last-minute bit of holiday shopping Wednesday by picking up some veteran catching depth, adding longtime backup Dustin Garneau on a Minor League contract. The deal includes a non-roster invite to big league camp in Spring Training. The 33-year-old Garneau spent last season backing up Martín Maldonado The Tigers did a last-minute

DETROIT — The Tigers and Red Wings don’t get a chance to team up as often as they might like, with seasons that run opposite each other. But with plenty of metro Detroit families in need of some help this holiday season, the teams came together to spread Christmas joy. DETROIT — The Tigers and

After batting .220 and slugging .290 in his first taste of the Major Leagues, Isaac Paredes is showing this offseason that he can do damage at the plate. The Tigers’ No. 6 prospect slashed .542/.577/1.000 this past week, recording four multihit performances while hitting safely in all six games for After batting .220 and slugging

The Detroit Tigers have been known by the same nickname since they were one of the founding members of the American League in 1901. But they weren’t always the Tigers, nor are they the only Major League team to have played in Detroit. Detroit had a National League team known The Detroit Tigers have been

Tigers pitching prospect Alex Faedo will undergo Tommy John surgery this month to reconstruct the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the team announced Saturday. Faedo, the Tigers’ first-round pick in the 2017 MLB Draft, ranks 10th on the Tigers’ Top 30 Prospects list, per MLB Pipeline. He was Tigers pitching prospect Alex Faedo

Akil Baddoo hasn’t played a game above Class A ball, and he hasn’t played a formal game at any level since spring of 2019. But the Tigers’ Rule 5 Draft pick from last week is already fitting in with Detroit’s roster. The former Twins outfield prospect said he has been Akil Baddoo hasn’t played a

Earlier this week, MLB Pipeline’s Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo rolled out their list of the Top 100 prospects for the 2021 Draft, offering fans a comprehensive look at the best amateur players in the country. Beyond those rankings, they also applied their expertise in putting together a mock draft for the Top 10 slots

New Tigers manager A.J. Hinch has talked multiple times already about the need to reduce strikeouts and increase tenacity at the plate. He won’t have to repeat it to JaCoby Jones. Jones has been working on cutting his strikeout rate the last few years. After fractures to his left hand New Tigers manager A.J. Hinch

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch is meeting virtually with the media to discuss his team’s progress during the offseason and its outlook for 2021. The session can be seen live on MLB.com and Tigers.com. Managers throughout MLB are holding media sessions this week in lieu of in-person gatherings normally held during Tigers manager A.J. Hinch is

The Pirates have owned the No. 1 overall pick four times previously, using the selection on one college hitter (Jeff King in 1986) and then three straight college pitchers (Kris Benson in 1996, Bryan Bullington in 2002 and Gerrit Cole in 2011). Seven months in advance of the 2021 Draft, The Pirates have owned the

DETROIT — The Tigers have put a priority on adding pitching this offseason, despite a rotation that could already go into next year with five starters and a quartet of highly touted prospects either having made the rotation this past summer or knocking on Detroit’s door. “We want to enhance DETROIT — The Tigers have

In so many ways, 2020 can be boiled down to what Annie Savoy says in “Bull Durham”: “OK, well. This is the damndest season I’ve ever seen.” That’s certainly true in the amateur scouting world. With an extremely shortened season last spring, far fewer looks than usual over the summer — particularly at college players