Detroit Tigers

LAKELAND, Fla. — The Tigers opened last season by losing 22 of their first 30 games. They played winning baseball (six games over .500) the rest of the way. Detroit also finished with a 30-46 record against the American League Central, posting a losing record against all four of its division rivals, compared to a

LAKELAND, Fla. — Wily Peralta walked into the Tigers clubhouse at Joker Marchant Stadium and had to get acclimated. Though he re-signed with Detroit, where he rekindled his career last year, he isn’t used to being in Spring Training. Peralta missed all of last year’s camp with visa issues after signing in mid-February. He wasn’t

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Miguel Cabrera still remembers his first callup to the big leagues. He was tearing up the Double-A Southern League for the Carolina Mudcats when he was pulled from a game in June 2003. “That was a scary moment,” he recalled, “because they took me out of the game. I said, ‘Oh, I

LAKELAND, Fla. — Joe Jiménez had to believe in himself before the metrics did. He had gone from All-Star reliever in 2018 to Tigers closer by the end of the next season to the Triple-A Toledo bullpen to open last season before getting called back. Then he had walked seven of his first 10 batters

No. 1 overall Draft picks were the name of the game Sunday as the Tigers took on the Phillies at BayCare Ballpark. In the bottom of the first, 2010 No. 1 overall pick Bryce Harper homered off Casey Mize, who was taken first in ‘18. Then, in the top of the second, 2020 No. 1

The cold, hard truth — even in this ever-optimistic time of year — is that not every team in MLB is a World Series contender. But every team does have a Baseball Writers’ Association of America award contender. Cy Young and Rookie of the Year can always come from anywhere. And as voters have become

DETROIT — Opening Day, the Michigan holiday that is the return of Tigers baseball, takes on added meaning this year. The unofficial end of Michigan’s winter is also the official start of the Spencer Torkelson era when the Tigers host the White Sox on Friday. By cracking the Tigers’ Opening Day roster, Torkelson also will

LAKELAND, Fla. — Miguel Cabrera began Spring Training saying that he would gladly give up playing time at first base to make room for Spencer Torkelson. On Saturday, Cabrera gave up his glove to Torkelson to make the transition official. The Tigers let Torkelson, MLB Pipeline’s No. 4 prospect, know that he has made their

LAKELAND, Fla. — Get ready at Comerica Park, because Tork Bombs are incoming. The Tigers announced Saturday that Spencer Torkelson has made the Tigers’ Opening Day roster. Barring injury, the Tigers’ No. 1 prospect — and MLB Pipeline’s No. 4 prospect overall — will be in the lineup when the Tigers open their season Friday

LAKELAND, Fla. — Riley Greene’s quest to be in center field on Opening Day at Comerica Park hit a tough-luck ending. The Tigers’ No. 2 prospect suffered a fractured right foot Friday when he fouled off a pitch from Gerrit Cole. The fracture is not expected to require surgery, manager A.J. Hinch said on Saturday

It hasn’t been the most typical Spring Training, something we’ve gotten used to over the last few years, but it’s all pointing to the start of another regular season across all levels of baseball. The Triple-A season gets to lead things off when Iowa plays at Buffalo on Tuesday, April 5, at 1 p.m. ET.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Jacob Barnes had gear packed to drive to Toledo, Ohio, on Friday ahead of the Mud Hens’ Opening Day next Tuesday. He had explained to his wife how he had to be out of town for the baby shower for their second child this weekend down the road in his hometown of

LAKELAND, Fla. — What had been one of the best at-bats in Riley Greene’s case to show he’s ready for the Majors might well end up slowing his chances to crack the Tigers’ Opening Day roster. Detroit’s gifted outfield prospect left Friday’s game against the Yankees with an apparent leg injury after tripling and scoring

The Detroit Tigers will welcome back the best fans in baseball for Detroit’s Biggest Party on Opening Day, Presented by Rocket Mortgage. In conjunction with the annual “What’s New” media event at Comerica Park, the Tigers today rolled out new food and beverage menu items, in addition to fan giveaway items for the 2022 season,

It’s a fun, fun time to be a prospect hound. Of course, part of what’s great about being a prospect hound is there’s always something fun to look ahead to. But right now? This moment? It’s awfully good. That’s because not only is there a group of really exciting prospects at the top of the

March 31: Greene makes highlight catch vs. JaysRiley Greene watched how the blustery winds handled fly balls in batting practice Thursday and knew he was in for an adventure. “The wind was insane today,” Greene said. “During BP, I was just sitting there laughing. There were fly balls hit to the middle of the outfield,

DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Tigers traded for Tucker Barnhart last November with the flexibility that he could be a one-year stopgap or a contract extension candidate. So far, no talks on the latter have taken place, but both sides appear to be open to it. “No discussions about that. But I love it here, I

Gallagher, a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, today announced a strategic multi-year partnership with Ilitch Sports + Entertainment (IS+E), the business division of the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, The District Detroit, Olympia Parking and the Ilitch joint venture interest in 313 Presents. As the Official Insurance Broker, Benefits and Risk

Individual prospect successes sell jerseys. System-wide prospect successes sell World Series tickets. Look at last year’s Fall Classic. The Braves claimed a title with the help of homegrown talents Freddie Freeman, Ozzie Albies, Dansby Swanson and Max Fried among others — to say nothing of the club’s best prospect of the last decade, Ronald Acuña

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Michael Pineda sat by himself in the clubhouse at Joker Marchant Stadium Wednesday morning while the rest of the team hit the road to face the Phillies. Now, however, Pineda’s Tigers debut is finally in sight, if not his eventual slot into Detroit’s rotation. After about a week and a half of